This week, our has been focused on delivering valuable information about safety for rideshare drivers and riders. Safety is something that should be considered on both sides of the ridesharing relationship and at every stage of the driving process.
Whether you're trying to decide how to get a safe and qualified car for driving, making sure you have a holistic understanding of the app, or you're just wanting to know the legality of ridesharing around the world, we've got the answers you're looking for.
Does Ridesharing Reduce Drunk Driving?
A study conducted by Christopher Morrison, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Injury Science Center, is inconclusive. The study focused on just four cities, Reno, Las Vegas, Portland and San Antonio. Those cities were selected because they were cities where Uber had operated for a time, was kicked out and then reinstated.
CBS News reports that Morrison was unable to find any meaningful correlation between the presence of ridesharing services and the number of accidents involving alcohol or drugs. Morrison speculates that it is because there are many other factors, including how the people of each city use transportation differently, that were not taken into account for the study.
It seems Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and common sense have the best answer. While there may not be a study that correlates a reduction in drunk driving accidents with the availability of ridesharing services, their presence surely can't hurt. Amy George, a senior vice president of MADD says ridesharing services make it "easier than ever to make the safe choice to not drink and drive." And anything that makes it easier, is a good thing.
Once again Uber is caught doing something shady but as always they had an explanation. They were caught using a secret backdoor into Apple's iOS that gave them the ability to record everything that could be seen on the screen.
Apple expert and jailbreak author Luca Todesco told ZDNet that it was an "extremely dangerous use case." He said, "it's the equivalent of giving keylogging ability to apps." Keylogging is the ability of an app to record every keystroke, tap and mouse click, made by a computer user. Keylogging apps are generally used as spy software or to gain access to one's usernames and passwords. This ability would give Uber unprecedented access to every iPhone Uber user's personal computer usage and data.
Will Strafach, a security researcher who discovered this week that Uber had been granted this private app permission by Apple, says that to his knowledge, Uber is the only third-party app that Apple had given this access to. So, it's a mystery as to why Apple gave Uber access and it's a mystery what Uber did with it.
Uber claims they had a legitimate purpose. They say early Apple watches were not able to render a GPS map, so they used this screen recording capability to fetch the map on the user's iPhone and then draw the map onto the user's watch.
No one has reported any evidence that Uber did anything underhanded with its unprecedented access to iPhone users' screens. Obviously the potential was there, but so far there is no allegation that it was used.
Just What Does Uber Know About Its Drivers?
The above story brings up the question of what exactly Uber knows about its drivers. Drivers have long speculated that Uber might access their camera or microphone through the app and listen in or watch them when they have passengers in the car. As far-fetched as that seems, perhaps it's becoming a little less far-fetched as we discover that they had access to the screens of every Apple user who used their app.
Ridester has obtained evidence from a New York driver this week that Uber accesses and tracks the built-in gyroscope. This is something that was already known because Uber sends drivers "acceleration", "braking" and "speed" reports through the app. However, this driver sent in a screenshot of a message he received on the driver app telling him his phone was not in a holder. It then urged him to put the phone in a holder for the safety of his riders. He was walking to his car with the phone in his hand.
What may be just as scary as what Uber actually accesses, is how they interpret the information they receive. They assumed he was driving dangerously with his phone out of a holder and apparently didn't consider the possibility that he wasn't in his car at all. A wrong interpretation of data can be just as dangerous as accessing private data.
Lyft has added live driver phone support, in an attempt to keep up with Uber's 180 Days of Change. Uber added the same feature a few weeks ago. They have also added a "Call Me" button and promise that drivers will be called back within two minutes.
The question now is, how good will their support be? Uber drivers are complaining that Uber's new phone support isn't helpful because the call centers are located in foreign countries and the support people have a good deal of trouble understanding drivers' questions.
Those words were zapped from Otto's head of HR to Anthony Lewandowski, the man at the center of Google's lawsuit against Uber for allegedly stealing its intellectual property (IP) on autonomous vehicles.
Otto is the name of the company Lewandowski founded in May, 2016 for the purpose of building the first self-driving truck. It is also the company at the center of the Waymo v. Uber lawsuit.
Uber purchased Otto form Lewandowsky for nearly $700 million – in July, 2016 – just two months after Otto was founded.
