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Q: Unexpected text "return" I'm trying to implement an AuthService from a tutorial of Fireship (https://fireship.io/lessons/flutter-firebase-google-oauth-firestore/)
I copied exactly his AuthService:
  AuthService() {
    user = Observable(_auth.onAuthStateChanged);

    profile = user.switchMap((FirebaseUser u) => {
      if (u != null) {
        return _db.collection("users").document(u.uid).snapshots().map((snap) => snap.data);
      } else {
        return Observable.just({});
      }
    });
  }

I get these errors:

If I copy the code from his website (it's exactly the same) there are no errors.
wtf? Can someone explain this or help? Thanks!

A: Change this:
    profile = user.switchMap((FirebaseUser u) => {

into this:
    profile = user.switchMap((FirebaseUser u) {

From the docs:

For functions that contain just one expression, you can use a shorthand syntax:
bool isNoble(int atomicNumber) => _nobleGases[atomicNumber] != null;
The => expr syntax is a shorthand for { return expr; }. The => notation is sometimes referred to as arrow syntax.

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Whether you have a small, medium or large IT services company, it needs specific IT infrastructure implications according to your business requirements and estimated budget. But some IT service applications are important for every organization to receive good business growth.
Before selecting the IT infrastructure services according to company norms, first go for a strategic method such as how to plan, go for the detail analysis about the hardware, software systems, whether you have wireless network implication or not and at last about the security system of your company.
You need advance IT infrastructure that can easily runs within your old hardware and even the new updated hardware wireless network systems. Always maintain a support system for your hardware and software servicing areas to reduce the amount of spent time, providing better productivity of the business.
The quality backup power is another good support for your IT infrastructure success. Without power you can't perform with your best or advanced technologies. So always search for good UPS supply along with best battery backup power for your systems, which can benefits at the time of power failure and also add power conditioning features to protect from sudden changes due to power fluctuations.
Whatever compromises you can make with your IT infrastructure services but it is very difficult to compromise with hardware failures. So make a full-fledged planning to avoid hardware failures. Try to avoid single points for your network connections and imply one wireless network device to monitor all your system services.
The updated firewall packet filter is necessary for every sized business. look for best level protection, IPS, Anti-spyware, web anti-virus which protects the most your company's wireless network systems and defense against unsecure attacks and threats.
Most prefers the web based firewall protection for secure configuration. This functionality can be applicable to those corporate sectors that don't have IT services experts. These applications can run through remote assistance and it only needs HTTPS channel for best security.
The Anti-Virus application is necessary for every system, local servers etc to protect from various harmful viruses. When you are utilizing the Anti-virus applications must check for the latest pattern, scheduled scanning and license management for the anti-virus server.
Email system is providing number of benefits along with advance communication software facilities for its users. The email system also provides audio video server connectivity for detail discussion between client and companies.
In your IT infrastructure implication add top quality backup system to secure all your files along with client's projects. Proper tape backup systems software that comes with Open File Agent, SQL Backup Agent etc. The backup system can be applied on daily, weekly, monthly and yearly basis.
Secure telecommunications are the most demanded services for IT services. Cisco router is the best tools for hassle free communications at corporate and other business levels. The WAN link will provide stable communication line with minimum bandwidth. You can even use cost effective internet lease line, which is also called as broadband facilities. For the internal connections throughout the company you can install VPN network, which will facilitate encrypted communication between offices. Nowadays you can make all your facilities into wireless network installation systems for effective results.


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Hot Take: Daddy's Home 2
Hot Take: Stupid… a little bit funny… but mostly stupid. Highly unlikely you'll remember what happened in Daddy's Home 2 when Daddy's Home 3 comes out in a few years.
Back in 2015, I reviewed Daddy's Home. I say it that way because while I reviewed Daddy's Home in 2015 and there's proof on the website, I hardly remember anything about it. Even after reading my own review, it's hard to remember much beyond a John Cena cameo at the end of the movie that teased a sequel. While I can still remember Daddy's Home 2, I need to review it. Although if I ever get short on memory, all I need to do is think "terrible Christmas Vacation rip-off" and maybe it will jog my memory. Daddy's Home 2 is proof that the only thing lazier than a typical Will Ferrell comedy is a Will Ferrell sequel.
As vitriolic as that opening paragraph is, I wouldn't say Daddy's Home 2 is a complete failure. There are a few funny moments and the additions of Mel Gibson and John Lithgow as the granddads are mostly entertaining. There's something about Gibson playing a mean and nasty grandfather that feels a little distasteful considering some of his past indiscretions but he plays the part well, for what that's worth. If you enjoyed Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg in Daddy's Home, it's pretty much more of the same. You almost start to wonder if Ferrell is capable of the laughs he produced at the height of his career and 2017 has shown no signs of the past with Ferrell starring in this dud and The House.
Predictable and lazy were the two words that defined the first Daddy's Home. The same can be said about Daddy's Home 2. So, at least we can call director and co-writer Sean Anders consistent, right?
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While the addition of Gibson is more noteworthy, John Lithgow has a history of being funny and he has a few funny moments in Daddy's Home 2. It helps that there aren't a lot of funny moments but Lithgow definitely stands out.
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The Return of John Cena Falls Flat
Cena's appearance at the end of Daddy's Home looked promising if the movie were to ever get a sequel. It did but the return of Cena doesn't work as well as you'd have thought it would have.
A Distasteful Christmas Tale
Leave out the casting of Mel Gibson in a crass and uncouth role and you still have a distasteful, cynical and, at times uncomfortable Christmas story that is only fun for the whole family if you're willing to subject your kids to hard to swallow sexism and questionable messages.
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On December 19, 2019 the Founder of Peace and National Unity, Leader of the Nation, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon left for St. Petersburg to attend an informal meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) heads of states.
He was seen off at the Dushanbe International Airport by the chairmen of the National Assembly and Assembly of Representatives, the Prime Minister, and the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office, among other officials.
The Assistant to the President for Foreign Policy Issues, and other officials are part of the delegation accompanying President Emomali Rahmon on this visit.
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Embedded in the week 2 code examples – surface? discuss?
Is there anything from Edit and Delete in Feb 17 that we can use in the week 3 notes?
Before continuing, build/compile the project, and load it in a browser. Login (as admin@example.com), just to make sure that it works correctly.
Yes, the argument appears to be case-sensitive. Why do we need the argument? The project template includes two (2) data context classes, because it uses two (2) different and separate databases. One database is dedicated to the ASP.NET Identity security information, while the other holds the Chinook sample database. Therefore, when we do migrations-related tasks in the package manager console, we must target our tasks at the correct data context.
Notice that the Migrations > Security folder has two source code files. That's because the security database – as provided by Microsoft in the ASP.NET Identity system – includes something called a "database initializer". As a result, it's ready to go.
As you know, the Register() methods in the Account controller have hard-coded role claim values.
Not good, for an in-production real-world app.
Therefore, we will fix that now.
In the DesignModelClasses.cs source code file, create a RoleClaim class, with an identifier property, and a string property "Name" (required, string length 100).
Add a DbSet<TEntity> property to the DataContext class.
In the Manager class, use the LoadData() method to create and save some new role claims. Let's continue to use the idea that we had in Assignment 7, with role claims for Executive, Coordinator, Clerk, and Staff. Add two others, and you decide what they will be.
Like you probably did before, create a LoadData controller, and call the manager object's LoadData() method.


