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The observations of actor, author, comedian, critic, director, humorist, journalist, m.c., performance artist, playwright, producer, publicist, public speaker, songwriter, and variety booker Trav S.D.
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Annie Yeamans: Star of the Theatre Comique
Annie Yeamans (1835-1912) was a second generation circus clown, born Annie Griffiths on the Isle of Man. When she was ten the family moved to Australia, which is where she first jumped into the ring. In 1895 she married American circus clown Edward Yeamans, and they toured the world.
In 1865, shortly after the couple and their three children arrived in San Francisco to try their luck in America, Edward Yeamans passed away. In order to feed the family, Annie began a second career as an actress in Dion Boucicault's Arah Na Pogue. Shortly after that, she moved to New York, where she performed in numerous melodramas, burlesques and extravaganzas. She was a core company member of Harrigan and Hart's stock company at the Theatre Comique for many years until the team broke up in 1885. After that, she continued to perform in Harrigan's shows and to play in vaudeville. She died in 1912.
To find out more about the history of vaudeville, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and wherever nutty books are sold.
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Writer and performer Trav S.D. (www.travsd.com) is best known for his books "No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous" (2005) and "Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to Youtube" (2013). He has written for the NY Times, the Village Voice, American Theatre, Time Out NY, Reason, the Villager and numerous other publications. Trav has been in the vanguard of New York's vaudeville and burlesque scenes since 1995 when he launched his company Mountebanks, presenting hundreds of acts ranging from Todd Robbins to Dirty Martini to Tammy Faye Starlite to the Flying Karamazov Brothers. He has directed his own plays, revues and solo pieces at such venues as Joe's Pub, La Mama, HERE, Dixon Place, Theater for the New City, the Ohio Theatre, the Brick, and 6 separate shows in the NY International Fringe Festival. In 2014 he produced and directed the smash-hit "I'll Say She Is", the first ever revival of the Marx Brothers hit 1924 Broadway show in the NY International Fringe Festival.	View all posts by travsd
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J Anim Ecol. 2006 Sep;75(5):1081-90.
Moving towards acceleration for estimates of activity-specific metabolic rate in free-living animals: the case of the cormorant.
Wilson RP1, White CR, Quintana F, Halsey LG, Liebsch N, Martin GR, Butler PJ.
Institute of Environmental Sustainability, School of the Environment and Society, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, Wales, UK. r.p.wilson@swansea.ac.uk
1. Time and energy are key currencies in animal ecology, and judicious management of these is a primary focus for natural selection. At present, however, there are only two main methods for estimation of rate of energy expenditure in the field, heart rate and doubly labelled water, both of which have been used with success; but both also have their limitations. 2. The deployment of data loggers that measure acceleration is emerging as a powerful tool for quantifying the behaviour of free-living animals. Given that animal movement requires the use of energy, the accelerometry technique potentially has application in the quantification of rate of energy expenditure during activity. 3. In the present study, we test the hypothesis that acceleration can serve as a proxy for rate of energy expenditure in free-living animals. We measured rate of energy expenditure as rates of O2 consumption (VO2) and CO2 production (VCO2) in great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) at rest and during pedestrian exercise. VO2 and VCO2 were then related to overall dynamic body acceleration (ODBA) measured with an externally attached three-axis accelerometer. 4. Both VO2 and VCO2 were significantly positively associated with ODBA in great cormorants. This suggests that accelerometric measurements of ODBA can be used to estimate VO2 and VCO2 and, with some additional assumptions regarding metabolic substrate use and the energy equivalence of O2 and CO2, that ODBA can be used to estimate the activity specific rate of energy expenditure of free-living cormorants. 5. To verify that the approach identifies expected trends in from situations with variable power requirements, we measured ODBA in free-living imperial cormorants (Phalacrocorax atriceps) during foraging trips. We compared ODBA during return and outward foraging flights, when birds are expected to be laden and not laden with captured fish, respectively. We also examined changes in ODBA during the descent phase of diving, when power requirements are predicted to decrease with depth due to changes in buoyancy associated with compression of plumage and respiratory air. 6. In free-living imperial cormorants, ODBA, and hence estimated VO2, was higher during the return flight of a foraging bout, and decreased with depth during the descent phase of a dive, supporting the use of accelerometry for the determination of activity-specific rate of energy expenditure.
Publication types, MeSH terms, Substance
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 * MD5InputStream, a subclass of FilterInputStream implementing MD5
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 * Authori: Santeri Paavolainen, Helsinki Finland 1996, 2003
 * (c) Santeri Paavolainen, Helsinki Finland 1996, 2003
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
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 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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 * See http://www.iki.fi/santtu/programs/md5/ for more information on this
 * and the MD5 class.
 *
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//import fi.iki.santtu.md5.MD5;
import java.io.*;

/**
 * MD5InputStream is a subclass of FilterInputStream adding MD5
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 * @version	$Revision: 1.2 $
 * @author	Santeri Paavolainen <santtu@iki.fi>
 */

public class MD5InputStream extends FilterInputStream {
  /**
   * MD5 context
   */
  private MD5	md5;

  /**
   * Creates a MD5InputStream
   * @param in	The input stream
   */
  public MD5InputStream (InputStream in) {
    super(in);

    md5 = new MD5();
  }

  /**
   * Read a byte of data.
   * @see java.io.FilterInputStream
   */
  public int read() throws IOException {
    int c = in.read();

    if (c == -1)
	return -1;

    if ((c & ~0xff) != 0) {
      System.out.println("MD5InputStream.read() got character with (c & ~0xff) != 0)!");
    } else {
      md5.Update(c);
    }

    return c;
  }

  /**
   * Reads into an array of bytes.
   *
   * @see java.lang.FilterInputStream
   */
  public int read (byte bytes[], int offset, int length) throws IOException {
    int	r;

    if ((r = in.read(bytes, offset, length)) == -1)
      return r;

    md5.Update(bytes, offset, r);