Otto's founder, Anthony Lewandowsky, had previously been the co-founder and technical lead on Google's self-driving car project, (now called Waymo). And take note of this: he wasn't just some guy who worked for Google's autonomous car division, he was the co-founder and tech lead of it! As such, he had access to all the key documents and designs for the program. And he had saved tens of thousands of those documents on various computers, phones and hard drives.
He and Travis Kalanick, co-founder and then CEO of Uber, met clandestinely in-person several times over a period of weeks prior to Uber's purchase of Lewandowsky's company. Each meeting is described as lasting many hours.
To a casual observer, it would appear obvious that Kalanick well-knew what knowledge and information Lewandowski could bring to his new position as head of Uber's autonomous car division. It seems clear that that's why Kalanick was willing to spend the better part of a billion dollars to purchase Lewandowski's two-month-old startup. (By the way, if you've wondered how Uber could be losing so much money, this is a big part of it).
But, the courts are anything but casual observers, so Waymo's lawsuit against Uber will drag on. Waymo claims Uber knew about the IP Lewandowski was in possession of and that they had plans to use it in the building of their autonomous cars. Uber says, no way they knew anything about it at all. And that is the essence of this lawsuit.
The latest on this lawsuit is that Google has acquired an overwhelming amount of new information in recent discovery. Namely, they have obtained the "due diligence" report that Uber conducted on Lewandowski and Otto, before acquiring Otto and naming Lewandowski the head of Uber's autonomous car project. That report contains damning information and shows that Uber had to know beforehand exactly what they were getting.
The crux of this case is not whether Lewandowski took IP files from Google. He did. The issue is whether Uber was aware of it. The due-diligence report shows pretty strong evidence that they did. That is why Google has asked the court for an extension of time so they can go through all the new documents before proceeding on to the next step in the case.
Check out this week's content to discover how you can make ridesharing the safest and smartest choice every time you drive.
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So, How Good Is This Team? The Pitching
We are now 43 games into the regular season, so it's a good time to check in and see how the team is doing. In my previous post, I examined the offense. Now it's time to evaluate the pitching staff.
As a whole, the Twins have pitched pretty well so far this year. Sure, the starters have had a few rough outings (especially on the last road trip), but their 4.07 xFIP is the second-best in the American League, behind only Tampa Bay's 4.04 (The Yankees and Red Sox? 4.25 and 4.37, respectively. So yeah, the Twins have actually pitched better than New York and Boston so far). And while it seems the starting rotation has issued a lot of walks this year, their 3.08 K/BB ratio is the best in the American League, and it should be noted that walk rates in general are up a bit this year (the league-average BB/9 rate is 3.55). There isn't anything in their peripherals to suggest that the starters are pitching above their heads, either. Their 4.23 team ERA is close enough to their xFIP, their 9.6 HR/FB rate is right around league average, they're striking out hitters at a good 6.51 K/9 clip, and their 2.12 BB/9 rate is the best in the AL. So, barring any injuries, this looks like a really good starting rotation, one that could even win a few postseason games. I'll look at each starter individually and evaluate the bullpen's performance, after the jump.
Here's each starter's performance to date, in a handy-dandy table form:
IP ERA xFIP K/BB HR/FB fWAR
Francisco Liriano 52.2 3.25 3.36 3.06 4.3 1.7
Carl Pavano 50.1 4.11 3.72 5.14 9.1 1.0
Nick Blackburn 54.0 4.50 5.12 1.15 11.8 0.0
Kevin Slowey 49.2 4.53 4.66 2.92 9.6 0.5
Scott Baker 55.1 4.88 3.70 3.92 10.6 1.0
First of all, holy crap has Francisco Liriano improved. Last year, F-Bomb was battling Glen Perkins for the "Worst Starter in the Rotation" crown. He suffered from a lack of control, as well as arm injuries, and finished the season with a 5.80 ERA, 4.57 xFIP, and 1.88 K/BB ratio. Really, the only thing Liriano did consistently was issue walks, with a 4.28 BB/9 ratio, and give up home runs, with a 12.5 homerun/flyball rate. This year has been a completely different story. Liriano's control has been very good, with a 2.91BB/9 ratio, and his strikeout rate has improved to 8.89 K/9 (from 8.03 last year). He's also been getting a lot more groundballs (his GB/FB rate has improved from 0.94 to 1.52), which has decreased his HR/FB rate rate significantly. Liriano also seems to have gained his arm strength back. The average velocity on his fastball is up to 93.6, and he has better command of the pitch as well. He's also done a better job mixing in his pitches, throwing his slider more (31.9% compared to just 26.7% last year) and his fastball a little less (51.4%, down from 56.3% last year).