The streets of Fitzrovia will this summer be alive with several festivals and celebrations of life and work in Fitzrovia.
Friends will gather at the Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Centre for the last time at 6pm Wednesday 12 June to say goodbye to the premises which was opened in 1975.
There will then be a series of events to commemorate 40 years since the first Fitzrovia Festival. The Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association is organising the Festival at its new premises in Goodge Place over the weekend of Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 June and during the evenings of 25 and 26 June. There will be a photographic exhibition, a book stall, guided walks and a cycle ride.
Read the complete newspaper Fitzrovia News 129 June 2013.
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EventFlow is a basic CQRS+ES framework designed to be easy to use.
Have a look at our getting started guide, the do's and don'ts and the FAQ.
How can I ensure that only specific users can execute commands?
Why isn't there a "global sequence number" on domain events?
Why doesn't EventFlow have a unit of work concept?
Why are subscribers are receiving events out of order?


Expand your child's vocabulary to improve communication and comprehension. Effective communication starts with proper word choice—and Spectrum® Vocabulary for grade 6 is here to help! This best-selling, standards-based workbook is packed with lessons, strategies, and test-taking practice to help your child choose words with confidence.
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Google leaves court bruised, not broken
The case is a test for Commission competition chief Margrethe Vestager's approach to reining in big tech.
A victory for Google would be a major setback for Vestager's Brussels reign | Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images
By Simon Van Dorpe
February 14, 2020	5:48 pm
LUXEMBOURG — It has been a good three days in court for the EU's competition chief Margrethe Vestager.
Google had appealed one of her biggest calls — the 2017 decision to fine the company €2.42 billion for unduly favoring its own shopping comparison service.
At no point during the three-day hearing at the EU General Court in Luxembourg was the Commission's position fundamentally threatened — unlike Google's.
If the case goes Vestager's way, it will strengthen her hand to take a tougher approach not only toward Google's other specialized search services, including flights and restaurants, but also on similar ventures by other tech giants, such as Facebook's Marketplace or Apple Music. It would also pave the way for damages cases as Google's crushed rivals will seek compensation.
Conversely, the EU has a big problem if the judges in Luxembourg, who serve as the only check on the unrivaled powers of the EU's antitrust czar, decide that she had been too bold. A victory for Google would be a major setback for Vestager's Brussels reign, potentially driving her to make more use of her new powers to initiate legislation, rather than focus on antitrust cases.
One judge suggested that the court should actually increase the €2.42 billion fine | Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images
The most striking moment of the hearing was when Irish judge Colm Mac Eochaidh on Thursday said he saw the company's favoritism of its own shopping service as a clear infraction, and insisted that in terms of the board game Monopoly, the internet giant had landed on "Go to jail."
The same judge colored Friday's proceedings with an unexpected suggestion that the court might actually increase the €2.42 billion fine — not what the search giant's lawyers had in mind.
But that is no guarantee of victory for the Commission when the five-judge panel delivers its ruling in the coming months. Friday's exchange showed the judges are not all on the same page. Decisions of the EU General Court are taken by majority, with the presiding judge holding the casting vote.
Whatever the outcome, the parties can still appeal the judgment with the higher European Court of Justice.
The Commission is terrified that the case is requalified as such a "duty to supply" case, as Google is arguing should happen
Overall, Google's lawyers struggled to convince the court that the way it cultivated its shopping service was to the benefit of consumers and that the updates of its algorithms were primarily aimed at offering them more relevant results.
An intervention from European consumer organization BEUC on the side of the Commission did not help to maintain that claim.
"Google's conduct places rivals out of the sight of consumers under the pretext of making things better for consumers when in reality it is done for Google's own benefit," BEUC's lawyer Alessandra Fratini said.
But that does not necessarily mean Google infringed EU competition law.
One of the crucial legal questions is whether the company had a duty to provide its rivals access to its results pages. As EU law stands, that is only possible under very strict conditions, which are widely considered not to apply in this case.
The Commission is terrified that the case is requalified as such a "duty to supply" case, as Google is arguing should happen. It had its most difficult moment on Thursday when judge Stéphane Gervasoni, the lead judge on the panel, suggested that the court could update the legal standard for the digital age.
Google's lawyers emphasised the Commission's failure to establish a causal link between its alleged anti-competitive behavior and the loss of traffic suffered by its rivals
The Commission's lawyer refused to engage in the brainstorming with Gervasoni — any sign of following the reasoning that this is a duty to supply case could endanger its decision. But it was difficult to deny this case was about shopping comparison services wanting to be featured on Google's first results page.
There are other points on which the California-based company could prevail.
In its final pleadings, Google's lawyers emphasised the Commission's failure to establish a causal link between its alleged anti-competitive behavior and the loss of traffic suffered by its rivals, referring to a Google comparison of countries where the search giant did or did not apply its controversial "Panda" algorithm.
"Because traffic of [rivals] developed similarly, with or without the abuse, the abuse cannot have been the cause of the traffic decreases the [Commission's] decision described," Google lawyer Thomas Graf argued.
EU judge suggests Google fine should be higher
EU judge tells Google it landed on Monopoly's 'Go to jail' square
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No group has been immediately identified as responsible, but Russian troops are massing on the border.
Cyberattack knocks out Ukrainian government websites
Threats reference Polish-Ukrainian border disputes, but the hackers haven't been identified.
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text: Q: Cut, Copy, Paste keyboard shortcut problem on Ubuntu Desktop 20.04 I am using Ubuntu 20.04 on my desktop and when I tried to use ctrl+x,ctrl+c, ctrl+v shortcuts to cut/copy/paste a file/text/folder etc. nothing happened. I have searched all of the related answered questions and videos but none of them applied to me. Any suggestions?