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  }

  /**
   * Returns array of bytes representing hash of the stream as
   * finalized for the current state.
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it seems that HTC is one of the fastest to put my flagships updated to Android 7.0 Nougat. According to the latest rumors, the HTC 10 could be updated at the end of the month while the One M9 would expect only the end of the year.
since the arrival of the final version of Android 7.0 Nougat , many users now expect to receive this update on their terminal. If some manufacturers already offer smartphones natively compatible with this version ( as LG with its V20 ), very few have already deployed this version on their old devices.
However, according to the developer LlabTooFeR, HTC would be finalizing its firmware European for the HTC 10. Thus, the update could happen as early as the end of November or beginning of December.
HTC 10 (US) to receive Android 7.0 by the end of November – begging of the December update.
in a second message, he explained that the version dedicated to the HTC One M9 is currently being tested and could happen very shortly after, around late December or early January. That remains to be taken in the conditional, tests that can reveal bugs last minute pushing back the release date of this version.
is not a real surprise to see HTC being one of the first manufacturers to deploy Android 7.0 Nougat ( with LG and its G5 ). Already for Lollipop and Marshmallow, the Taiwanese brand was one of the most rapid to update its terminals high range.
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Profile: Alla Verber
Career in fashion and memes on t-shirts.
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On August 6, it became known that Alla Verber, fashion director of the Central Department Store and vice president of jewelry company Mercury, died in the Forte dei Marmi hospital in Italy at the 62nd year of her life. According to media reports, the cause of her death was a heart attack due to blood poisoning.
Verber was not only a major figure in the Russian fashion market, but also an Internet person: online media and Instagram subscribers noted her spontaneity, self-irony and sincerity, and expressions with a characteristic accent became local memes that got on T-shirts and stickers on Telegram.
"Fashion aroused my interest literally from birth"
Verber was born in St. Petersburg in a family of doctors and managed to study at a medical school for three years, but in the mid-70s she left her and went to Rome. She lived in the Italian capital for a year and learned a lot about the fashion world, which attracted her from childhood.
In Soviet times, I really did not understand what fashion was, but I liked to dress people, dress up myself, change clothes. I am not a designer, but I can take a person and turn him into the person I see him.
Alla Verber
She studied abroad and, by her own admission, "traveled the whole world", lived in Canada for a long time, where she worked in a ready-made dress store and began to study the specifics of fashion retail. In the 80s in Toronto, Verber opened her own clothing store.
Returning to Russia after a ten year absence, she discovered that the country has undergone radical changes.
We grew up in a closed communist country, and now Russia has become ultra-capitalist, open, beautiful and significant. Everything has changed. Today, people are very fashionable, international, open-minded and very spoiled.
"In the 1990s, only my determination saved me"
Verber more than once told the domestic gloss how in the early 90s she decided to "build the fashion industry from scratch."
It seemed to me that the Russians, who love to dress up in beautiful things in their blood, lack only the opportunity to go to the store and buy everything they want there: clothes, accessories, cosmetics, gifts for loved ones. So that in the trading house "Moscow", where I came to work, there was something to look at, first of all, it was necessary to build relationships with brands and bring them to Russia.
She herself flew to Paris to personally meet with the head of the Chanel brand, and to Milan to meet Dolce and Gabbana. Not without embarrassment.
Do you know how I got my first Fendi bag? Carla Fendi refused to have dinner with me when I came to her for lunch with a Prada bag. She put forward an ultimatum: "First a Fendi bag – then lunch." You understand, I had to order a new bag in Rome.
The Business of Fashion publication included Alla Verber on the list of 500 most influential people in the fashion world three times (in 2013, 2014, 2015).
"Give me another chance, and I will do things differently!"
In an interview with Forbes in 2015, Verber said she had been fighting cancer for five years and was treated – first in Russia, then in Israel and New York.
When this happened to me and I struggled with the disease for a long time, I swore to God: "Give me one more chance, and I will do everything differently!" And I am grateful to him that he heard me. Of course, I try to follow my promise so that he does not get angry with me.
According to her, the announcement of the diagnosis was "the most terrible thing that could happen" for her, after which "there are no things that you cannot overcome."
Gess Ver Aym
Alla Verber actively maintained a personal blog on Instagram, where she had almost half a million followers. "Given my age, this is very funny," she claimed. And she talked about her trips, regularly recorded video messages, published numerous photos with stars, commented on fashion trends and sometimes joked.
На закупке сумок Judith Leiber @judithleiberny. #заказсумок #красивыесумки #work #работа #ньюйорк #newyork #хорошеенастроение #шучу ☺#юморвленту #verberwork
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The "phone" in Verber's hand is actually a clutch bag from Judith Leiber
In 2018, the phrase "Good morning! Good morning! Guess where I am? ", With which Verber began her travel videos. Subscribers picked her up and began to publish their own options, sometimes trying to repeat the peculiar talk of the TSUM fashion director.
At the beginning of the year, TSUM offered its own stickers on Telegram, which included Verber phrases.
TsUM stickers
And in September of the same year, she presented a collaboration with designer Artyom Krivda.
T-shirts: official and not
Krivda created a collection of T-shirts and hoodies with characteristic Verber phrases. It was announced that all profits from the sale of these things will go to charity.
Shortly before this presentation, Maxim Kirevichev , an SMM manager from Moscow , demonstrated his own mercury dedicated to Verber . He came up with the idea of placing her quotes on T-shirts and praised her ability to laugh at herself.
However, unlike the official collaboration, TSUM lawyers considered that the image of the store's logo and portraits of the fashion director were used illegally. T-shirts removed from sale.
"Illegal" T-shirt Kirevicheva
"Forte dei Marmi strongly reminded me of my childhood"
The last photo on the Verber instagram is dated August 4. She rested in the Italian resort of Forte dei Marmi, which she called one of her favorite places on the planet.
Why is this small Italian village so fond of?
Forte dei Marmi strongly reminded me of my childhood, our cottage near Leningrad, Olgino, Sestroretsk, Komarovo. That carefree summer vacation, the warm and bright sun and bike rides.
Ну вот и я приобщилась к велосипедным прогулкам по Форте-Дей-Марми. Какое же это невероятное удовольсвте! Чувстую себя школьницей ☺ #велосипед #прогулка #отпуск #отдых #август #лето #италия #фортедеймарми #фортедеймарми2019 #bicycle #bikeride #vacation #relax #summer #august #italy #italia #fortedeimarmi #fortedeimarmi2019 #verberlifestyle
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\section*{Abstract}
This paper will examine the spatial reference systems typically used in Laban Movement Analysis (LMA), and the consequences of group actions on these systems. The elementary notions of inversion and transposition in choreographic composition can be defined in such a way that they can be shown to be group homomorphisms in all the reference systems of LMA. The notions of orbits and stabilizers on polyhedra are used to mathematically define these choreographic devices, and these same notions can be used to define new choreographic devices on the standard polyhedra used for spatial reference in dance.

\section*{Introduction}
Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) was developed by Rudolf Laban as a means of describing and documenting human movement, and is used as a tool for studying and analyzing modern dance. The main aspects of LMA I will examine are the use of regular polyhedra as spatial reference systems, and the development of movement scales within these figure. The cube, octahedron, and icosahedron are used to determine 26 distinct spatial directions, each coming from the vertices of these polyhedra. The notions of group actions, or symmetries, on these figures are surprisingly useful in modern dance choreography. In choreographic practice, as in music composition, a thematic phrase of movement material is developed, and then choreographic devices are applied to this phrase to generate related and meaningful iterations of new movement material. One particular devices is the notion of inversion. Informally, inversion is defined as taking a movement to its spatial opposite, for instance inversion could take what was in the front space of the body to the backspace, or an action with an upright directional intent to having a downward directional intent. Inversion can be formally defined in the spatial reference systems, and we can show that this notion can be defined in terms of a group action, if we take the group to be the vertices of any of the three noted polyhedrons.

\section*{Inversion}

\subsection*{The Octahedron}
We will start by examining the octahedron. We can consider the body situated inside an octahedron. Let $v_1$ be the head, $v_2$ be the feet, and $v_4$ be the front of the body so that $v_6$ is the middle side left direction and $v_5$ is the middle side right. We define inversion as taking the directional intent of an action to its spatial opposite. Using the vertices of the octahedron, we would hope that the inversion of an action in the direction of $v_4$ would be an action in the direction of $v_3$, and similarly the inversion of an object is the direction of $v_1$ would be the same action in the direction $v_2$.\\
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\begin{figure}[h!]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.35]{Octahedron2}
  \caption{Octahedron}
\end{figure}

Formally consider the direction of an action to be the set containing the vertex that defines a particular direction, so an action that takes place in the middle right direction would be in the direction $\{v_6\}$. \\
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Consider the set of the vertices $V = \{v_1, v_2, v_3, v_4, v_5, v_6\}$ and the group of rotational symmetries on the octahedron. Considering $\{v_i\}$ for $i = 5, 6$, the stabilizer of $v_i$ is the set of rotations that leave $v_i$ fixed. The stabilizer $H = stab(v_i)$ fixes both $v_5$ and $v_6$ and induces a group action on the octahedron. There is only one permutation other than the identity in the stabilizer of $v_i$. \\

\indent$H = stab(v_i) = \{e, (v_1, v_2)(v_3, v_4)\}$, for $i = 5,6$\\
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We can consider the orbits under this group action. \\
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\indent $orb(v_1) = \{v_1, v_2\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_3) = \{v_3, v_4\}$  \\
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Since the orbits partition the set $V$, for an action in any direction, we can define the inversion of that action to be the only other element in the action's orbit. Considering the action in the middle back direction, $\{v_3\}$, we can define the inversion\\
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\indent$I(v_3) = orb(v_3) - \{v_3\} = \{v_4\}$\\
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which gives us an action in $\{v_4\}$, the middle front direction, which is what we expected inversion to be based on our informal definition. Similarly, \\
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\indent$I(v_4) = orb(v_4) - \{v_4\} = \{v_3\}$\\
\indent$I(v_1) = orb(v_1) - \{v_1\} = \{v_2\}$\\
\indent$I(v_2) = orb(v_2) - \{v_2\} = \{v_1\}$\\
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Actions in the mid level directly left and directly right are inversions of each other, and taking the stabilizer of any other vertex in the octahedron puts these directions in the same orbit.\\
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In general, for an invertible action $\{v_i\}$, define \\
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\indent$I(v_i) = orb(v_i) - \{v_i\} $\\
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Inversion in the octahedron sets the stage for defining choreographic devices on the icosahedron, which will provide a richer description of directions in space. In the icosahedron we will continue the practice of examining orbits and stabilizers to define inversion, but a clearer distinction will be made between group actions that define each type of inversion, high-low, front-back, and left right.
\subsection*{The Icosahedron}For our purposes it will be most convenient to consider the vertices of the icosahedron formed by the corners of the mutually orthogonal intersecting rectangles. In anatomy we consider the vertical, horizontal, and sagittal planes on the body. The vertical plane cuts the body into front and back halves, the horizontal plane cuts the body into top and bottom halves, and the sagittal plane cuts the body into left and right halves. \cite{bart}  \\

\begin{figure}[h!]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.35]{Icosa-labels2}
  \caption{Icosahedron from Orthogonal Rectangles}
\end{figure}

