The Lenovo K8 Note has been launched in India. This is the first Lenovo phone, to ditch Vibe Pure UI, in favour of the stock Android experience.
The phone has a 5.5-inch 1080p FullHD display with Corning Gorilla Glass, 450 nits brightness, 178° viewing angle, splash resistant oleophobic nano-coating and support for TheaterMax.. The Lenovo K8 Note runs on Android 7.1.1 Nougat with Stock Android's key features like launcher shortcuts, multi-window, doze mode, bundled notifications, etc. The phone is powered by a deca-core MediaTek Helio P20 processor which has one of the clusters with 4 x ARM-53 cores at 1.4GHz, another 4-cores clocked at 1.85GHz, and 2 x A72 cores which run at 2.3GHz. The phone comes in two variants: 3GB RAM and 32GB of storage, and the other with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. The phone has a dedicated memory card slot for expandable storage, and dual SIM card slots.
In the camera department, the Lenovo K8 Note features dual rear cameras in a vertical set up which supports bokeh mode, thanks to the 3 megapixels primary camera which has a Purecel Plus sensor f/2.0 five element lens, a professional mode (manual mode for adjusting the ISO, and other controls), and a secondary 5 megapixels Samsung lens. The selfie lens on the device is a 13 megapixels front camera with a wide angle five element lens, an f/2.0 aperture, pro mode and beautify mode.
Lenovo is sticking to Dolby Atmos for a good audio experience, and has two speaker grilles sitting on either side of the charging port. The K8 Note has a physical music key, which can be long pressed to play or pause music, or double press to forward or triple press to rewind the audio. You can re-assign the music key to turn on the flashlight, open the camera app, or to take a screenshot or as a shortcut to open any app. The K8 Note is backed by a 4000mAh battery, which supports 15W Turbo charging.
The Lenovo K8 Note has been priced at Rs..12999 in India for the 3GB RAM variant, while the 4GB RAM variant will retail for Rs.13,999 and will be sold exclusively via Amazon. The phone will be available in 2 colours: Venom Black & Fine Gold and will go on sale from 12PM on the 18th of August.
Why did Lenovo skip the K7 Note?
According to Lenovo's Anuj Sharma, there was a K7 Note. It retained the display size of the K6 Note along with the RAM, Storage, Cameras, Battery and a better processor. Lenovo felt that it was not "Killer Enough", so they skipped the 7. I'm not sure if that makes sense.


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Q: Laravel Valet 404 Error I have the following in my web.php:
Route::resource('/job', 'JobController');

Linked to the controller, I have the usual CRUD methods, and some work so for example going to joben.app/job/1:
public function show(Job $job)
{
    //
    dd($job);
}

However, whenever I navigate to job.app/job I get a 404 error, and the same whenever I post to job.app/job
The code worked fine before and I haven't changed anything, I've attempted reinstalling Valet and also using Artisans own dev server to view and post to the pages and still have the same result
Where can I start looking?
Edit:
Here is my route list for the Job controller (sorry for formatting)

|        | GET|HEAD  | job                                           | job.index                                  | App\Http\Controllers\JobController@index
|        | POST      | job                                           | job.store                                  | App\Http\Controllers\JobController@store                                   | web            |
|        | GET|HEAD  | job/create                                    | job.create                                 | App\Http\Controllers\JobController@create                                  | web            |
|        | PUT|PATCH | job/{job}                                     | job.update                                 | App\Http\Controllers\JobController@update                                  | web            |
|        | DELETE    | job/{job}                                     | job.destroy                                | App\Http\Controllers\JobController@destroy                                 | web            |
|        | GET|HEAD  | job/{job}                                     | job.show                                   | App\Http\Controllers\JobController@show                                    | web            |
|        | GET|HEAD  | job/{job}/edit                                | job.edit                                   | App\Http\Controllers\JobController@edit                                    | web            |

and here is the controller code - http://codepad.org/vgot10GN
UPDATE AND SOLUTION:
Ok so this was a pretty unique problem, but it might be happening to you.
I was storing images in public folder - as a test for file uploads under a directory named job. Naturally, as the NGINX root for the files is the public folder, when posting to /job NGINX first assumed to go to the folder named job in the public folder.
Which in this instance was just a folder containing an image.
So after deleting this folder and reattempting it then worked.

A: When you go to /job URL, Laravel will try to execute the JobController@index method.
To understand what exactly routes Route::resource generates, run this command:
php artisan route:list

A: Check if your job.app is accessible, and if so, your pseudostatic is not configured. Please provide your server is apache or nginx.