Pavano has proved to be one of the Twins' best mid-season acquisitions yet. Yes, he finished with a 5.10 ERA last year, but his peripherals showed he was pitching much better than that, suffering from a poor defense behind him in Cleveland (his ERA with Minnesota was 4.64). His 3.72 xFIP and 3.77 K/BB ratio were very good, and, at 3.7 wins above replacement (according to Fangraphs), Pavano was the best starter in the rotation. Pavano is off to a great start once again, though his ERA is a bit inflated after he got roughed up in Toronto. He's been particularly stingy about issuing walks, with a league-leading 1.25 BB/9 rate, though as Fetch noted in an earlier post, that isn't always such a good thing. His tendency to throw a mediocre fastball down the heart of the plate sometimes has disastrous results, like in Toronto and against Prince Fielder and Corey Hart. However, given the premium placed on even decent starting pitching, Pavano's $7 million deal looks to be a bargain so far (say it with me now: provided the 34 year-old can remain healthy).
Nick Blackburn, well, I've given up on trying to predict what Blackbeard will do. He got off to a terrible start, but he seems to have gained the movement back on his fastball and appears to be settling in nicely. After going 1-1 with a 6.85 ERA in his first four starts, he's gone 4-0 with a 2.67 ERA in his last four. His K/BB ratio has improved from 0.88 to 1.60, mostly because his walk rate has dropped from 3.04 BB/9 to 1.48. So, Blackburn should start turning in his typical workman-like 7-inning, 2-strikeout, 1-walk, 8-hit, 3-run performances again.
Speaking of workhorses, look who is leading the team in innings pitched. You know, for all of the crap Scott Baker takes about not pitching deep into ballgames, he's averaged 171.8 innings a year since 2007. Which, you know, is pretty close to the league-average. I don't know why people rag on Timothy Scott so much, except maybe they expect him to be better than he is. Maybe it's the organization's fault for making him the Opening Day starter two years in a row (which they did because, well, they didn't really have anybody else) and people therefore expect him to pitch like an ace. That isn't fair, Baker just isn't that good of a pitcher and he never will be. But most teams would love to have someone that solid and dependable in the rotation, especially for 4 years and $15.25 million.
Of course, not everyone in the rotation is having a good season: Kevin Slowey is not right. His walk rate is way up, to 2.36 BB/9 from his career pinpoint 1.53. His strikeout rate is down a bit too, to 6.89 K/9 from 7.36, though it's still pretty average. Slowey expressed concern about his surgically repaired wrist before spring training:
"I don't know that I'm going to ever feel the same like I did before. But that's OK. You know, I've got two screws in my wrist. So I shouldn't expect to feel like I felt before. … I hope that things go well. I expect to go out and compete. If things don't go the way I want them to, it won't be because of any lack of preparation or lack of effort."
It's possible the surgery, which involved inserting a couple of screws into his wrist, is affecting his control. Whether Slowey will ever fully recover remains to be seen.
