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Q: Remove multiple slashes but preserve trailing one I have a rule in my .htaccess to remove multiple trailing slashes. It works:
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I also have a rule that adds one trailing slash if it's missing. On its own, it works, too:
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/$
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What I'm trying to achieve here is pretty obvious - remove multiple slashes, leave one. But with first rule applied, I'm getting no trailing slash on index page even when I specify it.
Please help me to combine these rules into one or at least get them to work properly. I tried to use this tool for debug but it is unable to process %{THE_REQUEST}.
I'll leave rest of .htaccess file for the reference, maybe it interferes. It wasn't written my be but I have to figure it out.
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I'm getting no trailing slash on index page

Yes you won't because your trailing slash adding rule has this condition:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

Which means if request is for a valid file then don't execute.
You can add a trailing slash in your first rule also:
# remove multiple slashes from URL and add a trailing one
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} //
RewriteRule ^(.+?)/?$ /$1/ [R=302,L,NE]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule [^/]$ %{REQUEST_URI}/ [R=302,L,NE]

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Q: How to loop over images in a directory? I have cats images in a directory.I want to apply data augmentation manually to these images.
My directory is Downloads/Images/Cats/.
This directory has images with two types of labels/names:

*

*cat1_001.png, cat1_002.png, ...

*cat2_001.png, cat2_002.png, ...

specifying two types of cat images.
So how can I iterate through the images with label 1 only from the directory in python?

A: You can do it like this:
import os
directory_in_str = 'Downloads/Images/Cats/'
directory = os.fsencode(directory_in_str)

for file in os.listdir(directory):
    filename = os.fsdecode(file)
    if(filename.startswith('cat1_') and filename.endswith('.png')):
        print(filename)
        # do your staff here


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A question relating to last week's posts about managing health savings accounts (HSAs) after the excise tax goes into effect prompted an interesting discussion among the authors (and their go-to compliance expert) about the pros and cons of continuing to offer employees the opportunity to make pre-tax payroll HSA contributions. We thought we'd share it in Q&A form so you can follow along. Warning — it gets a little complicated, but that's the nature of the beast. Welcome to our world.
Dee (an astute reader): The vast majority of employers that offer HSA-qualified high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) offer the ability for employees to make pre-tax payroll HSA contributions and even encourage them to do so. For now, such contributions count towards the calculation of the gross cost of "high cost" health coverage for excise tax purposes. Should employers take away the pre-tax payroll HSA contribution feature from their cafeteria plans? Otherwise, an HDHP with a lower gross cost than a traditional PPO plan may actually end up triggering a greater excise tax because any employee pre-tax payroll HSA contributions would get tacked on to the total cost of the employer's health coverage.
Joe K. (author of Managing FSAs to Avoid the Excise Tax): First, how confident are we that employee pre-tax payroll HSA funding will count toward the excise tax? Can employers hold out hope they won't need to make a change?
Dorian (compliance expert): We won't know for sure until we receive formal regulations next year. However, our current understanding based on the existing legislation, as well the proposed position that the IRS telegraphed in their "pre-guidance" issued earlier this year, is that employee pre-tax payroll HSA funding will count toward the excise tax.
Jay (author of Health Savings Accounts and the ACA): I would advise a plan sponsor to consider a hybrid approach — continue permitting (or making) pre-tax payroll HSA contributions up to the excise threshold, at which point any remaining allowable HSA contributions are made post-tax. For the employee's convenience, the employer would facilitate employees' post-tax HSA contributions via payroll.
Joe B. (author of The Unlimited Possibilities of the Limited-Purpose FSA): Well, ideally we want to optimize. But it seems to me to be more complex to have both pre- and post-tax HSA payroll contributions, rather than just going all post-tax with the employee claiming an above-the-line deduction for the entire HSA contribution when filing federal and state tax returns. I realize there is a little efficiency and tax savings lost, but that needs to be weighed against administration and communication considerations. Further, the employer could make a contribution when cost is within the thresholds, and let the employee contributions go post-tax.
Jay: Either a hybrid model or the seemingly simple move from pre- to post-tax brings administrative and communication considerations. Meanwhile, the efficiency opportunity could be substantial for the employer and warrant a hybrid model. I'd not likely recommend that an employer drop employee pre-tax payroll HSA contributions entirely unless the payroll/admin modifications were going to absorb at least half the current-year tax savings.
Joe B.: Good point. And now that I think about it, it's really not any different than what some 401(k) plans do. If I elect to contribute more than the tax-favored limit, I can click a box to have the excess amounts contributed on an after-tax basis.
Joe K.: Although in some situations the tax savings just won't be that high. We can estimate based on employer-specific data, such as the current level of employee funding and employee pay relative to the FICA limit.
Dorian: Keep in mind that if you don't allow pre-tax payroll contributions through a cafeteria plan, you must meet the rigid, and often unworkable, HSA comparability rules for employer HSA contributions — which are especially problematic where an employer provides matching HSA contributions or HSA contributions based on wellness activities. Avoiding the comparability rules is one of the substantial benefits of allowing employee pre-tax payroll HSA contributions.
Joe K.: Some employers provide the same HSA funding to all employees. However, it sounds like eliminating an employee's ability to make pre-tax payroll HSA contributions can be very limiting.
Dorian: It can be. To meet the comparability requirement, an employer generally needs to offer specified classes of "comparable participating employees" the same level of HSA funding. That not only effectively prevents an employer from using an HSA for wellness incentives, it may also mean the employer can't vary HSA funding by salary band (certain exceptions apply). And there are other requirements as well, so if you do plan to meet the comparability rules, you'll want to take a close look at all of the associated provisions.
Jay: Can an employer avoid these comparability rules if employees can partially fund their HSA on a pre-tax basis? If so, it sounds like another reason to consider a hybrid model.
Dorian: Possibly, but the law is not clear. We need to continue monitoring developments in this area.