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Retail Incubators and Main Street Revitalization: Part 1
By CED Program Interns & Students
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Launching a retail business in a downtown storefront is a capital and knowledge intensive endeavor. Equally, Main Streets across North Carolina and the country are struggling to retain and attract vendors, with each new empty window display threatening the economic health of the street as a whole. In this two-part series, we explore how retail incubators can bridge the gap between capital-strapped retailers and empty storefronts.
Like tech and entrepreneurial incubators, the retail-focused model is "designed to accelerate the growth and success of entrepreneurial companies through an array of business support resources and services that could include physical space, capital, coaching, common services, and networking connections." Local governments, non-profits and private businesses across the country are developing programs and spaces "to seed downtown buildings with locally formed new businesses."
Any retailer interested in opening a shop faces high costs. Capital is needed to cover a lease, inventory, location improvements, IT, staffing and marketing, among other expenses. Equally challenging can be maneuvering state and local requirements and building a customer base while managing the day-to-day of a business.
Program-based retail incubators help by providing technical assistance and mentorship as well as capital. These incubators are led primarily by downtown organizations focused on nurturing and sustaining retail businesses for the overall economic health of the downtown core. There are various types of incubators and we will cover the space-based models in Part II.
In 2009, downtown Kalamazoo, MI was fighting a battle to recruit and retain retailers. In a story familiar to many towns, the vibrancy of downtown was being challenged by recession and growing competition from big box retailers and lower-rent strip malls. Unable to convince established retailers to take the risk of opening an additional store in the evolving downtown, economic development officials turned to the promise of retail start-ups. But these start-ups, lacking the necessary resources and expertise, needed help.
The State of Michigan had passed an amendment to the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Act in 2008 allowing DDAs to create, operate and fund retail business incubators. Downtown Kalamazoo Inc. (DKI) was the first to take advantage of the legislation that "targeted tenants who will provide goods or services that are not available or that are underserved in the downtown nearby" by establishing the Retail Incubation Program.
DKI's Business Recruitment & Retention Committee managed the program which provided the following support to retail start-ups in downtown:
18 months of subsidized rent, incrementally reduced from a maximum of 50% or up to $830 a month. (This might not be permissible under North Carolina law. See discussion later in the post.)
Training in Merchandise Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Financial Management and Customer Service.
Business mentoring from a successful downtown business.
Returns to the community were maximized by requiring that participants:
Attend all of the training sessions.
Obtain a bookkeeper or CPA deemed acceptable by the program.
Provide sales, inventory and expense information to the program for macro tracking of downtown retail.
Be open for business 6 days a week or 50 hours a week.
The program was not tied to a single location but allowed a retailer to occupy any downtown space as long as the property owner agreed to the terms and conditions. "Before store owners started out in one of the spaces they got the types of assistance that have been proven to grow businesses — training, mentors and money."
In four years, the street-level vacancy rate in Kalamazoo's downtown dropped from 20-percent to 2-percent. As the program filled key locations with interesting, new retail concepts, business attitudes towards downtown changed. Retail, however, cannot sustain an entire local economy and the city was struggling elsewhere. The tax base continued to decline and the program was ultimately cut in 2013, after all of the participants had graduated.
Similar programs followed suit around Michigan and throughout the country and are still active today, including through the Midland Michigan DDA and the Cudahy Wisconsin DDA.
The Downtown Sioux Falls Retail Incubator Program replicated the model piloted in Kalamazoo (making small adjustments such as requiring retailers to stay open until 8pm) and continues to assist retail businesses eager to launch their business in the central business district. Reallocating funds from an obsolete small business loan program, the program received $100,000 to assist 10 businesses. While any business could benefit from investment capital in the form of a loan or equity, the training and mentorship has proven to be a critical component in stabilizing and growing businesses while integrating them into the fabric of the community. The criteria for selection into the program are simple: Is this business adding something new to downtown that's going to generate foot traffic and do they have a solid business plan? Five stores have opened in the last two years, with products including running gear, regional crafts, high-end groceries and even beer.
The Sioux Falls program is relatively new, and although natural turnover will continue to occur, the vacancy rate has dropped by 2-percentage points since its launch. Property owners are happy because they're bringing in rents and gaining the relative stability of a program-supported business. Neighboring retailers are happy because the draw of new destinations and increased visual interest are bringing more foot traffic their way.
North Carolina non-profits such as the NC Retail Merchants Associations provide training and support and Business Link North Carolina connects start-ups with mentors. Subsidies for retail businesses are probably not legally permissible in North Carolina, as Tyler Mulligan explains in his blog post, When May NC Local Governments Pay an Economic Development Incentive? Loans are a more acceptable alternative as explained in another blog post here. Possible exceptions might be officially designated urban redevelopment areas (URAs) where the municipality is fighting blight, or retail facilities in underserved areas that will primarily serve low-income persons.
Program-based retail incubators have been effective, not necessarily because of specific subsidies, but because they coordinate financial support for new retailers with actions to address knowledge and networking gaps. Further study is required to assess the long term efficacy of the programs, which fortunately have been designed with the future in mind and are already collecting the data.
In Part II, we introduce the space-based approach to retail incubation, and how it reimagines the potential of tiny and shared spaces.
Sarah Odio is a Master's candidate specializing in Economic Development in the UNC-Chapel Hill Department of City and Regional Planning. She is currently a Community Revitalization Fellow with the Development Finance Initiative.
Published August 18, 2016 By CED Program Interns & Students
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[[Category: Arilou Lalee'lay]]
Arilou Lalee'lay
ArilouComm.png
The enigmatic Arilou
Homeworld: Falayalaralfali
Coordinates: QuasiSpace
Member of: Alliance of Free Stars
Ship: Skiff
Warning: This page contains speculation as fact, fan fiction, and/or other dubious text. Please edit and improve this page.
The Arilou Lalee'lay, Ariloulaleelay, or Arilou for short, are an enigmatic and reclusive species. They first made themselves known to the Galaxy during the Ur-Quan Slave War, suddenly appearing and applying to join the Alliance of Free Stars. Their actions were equally mercurial at the end of the war, retreating and abandoning the other races as soon as the Humans were slave-shielded. The motives for their actions seem to be some mysterious connection they have with the Human race.
1.1 Name
1.2 Identifying Characteristics and Behavior
2.1 First Contact and the Ur-Quan Conflict
2.2 Current events and The Captain
3 Relations with other races
3.1 Androsynth
3.2 Humans
3.2.1 Early speculations
3.2.2 Before the War
3.2.3 Birth of the New Alliance
3.2.4 Current Speculations
3.3 Melnorme
3.4 Orz
3.5 Pkunk
3.6 Syreen
3.7 Thraddash
3.8 Umgah
4 Known individuals
5 Notes and references
While the name of the race is often represented as a single word, the Arilou always treat the name as two distinct words when referring to themselves. As the the term "Arilou" is used to refer to individuals of the species,1 this may indicate that "Lalee'lay" is some special identifier for the race as a whole or for some collective characteristic of the race. According to the Arilou, the name of the race is derived from the Celtic family of human languages, though this may be from a very old civilization or one separated from the main family of Celtic groups in Britain, as it bears little resemblance to any Celtic terms known today. However, an ancient legend of the Arilou Lalee'lay is probably the origin of the Irish Celtic myth of the analogously named Tuatha de Dannan ("People of Dannan") or faeries.
Identifying Characteristics and Behavior
The Arilou are apparently very physically similar to Humans, with a build very close to that of a Human child, standing at about 1.5 meters tall with a disproportionately large head compared to a normal Human adult. They have pale green skin and dark, yet luminescent eyes.2 Their other features are shrunken and flat compared to Humans', with very small chins, tapered mouths, and a tiny, almost completely flat nose. This physical appearance is very similar to the late-twentieth century close encounter descriptions of white-skinned aliens with glowing, almond-shaped eyes.
In their dealings with the Alliance, the Arilou never spoke verbally, instead resorting solely to communicating telepathically while wearing an innocent, enigmatic smile. One of the courtesies they extend to The Captain, whom they seem to hold in very high regard, is their condescending to speak to him in normal, audible speech. Based on the way they command the engagement of their ships' HyperDrive Shunt — their captain portrait shows four white zig-zag lines about the captain's head — it can be speculated that they also use their psychic powers to control at least some of their equipment.
Interestingly, when they describe the vistas of their homeworld, the Arilou mention that Humans would experience premature "numbness" without first being properly "acclimated." It is unknown what this "numbness" and "acclimation" actually refer to, but it would seem to imply that the Arilou are somehow more accustomed than Humans to certain experiences, especially those related to other dimensions, as they also state, at one time, that The Captain is "not quite solid enough" to touch *Nnngn*. They also refer euphemistically to death as "discorporation", which may imply that they believe that a spirit or soul survives after the destruction of their physical bodies.
Their civilization is certainly very old, extending back in time even before the Humans' emergence as a species and aware of events that took place in the time of the Sentient Milieu. They claim that their "context is infinitely broader than [the Humans'], both in space and *time*" (where *time* may be a best-fit referring to an inter-dimensional concept), and so they sometimes do not attach the same importance as Humans to events such as the defeat of the Alliance of Free Stars. This concern of theirs for long-term consequences is also present when The Captain, if he has turned hostile to them, tries to leave the orbit of Falayalaralfali to which they reply, "This matter must be resolved, or many event strands will grow... more complicated. Your presence is required."
The Arilou claim their internal thought processes are quite different from those of Humans or, in fact, most other sentient life forms. Specifically, they claim to entirely lack what they call "instinct" or hardwired reactions to immediate environmental stimuli, in which they include all forms of emotional reaction and thought colored by prejudice as well as true instincts. By this definition Human thinking is, of course, almost entirely driven by "instinct". It is the "instinctive" tendencies of Humans that they claim to find most fascinating about Human activity and the developing Human mind, and it is these tendencies that they blame, should The Captain turn hostile to them.