As for the bullpen, they've actually pitched pretty well, too (save for the occasional Crainwreck meltdown, of course). I'm not going to go through all of the relievers individually, but as a group the 'pen has a 3.34 ERA, 4.29 xFIP, and 2.34 K/BB ratio. Jon Rauch has served as a perfectly competent fill-in for Joe Nathan, though he pitches to contact more than I would like (his xFIP is 4.05, compared to Twitchy's tidy 3.11). His strikeout rate is quite a bit lower than Twitchy's too: 6.88 K/9 compared to 9.43. Still, he doesn't walk many batters (0nly 1.89 per nine innings) and he does have 2.65 ERA, so it's hard to complain much about his performance. Matt Guerrier has been his typical reliable self, with a 1.80 ERA, 4.37 xFIP, and 2.17 K/BB ration (though I'm not sure if I'd expect that ERA to hold up, considering his HR/FB rate is much lower than normal, even though his GB/FB rate and other peripherals are all around his career averages). Jesse Crain has been his typical inconsistent self, but I've already covered Crain in more depth here. Perhaps the biggest surprise in the bullpen has been Alex Burnett. After being called up to replace the injured Clay Condrey, then sent down in favor of Ron Mahay, then recalled again to replace the injured Jose Mijares, Burnett has been a solid reliever. Of course, reliever stats over such a tiny sample size of 22 innings should always be taken with a grain of salt, but Burnett has a 2.86 ERA, 4.05 xFIP, though his 1.73 K/BB ratio could certainly be better (This is likely due to his sky-high 4.50 BB/9 rate, which may or may not regress to the mean over a larger sample size. Burnett didn't exactly possess pinpoint control in the minors).
So, there you have it. This team has a good offense, a very good pitching staff, and a solid bullpen. It is probably the most complete team the Twins have fielded in the past ten years, though whether it is good enough to win a postseason series, or even make the postseason for that matter, obviously remains to be seen. Hey, even PECOTA thinks this team will win at least 90 games, so barring any major injuries or other disasters, it should definitely be a fun squad to watch.

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Nation leading program to help return international students
Message to staff
Message to staff from Professor Grady Venville, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) on 22 June 2020
Last week, ANU and the University of Canberra (UC) launched a nation-leading joint pilot program that will see a small cohort of continuing international students safely return to Canberra, and paves the way for international students to begin returning to campus in the future.
The plan will see a charter flight carrying up to 350 students arrive at Canberra Airport in July for semester two, with returning students quarantined in hotels for a fortnight before returning to campus. The ACT Government has approved the pilot, and the Prime Minister has recognised the proposal. This work is the culmination of many hours of hard work and careful planning between ANU, UC and the ACT Government. It is a demonstration of our national leadership role.
This is an exciting development for our community. It means our students who have been studying remotely overseas for semester one will receive the distinctive on campus experience and education we are known for the world over. Throughout this pandemic, we have worked hard as a University to keep all our students engaged with their studies - and the vast majority of them have. This comes down to the incredible dedication of our academic and professional staff, and our students. I am proud of all that we have achieved over the last semester.
I want to stress that this pilot has been put together with our students' best interests in mind. As the students who return are already enrolled at ANU, this is not a program that will generate income for the University. It is about making sure our students continue to receive the high-quality learning experience that attracted them to ANU and Canberra in the first place. And of course, we all as a community stand to benefit by having many of our students return to campus. Canberra is Australia's knowledge capital, and our international students are a vital part of this. We are a more vibrant place with their presence. For many of our students, Canberra has become home. So, it is wonderful to know that we have a pathway for them to begin returning home. Our entire community has missed them and we cannot wait to welcome them back.
While the operational details of the pilot are still being finalised with our partners, including the arrangement for students to apply to return, there are a number of key elements that will shape the program:
Pilot participants will all be continuing students who have previously studied in Canberra but had their return delayed due to COVID-19, with priority being given to students studying research or postgraduate courses, honours students and those in the final year of their undergraduate degree.
Students will come from a range of countries.
The decision on potential airline carriers and airports will be based on strict health and safety as well as practical travel considerations.
Students will be in supervised quarantine in hotels for 14 days when they arrive in the ACT and before returning back into the campus and wider community.
Strict protocols will be in place for the students' pre-departure health checks, fights, transfers and supervised quarantine.
Now that we have the 'green light' for the program we will inform our eligible students of these details as soon as we can.
We will also learn from the pilot. As a pilot program, we will have reviews and safety checks along the way to ensure the health of the entire ANU community, the wider ACT population and returning students. As always, the safety and wellbeing of our community is our highest priority. From these lessons, we will look to build on the pilot and roll out this program more widely if it continues to be safe and appropriate.
We also start from an incredibly strong base. The ACT has already overseen repatriation flights into Canberra Airport with passengers safely transferred to hotels and quarantined with the supervision of local authorities. Fortunately, here in Canberra our continued vigilance against the coronavirus means will are well placed to start welcoming people from our community back to our community. And we will continue to be vigilant.