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Q: what does XOR with non-binary numbers do? For example,
0^1 will return 1 and
1^1 will return 0
This has it's obvious uses for flipping bits.
However, I have seen applications of XOR such as
55^4 or 73^1
I don't understand what the purpose of this is. Isn't it just checking that 55 and 73 are not equal to 4 and 1 respectively?

A: It will convert both the numbers to binary number first and then apply bitwise XOR for all the bits
55 -> 110111
4  -> 000100
Xor-> 110011  ->which is equal to decimal 51.

A: Many times if you have a^b, information in a is encoded in specific bits. You can XOR with a bit pattern to modify this information in useful ways. This is basically a bitmask (wikipedia article here).
For example, say you have some unsigned 32-bit integer that represents a user's permissions. Each bit corresponds to a particular permission. Say the 3rd least significant bit (3rd from the right) represents if the user is an admin or not. Then to toggle if the user is an admin, you can do something like this:
userRoles = userRoles ^ 0b100

or equivalently
userRoles = userRoles ^ 8


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Korean Government Finds Nissan Guilty Of Using Emissions Device
by Aiman A. under News on 10 Feb 2017 09:00:57 PM10 Feb 2017
Renault-sourced 1.6-litre diesel the culprit, but Nissan maintains its innocence.
A South Korean court has ruled in favour of the government on Thursday, after Japanese carmaker Nissan challenged a fine it was presented last year due to the alleged fitment of an emissions defeat device on the Qashqai SUV that it sells there.
Nissan filed a suit against the South Korean Ministry of Environment after it claimed that the carmaker had defrauded the government's emissions testing schemes by utilising an "unjustified arbitrary setup," or an illegal defeat device on the Euro 6-grade diesel Qashqai. In response to the courts' ruling, Nissan issued a statement saying that they are "disappointed" with the ruling.
"Nissan Korea maintains that it has complied with all existing regulations and did not use an illegal defeat device in the Euro 6 Qashqai." Contrarily, the South Korean government claimed that a system designed to regulate emissions on the Qashqai seemingly disengaged itself once the engine reached 35-degrees centigrade, when the 'exhaust gas recirculation' (EGR) system was supposed to only disengage once the engine reached 50-degrees centigrade to avoid overheating.
As a result of the emissions discrepancy, Nissan Korea was slapped with a $342,000 fine (300-million Korean Won), which it disputed by launching the lawsuit that was concluded today. The South Korean government took it upon themselves to test the real-world emissions of some 20 vehicles on sale as a result of the Volkswagen Dieselgate scandal, and found that the Qashqai's early disengaging of its EGR system brought emissions levels skyrocketing.
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Cembrit products are classified in accordance with EN 13501-1 and are fire rated, at a minimum as A2 non-combustible or higher.
string(25) "Edge sealing not required"
string(228) "As an autoclaved cladding cut edges do not need to be sealed (as air cured claddings do). This significantly reduces time on site or at the fabricators cutting facility. The more complicated the façade the greater the advantage"
string(29) "Variation from board to board"
string(121) "Random shade variation from board to board creates a finished façade that is more natural looking than coated materials."
string(210) "Hydrophobation improves the dirt and water stain resistance of the board. Impregnated throughout, hydrophobation extends the original appearance of thr board and also reduces effects such as "picture framing". "
string(202) "Cembrit Patina is a homogeneous cladding sheet. As a genuine material, it is closer to natural or monolithic alternatives than claddings with applied coatings, but with fibre cement's low weight per m"
string(93) "No surface coating which can be removed by scratches dents or chips reduces their visibility."
Cembrit Patina Rough is a through coloured fibre cement board with a random textured surface. The texture is created by mimicking natural processes giving the facade a different appearance from smooth or coated claddings, namely that of cast or aged stone cladding. The randomness of each board gives a façade clad in Cembrit Patina Rough, a subtle variation in colour and texture, much as would be seen with natural stone cladding.
The inclusion of Cembrit Patina Rough can enhance the visual interest of a facade as it reflects light differently from a smooth surfaced cladding, even the angle from which the façade is viewed will change the effect. By combining Patina and Patina Rough, you can highlight different areas of your building enhancing the overall design and creating features of parts of the building that have special significance. Examples could be: highlighting the area around entrances or windows, featuring a full storey of a building, or delineating apartments within a multi-dwelling residential construction.
Cembrit Patina Rough is a durable fibre cement board, ideal for exterior and interior facades. As time passes, the fibre cement board will gradually acquire a distinctive patina enhancing the random look and feel of the rough texture.
Random shade variation from board to board creates a finished façade that is more natural looking than coated materials.
Hydrophobation improves the dirt and water stain resistance of the board. Impregnated throughout, hydrophobation extends the original appearance of thr board and also reduces effects such as "picture framing".
No surface coating which can be removed by scratches dents or chips reduces their visibility.


