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El vatio-hora, simbolizado Wh (o a veces también W·h o W-h), es una unidad de energía expresada en forma de unidades de potencia por tiempo, con lo que se da a entender que la cantidad de energía de la que se habla es capaz de producir y sustentar una cierta potencia durante un determinado tiempo. Así, un vatio-hora es la energía necesaria para mantener una potencia constante de un vatio (1 W) durante una hora, y equivale a 3600 julios. Es una unidad que no pertenece al Sistema Internacional de Unidades.

El kilovatio-hora (kWh), equivalente a mil vatios-hora, se usa generalmente para la facturación del consumo eléctrico domiciliario. El megavatio-hora(MWh), igual a un millón de Wh, suele emplearse para medir el consumo de grandes plantas industriales o de conglomerados urbanos. La CIE recomienda usar el julio o sus múltiplos (kilojulio, megajulio, etcétera) para estos usos, aunque también permite el vatio-hora y sus múltiplos. El NIST solo permite el julio.

Múltiplos aún más grandes como el gigavatio-hora (GWh), el teravatio-hora (TWh) o el kilovatio-año, son utilizados para referirse a las energías producidas por las centrales eléctricas durante un cierto período. Por otra parte, el vatio-segundo (simbolizado Ws, o a veces W·s), que no es otra cosa más que una forma alternativa de llamar al propio julio, es una unidad habitual para referir las energías involucradas en fenómenos de corta duración como los destellos de un flash fotográfico.

La expresión «kilovatios por hora» y su interpretación en forma de cociente (kW/h) son incorrectas, pues entonces no se trataría de unidades de energía.

Interpretación conceptual
Cuando una cierta cantidad de energía se expresa mediante la combinación de una unidad de potencia y una de tiempo, puede ser interpretada conceptualmente de dos formas diferentes, aunque cuantitativamente equivalentes. Por ejemplo, si hablamos de «100 vatios-hora» podemos entender indistintamente que se trata de la energía necesaria para mantener encendida una bombilla de 100 W durante una hora, o bien una pequeña luz de apenas 1 W durante 100 horas.

En otras palabras, el saber que se dispone de una energía de 100 Wh no nos dice nada acerca de en cuánto tiempo ha de ser consumida esa energía. Podríamos usarla tanto para encender la lámpara de 100 W durante una hora como para hacer funcionar una poderosa máquina de cientos de kW durante unos pocos segundos, producir una violenta descarga de varios millones de vatios durante unos milisegundos, o mantener activo por años un microcircuito cuyo consumo sea de apenas unos microvatios.

Diferencia con el vatio
El vatio —o watt— es una magnitud intensiva: mide la potencia de consumo instantánea. El vatio-hora es una magnitud extensiva: mide la cantidad de trabajo realizada durante un tiempo determinado.

Por ejemplo, si tenemos un artefacto de 100 W de potencia y lo tenemos encendido durante 1 hora, habrá consumido 100 Wh. Si ese mismo artefacto estuviere encendido durante 2 horas, habrá consumido 200 Wh, en cambio si el artefacto es 200 W y este estuviera encendido durante una hora, el consumo sería de 200 Wh.

El consumo eléctrico facturado se mide normalmente en kilovatios-hora.

Equivalencias
Un vatio es igual a un julio por segundo (1 J/s), un kW es igual a 1000 W y una hora es igual a 3600 segundos; entonces, el kilovatio-hora será:

Además:

Algunos múltiplos son:
 el megavatio-hora (MWh) = 1000 kWh
 el megavatio-año = 365 × 24 × 1000 kWh
 el gigavatio-hora (× 1 000 000 kWh)
 el teravatio-hora (× 1 000 000 000 kWh) y sus múltiplos anuales (×365×24).

1 kWh ≈ 3412 BTU ≈ a la energía térmica producida por 0,1 Nm³ (metro cúbico en condiciones normales) de gas natural (vea también la termia).

Otras equivalencias energéticas son:
 1 megavatio-hora (MWh) = 93,53 litros de petróleo (*)
 1 megavatio-hora (MWh) = 0,59 barriles de petróleo (*)
 1 megavatio-hora (MWh) = 0,10 metros cúbicos de petróleo (*)
 1 megavatio-hora (MWh) = 0,08 toneladas equivalentes de petróleo (*)
 1 megavatio-hora (MWh) = 96,62 metros cúbicos de gas natural
 1 megavatio-hora (MWh) = 3412,14 pies cúbicos de gas natural
(*) Media de referencia: 32,35 °API y densidad relativa 0,8636

Los aparatos eléctricos cuando están funcionando generan un consumo de energía eléctrica en función de la potencia que tengan y del tiempo que estén en funcionamiento. En España, el consumo de energía eléctrica se contabiliza mediante un dispositivo precintado que se instala en los accesos a la vivienda, denominado «contador», y que periódicamente revisa un empleado de la compañía suministradora de la electricidad anotando el consumo realizado en ese período, aunque con la adopción por parte de las mismas de los contadores digitales, que envían la medida a través de las propias líneas eléctricas, esta actividad ha caído en desuso.

El cálculo del consumo eléctrico en kWh del contador, se realiza mediante una sencilla multiplicación de la potencia utilizada por las horas de funcionamiento.

Múltiplos y submúltiplos del vatio-hora
Todos los sufijos de SI se pueden aplicar al vatio-hora. un kilovatio-hora (kWh) son 1000 Wh; un megavatio-hora (MWh) es 1 millón de Wh; un millivatio-hora (mWh) es 1/1000 Wh y así sucesivamente.

Esta sección muestra ejemplos de la energía en vatios-hora utilizada en distintos ámbitos.

Milivatio-hora
Un milivatio-hora (mWh) es equivalente a una milésima de vatio-hora(10−3 Wh). Es el orden de magnitud de la energía almacenada en una batería recargable tipo AAA.

Vatio-hora
Es el orden de magnitud de la energía contenida en la batería de una computadora portátil.

Kilovatio-hora
El kilovatio-hora (kWh), igual a mil vatios-hora (103 Wh). El kilovatio-hora se suele utilizar para facturar la energía eléctrica por las compañías eléctricas. Pues el consumo de un usuario doméstico residencial típico, es de unos cientos de kilovatios-hora mensuales.

Megavatio-hora

El megavatio-hora (MWh) es igual a un millón de vatios-hora (106 Wh). Se emplea para medir niveles de energías grandes como el consumo de grandes industrias o conglomerados urbanos y para dar a conocer el índice de producción de una central eléctrica.

Gigavatio-hora

Un gigavatio-hora (GWh) es una unidad de energía equivalente a mil millones de vatios-hora (109 Wh). El gigavatio-hora se utiliza para medir consumos de conglomerados industriales de carácter multinacional y que sean grandes consumidores de energía eléctrica, tales como siderurgias o cementeras.

Teravatio-hora
Un teravatio-hora (TWh) es una unidad de energía equivalente a un billón de vatios-hora (1012 Wh). El teravatio-hora se utiliza para conocer el índice de producción de energía eléctrica de un país importante.

