Approximately 85 percent of students identified as having a learning disability struggle with reading and language processing. As a result, as many as 15 to 20 percent of the population has dyslexia.
Millar realized that he and others needed to do more to help these students. The committee was named in June, had its first meeting in August and plans to meet again at 1 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Capital to finalize its proposal. There will be funds allocated, but he said it's a matter of paying for it now through prevention or paying for it later with services for people who can't find work and may have other issues.
Although the final plan is still being crafted, Millar said he wants to mandate dyslexia screening at every Georgia public school for students who exhibit signs of the disorder. And it should happen as early as pre-K and kindergarten.
"Many parents are told that their child can't be tested until fourth or fifth grade, but there are reliable assessments that can detect dyslexia much earlier," said Karen Huppertz, president of the International Dyslexia Association Georgia. She added that Georgia is one of eight states that has no legislation to help dyslexics.
Another major component of Millar's plan is making it mandatory that every school have a staffer trained to recognize the symptoms. He'd also like the university system to require a course for all teachers.
"It won't do any good to have the screening if the professionals can't recognize who needs it," said Millar.
That was music to the ears of Jessica Dickson, whose daughter Dylan was diagnosed at age seven with dyslexia.
Dylan was socially and emotionally ready to enter school at age five, but Dickson was encouraged to hold her back. And by first grade, Dylan needed more extra help than the other students, but it didn't seem to make much difference.
"She was bright enough to get by, but as reading became more necessary, she was falling farther behind," said Dickson.
Heidi Collins had similar struggles with her son Ches.
As an educator herself, Collins knew almost nothing about dyslexia. She has a master's degree as a reading specialist and had no training in the most prevalent reading disorder.
That's why it's so important that children are reading at grade level by third grade. It is nearly impossible to catch up if you haven't mastered basic reading skills by then.
She encouraged other teachers to attend summer courses partially funded by IDA and bring that knowledge back to their schools.
Huppertz and Collins agree that advocacy is key to changing the way children are taught to read.
"A curriculum based on structured literacy (a teaching approach that includes explicit and multisensory instruction in phonics, syllables and other necessary components for reading and writing skills) will benefit all children, not just dyslexics," said Huppertz.
Jermaine Seamón wished that his dyslexia had been detected early.
The 43-year-old crime-scene investigator carried his secret around for years before he finally embraced the disability and shared his story with others. He wasn't diagnosed until eighth grade and up to then struggled in just about every class.
Even with the support of his wife, a former educator, he didn't reveal his disorder to his daughter until a few years ago. Together they wrote a book, "Daddy's Big Secret," to explain how an undiagnosed issue early in life can have consequences well into adulthood.
Similarly, Dylan Dickson has learned to embrace her differences by writing a book. "Why Can't I Read?" is a collaboration with her grandmother. She plans to write another one by herself proclaiming, "Now I Can Read!" She's met actor Henry Winkler, a fellow dyslexic, and often wears a T-shirt with names of other famous dyslexics — Albert Einstein, George Washington — and Dylan Dickson.
Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability. Dyslexia refers to a cluster of symptoms, which result in people having difficulties with specific language skills, particularly reading. Students with dyslexia usually experience difficulties with other language skills such as spelling, writing, and pronouncing words.
The exact causes of dyslexia are still not completely clear, but anatomical and brain-imagery studies show differences in the way the brain of a person with dyslexia develops and functions. Most people with dyslexia have been found to have problems with identifying the separate speech sounds within a word and/or learning how letters represent those sounds, a key factor in their reading difficulties. Dyslexia is not due to either lack of intelligence or desire to learn; with appropriate teaching methods, students with dyslexia can learn successfully.
Perhaps as much as 15–20 percent of the population as a whole has some of the symptoms of dyslexia, including slow or inaccurate reading, poor spelling, poor writing, or mixing up similar words. Not all of these will qualify for special education, but they are likely to struggle with many aspects of academic learning and are likely to benefit from systematic, explicit, instruction in reading, writing, and language.


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Joseph - From Prison To Palace
This message was preached by Colin D via zoom Word of Grace Church, on Oct 25th 2020. For the audio please click here. For the worship please click here
JOSEPH – FROM PRISON TO PALACE
Today, we will look at the life of Joseph. He is one of the four patriarchs, i.e. Abraham, Issacs, Jacob and Joseph. He is an important figure in the history of Israel.
This story beats any Hollywood or Bollywood story. From being favoured, Joesph gets thrown into prison; from being a special son, he becomes a slave.
Let us have a bird's eye view. Look at the irony with Jacob. He stole his brother's birthright by disguising himself in Esau's coat and goats hair.
In Chapter 37:31, Jacob is now deceived similarly by his sons. They dip Joseph's coat in goats blood.
Joseph is sold off into slavery, but he holds onto to the Lord. We will look at four things in the life of Joseph today.
Joseph was faithful through good and bad. He is one character in the Old Testament where you have no record of him doing any wrong, unlike Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. He led a righteous life.
Gen37:2 He was faithful to his father in that he reported the wrongdoings of his brothers.
V13 He went out to see his brothers. How was his faithfulness rewarded? His brothers were jealous of him and sold him as a slave.
Gen39 Joseph is now a slave in Potiphar's house. The Lord was with Joseph and whatever he put his hands to prospered. Others recognised his faithfulness.
Gen39:2 Potiphar's wife tries to seduce him, but Joseph resists temptation. V20. He was thrown into prison. He could have become bitter, but he continued to be faithful in prison.
He meets the cupbearer and baker who has dreams. He was faithful in interpreting them and serving people. They are released from the prison, and Joseph is forgotten by both of them.
God did not forget.
40:14, 23 – He is forgotten not for one or two weeks but two whole years!! But we see in Chapter 41; God did not forget.
41:1 Pharaoh has a dream. Overnight Joseph moves from prison to the palace and becomes the Prime Minister of Egypt. Even here, he is faithful. 41:46 He was faithful in serving Pharaoh. 41:48
There was a famine in Egypt
Chapter 42. There was a famine in Egypt, and it affected the neighbouring countries as well. From chapter 42 to 50, we see how the story unfolds between Joseph and his brothers.
42:6, Joseph's brothers bow down (37:7). It took 20 years for that dream to be fulfilled. Although Joseph had power, he could have executed them or thrown them into prison.
Chpater45:4-8, I am Joseph. He reveals himself. Joseph had a godly perspective of what happened.
Chapter 50:19-20 But God intended everything for good. I will provide for you and your children.
Joseph had trusted in the sovereignty of God. He decided that he would be faithful and serve and honour God no matter what.
Rom12:12 we are called to be joyful in hope, patient in affliction and faithful in prayer.
1Pet 4:19
God took Joseph from the prison and made him the P. M
What can we learn from this story?
· We need to learn to trust God in all circumstances
· Continue to do good in bad situations and to those who mistreat you. Col3:23 we will get rewarded by God for our faithfulness
· Trust in the sovereignty of God. WE are a part of God's big story.
Gen15:13, God appeared to Abraham and had prophesied to him about this event. The fourth-generation will come back here.
Gen 46:26 Bring your families and my father. Seventy of them came to Canaan. In Exodus 12:37 we see that Israel journeyed by Ram to Succoth. They were 600,000 men, not counting women and children. It is estimated that they were 2 million in all.
Gen 50:20 the saving of many lives." This was the sovereign purpose of God. Not one hair will fall to the ground without the father's knowledge.
Don't you want to be a part of this? Joseph did not know that 70 people would become 2 million. You do not know how your faithfulness will expand the Kingdom of God in the days to come.
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Q: Measuregroup to dimension relation: multiple attributes I'm trying to build in another measuregroup to my cube.  This is Budgets (which are always trouble).
The measures are supposed to be sliced by two attributes of the Product dimension: "Product Type" and Brand.  These are only two of many attributes in Product, and neither of them are the leaf-level key.  I'm fine with that, I can have Budgets correctly show blank at the leaf level by adjusting the MG's IgnoreUnrelatedDimensions property.
The problem is: you can't define multiple granularity attributes when relating a MeasureGroup and Dim in the cube's Dimension Usage tab.
I've tried:
a. Added a ProductTypeBrand attribute (intended to be hidden, internal) to the Product dimension.  This concatenates the key values of the Product Type and Brand attributes.  Then, added the same value to the fact table, and joined on this.  It doesn't work: if I make the ProductTypeBrand attribute hierarchy visible, Budgets can be sliced by it.  But they don't get sliced by the (visible, user-friendly) Product Type or Brand attributes.
b. Created a separate ProductTypeBrand dimension, with this concatenated key value.  Related the MG to Product, using this PTBrand dim as an intermediate dimension.  Still doesn't work: results as before.
I'm considering creating a separate dimension, with the separate attributes (Product Type and Brand), along with perhaps the combined key attribute, and using that to slice this Budgets measuregroup.  But then, how would I get that dimension to also slice the Products dimension?
thanks for any ideas.
EDIT
Since I'm under pressure to solve this, I went with the following solution.
I turned one of the attributes (Brand) in the Product dimension into a dimension in its own right.  I left this attribute in the Product dimension, but made it AttributeHierarchyVisible=False.  I then made the new Brand dimension slice all of Product's sliced measure groups through a Referenced relationship (through Product).
The new Budgets measuregroup could then be sliced by Product on attribute Product Type, and by Brand and attribute Brand.
This is a limitation of the new (post-2008?) "multiple dimensions in one dimension" facility in SSAS.  You can have as many attributes and hierarchies as you like within one dimension: but you can't slice a measuregroup by more than one of them.  To do that, you have to go back to the old-fashioned separate dimension way of doing things.
If anyone has any further/better ideas...