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By: Ms MTLer February 26, 2021 August 19, 2021
AIWTRO Chapter Twenty-One
Emily: "I-I'm done cleaning up, so I'll excuse myself, my lady."
Keira: "Wait a moment!"
Keira stopped the maid who was backing away at a breakneck speed.
Emily slowly raised her head.
Emily: "Do you need anything?"
Keira: "That… I wanted to return this."
Keira's voice was so soft, Emily bet that the footsteps of ants would be louder.
'What did she say?'
Emily still remembered the look on her lady's face when her lady asked her if she should repeat what she said. Fortunately for her, Keira spoke again.
Keira: "This side novel is yours, right? I enjoyed reading it."
Emily: "Y-yes?"
Keira swallowed and said.
Keira: "I heard you ladies yesterday while I was passing by… You said the masquerade scene was your favorite?"
Emily: "Yes?"
Emily felt stupid. She knew it wasn't right for staff to keep parroting 'Yes?' but the situation called for it. She desperately tried to recall what happened yesterday.
Did she say that? She thought she did.
Emily: "M-my lady… That is… Well, we were on a break…"
She suddenly realized that she could make her lady angrier if she made up excuses, so she changed courses.
Emily: "I'm sorry. I won't be chatting with the other maids in the future."
Keira: "What are you talking about? I just wanted to say I also liked that scene the most."
Keira: "I think… I think we have the same taste. I wanted to ask if you can recommend any more novels."
In embarrassment, Keira's voice was becoming softer, but she tried to perk up. The more she talked, the less tense her expression became.
But facing that frosty expression, Emily thought she would faint.
'Your expression and words don't match at all!'
She thought it was less surprising if her lady said: 'I can't believe you're reading this kind of book in my house! You're fired!'
Emily knew she had to say something since her lady asked for a recommendation, but her mind went blank.
Emily: "I-I can't think of anything right now… Can I give you my recommendations later?"
Keira: "Okay, then."
Emily: "Then, I'll be on my way, my lady."
Emily stepped back and left the room.
When Keira heard the door click shut, she clenched both fists.
'See? It was nothing!'
It was a natural conversation between two people who shared the same interest. She convinced herself and nodded.
After a while, Rose poked her head through the door.
Rose: "Are you finished writing your letter? May I come in?"
Oh, the letter. Keira looked down at the desk. She only ended up writing two lines of greeting.
She couldn't write the letter properly because she was too occupied focusing on finding an opportunity to start a conversation with Emily.
Keira: "Just a moment. I'll write it now."
Rose, a person she trusted, was the only one who should send the letter which will be delivered to her maternal grandfather.
It was a letter to form a connection with their powerful family. A 'contingency' in case history repeated itself.
The most ideal ending was to expose Cosette as a fraud, punish her, and be recognized as the real child of the Grand Duke.
But Keira knew better than anyone that things couldn't always go the way she wanted them to.
She must prepare for the worst. And the only one who could help her was her grandfather.
She knew he was a cunning and greedy man, but they were on the same boat. If she told him she needed to discuss urgent matters about the safety of his family, he would not ignore her letter.
After finishing the letter, telling her grandfather she wanted to meet and talk in person, Keira sealed the envelope tightly.
Keira: "Please make sure it's delivered directly to grandfather."
Rose: "Yes, I'll keep that in mind."
Rose took the letter and left.
Keira clenched and unclenched her fist, recalling the conversation she had a while ago. Although it was short, it was important to take the first step.
Will I be able to chat with others like that someday?
'Like the maids I saw yesterday…?'
Keira felt her hands tingle as she imagined laughing and chatting with the maids.
As expected, Keira was still shy.
'Cosette didn't care at all.'
Perhaps because she grew up outside, Cosette had no qualms about hanging out with the servants. It was the complete opposite of Keira, who thought that keeping her distance from her subordinates was to preserve the dignity of the nobility.
Keira once told Cosette that if she wanted to be part of the Parvis House, she needed to act like a proper noble. And instead, what did Cosette say?
"Don't you get exhausted of living like that? That's why you're alone."
She said those words with a sneer.
Keira bit her lip as she recalled that unfortunate encounter.
She used to think Cosette's actions were vulgar, but perhaps it was the secret to quickly winning the hearts of the servants? They would look more kindly to the lady who laughed and played with them than the master who made them feel uncomfortable.
Keira looked back on the things Cosette did. She was always smiling, laughing and saying hello to everyone.
Keira thought she smiled too much. She thought it was unbefitting a noble who must keep their dignity.
Maybe it wasn't Cosette who had an issue, but Keira?
'…it wasn't that bad."
Reading romance novels and talking about them with others.
What was so important about maintaining a noble's dignity?
It was humbling to admit that the person she thought was inferior was right and she was wrong.
If she hadn't experienced it in person, she would have lived her whole life in denial like she did in the past.
But something was strange.
Even though she admitted that Cosette was right and she was wrong, she didn't feel bad about it.
Rather, she felt an unexpected sense of relief.
"What? My lady asked you to recommend a novel?"
"You think I'm making it up? She really did!"
The maids thought of the cool and blank face of their lady. No matter how much they tried to imagine it, they could only picture the lady see everything other than academic and classical scriptures as trash.
"Maybe she's planning to confiscate and burn them?"
"If she did, she would have just had our dorm searched!"
Then Emily said.
"She heard our conversation yesterday. She said the masquerade ball was her favorite scene."
The maids stared blankly at each other.
It's like Emily was saying that…
"It sounded like our lady was listening to our conversation because she wanted to talk about it, too."
They immediately dismissed the idea that the prestigious lady wanted to join in on their conversation about the romance novel.
"Someone might misunderstand. Watch your tongue, Emily. I'm worried about you."
"Hey, what–"
Emily tried to protest but stopped.
The lady never did say 'I wanted to join in on your conversation' or 'Your conversation was interesting.' So, it was hard to tell what she was really thinking behind her indifferent expression.
If Emily misinterpreted what her master meant, she could be punished. Eventually, she just swallowed her words.
"Anyway, the important thing is the lady asked you for a recommendation. So, we need to think hard."
"Since she said she wanted to know about the normal life of a noble, the story should be about a noble."
"She might enjoy something sweet and light."
It was still hard to imagine the lady giggling over a romance novel, but since she asked the maid to recommend more stories, she had not choice but to follow the order.
AIWTRO Chapter Twenty
AIWTRO Chapter Twenty-Two
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thanks for this chapter
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The link on NU for chapter 22 leads here
Thanks for letting me know! I've sent an update to have it changed to the correct link
Selkor says:
Hooray! I'm so glad somebody picked up the novel version of this