Véase también
 Amperio-hora
 Electricidad
 Eficiencia energética
 Joule
 Órdenes de magnitud (energía)
 Vatio

Referencias

Unidades de energía

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Der Kanton Salviac war bis 2015 ein französischer Kanton im Arrondissement Gourdon, im Département Lot und in der Region Midi-Pyrénées; sein Hauptort war Salviac.

Der Kanton Salviac war 115,14 km² groß und hatte 2.310 Einwohner (Stand: 1999), was einer Bevölkerungsdichte von 20 Einwohnern pro km² entsprach. Er lag im Mittel 223 Meter über Normalnull, zwischen 124 Metern in Salviac und 355 Metern in Lavercantière.

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California 2022-2023 Budget Modifies the PTE Election and Ends Other Suspensions
California Governor Gavin Newsom on February 9, 2022, signed various adjustments to the state's overall budget into law. The legislation—Senate Bill 113 (S.B. 113)—contains numerous tax law changes, including modifying the elective pass-through entity (PTE) tax, lifting both the net operating loss (NOL) suspension and business tax credits limit one year early, and conforming California to the federal treatment of certain pandemic-related grants.
Elective PTE Tax Modifications
In 2021, California enacted A.B. 150, which created a SALT deduction cap workaround allowing qualifying entities taxed as either S corporations or partnerships to elect to be taxed at the entity level. Similar to most other states that have enacted PTE tax election statutes, qualifying taxpayer-owners of an electing PTE are provided a tax credit equal to their share of tax paid by the PTE. However, as originally enacted, most taxpayers encountered a significant limitation on the California PTE tax election – a qualifying owner's PTE tax credit was not creditable against the tentative minimum tax (TMT). For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2021, S.B. 113 corrects this legislative oversight and allows the PTE tax credit to reduce tax owed below the TMT. Nonetheless, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, S.B. 113 also modifies the ordering of California tax credits against "net tax" by placing usage of the tax credit for other state income taxes before usage of the PTE tax credit. The legislation also changes the definition of a qualifying entity to now allow PTEs with partners that are partnerships to make the election; however, the distributive share of such upper tier partnership-partner is not included in the calculation of the California PTE tax base and the upper tier partnership would not qualify to receive a share of the PTE tax credit. Additionally, S.B. 113 modifies the definition of a qualified member to include a limited liability company that is a disregarded entity for federal and California tax purposes and that is owned by an individual, estate or trust. Moreover, S.B. 113 clarifies existing law to include guaranteed payments in calculating qualifying PTE income subject to the elective PTE tax.
Early End to NOL Suspension for 2022
For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2023, A.B. 85, enacted on June 29, 2020, suspended the deduction for NOLs for corporate taxpayers with at least $1 million of income subject to tax, and individual taxpayers with at least $1 million in net business income or modified adjusted gross income. S.B. 113 removes the NOL deduction suspension one year early, or for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2022.
Early End to Business Tax Credit Suspension for 2022
Likewise, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2023, A.B. 85 also limited the usage of certain business tax credits to $5 million per year. S.B. 113 also removes this tax credit usage limit starting for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2022.
California Conformity to Certain Federal Pandemic-Related Grants
S.B. 113 also conforms California to the federal income tax treatment of certain pandemic-related grant programs. For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, grants made pursuant to the federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund are excluded from California gross income and business expenses paid with the funds are allowed as deductions for California personal and corporation income tax purposes. Additionally, for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, grants made to eligible entities under the federal Shuttered Venue Operator Grant program are also excluded from California gross income and business expenses paid with the funds are allowed as deductions for California personal and corporation income tax purposes in conformity with federal law. However, similar to California's treatment of Paycheck Protection Program loans, a venue operator is an "ineligible entity" if it is publicly traded or does not meet the 25% quarter-over-quarter gross receipts reduction of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
This legislation is welcome in that it removes a significant limitation on the effectiveness of the California PTE tax election by making a PTE owner's California PTE tax credit creditable against the TMT.
Further, a lower tier partnership in a tiered partnership structure may now be eligible to make the California PTE tax election, and partners or S corporation shareholders who hold their interests through a limited liability company that is a disregarded entity may now be qualified members.
S.B. 113 also creates the California Emergency Relief Fund, which appropriates $150,000,000 to fund small business grant applications waitlisted from previous rounds of the California Small Business Covid-19 Relief Grant Program.
Business credits for which the previously enacted limits have been removed for tax years beginning on and after January 1, 2022, include not only the R&D tax credit but also the California Competes credit, motion picture production credits and insurance gross premiums tax credits.
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Are the web object, youtube, and flash movie always on top? Is there any instance where they can overlayed by anyhthing else?
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Q: docker pull - invalid reference format in Azure DevOps I m trying to pull images in my pipeline in a dynamic way. I have a file call "images.txt" that contain:
(cat images.txt would return)
 cat images.txt
    python:3.8-slim
    neo4j

the way to pull a image in azure pipeline is:
that code work but its not dynamic:
steps:
   - bash: |
         y='python:3.8-slim'
         docker pull ${y}

    displayName: "Docker pull"

In azure pipelines I m doing like this:
 - bash: |
    #x='python:3.8-slim'
    filename='images.txt'
    n=1
    while read line; do
       echo "pulling image"
       echo ${line}
       n=$((n+1))
       docker pull ${line}
   done < $filename

Instead docker pull ${line}
I try all kind of alternatives but none work.. I recive always the error "invalid reference format"
I tried:
     #eval docker pull "$line"
     #eval docker pull $line
     #eval docker pull $line
     #eval docker pull "$line"
     #eval docker pull "\${line}"
     #docker pull "\${line}"
     #docker pull $line
     #docker pull "$line"
     #docker pull $(line)

Any thounks would be more than apreciate
Update: the code provide for @Paul Rey
 filename='images.txt'
 n=1
 echo "docker pull"
 for line in $(cat ${filename});
 do
   echo ${line}
   docker pull ${line}
 done

it works when the image have not tag
so the image: neo4j its succesfully pulled but
with python:3.8-slim I recive the error of "invalid reference format"

A: I think the docker pull ${line} is the right one. But can you ensure the images.txt is well formatted? I mean, it looks like there are extra spaces on every lines. Maybe there are ending lines characters too.
There is an alternative for a loop if there are only one word per lines:
for line in $(cat ${filename}); do
    docker pull ${line}
done

A: I had a similar isue and I realice that when I was reading from the txt bash was adding a extra white space:
imagine you have in you images.txt
python:3.8-slim
you can check it like this:
filename='images.txt'
n=1
y=python:3.8-slim
for line in $(cat ${filename});
do
 z=${line}
 echo $z
 echo $y
 echo -n "$z" | wc -c
 echo -n "$y" | wc -c
done

in case charachter from z and y are not the same you can remove white space so:
filename='images.txt'
n=1
#echo "docker pull"
for line in $(cat ${filename});
do
  #echo ${line}
  y=${line//[[:space:]]/}
  echo $y
  docker pull ${y}
done