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The Gambler (englisch: Der Spieler) ist:
 Originaltitel von Der Spieler (1968), zweiteilige britische Miniserie (1968)
 Originaltitel von Spieler ohne Skrupel, US-amerikanischer Spielfilm von Karel Reisz (1974)
 Originaltitel der Western-Filmreihe Der beste Spieler weit und breit mit Kenny Rogers (1980–1994)
 The Gambler (1995), indischer Spielfilm von Dayal Nihalani (1995)
 der Originaltitel von Dunkle Tage in St. Petersburg, international koproduzierter Spielfilm von Károly Makk (1997)
 The Gambler (2014), US-amerikanischer Spielfilm von Rupert Wyatt (2014)
 The Gambler (2015), ungarisch-amerikanischer Spielfilm von Szabolcs Hajdu (2015)
 The Gambler (Album) Musikalbum von Kenny Rogers (1978)
 The Gambler (Lied), Lied aus dem gleichnamigen Album von Kenny Rogers (1978)

The Gambler ist der Spitzname folgender Personen:
 Kenny Rogers (1938–2020), US-amerikanischer Country-Sänger, Songwriter und Schauspieler
 Kenny Rogers (Baseballspieler) (* 1964), US-amerikanischer Baseballspieler

Siehe auch:
 Gamble (Begriffsklärung)
 Gambler (Begriffsklärung)
 The Gamblers (Begriffsklärung)
 Spieler (Begriffsklärung)

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4 jump to safety after fire breaks out at Northland apartment
Red Cross helping 22 residents
Updated: 6:22 PM CDT Oct 29, 2013
Peggy Breit
KMBC 9 News Reporter
Bill Jackson SOURCE: Bill Jackson
Members of a Northland family jumped three stories out of a bedroom window to escape a huge fire at their apartment complex early Tuesday.Kansas City firefighters were called to the Duquesne Village Apartments in the 2100 block of Northeast Russell Road just after 1 a.m. The fire, investigators said, started in a first-floor unit.Curtis Newman said he woke up smelling smoke in his third-floor apartment."I went to the front door and smoke just started rushing in," he said.He said he rushed to awaken his girlfriend and her 4-year-old son. They tried to get out through the door and then the balcony."Smoke (was) just, like, everywhere," said fire survivor Sharee White. "I couldn't see nothing at all."Newman said the three of them went to a tiny bedroom window and decided their only option was to jump. He said they never heard any smoke detectors go off."I wasn't waiting on no fire truck. There wasn't no time to wait on them," he said. "We'd have been, excuse me, dead."Watch: Resident describes fire.He said he went first and then it was 4-year-old Darian Haywood's turn."We caught on fire and smoke at our house and we jumped out the window," Darian said."I just picked him up and I just threw him," said White. "I was, like, here and threw him out there. You could tell he was scared."Newman caught the boy, but went down hard. He suffered a broken ankle. White suffered two broken vertebrae in the fall.Darian escaped unharmed and is proud of himself."I stayed calm," he said.The adults said they're counting their blessings that they lived to tell the story. Both Newman and White were released from a hospital Tuesday afternoon, but said they're still in a lot of pain. They said they will move into a different unit at the apartment building once they're feeling better.One other resident also jumped to safety after the fire.The Red Cross is helping 22 people who were displaced by the fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.11833402
Members of a Northland family jumped three stories out of a bedroom window to escape a huge fire at their apartment complex early Tuesday.
Kansas City firefighters were called to the Duquesne Village Apartments in the 2100 block of Northeast Russell Road just after 1 a.m. The fire, investigators said, started in a first-floor unit.
Images: 3-alarm fire damages Northland apartment complex
Apartment resident saw flames from her door
Curtis Newman said he woke up smelling smoke in his third-floor apartment.
"I went to the front door and smoke just started rushing in," he said.
He said he rushed to awaken his girlfriend and her 4-year-old son. They tried to get out through the door and then the balcony.
"Smoke (was) just, like, everywhere," said fire survivor Sharee White. "I couldn't see nothing at all."
Newman said the three of them went to a tiny bedroom window and decided their only option was to jump. He said they never heard any smoke detectors go off.
"I wasn't waiting on no fire truck. There wasn't no time to wait on them," he said. "We'd have been, excuse me, dead."
Watch: Resident describes fire.
He said he went first and then it was 4-year-old Darian Haywood's turn.
"We caught on fire and smoke at our house and we jumped out the window," Darian said.
"I just picked him up and I just threw him," said White. "I was, like, here and threw him out there. You could tell he was scared."
Newman caught the boy, but went down hard. He suffered a broken ankle. White suffered two broken vertebrae in the fall.
Darian escaped unharmed and is proud of himself.
"I stayed calm," he said.
The adults said they're counting their blessings that they lived to tell the story. Both Newman and White were released from a hospital Tuesday afternoon, but said they're still in a lot of pain. They said they will move into a different unit at the apartment building once they're feeling better.
One other resident also jumped to safety after the fire.
The Red Cross is helping 22 people who were displaced by the fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.