We also understand that this may be a difficult time for these students returning to study in Canberra, so we will be doing everything we can to ensure their health and wellbeing is looked after. During quarantine students will be provided with medical assistance, wellbeing packages and mental health assistance. This is a chance for our students to prepare for semester two and all the excitement and opportunity being at ANU provides them.
I want to thank everything involved in the successful launch of this pilot, and I look forward to its continued success. This year has been incredibly challenging for all of us. It has not gone as we initially planned. Nothing has been normal. This is one step - one important step - in returning to the ANU life we all love and know.
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New Mining Bill to Introduce Licenses for Sand Exploration
The Parliamentary committee on Environment and Natural Resources has started scrutinizing the Mining and Minerals Bill, 2021, that among others seeks to introduce licenses for exploration of building substances such as sand, murram, clay and others.
The Mining and Minerals Bill, 202 that was read for the first time on 18, November, 2021 seeks to repeal the Mining Act, 2003 to strengthen institutional structures for effective management of mineral subsector, promote transparency of mining operations and create an enabling environment for attracting investments among others.
While presenting the Bill before the Natural resources committee, the Minister of State for Minerals, said that the new bill will ensure protection of mineral resources and the environment and ensure that revenues generated from the mining sector are managed in a fair and transparent manner in support of Uganda's sustainable development.
The Bill under clause 27 seeks to introduce the acquisition of licenses for building substances such as sand, murram, aggregate and clay etc, exploited for commercial purposes. Under Article 244 of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, but Parliament has the mandate to regulate the exploitation of such substances.
According to Minister Lokeris, whereas building substances are not regarded as minerals in accordance with the Constitution, the new Bill will now require a person seeking to explore or mine or dispose of any building substance for commercial purposes to acquire a quarry license. The Minister said that the proposal has been approved by cabinet.
"Where these buidling substances are exploited for individual use then you do not need to pay anything, but if a person is exploiting sand on a large scale then it should be taxed because he is selling it to others," Lokeris said.
The Bill among others seeks to introduce the production sharing agreement system, set up a National Mining Company to handle the State's commercial interests in the mining subsector and establish the Mineral Protection Force within the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines (DGSM) to protect minerals against malpractices and enforce compliance.
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Sonita: A film about an Afghan rapper is the most modern of fairytales
This week, the Human Rights Watch Film Festival will bring some of the world's most moving films to the big screen. But should we feel guilty for enjoying them?
By India Bourke
(Photo By Still from film 'Sonita')
"Like other girls I'm caged and confined, kept like a sheep on which you would dine," raps 18 year-old Sonita from Herat, Afghanistan, the star of a new hit documentary at the London Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
Sonita's story is the most modern of fairytales. Over three years filming in Iran and Afghanistan, we witness our protagonist snatched from the jaws of war, destitution and an oppressive (if well-meaning) family, and delivered into the arms of her own American dream. Except, instead of a prince, Sonita longs for a recording contract; and instead of a scary stepmother, she faces forced marriage and Sharia law's restrictions on female artists.
Her mum is set against the scheme. She is desperate for her daughter to avoid scandal and to get married, so that her brother, in turn, can afford to buy a wife. But Sonita hopes for more: "I'm sure, when my song is released, things will change just a little." And, at least for her, they change a lot.
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In Sonita, director Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami makes these questions a part of the film itself. She records her own struggle to gain Sonita's trust, and then personally intervenes to save her from a wedding she doesn't want.
Ghaemmaghami meets the aspiring rapper in Tehran, where she lives as an undocumented asylum seeker and dreams of stardom whilst struggling to make the rent. From here unfolds a relationship that travels from the transactional to the trusting.
More than happy to perform for the camera in public, Sonita is initially reserved during filming inside her tiny flat. When Ghaemmaghami gets too personal – "Have you ever been in love?" she asks – Sonita is quick to evade, asking instead if she can hold the camera. Another time she switches the bedroom light off altogether.
Wary and gaurded, Sonita's is a generation familiar with the vagary of media power. Be it Hollywood or Herat, a rap video can raise you up as easily as a home movie can spell humiliation. So the director looks like she's got a tough job on her hands – until Sonita's estranged mother arrives from Afghanistan, demanding she earn the family $9,000 by marrying an older man.