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Does the False Claims Act Preempt An Attorney Relator's Ethical Obligations?
By Brett Barnett and Jim Schanaberger
In United States ex rel. Holmes v. Northrop Grumman Corp., No. 1:13-cv-85, 2015 WL 3504525 (S.D. Miss. June 3, 2015), the court answered this question with a resounding "no" and provided a laundry list of ethical violations that the attorney Relator had violated in attempting to advance his qui tam action. The Holmes court's holding serves as a staunch reminder to attorneys that their ethical obligations are paramount and reinforces the notion that courts throughout the nation do not look favorably upon opportunistic relators who rely on improper means to gain access to documents to support their FCA claims.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina severely damaged several ships that Defendant had been contracted to construct for the United States Navy. As a result of the damage, Defendant filed a claim with its insurer, Munich Re, who in turn was represented by Holmes—the Relator in the instant dispute. During the course of the adjustment process, Defendant and Munich Re entered into a Confidentiality Agreement governing the documents produced by Defendant. Munich Re, Defendant, and the U.S. Navy also agreed to a Stipulated Protective Order, which was entered by a D.C. district court. The Stipulated Protective Order stated that any documents produced by the U.S. Navy could only be used for purposes of the claim adjustment dispute between Defendant Munich Re.
The Relator subsequently filed an FCA action relying heavily on the documents produced under the Confidentiality Agreement and the Stipulated Protective Order to allege that Defendant had submitted a false claim for reimbursement to the Government. Specifically, the Relator alleged that Defendant had falsely claimed that its ships were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and had subsequently been appropriated funds by Congress to cover its damages when, in fact, Defendant was seeking reimbursement for unrelated cost overruns in construction. Defendant moved to disqualify the Relator, arguing that he had violated numerous ethical obligations by deliberately violating the Confidentiality Agreement and Stipulated Protective Order in filing his qui tam action.
The district court agreed with the Defendant, holding that the Relator was disqualified from serving as a relator in the qui tam action. In so holding, the court rejected the Relator's argument that the FCA somehow trumped his ethical obligations as an attorney and held that the relevant Model Rules of Professional Conduct govern an attorney's obligations when it is proceeding as a pro se relator in an FCA action. The Court went on to find that the Relator had violated his duty of candor to the D.C. district court in providing a pretense reason for needing documents from the U.S. Navy, had violated his duty of loyalty to Munich Re by failing to fully and adequately explain to his client that he was filing an FCA action based on documents and information obtained during the adjustment process, and violated his duty to retain the confidentiality of information by disclosing information obtained under the Confidentiality Agreement. However, the court found that the Relator's most egregious violation was his admitted disregard of the D.C. district court's mandate in the Stipulated Protective Order that the documents produced by the Navy "shall not be used in any other proceeding or for any other purpose without further order of this Court."
Along with disqualifying the Relator, the court dismissed his complaint with prejudice, reasoning that Defendant would be greatly prejudiced from defending itself should the case proceed to trial because "the case would be tried on a record developed primarily through the fruits of [the Relator's] unethical conduct." Consequently, the court dismissed the action with prejudice as to the Relator and without prejudice as to any rights of the Government (which had previously declined intervention).
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Sign of the times: Apple stops reporting iPod sales
Christian Zibreg on January 29, 2015
The original iPod music player debuted on October 23, 2001, about eight and a half months after iTunes for OS X was released. The inaugural model was the size of a standard deck of cards, measuring 2.4 inches wide, four inches tall and 0.78 inches thick.
The music player had a tiny hard drive with only five gigabytes of storage, a monochromatic LCD screen, a mechanical click wheel interface for going through your music and a price tag of $399.
It took some time, but the iPod and the iTunes Music Store eventually went on to change the entire music industry and rebrand Apple as a music company. And now, after thirteen years, 400 million units sold and $65 billion in cumulative revenue, the iPod has quietly disappeared from Apple's public reports.
For clarity, as Juli Clover pointed out to me on Twitter, company executives did say in October 2014 they'd be putting the iPod in the 'Other Products' section going forward.
Still, that doesn't change the fact Apple is no longer reporting iPod unit sales, and that's saying a lot. Here's the product revenue breakdown from Apple's holiday quarter earnings report.
The iPod is nowhere to be seen.
Three months earlier, quarterly earnings included the iPod section.
Fun fact: Apple sold more Macs than iPods, despite the fact that an average selling price of Macs is far higher than that of iPods.
Back in the old days, so powerful was the so-called iPod hallo effect that Apple used to have the iPod branding for the media player app included with the iPhone and iPad, until iOS 5.
Check out the very first iPod television commercial that Steve Jobs himself unveiled during the 2001 Special Apple Event held on Apple's Town Hall campus. Though not as cool as the "silhouette" campaign, it did help make the device famous by focusing on ease of use.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS8iHrNpc2I
Those were fun times, eh?
As soon as the iPhone was introduced in January 2007, things quickly went downhill for the standalone music player. During the middle of 2010, iPhone sales overtook those of the iPod.
Still, it outlived Sony's Walkman.
And here's Steve Jobs unveiling the original iPod which with the promise of putting "a thousand songs in your pocket". It spearheaded a new era in consumer electronics, but you'd be hard pressed to tell that at the time judging by journalists' mild reaction.
The iPod is still listed at the top navigation bar on Apple.com and the company continues selling various models, ranging from the $49 iPod shuffle, to the $199 iPod nano, to the $199-$299 iPod touch, which is basically an older-generation iPhone without the phone part (cellular radios).
But even the iPod touch, which Apple loves to position as a handheld gaming device, has seen little action and is marred by outdated hardware, like the crappy front-facing camera and the A5 chip, which debuted in the iPad 2 back in March 2011.
At any rate, Apple must be weighing the pros and cons of continuing iPod development. With iPod sales falling dramatically over the past few years, I'm not convinced at all that Apple can justify for much longer pouring resources into developing a standalone music player.
Sebastien, on the other hand, thinks that rumors of the iPod's demise are greatly exaggerated as there may still be life left in the category. Indeed, the thin and portable iPod nano and shuffle continue to be popular with the active types who love to wear them when jogging, working out in the gym and so forth.
But the market for that is shrinking so fast thanks as the likes of Nike, Misfit, RunKeeper and others who make wearable fitness trackers take over.
And with the Apple Watch coming into full view soon and the prevalence and ubiquitousness of smartphones, the vast majority of normals, I suspect, won't, or already don't, see the need for a standalone music player in their lives.
What do you guys think?
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In Greek mythology, Prometheus (Ancient Greek: Προμηθεύς, "forethought") is a Titan, a race of giants. He was a champion of human-kind famous for his wily intelligence, and an audacious act of benevolence. Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. With this gift, man was able to make weapons; tools with which to cultivate the earth; to warm his dwelling; and finally to introduce the arts and to coin money, the means of trade and commerce.
Prometheus took fire from the gods and gave it to humans, forever changing their lives for the better. In a like manner, Promethean Ventures enlightens optometrists with more efficient revenue models and financial systems for their practice and personal lives. Many of these systems are automated so they don't require more of a doctor's or staff's time for implementation.
they couldn't tell if they were working or playing.
The traditional business cycle for optometry has been efficient in the past. I know because I have used it successfully. But it will no longer create significant growth due to a number of factors beyond our control. To remain viable as a growing business (growth is critical to the survival of private practice) the old business cycle must be innovated. Once this is done and we are generating more revenue, we can re-focus on the wealth creation tools and plug into the Freedom Formula!
To learn more about how the old business cycle is failing us and what the new one looks like, take a look at the videos below.