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posted Friday, June 29, 2012 - Volume 40 Issue 26
PFLAG turns 40 - Pioneering LGBT ally group launches year-long celebration/awareness campaign
by Shaun Knittel - SGN Associate Editor
Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), the nation's largest grassroots nonprofit group for families, friends, and straight allies of LGBT people, kicks off its milestone 40th anniversary campaign this week.
'PFLAG Then & Now & 40 Years of Family and Ally Voices' will be a year-long look at where PFLAG started, all that has been achieved since then, and all that is still to be accomplished to achieve full equality for LGBT people. 'PFLAG Then & Now' will also demonstrate how PFLAG's unique family and ally voice has been, and will continue to be, a crucial part of the LGBT movement.
The campaign begins with a look back at the pivotal moment that started the organization: PFLAG founder Jeanne Manford's historic public support of her Gay son, Morty. Forty years ago this week, Manford marched at Morty's side in New York's Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade after learning he had been assaulted due to his sexual orientation while police stood by and did nothing to help him. She was galvanized to take action through a simple act - walking side-by-side with him in the parade, carrying a sign that read 'Parents of Gays Unite in Support for Our Children.'
The response to Manford's gesture was overwhelming, and she was begged by other parade participants to speak to their parents and families. Through the next year, this grassroots movement spread like wildfire and in 1973 Manford, along with a small group of other dedicated parents, founded PFLAG, an organization for parents, families, friends, and straight allies to unite with LGBT people in a shared mission of support, education, and advocacy. That this movement spread so quickly - long before the age of the Internet and mobile phones - was clear evidence of the need for such an organization.
Says PFLAG's current national president, Rabbi David M. Horowitz, 'Then, Jeanne had no legal recourse through which she could protect her son. The press refused to listen to her story and the government was silent in response to her calls for justice. Now, 40 years later, parents, families, friends, and allies of LGBT people have a voice - in large part thanks to PFLAG and its nearly quarter of a million members and supporters, who work relentlessly to create a society that not only protects the rights of their LGBT loved ones, but also celebrates their diversity and loving relationships.'
'Much has changed since 1972,' said PFLAG Executive Director Jody M. Huckaby. 'Then, roughly three-quarters of the U.S. population deemed homosexuality morally wrong, vicious attacks on LGBT people were commonplace, and the idea of equality for Gays and Lesbians was a radical notion.'
Now, 40 years later, there has been a clear shift in policy, press, and public opinion.
PFLAG National will soon release its newest publication, The Hate Crimes Prevention Guide & Toolkit, which will empower PFLAGers and their supporters to understand hate-crime laws and encourage community partnerships with law enforcement.
Huckaby looks forward to PFLAG's year-long celebration. 'Jeanne Manford has been called the Mother of the Straight Ally Movement - the simple act of supporting her Gay child empowered millions of family members and straight allies to do the same, demonstrating the force that a single voice has to transform the push for acceptance and equality for all,' she said. 'Each day we hear stories about the importance of PFLAG's unique family and ally voice in moving equality forward - even our nation's President attributed his evolution on marriage equality to conversations he had with parents, families, and allies of LGBT people - and in our hundreds of chapters across the country, we see the impact our members' unique voices are having in changing hearts and minds.'
To follow PFLAG National's 'PFLAG Then & Now & 40 Years of Family and Ally Voices' campaign, visit www.pflag.org/thenandnow.
Mama Tits kicks ass - The creator of the dress that wowed Pride 2012 speaks her mind
Murder in Texas: Shooting of young Lesbian couple remains a mystery, FBI assisting
Pride 'dance party' bust-up by SPD raises questions - Videos of event outside Madison Pub appear to conflict with official story
Supreme Court upholds Affordable Care Act
'Obamacare' mandate ruled legal under government's power to tax
SGN exclusive interview: Liz Berns, candidate for King County Superior Court
Allyship discussion series fosters LGBT common ground
Fighting the flames: Gay military personnel lend a hand as wildfire threatens USAF Academy
National Council of La Raza endorses marriage equality
Mary Cheney marries partner Heather Poe
Last known Gay Jewish Holocaust survivor dies
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At the southernmost tip of Hilton Head Island is the curve of New England-style duplex homes called Land's End edging the island's most pristine sweep of shoreline, South Beach.
At the southernmost tip of Hilton Head Island is the curve of New England-style duplex homes called Land's End edging the island's most pristine sweep of shoreline, South Beach.front porch with white rocking chairs. Through its front door, you will instantly be both charmed and enchanted by the sandy beaches and waters of Calibogue Sound, seen straight ahead with Dafuskie Island in the background.
This home is perched slightly higher than many others, above the dunes, allowing for a breathtaking beach view from the two-tiered deck outfitted with chaise lounge chairs, round glass dining table and 2 large umbrellas to shade the deck as the evening sun sets over Dafuskie Island.
The main living area is in pale sand-toned hues with blue accents and consists of two comfortable seating areas. This room includes a large flat panel TV andDVD. There is internet access throughout the home. The dining area seats eight around a glass top table and conveniently adjacent is a wet bar with glass shelves, sink and beverage refrigerator.
The light-filled kitchen is fully appointed with a Dacor gas cooktop/oven, with separate Dacor microwave above, a Dacor double-door refrigerator and Bosch dishwasher.
The kitchen and wet-bar show off a smashing backsplash of blue and white glass tile which stands out above the white quartz countertops.
Oceanfront is the master bedroom, reveling in an incredible view, allowing glimpses of dolphin fins, arcing into the water's surface. The master bedroom houses a king-sized bed, TV and flows into the large private bathroom with marble double vanity sinks and double walk in showers.
Upstairs are two more bedrooms. One bedroom enjoys a sweeping water view from bedside, ( 2 double beds) and decorated in light green with white wicker furniture. This bedroom has its own bathroom with 2 vanity sinks and a glassed walk in shower.
The second bedroom is decorated in yellow/light green hues and has its own bathroom with a combination tub/shower.
An additional full bath on the first floor has a walk-in glassed shower and pedestal sink.
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Riverdance je taneční show, jejíž náplní je irský tanec převážně stylu step dancing, a irská hudba. Show vznikla po úspěšném vystoupení na velké ceně Eurovize 30. 4. 1994 v Dublinu. Show trvá dvě a půl hodiny s přestávkou.

Protože se konala velká cena Eurovize v Irsku, organizátoři zvolili jako vhodné vyplnění sedmiminutové přestávky představení irských tanců pod taktovkou Michaela Flatleyho, vítěze světového šampionátu v irském tanci, který měl zkušenosti také ze své tour s The Chieftains. Vystoupení obsahovalo krátký sólový a sborový zpěv, taneční sólo Jane Butler v tzv. softech (softshoe), taneční sólo Michaela Flatleyho ve stepkách (hardshoe) a jeho rytmický "souboj" se čtyřmi bubeníky, párový tanec ve stepkách Jane Butler a Michaela Flatleyho a závěrečný hromadný stepový tanec s dalšími tanečníky. Choreografii vytvořili Michael Flatley a Jane Butler, hudbu komponoval Bill Whelan, úvodní sólový zpěv interpretovala Katie McMahon. Taneční vystoupení obsahovalo zcela nové pojetí irského tance a vysloužilo si ovace ve stoje. Vystoupení Riverdance je označováno jako nejúspěšnější část Eurovize v historii.

Audio nahrávka Riverdance následně vystoupala v Irish Singles Chart na první místo 5. 5. 1994 a na této pozici vytrvala 18 týdnů (sesadila velmi úspěšnou píseň Love Is All Around od Wet Wet Wet). V reakci na genocidu ve Rwandě v květnu/červnu 1994 bylo zveřejněno video vystoupení Riverdance v Eurovizi rozhlasovou stanicí Radio Telefís Éireann pod názvem "Riverdance for Rwanda" a všechny jeho zisky byly odkázány Rwanda Appeal Disasters Joint Appeal Committee.

Riverdance show
Úspěch Riverdance v Eurovizi zapříčinil, že Michaela Flatleyho oslovili producenti John McColgan and Moya Doherty, aby spolupracoval na tvorbě kompletní taneční show. Kompletní show obsahovala kromě irského tance také flamenco, ruské tance a step. Irskou část kompletně choreografoval Michael Flatley a podílel se také na scénické a hudební části show.

První představení se konalo v Dublinu v divadle Point 9. 2. 1995. Na show se za pět týdnů prodalo přes 120 000 lístků. Mnoho tanečníků z původního vystoupení v Eurovizi bylo také zapojeno do show a v pozdějších produkcích tančilo hlavní role.

Video Riverdance bylo zveřejněno ve Velké Británii 5. 5. 1995 a umístilo se ihned v žebříčcích na druhém místě a další týden na prvním. Riverdance video vydrželo v žebříčcích Velké Británie sedm měsíců a stalo se nejprodávanějším hudebním videem ve Velké Británii všech časů.
Riverdance vystupovali také následně v Londýně, New Yorku a měli turné po evropských městech. Show probíhaly v období od května 1996 do ledna 1997. Na konci roku 1996 vidělo 400. show 1,3 milionu diváků.

Změny v Riverdance
Kvůli rozporům s produkcí Michael Flatley opustil show před druhým vystoupením v Londýně, na jeho místo sólisty nastoupil Colin Dunne, který show následně opustil v roce 1998.

V roce 1998 také vyvolalo kontroverzi rozhodnutí výkonného producenta, aby byl zvuk některých skupinových tanců nahrán předem.

Scénografie

Riverdance – 20 Years

Akt 1
Reel Around The Sun – Slunce přináší světlo a oheň, otevírací tanec oslavuje tuto přívětivou mužskou sílu. Slunce je světlem rána, živým a čistým. (choreografie – Michael Flatley)

The Heart's Cry – Je zde také prastaré tajemství, losos plující proti proudu, slepé naléhání přírody, srdce touží po srdci. Musíme se podporovat navzájem, udržovat pravdu v písni od začátku časů.

The Countess Cathleen – smyslná, pečující, nezávislá a divoká, taková je síla žen, když oslavují samy sebe a vyzývají muže k tanci moci (choreografie: Jean Butler, Moscow Folk Ballet Company, restaged by Svetlana Malinna).

Caoineadh Chú Chulainn – osamělý dudák oplakává Cú Chulainna, nesmiřitelného válečníka bronzového věku, velkého hrdinu keltských mýtů.

Thuderstorm – Surová síla živlů vymykající se lidské kontrole, vymykající se lidskému chápání (choreografie – Michael Flatley).

Firedance – ve starověkém Irsku oheň a hrdost a krása přichází z jihu, krajiny slunce. Síla slunce přechází ve vášeň tanečnice (choreografie: Maria Pagés, Colin Dunne).