Books of lists are popular. This post features lists from various writing books to use as prompts for writing stories.
Over the course of several years, I have collected a variety of storytelling prompts. Until now, my list has been stored on Google Drive as a Numbers spreadsheet. For the first time, I am sharing part of the list in this blog post. The second part of the list will come at a later date.
These prompts are ideal for writing memoirs, but could also work as prompts for fictional writing, especially when experiencing writer's block.
Stories: The Family Legacy: A guide for recollection and sharing, by Richard Stone, is a short book filled with story prompts. Stone uses stories from his own life as examples for each section of story prompts.
I do not recall the source of this list, but it is a nice list of forty story prompts.
Writing for Your Life: Discovering the story of your life's journey, by Deena Metzger, is another excellent book to assist with writing your memoir.
I am a fan of Dale Carnegie's approach to communications and influencing others. I have read several of his books including How to Win Friends and Influence People, The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking, and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. The prompts in this list appear to be from Carnegie's biographical sketch, but I do not recall how I came to develop this list.
This short list is comprised of categories. Each category can be further expanded to create additional prompts.


Osteochondrodysplasia Pathologic study of 29 autopsy cases.
The Korean Journal of Pathology 1999;33(1): 32-41.
1Department of Pathology, Samsung Cheil Hospital, College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul 100-380, Korea.
Osteochondrodysplasia is a heterogeneous group of disorders appearing short limbed dwarfism. Because many of these entities are lethal and hereditary, an accurate diagnosis is mandatory. The purpose of this study is to define the clinicopathologic features and radiologic findings of osteochondrodysplasia. We reviewed 29 autopsy cases of congenital short limbed dwarfism, consisting of thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) (12 cases), osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) (12 cases), asphyxiating thoracic dysplasia (ATD) (3 cases), short-rib-polydactyly syndrome (SRPS) (1 case) and hypochondrogenesis (1 case). The gestational age ranged from 16 to 41 weeks. Of 6 fetuses that were born alive, 3 were ATD, 2 were TD and 1 was hypochondrogenesis. TD was frequently complicated by hydramnios. Of 8 cases studied chromosomally, only 1 showed chromosomal abnormality -46XY, inv 9. Intrauterine growth retardation was frequently associated with OI. Pulmonary hypoplasia was present in 23 cases (79%), including all cases of ATD, SRPS and hypochondrogenesis, 11 in TD and 7 in OI. Other associated anomalies were present in 17 cases (59%).


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package com.jeecms.core.dao.impl;

import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
import org.hibernate.Query;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;

import com.jeecms.common.hibernate3.Finder;
import com.jeecms.common.hibernate3.HibernateBaseDao;
import com.jeecms.common.page.Pagination;
import com.jeecms.core.dao.CmsUserDao;
import com.jeecms.core.entity.CmsUser;

@Repository
public class CmsUserDaoImpl extends HibernateBaseDao<CmsUser, Integer>
		implements CmsUserDao {
	public Pagination getPage(String username, String email, Integer siteId,
			Integer groupId, Boolean disabled, Boolean admin, Integer rank,
			int pageNo, int pageSize) {
		Finder f = Finder.create("select bean from CmsUser bean");
		if (siteId != null) {
			f.append(" join bean.userSites userSite");
			f.append(" where userSite.site.id=:siteId");
			f.setParam("siteId", siteId);
		} else {
			f.append(" where 1=1");
		}
		if (!StringUtils.isBlank(username)) {
			f.append(" and bean.username like :username");
			f.setParam("username", "%" + username + "%");
		}
		if (!StringUtils.isBlank(email)) {
			f.append(" and bean.email like :email");
			f.setParam("email", "%" + email + "%");
		}
		if (groupId != null) {
			f.append(" and bean.group.id=:groupId");
			f.setParam("groupId", groupId);
		}
		if (disabled != null) {
			f.append(" and bean.disabled=:disabled");
			f.setParam("disabled", disabled);
		}
		if (admin != null) {
			f.append(" and bean.admin=:admin");
			f.setParam("admin", admin);
		}
		if (rank != null) {
			f.append(" and bean.rank<=:rank");
			f.setParam("rank", rank);
		}
		f.append(" order by bean.id desc");
		return find(f, pageNo, pageSize);
	}

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DatasetHandler package¶

Submodules¶

DatasetHandler.CreateDataset module¶

DatasetHandler.CreateDataset.determineUniqueId(dataset_nickname, desired_number, seed)[source]¶

Each dataset needs its own unique name build from the parameters which influence its shape.
Later we name the feature files with this name and thus it needs to be linked with each dataset.
:param dataset_nickname: id
:param desired_number: number of images, can be None if all
:param seed: seed for random data shuffling
:return: string of unique id

DatasetHandler.CreateDataset.get_path_for_dataset(folder, filename_override)[source]¶

Get path to dataset from couple of default values, or use suggested name
:param folder: name of the folder, will be joined to the project path
:param filename_override: suggested name of dataset dump file
:return: path

DatasetHandler.CreateDataset.load_custom(folder, pixels, desired_number=None, seed=None, filename_override='')[source]¶