In the figure above, the blue plane is the sagittal plane, the green plane is the horizontal plane, and the red plane is the vertical plane. If we situate the body inside the icosahedron so that the head is at the top of the sagittal plane, the vertices correlate to the following directions of the body in space.\\
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\indent \begin{tabular}{ll}
$v_1$ - forward high & $v_7$ - middle right back \\
$v_2$ - back high & $v_8$ - middle left back\\
$v_3$ - high right & $v_9$ - forward low \\
$v_4$ - high left & $v_{10}$ - back low \\
$v_5$ - middle right forward & $v_{11}$ - low right \\
$v_6$ - middle left forward & $v_{12}$ - low left\\
\end{tabular}\\
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Let's first begin to consider the group of rotational symmetries on the figure, $I_r$. We only want symmetries that will keep the same orientation of the head and feet in the sagittal plane. Allowing $I_r$ to act on the edges of the icosahedron, note that keeping the "head" in place might correlate to taking the stabilizer of the top edge connecting $v_1$ and $v_2$, call it $e_1$. Considering $stab(e1)$ we find that this is just the rotational symmetry $\rho_{180}$.\\
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The rotational symmetry $\rho_{180}$ is working about a 2-fold axis that passes through the midpoint of $e_1$ to the midpoint of the opposite edge, the edge connecting $v_9$ and $v_{10}$. This symmetry induces a group action on the vertices, from which we can then determine the partition of the vertices into orbits. \\
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\indent $orb(v_1) = \{v_1 = e, v_2\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_3) = \{v_3 = e, v_4\}$  \\
\indent $orb(v_5) = \{v_5 = e, v_7\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_6) = \{v_6 = e, v_8\}$  \\
\indent $orb(v_9) = \{v_9 = e, v_{10}\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_{11}) = \{v_{11} = e, v_{12}\}$  \\
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From choreographic composition, there are many ways to interpret inversion. The three we will focus on in this section are from forward to back, from low to high and from left to right. For the front-back inversion, the inversion of forward high, $v_1$, is back high, $v_2$, and from above those two vertices are in the same orbit. All the orbits defined above partition vertices into pairs with their front-back inversion, $I_{fb}$, except for the permutations $(v_3, v_4)$ and $(v_{11}, v_{12})$. These two orbits give define a relation between left and right directions, which does not fit into the definition of a front-back inversion, so we need an action on the vertices that will fix this entire plane, i.e. the vertices $v_3, v_4, v_{11}, v_{12}.$\\
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Considering the $stab(v_i, v_{i + 1})$, for $i = 3, 11$ we arrive at the following:\\
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\indent$H = stab(v_i, v_{i + 1}) = \{e, (v_1, v_9)(v_2, v_{10})(v_3, v_{11})(v_4, v_{12})\}$\\
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The non-identity permutation defines the following orbits:\\
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\indent $orb(v_1) = \{v_1 = e, v_2\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_5) = \{v_2 = e, v_{7}\}$  \\
\indent $orb(v_6) = \{v_3 = e, v_{8}\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_9) = \{v_4 = e, v_{10}\}$  \\
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This partitions the orbits into sets containing an action and that action's front-back inversion. Another symmetry will have to be determined to define low-high inversion and left-right inversion.\\
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\subsection*{Low-High Inversion} For low-high inversion, $I_{lh}$, we again cannot employ a rotational symmetry.  First consider again $\rho_{180}$, but consider it about the axis that goes through the horizontal place, entering at the edge connecting $v_5$ and $v_6$, and existing the edge connecting $v_7$ and $v_8$. The partition of the vertices into orbits under this action is as follows:\\
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\indent $orb(v_1) = \{v_1 = e, v_9\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_2) = \{v_2 = e, v_{10}\}$  \\
\indent $orb(v_3) = \{v_3 = e, v_{11}\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_4) = \{v_4 = e, v_{12}\}$  \\
\indent $orb(v_5) = \{v_5 = e, v_{6}\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_7) = \{v_{7} = e, v_{8}\}$  \\
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This works except for all the vertices in the horizontal plane. These do not have low-high inversions, so we need an action on the vertices that will fix this entire plane, i.e. the vertices $v_5, v_6, v_7, v_8.$\\
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Considering the $stab(v_i, v_{i + 1})$, for $i = 5..8$ we get:\\
\\
\indent$H = stab(v_i, v_{i + 1}) = \{e, (v_1, v_9)(v_2, v_{10})(v_3, v_{11})(v_4, v_{12})\}$\\
\\
The non-identity permutation defines the following orbits:\\
\\
\indent $orb(v_1) = \{v_1 = e, v_9\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_2) = \{v_2 = e, v_{10}\}$  \\
\indent $orb(v_3) = \{v_3 = e, v_{11}\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_4) = \{v_4 = e, v_{12}\}$  \\
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which correctly determines the sets of elements with their low-high inversion. \subsection*{Left-Right Inversion} Left-Right inversion is similarly defined by taking the stabilizer of sagittal plane. \\
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Considering the $stab(v_i, v_{i + 1})$, for $i = 1..2$ we get:\\
\\
\indent$H = stab(v_i, v_{i + 1}) = \{e, (v_3, v_4)(v_5, v_{6})(v_7, v_{8})(v_{11}, v_{12})\}$\\
\\
The non-identity permutation defines the following orbits:\\
\\
\indent $orb(v_3) = \{v_3 = e, v_4\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_5) = \{v_5 = e, v_{6}\}$  \\
\indent $orb(v_7) = \{v_7 = e, v_{8}\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_{11}) = \{v_{11} = e, v_{12}\}$  \\
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We find that what is referred to as "inversion" in modern dance choreography follows a reflective symmetry in the icosahedron.
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\section{Additional Uses for Group Actions}
\subsection*{Subsequent inversions on the icosahedron}
In choreography an inversion can be applied to an action multiple times in a row. Consider front-back inversion on the icosahedron and actions $A$ and $B$, where action $A = \{v_5\}$ is in the direction of $v_5$ and action $B = \{v_8\}$ is in the direction of $v_8$.\\
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\indent $I_{fb}(A) = \{v_7\}$ \\
\indent $I_{fb}(B) = \{v_6\}$\\
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Define the operation $P \oplus R$ on actions $P$ and $R$ to be performing an action in the direction of P, and then performing an action in the direction $R$, the resulting action just being in the direction $R$. Then,\\
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\indent  $I_{fb}(A) \oplus I_{fb}(B) = \{v_6\}$. \\
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And\\
\indent $A \oplus B = \{v_8\}$, \\
\\
so that \\
\indent $I_{fb}(A \oplus B) = \{v_6\}$.\\
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Performing two actions in sequence and then taking the inversion yields the same results as doing the inversions of each of the actions in sequence. We can define the inversion of a sequence of events to be sequence of each individual action's inversion. It should be noted that this definition is only concerned with the end destination of the movement, but the not the sequence of movements taken to get there.  \\
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\subsection*{Laban's normal zones as group actions}
Laban identified five principle zones of the body associated with the head, each arm, and each leg. \cite{laban} Considering the body positioned in the icosahedron as before, consider the right and left arms at high right $\{v_3\}$ and high left $\{v_4\}$ respectively, with the legs similarly at $\{v_{11}\}$ and $\{v_{12}\}$.  If we take the stabilizer of any of these vertices we can create orbits which roughly correspond to Laban's normal zones for the arms and legs. Consider first $stab(v_3)$. Under this the following orbits are created.\\
\\
\indent $orb(v_1) = \{v_1, v_2, v_8, v_{12}, v_6\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_3) = \{v_3, v_7, v_{10}, v_9, v_5\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_4) = \{v_4\}$\\
\indent $orb(v_{11}) = \{v_{11}\}$\\
\\
The first, $orb(v_1)$ gives a group of vertices within a normal range for the left arm, with $v_6$ being the standard position for the left arm.  The normal range, which relates to Laban's normal zones, for any arm or leg can be defined as the orbit of any of the vertices adjacent to the vertex that gives the standard position for that limb under the stabilizer of the vertex that gives the standard position. Thus the normal zone for each limb is the following:\\
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\hspace*{2cm}
\begin{tabular}{ccc}
Limb & Standard Position & Normal Range \\
\hline
Left Arm & $\{v_4\}$&  $orb(v_1) = \{v_1, v_2, v_8, v_{12}, v_6\}$\\\\
Right Arm & $\{v_3\}$&  $orb(v_1) = \{v_1, v_2, v_7, v_{11}, v_5\}$\\\\
Left Leg & $\{v_{12}\}$&  $orb(v_9) = \{v_6, v_4, v_8, v_{10}, v_9\}$\\\\
Right Leg & $\{v_{11}\}$&  $orb(v_9) = \{v_5, v_3, v_7, v_{10}, v_9\}$\\\\
\end{tabular}

\section*{Laban's Directions in Space}
Laban gave a codified system for representing directions in space. Henceforth we will refer to the directions using his symbols, which are listed below \cite{laban}.
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\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.35]{Directions}
  \caption{Laban's Directions in Space}
\end{figure}

Below is the icosahedron with these directions labeled.