Shivna

Slip into Spring – The Harvest

Riverdance

Akt 2
American Wake

Lift the Wings

Heal Their Hearts – Freedom

Trading Taps

Macedonian Morning

The Russian Dervish

Andalucía

Anna Livia

Slow Air Tunes

Heartland

Finalé

Seznam zdrojů
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0v_pu6miJ8
 http://riverdance.com/

Externí odkazy

Irská kultura
Tanec


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If you see the lady turning Counter-Clockwise you are Using Left Brain.
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Looks at the whole
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Right-brained test subjects focused on aesthetics, feeling, and creativity.
Meditation for Alzheimer's
There is a lot of research showing meditation, hypnosis and brainwave entertainment audios can help create unity between the left and right sides of your brain. This can be quite useful to 'exercise your mind' so to speak. Promoting unity of thought can help create more clarity in your decision making processes. This means you will neither 'over-think' about things too much with your left brain -- or be 'too creative' with decisions that require logical analysis with your right brain. See A Message for Managers.
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Pink noise – turning up the bass on white noise
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Brown noise – a deep, rolling rumble
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Q: How to figure out the limit of this question I am  trying to solve this question:

Suppose $X$ and $Y$ are random variables with joint density
  $$ f_{X,Y}(x,y) = \left\{ \begin{array} {cc}
   2 &\text{ for } 0<x<y<1   \\
   0 & \text{ otherwise.}\end{array} \right.  $$
  Find the density function of $Z$ where $Z=X+Y$.

The given solution is:

if $Z=X+Y$ then (from a given theorem earlier), $$f_Z(z)=\int\limits_{-\infty}^{\infty} f_{X,Y}(u,z-u) \,\mathrm{d}x \tag{1}$$ .
Consider the support of $f_{X,Y}$ that is, $\{(x,y):0<x<y<1\}$. In order for the integrand in (1) to take non-zero values we need $0<u<z-u<1$. This implies:
$$\begin{array} {cc} 0<u<\frac{z}{2} & \text{ if } 0<z<1 \\
z-1<u<\frac{z}{2} & \text{ if } 1<z<2 \tag{2}\\
\end{array}$$
  Thus the marginal density for the sum if:
  $$ f_Z(z) = \left\{ \begin{array} {cc}
   \int\limits_0^\frac{z}{2} 2 \, \mathrm{d}u=z & 0<z<1   \\
   \int\limits_{z-1}^\frac{z}{2} 2 \, \mathrm{d}u= 2-z & 1<z<2 \\
    0 & \text{ otherwise} \end{array} \right.  $$

There two points I need help on:
Question 1
I can understand why we need $0<u<z-u<1$. However, it is not clear to me why this must imply we must divide the integrand into two regions, namely $0<z<1$ and $1<z<2$ and not some other region. In fact, it did not occur to me that I must split the integrand at all. Please help me see why I must perform the integrand in the way it is described in the solution.
Question 2
Having looked at the solution, I tried to redo the question (just accepted that I need to split the integration into two) and tried to obtain the inequalities in (2) but was not successful in getting the second inequality i.e. $z-1<u<\frac{z}{2}$. Instead I got the following:
$$\begin{array}  {cc} 0<z<2 & \Rightarrow& 1<x+y<2 \\
& \Rightarrow & 0<z-1<1 \\
& \Rightarrow & 0<u+y-1<u<1 \\
& \Rightarrow & 0<x+y-1<y<1 \\
& \Rightarrow & 0<z-1<u<1 \\
& \Rightarrow & z-1 <u<1
\end{array} $$
Did I make and error somewhere? I know this can't be the answer because then $f_Z(z)$ won't integrate to $1$ from $0<z<2$. But I am not able to find my mistake.

A: Question 1: You don't have to do it this way. The reason for the splitting is the following: If $z \in (0,1)$, then the condition $z-u<1$ is automatically satisfied, so $$0 < u < z-u < 1 \iff 0<u < u-z.$$ In contrast, for $z \in [1,2)$, we really have to ensure that $z-u<1$, i.e. there is some extra condition.
Question 2: How do you get from $0<z-1<1$ to $0<u+y-1<u<1$....?
Do it step by step: Fix $u \in (0,1)$.

*

*If $z \in (0,1)$, then $z-u<1$ is trivially satisfied (as $u>0$). Consequently, $$u < z-u < 1 \iff u<z-u.$$ The right-hand side is equivalent to $2u<z$, i.e. $u< \frac{z}{2}$.

*Let $z \in (1,2)$. We can split $u<z-u<1$ into two (separate) conditions:

*

*$u<z-u$: As in the first case, this is equivalent to $u< \frac{z}{2}$.

*$z-u<1$: This inequality is equivalent to $1+u > z$, i.e. satisfied if $u>z-1$.

Consequently, $u<z-u<1$ holds if, and only if, $$z-1<u< \frac{z}{2}.$$
Geometric interpretation:

*

*The condition $u<z-u$ corresponds to $u \in (0,1)$ such that the function colored in orange (namely, $f(u)=u$) is below the function colored in green ($f(u)=z-u$).

*The condition $z-u<1$ corresponds to $u \in (0,1)$ such that the function colored in green is below the black dotted line.

*The points $u \in (0,1)$ satisfying both constraints are colored in red.

For $z \in (0,1]$ we see that the second condition is always satisfied (the green line is always below the dotted line) whereas for $z >1$ this is not true anymore.

A: I shall not redo the computations here, but explain "why we must divide the integrand into two regions".
Given the joint density of $f_{(X,Y)}$ the cumulative distribution function $F_Z$ of the random variable $Z:=X+Y$ is given by
$$F_Z(z):=P[X+Y\leq z]=2\>{\rm area}(B_z)\ ,\tag{1}$$
where $$B_z:=\bigl\{(x,y)\>|\>0\leq x\leq y, \ x+y\leq z\bigr\}\ .$$
The factor $2$ in the formla $(1)$ comes from $f_{(X,Y)}(x,y)=2$ in the large triangle, which takes care of the fact that the area of this triangle is ${1\over2}$.

Looking at the above figure we have to realize that ${\rm area}(B_z)$ is not given by a single universal expression in the variable $z$, and that it will be necessary to distinguish cases, the most important one being $z\leq1$ vs. $z\geq1$. Having done the geometry properly it is then an easy matter to compute
$$f_Z(z)={d\over dz}F_Z(z)\ ,$$
and you will obtain the values given in the book.


If there are no quality .com available domains suited for my travel startup, is it too bad to use a .org or .travel gtld?
That one question entails several separate answers.
.TRAVEL is little used and practically unknown to the general public, even though it has been around for 7 or 8 years. Partly that's because the .TRAVEL registry mandates a special application process that confines use of the extension to particular kinds of entities.
Have you ever visited a .TRAVEL website? Most people have never seen one. And so, with negligible public adoption of .TRAVEL, you'd find yourself almost entirely alone explaining your name / web address over and over again. Names that require long explanations are cumbersome and forgettable.
There's an added burden with vanity extensions such as .TRAVEL. Suppose you name your company or website "Exotic Travel". If you use Exotic.Travel because ExoticTravel.com is too expensive or else in use already, then you will either face a competitor who uses ExoticTravel.com or else you will need to purchase and maintain both domains. Owning a vanity extension without a matching .COM is almost always a bad idea. Some major websites have learned that the hard way -- often paying 5 or 6 figures to acquire the .COM domain they hoped to circumvent.
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.ORG can be ideal for certain kinds of projects. But it's impossible for me to give an answer without knowing the name in question. If .ORG is part of the brand identity -- meaning that you're proud to display the .ORG -- then it can work. Nonprofits are especially well suited to .ORG for this reason, as are some other websites. However, if using the .ORG is merely a cheap knockoff of your first-choice domain, then people will perceive it rightly as just a cheap knockoff. We'd have to discuss the name specifically for me to give any meaningful feedback, though.
Of course, you began by saying "there are no quality .COMs available". Frankly, that's probably not true. Availability comes in all shapes and sizes. It's certainly the case that most of the good .COM domains already belong to somebody. After all, the internet has been around for a few decades. Just as with the North American continent, every vacant lot has an owner by now. But many good .COMs, though owned, are nevertheless not in use -- and therefore available, depending on your budget.
It's dangerous to settle for the first .COM you find that's available for $10. Almost by definition, those are precisely the domains that have interested nobody alive at all for 20+ years. However, I've been exploring the name space every single day full time for some years now -- often for myself but frequently for clients. And a small percentage of good domains do remain available. However, it takes experience to find them and tell the difference between fool's gold and the genuine article. With my last naming client, I'd say that less than 1% of my name ideas were unregistered.
That's a long answer. Since it's now 1:17 a.m., I'd better cut things off at this point!
As one of my industry colleagues said: If you think all the good domains are taken, you don't understand branding. Think about naming your agency, not describing it. We easily find 100 free .com domains on every naming project.. and often a lot more. With names that sound like they should be in the dictionary.
And yes, soon all the new domains will be here...like .web or .shop or .online or... BUT BUT trademark rules will apply even more than before - and trademark rules govern domain rules. So please make sure the trademarks are clear before you pay for any domains. By this time next year it will be very acceptable to have a non .com domain name. May even be cool to be a .buzz or a .cool!
You can use a custom ending if it can tie in to your company/brand name. visual.ly is a good example.
With browser history and personal settings it's much less an issue than is used to be.
Before you pick a final name please conduct a keyword search and determine what keywords are important for your industry. One of the most powerful ways to get found on the internet starts with your URL. If you can add or mix and match keywords that have a high monthly search...you will probably be better off then trying to secure a cute name.