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TamilNadu | Hundreds log in for RTE admissions
On Day 1, Chennai has the highest number of applicants; online counters to be open till May 18
Online applications under the Right to Education (RTE) Act opened up at the midnight of April 20 and the first application was received by the education department as early as 12.48 a.m. from a parent in East Tambaram.
At 7.50 p.m. on day 1 of the process, the School Education Department had received 1,246 applications.
Speaking to The Hindu, School Education Secretary T. Udhayachandran said the department had gone ahead with initiating an online process for RTE admissions to bring in more transparency. "We had previously heard reports about a few schools refusing to admit students under the RTE and through this process, there will be fewer roadblocks for parents. While schools are allowed to issue RTE forms, they have been instructed to upload the details online as well or send the forms to the education offices in their area," Mr. Udhayachandran said.
Chennai education district received the highest number of RTE applications from parents, followed by Tiruvallur and Salem education districts.
A parent filling in the RTE form online can view the seats available and select the schools in their respective areas. Parents who apply are then sent a confirmation with an SMS once the form has been submitted.
e-seva centres
While the department has only partly taken applications online, parents can approach the e-seva centres in their districts or can seek help from the District Education Offices to submit forms in case they don't have access to computers. The online counters for RTE applications will be open till May 18. With a number of private schools taking their admission process online, the move to shift RTE admissions online was welcomed by educationalists as it would streamline the process. Earlier this month, the education department had announced that it was taking the process partly online and had published the list of schools and seats available online as well.
"If there are educational districts which receive more applications than the number of seats available, the Education Department will arrange for lots to be picked. This will not be online, but will be done manually in front of the parents and children to ensure that they are aware of the process," Mr. Udhayachandran said.
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Surf carnival and club championship competition form part of Point Lonsdale's lifesaving activities. Active members can compete at club, State and National level in numerous events spanning the board and ski, beach, water and boat sections of competition. Nippers also have their own scope of competition at the three levels as part of Point Lonsdale's Stingers Competition Squad.
Surf lifesaving competition was originally designed to promote and maintain the surf rescue skills of its members. Although some forms of competition equipment no-longer relate directly to surf patrols (e.g. surf boat, ski, and reel, line and belt); the skills, fitness and preparedness for rescue they develop are of vital importance.


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#include <shogun/neuralnets/NeuralSoftmaxLayer.h>
#include <shogun/mathematics/Math.h>
#include <shogun/lib/SGVector.h>

using namespace shogun;

CNeuralSoftmaxLayer::CNeuralSoftmaxLayer() : CNeuralLinearLayer()
{
}

CNeuralSoftmaxLayer::CNeuralSoftmaxLayer(int32_t num_neurons):
CNeuralLinearLayer(num_neurons)
{
}

void CNeuralSoftmaxLayer::compute_activations(SGVector<float64_t> parameters,
		CDynamicObjectArray* layers)
{
	CNeuralLinearLayer::compute_activations(parameters, layers);

	// to avoid exponentiating large numbers, the maximum activation is
	// subtracted from all the activations and the computations are done in the
	// log domain

	float64_t max = m_activations.max_single();

	for (int32_t j=0; j<m_batch_size; j++)
	{
		float64_t sum = 0;
		for (int32_t i=0; i<m_num_neurons; i++)
		{
			sum += CMath::exp(m_activations[i+j*m_num_neurons]-max);
		}
		float64_t normalizer = CMath::log(sum);
		for (int32_t k=0; k<m_num_neurons; k++)
		{
			m_activations[k+j*m_num_neurons] =
				CMath::exp(m_activations[k+j*m_num_neurons]-max-normalizer);
		}
	}
}

void CNeuralSoftmaxLayer::compute_local_gradients(SGMatrix<float64_t> targets)
{
	if (targets.num_rows == 0)
		SG_ERROR("Cannot be used as a hidden layer\n");

	int32_t len = m_num_neurons*m_batch_size;
	for (int32_t i=0; i< len; i++)
	{
		m_local_gradients[i] = (m_activations[i]-targets[i])/m_batch_size;
	}
}

float64_t CNeuralSoftmaxLayer::compute_error(SGMatrix<float64_t> targets)
{
	int32_t len = m_num_neurons*m_batch_size;
	float64_t sum = 0;
	for (int32_t i=0; i< len; i++)
	{
		// to prevent taking the log of a zero
		if (m_activations[i]==0)
			sum += targets[i]*CMath::log(1e-50);
		else
			sum += targets[i]*CMath::log(m_activations[i]);
	}
	return -1*sum/m_batch_size;
}

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It is almost Spring and with the new season, I know there are going to be a few babies born. I love to make baby cards. I can't wait to share today's card with you.
The base of the card is made with Whip Cream, Pool Play and Pretty Amethyst Cardstock. I then stamped on the top layer of Whip Cream Cardstock, I stamped the cloud outline from the Baby Chute set with Beach Breeze Ink that I lighten by stamping on an acrylic block first and then stamping on to the paper. I also added the heart clouds, from the same set, in Watermelon Fusion ink.
I then die cut from Pool Play Cardstock the circle with Journey Circles including the piercing element. On this piece, I stamped the parachute in Black Licorice Ink and the solid clouds with Whip Cream Ink.
I then stamped the parachute part on Pretty Amethyst, Bubble Gum and Whip Cream Cardstock, fussy cut them and added them to the Pool Play piece. The Bubble Gum piece is adhered with foam squares for dimension.
I then stamped the baby on Whip Cream and Bubble Gum Cardstock, fussy cut and adhered them to the card. I then added some flesh colored pencil to the baby's face and feet.
I finished the card by adding Pearls and Bubble Gum Stain Ribbon. Enjoy!


The present paper describes the grain size refinements of Cu-3 mass%Ti alloys by hydrogen heat-treatment of so-called Hydrogenation-Disproportionation-Desorption-Recombination (HDDR) process. During hydrogenation process, the disproportionation reaction occurred with forming of Ti hydrides in the alloy. With decomposition of Ti hydrides by the subsequent desorption process, Ti resolved into Cu matrix. In consequence, the original solid solution phase of the alloys formed. This means that the HDDR phenomena could take place in the Cu-3 mass%Ti alloy. The grain size of the alloy is found to be about 20–50 nm after HDDR treatments such as hydrogenation treatment at 350°C under hydrogen pressure of 7.5 MPa for 48 h, followed by the hydrogen desorption treatment at 530°C for 4 h in vacuum. On the other hand, it is found that remarkable simultaneous improvements of mechanical strength of 1100 MPa and electrical properties of 21%IACS are obtained in the hydrogenated alloy.