Load dataset from one of prepared folders. Main method to load datasets.
:param folder: folder name inside StreetViewData
:param pixels: pixel size
:param desired_number: number of images, can be None if all
:param seed: seed for random data shuffling
:param filename_override: if the name is not SegmentsData_marked_R100.dump or SegmentsData.dump
:return: dataset object

DatasetHandler.CreateDataset.prepareDataset(path, dims, desired_number, seed)[source]¶

Create dataset object and prepare it from the suggested Segments file.
:param path: path
:param dims: pixel sizes list (width and height)
:param desired_number: number of images, can be None if all
:param seed: seed for random data shuffling
:return: dataset object

DatasetHandler.DataAugmentation module¶

DatasetHandler.DataAugmentation.handle_noncanon_dataset(Settings, model_settings)[source]¶

Special case scenario.
We are creating a new custom dataset, instead of using one of the big officially used, "canon" datasets
:param Settings: Setting for the whole experiment
:param model_settings: Setting for our one dataset
:return:

DatasetHandler.DatasetObj module¶

class DatasetHandler.DatasetObj.Dataset[source]¶

Common base class for a Dataset

What does dataset have?

source data folder with images and their scores - via Segments, but we don't use Segments anymore anywhere out

What can it do?

give it's data nicely out ([x],[y]) as image data and labels

give us subsets, which are uniform in sense of Scoring

provide us with statistics - without worrying about unsuccessful downloads or anything

give us views like exporting images into folder for inspection - for example coded with score

DumpFilesIntoDirectory_withScores(target_directory='')[source]¶

Simple way of visualizing which images are considered "attractive" (with high score) and which are not
:param target_directory: target directory, for example target_directory = '../debugViewOfDataset/'
:return: returns list of new names of files, with the order unchanged

MapScoreToImages(into_bins=100)[source]¶

Gets a dict which give to a index from 0-100 a list of images of such score (score goes in range 0-1, so *100 in this case)
:return:

cast_osm_to_bool()[source]¶

Transforms the osm vector data to boolean values, aka i=0 -> 0, i>0 -> 1
:return:

cast_osm_to_one_hot_categories()[source]¶

Transforms the osm vector data to one hot categories - low,mid,high represented as 001,010,100 binary.
:return:

debug_print_first(n)[source]¶

# Debug print first n values in this dataset.

expandOsmDataWithMultipleRadii(model_settings)[source]¶

# idea is to load all the radii data we have available and add it to each of the segments
# we assume the basic experiment definition

flag_is_extended = False¶

generator_images_scores(order, image_paths, scores, resize=None)[source]¶

Get generator of images
:param order: prearanged order (1,2,3…) or (2,55,1,980, …)
:param image_paths: paths to images, these are kept in memory while the big 640x640x3 image data is not
:param scores: score to be associated with returned image
:param resize: parameter to resize loaded images on the fly
:return: generator, which yields (image, score)

getDataLabels(resize=None)[source]¶

# ([x,y]) as image data and labels

getDataLabels_only_osm()[source]¶

# Get just osm data

getDataLabels_only_osm_raw()[source]¶

# return list of osm without coversion to numpy format

getDataLabels_only_y()[source]¶

# Get just label data

getDataLabels_split(resize=None, validation_split=0.2)[source]¶

# ([x, y, x_val, y_val]) as image data and labels after being split

getDataLabels_split_only_osm(validation_split=0.2)[source]¶

# Get just osm data, after validation split

getDataLabels_split_only_y(resize=None, validation_split=0.2)[source]¶

# Get just label data, after validation split

getImageGenerator(validation_split, resize=None)[source]¶

# Return generators
# take the lists on images and their labels - split these two arrays by the validation split

getShapeOfOsm()[source]¶

Get shape of the osm data - aka dimension of the vectors, traditionally (594,) needed for building Keras models.
:return:

has_osm_loaded = False¶

img_height = -1¶

img_width = -1¶

init_from_lists(list_of_images, labels, osm, segment_ids, img_width, img_height)[source]¶

Initialization from lists of data

init_from_segments(path_to_segments_file, img_width, img_height)[source]¶

# Initialization from loaded Segment in path_to_segments_file
# Segments are not used apart from initialization

log_the_osm()[source]¶

Apply log to values in OSM vector.
:return:

num_of_images = 0¶

plotHistogram(save_to_pdf=False, labels_override=None)[source]¶

Plot score of this dataset as histogram.
:param save_to_pdf: flag to save into output.pdf
:return:

randomize_all_list_order_deterministically_same_segment(local_seed)[source]¶

According to a chosen seed number will shuffle contents of lists (of urls, of scores, of osm) so they are kept

intact.

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Returns:

remove_dual_osms()[source]¶

We know that every third entry is actually unique (in sense of osm,score pair) - when we are talking about osm_only model
:return:

sampleUniform(desired_number)[source]¶

# randomized subsample of a dataset

spawnUniformSubset(desired_number)[source]¶

Spawn a subset from dataset uniform distribution over the original data.

<col class="field-name" />
<col class="field-body" />

Parameters:	desired_number – size of the desired dataset

Returns:	the resulting new dataset

statistics()[source]¶

# Report important information about the dataset.

test_existence_of_all_images()[source]¶

Test physical presence of the images - useful for debuging.
:return:

unique_id = ''¶

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators module¶

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.GenerateAverageImagesFromDictionary(dict, save_to_dir=None, output_folder=None)[source]¶

Gets a dictionary of d[score_label_value] pointing to an array of images
:param dict:
:return: Up to 100 averaged images

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.plotHistogram(x, title='', num_bins=100, x_min=0.0, x_max=1.0, custom_x_label='Score value', custom_y_label='Count of occurances')[source]¶

Plot histogram from the x data.