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package openmetrics_test

import (
	"context"
	"errors"
	"net/http"
	"net/http/httptest"
	"net/url"
	"regexp"
	"testing"
	"time"

	"github.com/gogo/protobuf/proto"
	dto "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
	"github.com/stripe/veneur/v14"
	"github.com/stripe/veneur/v14/samplers"
	"github.com/stripe/veneur/v14/sources/openmetrics"
	"github.com/stripe/veneur/v14/util"
	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
)

func TestParseConfig(t *testing.T) {
	yamlConfig := `---
allowlist: ^foo.*$
denylist: ^bar.*$
scrape_interval: 10s
scrape_target: https://example.com/
`
	parsedConfig := map[string]interface{}{}
	yaml.Unmarshal([]byte(yamlConfig), &parsedConfig)

	config, err := openmetrics.ParseConfig("openmetrics", parsedConfig)
	assert.NoError(t, err)
	openMetricsConfig, ok := config.(openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig)
	assert.True(t, ok)

	assert.Equal(t, "le", openMetricsConfig.HistogramBucketTag)
	if assert.NotNil(t, openMetricsConfig.ScrapeTarget.Value) {
		assert.Equal(
			t, "https://example.com/", openMetricsConfig.ScrapeTarget.Value.String())
	}
	if assert.NotNil(t, openMetricsConfig.Allowlist.Value) {
		assert.Equal(t, "^foo.*$", openMetricsConfig.Allowlist.Value.String())
	}
	if assert.NotNil(t, openMetricsConfig.Denylist.Value) {
		assert.Equal(t, "^bar.*$", openMetricsConfig.Denylist.Value.String())
	}
	assert.Equal(t, 10*time.Second, openMetricsConfig.ScrapeInterval)
	assert.Equal(t, "quantile", openMetricsConfig.SummaryQuantileTag)
}

func CreateSource(
	t *testing.T, httpServer *httptest.Server,
	config openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig,
) *openmetrics.OpenMetricsSource {
	source, err := openmetrics.Create(
		&veneur.Server{
			HTTPClient: httpServer.Client(),
		}, "openmetrics", logrus.NewEntry(logrus.StandardLogger()), config)
	require.NoError(t, err)
	openMetricsSource, ok := source.(openmetrics.OpenMetricsSource)
	require.True(t, ok)

	return &openMetricsSource
}

func TestName(t *testing.T) {
	source := CreateSource(
		t, httptest.NewServer(http.DefaultServeMux),
		openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig{})
	assert.Equal(t, "openmetrics", source.Name())
}

func TestQuery(t *testing.T) {
	testHttpServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(
		func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
			writer.Write([]byte(`
# TYPE requests counter
requests{status="200"} 3
requests{status="500"} 1
# EOF
`))
		},
	))
	testUrl, err := url.Parse(testHttpServer.URL)
	assert.NoError(t, err)

	source := CreateSource(
		t, testHttpServer,
		openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig{
			ScrapeTarget: util.Url{
				Value: testUrl,
			},
		})

	queryResponse, err := source.Query(context.Background())
	assert.NoError(t, err)

	results := []dto.MetricFamily{}
	for result := range queryResponse {
		assert.NoError(t, result.Error)
		results = append(results, result.MetricFamily)
	}

	if assert.Len(t, results, 1) {
		assert.Equal(t, "requests", *results[0].Name)
		assert.Equal(t, dto.MetricType_COUNTER, *results[0].Type)
		if assert.Len(t, results[0].Metric, 2) {
			if assert.Len(t, results[0].Metric[0].Label, 1) {
				assert.Equal(t, "status", *results[0].Metric[0].Label[0].Name)
				assert.Equal(t, "200", *results[0].Metric[0].Label[0].Value)
			}
			if assert.NotNil(t, results[0].Metric[0].Counter) {
				assert.Equal(t, 3.0, *results[0].Metric[0].Counter.Value)
			}

			if assert.Len(t, results[0].Metric[1].Label, 1) {
				assert.Equal(t, "status", *results[0].Metric[1].Label[0].Name)
				assert.Equal(t, "500", *results[0].Metric[1].Label[0].Value)
			}
			if assert.NotNil(t, results[0].Metric[1].Counter) {
				assert.Equal(t, 1.0, *results[0].Metric[1].Counter.Value)
			}
		}
	}
}

func TestQueryMetricsAllowlist(t *testing.T) {
	testHttpServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(
		func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
			writer.Write([]byte(`
foo 5
bar 7
# EOF
`))
		},
	))
	testUrl, err := url.Parse(testHttpServer.URL)
	assert.NoError(t, err)

	source := CreateSource(
		t, testHttpServer,
		openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig{
			ScrapeTarget: util.Url{
				Value: testUrl,
			},
			Allowlist: util.Regexp{
				Value: regexp.MustCompile("^foo$"),
			},
		})

	queryResponse, err := source.Query(context.Background())
	assert.NoError(t, err)

	results := []dto.MetricFamily{}
	for result := range queryResponse {
		assert.NoError(t, result.Error)
		results = append(results, result.MetricFamily)
	}

	if assert.Len(t, results, 1) {
		assert.Equal(t, "foo", *results[0].Name)
		assert.Equal(t, dto.MetricType_UNTYPED, *results[0].Type)
		if assert.Len(t, results[0].Metric, 1) {
			if assert.NotNil(t, results[0].Metric[0].Untyped) {
				assert.Equal(t, 5.0, *results[0].Metric[0].Untyped.Value)
			}
		}
	}
}

func TestQueryMetricsDenylist(t *testing.T) {
	testHttpServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(
		func(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
			writer.Write([]byte(`
foo 5
bar 7
# EOF
`))
		},
	))
	testUrl, err := url.Parse(testHttpServer.URL)
	assert.NoError(t, err)

	source := CreateSource(
		t, testHttpServer,
		openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig{
			ScrapeTarget: util.Url{
				Value: testUrl,
			},
			Denylist: util.Regexp{
				Value: regexp.MustCompile("^foo$"),
			},
		})

	queryResponse, err := source.Query(context.Background())
	assert.NoError(t, err)

	results := []dto.MetricFamily{}
	for result := range queryResponse {
		assert.NoError(t, result.Error)
		results = append(results, result.MetricFamily)
	}

	if assert.Len(t, results, 1) {
		assert.Equal(t, "bar", *results[0].Name)
		assert.Equal(t, dto.MetricType_UNTYPED, *results[0].Type)
		if assert.Len(t, results[0].Metric, 1) {
			if assert.NotNil(t, results[0].Metric[0].Untyped) {
				assert.Equal(t, 7.0, *results[0].Metric[0].Untyped.Value)
			}
		}
	}
}

const counterMetric = `
name: "metric_name"
type: 0  # counter
metric: {
	counter: {
		value: 3.0
	}
	label: {
		name: "tag1"
		value: "value1"
	}
	label: {
		name: "tag2"
		value: "value2"
	}
	timestamp_ms: 101
}
`

func TestConvertCounter(t *testing.T) {
	source := CreateSource(
		t, httptest.NewServer(http.DefaultServeMux),
		openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig{})

	metricFamily := dto.MetricFamily{}
	err := proto.UnmarshalText(counterMetric, &metricFamily)
	require.NoError(t, err)

	queryResults := make(chan openmetrics.QueryResults)
	go func() {
		queryResults <- openmetrics.QueryResults{
			MetricFamily: metricFamily,
		}
		close(queryResults)
	}()

	convertResults := source.Convert(queryResults)

	results := []*samplers.UDPMetric{}
	for result := range convertResults {
		assert.NoError(t, result.Error)
		results = append(results, result.Metric)
	}

	if assert.Len(t, results, 1) {
		assert.Equal(t, "counter", results[0].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name", results[0].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[0].Tags, 2) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[0].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[0].Tags[1])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 3.0, results[0].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(101), results[0].Timestamp)
	}
}

const gaugeMetric = `
name: "metric_name"
type: 1  # gauge
metric: {
	gauge: {
		value: 3.0
	}
	label: {
		name: "tag1"
		value: "value1"
	}
	label: {
		name: "tag2"
		value: "value2"
	}
	timestamp_ms: 107
}
`