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Aakrosh (trad. Furia) este un film de artă indian din 1980 regizat de Govind Nihalani și scris de scenaristul Vijay Tendulkar. Filmul îi are în rolurile principale pe Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri și Amrish Puri și a câștigat premiul național de film în 1980 pentru cel mai bun lungmetraj în hindi și mai multe premii Filmfare.

A câștigat "Păunul de Aur" pentru cel mai bun film la Festivalul Internațional de Film din India.

Acesta a fost filmul de debut al lui Nihalani, care a continuat să fie cunoscut pentru descrierile sale întunecate și înfricoșător de reale ale neliniștii umane în alte filme alternative emblematice, cum ar fi Ardh Satya și Tamas.

Este pe lista celor 60 de filme care au modelat industria filmului indian pe o perioadă de șase decenii.

Intrigă

Filmul pare să se bazeze pe un incident adevărat relatat la pagina 7 a unui ziar local, filmul fiind o satiră usturătoare asupra corupției din sistemul judiciar și a victimizării celor defavorizați de către cei capabili și puternici.

Aakrosh face parte din seria de lucrări, bazate pe explorări ale violenței, scrise de renumitul dramaturg Vijay Tendulkar, care mai devreme scrisese scenariul pentru filmul Nishant (1974) realizat de Shyam Benegal și a scris scenariul și pentru filmul de succes al lui Govind Nihalani, Ardh Satya din 1983.

Aici victima este arătată atât de traumatizată de opresiunea excesivă și încălcarea umanității sale, încât nu rostește nici un cuvânt pe aproape toată durata filmului și are doar o privire uluită, deși mai târziu folosește aceeași violență ca instrument pentru a-și exprima propriul sentiment de violență și furie.

Povestea este cea a unui țăran care este asuprit de proprietari de pământ și de șefii săi în timp ce încearcă să își câștige existența ca muncitor zilier. Soția sa, interpretată de Smita Patil, este violată unul dintre șefi care apoi îl arestează pentru a-și ascunde propria crimă. Soția lui se sinucide de rușine.

La scurt timp după moartea tatălui său, poliția îl aduce la locul de înmormântare în cătușe pentru a îndeplini ultimele ritualuri ale tatălui său mort. Stând lângă rugul funerar în flăcări, el îl vede pe șef privindu-i sora sa mai mică cu ochi lascivi. Ghicind soarta care îi este rezervată, el ia un topor și îi taie capul surorii sale pentru a preveni viitorul ei groaznic ca victimă perpetuă, așa cum vede el. După încheierea acestui act nefericit al unui om disperat și asuprit, își ridică fața spre cer și țipă fiind a doua oară când îi auzim vocea în film (prima este într-un flashback, în timp ce încearcă în zadar să-și salveze soția) - o rețetă asemănătoare cu ceea ce făcea Andrei Tarkovski prezentând icoanele în culori strălucitoare la sfârșitul filmului său alb-negru de trei ore, Andrei Rubliov.

Distribuție
 Naseeruddin Shah în rolul Bhaskar Kulkarni, avocat
 Om Puri în rolul Lahanya Bhiku
 Smita Patil în rolul Nagi Bhiku
 Amrish Puri în rolul procurorului Dusane
 Mohan Agashe în rolul Bhonsle
 Mahesh Elkunchwar în rolul lucrătorului social
 Nana Palsikar în rolul tatălui lui Bhiku
 Achyut Potdar în rolul More, antreprenor forestier
 Bhagyashree Kotnis în rolul sorei lui Bhiku
 Reema Lagoo în rolul dansatorului lavni
 Arvind Deshpande în rolul Dr Vasant M. Patil

Note

Legături externe

Filme din 1980
Filme dramatice
Filme indiene
Filme în limba hindi


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Q: Is it possible to have an equivalence relation with exactly $n + 1$ elements on $A$? $A = \{1,2,\dots,n\}$, and $R$ be a relation on $A$ (so that $R \subset A \times A$).
i) Is it possible to have an equivalence relation with exactly $n+1$ elements on $A$? If yes, give an example, if no, explain why?
For this I considered what adding an extra element from the possible relations would do. For example from $R = \{(1,1),(2,2),(3,3)\}$ adding an extra element $(1,2)$ would stop the relation from being symmetric, meaning adding in just one element would prevent this from being an equivalence relation. So you cannot have an equivalence relation with exactly $n+1$ elements in.
ii) Is it possible to have an equivalence relation with exactly $n+2$ elements on $A$? If yes, give an example, if no, explain why?
My reasoning for this question follows a similar patter to I, two elements could be added that allow it maintain being an equivalence relation. Adding in $(1,2)$ and $(2,1)$ would ensure it was still symmetric, and so still an equivalence relation.
iii) When $n = 3$, give all possible equivalence relations on $A$.
For this question I considered what adding in specific extra elements would require to be included in the final set.

*

*$(1,1), (2,2), (3,3)$

*$(1,1), (1,2), (2,1), (2,2), (3,3)$

*$(1,1), (1,3), (2,2), (3,1), (3,3)$

*$(1,1), (2,2), (2,3), (3,2), (3,3)$

*$(1,1), (1,2), (1,3), (2,1), (2,2), (2,3), (3,1), (3,2), (3,3)$
Are my answers and reasoning correct?
Also, should $\emptyset$ be included as an equivalency relation for III?

A: Recall that $A = \{1,\ldots,n\}$ is by construction not empty.
You added:

Also, should ∅ be included as an equivalency relation for III?

No.  While the empty set is a relation (a subset of $A\times A$), it is not an equivalence relation.  It is not reflexive.

The observation in my earlier Comment, that an equivalence relation on $A$ corresponds to a partition of the set $A$, has been discussed here before.  We can use this idea to give a more formal justification of your ideas for parts 1,2,3.
By definition each of the $n$ elements of $A$ belong to one and only one equivalence class that appears in the corresponding partition of $A$.
If we are interested in counting the number of ordered pairs in such equivalence relations, it can be determined from the corresponding sizes of the equivalence classes that partition $A$, namely the integer partitions of $n = |A|$.
The smallest case is $n = 1 + 1 + \ldots + 1$ corresponding to the equality relation on $A$, i.e. using singleton subsets to partition $A$.  The size of the equivalence relation is the sum of squares of the integer parts:
$$ 1^2 + 1^2 + \ldots + 1^2 = n $$
Since any other equivalence relation will have more relations, we can solve part (1) by observing that putting any two elements of $A$ into the same equivalence class would create four ordered pairs in place of the two that merely relate those two elements to themselves:
$$ 2^2 + 1^2 + \ldots + 1^2 = 4 + (n-2) = n + 2 $$
This not only answers (1) being impossible, it shows (2) is always possible (as long as $A$ contains more than one element).