Simeon V. Marcelo is the third Ombudsman of the Republic of the Philippines following his appointment on 10 October 2002 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
He entered the Maria Assumpta Seminary at Cabanatuan City for his secondary education and graduated as class valedictorian in 1970. The following year, he joined the San Jose Seminary and was First Honor of his class. He took his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at the Ateneo de Manila University where he graduated with honors in 1974. Subsequently, he took up his Bachelor of Laws at the University of the Philippines and was among the top ten of the graduating class of 1979. While enrolled at the University of the Philippines, he was a recipient of the Crispin Llamado Scholarship Award. Further, he was a member of the Pi Gamma Mu International Social Science Honor Society and the Order of the Purple Feather Honor Society. He later placed fifth (with a rating of 89.9%) in the 1979 bar examinations.
Before he entered the government service in February 2001, he practiced law, specializing in intra-corporate disputes, bank fraud, corporate restructuring and recovery, arbitration/alternative dispute resolution, and election law.
He was an active member of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines where he served as the Executive Editor of its Journal from 1993 to 1995. Subsequently, he served as Chairman of the National Committee on Legal Aid (1997-1999), Director for Legal Aid-Planning (1999-2000) and Head-Task Force on Child Abuse (2000).
Ombudsman Marcelo first caught the public's attention during the 2000 Senate impeachment proceedings on graft charges against Mr. Joseph Estrada, then President of the Republic of the Philippines. During the proceedings, as a private prosecutor, he handled the presentation of the prosecution's star witness, former Gov. Luis Singson. Thereafter, he was appointed as the Solicitor General of the Republic of the Philippines in February 2001. In October 2002, he was appointed as the Ombudsman, the youngest person ever appointed to said position.
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5.6: Asymptotic Behavior of Discrete-Time Linear Dynamical Systems
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Scientific Computing, Simulations, and Modeling
Book: Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems (Sayama)
5: Discrete-Time Models II - Analysis
Hiroki Sayama
Associate Professor (Systems Science and Industrial Engineering) at Binghamton University, State University of New York
Publisher: OpenSUNY
One of the main objectives of rule-based modeling is to make predictions of the future. So, it is a natural question to ask where the system will eventually go in the (infinite) long run. This is called the asymptotic behavior of the system when time is taken to infinity, which turns out to be fully predictable if the system is linear.
Within the scope of discrete time models, linear dynamical systems are systems whose dynamics can be described as:
\[x_{t}=Ax_{t-1}, \label{(5.33)} \]
where \(x\) is the state vector of the system and \(A\) is the coefficient matrix. Technically, you could also add a constant vector to the right hand side, such as
\[x_{t} =Ax_{t-1} +a, \label{(5.34)}\]
but this can always be converted into a constant-free form by adding one more dimension, i.e.,
\[y_{t}=\begin{pmatrix} x_{t}\\ 1 \end{pmatrix}=\begin{pmatrix} A &a \\ 0&1 \end{pmatrix} =\begin{pmatrix} x_{t-1} \\1 \end{pmatrix}= By_{t-1}\label{(5.35)}\]
Therefore, we can be assured that the constant-free form of Equati)on \ref{(5.33} covers all possible behaviors of linear difference equations.
Obviously, Equation \ref{(5.33)} has the following closed-form solution:
\[x_{t} =A^{t}x_{0} \label{(5.36)}\]
This is simply because \(A\) is multiplied to the state vector \(x\) from the left at every time step. Now the key question is this: How will Eq. (5.1.3) behave when \(t → ∞\)? In studying this, the exponential function of the matrix, \(A_{t}\), is a nuisance. We need to turn it into a more tractable form in order to understand what will happen to this system as \(t\) gets bigger. And this is where eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the matrix \(A\) come to play a very important role. Just to recap, eigenvalues \(λ_{i}\) and eigenvectors \(v_{i}\) of \(A\) are the scalars and vectors that satisfy
\[Av_{i}=\lambda_{i}v_{1}. \label{(5.37)}\]
In other words, throwing at a matrix one of its eigenvectors will "destroy the matrix" and turn it into a mere scalar number, which is the eigenvalue that corresponds to the eigenvector used. If we repeatedly apply this "matrix neutralization" technique, we get
\[A^{t}v_{i} = A^{t-1}\lambda_{i}v_{i} =A^{t-2}\lambda^{2}_{i}v_{i}=...=\lambda^{t}_{i}v_{i} \label{(5.38)}\]
This looks promising. Now,we just need to apply the above simplification to Equation \ref{(5.36)}. To do so, we need to represent the initial state \(x_{0}\) by using \(A\)'s eigenvectors as the basis vectors, i.e.,
\[x_{0} = b_{1}v_{1} + b_{2}v_{2} + \ldots + b_{n}v_{n}, \label{(5.39)}\]
where n is the dimension of the state space (i.e., \(A\) is an \(n×n\) matrix). Most real-world \(n×n\) matrices are diagonalizable and thus have \(n\) linearly independent eigenvectors, so here we assume that we can use them as the basis vectors to represent any initial state \(x_{0}\)2. If you replace \(x_{0}\) with this new notation in Equation \ref{(5.36)}, we get the following:
\[\begin{align}x_{t} & =A^{t}(b_{1}v_{1} +b_{2}v_{2} +... + b_{n}v_{n}) \label{(5.40)} \\[4pt]&=b_{1}A^{t}v_{1} +b_{2}A^{t}v_{2}+...+b_{n}A^{t}v_{n} \label{(5.41)} \\[4pt] &= b_{1}\lambda^{t}_{1}v_{1}+b_{2}\lambda^{t}_{2}v_{2}+...+b_{n}\lambda^{t}_{n}v_{n} \label{(5.42)} \end{align}\]
This result clearly shows that the asymptotic behavior of xt is given by a summation of multiple exponential terms of \(λ_{i}\). There are competitions among those exponential terms, and which term will eventually dominate the others is determined by the absolute value of \(λ_{i}\). For example, if \(λ_{1}\). has the largest absolute value \((|λ_{1}| > |λ_{2}|,|λ_{3}|,...|λ_{n}|)\), then
\[x_{t} =\lambda^{t}_{1}(b_{1}v_{1}+b_{2}(\frac{\lambda_{2}}{\lambda_{1}})^{t}v_{2}+....+b_{n}(\frac{\lambda_{n}}{\lambda_{1}})^{t}v_{n}\label{(5.43)}\]
\[\lim_{t \rightarrow \infty}\approx\lambda^{t}_{1}b_{1}v_{1}.\label{ (5.44)}\]
This eigenvalue with the largest absolute value is called a \(dominant \ eigenvalue\), and its corresponding eigenvector is called a dominant eigenvector, which will dictate which direction (a.k.a. mode in physics) the system's state will be going asymptotically. Here is an important fact about linear dynamical systems:
If the coefficient matrix of a linear dynamical system has just one dominant eigenvalue, then the state of the system will asymptotically point to the direction given by its corresponding eigenvector regardless of the initial state.
This can be considered a very simple, trivial, linear version of self-organization. Let's look at an example to better understand this concept. Consider the asymptotic behavior of the Fibonacci sequence:
\[x_{t} =x_{t-1} +x_{t-2}\label{(5.45)}\]
As we studied already, this equation can be turned into the following two-dimensional first-order model:
\[x_{t}=x_{t-1} +y_{t-1}\label{(5.46)}\]
\[y_{t} =x_{t-1}\label{ (5.47)}\]
This can be rewritten by letting \((x_{t},y_{t}) ⇒ x_{t}\) and using a vector-matrix notation, as:
\[x_{t}=\binom{1 \ \ 1}{1 \ \ 0} x_{t-1}\label{(5.48)}\]
So, we just need to calculate the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the above coefficient matrix to understand the asymptotic behavior of this system. Eigenvalues of a matrix \(A\) can be obtained by solving the following equation for \(λ\):
\[\det\binom{1 -\lambda \ 1}{ 1 -\lambda} =-(1-\lambda)\lambda -1 =\lambda^{2} -\lambda-1 =0,\label{(5.50)}\]
which gives
\[\lambda = \frac{1\pm\sqrt{5}}{2}\label{(5.51)}\]
as its solutions. Note that one of them \(((1 +√5)/2 = 1.618...)\) is the golden ratio! It is interesting that the golden ratio appears from such a simple dynamical system. Of course, you can also use Python to calculate the eigenvalues and eigenvectors (or, to be more precise, their approximated values). Do the following:
The eig function is there to calculate eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a square matrix. You immediately get the following results:
The first array shows the list of eigenvalues (it surely includes the golden ratio), while the second one shows the eigenvector matrix (i.e., a square matrix whose column vectors are eigenvectors of the original matrix). The eigenvectors are listed in the same order as eigenvalues. Now we need to interpret this result. The eigenvalues are 1.61803399 and -0.61803399. Which one is dominant? The answer is the first one, because its absolute value is greater than the second one's. This means that, asymptotically, the system's behavior looks like this:
\[x_{t} \approx 1.61803399x_{t-1}\label{(5.52)}\]
Namely, the dominant eigenvalue tells us the asymptotic ratio of magnitudes of the state vectors between two consecutive time points (in this case, it approaches the golden ratio). If the absolute value of the dominant eigenvalue is greater than 1, then the system will diverge to infinity, i.e., the system is unstable. If less than 1, the system will eventually shrink to zero, i.e., the system is stable. If it is precisely 1, then the dominant eigenvector component of the system's state will be conserved with neither divergence nor convergence, and thus the system may converge to a non-zero equilibrium point. The same interpretation can be applied to non-dominant eigenvalues as well.
An eigenvalue tells us whether a particular component of a system's state (given by its corresponding eigenvector) grows or shrinks over time. For discrete-time models:
• \(|λ| > 1\) means that the component is growing.
• \(|λ| < 1\) means that the component is shrinking.
• \(|λ| = 1\) means that the component is conserved
For discrete-time models, the absolute value of the dominant eigenvalue \(λ_{d}\) determines the stability of the whole system as follows:
• \(|λ_{d}| > 1\): The system is unstable, diverging to infinity.
• \(|λ_{d}| < 1\): The system is stable, converging to the origin.
• \(|λ_{d}| = 1\): The system is stable, but the dominant eigenvector component is conserved, and therefore the system may converge to a non-zero equilibrium point
We can now look at the dominant eigenvector that corresponds to the dominant eigenvalue, which is (0.85065081, 0.52573111). This eigenvector tells you the asymptotic direction of the system's state. That is, after a long period of time, the system's state \((x_{t},y_{t})\) will be proportional to (0.85065081, 0.52573111), regardless of its initial state. Let's confirm this analytical result with computer simulations.
Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)
Visualize the phase space of Eq. \ref{(5.48)}.
The results are shown in Fig. 5.6.1, for 3, 6, and 9 steps of simulation. As you can see in the figure, the system's trajectories asymptotically diverge toward the direction given by the dominant eigenvector (0.85065081, 0.52573111), as predicted in the analysis above.
Figure \(\PageIndex{1}\): Phase space visualizations of Eq. \ref{(5.48)} for three different simulation lengths.
Figure 5.6.2 illustrates the relationships among the eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and the phase space of a discrete-time dynamical system. The two eigenvectors show the directions of two invariant lines in the phase space (shown in red). Any state on each of those lines will be mapped onto the same line. There is also an eigenvalue associated with each line (\(λ_{1}\) and \(λ_{2}\) in the figure). If its absolute value is greater than 1, the corresponding eigenvector component of the system's state is growing exponentially ((\(λ_{1}\), (\(v_{1}\)), whereas if it is less than 1, the component is shrinking exponentially ((\(λ_{2}\), \(v_{2}\)). In addition, for discrete-time models, if the eigenvalue is negative, the corresponding eigenvector component alternates its sign with regard to the origin every time the system's state is updated (which is the case for (\(λ_{2}\), \(v_{2}\) in the figure).
Here is a summary perspective for you to understand the dynamics of linear systems:
Figure \(\PageIndex{2}\): Relationships among eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and the phase space of a discrete-time dynamical system.
Dynamics of a linear system are decomposable into multiple independent one-dimensional exponential dynamics, each of which takes place along the direction given by an eigenvector. A general trajectory from an arbitrary initial condition can be obtained by a simple linear superposition of those independent dynamics.
One more thing. Sometimes you may find some eigenvalues of a coefficient matrix to be complex conjugate, not real. This may happen only if the matrix is asymmetric (i.e., symmetric matrices always have only real eigenvalues). If this happens, the eigenvectors also take complex values, which means that there are no invariant lines in the phase space. So, what is happening there? The answer is rotation. As you remember, linear systems can show oscillatory behaviors, which are rotations in their phase space. In such cases, their coefficient matrices have complex conjugate eigenvalues. The meaning of the absolute values of those complex eigenvalues is still the same as before—greater than 1 means instability, and less than 1 means stability. Here is a summary:
If a linear system's coefficient matrix has complex conjugate eigenvalues, the system's state is rotating around the origin in its phase space. The absolute value of those complex conjugate eigenvalues still determines the stability of the system, as follows:
• \(|λ| > 1\) means rotation with an expanding amplitude.
• \(|λ| < 1\) means rotation with a shrinking amplitude.
• |\(λ| = 1\) means rotation with a sustained amplitude.
Here is an example of such rotating systems, with coefficients taken from Code 4.13.
The result is this:
Now we see the complex unit j (yes, Python uses j instead of i to represent the imaginary unit i) in the result, which means this system is showing oscillation. Moreover, you can calculate the absolute value of those eigenvalues:
Then the result is as follows:
This means that \(|λ|\) is essentially 1, indicating that the system shows sustained oscillation, as seen in Fig. 4.4.2. For higher-dimensional systems, various kinds of eigenvalues can appear in a mixed way; some of them may show exponential growth, some may show exponential decay, and some others may show rotation. This means that all of those behaviors are going on simultaneously and independently in the system. A list of all the eigenvalues is called the eigenvalue spectrum of the system (or just spectrum for short). The eigenvalue spectrum carries a lot of valuable information about the system's behavior, but often, the most important information is whether the system is stable or not, which can be obtained from the dominant eigenvalue.
Study the asymptotic behavior of the following three-dimensional difference equation model by calculating its eigenvalues and eigenvectors:
\[x_{t} = x_{t-1} -y_{t-1}\label{(5.53)}\]
\[y_{t} =-x_{t-1} -3y_{t-1} +z_{t-1}\label{(5.54)}\]
\[z_{t} =y_{t-1} +z_{t-1}\label{(5.55) }\]
Consider the dynamics of opinion diffusion among five people sitting in a ring-shaped structure. Each individual is connected to her two nearest neighbors (i.e., left and right). Initially they have random opinions (represented as random real numbers), but at every time step, each individual changes her opinion to the local average in her social neighborhood (i.e, her own opinion plus those of her two neighbors, divided by 3). Write down these dynamics as a linear difference equation with five variables, then study its asymptotic behavior by calculating its eigenvalues and eigenvectors.
What if a linear system has more than one dominant, real-valued eigenvalue? What does it imply for the relationship between the initial condition and the asymptotic behavior of the system?
2This assumption doesn't apply to defective (non-diagonalizable) matrices that don't have \(n\) linearly independent eigenvectors. However, such cases are rather rare in real-world applications, because any arbitrarily small perturbations added to a defective matrix would make it diagonalizable. Problems withs uch sensitive, ill-behaving properties are sometimes called pathological in mathematics and physics. For more details about matrix diagonalizability and other related issues, look at linear algebra textbooks, e.g. [28].
5.5: Variable Rescaling of Discrete-Time Models
5.7: 5.7 Linear Stability Analysis of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
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Liquidity's position as leaders of the industry is due in no small part to the vision shared by the founding team, who in 1999 understood that the longstanding surplus industry had not been keeping up with advances in technology.
Liquidity, along with every business with a significant IT organization, knows that any configuration anomaly is just another opportunity for something to go wrong. 100 of Liquidity's Linux servers were in need of visibility and consistency and they were not willing to take a chance on their business-critical systems.
UpGuard identified significant gaps in processes between developers, and incentivized the introduction of automated environment build and deploy features, which had previously been disregarded.