First Contact and the Ur-Quan Conflict
No Alliance race had made contact with the Arilou before the beginning of the Ur-Quan Slave War. Even as open hostilities began between the nascent Alliance of Free Stars and the Hierarchy of Battle Thralls, the Arilou remained absent and silent until the Chenjesu made first contact with the Humans in 2116. On August 2, the day after the Human United Nations had formally ratified a treaty joining the Alliance, a fleet of Skiffs suddenly appeared orbiting Luna. Landing on the moon, the ships transmitted a request to meet with Alliance representatives.
It was on the moon's surface where Human and Chenjesu delegates met the Arilou La'leelay for the first time. Claiming that they, too, were under threat from the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za expansion, the Arilou asked for the Alliance's protection in return for their race's support. Alliance leaders quickly decided they needed any help they could get and welcomed the Arilou into the fold.
Even so, many Alliance members had reservations. The Arilou were extremely secretive, refusing to reveal any details about their civilization or their technology, even refusing to give the location of their homeworlds or the means by which they'd come to Luna. More disturbing, however, was the Humans' reaction. To their eyes, the Arilou appeared exactly like the stereotypical image of a legendary alien race long rumored to have secretly interfered in Human affairs, variously called "Martians", "Roswell Grays" or "Zeta Reticulans". Ancient archives kept by Human governments proved the resemblance too close to be coincidental, but the exigencies of war and the closed-mouthness of the Arilou prevented them from examining the matter any further.
The Arilou fleet proved indeed useful in the war; despite its small size, the Skiff had an amazingly fast travel time, disappearing and reappearing from combat sites at speeds far greater than that of the most advanced HyperDrives known to the rest of the Alliance. The Arilou Skiff, though an apparently weak ship, employs unique, exotic technologies, such as an inertialess TrueSpace propulsion system allowing it to hover in gravity wells and an incredibly powerful short-range HyperDrive allowing it to "teleport", making it unmatched for scouting, harassing enemy ships and bypassing fortifications.
However, the small and lightly-armed Arilou fleet took heavy casualties during the course of the war. When the Alliance began to crumble and the Hierarchy forces broke through the Coreward Front and took the Sol system, slave-shielding the Humans, the remaining defenders of the Front scattered. As the Yehat and Shofixti retreated to the Gorno constellation, the Arilou and Syreen fleets were left huddled together; expecting help from the Arilou, the Syreen were shocked to see the Arilou ("those creepy little weasels" as Talana describes them) wordlessly and suddenly vanish, abandoning them to the Ur-Quan.
Current events and The Captain
Though contact with the Arilou was lost after the Ur-Quan Slave War, when The Captain uses The Flagship to begin the anti-Hierarchy actions during the second Doctrinal Conflict, he discovers the Arilou once more, reestablishes contact with them on behalf of the New Alliance of Free Stars, and even becomes privy to some of their secrets.
Unbeknownst to the Humans, the Arilou have long held a base of operations in the Chandrasekhar constellation in HyperSpace, establishing a small sphere of influence and an amicable relationship with the neighboring Umgah. The Captain discovers the area to be rife with Skiff starships piloted by Arilou.
The Arilou explain that they are not native to this region of TrueSpace but reside in QuasiSpace, an alternate dimensional space only reachable by Humans through the nearby portal or by using Inter-Dimensional Fatigue technology such as the Arilou's QuasiSpace Portal Spawner. The local region of QuasiSpace contains a total of sixteen natural overlaps with or "portals" to HyperSpace, but fifteen of them are unidirectional from QuasiSpace to HyperSpace, so the Arilou found it most convenient to post the majority of their ships in the HyperSpace region immediately surrounding the single bidirectional portal.
Since they carry on very little contact with other races and have very little business in TrueSpace at the time, their reasons for keeping detachments of ships in HyperSpace are unclear. They claim their primary purpose is hunting and trapping strange creatures called *Nnngn*, which apparently frequent the ten areas dubbed by the Arilou "easy places" (possibly located around bidirectional portals) or are easier to trap there. The *Nnngn* are composed of a form of matter that Humans cannot perceive or interact with; the Arilou merely describe Humans as "not quite solid enough" to interact with them, and refuse to describe the matter further, stating that it only applies to their universe.
The Arilou, though they claim they are pleased that the Humans are safe under the slave shield, help The Captain in his struggle, permitting him to pass through the bidirectional portal into QuasiSpace, where he finds the Arilou homeworld, Falayalaralfali, a single TrueSpace planet kept in a pocket (termed an "eddy" by the Arilou) of TrueSpace within QuasiSpace. There, though they do not allow him to land, the Arilou speak freely to The Captain from the surface. They inform him that their numbers and physical resources are too depleted from the previous war for them to provide material support to the Alliance, but they are willing to supply technology and information, as such things "transcend reality perimeters". Nevertheless, they are still able to send a fleet of three Skiffs to the Earth Starbase, a fleet which joins The Flagship's escort as soon as the returns to the Starbase.
The degree of their knowledge about local events is impressively widespread despite their cloistered position, and through unknown means they learn of important pieces of information that they share with The Captain: the existence of the Slylandro, the nature of the Mycon Deep Children, and the history of the Ur-Quan.
Moreover, they reveal that they have discovered the wreck of an Ur-Quan Dreadnought on Alpha Pavonis VII. This wreck represented a colossal and previously unheard of failure of Ur-Quan Kzer-Za technology, normally a benchmark for reliability. The Dreadnought's self-destruct systems utterly failed and two incredibly valuable things, the warp pod and the Talking Pet, both survived intact. The Arilou rescued the latter, the ship Lord's Talking Pet, the single surviving life form.
However, the Arilou had entrusted the Talking Pet into the care of the Umgah, whose understanding of biology (at least TrueSpace biology) exceeded theirs, only for the Umgah to activate the creature's latent genetic abilities after discovering large portions of the Talking Pet's genome that had been artificially disabled, transforming it into a powerful and malevolent neo-Dnyarri. However, The Captain, protected by the Taalo Shield, is able to capture the neo-Dnyarri, and its psychic powers prove to be the crucial element in breaching the Ur-Quan defenses during the attack on the Sa-Matra, which cripples their power enough for the Chmmr and allied fleets to be able to completely defeat them, ending the war.
The Captain is also instructed to salvage the warp pod and return it to the Arilou. Using the warp pod, the Arilou are able to construct a QuasiSpace Portal Spawner capable of generating artificial portals that allows The Flagship to travel through QuasiSpace at will. Making use of the immense reduction in travel time that proves so useful to the Arilou, The Flagship is able to hop across local space much more quickly than it would have otherwise been able, saving precious time.
Relations with other races
Androsynth
Despite the striking similarity of the Humans to the Syreen and the known, documented genetic connection of Humans to the Androsynth, the Arilou apparently showed no interest in either of them. The Androsynth do not appear to have been part of the Arilou's plan for Humanity and no Arilou interference has ever been confirmed with their civilization. Intriguingly, it was soon after the Androsynth separated from the Humans — and, therefore, from Arilou oversight — that they discovered Inter-Dimensional Fatigue devices and subsequently disappeared, replaced by the Orz. The Arilou claim that dangerous, parasitic entities "would like to find [the Humans], but they are blind to [the Humans'] presence... unless [the Humans] show [themselves]. The Androsynth showed themselves, and something noticed them. There are no more Androsynth now. Only Orz." This would imply that whatever modifications the Arilou made to the Humans (which presumably carried over to the Androsynth) do not protect them from being detected by Them and other similar malevolent extradimensional entities upon revealing themselves.
Early speculations
Upon initial examination most Humans quickly recognized the Arilou to be uncannily similar to popular depictions of a certain class of science-fictional extraterrestrial in the 20th and 21st century. Often called "Martians", "Zeta Reticulans", "Little Green Men", "Enochian Angels" and so on, the most common and neutral term for such aliens was "Grays" after their skin color. These depictions were based on a series of reported encounters between such beings and Humans, occurring primarily in Earth's period of rapid industrial development following the Second World War (the 1950s) and ending some time before the Small War and the creation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Army and Star Control (the 2000s).
In such encounters, Humans living in isolated locations were typically abducted by Grays using ships colloquially known as "UFOs" (Unidentified Flying Objects) or "flying saucers", after their disc-shaped bodies. Not only were these ships extremely similar in appearance to the Skiffs the Arilou piloted in the Ur-Quan Slave War, but they exhibited similar capabilities of inertialess acceleration, indefinite hovering in gravity fields, and even short-range teleportation. Though most abductees' memories were hazy, possibly modified (as the Arilou reveal that it was them who allowed the subjects of their experiments to retain their memories in such cases), they did describe undergoing strange, high-tech medical procedures, often finding themselves with an unplanned pregnancy soon afterwards. These subjects usually reported one major operation or procedure being done on them in their first abduction, and one or more secondary abductions taking place afterwards, as though their captors were checking on the progress of their modifications.
The Grays were associated with other strange activities as well, including experimentation on non-Human animals, frequently experienced by farmers as mysteriously mutated livestock, and more bizarre behavior, like strange patterns of circular depressions left in crop fields.
In their relationship with The Captain during his New Alliance efforts, the Arilou confirmed what the Humans had long guessed, that they and the Grays were one and the same. They moreover intimated that their interference in Human culture went back far longer than Humans had surmised, dating millennia back to the dawn of Human civilization and, according to them, the very first beings identifiable as modern Humans, implying that, if they did not create or transplant Humans on Earth, they controlled Humans' early development to an astonishing degree.
Human religion and mythology had long had a near-universal fascination with supernatural beings known by various names -- elves, leprechauns, duendes, tengu, and so on. Universally depicted as humanoids diminutive in stature and slender in build, they were notorious in legends for being capricious and amoral, appearing sporadically to make odd and unreasonable demands from Humans and employing a bizarre array of magical powers to enforce their obedience.
These legends were apparently based on early interventions of the Arilou, who nursed Humanity from its prehistoric origins and, acting as gods to some civilizations and devils to others, set the bounds for the growth of its civilizations. They claimed special credit for inspiring the pyramids of Egypt and the standing stones of the ancient Celts, a culture that had been their special favorite, and revealed that their favored name for themselves, Arilou Lalee'lay, was in actuality a descriptive phrase from a now lost Celtic tongue.