func TestConvertGauge(t *testing.T) {
	source := CreateSource(
		t, httptest.NewServer(http.DefaultServeMux),
		openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig{})

	metricFamily := dto.MetricFamily{}
	err := proto.UnmarshalText(gaugeMetric, &metricFamily)
	require.NoError(t, err)

	queryResults := make(chan openmetrics.QueryResults)
	go func() {
		queryResults <- openmetrics.QueryResults{
			MetricFamily: metricFamily,
		}
		close(queryResults)
	}()

	convertResults := source.Convert(queryResults)

	results := []*samplers.UDPMetric{}
	for result := range convertResults {
		assert.NoError(t, result.Error)
		results = append(results, result.Metric)
	}

	if assert.Len(t, results, 1) {
		assert.Equal(t, "gauge", results[0].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name", results[0].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[0].Tags, 2) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[0].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[0].Tags[1])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 3.0, results[0].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(107), results[0].Timestamp)
	}
}

const summaryMetric = `
name: "metric_name"
type: 2  # summary
metric: {
	summary: {
		quantile: {
			quantile: 90
			value: 1.0
		}
		quantile: {
			quantile: 99
			value: 2.0
		}
		sample_count: 3
		sample_sum: 4.0
	}
	label: {
		name: "tag1"
		value: "value1"
	}
	label: {
		name: "tag2"
		value: "value2"
	}
	timestamp_ms: 127
}
`

func TestConvertSummary(t *testing.T) {
	source := CreateSource(
		t, httptest.NewServer(http.DefaultServeMux),
		openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig{
			SummaryQuantileTag: "quantile",
		})

	metricFamily := dto.MetricFamily{}
	err := proto.UnmarshalText(summaryMetric, &metricFamily)
	require.NoError(t, err)

	queryResults := make(chan openmetrics.QueryResults)
	go func() {
		queryResults <- openmetrics.QueryResults{
			MetricFamily: metricFamily,
		}
		close(queryResults)
	}()

	convertResults := source.Convert(queryResults)

	results := []*samplers.UDPMetric{}
	for result := range convertResults {
		assert.NoError(t, result.Error)
		results = append(results, result.Metric)
	}

	if assert.Len(t, results, 4) {
		assert.Equal(t, "gauge", results[0].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name", results[0].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[0].Tags, 3) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[0].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[0].Tags[1])
			assert.Equal(t, "quantile:90.000000", results[0].Tags[2])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 1.0, results[0].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(127), results[0].Timestamp)

		assert.Equal(t, "gauge", results[1].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name", results[1].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[1].Tags, 3) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[1].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[1].Tags[1])
			assert.Equal(t, "quantile:99.000000", results[1].Tags[2])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 2.0, results[1].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(127), results[1].Timestamp)

		assert.Equal(t, "counter", results[2].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name.count", results[2].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[2].Tags, 2) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[2].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[2].Tags[1])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 3.0, results[2].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(127), results[2].Timestamp)

		assert.Equal(t, "counter", results[3].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name.sum", results[3].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[3].Tags, 2) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[3].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[3].Tags[1])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 4.0, results[3].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(127), results[3].Timestamp)
	}
}

const histogramMetric = `
name: "metric_name"
type: 4  # histogram
metric: {
	histogram: {
		bucket: {
			cumulative_count: 2
			upper_bound: 3.0
		}
		bucket: {
			cumulative_count: 4
			upper_bound: 5.0
		}
		sample_count: 6
		sample_sum: 8.0
	}
	label: {
		name: "tag1"
		value: "value1"
	}
	label: {
		name: "tag2"
		value: "value2"
	}
	timestamp_ms: 149
}
`

func TestConvertHistogram(t *testing.T) {
	source := CreateSource(
		t, httptest.NewServer(http.DefaultServeMux),
		openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig{
			HistogramBucketTag: "le",
		})

	metricFamily := dto.MetricFamily{}
	err := proto.UnmarshalText(histogramMetric, &metricFamily)
	require.NoError(t, err)

	queryResults := make(chan openmetrics.QueryResults)
	go func() {
		queryResults <- openmetrics.QueryResults{
			MetricFamily: metricFamily,
		}
		close(queryResults)
	}()

	convertResults := source.Convert(queryResults)

	results := []*samplers.UDPMetric{}
	for result := range convertResults {
		assert.NoError(t, result.Error)
		results = append(results, result.Metric)
	}

	if assert.Len(t, results, 4) {
		assert.Equal(t, "counter", results[0].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name.bucket", results[0].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[0].Tags, 3) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[0].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[0].Tags[1])
			assert.Equal(t, "le:3.000000", results[0].Tags[2])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 2.0, results[0].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(149), results[0].Timestamp)

		assert.Equal(t, "counter", results[1].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name.bucket", results[1].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[1].Tags, 3) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[1].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[1].Tags[1])
			assert.Equal(t, "le:5.000000", results[1].Tags[2])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 4.0, results[1].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(149), results[1].Timestamp)

		assert.Equal(t, "counter", results[2].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name.count", results[2].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[2].Tags, 2) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[2].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[2].Tags[1])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 6.0, results[2].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(149), results[2].Timestamp)

		assert.Equal(t, "counter", results[3].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name.sum", results[3].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[3].Tags, 2) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[3].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[3].Tags[1])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 8.0, results[3].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(149), results[3].Timestamp)
	}
}

const untypedMetric = `
name: "metric_name"
type: 3  # untyped
metric: {
	untyped: {
		value: 9.0
	}
	label: {
		name: "tag1"
		value: "value1"
	}
	label: {
		name: "tag2"
		value: "value2"
	}
	timestamp_ms: 151
}
`

func TestConvertUntyped(t *testing.T) {
	source := CreateSource(
		t, httptest.NewServer(http.DefaultServeMux),
		openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig{
			HistogramBucketTag: "le",
		})

	metricFamily := dto.MetricFamily{}
	err := proto.UnmarshalText(untypedMetric, &metricFamily)
	require.NoError(t, err)

	queryResults := make(chan openmetrics.QueryResults)
	go func() {
		queryResults <- openmetrics.QueryResults{
			MetricFamily: metricFamily,
		}
		close(queryResults)
	}()

	convertResults := source.Convert(queryResults)

	results := []*samplers.UDPMetric{}
	for result := range convertResults {
		assert.NoError(t, result.Error)
		results = append(results, result.Metric)
	}

	if assert.Len(t, results, 1) {
		assert.Equal(t, "gauge", results[0].Type)
		assert.Equal(t, "metric_name", results[0].Name)
		if assert.Len(t, results[0].Tags, 2) {
			assert.Equal(t, "tag1:value1", results[0].Tags[0])
			assert.Equal(t, "tag2:value2", results[0].Tags[1])
		}
		assert.Equal(t, 9.0, results[0].Value)
		assert.Equal(t, int64(151), results[0].Timestamp)
	}
}

func TestConvertError(t *testing.T) {
	source := CreateSource(
		t, httptest.NewServer(http.DefaultServeMux),
		openmetrics.OpenMetricsSourceConfig{
			HistogramBucketTag: "le",
		})

	queryResults := make(chan openmetrics.QueryResults)
	go func() {
		queryResults <- openmetrics.QueryResults{
			Error: errors.New("test error"),
		}
		close(queryResults)
	}()

	convertResults := source.Convert(queryResults)

	results := []error{}
	for result := range convertResults {
		assert.Error(t, result.Error)
		results = append(results, result.Error)
	}
	assert.Len(t, results, 1)
}


Victoria's Secret is not exactly a brand known for its diversity or inclusivity. In fact, its sales have been in a steady decline the last few years , as shoppers have taken note that VS doesn't offer much for women who aren't into leather and lace and, more importantly, able to fit into a pretty restrictive set of lingerie sizes.
And, according to the brand itself, they're not about inclusivity with their models, either.