\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{IcosaDirections2020}
  \caption{Directions on the Icosahedron}
\end{figure}

Using these spatial directions Laban established what he felt were natural sequences of movement inside the icosahedron and other spatial systems. He claimed these sequences followed natural patterns of the body and were governed by scientific and mathematical principles. Laban named many of these trace forms, including the defense and attack scales, and the girdle. We will start the exploration of the principles governing these scales on the most intriguing trace form, the primary scale on the icosahedron.  \\

\section*{The Primary Scale on the Icosahedron}

Laban established  what he called the standard (or primary) scale on the twelve vertices of the icosahedron, and it is displayed below. Laban recognized many symmetries and patterns used to establish this scale, including squares, triangles and diagonals in space.
\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.3]{PrimaryScale2020}
 \caption{Laban's Primary Scale}
\end{figure}

\clearpage

Louis Horst was one of the first to recognize a possible connection between music composition and dance composition, and the devices of inversion and transposition in dance were translated from these same devices in music theory \cite{horst}. Taking a hint from music theory, in an attempt to better understand Laban's reasoning behind the primary scale, we can visualize the primary scale on a clock, akin to the musical clock from music theory \cite{mccartin}. \\

\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.35]{PrimaryScaleClock2020}
  \caption{Primary Scale Clock}
\end{figure}

This illustrates how the primary scale can be represented by $Z_{12}$. And beautifully, the triangles, quadrangles and diameters referred to by Laban can be viewed as cosets of $Z_{12}$. The triangles correlate to $4Z_{12}$, the quadrangles $3Z_{12}$ and the diameters $6Z_{12}$. What Laban referred to as trace forms can be represented by paths connecting points of the clock. \\

\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.35]{Triangles2}
  \caption{Triangles on the Clock}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.35]{Squares2}
  \caption{Squares on the Clock}
\end{figure}

\clearpage

\section*{Defining Inversion on the Primary Scale Clock}

Earlier we defined three different types of inversion in the icosahedron; front-back, left-right, and high low. We can now define another type of inversion, diametral inversion, on the primary scale clock. Diametral inversion could be defined as subsequent applications of the previously defined inversion. For instance the diametral inversion of an action in the right middle front direction would be an action in the left middle back direction, which could be obtained by applying a front back inversion, and then a left right inversion. This previous analysis focuses only on the final destination of the movement, rather than the path taken to arrive there, so we were only able to determine the inversion of a single movement, rather than the inversion of a sequence of movements. If we now refer only to diametral inversion, we can develop a method of determining the inversion for a whole sequence of movements using the primary scale clock.

\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.35]{Diameters2}
  \caption{Diameters Defining Diametral Inversion}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!h]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[scale=0.35]{Girdle2}
  \caption{The "Girdle" Trace Form and It's Inversion}
\end{figure}

\clearpage

\section*{New Devices} The goal of this paper was to first mathematically establish the symmetries that define choreographic devices already in place, with the hope of then exploring additional symmetries to determine new devices. We have currently only looked at the concept of choreographic inversion, and shown how it can be determined by group actions on the octahedron and icosahedron. More analysis can be done on these polyhedra, and in the future to determine new devices it may be useful to examine non-regular and non-convex polyhedra as systems of spatial reference. \\

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Started in 2006, Cinematheque de Tanger is a non-profit organization located in the Moroccan city of Tangier, where its organizers aim to provide the public with top quality programs representing the multi-faceted diversity of film production, beyond the scope of films released in commercial Moroccan theaters. By promoting world cinema in Morocco, and Moroccan cinema to the world, Cinematheque de Tanger (CdT) hopes to develop film culture in Morocco, acting as a platform for cross-cultural dialogue and exchange of ideas. The organization is creating a film archive representing all genres of film, including documentaries, video art and experimental films, as well as hosting workshops for filmmakers and educational activities for children.
The Cinematheque de Tanger's primary reason for the archive is preserve and distribute Arabic and Maghrebi film and video, while making the material available to as wide an audience as possible. The archive includes both contemporary and classic features, documentaries, short films and artist videos, with categories for experimental and amateur cinema. The collection can be viewed on site at the CdT, located in the former premises of Cinema Rif, Grand Socco, Tangier, where regular programs feature selected items.
In order to provide a wide range of cinematic works, the organization welcomes private and institutional donations, requesting that artists, producers, distributors and film associations submit their film footage to be scanned for preservation on a secure digital server. Colonial footage and old super 8 tapes from Arabic countries are also of interest. CdT points out that submission of works for filing in their archives implies the transfer of non-commercial distribution rights as set out by the CdT.
Children's programs include screening of a wide range of film genres including animation, documentaries, ethnographic films and world cinema, with the objective of education young audiences on the various aspects of movies. On the first Sunday of every month between October to June, The Magic Lantern showcases films with both educational and entertainment value. School Sessions are designed to make children curious about film making, and develop critical thinking and expression through discussion, while sharing and forming social bonds.
The Library of Cinematheque de Tanger is open on Saturday morning from 10am to 1pm, where visitors have access to essays, art books, poetry, journals, novels, film, photography, visual arts, history and more. The Cinematheque de Tanger certainly contributes to the cultural heritage of one of Morocco's most charming destinations.


It's been an amazing summer in Glasgow – packed with excitement from the action on the Commonwealth Games track, to the Kelvingrove bandstand, to the festival atmosphere at Glasgow Green and beyond.
But as September approaches, there are still many things to do, go and see in and around Glasgow. And, as ever, the Subway, is the best way to get around.
Celebrate the east end of Glasgow at this two day festival presented by the East End Social. A fantastic line-up includes Mogwai, The Wedding Present, The Twilight Sad, Hudson Mohawke, Jeff Mills, and James Murphy.
On the last weekend of each month, the world famous Barras sees a variety of traders come together to sell African and Caribbean products including crafts, food, fashion, hair and beauty, music and DVDs. The perfect place to source unusual items – and to get a taste of Africa.
It's been a momentous year for the Art School with fire destroying part of the building, including the iconic library designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The work does go on, however, and September 6 sees the opening of this year's Graduate Degree Show. Get yourself along there to see the future of British art and design.
The Proms returns to Glasgow Green for a live event on Saturday September 13 as part of the BBC's wider Last Night of the Proms celebrations.
Stephen Bell conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra for a spectacular evening of open-air music. Expect a number of star guests to appear. Families and all music lovers are invited to bring picnics and deck chairs to enjoy the atmosphere – and a performance which will include a medley of sing-a-long numbers.
Missing the Commonwealth Games? Don't worry, the Emirates Arena is the venue for the European Open Judo championship, in which the sport's top female stars take on some of the best "judoka" in Europe.
In one of the most anticipated exhibitions of recent times, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum brings together more than 100 works by Alasdair Gray, one of Scotland's most famous artists, to mark his 80th birthday. Gray, who created the mural at SPT's Hillhead subway station, plans to finish three major works for the exhibition which he began in the 1960s.


That food looks absolutely amazing. I recently discovered Korean food, and I really can't believe I've survived for this long without it!
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The next time we visit Niagara Falls, I have to make sure to check this place out with my family. The food looks really yummy.
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We don't go out to eat very often. Better to eat at home but we would enjoy visiting and trying out this type of food.
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The food looks so good! it's nice to find some nice places to eat when you are on the road. We haven't been to Canada in a while but recently visited Niagara Falls. We stayed on the American side this time but I remember there being a lot more on the Canadian side.
All of this food looks delicious!! I love a fried egg on pretty much anything!!
I love Asian cuisines! I would be happy to visit this restaurant one day. It looks great with yummy food!
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Too bad you couldn't find a Filipino restaurant, which I am surprised because there is a large Filipino population in Ontario. I guess it depends which city you're in because In Toronto there are plenty of Pinoy restos! (My parents are from the Philippines).
Never tried Korean food and not sure if there's a restaurant here in Tallahassee. This post has now insired a trek to find one.Gracia!