The Arilou kept up a continuing program of steering Human cultural development while subtly tweaking Human physiology through periodic interventions, modifying the Human genome through genetic engineering and selective breeding, meanwhile performing side experiments on other animals and leaving the crop circles and other patterns as covert signals to each other during their missions. The Arilou's interventions had grown less prominent as the Human civilizations developed, until they suddenly accelerated to a staggering pace during the last half of the 20th century, not coincidentally a time of great conflict as Humans neared self-destruction multiple times, while at the same time their industrial development made contact with the nearby starfaring races increasingly likely. We can surmise Arilou intervention at the very least had the goal of preventing a nuclear holocaust, while most likely was also meant to prepare Humans for the inevitable first contact.
The program of Human modification in the late 20th century was far more widespread than even the cultural impact of the "UFO craze" showed; the Arilou revealed to The Captain that those who reported their interventions had been purposely allowed to retain their memory (albeit imperfectly, as it seems) while others simply had whole chunks of time completely excised from their minds -- giving rise to the unique Human psychological phenomenon of "missing days". Apparently the UFO craze itself was part of the effect the Arilou wished to have on Human society.
Birth of the New Alliance
In any case, the Arilou again retreated into obscurity during the days of the ascendant United Nations and Star Control, until they suddenly revealed their presence and directly offered assistance in the Ur-Quan Slave War. Their purpose in this war was first and foremost to prevent the wholesale destruction of Humanity; they appeared to be unprepared for the eventuality of Human conflict with the Hierarchy and uncertain of the Humans' fate should they face defeat. Once they saw that the slave-shielding process left the Human species intact and safe, they lost interest in the war and chose to cut their losses of physical material by returning to QuasiSpace, betraying their rather cavalier attitude to other Alliance species. However, the looming threat of the genocidal Kohr-Ah once more made it necessary for them to intervene to protect Humanity, this time with The Captain as their chosen liaison.
The Captain, intriguingly, was more than simply chosen by the Arilou; the Arilou appear to have watched him from birth. The Arilou claimed to have traveled repeatedly to the Unzervalt colony during the interregnum between the two wars, overseeing the Humans' progress repairing the Precursor shipyard and building The Flagship. At that time the Arilou also began observing The Captain: Many claim that, far from merely assisting the New Alliance in its initial stages, the Arilou were responsible for its existence and the beginning of the resistance movement in the first place, as the strange chance of a Human child being born with a natural affinity for ancient, complex Precursor computer equipment may be the result of Arilou tinkering.
This is, of course, unconfirmed, but the Arilou maintained a deep fascination with the young boy who would become The Captain. They referred to him as the "focus" of the conflict and said that they were purposely putting the responsibility of saving Humanity and all other sentient life from the Kohr-Ah on his shoulders, in striking similarity to the way The Captain was viewed by the Utwig Ultron-worshippers. They also kept covert observation on him during all his efforts to defeat the Ur-Quan; one Arilou captain once inadvertently referred to his habit of somehow invisibly penetrating The Flagship to monitor The Captain as he slept.
They did not confine their attentions to The Captain; during the interregnum period when Earth was slave-shielded, the Arilou began covert operations aboard the Earth Starbase. How they successfully infiltrated the Starbase without detection is unclear — perhaps they used the aforementioned mysterious methods by which they infiltrated The Flagship — but the Arilou focused their attention on the Starbase crew, many of these served aboard The Flagship in some capacity, possibly modifying them in the process. We may never know the details, but can only assume that the Arilou's attention and possible modifications were intended for The Flagship's mission or something like it and that they played a key if invisible role in assuring The Flagship's success. Whatever the details, the Arilou's role in winning the war for the Alliance might be far more extensive than they are usually given credit for.
Current Speculations
The Arilou's purpose in all of this is unclear, but the Arilou claim to see their relationship to Humans as analogous to that between a parent and a child — in their own words, Humans are part of their "extended family". They claim that they and Humans are but one example of many similar relationships between an elder and younger species throughout the various dimensions, and that this relationship is basic to the nature of their form of life and cannot be morally judged by resentful Humans who do not understand their position. Interestingly they react to the common description of themselves as "invaders from space" by claiming that their goal is not to "invade" -- presumably, not to take the stereotypical role of conquerors and overlords often ascribed to them by Earth popular culture during the UFO craze -- but to "pervade", to become everywhere a part of Humanity. They see their intervention in Human nature as somehow an expression and extension of their own selves.
There is an ultimate purpose they have for Humanity, and they seem to be working to tailor-fit the Human species to that ultimate destiny, protecting and nurturing them along the way, and meanwhile tolerating the suspicion thrown against them that is a natural result of their keeping Humans ignorant of that they deem Humans too undeveloped to understand. They seem to find this process itself a thing of beauty, frequently commenting on the aesthetic pleasure they received observing the development of the Human mind from its primitive roots.
Intriguingly they often speak of Humans attaining a similar state to that of the Arilou, claiming that given time to evolve and develop Humans will eventually attain the same quasi-supernatural status, able to live very long lifespans, perceive the invisible and share fully in the Arilou's technology. The implication is that Humans may become the Arilou's peers and companions, or, as one popular theory has it, the Arilou's "heirs" as the Arilou pass away.
An even bolder theory takes note of the Arilou's frequent use of an untranslated term that the Precursor's powerful translating computers rendered in English as "time" to describe dimensional spaces such as QuasiSpace. If the interface between dimensional spaces bears some special relationship to what we understand as time, then the interaction between Arilou from QuasiSpace with Humans may be a nonlinear causal loop; the Arilou may be a far-future, evolved version of Humanity causing their own existence by creating and manipulating their own ancestors.3 This theory is, while seemingly implausible, consistent with much of the observed evidence, but it bears disturbing implications and is still unaccepted by most.
Melnorme
The Arilou were also known to the shadowy, almost omniscient-seeming sources of the Melnorme traders. The Melnorme were not only aware of the presence of Arilou Skiffs at the portal regions but were also capable of tracing the Arilou's movements to and from Earth and were well aware of the Arilou's interventions in Human culture and even tracked their movements up to the the second Doctrinal Conflict, detecting their actions at the Earth Starbase. This broad base of knowledge did not, however, extend to the Melnorme being willing or able to follow the Arilou into QuasiSpace, of which they presumably remain ignorant.
Much of what little understanding we have of the Orz comes from the testimony of their enemies, the Arilou Lalee'lay; cryptic as the Arilou's references to them may be, their descriptions are far more revealing than the Precursor translator's garbled interpretation of the Orz language, and the Arilou's descriptions provide a commonly used basis for interpreting Orz terminology and concepts.
Though the Arilou refused to elaborate on their final goals for the Human race, they did make clear that accomplishing such goals entails the long-term survival of Humanity, and therefore much of the Arilou's energy was bent toward guarding Humans from certain subtle threats, particularly extradimensional ones that only they could perceive.
The Arilou described the existence of parasitic beings in other dimensional spaces that had intimate relationships with mortal races -- races dependent on TrueSpace matter -- as they did with Humans, but of a purely destructive and violent nature. They claimed that any awareness of the details of the beings' existence would make one vulnerable to their attack. This resonates eerily with the garbled reports from The Flagship's Science Officer Bukowski of the references to "Them" he discovered in the Androsynth computer core during his ill-fated expedition to Eta Vulpeculae.
The Arilou seemed to identify the Orz as "Them" or perhaps the agents of "Them" within TrueSpace. They claimed that the Androsynth had drawn the parasites to themselves through their investigation into and growing understanding of Inter-Dimensional Fatigue and other dimensional spaces, and as a result, though they would not explain how, the Androsynth were now totally and irrevocably destroyed, replaced entirely by the Orz.
The Arilou claimed a large portion of their biological and cultural modifications of the Human species were to give Humans a physical form and general psychological mindset that the parasites would find hard to detect. However, they continued to hide almost all details of their homeworld, their own nature, and the nature of their home dimension QuasiSpace from Humans so that Humans would be unlikely to begin the series of investigations and discoveries that would give them dangerous levels of knowledge. The Arilou defend this closed-mouthed policy by asserting that "in a way, ignorance is [the Humans'] best protection."
Unfortunately, the Arilou were forced to allow The Captain into QuasiSpace and trust him with many secrets in order to fight the more immediate threat of the Ur-Quan; the Arilou openly complained that The Captain's high level of knowledge introduced a complication to their plans. Not only that, but in the course of the war The Captain was also (optional) forced to compromise and openly make treaty with the Orz and allow them access to the Alliance. The Arilou had strenuously warned against such an action; although they seemed to fear no immediate threat from the Orz in their current state, they felt them to be untrustworthy. What consequences will result from these actions, and how the Arilou and Humans will deal with them, remain to be seen.
Pkunk
The Arilou had very few relationships with other races; they rarely spoke to or encountered anyone, though they were sensed from afar and found to be benign by the Pkunk (though this is not conclusive evidence, as the Pkunk claim to love even the twisted Ilwrath).
Syreen
Similar to their lack of interest in the Androsynth, the Arilou seem to bear no particular concern for the Syreen. They have never had any observed contact with them, and were certainly not concerned enough to intervene when Syra was destroyed. At the Great War's end, once they confirmed the Humans were safe under the slave shield, they ceased their efforts and abandoned the Syreen, despite the fact that the Syreen fleet was far weaker and more vulnerable than the Human population they had initially set out to defend.
This seems to pose a paradox, as Arilou claimed to have overseen Human development so closely that it is hard to explain why the closely genetically related Syreen would not be part of their project. Some surmise that the Humans are the Arilou's main experiment and the Syreen are some sort of discarded or unneeded relic, either a control group set up under standards of strict noninterference for comparison with Humans, or some sort of leftover of genetic breeding pools now unneeded, or, most intriguingly, an original population from which the Human genome was extracted and transplanted to Earth. Certainly there is compelling evidence from a Human point of view that the Syreen culture is a "natural" state for Humanity that Human society and culture seems to have been distorted away from, even perhaps the planet Syra being the template for the Eden stories in many human religions (as was hinted at by the Syreen), but without further information from the Arilou we can do no more than speculate.