It's my first initiation of Beyond the Barricade tonight. The well-loved show is celebrating 20 years of productions on stages across the world, so they must have a winning formula. The songs from many loved musicals from Broadway and the West End are performed with a live band.
Not knowing what to expect, there's a dizzying list of musicals promised to be covered tonight. With only four vocalists and a small live band, how is this going to work?
The show opens with welly and the aptly titled, 'The Show Must Go On,' delivered with conviction and a spine-tingling rendition that ignites the theatre alight with a powerful punch.
This is the way the night rolls with an on-stage screen that relates to each musical's chosen songs in case you don't know your Lion King from your Annie and at the rate the quartet are belting them out that's very helpful. Them being vocalists extraordinaire (and aficionados of musicals) Katie, Poppy, David and Andy.
BTB as it's fondly known has a huge following and tonight in Preston is no different. They cover old favourites such as Miss Saigon and West Side Story. Then slip in a few new ones that keep the set current and fresh. Poppy Tierney solos on a song from a new Broadway musical 'Anastasia which is yet to come out over here.
There's a 'silly medley,' which keeps traditionalists happy with all the jolly supercali's, chitty chitty you can shake a stick at.
The first half most memorable moments were from Phantom of The Opera which was totally mesmerising and Jesus Christ Superstar, (with great solo from Andy) blew any cobwebs right off the audience with their high standard of conviction and performance.
David Fawcett (think Del Boy) soon becomes apparent as BTB's witty raconteur with his cringe but nevertheless funny jokes between songs. They bring an earthy and relaxed quality to the show and I'm sure helps to secure some reluctant partners along to the show.
Part Two thrusts into action with excerpts from another new sell out musical, 'Hamilton.' Swiftly followed by a personal favourite, a medley of Chicago songs. Then changed up a bit with duets, the men sing from City of Angels and then the ladies belt out classic 'I know him so well, 'from 80's classic Chess.
Katie Leeming does tremendous justice to crowd pleaser ABBA's 'The Winner Takes it All.' Then of course the grand finale which everyone has been waiting for Les Misérables.
A thoroughly feel good factor, overwhelmingly moving as the vocalists excel. The crowd cannot get enough and the atmosphere electric. They do the songs great justice, with hardly a dry eye in the house. A standing ovation ends a what has been a wonderful evening and shows why they have been going for so long, the perfect antidote to a gloomy January day.