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This letter from H G Wells to the editor of the Saturday Review is a response to a review of The Island of Dr. Moreau which was published in the same magazine in April 1896.
What did P Chalmers Mitchell say about the book that brought such a strong response from H G Wells?
P Chalmers Mitchell starts by praising H G Wells's earlier work, but then complains that in this novel he 'has put out his talent to the most flagitious usury'; in other works, he disapproves of it. He complains strongly about the amount of blood, the description of pain ('unworthy of restrained art'), and the relentless horror of the story. It was acceptable at that time for reviewers to tell the story, and Moreau's death is mentioned, and the boat with the corpses which drifts onto the island.
But mostly what annoys Mitchell is the science. Although he agrees that 'there is scientific basis enough to form the plot of a story', he refutes Wells's claim, made in an afternote, that 'the manufacture of monsters – and perhaps even quasi-human monsters – is within the possibilities of vivisection'. Mitchell states that 'you can transfuse blood or graft skin from one man to another; but attempts to combine living material from different animals fail'.
Wells points out the damage done to his reputation by the accusation of bad science – 'the stigma of ignorance' – but is able to call on the British Medical Journal report of a successful tissue graft between rabbit and man, published in October 1896. Mitchell responded by pointing out that this was not a graft of nervous tissue, any more than the use of catgut in surgery. And he pointed out the 'huge advertisement my criticism seems to have given his book'.
Roger Luckhurst looks at H G Wells's The Island of Dr. Moreau as a text that both provoked and explored feelings of disgust, reflecting late-Victorian questions and fears about vivisection, cannibalism and evolutionary degeneration.
H G Wells was a committed socialist whose political writing influenced, among other things, the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Dr Matthew Taunton considers how Wells engaged with socialist ideas in his journalism, social commentary and fiction.


After Peter passed away in August 2014, WCT's mission has been to sustain and co-operate with individuals and organisations that implement the contour trenching technique in their approach to combat desertification and climate change.
WCT encourages further scientific validation of the approach to restoring hydrological corridors and creating sub-surface water supplies, as previously achieved by Peter Westerveld using the contour trenching techniques. WCT encourages organisations to employ this technique to combat desertification and climate change and supports their endeavours by providing access to know-how and past project experiences.
WCT supports the further validation and continuous development of Peter Westerveld's vision and work.
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WCT will collaborate with "FOURElementsInvestements", a Dutch holding company and execution partner of WCT. The mission of "FOURElementsInvestements" is to utilise the contour trenching technique to restore an entire hydrological corridor, and drive social and economic improvement for communities. "FOURElementsInvestements" will combine the contour trenching and water harvesting technique to regenerate arid lands, and in doing so create arable lands that can be utilised by communities to set up businesses including dairy and beef farming, fodder production, energy and water supply and wildlife tourism. "FOURElementsInvestements" aims to establish these businesses within local communities in conjunction with third party service providers. The first project implemented by "FOURElementsInvestements" is in Kenya.
· Publish a report summarising Peter Westerveld's contour trenching techniques including: (i) a detailed summary of the main issues that can be addressed by implementing contour trenching with scientific support; and (ii) a particular focus on how to implement contour trenching by analysing the three elements of climate engineering, landscape design and contour trenching.
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|	example.com/class/method/id/
|
| In some instances, however, you may want to remap this relationship
| so that a different class/function is called than the one
| corresponding to the URL.
|
| Please see the user guide for complete details:
|
|	https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/routing.html
|
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
| RESERVED ROUTES
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| There are three reserved routes:
|
|	$route['default_controller'] = 'welcome';
|
| This route indicates which controller class should be loaded if the
| URI contains no data. In the above example, the "welcome" class
| would be loaded.
|
|	$route['404_override'] = 'errors/page_missing';
|
| This route will tell the Router which controller/method to use if those
| provided in the URL cannot be matched to a valid route.
|
|	$route['translate_uri_dashes'] = FALSE;
|
| This is not exactly a route, but allows you to automatically route
| controller and method names that contain dashes. '-' isn't a valid
| class or method name character, so it requires translation.
| When you set this option to TRUE, it will replace ALL dashes in the
| controller and method URI segments.
|
| Examples:	my-controller/index	-> my_controller/index
|		my-controller/my-method	-> my_controller/my_method
*/
$route['default_controller'] = 'site';
$route['404_override'] = '';
$route['translate_uri_dashes'] = TRUE;

//custom routing
$route['admin/department'] = 'admin/degree';
$route['admin/branch'] = 'admin/courses';
$route['admin/class'] = 'admin/division';
$route['admin/study_resourse'] = 'admin/studyresource';
$route['admin/digital_library'] = 'admin/library';
$route['admin/exam_schedule'] = 'admin/exam_time_table';
$route['admin/exam_marks'] = 'admin/marks';
$route['admin/exam_grade'] = 'admin/grade';
$route['admin/cms_pages'] = 'admin/cms';

$route['professor/study_resource'] = 'professor/studyresource';
$route['professor/digital_library'] = 'professor/library';
$route['professor/exam_schedule'] = 'professor/exam_time_table';
$route['professor/exam_marks'] = 'professor/marks';

$route['student/exam'] = 'student/exam_listing';
$route['pages/(:any)'] = 'pages/view/pages/$1';

$route['home'] = 'site/home';
$route['course/(:any)'] = 'site/course/$1';
$route['branch/(:any)'] = 'site/branch_details/$1';
$route['about'] = 'site/about';
$route['syllabus'] = 'site/syllabus';
$route['contact'] = 'site/contact';
$route['events'] = 'site/events';
$route['alumni'] = 'site/alumni';
$route['forums'] = 'site/forums';


FNIRSI-168 is a super small digital oscilloscope for 50MS/s sampling rate, 20MHz bandwidth, designed for electronic enthusiasts and circuit R & D maintenance personnel. 20MHz bandwidth can meet the design and research of amplifier, oscillator, automatic control system, DC/DC, inverter, switching power supply and so on. Whether DIY or scientific research education, vehicle maintenance, household appliances maintenance and so on, are all good choices. It has a super small volume, 1.8 Inch color LCD TFT, which is very convenient to carry, the size is only 73mm*55mm*10mm, the operation is very simple, not like other oscilloscope operation is very complex, 800mAh lithium battery, ultra-low power consumption, once full of electricity can continue to use for 6 hours.


The Countdown Is On To Colorado Full-Strength Beer Sales!
On New Year's Day, for the first time in Colorado, you'll be able to buy full-strength beer at grocery and convenience stores.
Colorado's 3.2 beer's days are numbered. On January 1st, 2019 real, full-strength beer will be available for purchase pretty much everywhere. It's "last call" for 3.2! It's about time. Not being from here, the law seemed odd to me. For such a "progressive" state with pot shops in nearly every town and the home of craft beer, it seemed to me a guy would be able to pick up a 6-pack at the local convenience store. And not only at the "Quickie Mart" but full-strength beer will available at grocery stores, Walmart, Target, and Sam's Club. The hours for beer sales will daily from 8 AM to 12 midnight.
The new law only affects beer sales. The law isn't changing where you can buy wine and liquor. In Colorado, only licensed liquor stores can sell wine and hard liquor. Again, seems odd to me. Back home in Missouri, you can buy hard liquor by the case at Sam's Club. Also too, hard cider is considered "wine" under the law, so to get full-strength versions of cider you'll still need to make a liquor store stop.
Another big change to the law is that grocery stores and other retailers like Walmart and Costco can obtain more licenses (previously, they were only allowed one liquor license in the state). Now that next door liquor shop will soon be a reality at the grocery store.
If you're wondering what will happen to 3.2, it's done. Most brewers stopped making the stuff months ago. Distributors will stop delivering it about the middle of the month and stores that carried it look to clear the shelves to make room for the real stuff on January 1st. Only Utah and Minnesota will still be selling 3.2.
One more change, anyone age 18 or older can sell beer in Colorado on 1/1/19. Previously, liquor store employees had to be 21. And yes, you still have to be 21 to buy beer in Colorado. So let's toast to the end of 3.2! It's about time. The law dates back to prohibition days. The new law is a nice start the New Year!