Thraddash
The Arilou also mentioned to Alliance members during the course of the war that there was a species none of them had yet discovered in the Draconis constellation, the Thraddash. They were able to say little about them and did not bring them up again in that war or in their dealings with The Captain, being naturally closed-mouthed and their time being at a premium. However, they did mention "having some fun" with them. One need only look at the extremely distorted, counterintuitive and maladaptive social mechanisms employed in Thraddash society to find it likely that their cultural development was somehow artificially tampered with. The Arilou may have done this, as they say, purely for sport, or it may have been an early experiment in covert social engineering, to perfect techniques that they would later use on Human society.
Umgah
The long-term Arilou presence in the area surrounding the Chandrasekhar portal led them to develop a friendship with the nearby Umgah. The Umgah outstripped them greatly in the fields of biology, medicine and genetic engineering. It may be that many of the biological techniques used on the Humans by the Arilou were at some point learned or borrowed from the Umgah; the Umgah certainly seem accommodating to the Arilou's desires and would most likely find the large-scale manipulation of Humans to be a wildly funny joke.
The Arilou and Umgah's relationship was interrupted when the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za attacked and laid waste to Umgah space, subjugating the Umgah as their Battle Thralls during the War. Afterwards when the Arilou joined the Alliance the two races were forced into combat with each other, but after hostilities ended the two races were able to reestablish normal relations.
Known individuals
1Star Control II manual, pg. 63 (PC)
2The Star Control II manual, pg. 63 (PC), also describes them as having "dark, soulful eyes"
3This is a temporal paradox sometimes seen in popular science fiction like the protagonist in Robert A. Heinlein's "All You Zombies—" and the Danellians in Poul Anderson's "Time Patrol" stories.
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COMPUTEX 2019 Kicks Off Tomorrow in Taipei
Brand-new Exhibition Brings Business Opportunities for the Technology Ecosystem
TAIPEI-Tuesday 28 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- COMPUTEX 2019 officially kicks off on Tuesday with focuses on AI & IoT, 5G, Blockchain, Innovations & Startups, and Gaming & XR. A total of 1,685 exhibitors will showcase their technologies in 5,508 booths, which is a near 10% growth from last year. The keynote speakers reflect this emphasis as AMD, Intel, and Microsoft are getting ready to give talks at COMPUTEX.
Exciting Lineup of Keynote Speeches; Technology Giants Gather at the Forum to Share Insights
For the first time, a CEO Keynote is incorporated in the international press conference where AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su addresses how the next-generation of computing will drive innovation. AMD will, at the same event, unveil details about upcoming products with its ecosystem partners in Taiwan. AMD will share with the audience how to build an all-new high-performance computing system and achieve technology revolutions.
TAITRA welcomes everyone to join Intel Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Client Computing Group Gregory M. Bryant at COMPUTEX 2019 on the opening day to discover how the company is transforming intelligent computing for our data-centric world. On the second day, the Microsoft Keynote Forum offers a look into new intelligent cloud and intelligent edge advancements by Microsoft Corporate Vice President Nick Parker.
In addition, the much anticipated COMPUTEX Forum and InnoVEX Forum will respectively focus on "Pervasive Intelligence" and "Connecting Global Startups with Taiwan's Advantage". Global tech giants and innovators will meet to exchange ideas about trends, future business opportunities, and international collaborations.
The Taipei 5G Summit is being held during COMPUTEX to give an in-depth perspective on the latest technology and industry trends. As COMPUTEX 2019 continues to take the leadership role in the global technology ecosystem to help its international partners expand its business opportunities, the parallel event— Taipei 5G Summit—will lead discussions in 5G market development opportunities, technology, and innovative applications on the third day of the event.
COMPUTEX 2019 Highlights 5 Major Themes; Business Opportunities in Advanced Technologies Revealed
COMPUTEX 2019 takes place across multiple venues this year at TWTC Nangang Exhibition Hall 1 & 2 (TaiNEX 1 & 2), TWTC Hall 1 and TICC. Each exhibition hall offers valuable information and exciting features that deserve a visit.
A Cyber Security & Video Surveillance exhibition area is created to display the latest computer vision technology and market opportunities. InnoVEX, with 20% more exhibitors this year, is relocated to TWTC Hall 1 to provide more room for displays, pitches, and matchmaking. Also for the first time, a charity esports event—ZOTAC CUP Fight for Charity LoL Tournament—is held at COMPUTEX. This heartwarming event invites everyone to play for charity!
Walter Yeh, TAITRA President & CEO said, "In 2018, the World Economic Forum named Taiwan as one of four "super innovators", alongside Germany, the United States, and Switzerland. This proves that the international community has recognized Taiwan for its innovative power in the technology industry and market. TAITRA has been committed to facilitating transformation so Taiwan can become a leading community for innovators around the world. COMPUTEX targets to create a synergy of global and local resources to provide a comprehensive platform for technical exchange and collaboration, innovative thinking, and resource integration. This year, in addition to expanding the scope of InnoVEX, TAITRA will contribute to innovation by forging a stronger connection between Taiwan's industry and global resources. With its global partners in the ICT industry, COMPUTEX will transform the world."
COMPUTEX 2019 will be held from May 28 to June 1, 2019, and InnoVEX will display from May 29 to May 31. Together with exhibitors, buyers and related industry professionals from around the world to fully demonstrate the future technology ecosystem and master emerging business opportunities.
For more updated info
COMPUTEX website: http://www.computextaipei.com.tw/zh_TW/
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About COMPUTEX TAIPEI (also called COMPUTEX):
Established in 1981, COMPUTEX is one of the leading global ICT, IoT, and startup tradeshows with a complete supply chain and IoT ecosystems. Co-organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and Taipei Computer Association (TCA), COMPUTEX, based upon Taiwan's complete ICT clusters, covers the whole spectrum of ICT industry, from established brands to startups and from ICT supply chain to IoT ecosystems. With strong R&D and manufacturing capabilities and IPR protection, Taiwan is a strategic destination for foreign companies and investors looking for partners in global technology ecosystems. Follow COMPUTEX on its website at www.computextaipei.com.tw and Twitter @computex_taipei using the hashtag #COMPUTEX.
About TAITRA:
Founded in 1970 to help promote foreign trade, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is the foremost non-profit trade promotion organization in Taiwan. Jointly sponsored by the government, industry associations, and several commercial organizations, TAITRA assists Taiwan businesses and manufacturers with reinforcing their international competitiveness and in coping with the challenges they face in foreign markets.
TAITRA boasts a well-coordinated trade promotion and information network of over 1,200 trained specialists stationed throughout its Taipei headquarters, five local branch offices in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung, and 60 overseas branch offices worldwide. Together with its sister organizations, Taiwan Trade Center (TTC) and Taipei World Trade Center (TWTC), TAITRA has created a wealth of trade opportunities through effective promotion strategies.
In addition to organizing trade delegations & providing customized procurement services, TAITRA also hosts more than 35 international trade shows annually in Taipei and Kaohsiung.
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Pi World Record Smashed
Paul Rubens - March 14, 2019 - 10:33 AM
A cloud computing system has been used to calculate the value of Pi to 31 trillion digits.
(CCM) — A new record for the number of digits of Pi calculated has been set by a Japanese woman working for Google.
Emma Haruka Iwao has calculated Pi to 31 trillion digits, soundly beating the previous record of 22 trillion digits. The calculation of this number of digits required 170 TB of data, according to a BBC report. To get an idea of the scale of the data involved, 10 TB is enough to score two million music tracks. Reading out the 31 trillion digits would take a person over 300,000 years, the report points out.
Calculating Pi to this number of digits took about four months to complete and involved 25 virtual machines running around the clock in Google's cloud computing service. The new record was announced on March 14, or 3.14, which is known as Pi day because the first three digits of the number are 3,1, and 4.
The BBC report says that in 2010 Yahoo's cloud computing system was used to calculate the two quadrillionth digit of Pi (which is a zero), although the digits in between were not calculated.
Pi is a so-called "irrational" number which has an infinite amount of digits which do not follow any predictable pattern, and it is used in many fields including engineering and physics.
Image: © iStock.
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March 04, 2019 10:01 ET | Source: Verisk Analytics, Inc.
LEHI, Utah, March 4, 2019 - GeomniTM, a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business, is pleased to announce a new subscription service called Geomni Vision, which will provide users with access to the industry's most comprehensive library of aerial imagery.
Subscribers can leverage Geomni Vision to access geospatial data for structures and parcels throughout the entire United States. This includes high-resolution oblique imagery for most parcels and related structures. Through Geomni's strategic alliance with Nearmap, orthogonal (top-down) imagery is also included, which is refreshed up to three times each year. Using Geomni Vision, customers will have access to the most complete and up-to-date imagery and property information.
Remote sensing technologies used by Geomni's privately owned and operated fleet of fixed-wing aircraft ensure that the aerial imagery library is continually refreshed to serve the needs of Verisk's customers.
Subscribers can access Geomni Vision through Geomni's online web viewer (a streamlined mapping and measurement platform), via plug-in applications such as ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro, or with other solutions that use industry-standard WMTS APIs. The web viewer's interactive, easy-to-use map allows subscribers to view multiple imagery layers for orthogonal and oblique imagery as well as measurement tools for calculating dimensions of buildings and properties directly from the imagery. Additional tools include the ability to make annotations and export them, along with the imagery, for use in reports and policy and claim files, among other use cases.
Geomni, a Verisk (Nasdaq:VRSK) business, is centered around an address- and location-based database of property-related analytics. Using the latest remote sensing and machine learning technologies, Geomni gathers, stores, processes, and delivers geographic and spatially referenced information relating to residential and commercial structures. Property professionals can use the data to help determine scope of damage, discover hazards, assess risk, perform valuations, and much more. Geomni's property analytics database supports a number of critical tools that protect people, property, and financial assets. Learn more at www.geomni.com.