text:
NOTICE BOARD - NOVEMBER 2015
The organisation held its 22nd Annual Meeting in Stoke on Trent, United Kingdom on 5th June 2015 by invitation from the Budgerigar Society, to coincide with their 90th Anniversary and a 2-day Convention. The WBO also staged its third WBO World Championship Show at this event. 20 delegates from thirteen countries attended the meeting Delegates who attended the meeting represented the following countries: Belgium, Canada, Eire, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and U.S.A.
The WBO Chairman, Gerd Bleicher, thanked the host society The Budgerigar Society for the invitation and for the generous gifts they received and extended a special welcome to Beverley Hutt, The B.S. President.
The WBO Secretary, Ghalib Al-Nasser, also thanked the host society and informed the meeting that our current membership is strong with 43 affiliated societies from 32 countries spread over the 6 continents.
Since the WBO created its own prestigious award called The Gould Award back in 2011 to be awarded for Meritorious Services to the World of Budgerigars in any field; the winners receiving a special Gould Medal as well as a Certificate to commemorate the win, have been so far Jo Mannes from Germany in 2012, Warren Wilson from Australia in 2013 and Ghalib Al-Nasser from United Kingdom in 2014.
During 2015 three societies sent nominations for this award for two candidates and they were from Canada (WCBA), Germany (DSV) for Gerd Bleicher, Germany and for Reinhard Molkentin, South Africa.
The Gould Award Committee agreed on the principal of voting and reserves for existing committee members should one of them be nominated. The winner was Gerd Bleicher and the award was given as an acknowledgement of the work that Gerd has done for the WBO as Chairman since 2006 and for promoting the hobby within his society. The WBO extends warm congratulations to Gerd for achieving this high honour and also to all the other worthy candidates. The presentation was made to Gerd by the Immediate Past Chairman Roger Carr at the WBO meeting.
Gerd Bleicher (WBO Chairman) receiving his award in the presence of Roger Carr (WBO immediate Past Chairman), Beverley Hutt (B.S. President), Ghalib Al-Nasser (WBO Secretary) and Carlos Ramôa (WBO Vice Chairman)
Nominations for this award close on 31st December each year and need to be sent to the Secretary with biographical notes of the candidate not exceeding 200 words.
Having laid the guidelines in 2011 for such a show the WBO staged their third World Championship Show in Stoke on Trent to coincide with The Budgerigar Society Convention show.
The show received an entry of exhibition budgerigars of 352 which also included 24 Colour Budgerigars from 46 exhibitors of which 12 came from overseas coming from Belgium, Germany, Italy & Portugal. With 5 countries participating in this event it was truly an international show.
Best in Show John Rogers Grey Green cock
Best Opposite Sex John Rogers Yellowface Grey hen
Best Champion John Rogers Grey Green cock
Best Intermediate Dean Jukes Spangle Grey cock
Best Novice Ady Lovack Grey cock
Best Beginner Jody & Darryl Faram Skyblue cock
Best Junior Cullam Wood Grey cock
Light Green A. Lovack
Dark Green A & G Adams
Skyblue T & A Luke
Dark Blue T & A Luke
Grey Green J. Rogers
Grey A. Lovack
Opaline Green J & D Faram
Opaline Blue T & A Luke
Cinnamon Green R. Watts
Cinnamon Blue T & L Jukes
Opaline Cinnamon R. Warrender
Lutino R. Watts
Albino R. Watts
Yellow-wing M & D Walker
Whitewing B. Taylor
Crest A & G Adams
Spangle Green J. Grubb
Spangle Blue D. Jukes
D.F. Spangle A. Wood
Dominant Pied A & G Adams
Recessive Pied T & A Luke
Yellowface A & G Adams
Rare Variety S & R Clarke
Clearbody C. Ramôa (Portugal)
A.O.C. T & A Luke
Pair T & A Luke
Team J. Cosby
Colour Budgerigar Corinne Castellano (Italy)
Long Flights/Long Tails
Many topics of importance facing fanciers all over the world have been tabled at past WBO meetings for discussion by the delegates such as flecking and feather problems. A lengthy debate took place last year about a current problem that has increased in the appearance of budgerigars on the show bench with long flights and long tails mainly in certain countries in Europe, United Kingdom and South Africa.
The debate led to the formation of new Guidelines for Judges and Exhibitors about the Long Flights and Long Tails which should be disqualified as the bird should be in proportion and balanced. It was agreed that if the bird has a long tail that touches the floor of the show cage but its head does not touch the ceiling of the show cage then the bird is not in proportion and should be disqualified. These Guidelines ar on the WBO website.
Colour Budgerigars
Colour Budgerigars are quite popular in many countries in Europe and classes for them are provided by all COM International & World Shows as part of the mandatory classification. They have been exhibited in many countries over many years including in the United Kingdom.
The WBO have recognised this variety since last year after most of the affiliated societies agreed for the WBO to adopt them in their Standard.
There is an official Scale of Points, Pictorial Ideal and Standard of Perfection for the Colour Budgerigar on the WBO website.
At the 2011 WBO meeting it was agreed to create a Judges Criteria and to assist the smaller and newer countries/societies that do not have a proper Judges Training Scheme to assist their members on how to become judges in their own countries. The following criteria were adopted by the WBO:
5 years judge in national organisation before applying to the WBO Judges Panel
Since this scheme commenced, two fanciers have taken a judging test laid down by the WBO and under WBO supervision consisting of practical, written and colour identification tests and passed. These are Ahmad Raza Sahi from Pakistan (passed in December 2012) and Björn Johansson from Sweden (passed in October 2013). Their societies will be able to ask the WBO to add them on the WBO International Judges Panel after completion of 5 years as judges in their own countries.
In May 2015, Maarten Haylen from Belgium sat the test and passed and his WBO Judges Certificate was presented to him at the WBO meeting in Stoke-on-Trent by the Chairman Gerd Bleicher.
Maarten Heylen from Belgium receives his WBO Judges certificate from
WBO Officials Gerd Bleicher & Ghalib Al-Nasser at the 2015 WBO Meeting
The next WBO meeting will be held in late 2nd December 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal, to coincide with the national society SPO National Show. The SPO will also be hosting the 4th WBO World Championship Show at this event as well.
The WBO is in a strong position in so far as future meetings till 2018 have already been planned with Hungary in 2017 and South Africa in 2018.
Asia: Japan, Pakistan, Philippines
Africa: South Africa
Europe: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eire, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovensko, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela
to be a current champion breeder and exhibitor of Budgerigars in their own country. Where a country/society has only "one" Status of Exhibitor, a breeder and exhibitor of long standing will be acceptable subject to "b" & "c" below.
be a fully qualified judge for a minimum of 5 years in their own country or in the country/society in which they qualified.
apply in writing to their National Society (or the society in which they qualified) to be placed on the list. The National Society will then be responsible for checking their qualifications and, if eligible, for passing names, addresses and telephone numbers to the WBO Secretary for inclusion on the list.
The delegates present at this year's meeting agreed to the proposal by the Executive Committee to increase the affiliation fee to member societies to become effective as from 1st April 2016. The new fees are:
The Chairman announced that he will be retiring from office when his term ends on 31st March 2016 after serving 10 years as Chairman.
The delegates extended their sincere thanks and appreciation to Gerd for his commitment to the WBO during his years in office.
Ghalib Al-Nasser, Secretary/Treasurer


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text:
"Prepare to get served."
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a film that talks about the life of Flint Lockwood. Flint is a person who thinks and dreams like a genius, but he is nothing close to it. He is not much of a genius at all, but he does believe in himself. His mother believes in everything that he does, but once she passes away, his father is all he has and he isn't that supportive. You will find that since he loses a whole lot, he wants to try and prove everybody, including his dad that he should be supported. The town and community that he lives in ends up experiencing a huge economic crisis after a certain business fell apart which was the only way to seeing success in the community. They were the only ones who were earning a big income to help everybody out. So Flint creates a top notch invention that can easily turn water into nice looking food instantly. However, at his first attempt it doesn't seem to be instant, but after a bit of time, he ends up seeing that it could work. The experiment ends up going into the sky and the world, causing for the world to have meatballs and all kinds of items get in the way. The entire town ends up having meatballs fall from the sky because everything that the world absorbs causes it all to turn into food. There are tons of people who deal with the problems in different ways. Flint discovers that he is the only one who can fix this big problem that is causing the food to fall everywhere around the town. With a bit of help from his friend who is a newscaster and other people who support him, he soon realizes that he really is smart and can do anything that he sets his mind to. Flint also finds love along the way despite the disastrous experiences that he undergoes with the world dropping meatballs from the sky.
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a film that talks about the life of Flint Lockwood. Flint is a person who thinks and dreams like a genius, but he is nothing close to it. He is not much of a genius at all, but he does believe in himself. His mother believes in everything that he does, but once she passes away, his father is all he has and he isn't that supportive. You will find that since he loses a whole lot, he wants to try and prove everybody, including his dad that he should be supported.
The town and community that he lives in ends up experiencing a huge economic crisis after a certain business fell apart which was the only way to seeing success in the community. They were the only ones who were earning a big income to help everybody out. So Flint creates a top notch invention that can easily turn water into nice looking food instantly. However, at his first attempt it doesn't seem to be instant, but after a bit of time, he ends up seeing that it could work.
The experiment ends up going into the sky and the world, causing for the world to have meatballs and all kinds of items get in the way. The entire town ends up having meatballs fall from the sky because everything that the world absorbs causes it all to turn into food. There are tons of people who deal with the problems in different ways. Flint discovers that he is the only one who can fix this big problem that is causing the food to fall everywhere around the town. With a bit of help from his friend who is a newscaster and other people who support him, he soon realizes that he really is smart and can do anything that he sets his mind to. Flint also finds love along the way despite the disastrous experiences that he undergoes with the world dropping meatballs from the sky.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 animated movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 30 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.9 and a MetaScore of 66.
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Q: How to visualize Euler's number? I am interested if there is geometric meaning (using graphs) of $(1 + \frac{1}{n})^n$ when $n \rightarrow \infty$. Also, is there visual explanation of why is $e^x = (1 + \frac{x}{n})^n$ when $n \rightarrow \infty$ and why is $\frac{d}{dx}e^x = e^x$?
I see that this kind of question is not posted yet.