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6 'American Idol' Contestants Who Became Surprisingly Successful (Kelly Clarkson Not Included)
By Nicole Pomarico
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After a very impressive 14 season run, it's official: The next season of American Idol will be the last. This news has been such a long time coming that it seems obvious Ryan Seacrest is somewhere, sighing in relief. And although over the past 13 years, Idol has churned out a few true superstars like Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood, and Jennifer Hudson, plenty of artists have kicked off pretty successful careers after being on the show, even if they didn't win. The show might not be the direct ticket to stardom that it advertises itself to be anymore, but it's definitely an awesome jumping off point for anyone who wants to break into the music industry. And even though we might not hear from them as often as "Since U Been Gone" is still on the radio, there are plenty of contestants who became surprisingly successful after American Idol .
An end to the show was inevitable as the ratings have recently hit all time lows, but it's still kind of sad to say goodbye to a show that has become an institution of American television. RIP, American Idol. It was awesome while it lasted, but you just don't have Adam Levine like The Voice does.
Besides, Idol is never really dead — especially not as long as these successful contestants keep kicking musical butt.
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After winning the show in Season 6 when she was only 17, Sparks went on to become the only contestant ever to have her first four singles reach the top 20 on the Billboard charts — yep, that's something that not even Clarkson or Underwood has accomplished. She didn't just limit herself to music, either. In 2012, she even starred in her first movie, Sparkle.
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Phillips won Season 11 in 2012, and his singles have been all over the radio ever since, especially "Home," which has been used in every commercial ever. Last year, he released his second album, which debuted at number seven.
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Lambert was a pretty big deal when he became the runner-up on Season 7 of Idol. Why? Because believe it or not, he made some major history. Lambert was the first openly gay male to have an album debut at number one on the Billboard charts, which is obviously huge. He also had a recurring role in the fifth season of Glee, where Lambert played Starchild.
McPhee might not have won American Idol, but her first album debuted at number two — and she went on to star in the short-lived NBC musical show, Smash.
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Although Pickler hasn't released an album since 2013, she's been pretty successful — she toured with Taylor Swift, competed on Dancing With The Stars, and I still listen to the single she co-wrote with Swift, "Best Days Of Your Life." Download it. Seriously, it's the perfect revenge song.
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Daughtry didn't win American Idol, but he did form a band very appropriately called Daughtry that isn't doing too shabby. He even managed to nab several Grammy nominations, and to this day he's constantly on the radio, which is definitely a very good sign for his career.
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Whitewash: Revenge served cold
Play on the third day was on fast forward mode, but for skipper MS Dhoni and his men, it was about regaining self-belief in home comfort. India brushed aside Australia within three days to complete 4-0 sweep. N Ananthanarayanan reports. Scorecard
india Updated: Mar 25, 2013 03:45 IST
N Ananthanarayanan
The parched strip resembled a piece of baked land waiting for the first drops of monsoon rain. But the Ferozeshah Kotla wicket got its first sprinkling for a while on Sunday, soon after India had wrapped up an exciting victory over Australia in the final Test to seal a historic first 4-0 series whitewash.
Play on the third day was on fast forward mode, but for skipper MS Dhoni and his men, it was about regaining self-belief in home comfort. That had been shattered in two overseas Test series routs in England and Australia, and the home reverse against England late last year.
The unpredictable pitch threatened to turn the game into a lottery, but India found the men to seize control and exact revenge for the humiliation suffered Down Under in 2011-12. It completed the misery of Australia, brushed aside in roughly four days in the first three matches. The series success surpassed India's previous sweeps against England (1993) and Sri Lanka (1993-4).
Aggressive Start
India's six-wicket win came with over 30 minutes left to play, leaving thousands delirious. They were all out with just a 10-run lead in the morning. But young left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja galvanised the team by capturing five wickets, bowling accurate left-arm spin to dismiss Australia for 164 in just 46.3 overs. Scorecard
Cheteshwar Pujara then braved a knock received on his right hand while batting in the first inn-ings to take charge of the tricky chase. He was unbeaten on 82 when Dhoni called for a new bat and smashed the winning four.
For a change, the Aussies held the edge at the start of the day. Their attempts to sledge and put India's tail-enders off began even before the players had crossed the boundary rope. It worked as off-spinner Nathan Lyon took the last two wickets as the innings folded in 13 deliveries. Lyon finished with a career-best 7/94.
India were under pressure as their only hope of victory on the treacherous pitch lay in chasing a small target. But Ravichandran Ashwin, named man-of-the-series for his haul of 29 wickets, looked off-colour. But Jadeja has grown as a Test-level spinner with each outing. He bowled the promoted Glenn Maxwell and then trapped opener David Warner (8) and the set Ed Cowan (24). Warner, the leader of the sledging brigade, was given a big send-off.
Stand-in skipper Shane Watson' poor batting got worse when Pragyan Ojha sneaked one under his rash pull to bowl him.
Still, the match appeared to be slipping away when the No 9 Peter Siddle (50) top-scored with his second fifty. Suddenly, 155 looked very far.
The India dressing room balcony was a scene of animated discussion on how to bat on the pitch. But Pujara (92 balls, 10x4, 124 min) played sublime shots and his 104-run partnership with Virat Kohli (41) seemed to have settled matters.
But Lyon struck, trapping Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar (1) with Ajinkya Rahane (1) throwing his wicket away. With three wickets down for five runs, there were jitters. But once Dhoni settled down, the Aussie hopes, and chatter, quickly faded.
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Mourcourt est une section de la ville belge de Tournai, située en Région wallonne dans la province de Hainaut. C'était une commune à part entière avant la fusion des communes de 1977.

Ce petit village, entouré de champs et de prairies, se situe sur les pentes du Mont-Saint-Aubert, à  au nord-est de Tournai.

Particularité
 Le château de Breuze, construit en 1887, se trouve à deux km au sud du village.

Événements
 Le 'Angèle celte festival', un festival musical d'inspiration celtique.
 La Fête des voisins, une ducasse de bon voisinage, se déroule chaque année, le dimanche de Pentecôte.