Customers expect a lot when they come to a restaurant. For many, it's a reward for a stressful day, so they want as much pampering as you can dole out. For a sizable amount of people, restaurants are places for special occasions, which means they want the food, service, and atmosphere to be perfect.
Food preparation is more important than food presentation. If you don't store ingredients properly, they might be swimming in bacteria. And if you don't cook them properly, these bacteria may not be killed, which may result in food poisoning. Not cleaning kitchen equipment, as well as plates and utensils, may also contribute to a customer's upset stomach. So get that commercial dishwasher repair scheduled as soon as you notice the washer isn't working properly, advises BC Industrial Services, LLC.
You may think you're going above and beyond your job by checking up on guests to make sure they're having fun, but don't overdo it. It becomes annoying when you keep checking in every few minutes. Let them enjoy the meal and watch for cues that say they're in the middle of an important conversation. When things seem to be settling down, go ahead and ask, but don't do it every chance you've got.
There might be a special occasion that has brought a group into your restaurant. Not only do they want good food, but they also want a good experience. Make your restaurant a part of the special occasion by giving the birthday celebrant a freebie or performing a song for them. Complimentary drinks may also make a proposal even more special.
You're not only responsible for the food when you run a restaurant. You're also responsible for your guests having a good time, so cover all the bases.