A: Exponentiation turns addition to product, $$a^{b+c}=a^ba^c$$ (in the naturals, this is immediate from the definition). This corresponds to a "translation" property: shifting the argument amounts to a multiplication by a constant, and conversely, multiplying by a constant preserves the shape.
By definition, the slope of a curve is the vertical increment corresponding to an horizontal increment, and by the above property, the vertical increment must be a constant times the function. Hence the derivative of an exponential is an exponential.
More specifically,
$$\lim_{h\to0}\frac{a^{x+h}-a^x}h=a^x\lim_{x\to h}\frac{a^h-1}h$$ confirms this intuition.
Now we have this "magical" number $$\lim_{x\to h}\frac{a^h-1}h,$$ which is a priori a function of $a$. When $a=1$, this is $0$; when $a=10$ (say), numerical estimates based on $h=2^{-k}$ are $9,
4.32\cdots,3.11\cdots,2.67\cdots,2.48\cdots,\cdots2.3025\cdots$. They seem to stabilize above $1$.
It is possible (I will not attempt here) to show that the limit indeed converges to a value above $1$ for $a=10$, and that it is a continuous function of $a$. Hence, by the IVT, the must exist a constant, let $e$, such that
$$\lim_{h\to0}\frac{e^h-1}h=1$$
and
$$(e^x)'=e^x.$$

The plot below illustrates the relation between an exponential and its derivative, by showing
$$3^x,3^{x+1}-3^x,3^{x+1}.$$

One can also show that
$$e^x=\lim_{n\to\infty}\left(1+\frac xn\right)^n$$ is truly a power function and
$$e^x=\left(\lim_{m\to\infty}\left(1+\frac1m\right)^m\right)^x$$ (it suffices to substitute $mx$ for $n$), and the definition of the natural exponential just rests on the constant $e$.

A: I think of my favorite, and pretty geometric, proof of this limit, using the squeeze or sandwich theorem for limits.  You can do it using an upper and lower Riemann sum with one subdivision for the integral of $1/t$.
One has $L\le\int_1^{1+x/n}1/t\rm dt\le U\implies x/n(1/(1+x/n))\le\ln(1+x/n)\le x/n(1)\implies x/(n+x)\le\ln(1+x/n)\le x/n\implies e^{x/(n+x)}\le(1+x/n)\le e^{x/n}\implies e^{nx/(n+x)}\le(l+x/n)^n\le e^x$, and take limits.


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I've been meaning to post this for ages. Dennis made this film "Free Speech for Hamsters" last summer. I hope it isn't just because he's my partner but I really think this is animation used to its best abilities - it conveys complex and important ideas in a simple, concise and funny way. And just like how sometimes an illustration can be so much more universal than a photograph the use of animation and fluffy little creatures speaks more directly than more "related to our world" mediums might.
This is the second of his Public Information Films for Hamsters. The first one "Advice for Hamsters Buying Squeaks" was done fourteen years ago and won him several animation awards. I love the simple pencil drawn quality of it. Wondering what the third hamster film will be about in 2024!
(Here is a link to view it in YouTube without the right third of the film missing! I'm not sure why this always happens when I import videos? If anyone is able to explain to me how I can correct this I'd really appreciate it - thank you!) - Addition 27th April - I found the answer! Before I'd been pasting in the embedded info straight from youtube but if I use the insert video link on the blogspot tool bar when making a post it centres it! It's strange how learning such simple things make me happy!
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Design your own handbag....so addictive!
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I'm not even a very handbag obsessed type girl so be warned it could be addictive!
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I use to babysit/nanny for a now grown up girl who at about age seven described to me a place she had in her head which was a room made of marzipan lined with books and a marzipan chair where she would retreat to and read stories to herself. Now twenty one, I met her at a party at the weekend, and she is about to start an MA in Renaissance Literature.
I think everyone should nurture their "inner shed"
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Is Risk Good?
by Turner Dalmaso | Mar 7, 2016 | VentureLab | 0 comments
Wendy Mascio has been in sales her whole life. She initially wanted to attend Medical School but found her calling in medical sales. She excelled at her job and was a talented salesperson. However, when promotions came, she was disappointed that she was not being compensated enough for her work because of the system that was in place at her company. She decided that she would move on and start her own company where there would be no restrictions on the amount of success she could attain. Her story alone teaches many lessons. She had a steady job when she started her first company but decided to take a risk and work for herself full time. The risk paid off, but many people would be hesitant to leave a stable job and steady income to pursue their passions. This doesn't mean that everyone should quit their job and pursue their wildest dreams, but it does mean that to be successful, one must take calculated risks and really put themselves out there. She also talked about some pivots that she had to take when the Affordable Health Care Act was signed. The health care reform intimidated doctors and really made her business take a hit. If she wished to continue growing she would have to make major changes. She looked to places where the reform had not effected the market, overseas. This pivot was risky since she had no experience in international business. She again, took a calculated risk which eventually paid off.
The biggest things that I took away from the two lectures of hers that I attended were; risk is good, and calculated risk can have big payoffs. Also, she has a degree in biology and now works as an executive for a type of business consulting company. This brings me to my next two points. Just because you have a formal education in a subject does not mean that you are tied down, pursue what you love and what you are good at. She also stressed the importance of networking. We are constantly told how important it is, but this real life example really put it into perspective, never burn bridges. The project I am currently working on through venture lab directly applies to her to company going international. We originally focused on selling our products locally, but after networking and building business relationships, we have opened the door to exporting to neighboring countries. It is a risk, but after some research, and more research to come, we hope to expand our project and begin exporting in the later phases of the startup. Attending her lectures provided a plethora of information as well as some lessons that are applicable to everyday life and the business world.


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Security footage shows man breaking into YDI Head Start campus
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- New security cameras, fences topped with barbed wire and heavy-duty locks weren't enough to keep a man from vandalizing and stealing from YDI Head Start's campus, La Mariposa, on Mountain Road.
Now, the nonprofit that helps the community's most vulnerable children is asking for the community's help.
"We just really want to put a stop to this activity," said Debra Baca, vice president of early childhood education and family development.
Baca said a man, caught on surveillance, has terrorized them for too long. He's hit their Mariposa location five times in the past year and a half. They have to use money from their budget to clean up his damage, but it's the kids who end up paying the price.
"It's unfortunate that we have to utilize our money in that way when it could be used for the classroom or other supplies for the children," Baca said.
The latest incident, on July 4, was caught on surveillance video. It shows the man slithering through a gap in the bottom of a fence. He spray painted the camera before breaking in to the walk in freezer and taking off with what he could carry.
"Unfortunately, when something like this happens, we are forced to dump all the food that's in there because we can't guarantee that it hasn't been tampered with," said Mari Garcia, lead service specialist.
That might be the only food that the kids who utilize Head Start's summer services get during their day. The nonprofit feeds dozens of kids three meals before sending them home for the night.
Surveillance video from June shows the man again. That time he was smashing windows out of their school buses, stealing wires and batteries.
They've hung warning signs for parents, and for the thief. One recently hung on their walk in freezer reads, "STOP! You're stealing from children."
"It's really disheartening only because it's obvious that we are a school and the children are the ones who are being impacted by this," Garcia said.
Baca and Garcia said they can't catch this man alone. They've reported the break-ins to police, but they need the community to be on the lookout too.
"It's a federal offense when you're stealing or taking things from a federal facility," Baca said.
Updated: July 10, 2019 06:34 AM


The Eiserne Jungfrau (アイゼルネ・ユングフラウ, Aizerune Yungufurau?) are Furniture summoned by Erika Furudo in End of the Golden Witch. It is the 7th District Repentance Enforcement Agency of the Great Court of Heaven.
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