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.plotMultipleWhiskerPlots(datas, whiskers, labels)[source]¶

Example run:

means_men = (20, 35, 30, 35, 27)
std_men = (2, 3, 4, 1, 2)
means_women = (25, 32, 34, 20, 25)
std_women = (3, 5, 2, 3, 3)

datas = [means_men, means_women, means_men]
whiskers = [std_men, std_women, std_women]
labels = ['1', '2', '3']

plotMultipleWhiskerPlots(datas,whiskers,labels)

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.plotWhisker(data, title='', y_min=0.0, y_max=1.0, legend_on=True, notch=True)[source]¶

Plot box plot / whisker graph from data.

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.plotX_sortValues(dont_touch_this_x, title='', x_min=0.0, x_max=1.0, notReverse=False, custom_x_label='# of images', custom_y_label='Score value')[source]¶

Visualization of dataset by the method of sorting array by value and plotting.

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.saveAllPlotsToPDF()[source]¶

# Save all created plots into a pdf file.

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.show()[source]¶

show plots on screen

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.subPlot2(fce1, fce2, param1=None, param2=None)[source]¶

Join two plots.

Example run:
def tmp_fce1(): …
def tmp_fce2(): …
subPlot2(tmp_fce1, tmp_fce2)

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.xkcd()[source]¶

special style

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.zoomOut(axes, xlim=None, ylim=None, factor=0.05)[source]¶

Set size to fit in limitations.
:param axes: handler to matlibplot
:param xlim: list of [from x, to x] values
:param ylim: list of [from y, to y] values
:param factor: zoom factor
:return:

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.zoomOutX(axes, xlim=None, factor=0.05)[source]¶

handle the X axis

DatasetHandler.DatasetVizualizators.zoomOutY(axes, ylim=None, factor=0.05, only_up=False)[source]¶

handle the Y axis

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc module¶

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc.copy_file(src, dst)[source]¶

Copy and paste file.

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc.copy_folder(src, dst)[source]¶

Copy and paste folders. Used for dataset augmentation.

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc.file_exists(fname)[source]¶

Does file exist, returns boolean.

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc.folder_exists(directory)[source]¶

Does folder with this name exist, returns boolean

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc.get_folder_from_file(fname)[source]¶

Get folder name from path to a file.

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc.get_geojson_path()[source]¶

Gives us the path directly to attractivity_previtus_data_1_edges.geojson from a list of allowed paths
:return:

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc.get_project_folder()[source]¶

Gives us the path to MGR-Project-Code from a list of allowed folders.
:return:

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc.make_folder_ifItDoesntExist(directory)[source]¶

Make a new directory, if it didn't previously exist.

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc.md5(fname)[source]¶

Get md5 hash of a file.

DatasetHandler.FileHelperFunc.use_path_which_exists(list_of_possible_paths)[source]¶

From a list of possible paths choose the one which exists.
:param list_of_possible_paths: possible paths
:return: working path