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from owping_defaults import *
import ConfigParser
import pscheduler

#Role constants
CLIENT_ROLE = 0
SERVER_ROLE = 1

log = pscheduler.Log(prefix="tool-owping", quiet=True)

##
# Determine whether particpant will act as client or server
def get_role(participant, test_spec):
#    #Uncomment this when we do multi-participant
#     role = None
#     flip = test_spec.get('flip', False)
#     single_participant_mode = test_spec.get('single-participant-mode', False)
#     if participant == 0:
#         if single_participant_mode:
#             role = CLIENT_ROLE
#         elif flip:
#             role = SERVER_ROLE
#         else:
#             role = CLIENT_ROLE
#     elif participant == 1:
#         if flip:
#             role = CLIENT_ROLE
#         else:
#             role = SERVER_ROLE
#     else:
#         pscheduler.fail("Invalid participant.")

    return CLIENT_ROLE

##
# Open config file
def get_config():
    config = None
    try:
        config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
        config.read(CONFIG_FILE)
    except:
        log.warning("Unable to read configuration file %s. Proceeding with defaults.")

    return config

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Systematically missing confounders in individual participant data meta-analysis of observational cohort studies
Amanda Lee, Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration
Institute of Applied Health Sciences
One difficulty in performing meta-analyses of observational cohort studies is that the availability of confounders may vary between cohorts, so that some cohorts provide fully adjusted analyses while others only provide partially adjusted analyses. Commonly, analyses of the association between an exposure and disease either are restricted to cohorts with full confounder information, or use all cohorts but do not fully adjust for confounding. We propose using a bivariate random-effects meta-analysis model to use information from all available cohorts while still adjusting for all the potential confounders. Our method uses both the fully adjusted and the partially adjusted estimated effects in the cohorts with full confounder information, together with an estimate of their within-cohort correlation. The method is applied to estimate the association between fibrinogen level and coronary heart disease incidence using data from 154 012 participants in 31 cohorts.† One hundred and ninety-nine participants from the original 154 211 withdrew their consent and have been removed from this analysis. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.3540
Published - 15 Apr 2009
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Lee, A., & Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration (2009). Systematically missing confounders in individual participant data meta-analysis of observational cohort studies. Statistics in Medicine, 28(8), 1218-1237. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.3540
Systematically missing confounders in individual participant data meta-analysis of observational cohort studies. / Lee, Amanda; Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration.
In: Statistics in Medicine, Vol. 28, No. 8, 15.04.2009, p. 1218-1237.
Lee, A & Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration 2009, 'Systematically missing confounders in individual participant data meta-analysis of observational cohort studies', Statistics in Medicine, vol. 28, no. 8, pp. 1218-1237. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.3540
Lee A, Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration. Systematically missing confounders in individual participant data meta-analysis of observational cohort studies. Statistics in Medicine. 2009 Apr 15;28(8):1218-1237. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.3540
Lee, Amanda ; Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration. / Systematically missing confounders in individual participant data meta-analysis of observational cohort studies. In: Statistics in Medicine. 2009 ; Vol. 28, No. 8. pp. 1218-1237.
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It's time to rise, shine and treat your taste buds to the most important meal of the day - a long, lazy brunch. Helen Hokin and Tiffany Kaba kick back for the best new deli- inspired and dedicated brunches London is serving up.
Raoul's Notting Hill
This Notting Hill stalwart has recently added a Mediterranean inspired deli counter below stairs. Eat-in or take-away, we grabbed a table upstairs in the sun-drenched restaurant and opted for the combination salad plate to share for £8.50 and were treated to a warm broad bean and tangy feta cheese salad, marinated artichoke hearts and chilli and garlic sautéed baby calamari. Everything came drizzled in olive oil produced by the owners' in their Greek olive grove and was accompanied by a glass of Raoul's Shiraz Rose, Old Basket Press 2012 – this time from the owners' South African estate. Some life! But the star of our late morning meal was a sublime square of spanakopita pie: a generous and juicy amalgamation of spinach and feta cheese enveloped in crisp filo pastry and served warm. Soooo good. Don't be surprised to catch sight of the odd celeb here – it is Notting Hill after all - and on our visit we spotted the drop dead gorgeous actor, Verity Pinter, (Beat Beneath My Feet) sipping demurely on a berry smoothie.
Raoul's Restaurant & Deli Notting Hill,
105 - 107 Talbot Road, London W11 2AT
Mon - Fri 7.30am - 8pm, Saturday 8.30am - 8pm, Sunday 8.30am - 7pm www.raoulsgourmet.com/notting-hill.html
La Dolce Domenica, The Bulgari Hotel
Sunday brunch at Il Bar in The Bulgari Hotel, Knightsbridge is an ultra-glamorous, all day affair. La Dolce Domenica brings guests an Italian-themed brunch extravaganza followed by an afternoon movie screening in their very own state-of-the-art David Attenborough cinema, featuring the latest releases as well as old classics. On arrival, treat yourself to one of their signature cocktails or a glass of prosecco and head straight to the buffet for a selection of artisan breads, pastries, hams, cheeses and the most decadent desserts you can imagine such as the irresistible Amadei Chocolate Mousse and Pistachio Eclair. Their unique 'Piccoli Morsi' selection ('little bites'), offers guests a selection of beautifully presented antipasti such as aubergine caviar, Bresaola, sea bass carpaccio and pizzetta but you can also have the more traditional 'eggs your way' with all the trimmings. A true taste of la dolce vita.
La Dolce Domenica is served every Sunday from 11am to 2.30pm and is priced at £58 per person and £39 for children. For reservations, menus and upcoming movie screenings, call 0207 151 1025 or visit http://www.bulgarihotels.com/en-us/what-s-on-blog/london/what-s-on-at-the-hotel/la-dolce-domenica-sunday-brunch
No.11 Pimlico Road
Weekend brunch at this light and airy all-day eating and drinking venue feels like having an outdoor picnic on a bright, sunny day with a large group of friends. Formerly a dark gastropub hosting stripper nights, a brand new name and design makeover have made No.11 a firm summer favourite with the local residents of Belgravia and Pimlico. It's perfect for a hearty family lunch or a girly catch up, with a strong choice of healthy salads and snack style dishes such as sourdough bruschetta with roast tomatoes, spinach and avocado and couscous and parsley crusted fish fingers. However don't be fooled, a meal there wouldn't be complete without a spoon of their delicious Roulade No.11, a home-made melt-in-the-mouth meringue with summer fruits and passion fruit ice cream. With its very own wine shop, incredibly hospitable staff and very reasonable prices, it's certainly one to return to.
For reservations and menus, call 020 7730 6784 or visit http://no11pimlicoroad.co.uk/
Christopher's, Covent Garden
This long-standing, all-American establishment in the bustling heart of London's theatreland has an interesting past as the capital's first licensed casino in 1870 followed by a long period as a papier maché factory. The Grade II listed building underwent a complete overhaul in April, recalling the glamour of the modern American era complete with an art deco Martini Bar or 'drinking parlour'. Brunch here is certainly not for the faint hearted. Start off proceedings with a heady pick me up or one of their gargantuan shakes - triple chocolate, caramel and honeycomb or brownie and bourbon. The menu goes far beyond burgers and bacon with specialties such as steak and eggs, lobster club and eggs Maryland – perfectly poached eggs with crabcakes and hollandaise sauce. Don't miss their pecan maple pie with salted caramel ice cream, probably the best you will find outside the southern US.
Brunch at Christopher's is served from 11:30am to 3.30pm.
For reservations and menus, call 020 7 240 4222 http://www.christophersgrill.com/
CUT at 45 Park Lane
If ordinary is for weekdays, extraordinary is for weekends at chef Wolfgang Puck's first European restaurant. Residing in the Dorchester Collection's new Mayfair hotel, CUT at 45 Park Lane mirrors the award-winning original CUT in Beverly Hills, where high flying executives meet and glossy foreigners take a break from Mount Street's boutiques. Against a backdrop of live jazz, you can watch supercars speed down Park Lane and admire the leafy greenery of Hyde Park whilst making your way through sophisticated starters of Dorset crab and lobster cocktail or toasted sesame bagels with smoked salmon and cream cheese. Mains feature a selection of prime dry and wet aged beef alongside succulent salads and fresh roasted whole fish but the real pièce de resistance is the New York and Australian Wagyu Black Angus. Priced at £84, it is surely one of the best steaks you can ever have with its powerful gamey flavour and superb tenderness. A nice touch is the Bloody Mary trolley, weaving its way around tables for you to create your own bespoke drink and pick up some tips and tricks from the barman. If you're not feeling too heady, hop on one of their bespoke Brompton bicycles after your meal for a spin around local hot spots.
Sunday brunch at CUT is served from 11:00am to 3.15pm.
For reservations and menus, call 020 7493 4554 http://www.45parklane.com/Brunch
The Breakfast Club, Spitalfields
Sex, drugs and bacon rolls beckon at this quirky café on Artillery Lane. Tucked away down a side street close to Liverpool Street Station, it would be easy to miss were it not for the busy queue of eager diners, clamouring for a rickety table and some huevos rancheros. Once inside, head down to its basement speakeasy adorned with vintage movie posters, The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town, where the menu is the same, but you get to walk through a Smeg fridge door. With a more Shoreditch than City vibe, this is the group's fourth London café and May this year saw the opening of a fifth, The Breakfast Club Battersea Rise, inspired by a 50's kitchen and an 80's launderette. The future's looking bright too with yet another new addition to the family opening in London Bridge in 2014.
Brunch at The Breakfast Club is served daily from 9am-5pm.
For reservations and menus, call 020 7078 9630 http://www.thebreakfastclubcafes.com/
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package org.arbeitspferde.groningen.eventlog;

import com.google.common.collect.Lists;

import org.arbeitspferde.groningen.common.ClockedExperimentDbTestCaseBase;
import org.arbeitspferde.groningen.config.GroningenConfig;
import org.arbeitspferde.groningen.experimentdb.Experiment;
import org.arbeitspferde.groningen.experimentdb.PauseTime;
import org.arbeitspferde.groningen.experimentdb.ResourceMetric;
import org.arbeitspferde.groningen.experimentdb.SubjectStateBridge;
import org.arbeitspferde.groningen.proto.Event;
import org.arbeitspferde.groningen.proto.GroningenConfigProto.ProgramConfiguration;
import org.arbeitspferde.groningen.proto.Params.GroningenParamsOrBuilder;
import org.arbeitspferde.groningen.subject.Subject;
import org.easymock.EasyMock;

/**
 * Tests for @{link SubjectEventProtoLogger}.
 */
public class SubjectEventProtoLoggerTest extends ClockedExperimentDbTestCaseBase {
  private static final long START_TIME = 1000L;

  /** The object instance we are testing. */
  private SubjectEventProtoLogger protoLogger;
  private EventLoggerService mockEventLoggerService;
  private SafeProtoLogger<Event.EventEntry> mockEventLogger;
  private String servingAddress;
  private Experiment mockExperiment;
  private GroningenConfig mockGroningenConfig;

  @Override
  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
    super.setUp();

    mockEventLoggerService = EasyMock.createMock(EventLoggerService.class);
    mockEventLogger = EasyMock.createMock(SafeProtoLogger.class);

    mockExperiment = EasyMock.createMock(Experiment.class);

    mockGroningenConfig = EasyMock.createMock(GroningenConfig.class);

    servingAddress = "myservingaddress:31337";

    protoLogger = new SubjectEventProtoLogger(clock, mockEventLoggerService,
        servingAddress, START_TIME, metricExporter);
  }

  /**
   * Check that logSubjectInExperiment works without exception.
   *
   * TODO(team): Make less fragile.
   * TODO(team): Validate Protocol Buffer emissions.
   */
  public void testLogSubjectInExperiment_withValidSubject() throws Exception {
    final SubjectStateBridge mockSubject = EasyMock.createMock(SubjectStateBridge.class);
    final PauseTime mockSubjectPauseTime = EasyMock.createMock(PauseTime.class);
    final ResourceMetric mockSubjectResourceMetric = EasyMock.createMock(ResourceMetric.class);

    final GroningenParamsOrBuilder mockGroningenParams =
        EasyMock.createMock(GroningenParamsOrBuilder.class);
    final ProgramConfiguration programConfiguration =
        ProgramConfiguration.newBuilder().buildPartial();
    final Subject mockSubjectAssociatedSubject = EasyMock.createMock(Subject.class);
    final long expId = 19042L;
    final int subjectAIndex = 14;
    final String subjectServingAddress = "some/network:address";
    final double latencyWeight = 2D;
    final double latencyScore = 4D;
    final double thruputWeight = 0D;
    final double thruputScore = 8D;
    final double memWeight = 5D;
    final double memScore = 10D;
    final Boolean subjectIsInvalid = Boolean.FALSE;
    final double subjectFitness = 10.0;

    /* logSubjectInExperiment */
    EasyMock.expect(mockEventLoggerService.getLogger()).andReturn(mockEventLogger);
    EasyMock.expect(mockExperiment.getIdOfObject()).andReturn(expId);

    /* composeEvent */
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubject.getPauseTime()).andReturn(mockSubjectPauseTime);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubject.getResourceMetric()).andReturn(mockSubjectResourceMetric);