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Q: tkinter widgets on one frame affecting another frame alignment this program works functionality wise so far anyway so that's not my issue. My issue is something to do with how the alignment works for widgets with multiple frames. If I make the widgets on one frame longer width wise, than the other frames, it will center all the frames based on the widest frame rather than each individual frame. The widest frame right now in this code is 'ChangePasswordPage' as it will almost always use a long string for the label; this causes all of the other frames to shift to the left. If I remove the 'sticky="nsew"' from frame.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky="nsew") it will allign everything properly but the frame doesn't fill outwards so you can see the other frames behind each other.
I am not sure how to fix this and would love some help. I have been trying different ways such as unloading each widget and then reloading it but getting errors there too. Any help will be highly appreciated.
Here's my condensed code:
import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import ttk, messagebox

class CCTV(tk.Tk):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        tk.Tk.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)

        container = tk.Frame(self)
        container.pack()
        container.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
        container.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)

        self.frames = {}

        for F in (LoginPage, ChangePasswordPage):
            frame = F(container, self)
            self.frames[F] = frame
            frame.grid(column=0, row=0, sticky="nsew")

        self.creatingAccount()

    def show_frame(self, cont):
        frame = self.frames[cont]
        frame.tkraise()

    def creatingAccount(self):
        self.show_frame(LoginPage)

class LoginPage(tk.Frame):

    def __init__(self, parent, controller):
        tk.Frame.__init__(self, parent)
        self.controller = controller
        self.createView()

    def createView(self):
        self.labelPassword = ttk.Label(self, text="Password")
        self.entryPassword = ttk.Entry(self, show = "*")
        self.buttonLogin = ttk.Button(self, text="Login", command=lambda: self.controller.show_frame(ChangePasswordPage))

        self.labelPassword.grid(row=2, column=3, sticky="w")
        self.entryPassword.grid(row=2, column=4, sticky="e")
        self.buttonLogin.grid(row=3, columnspan=6, pady=10)

class ChangePasswordPage(tk.Frame):

    def __init__(self, parent, controller):
        tk.Frame.__init__(self, parent)
        self.controller = controller
        self.createView()

    def createView(self):
        self.labelSecurityQuestion = ttk.Label(self, text="A very very very very very very very very very very long string")
        self.entrySecurityQuestion = ttk.Entry(self)
        self.buttonCreateAccount = ttk.Button(self, text="Change Password", command=lambda: self.controller.show_frame(LoginPage))

        self.labelSecurityQuestion.grid(row=3, column=0, sticky="w")
        self.entrySecurityQuestion.grid(row=3, column=1, sticky="e")
        self.buttonCreateAccount.grid(row=5, columnspan=2, pady=10)

app = CCTV()
app.geometry("800x600")
app.mainloop()

A: There are usually many ways to solve layout problems. It all depends on what you actually want to do, what actual widgets you're using, and how you expect widgets react when their containing windows or frames change.
When you use grid, by default it gives widgets only as much space as they need. Any extra space within the containing widget will go unused. If you want grid to use all available space you must tell it how to allocate the extra space by giving rows and columns "weight". You are not doing so, so extra space is not being used, and thus, your widgets aren't being centered.
As a rule of thumb, for any container (typically, a Frame) that uses grid, you must give a weight to at least one row, and one column. If you have a canvas or text widget, usually the row and column it is in is the one you want to get the un-allocated space. If you have entry widgets that you want to grow and shrink, you'll often give a weight to the column(s) that contain the entry widgets. Often you'll have multiple rows and/or columns that you want to be given extra space, though there are also times where you want everything centered, with extra space being allocated along the edges.
In your specific case, to center everything in the password screen there are several solutions. I will detail a couple.
Using only grid, and placing all widgets directly on the page
When you want to arrange absolutely all of your widgets in one frame and manage them with grid, and you want everything centered in the window, you can give all of the weight to rows and columns that surround your content.
Here's an example. Notice that the widgets are in rows 1 and 2, and columns 1 and 2, and all extra space is being given to rows 0 and 3, and columns 0 and 3.
def createView(self):
    ...
    self.labelPassword.grid(row=1, column=1, sticky="e")
    self.entryPassword.grid(row=1, column=2, sticky="ew")
    self.buttonLogin.grid(row=2, column=1, columnspan=2)

    self.grid_rowconfigure(0, weight=1)
    self.grid_rowconfigure(3, weight=1)
    self.grid_columnconfigure(0, weight=1)
    self.grid_columnconfigure(3, weight=1)

Using a nested frame
Another approach is to place the widgets into an inner frame that exactly fits its contents. When you do that, you only have to worry about centering that one frame within the "page" since, when you center the frame, by definition everything in the frame will also be centered relative to the window as a whole.
When you do that you can skip worrying about row and column weights because you want the inner frame to shrink to fit the contents and thus not have to worry about un-allocated space. However, I personally think it's good to always give at least one row and one column weight.
Here's an example using the inner frame technique. Notice how the widgets are placed in the inner frame rather than self, and the inner frame uses pack with no options which causes it to be centered at the top of its parent. You could also use place, which is particularly convenient if you want the password prompt centered vertically as well.
def createView(self):
    inner_frame = tk.Frame(self)
    inner_frame.pack(side="top", fill="none")

    self.labelPassword = ttk.Label(inner_frame, text="Password")
    self.entryPassword = ttk.Entry(inner_frame, show = "*")
    self.buttonLogin = ttk.Button(inner_frame, text="Login", command=lambda: self.controller.show_frame(ChangePasswordPage))

    self.labelPassword.grid(row=1, column=1, sticky="e")
    self.entryPassword.grid(row=1, column=2, sticky="ew")
    self.buttonLogin.grid(row=2, column=1, columnspan=2)

Summary
Layout out widgets requires a methodical approach. It helps to temporarily give each frame a distinct color so that you can see which frames are growing or shrinking to fit their contents and/or their parents. Often times that is enough to see whether the problem is with a frame, the contents in the frame, or the contents in the containing frame.
Also, you should almost never use pack, place or grid without giving explicit arguments. When you use grid, always give at least one row and one column a weight.