Module contents¶

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Natural as it might seem as an art form, the writing of the personal narrative is not without hazards. Its very spontaneity can be a problem. To work, the essay must be an intimate document in which the writer shares observations and thoughts with candor. Yet our own spontaneous inner voices do not always make good copy. They can wander, suffer from mean-spiritedness or naieveté, groan under the load of ego, or arrive on the page as trivial despite our previous belief that they were visionary. This problem is compounded because the personal essayist writes not only about himself but about other people. The essayist must find a voice that is candid enough to sustain the personal quality but is simultaneously fair to others involved in the story—patients, spouses, family and colleagues. Calibrating the role of the "I" in the first person is difficult as well. First-person narratives are effective because the reader wants to see inside the life of another person, to compare lots, to identify with or, on occasion, reject being identified with the writer. Yet "I" and "me" can easily become oppressive, turning the reader off and undercutting both the art and the import of the piece. The best first-person essays are unobtrusively first person, creating a comfortable atmosphere for the reader where the message of the narrative is not obscured by the personality of the messenger.
The Power of Anecdote
Writing about one's own experience is an exercise in subjectivity. The very power of the personal essay comes from the view of the world as seen through the eyes of the writer who is unapologetically the arbiter of fact and significance in the narrative. The circumstances reported and the valence they are given are the sole and unchallenged domain of the writer. Anecdote, attitude, prejudice, and point of view are prominent and important components of the personal essay. Although personal observation holds a time-honored place in the history of science, the subjective characteristics of the personal essay are not prominent values in the science of today, nor are they part of the growing efforts in the field of health policy to make decisions based on quantitative measures. Terms such as "evidence-based" and "data-driven" are the coin of the policy world today, and "the anecdote" as evidence is as much demeaned in policy circles as it is in clinical medicine. Yet, important as the arguments are for the use of quantitative science to inform clinical and policy decisions, the anecdote—the report of life events …the anecdote—the report of life events from an unabashedly subjective vantage point—remains a powerful tool for focusing the human mind. The historian and health policy commentator Dan Fox is fond of saying that,
for better or worse, 'The plural of anecdote is policy….'from an unabashedly subjective vantage point—remains a powerful tool for focusing the human mind. The historian and health policy commentator Dan Fox is fond of saying that, for better or worse, "The plural of anecdote is policy…."
The question then may well be asked about the appropriateness of the personal narrative, with its cargo of subjectivity, in a health policy journal. Health care—giving it, getting it, administrating it, teaching it—is a realm of human enterprise that is often personal, frequently dramatic, and always laced with controversy. It is a rich domain for chroniclers who draw on the personal and the subjective—fiction writers, TV producers, and cinematographers—as well as for the writer of the first-person narrative. The personal narrative is indisputably a compelling vehicle for transporting perspective and opinion about health policy issues. The first-person essay, in fact, can lend perspective and vitality to issues that are appropriately and simultaneously being explored and written about in a quantitative and analytic fashion. Personal reflections can add dimension and depth that will make the issue both more lucid and more interesting. The challenge for a journal whose principal product is analytic and not literary is to find writers who can steer their way between the hazards of ego and introspection on the one hand and pure editorializing on the other….
Human beings have always had stories—and always will. Health (and health policy) is a quintessentially human realm, and its stories are as vivid and revealing as those from any area of human endeavor. Even as we move to put decision-making in health on a firmer, more quantitative basis, our stories can help to maintain perspective and promote wisdom. That is the mission of "Narrative Matters."
Published by Health Affairs, Volume 18, Number 4, pages 118-124. © 1999.
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Sun Myung Moon, Tongsun Park, and the Korean scandal
by Robert B. Boettcher
1980, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
402 pages, illustrated.
Review by A.T. Wood, Legislative assistant to Representative Donald Fraser, December 2000
In Gifts of Deceit the late Robert Boettcher insightfully and thoroughly documents the activities and findings of the Fraser Committee. This congressional subcommittee (through it's 1978 report) on International Organizations opened a window on a world in Washington which many would prefer to see closed forever.
The report of this committee informally called the "Fraser Report" exhaustively documents and details Sun Myung Moon's role in working to shape American foreign policy. It further names a whole host of characters including American politicians, military leaders, Korean diplomats, former Japanese prime ministers, not to mention President Dwight D. Eisenhower who wittingly or unwittingly wound up acting as agents or surrogates for Sun Myung Moon and his "Unification Church".
In addition to reading like a first rate who dunn'it Boettcher's book gives the reader a behind the scenes look at official Washington which to this day has done nothing about the principal findings of the Frazer Committee: namely that the Unification Church has engaged in systematic violations of U.S law. Banking and currency laws, securities and exchange commission laws, Immigration and naturalization laws and charities fraud laws.
Boettcher's book is the first book that reveals the global geo-political ambitions of the Moon organization. It is a must for students of foreign relations, students of destructive cults, and for students of the U. S. Constitution particularly those who take an interest in the first and the thirteenth amendments.
Robert B. Boettcher was staff director of a Congressional investigation of South Korean influence-peddling in Washington in the 1970's. He died Thursday May 24, 1984, in a fall from the roof of an apartment building on Central Park West, where he lived. He was 44 years old.
From 1971 until 1979, Mr. Boettcher directed the staff of the House Subcommittee on International Organizations. In that capacity he was in charge, under Representative Donald Fraser, of gathering evidence of a scandal in which Tongsun Park, a South Korean millionaire businessman, and others were accused of unlawfully seeking to influence American political figures in providing military and economic aid to Seoul. Mr. Boettcher also served as executive director of development and public relations for the Dance Theater of Harlem.
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Habit Forming
Family, history and religious vows collide in the powerful, intimate Polish drama 'Ida'
Who says size matters? At a mere 80 minutes, the Polish film Ida is a small miracle of economic storytelling, emotional complexity and astonishing scope. Co-written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, it is both an intimate, mostly two-character drama, and an unsparing and unsentimentalized look back on two tumultuous decades of Polish history, as told over the course of a few days in the life of a young woman. It's everything we want a film to be—focused, beautifully composed, surprising, and powerful.
Shot in expressive black and white by cinematographers Ryszard Lenczewski and Lukasz Zal, the film begins within the fortress-like walls of a rural convent. It's about 1962, and Anna (lovely Agata Trzebuchowska), an 18-year-old novice, is an orphan raised in the convent. She has never known anything besides the orderly routines and obedience of convent life; meals are taken in silence, discipline is strict, and the young novitiates regularly prostrate themselves on the stone floor of the chapel before their wooden Christ.
Anna is about to take her vows. But before she can, the Mother Superior tells her she must visit her only remaining relative, an aunt she never knew she had who lives in the city. Anna doesn't want to leave the safety of the convent, but you don't say no to the Mother Superior. So the girl packs her small, plain suitcase and takes the train into another world.
Her Aunt Wanda (a superb Agata Kulesza) is a tough, hard-drinking, middle-aged court judge who sleeps with random men and has little interest in bonding with her niece. But she shows Anna an old photograph of her mother, tells the girl that her birth name was Ida—and drops the bombshell that their family was Jewish. Wanda is ready to send the girl packing again, but she relents, brings Anna back to her apartment from the station, and begins to reveal the history of their family.
It's a harrowing tale, dating back to the Nazi invasion of Poland, and continuing into the severity of the Communist era. But director Pawlikowski reveals it only in small, potent bits, as the two women set off on an impromptu odyssey, first to the farmhouse where Anna's family once lived, and then on a quest to find her parents' unmarked grave. Along the way, their fragile alliance is shattered and reformed, painful secrets are told, and a subtle portrait emerges of the troubled legacy left to a younger generation born out of chaos.
The relationship between these two women keeps us engaged. Anna disapproves of the caustic aunt who can't help goading her about her unquestioning compliance. (On the subject of sex, Wanda cracks, "You should try it, otherwise what kind of sacrifice are these vows of yours?") Yet, they learn to be strong for each other, too, on a shared journey toward truth and knowledge.
As Anna/Ida's story unfolds, Pawlikowski's inventive framing of each scene tells its own story. Inside the convent, Anna's head never occupies more than a small corner at the bottom of the frame under a vast expanse of empty walls, woodwork or ceiling. On their journey, Anna and Wanda are often seen in long shot, small figures in a larger landscape of time and events. (In a hotel, Anna stands at the top of a spiral staircase down to the bar where Western jazz is playing, as if contemplating a descent into hell.) But gradually, Anna moves toward the center of each frame and takes up more of it—growing into her identity, perhaps, or as her consciousness is raised.
This symbolism, along with Pawlikowski's concluding shot, are so open to interpretation, the film is almost interactive. I didn't realize how ambiguous the ending is until I found out my viewing companion had exactly the opposite idea of its meaning. Both interpretations are entirely plausible, and each makes sense in its way. The beauty of Ida is that, by the end, we are so thoroughly haunted by this quiet tale of life, loss and redemption that each viewer is eager to step in and supply the ending we want.
IDA *** 1/2 (out of four) With Agata Trzebuchowska and Agata Kulesza. Written by Pawel Pawlikowski and Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. A Music Box films release. Rated PG-13. 80 minutes. In Polish with English subtitles.