Not too much to report today. But I am happy to say that I've collected all of my fabrics & notions for the Gertie Coat Sew along with Butterick 5824.
I threw them on my dressform so you can see them in full effect.
You can see where the normal shoulder pad area stops (right at the shoulder line) and there's a secondary piece (attached of course) that curves over the shoulder.
These are too thick for my petite shoulders, so I'll be taking out a layer or two of the batting to make them work. I should probably mention, I hate shoulder pads. But after inserting them in my Lady Grey coat, they really enhance the coat and everything just falls so much nicer around my shoulder and chest with having them in. If any of you are contemplating sewing along or making a jacket in the future, I highly recommend playing around with them.
I finished my muslin on Sunday night, but haven't taken any pictures yet. I took the giant tuck out of my back and I also rotated the shoulder seam 1/4″ forward, along with adding more ease at the arms. All is good!
I love your fabrics. Teal is one of my favourite colours, and it's going to look gorgeous with the grey accents and the pink lining.
Personally I would be tempted to get some buttons covered in the grey fabric rather than use black ones.
But if I make them (or get them made since my fabric is thick) I'd have the charcoal on the outter-most ring and the teal on the inside.
Great choices! And you give me extra confidence to go ahead with the lining I've chosen for my coat. I just think these will be nice surprises of color in the cold, drab, grey of winter. :) I have everything I need except for silk thread, so close!
OHMYGAWD. The pink is going to be PERFECT.


I have three sons. They are still young. Their primary interests are hot wheels, ninja turtles, and for one, that yummy bottle of milk. But I know these days will fly by, and so will these interests.
The cost of raising Godly young men is rising in our culture. It is getting harder than ever to monitor the social media scene. I (want to) believe many young teenage girls have no idea the impression they are making on their male peers. With the provocative selfies and pics, do they understand the message they are sending about themselves?
My sons are still young and it is scary to think of the state of our culture in 10+ years when my boys are teenagers. I just read a blog from a mom of three teenage sons. Mrs. Hall lays out a call for the teenage girls connected to their family through social medial to rethink their posts, or be blocked. This mom wants to raise Godly young men and teach them the value of women. But the young women are sending a different message!
Take a minute to read this blog linked below. It has some insights for teenagers and parents of teenagers.
Thank you Mrs. Hall for the honesty. And more importantly thank you for the boldness to not allow your boys to be swept away in our culture. I pray that when I am in your shoes I will take the same stand as I raise Godly young men.


The Skyhawks are now 16-19 overall and 7-8 in NE10 Conference play, while the Penmen improve to 27-8 overall and 13-3 in Conference play. Prior to the game, Stonehill recognized its six seniors.
For Stonehill, Harrison Sabo went 2-for-5 with two runs scored, while Patrick Downey swung 1-for-2 with two RBI and two walks. Thomas Quinn went 1-for-3 with two RBI, while Noah Lucier recorded a RBI swinging 1-for-3.
The Penmen saw the first hit of the game in the top of the second inning and was able to combine five hits and two errors for three runs, 3-0. With two outs and runners on first and third, Joshua Goldstein advanced to second on a failed pickoff attempt and Marcus Chavez put the first run on the board from the error. Sam Henrie followed the run with a RBI double to right center bringing home Goldstein for a 2-0 advantage. Alex Kennedy drilled the ball to center field and advanced to second on an error as Henrie crossed home for the third run, 3-0. Stonehill got out of the inning as Michael White struck out one of his five batters.
White allowed one hit in the next four innings, as Stonehill tied the game with their own three runs in the bottom of the sixth. A two-out rally in the frame saw the bases loaded with back-to-back singles and an error, as Quinn poked a single through the middle scoring Aidan Wilde and Sabo. Downey recorded his only hit of the day with a drove out to center field for the tying run, 3-3.
Southern N.H. recorded three more hits and saw two more errors in the top of the eighth to double their score, 6-3. But, the Skyhawks fought back with a RBI walk from Downey in the bottom of the frame and a sacrifice fly from Lucier to cut the deficit to one, 6-5. Both sides were retired three-straight in the ninth as the Penmen took two of the three-game series from the Skyhawks.
Stonehill takes on Bentley University for the second game of the three-game series on Tuesday, April 16 with a first pitch scheduled for 3:30 p.m. in Waltham, Massachusetts on Robert DeFelice Baseball Field. Join the Skyhawks on Wednesday, April 24 as Stonehill hosts Assumption College for the final game of the three-game series with a first pitch slated for 6:00 p.m. at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, Massachusetts.