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In 1982 he founded the Aurelia Saxophone Quartet together with his colleagues André Arends, Arno Bornkamp and Willem van Merwijk. This Saxophone Quartet has grown into one of the leading chamber music ensembles in the world. The Aurelia Quartet has recorded 9 CDs and has made many foreign tours to Ireland, Germany, Canada, Indonesia, America and Japan. In 2013 Johan left the quartet after 31 years. From 1982 to 1990 Johan van der Linden was appointed Saxophonist of the Royal Military Chapel in The Hague.
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GREGG DOYEL
Doyel: Five days, five basketball gyms. Is this heaven? No, it's Indiana.
Here's your schedule: Five gyms in five days starting at Hinkle Fieldhouse, where the mid-afternoon sunlight pours through those iconic windows, eager as everyone else to get inside.
The next day is Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Purdue's in town to play the Hoosiers, who will stoke a crowd that needs no stoking by honoring Victor Oladipo before tipoff. The next day is Bankers Life Fieldhouse, where Oladipo will remind us why he is an All-Star, and Lance Stephenson will remind us why this city adores him.
Next day? A high school on the northside. A girls basketball sectional. And on the fifth day, Mackey Arena. Maryland is in town to test the No. 3 Boilermakers.
Five gyms in five days in a state that worships basketball. Five gyms in five days, each game offering a moment that reveals a state's soul.
Five gyms. Five days. High school, college, NBA. Is this heaven?
No. It's Indiana.
Saturday, Hinkle Fieldhouse
Butler won't play until the dog gets his bone.
The starting lineups for St. John's and Butler are announced, and the most revered member of the Butler basketball program goes last: Blue III. Butler exec and Blue handler Michael Kaltenmark leads the burly bulldog onto the court and drops the leash. There goes Blue, skidding across the waxed hardwood, pumping those little legs. He's headed toward Kaltenmark's marketing assistant, Evan Krauss, who crouches under the other basket and holds a bone the size of a baseball bat at ankle level. Blue takes it, the happiest moment of his life, a moment he will enjoy 19 times this season.
Now Blue is standing on the baseline, facing the court. Kaltenmark reaches under Blue's cartoonish chest and rotates the gentle dog so Blue is facing the student section called the Dawg Pound.
He's facing Jimmy, too.
If Blue is the happiest creature in Hinkle before this 70-45 Butler victory, Jimmy Lafakis is a close second. He's a Butler student shooting pictures from the baseline, a journalism major from The Region, an Indiana kid who grew up with a love of basketball – he played for his middle school and in a high school church-league on the south side of Chicago – but went into seventh grade without a favorite college basketball team. That was 2010.
Remember 2010? Butler's first Final Four run. Up in Schererville, a seventh-grader fell for Brad Stevens. He fell for Shelvin Mack. Jimmy Lafakis decided he would attend Butler.
Well, his parents were great about it. John and Kathy Lafakis drove Jimmy to Indianapolis when he was in eighth grade, toured the place, walked into Hinkle, walked into a bookstore, walked out with Butler socks and shirts and a blue sweatshirt that Jimmy won't throw away seven years later, even with all those holes. They drove Jimmy to Butler for the 2010-11 exhibition opener against Florida Southern, his first game. Drove him to Valparaiso on Jan. 29, where the Bulldogs lost in overtime. And they drove Jimmy to New Orleans for the 2011 Sweet 16, got tickets, watched eighth-seeded Butler play No. 4 Wisconsin inside the New Orleans Arena.
That was spring break, and Butler moved on from Wisconsin but so did the Lafakis caravan – driving north to get Jimmy back to school. They stopped in Indianapolis to watch Butler play Florida in the Elite Eight. Stopped at Butler. Watched it at Atherton Union, the game projected onto a wall inside the Reilly Room. When Butler beat Florida in overtime, with Southeastern Region MVP Shelvin Mack scoring 27 points, Butler was in the Final Four and about 200 Butler students and Jimmy Lafakis were rushing onto the lawn outside Atherton to celebrate.
Seven years later, Jimmy writes for The Butler Collegian. He's a junior now. He covers Butler basketball. Sits on the baseline and takes photographs that are professional quality, writes stories that could run in any newspaper in America, counts several Bulldogs as friends.
Cries to himself, privately in his room from time to time, about his good fortune.
"Tears of happiness, joy, disbelief," Jimmy says. "This school means everything to me. I text my parents 'thank you' all the time. Or I'll text them: 'I picked the right school.'"
It is a story about basketball, and life. Here in Indiana, they are the same thing.
Sunday, Assembly Hall
The band plays, and slowly he starts to sink.
Parkinson's has taken its toll on Bob Compton. For 40 years he and Mary Jane had IU season tickets, but time stops for nobody. Bob is 87, uses a wheelchair, and moved into a nursing home a few years ago. This is the only game he'll attend this season, the Hoosiers against Purdue, which makes this his only national anthem.
He rises.
Mary Jane knows what is happening, knows what will happen, and drapes an arm around her husband's shoulders. From the moment he stands, he starts sinking back into the chair – sinking slowly, almost imperceptibly, his legs giving out one degree at a time. Gravity and Parkinson's are ganging up on him now, and he sinks faster. While the broad stripes and bright stars are gallantly streaming, Bob Compton is gallantly landing in his chair. Mary Jane leans into him, nuzzles him.
He served in the military, you know. Grew up in southwest Virginia, followed his brother-in-law to IU, had his college days interrupted by the Korean War. Bob Compton spent two years on active duty. Fought alongside men who died. Sixty years later, he stands as long as he can.
"I don't mind," he says. "People died for that."
Bob came home, returned to IU, graduated in 1956. He met Mary Jane, a 1961 IU graduate from North Manchester, and settled in the western part of the state. They owned Viquesney's, an office products store in Terre Haute.
On this day he will watch his undermanned alma mater give Purdue all it can handle before losing 74-67, and Bob Compton will leave happy. He saw his Hoosiers. He honored his flag. And by God he stood for the national anthem.
Monday, Bankers Life Fieldhouse
The Pacers are building, borderline playoff-worthy, but at home they are overachievers, borne aloft by a fan base that has fallen for a team without ego or pretense. It is a team embodied by Oladipo, a career 15.9-ppg scorer entering this season, his first with the Pacers after being acquired with Domantas Sabonis from Oklahoma City for Paul George.
Oladipo is averaging 24.2 ppg and headed to his first career All-Star Game. On this night, in the third quarter of this 105-96 victory against Charlotte, Oladipo is the help-side defender when Hornets big man Dwight Howard gets the ball and starts backing Myles Turner toward the rim. Howard rises for a layup and is met by Oladipo, whose head is near the rim as he swats Howard's attempt away.
For the second time tonight, the crowd is euphoric. The first time?
It was spectacular, it was fun, it was unnecessary. It's Lance being Lance, it happens every game, and today it happens late in the first quarter when Lance Stephenson chases down a loose ball near halfcourt, goes behind his back to split two Charlotte defenders and heads for the rim. In the crowd, Pacers fans start to rise. Lance is a shot of sugar into their bloodstream. Every time he attacks the rim, liable to do something nobody has ever seen – for better or worse – the building teeters on an emotional precipice.
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And here he is, attacking the rim. To his left is T.J. Leaf, cutting to the basket. To his right is Joe Young, open for a corner 3. Two Charlotte giants are converging on Lance: 7-0 Frank Kaminsky from his left, 6-9 Johnny O'Bryant the right.
The ball is bouncing, but I wouldn't say Lance is dribbling. He's following the ball, his hands flailing in mid-air like a Hibachi chef, chopping and slashing near the ball but never touching it. These are fakes, I guess. Kaminsky seems unfazed – it is happening so fast, he doesn't have time to react – and eventually Stephenson stops flailing and grabs the ball with his left hand, switches to his right and throws an overhand bounce pass, like Gronk spiking a touchdown. The ball goes low between O'Bryant and Kaminsky and bounces up to Leaf, who lays it in.
After a sliver of silence, the crowd registers what just happened and explodes. In 29 other NBA cities, Lance Stephenson is an irritant. Here in Indianapolis, he is an 8.9-ppg rock star.
Tuesday, University High U-Center
We're inside the Trailblazers' locker room, where coach Justin Blanding is looking at his 14-7 girls team. Nobody is talking. Somewhere, a shower is dripping.
University is about to play a 5-14 Indianapolis Metropolitan team that dresses just seven players, about to win this game by whatever margin it wants – final score: 90-23 – but Blanding doesn't seem to believe that, and won't let his players believe it either: "It's not about you out there. It's about our school, our community, all of us. Show them who we are."
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Now Blanding shows his players who he is. As if they didn't already know.
"I've been a wreck all day," he tells his team, breaking into a smile. "I worked out three times today, and then sat in a dark room meditating. I want this for you."
So do the Trailblazers. They lead 47-12 at the half and trot happily back to the locker room. Not Blanding. He walks fast, serious. His face says: We haven't won a damn thing. His face says: We could still lose. His face says: This is the Indiana state basketball tournament.
Wednesday, Mackey Arena
Purdue is beating Maryland comfortably in the final 75 seconds. It's late in here and it's cold out there, and at most gyms this is when fans start to leave.
But this is Mackey Arena. Nobody is leaving.
The Boilermakers have won 21 in a row here, the second-longest home winning streak in college basketball, and they've been demolishing teams by 23.8 ppg. This one was closer, 75-67, but Purdue opened leads of 9-0 and 26-11 and sent Maryland home in welts.
It's a brutal winter we've been having, but students start lining up outside hours before every game and fill two floor-to-ceiling swaths at opposite ends of Mackey. They're called the Paint Crew and they get introduced before every game, 2,800 Purdue students rising as one as the first member of Purdue's starting six.
When it's over, the students stick around and the rest of the arena sticks around and some fans are walking down to the front row because the Boilermakers are about to take a lap around Mackey, high-fiving students and children and older folks. I'm watching 6-8 forward Vincent Edwards, who has just produced eight points, 11 rebounds and five assists despite being violently sick, wave a fist at a student in a cow costume. He's trying not to touch anyone, and he needs to get to the locker room for hydration, but this is important. So Edwards walks the arena and says: Thank you.
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At the tunnel, 5-10 point guard P.J. Thompson is leaping up to swipe hands with fans leaning over the railing. Behind him is 7-2 center Isaac Haas, who doesn't leap. This started organically years ago and now happens after every game.
"I really like it," says Purdue coach Matt Painter. "Just a quick thank you for all they do for us."
Back in the tunnel, Thompson is disappearing toward the locker room. A young boy runs down to the railing and yells his name. Thompson turns around and trots over to the kid, who spins gleefully to see if anyone in the crowd saw what just happened. An actual Purdue Boilermaker! Shook his hand!
The kid is beaming, like P.J. Thompson just did him the biggest favor. I'm seeing the smile on Thompson's face as he heads for the locker room. I'm thinking the kid has it backward.
Find IndyStar columnist Gregg Doyel on Twitter: @GreggDoyelStar or at facebook.com/gregg.doyel.
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James and Melissa have been married one week and one day, today! Last weekend I was blessed to be able to be part of Melissa's big day. She was married in Jackson Hole, WY where she and James have been helping with a church plant. It was special to be able to be a bridesmaid in Mel's wedding as she was in my wedding a little over two years ago (two years, four months,two weeks, and two days ago to be exact). In fact, Melissa, Amanda, and I have all been in each others weddings :) I love that!
The town of Jackson reminds me of Stars Hollow (watch Gilmore Girls if you do not know what Stars Hollow is!). Cute little town where everyone seems to know everyone, picturesque... It's a town I want to go back to, and want to take Jason to. Even though I was only there for a few days, I did get to try out three coffee shops.. and I tried them each twice..... No caffeine addict here!
This weekend was especially fun for me as not only is Melissa one of my best friends, she married my cousin! Okay.. fine.. he is a second cousin, and.. well.. I didn't really know him... but cousins of James and mine that I am super good friends with were there as well. Did I mention that my parents were there too?
The only thing that could have made it better if is Jason and Sara could have made it!
Here are a few pictures of the wedding weekend! I can't wait to see her official wedding photos!
First up is a picture of Melissa and her now hubby and a few of her new brothers and sisters! Actually one couple is just a good friend of James (the best man and his wife).
I needed a picture with Melissa too!
Here is my talented momma and her very talented assistant, Merrilee.
Below you can kind of see how the church was decorated. There were bunches of baby's breath added to front and candles. You can see how the aisle was lined with flowers in jars.
It's not a wedding unless there's lots of hairspray and bobby pins!
Melissa asked for lip gloss, and turns out the three of us use the same color!
Here was Mel's bouquet that my momma made!
It was a beautiful wedding and Eric gave a great Gospel message during the ceremony. So thankful that I've gotten to be part of two friend's weddings this year: Amanda's and Melissa's!
Here are a few shots of Jackson on the way to the airport. It's beautiful, these pictures do not due justice. I can't wait to go back!
Back to Thanksgiving... Laura wanted to celebrate it Canadian style and invited her fellow Canadian's over for a wonderful meal and time to hang out. It was a lot of fun and looking at this picture makes me miss the girls I lived with so much!
Jason was finally able to give me the date he promised for my birthday! Oct 3 we got to go see Wicked :) It's the second time we've been. The first time was right before we got engaged. I'm still humming/singing the songs. So great.
What I thought was strange, is that I found out via facebook that one of my old roommates from New Zealand was also at Wicked the same night in New Zealad.
This year we brought our dear friends Tomm and Ari. They got engaged one year ago on Sept 28th! How fun it was for us to share our tradition with our friends!
It's hard to believe that we got engaged three years ago and have now been married 2 years and 4 months. To have my question of "how does one just know?!" when it comes to the man they are to marry answered is such a sweet relief ... one really does just know (which is more of a peace the Lord gives you than anything else)! So very thankful for Jason!
I have decided that I want a Sea Horse as a pet... aren't they weird/cool/sweet???