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The 9th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1983. Only eight movies participated.

Cine Suerte's Karnal won the Best Picture and four other awards. The major individual awards, however, was garnered by Lea Productions' Bago Kumalat ang Kamandag including Best Actor and Best Actress for Anthony Alonzo and Coney Reyes respectively, Best Director and Best Screenplay for Willie Milan among others. Other awardees include the films Hot Property and Tengteng de Sarapen.

RVQ Productions' Tengteng de Sarapen was the top grosser of the festival.

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Dinosaur on the loose at The Forum in Norwich
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A dinosaur from the Jurassic Adventures show, which is coming to the Theatre Royal, meets Lewis Clements(2) during an outing at The Forum.Picture by SIMON FINLAY. - Credit: Archant Norfolk
A prehistoric creature surprised people of all ages when he paid a lunchtime visit to The Forum in Norwich.
A dinosaur from the Jurassic Adventures show, which is coming to the Theatre Royal, meets the public during an outing at The Forum.Picture by SIMON FINLAY. - Credit: Archant Norfolk
The dinosaur invaded the city centre venue on Tuesday, ahead of the show Jurassic Adventures coming to Norwich Theatre Royal on February 19.
John Bultitude, from Norwich Theatre Royal, said: 'Tuesday lunchtime at The Forum certainly had a prehistoric feel. A young Tyrannosaurus Rex took pride of place and created quite a stir among lunchtime shoppers.
'Those of all ages posed for pictures with the creature, which will be back in Norwich to star in Jurassic Adventures in February. As he is only young, he can sometimes be a bit naughty but he was on his best behaviour and had a great time meeting lots of dinosaur fans of all ages.'
Jurassic Adventures aims to transport families to a magical island where they will follow the adventures of Dr Grant and a team of explorers who believe dinosaurs were not killed off millions of years ago and could still be alive.
Throughout the show the audiences will see a host of prehistoric monsters and also witness the birth of a baby dinosaur.
Jurassic Adventures is at Norwich Theatre Royal on Thursday, February 19 at 11.30am, 2.30pm and 6pm. It is suitable for children aged three and over. Tickets £7-£16. Family ticket £43 (four tickets in Bands A-D). To book, visit www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk or call the box office on 01603 630000.


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Oregon Crew Tries to Rescue Sea Turtle on Washington Coast. Did Humans Interfere?
Published 11/23/21 at 5:12 PM PST
(Ocean Park, Washington) – About this time of year, Oregon and Washington coast officials want you to be aware that injured sea turtles may be washing up on Pacific Northwest beaches. If you encounter one , do not touch it or attempt to help, but instead call authorities and relay the location of the stranded sea turtle. (Photos courtesy Seaside Aquarium)
If you try to put it back in the ocean, you will likely kill it. (Call local or state police if you find one)
That's the situation that seems to have occurred this week on the south Washington coast, after Seaside Aquarium received a report that a turtle had stranded at Ocean Park on November 16. By the time the crew from the north Oregon coast arrived, the turtle was gone. This Sunday, it showed up again a bit farther north, but now dead.
Seaside Aquarium's Tiffany Boothe said it's likely someone tried to "help" by putting it back in the water, which is the last thing a cold-stunned sea turtle needs.
"It was assumed that someone came across the turtle on the beach, thought it was dead, and picked it up," Boothe said. "An action that is highly illegal. At 7:30 a.m. on Sunday morning the aquarium got another report of a stranded turtle but this time it was a bit further north in Oysterville, Washington."
This time, aquarium responders asked the caller if they could stick around "turtle sit" until the crew could get there, and luckily they agreed.
"When staff arrived, they were surprised to see that it was the same sea turtle that had been stranded nearly a week earlier," Boothe said. "Distinctive marks on the turtle's shell confirmed it was the same animal."
When a cold-stunned sea turtle arrives on a beach, it can be extremely difficult to tell if it is dead or alive at first. It often takes awhile to determine what's going on.
"They can be unresponsive, and their heartbeat can slow to one beat per minute," Boothe said. "Other than being highly illegal, it is important to never take a sea turtle off the beach. Though it might look dead, there is a chance it is still alive. In fact, when the aquarium responds to stranded sea turtles, they treat them all as if they are alive until proven otherwise and that is exactly how they treated this turtle. The fully grown, Olive Ridley sea turtle was not showing any signs of life but it wasn't until the turtle had been recovered and taken back to the Seaside Aquarium for observation that it was eventually declared dead."
It's a sad ending, Boothe said, but it's even sadder to think someone might've caused this. If the turtle somehow swam back out in its own, that's something the aquarium has never seen before.
Boothe said this appears to be the fourth turtle found on the Oregon or Washington coast in two months, now that it's "turtle season" on these beaches.
What happens with Olive Ridley turtles and others that wash up here is that they are often migrating or following warmer currents northward when the currents suddenly enter cold water. These creatures can't cope with the cold so they became severely hypothermic, basically "stunned" by the temperature drop.
Most that strand on Oregon or Washington's coast don't survive, but a small handful do and are rehabilitated and eventually released back into their warmer, native waters.
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More Olive Ridley turtles from past Seaside Aquarium encounters below