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Weekend Full of Events Packs Town of Pioche
Posted by Sarah Somers | Sep 16, 2016 | News, Top Stories | 1
James Selman –
A farm themed float rolls down the street during the parade at the Pioche Labor Day celebration.
Chicken chucking, cornhole tournamenting, lawn mower racing and an electric night parade could never be more perfectly combined with the dozens of other events that make up the famous Labor Day Celebration in Pioche.
Though the town is tiny in size, the celebration is always grand drawing large crowds of visitors for the entire weekend. This past weekend, Pioche hosted its 111th Annual Labor Day celebration with a theme of "Blame it all on My Roots," which has been in planning since the beginning of the year.
Sarah Somers –
The lawn mower race was a crowd favorite.
Kristina Lloyd, chair of the Labor Day Committee, said the weekend went wonderfully, just as planned. With slightly fewer softball teams this year, the crowd was possibly smaller, but nonetheless the little town was booming with an overflow of visitors for the celebration. The softball tournament began Friday evening and there were eight teams this year. Danny Lloyd reported there were three different tournaments and Time 2 Mash from Las Vegas won the upper tournament, while the Outsiders from St. George won the lower, and the Frontier Grill from Roosevelt won the one-pitch tournament. He said the tournament is usually cutoff at ten teams, and they ended up with eight, which was still really good. The tournaments continued on through Sunday and kept the park very busy.
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Scouts present the U.S. and Nevada flags to begin the parade.
This was the second year for the ATV barrel racing, and it was a success again with over 25 participants. This was also the second year for the cornhole tournament, which continued to be a blast for many participants. The horseshoe tournament took place Saturday and Sunday and was popular as it is has been year after year. The singles horseshoe tournament winners were Gary Shifflett (Class A), Jerry Schafer (Class B), and Daniel DeBoe (Class C). The doubles winners were Bo Anders and Gary Shifflett (Class A) and Tanner Wilkin and Richard Simpson (Class B). The 10K on Monday had over 65 participants, a possible record, with Eric Olson the overall male winner with a time of 44:14 and Cydney Condie the overall female winner with a time of 53:39. The weekend always has two parades, one of which is a night parade where floats and parade entries are adorned with lights and special effects. This year the Mathews Family Farm won first place at the night parade, the Cathedral Gorge Inn won first place at the day parade and the Wood/Meyer Family won the parade grand champion with their Irish Dragon float.
Horseshoes Doubles Tournament Winners (from left) Tanner Wilkin and Richard Simpson (First Place); Brian McBride and Bill Locke (Second Place).
The street dance, DJ'd by the LCHS Radio Club, was a blast as it always is as was the live music at the park (Headz or Tailz) prior to the phenomenal fireworks put on by Pioche Volunteer Fire Department. Alongside these larger events, were dozens of other events throughout the weekend such as the pet show, trap shoots, craft fair, fishing derby, mining events, and a western saloon show, only to name a few.
The park also had a multitude of food vendors and a few booths selling unique products. The weekend, needless to say, was extremely full of fun and different events to reach the interests of just about anyone, and the overall theme centered around the rich wild west history of Pioche, as it did in 2015, which continued to be a hit. The celebration is the work of many different people and entities, all of which put forth a lot of hard work and effort to ensure a successful and fun weekend.
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Brian D. Kramer	on October 6, 2016 at 12:31 am
A lot has happened last weekend. There are so many things to enjoy during the weekend; from day time leisure to night time pleasure. I agree that lawn mower race was a crowd favorite because I really wanted to see it in person. I bet that's a fun race