In the New York Zoo, Samson the Lion tells his son Ryan stories of his adventures in the wild. When the zoo closes, all the animals are free to roam. Samson, Benny, Bridget, Larry, and Nigel compete in a turtle curling championship while Ryan visits friends. Ryan accidentally causes a stampede which head to the game. Samson and Ryan have a falling-out and Ryan storms off before Samson can apologize. Ryan wanders into a green box and gets shipped away by a truck, which the legend tells will take him to the wild. With the help of a pigeon, Hamir, Samson and Benny go after him, sneaking into a garbage disposal truck with Nigel, Larry, and Bridget; Benny is accidentally thrown off the truck. After passing through Times Square and nearly being crushed in the garbage disposal, the group encounters a pack of rabid dogs. Samson leads them through the sewer rather than scaring them off. There, they take directions to the docks from two streetwise alligator brothers, Stan and Carmine. The next morning, the four friends steal a tugboat during a hectic escape from New York harbor. With help from Larry, they drive the boat and reunite with Benny, who has enlisted a flock of Canada geese to help lead the crew toward Ryan's ship. Days later, Nigel goes mad and, under the impression they have hit an iceberg, jumps overboard. The boat runs aground in Africa, where all the animals in the area are being evacuated by the carriers, as a nearby volcano erupts. They witness Ryan escape, but he runs into the jungle. Samson attempts to find him, but he is revealed to have never been in the wild before after trying to eat a rude Hyrax. The rest of the group head back to the ship, but Samson tries to find his son. While walking, Samson sees plants and rocks change colors. Nigel is captured by a group of wildebeests who dwell in the volcano, and their leader Kazar, pronounces him "The Great Him", based on an "omen" he received when he was young: about to be devoured by lions, a toy koala fell from a plane and scared the lions away, saving his life. Kazar wants to change the food chain; he would rather see "prey become predators" and vice versa. For this, he needs to eat a lion. Bridget and Larry are captured and held prisoner. Ryan hides up an old tree, but a gang of vultures led by Scraw and Scab attack him under orders from Kazar. The branch breaks and traps his paw. Samson hears Ryan's cries and runs to save him, scaring off the birds. The two reunite but are interrupted by a herd of wildebeests. Ryan is shocked when Samson tells him to run. The two retreat to a tree where Samson reveals the truth. He was born in the circus and like Ryan, was unable to roar. Samson's disappointed father disowned him and allowed him to be sent to the zoo, where he lied to avoid the shame. The wildebeests discover them and, in the scuffle, send the tree over the cliff, with Samson still hanging on. Ryan is captured and taken to the volcano. Benny finds Samson and encourages him to be himself, even if he is not from the wild. They find two chameleons, who were leading Samson to the volcano and are also trying to defeat Kazar's army of his kind. Samson uses the chameleons' camouflage abilities to slip into Kazar's lair. Nigel tries his best to stall the wildebeests from cooking his friends, and eventually Samson fights Kazar but is overwhelmed. Ryan, seeing Samson in danger, climbs onto a catapulting device and launches himself at Kazar, finally letting out a roar. With Kazar distracted, Samson manages to defeat him. Ryan tells Samson that he is happy to have him for a dad. The other wildebeests are touched by this and refuse to serve Kazar any further. Samson gains the courage he has needed and roars powerfully enough to push back a charging Kazar. The animals, along with the wildebeests flee except Kazar, who is trapped in the erupting volcano. The animals manage to escape on the boat and travel back to the New York Zoo.
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Q: Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 1 path $ in kotlin I want to add data to Mysql via php party. But I keep failing. Check the data on the website. Still no solution. Where am I going wrong?
I tried the following and it doesn't seem to fix the problem.
How to fix 'Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 1 path $' error in Android Studio and Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 1 path $
I get another error, java.lang.IllegalStateException: Expected BEGIN_OBJECT but was STRING at line 1 column 1 path $ from this error Use JsonReader.setLenient(true) to accept malformed JSON at line 1 column 1 path $. Adding GsonBuilder() .
I use //... to minimize the code.
dependencies
implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.9.0'
implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:2.9.0'
implementation "com.squareup.okhttp3:logging-interceptor:3.3.1"
implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5'

layout
<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText1"
    //... />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText2"
    //... />

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/editText3"
    //... />

<Button
    android:id="@+id/buttonInsert"
    //...
     />

MainActivity
    class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
        //...
        override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
            //...
            binding.buttonInsert.setOnClickListener {
insert(editText1.text.toString(),editText2.text.toString(),editText3.text.toString())
            }
        }

        fun insert(name:String,alamal:String,telepon:String){
            val ardData:APIinsertData = InsertServer().konekRetrofit2()!!.create(APIinsertData::class.java)
            val tampilData: Call<ResponseModel?>? = ardData.insertData(name,alamal,telepon)
            tampilData?.enqueue(object :Callback<ResponseModel?>{
                override fun onResponse(
                    call: Call<ResponseModel?>,
                    response: Response<ResponseModel?>
                ) {
                    //...
                }

                override fun onFailure(call: Call<ResponseModel?>, t: Throwable) {
                    Log.d("ex","==${t.message.toString()}")
                }
            })
        }
    }

interface APIinsertData
interface APIinsertData {
    @FormUrlEncoded
    @POST("insert.php")
    open fun insertData(
        @Field("name")name:String,
        @Field("alamal")alamal:String,
        @Field("telepon")telepon:String
    ): Call<ResponseModel?>?
}

InsertServer
class InsertServer {
    private val baseURL="http://10.0.2.2/insertData/"
    private var retrofit: Retrofit?=null
    var gson = GsonBuilder()
        .setLenient()
        .create()

    fun konekRetrofit2(): Retrofit? {
        if (retrofit==null){
            retrofit= Retrofit.Builder()
                .baseUrl(baseURL)
                .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create(gson))
                .build()
        }
        return retrofit
    }
}

data class
data class DataModel (
    val id:Int,
    val name:String,
    val alamal:String,
    val telepon:String
        )
data class ResponseModel (
    val kode:Int,
    val pesan:String,
    val data:List<DataModel>
        )

The current simple information of MySql comes from response.body().
[DataModel(id=1, name=abc, alamal=cde, telepon=123),
 DataModel(id=4, name=adc, alamal=111, telepon=222)]

A: This response come from your server [DataModel(id=1, name=abc, alamal=cde, telepon=123), DataModel(id=4, name=adc, alamal=111, telepon=222)]
so you set response serializable for api is wrong must be like this
interface APIinsertData {
@FormUrlEncoded
@POST("insert.php")
open fun insertData(
    @Field("name")name:String,
    @Field("alamal")alamal:String,
    @Field("telepon")telepon:String
): Call<List<DataModel>>?
}

change insertData response like above will work fine with you


Direct smears microscopy for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) is one of the easily applied laboratory techniques for diagnosis of tuberculosis in most medical laboratories especially in developing countries. Bleach microscopy techniques has been assessed in different settings as a potential alternative for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. This study investigated the effect of bleach on the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a hospital (Direct Observation Therapy centre in Central Hospital, Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria). Sixty (60) sputum samples were collected from individuals that showed symptom of tuberculosis which comprises of new and follow up cases among patients with age >15 regardless of gender. The sputa samples were analyzed by two techniques using direct smear microscopy and bleach commonly used in household. Result revealed that of the 60 sputum samples 32 (representing 53.3%) were positive to AFB (for direct microscopy techniques) and 32 were also positive to AFB when household bleach techniques were applied. Of the 32 positive result, 7 (21.9%) smears graded as + when direct microscopy techniques were applied appeared scanty and 10 (31.3%) graded as ++ were decreased to +. Furthermore, 15 (46.9%) smears graded as +++ decreased to ++. The bleach technique for the diagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis improves the field view. Hence there is need for more research on the use of bleach for the detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.


This Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited has been reported stolen.
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Comes with a small insert.
This joint starts out with a quiet slow burning organ drone with very subtle melodic embellishment and distorted mid range resonance. Some sweeping filtered electronic sounds are swirling in the murk. Some good ideas but i think a good deal of the character is obscured by the distortion on the organ drone.
The b side track "Drawbore" is much more in your face with a phasing biting drone and bleepy cosmic synth fuckery and dive-bombs. Fragments achieve a compelling sound although i feel like there is a lack of direction and inspiration on this side.
Cool packaging with a white screen print on green card stock although the insert is a small square photocopy on the same green paper that could have been cooler printed on the inside of the j-card.