    EasyMock.expect(mockGroningenConfig.getParamBlock()).andReturn(mockGroningenParams);
    EasyMock.expect(mockGroningenParams.getLatencyWeight()).andReturn(latencyWeight).atLeastOnce();
    EasyMock.expect(mockGroningenParams.getThroughputWeight()).andReturn(thruputWeight)
        .atLeastOnce();
    EasyMock.expect(mockGroningenParams.getMemoryWeight()).andReturn(memWeight).atLeastOnce();
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubjectPauseTime.computeScore(PauseTime.ScoreType.LATENCY))
        .andReturn(latencyScore);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubjectPauseTime.computeScore(PauseTime.ScoreType.THROUGHPUT))
        .andReturn(thruputScore);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubjectResourceMetric.computeScore(ResourceMetric.ScoreType.MEMORY))
        .andReturn(memScore);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubject.getAssociatedSubject()).andReturn(mockSubjectAssociatedSubject)
        .atLeastOnce();
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubjectAssociatedSubject.getServingAddress())
        .andReturn(subjectServingAddress).atLeastOnce();

    EasyMock.expect(mockSubject.isInvalid()).andReturn(subjectIsInvalid);
    EasyMock.expect(mockGroningenConfig.getProtoConfig()).andReturn(programConfiguration);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubject.getPauseTime()).andReturn(mockSubjectPauseTime);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubjectPauseTime.getPauseDurations()).andReturn(Lists.newArrayList(1D));

    /* back in logSubjectInExperiment */
    mockEventLogger.logProtoEntry(EasyMock.isA(Event.EventEntry.class));
    EasyMock.expectLastCall();

    EasyMock.replay(mockExperiment);
    EasyMock.replay(mockSubject);
    EasyMock.replay(mockSubjectPauseTime);
    EasyMock.replay(mockSubjectResourceMetric);
    EasyMock.replay(mockGroningenConfig);
    EasyMock.replay(mockGroningenParams);
    EasyMock.replay(mockSubjectAssociatedSubject);
    EasyMock.replay(mockEventLoggerService);
    EasyMock.replay(mockEventLogger);

    protoLogger.logSubjectInExperiment(mockGroningenConfig, mockExperiment, mockSubject);

    EasyMock.verify(mockEventLoggerService);
    EasyMock.verify(mockExperiment);
    EasyMock.verify(mockSubject);
    EasyMock.verify(mockSubjectPauseTime);
    EasyMock.verify(mockSubjectResourceMetric);
    EasyMock.verify(mockGroningenConfig);
    EasyMock.verify(mockGroningenParams);
    EasyMock.verify(mockSubjectAssociatedSubject);
    EasyMock.verify(mockEventLoggerService);
    EasyMock.verify(mockEventLogger);
  }

  public void testLogSubjectInExperiment_withUnvalidateSubject() throws Exception {
    final SubjectStateBridge mockSubject = EasyMock.createMock(SubjectStateBridge.class);
    final PauseTime mockSubjectPauseTime = EasyMock.createMock(PauseTime.class);
    final ResourceMetric mockSubjectResourceMetric = EasyMock.createMock(ResourceMetric.class);

    final GroningenParamsOrBuilder mockGroningenParams =
        EasyMock.createMock(GroningenParamsOrBuilder.class);
    final ProgramConfiguration programConfiguration =
        ProgramConfiguration.newBuilder().buildPartial();
    final Subject mockSubjectAssociatedSubject = EasyMock.createMock(Subject.class);
    final long expId = 142L;
    final int subjectAIndex = 1;
    final String subjectServingAddress = "some/network:address";
    final double latencyWeight = 2D;
    final double latencyScore = 8D;
    final double thruputWeight = 0D;
    final double thruputScore = 2D;
    final double memWeight = 5D;
    final double memScore = 20D;
    final Boolean subjectIsInvalid = null;
    final double subjectFitness = 0D;

    /* logSubjectInExperiment */
    EasyMock.expect(mockEventLoggerService.getLogger()).andReturn(mockEventLogger);
    EasyMock.expect(mockExperiment.getIdOfObject()).andReturn(expId);

    /* composeEvent */
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubject.getPauseTime()).andReturn(mockSubjectPauseTime);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubject.getResourceMetric()).andReturn(mockSubjectResourceMetric);

    EasyMock.expect(mockGroningenConfig.getParamBlock()).andReturn(mockGroningenParams);
    EasyMock.expect(mockGroningenParams.getLatencyWeight()).andReturn(latencyWeight).atLeastOnce();
    EasyMock.expect(mockGroningenParams.getThroughputWeight()).andReturn(thruputWeight)
        .atLeastOnce();
    EasyMock.expect(mockGroningenParams.getMemoryWeight()).andReturn(memWeight).atLeastOnce();
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubjectPauseTime.computeScore(PauseTime.ScoreType.LATENCY))
        .andReturn(latencyScore);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubjectPauseTime.computeScore(PauseTime.ScoreType.THROUGHPUT))
        .andReturn(thruputScore);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubjectResourceMetric.computeScore(ResourceMetric.ScoreType.MEMORY))
        .andReturn(memScore);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubject.getAssociatedSubject()).andReturn(mockSubjectAssociatedSubject)
        .atLeastOnce();
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubjectAssociatedSubject.getServingAddress())
        .andReturn(subjectServingAddress).atLeastOnce();

    EasyMock.expect(mockSubject.isInvalid()).andReturn(subjectIsInvalid);
    EasyMock.expect(mockGroningenConfig.getProtoConfig()).andReturn(programConfiguration);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubject.getPauseTime()).andReturn(mockSubjectPauseTime);
    EasyMock.expect(mockSubjectPauseTime.getPauseDurations()).andReturn(Lists.newArrayList(1D));

    /* back in logSubjectInExperiment */
    mockEventLogger.logProtoEntry(EasyMock.isA(Event.EventEntry.class));
    EasyMock.expectLastCall();

    EasyMock.replay(mockExperiment);
    EasyMock.replay(mockSubject);
    EasyMock.replay(mockSubjectPauseTime);
    EasyMock.replay(mockSubjectResourceMetric);
    EasyMock.replay(mockGroningenConfig);
    EasyMock.replay(mockGroningenParams);
    EasyMock.replay(mockSubjectAssociatedSubject);
    EasyMock.replay(mockEventLoggerService);
    EasyMock.replay(mockEventLogger);

    protoLogger.logSubjectInExperiment(mockGroningenConfig, mockExperiment, mockSubject);

    EasyMock.verify(mockEventLoggerService);
    EasyMock.verify(mockExperiment);
    EasyMock.verify(mockSubject);
    EasyMock.verify(mockSubjectPauseTime);
    EasyMock.verify(mockSubjectResourceMetric);
    EasyMock.verify(mockGroningenConfig);
    EasyMock.verify(mockGroningenParams);
    EasyMock.verify(mockSubjectAssociatedSubject);
    EasyMock.verify(mockEventLoggerService);
    EasyMock.verify(mockEventLogger);
  }
}


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Each day I read a poem from Coleman Barks' very excellent collection, A Year With Rumi. Thanks to my friend Fareed for suggesting this to me when I first began recovery three years ago.
I wrote an essay a couple of years ago expressing my views and feelings towards Veterans Day. I still hold those sentiments in my mind and soul as true.
At the end of my essay I emplaced Siegfried Sassoon's World War One poem Suicide in the Trenches; which I vowed to read each Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day as Sassoon's contemporaries, festooned with poppies on their lapels and overwhelmed by much dead in the ground and in their memories, would establish to mark the war to end all wars….
War and its primary companion, suffering, may take possession of your life, but by no means does war need to be in permanent claim of your mind and soul, by no means does war need to be the victor. Through love, through mercy and though kindness your soul and your mind may find forgiveness in yourself, and this, which is a process and a journey, is often enabled and emboldened by the grace of a stranger.
Such a stranger sent me a poem. The life war takes away, love, and its acts, can restore.
Now she snaps her wings open and floats away.
So now I have two poems to read each Veterans Day. One to ensure those who have suffered never leave my purpose and my life, and the second, to remind me that this is my purpose and that this is my life.
A veteran and counselor in upstate NY sent me this video he made as part of his outreach to help veterans and service members as they struggle with their own personal issues and sufferings inside their heads and souls from war.
It is this type of outreach, this type of effort, that serves to assist veterans in finding help, alleviating their suffering and regaining their lives.


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