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New Awakening: Congregation left legacy building to find solvency
Liz Curcio of New London, a member of the Waterford Congregational Church, lights candles in preparation for Sunday's service, following the Crossroads Presbyterian service. The two congregations share one church and chapel at the Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Waterford.
Allyn Donath, choir director, organist and harpist for the Waterford Congregational Church, tunes a harp for Sunday's service following the Crossroads Presbyterian service. 'The change-over between services can be a little exciting,' Donath said. The two congregations share one church and chapel at the Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Waterford.
Published December 24. 2014 12:01AM | Updated December 25. 2014 12:06AM
By Ann Baldelli Day Staff Writer
New London - "Wrenching" is the word that the Rev. Matthew McCaffrey uses to describe the decision of congregants of the Second Congregational Church to give away their building.
He said they had been in that building for more than 100 years. "They'd been through two fires and built and rebuilt. It was wrenching, but it felt to them like they didn't want to give it up but knew they couldn't keep it up," said McCaffrey, pastor of the worshippers who conveyed - free of charge - their legacy building at Hempstead and Broad streets to Miracle Temple Church in the spring of 2013.
Two months later they moved to Crossroads Presbyterian Church on Cross Road in Waterford, where they lease space.
This summer, as part of "its fresh start," Second Congregational changed its name to Waterford Congregational United Church of Christ.
McCaffrey, who was hired as a part-time pastor in the fall of 2011, said economics forced the decision.
With fewer members, escalating costs for utilities and maintenance, and a badly bruised endowment following the nation's 2008 financial collapse, the congregation could no longer afford its 500-seat church, McCaffrey said.
Annual utilities and maintenance alone were about $150,000, and with about 120 members - fewer than 50 of them active - the expenses were overwhelming.
"A full third of our budget was going to heating and lighting, and then there was maintenance on top of that," he said.
More than a decade ago, the city's First Congregational Church at State and Union streets and Second Congregational, just a third of a mile away, considered consolidating. But when members of both churches voted, the measure failed by one vote.
The two shared roots. In 1835, First Congregational approved a request from several members to form a second church "uptown" from the mother church.
Now, with Second Congregational already relocated to Waterford, First Congregational is in the process of selling its property to Engaging Heaven Church for $250,000.
At the heart of the decision to give away the building was concern by parishioners at Second Congregational that their church continue to be used for religious purposes, and that memorials there, like one to the crew of the USS Thresher, the submarine lost at sea in 1963, be preserved.
"We didn't want it to end up a brew pub," McCaffrey said.
For a time, members studied the possibility of operating the church as an arts venue, but eventually determined that was not feasible. And there were discussions with a longtime church tenant, the Drop-In Learning Center, to explore whether Drop-In might assume ownership of the property and the church become its tenant.
It turned out that the learning center didn't have the financial wherewithal to maintain the church building, either.
So when a real estate agent told Second Congregational leaders that without another church in the wings to buy the property, there was virtually no market for it, the fellowship changed its thinking.
"We weren't even sure what our congregation's future would be, but it just seemed clearer and more definitive to say, 'OK, we're just going to give this building away,'" said McCaffrey.
And that's what the congregation did.
Second Congregational's co-moderator, George Peteros, made a "cold call" to the Rev. Larry DeLong, pastor of Miracle Temple on Bank Street, whose large and growing congregation needed a more suitable space for its ministry, according to a written account of the transaction.
DeLong said yes, and called the offer "a gift from God."
The church voted on May 19, 2013 - Pentecost Sunday - to transfer the property, with no idea of where it was going, but the next day McCaffrey received a call from the Rev. Anne Fuhrmeister, pastor at Crossroads Presbyterian, who had overheard a conversation in the post office about Second Congregational's decision.
Fuhrmeister offered "hospitality" to Second Congregational while members decided what to do next, and the offer was accepted.
A month later, 45 congregants of Second Congregational voted to leave the city and their legacy building and move to Waterford, giving Waterford its first Congregational church ever. Second Congregational held its final service in New London on July 14, 2013, and has been worshipping on Cross Road ever since.
Giving away the building and making the move was the right decision, McCaffrey said.
"The biggest thing it did is it made it possible for the church to start carrying out its mission again," he said. "Before, we had no money left over for benevolence or ministries. We were spending so much on utilities and maintenance - we were pouring all of that into the granite."
The move "has made it possible to recapture the church as a mission and not just a place to go on Sunday," he added.
And there is new fellowship between the Presbyterians and Congregationalists, who meet at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays for coffee between their separate services.
McCaffrey said Waterford Congregational is picking up new members, not losing them these days.
"We want people to know that we are here and that we see a future for this congregation and that God has a plan for us," he said.
Leaving New London and giving up the historic church was agonizing for members, McCaffrey said, but it was not a snub of New London.
"It was not so much fleeing the city as it was we could not afford to stay there," he said.
New Awakening
• When membership rolls at the city's old mainline churches shrunk to as low as a few dozen worshippers, the faithful decided to give up their longtime sanctuaries. Replacing them in some cases are more contemporary services that are drawing a diverse following.
• James Levesque, pastor of Engaging Heaven, and Joe Paskewich, pastor of Calvary Chapel, took non-traditional roads to the pulpit.
• For Beloved Grace Carter, who "just turned everything over to God" after a divorce four years ago left her "broken, hurt and shocked," Engaging Heaven was the spiritual home she had been looking for.
• By merging, the First Baptist Church and the First Hispanic Baptist Church set out to "be diverse racially, culturally, and economically, in age and gender and by languages we use in ministry."
• When congregants of the Second Congregational Church decided to give away their historic building, Miracle Temple members saw it as "a gift from God."
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great time to unwind as the year comes to an end.
objective is simple. Let's enjoy Christmas in Port Harcourt.
teenagers, youths, adults and families, aimed at enjoying a fulfilled holiday.
– One Rivers Festival at Polo Club, Port Harcourt.


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Der Kvervelbreen ( für Wirbelgletscher) ist ein 8 km langer Gletscher m ostantarktischen Königin-Maud-Land. In der Sør Rondane liegt er zwischen den Rogerstoppane sowie der Tvihøgda und den Trerindane.

Wissenschaftler des Norwegischen Polarinstituts benannten ihn 1988 nach der Struktur seines Oberflächeneises.

Weblinks
 Kvervelbreen im Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (englisch)
 Kvervelbreen im Verzeichnis des Norwegischen Polarinstituts (englisch)

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There were three of us with a child of 3 years. The staff is very attentive. We arrived earlier for 4 hours, without any problems put the car in the parking lot. They settled very quickly. The hotel is quiet. Room was small, but very cozy and clean! For the child put a crib. The location is excellent, right in the center. I liked it very much, we will definitely return again.
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Q: I am having this error Clearing text not successful. Attempting to clear by selecting all and deleting I am running an Appium TestNG automation mobile testing test on android app. My test case is for login. Once it fills the userid it deletes and retype twice and same for the password also which makes it unable to login.
Please see the part of the log which is troubling me.
[AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Got command of type ACTION
[AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Got command action: setText
[AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Using element passed in: 3
[AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Attempting to clear using UiObject.clearText().
[AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Clearing text not successful. Attempting to clear by selecting all and deleting.
[AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Clearing text not successful. Attempting to clear by sending delete keys.

BasePage.java:
package com.mobile.pages;

import io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.PageFactory;

/**
 * Base class for the test case screens. All the pages to extend this base class.

public class BasePage {

    /**
     * Variable of type {@link AppiumDriver}
     */
    protected AppiumDriver<WebElement> driver;
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Constructor for the class.
     *
     * @param driver
     */
    public BasePage(AppiumDriver<WebElement> driver) {
        this.driver = driver;
        PageFactory.initElements(new AppiumFieldDecorator(driver, 5, TimeUnit.SECONDS), this);
    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
}

LoginPage.java:
package com.mobile.pages;

import io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.MobileElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedConditions;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.WebDriverWait;
import com.thoughtworks.selenium.webdriven.commands.WaitForCondition;

public class LoginPage extends BasePage {

    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Allow permissions button.
     */
    @FindBy(id="com.android.packageinstaller:id/permission_allow_button")
    private MobileElement allowPermissions;
    /**
     * User id input text field.
     */
    @FindBy(id="com.dealermanagementportal:id/et_username")
    private MobileElement userId;
    /**
     * Password input text field.
     */
    @FindBy(id="com.dealermanagementportal:id/et_password")
    private MobileElement password;
    /**
     * Button to be clicked for login.
     */
    @FindBy(id="com.dealermanagementportal:id/btn_login")
    private MobileElement loginButton;
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Constructor of the class.
     * @param driver
     */
    public LoginPage(AppiumDriver<WebElement> driver) {
        super(driver);
    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Method to do login.
     * @throws InterruptedException
     */
    public boolean doLogin(String p_user_id, String p_password, String p_messg) throws InterruptedException {
        /*WebDriverWait wait = new WebDriverWait(driver,600);
        wait.until(ExpectedConditions.visibilityOfElementLocated(By.id("com.android.packageinstaller:id/permission_allow_button")));*/

        allowPermissions.click();
        allowPermissions.click();

        userId.sendKeys(p_user_id);
        password.sendKeys(p_password);
        loginButton.click();
        Thread.sleep(10000);

        DashboardPage dashboard = new DashboardPage(driver);
        return dashboard.getWelcomeText().getText().startsWith(p_messg);