Blogging is not for everyone. There are some people we don't need to hear from. Like, that weird creepy person who seems to end up in almost every travel group tour. The one who latches on to you, sits down next to you at every meal and will not, for the life of God, shut up. You know what I'm talking about. They share every thought that pops into their tiny brains.
However, even people who blog don't necessarily do it every single day. Speaking strictly for myself, though, I am a creature of habit. Once I start a ritual, I do not deviate. I blog every day. You can read more in my personal blog today about this subject at this shameless self-promotional link: Why Elizabeth Weintraub Writes a Sacramento Real Estate Blog.
How Do You Define Full Time Sacramento Realtors?
What Should a Buyer's Agent Do When the Buyer Cancels?


peckvonhartel was appointed by DTZ as the Architectural panel member for the leasing tender review of the proposed new 13,000m2 purpose built office for the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in Penrith, NSW.
The tender review required peckvonhartel to analyse the brief requirements for the new building. peckvonhartel was responsible for the assessment of both the base building and typical floor plates to ensure that the ATO values and requirements would be fully supported within the proposed environment.
Critical to the assessment was the ability of peckvonhartel to analyse how the approach to the interior spaces would impact on flow and workplace design. ATO were in the process of trialling contemporary workplace strategies, therefore the building needed to be able to address both current and future needs. This included the approach to where built form could be located and how privacy and acoustic separation could be implemented, without reducing the quality of the overall environment for all users.
peckvonhartel generated additional workplace objectives and statements that in addition to the standard ATO performance guidelines enabled an objective and repeatable assessment to be made for all tender submissions.


In this paper we discuss the spectra of the electrons produced in the laser-plasma acceleration experiment at FLAME. Here a <30 fs laser pulse is focused via an f/10 parabola in a focal spot of 10 μm diameter into a 1.2 mm by 10 mm rectangular Helium gas-jets at a backing pressure ranging from 5 to 15 bar. The intensity achieved exceeds 1019 Wcm −2. In our experiment the laser is set to propagate in the gas-jet along the longitudinal axis to use the 10 mm gas-jet length and to evaluate the role of density gradients. The propagation of the laser pulse in the gas is monitored by means of a Thomson scattering optical imaging. Accelerated electrons are set to propagate for 47,5 cm before being detected by a scintillating screen to evaluate bunch divergence and pointing. Alternatively, electrons are set to propagate in the field of a magnetic dipole before reaching the scintillating screen in order to evaluate their energy spectrum. Our experimental data show highly collimated bunches (<1 mrad) with a relatively stable pointing direction (<10 mrad). Typical bunch electron energy ranges between 50 and 200 MeV with occasional exceptional events of higher energy up to 1GeV.


Distella 3 disassembled Indy500 perfectly on the first pass. I couldn't believe it was so easy!
It looks like all the data was put at the end of the ROM so it was pretty easy for it to work with. I don't know what my problem was last time.
Anyway, I'll go through and see if I can comment what is going on and post my findings. Maybe Thomas or others can finish the commentary for me. I'm not that great at identifying code blocks.


Plan F will no longer be available after 2020...what should I do?
CLIENT QUESTION: Hello. I turn 65 this month and have enrolled in a Plan F attained-age policy. Plan F will no longer be available for those new to Medicare after 2020. I am wondering if I should switch to Plan G while I can, in the next few months.
Why do I think this? Well, the average age of the plan F membership will increase with time, due to the lack of inflow of new (younger and healthier) members. Will that lack of new (younger and healthier) members cause the Plan F membership's average costs to rise significantly more than Plan G membership? I hope that my question makes sense.
Your question totally makes sense and you are not alone. Many experts and clients are speculating that F prices will increase faster than G after 2020 but no one knows for sure. We think it is very probable but will not be immediate due to the shear size of the Plan F's risk pool.
One thing we can tell you for sure: switching from F to G in the future will usually require medical underwriting. Unless you live in the few states that have the Medigap birthday rule or similar, you can be turned down when you try to downgrade.
If you are concerned about this, now is the time to make the switch while you are still in your initial enrollment period. You can get a quote for Medigap Plan G here or give us a call at 800-930-7956 and we can help you switch over the phone with no fee or hidden charge.


Why enjoy Half Off Arcade Play just one day a week, when you can enjoy it every weekday at Big Al's!
Join us for our Half Off Happy Hour in the Arcade and double your fun with half-price video games from 2-6PM Monday-Friday!! Yep, take Jurassic Park motion to the VERY end for a fraction of the cost. Or, leverage any dance game for your daily workout at half the price! All of our video games are yours to enjoy for half off M-F 2-6PM!
*please note that redemption games, token machines, and merchandise games are excluded.


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*I have no any source code and I can't use decompiled codes in my Java application.

*I must emulate user behaviour in this applet.

In this case I have to use the htmunit library to get full drawn page with executed javascript for preparing "

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*htmlunit doesn't  have associations with tag EMB

*With  tag it also doesn't work.

And I have no ideas how I can do my work, except get params of tag EMB, instantiate MyStub object with this params, instantiate Applet object, set my SyStub. This all work in one of my testing case, but in other I need to execute JavaScript located on the page and I have this exception:
java.lang.RuntimeException: Not yet implemented (netscape.javascript.JSObject.getWindow(Applet)).

I understand that my Applet instance doesn't relate with any html page with javascript. How can I set this relation?


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Across the Universe (nummer), een nummer van The Beatles uit 1969
Across the Universe (film), een musicalfilm uit 2007 met nummers van The Beatles

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