Moving can be a very stressful time. Getting your possessions packed and ready to go while also figuring out what you need for your next home adds more to your move. Determining what to keep and sell or donate adds more effort to moving. One thing that can help you when you do arrive at your new home, is to create an inventory. This inventory tracks the items you moved into your home called possessions.
Take photos and descriptions of your belongings to help you recall what you decided to move into your new home. These photos can also help you place the items in each area of your new home for easy unpacking. Taking a home inventory can also help you understand what you might need for the new home. It can also help you identify what new projects or design fun you would like conduct in the new home.
Taking a home inventory can be as simple as taking photos or a video. Or you can add as much detail as you like. Details like make and model numbers while also tracking manuals. Using HomeZada to track your home inventory can be done by simply taking a video. This video can be uploaded it in the property documents section of HomeZada. Or you can take photos using your camera phones and the HomeZada app. Or you can add as many details to the description like make, model or even manufacturer of your possessions as you like. And tracking manuals and other hard copy documents now just became easier. By including the information in one central location, you now know where everything is. This gives you the ability to recycle all your unwanted paper.
Managing your home inventory, necessary information and documents about your home and it's possessions in a cloud based solution like HomeZada can help you make your moving process more organized.


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Stop sign ahead for texting while driving?
By KEN THOMAS , Associated Press Writer
In this July 1, 2009 file photo, U.S Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood speaks at the unveiling of an American-made prototype streetcar in Portland, Ore. Targeting text messaging behind the wheel, the Obama administration plans to offer recommendations to address the growing traffic safety risk of distracted driving and the use of mobile devices by multitasking drivers. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
(AP) -- Targeting text messaging behind the wheel, the Obama administration plans to offer recommendations to address the growing traffic safety risk of distracted driving and the use of mobile devices by multitasking drivers.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, declining to provide specifics, said the administration's "priority now is to really deal with distracted driving as it relates to texting. ... We can really eliminate texting while driving. That should be our goal."
Researchers, safety groups, automakers and lawmakers gathered Wednesday to discuss the perils of distracted driving, hearing sobering data from the government that underscored the safety threat as more motorists stay connected with cell phones and mobile devices. The meeting was to continue a second and final day Thursday.
The Transportation Department reported that nearly 6,000 people were killed and a half-million were injured last year in vehicle crashes connected to driver distraction, often by mobile devices and cell phones.
LaHood called distracted driving a "menace to society" and said the administration would offer a series of recommendations Thursday to encourage Congress, state governments and the public to curb the unsafe driving behavior. He said the government would draw from past efforts to reduce drunken driving and encourage motorists to wear seat belts.
Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said support was building in Congress to ban text messaging by drivers. Their legislation would require states to ban texting or e-mailing while operating a moving vehicle or lose 25 percent of their annual federal highway funding.
"No text message is so urgent that it's worth dying over," Klobuchar told participants.
The government reported that 5,870 people were killed and 515,000 were injured last year in crashes where at least one form of driver distraction was reported. Driver distraction was involved in 16 percent of all fatal crashes in 2008 and was prevalent among many young drivers.
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have passed laws making texting while driving illegal and seven states and the District have banned driving while talking on a handheld cell phone, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Many safety groups have urged a nationwide ban on texting and on using handheld mobile devices while behind the wheel.
The conference attracted families of victims of accidents caused by distracted driving, who urged the government to take a strong stance against cell phone use in vehicles, whether it includes a hands-free device or not. They suggested technologies that prevent the mobile device from receiving e-mails or phone calls while the vehicle is in motion could help address the problem.
"We started driving cars about 100 years ago. We started using phones about 80 years ago. We've only really combined those two activities to a great degree in the last five or 10 years. We're finding out they don't mix," said David Teater of Spring Lake, Mich., whose 12-year-old son, Joe, was killed in a 2004 crash when a driver using a cell phone ran a red light.
Some researchers cautioned that banning all cell phone use by drivers would undermine the development of in-vehicle safety technologies that could allow vehicles to share traffic information with other vehicles and alert emergency responders to air bag deployments and car crashes.
"You have to be really careful about unintended consequences of just saying we need a complete, total cell phone ban," said Tom Dingus, director of the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute.
Industry officials said a broad public awareness campaign was needed to change people's penchant to stay connected with the office and loved ones at all hours. Tech-savvy young drivers, many with only a few years of experience on the road, are particularly apt to use the devices behind the wheel.
"When it comes to distracted driving, there is a cultural perception that we all need to work together to switch," said Michael Petricone, senior vice president of government affairs for the Consumer Electronics Association.
Distracted Driving Summit: http://tinyurl.com/ncozgx
State laws on cell phones, driving: http://tinyurl.com/5k5bwy
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I've tried the whole green juice thing. I've bought the fancy $10 drinks. I've made it myself. Heck, I even helped a juice company design a series of juices with various nutritional benefits (including, of course, an obligatory green juice).
But the truth is, I don't like green juice.
Unless it's loaded with fruit, it doesn't taste good. And with or without all that fruit, it doesn't make me feel good. Nothing against green juice. It's just not for me.
Am I doomed to a life of cancer and ill health? Of course not!
What's healthy for one person isn't healthy for another. What makes you feel fantastic, might make me feel worn down.
So why are we punishing ourselves to adopt so-called "healthy habits" that make us feel this way?
Did you ever stop and think: If my body could talk, what would it say?
Since my approach to Pilates and nutrition is all about mindfulness and respecting your body's inner cues, I was really drawn to the book If Your Body Could Talk and read the whole thing in one sitting!
So it's with great pleasure that I share with you a guest post I've written for the author, Jacquie Sharples, where I explore how to choose healthy habits that don't feel like punishment.
I truly believe health transformations should start with the intention to feel good, not to punish yourself.
That's my secret to staying healthy while balancing real food and real life. What's yours?
PS – Jacquie has agreed to share an excerpt from the book right here on Pilates Nutritionist. Stay tuned for that in a future post!
My secret is being mindful of what I'm eating. I've changed a lot of eating habits just by thinking about what it is I'm about to consume. It's getting easier for me to walk away if it's not something that serves my body.
You and me both, Camesha! Mindfulness also helps us from falling into the nutritionism trap!
Amen, sister! I am not a green juice/smoothie fan, either, although I tried it for a while. It feels good to come out of the closet and admit it: I prefer to chew my greens! Thanks for showing that there is more than one path to good health!
Yep! No harm in trying these things out for ourselves and seeing if they jive or not. Like you, I'd much rather nosh on kale chips, pesto, and sauteed greens.
This post really resonates with me as I have watched too many people (including myself) follow a health trend while feeling not so great. If we all tuned in and listened to the messages our bodies send us, we would start to realize that it's not that complicated. My secret is that I need to slow down so that I can hear what my body is saying:). Great post!
And it's so freeing to know that it's not complicated, Elise. Thanks for sharing your secret to balancing real food & real life. It's a great one!
I'm going to admit, I love green juices….BUT, with sweet fruit blended in with them, of course and little bit of peanut butter. I completely agree in listening to your body's needs and not forcing yourself into a habit that just isn't jiving with you. Great reminder!
You bet, Desiree. Forcing a habit that doesn't feel right is unsustainable and mentally draining. No bueno!