    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public MobileElement getUserId() {
        return userId;
    }
    public MobileElement getPassword() {
        return password;
    }
    public MobileElement getLoginButton() {
        return loginButton;
    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
}

DashboardPage.java
package com.mobile.pages;

import io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.MobileElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.support.FindBy;

public class DashboardPage extends BasePage {

    /**
     * Welcome message displayed on dashboard.
     */
    @FindBy(id="com.dealermanagementportal:id/tv_welcome_user_txt")
    private MobileElement welcomeText;
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Constructor of the class.
     *
     * @param driver
     */
    public DashboardPage(AppiumDriver<WebElement> driver) {
        super(driver);
    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public MobileElement getWelcomeText() {
        return welcomeText;
    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

}

BaseTestConfig.java:
package com.mobile.testcases;

import io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver;
import io.appium.java_client.service.local.AppiumDriverLocalService;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Properties;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebElement;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterSuite;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeSuite;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;

/**
 * Base class for All Test Cases. All the test cases to extend this base class.

public abstract class BaseTestConfig {

    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Instance of {@link WebDriver}
     */
    protected AppiumDriver<WebElement> driver;
    /**
     * Instance of {@link AppiumDriverLocalService}
     */
    private AppiumDriverLocalService appiumService;
    /**
     * Variable to store appium service url.
     */
    private String appiumServiceUrl;
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Method to be called before start of the test suite. This method will launch the appium server installed on the
     * machine. This method will load the device capabilites configuration and launch the device using appium.
     */
    @BeforeSuite
    public void doBeforeSuite() {
        appiumService = AppiumDriverLocalService.buildDefaultService();
        appiumService.start();
        appiumServiceUrl = appiumService.getUrl().toString();

        Properties prop = new Properties();
        try {
            prop.load(new FileInputStream("device_capabilities.properties"));

            Map<String, String> prop_map = new HashMap<String, String>();
            for (String key : prop.stringPropertyNames()) {
                prop_map.put(key, prop.getProperty(key));
            }
            DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities(prop_map);
            driver = new AndroidDriver<WebElement>(new URL(appiumServiceUrl), capabilities);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Method to be called before the test starts. All the extending class to implement this method as per the test case requirements.
     */
    @BeforeTest
    public abstract void doBeforeTest();
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Method to be called after the test case execution. All the extending class to implement this method as per the test case requirements.
     */
    @AfterTest
    public abstract void doAfterTest();
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * Method to be called after test suite execution to close the web driver and close the appium service.
     */
    @AfterSuite
    public void doAfterSuite() {
        driver.quit();
        appiumService.stop();
    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
}

Login.java:
package com.mobile.testcases;

import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import com.mobile.pages.LoginPage;
import com.mobile.testdata.TestDataProvider;

public class Login extends BaseTestConfig {

    /**
     * Variable of type {@link LoginPage}
     */
    private LoginPage page;
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    @BeforeTest
    @Override
    public void doBeforeTest() {
        page = new LoginPage(driver);
    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    @Test(dataProvider="loginTestData", dataProviderClass=TestDataProvider.class)
    public void testLogin(String userId, String password, String messg) throws InterruptedException {
        Assert.assertTrue(page.doLogin(userId, password, messg));
    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    @AfterTest
    @Override
    public void doAfterTest() {

    }
    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

}

TestDataProvider.java
package com.mobile.testdata;

import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;

/**
 * This class to act as data provider for the test cases.

public class TestDataProvider {

    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    /**
     * This method to generate test data for Login test case. It will return an array of array, where the array consists of
     * three fields, first the user id, second user password, and third the post login message value to be validated.
     * @return
     */
    @DataProvider(name="loginTestData")
    public static Object[][] loginData(){
        return new Object[][]{
                { "admin", "123", "Welcome" }
        };
    }

}

device_capabilities.properties:
deviceName=Android Emulator
platformName=Android
deviceReadyTimeout=20
appWaitPackage=com.dealermanagementportal
appWaitDuration=60000
avd=Nexus_5X_API_23
app=D:\\app.apk
appPackage=com.dealermanagementportal
appActivity=com.dealermanagementportal.login.WelcomeFragmentActivity


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I thought I'd make a collection photos first before I bid sayonara to this land of the setting sun.
Well here's the deal. I started writing, and I was mumbling and babbling so much cliche's about my stay here in California adding excessive buttery words on how much I love it. Screw that :D. I'm gonna make it simple.
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Yes, was good to see you in the Reader feed again!
I will be homesick too once I leave.
PLEASE, don't make me homesick for California. Like the PCH especially.
I can't promise. 😀 Thanks for the feedback on which you like best.
A grand trubute to the sun.
The west does have some of the best sunset! Your sunset with the bird and fisherman is definitely a winner!!
A little crooked but I let it go and not manipulate that shot. Thanks for the feedback what you like the best.
I hope that "east" means East Coast! We would love to have you and though California is a beautiful place, I do believe our side has just as many fantastic and beautiful places to capture and share. I hope you like it just as much.
Oh yeah, seen a lot of posts of east coast locations. I'll be overseas though.
Half Moon Bay has some of the most spectacular sunsets. All these pictures are gorgeous.
I completely agree. Notable sun set-up in Half Moon Bay.
Now, I know you are leaving Calif for sure, not for good. Thank Goodness! Looking forward to hearing new adventure as soon you are settled. I do hope you'll like the place that you are going.
The California Sun post is so very gorgeous, Rommel!
I revealed it already- Japan, and I'm very static.
Thank you, Madhu. Travel safe and have fun!
I love the way you capture the sun's rays in the last photo!
To be honest, I was not aiming for the sun's rays. I was only focusing on the view of La Jolla. I was very surprised it came out like that.
Last Call seems to be the favorite among many. Thanks for the feedback.
Thanks Marianne. I see now that the sun is one of my favorite subjects. It seems like I really am drawn to shoot it everywhere I go.
Intense vibrant sun shots. The chase was definitely worth it!
Thanks, Imelda. It's a lot coming from you. Your droplets shots are amazzzzing!
Thanks or the feedback, Adin.
Glad you enjoyed your time in CA. I too chase the sunsets here. Especially love the silhouetted palm trees – so California. Thanks for visiting my blog!
Yup, thank you! I was telling a friend how palm trees are very California. He said palm trees are all over different places. Well I know that, but I'm pretty sureCalifornia has a lot more of palm trees than most places.
Gorgeous photos mate. Loved California when I was traveling there. What is the idea behind your blog title?
Thanks for checking out my blog. Peace and love man.
I'm very sorry for the late reply. I named it The Sophomore Slump because I do see the phenomenon of sophomore jinx. This is my second blog with wordpress. I was so worried it might not be a successful blog. Thanks for the comment and visit. As it tuns out, my blog has accomplished so many things both in number and personal goals.
Thank you, Elle. Pausing to watch the sun o up/down is one of the perfect way or time to reflect on things.