Suddenly the dynamic shifts. Sonita now needs Ghaemmaghami as more than just a filmmaker; she needs an ally, an advocate and a source of funds. In a staged shot, looking up at the camera from the corner of the room, Sonita suggests that Ghaemmaghami pay her family instead, at least long enough for her to finish making the planned rap song.
That you shouldn't pay protagonists is an unwritten law of documentary filmmaking, and one Ghaemmaghami thinks twice before breaking. Not least since she risks endorsing the very monestisation of marriage that has Sonita entrapped. Ending this expectation would improve life for countless girls, in a way that one fairy-godmother filmmaker never could.
Yet Ghaemmaghami's money is the silver slipper that saves the day. Sonita shall go to the ball/ finish her rap-video. And, in turn, she welcomes the camera fully into her world. From now on we are witness to Sonita's most intimate moments: her frustration, her joy and her tough resolve.
It's a feel-good finale but one which the filmmaker's own journey makes clear is also a messy, compromised solution. Many questions are left unanswered: what will happen to Sonita's younger sisters? Or other young women in their position? Will it really make a wider impact?
Few documentary films ever make a measurable and immediate difference to the issues they address ( Blackfish and The Invisible War being a few of the heartening exceptions). The best many can do, in the words of Maya Angelou, is help end "the agony of bearing an untold story inside of you". In helping us see this truth, as well as its inadequacy, Sonita goes one step further.
India Bourke
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Privacy Policy for Spandex World
Business, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), refers to the Company as the legal entity that collects Consumers' personal information and determines the purposes and means of the processing of Consumers' personal information, or on behalf of which such information is collected and that alone, or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of consumers' personal information, that does business in the State of California.
Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Spandex World, Inc., 48-41 Van Dam Street Long Island City, NY 11101 .
For the purpose of the GDPR, the Company is the Data Controller.
Data Controller, for the purposes of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), refers to the Company as the legal person which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data.
Facebook Fan Page is a public profile named Spandex World Facebook Page specifically created by the Company on the Facebook social network, accessible from https://www.facebook.com/spandexworld
For the purposes for GDPR, Personal Data means any information relating to You such as a name, an identification number, location data, online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity.
For the purposes of the CCPA, Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes or is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with You.
Sale, for the purpose of the CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), means selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a Consumer's personal information to another business or a third party for monetary or other valuable consideration.
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used. For the purpose of the GDPR, Service Providers are considered Data Processors.
Website refers to Spandex World, accessible from https://spandexworld.com
Under GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), You can be referred to as the Data Subject or as the User as you are the individual using the Service.
To deliver targeted advertising to You: We may use Your information to develop and display content and advertising (and work with third-party vendors who do so) tailored to Your interests and/or location and to measure its effectiveness.
With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to advertise on third party websites to You after You visited our Service, for payment processing, to contact You.
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.livechat.com/legal/privacy-policy/
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.authorize.net/company/privacy/
The Company uses remarketing services to advertise to You after You accessed or visited our Service. We and Our third-party vendors use cookies and non-cookie technologies to help Us recognize Your Device and understand how You use our Service so that We can improve our Service to reflect Your interests and serve You advertisements that are likely to be of more interest to You.
These third-party vendors collect, store, use, process and transfer information about Your activity on Our Service in accordance with their Privacy Policies and to enable Us to:
Measure and analyze traffic and browsing activity on Our Service
Show advertisements for our products and/or services to You on third-party websites or apps
Measure and analyze the performance of Our advertising campaigns
Some of these third-party vendors may use non-cookie technologies that may not be impacted by browser settings that block cookies. Your browser may not permit You to block such technologies. You can use the following third-party tools to decline the collection and use of information for the purpose of serving You interest-based advertising:
The NAI's opt-out platform: http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
The EDAA's opt-out platform http://www.youronlinechoices.com/
The DAA's opt-out platform: http://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN
You may opt-out of all personalized advertising by enabling privacy features on Your mobile device such as Limit Ad Tracking (iOS) and Opt Out of Ads Personalization (Android). See Your mobile device Help system for more information.
We may share information, such as hashed email addresses (if available) or other online identifiers collected on Our Service with these third-party vendors. This allows Our third-party vendors to recognize and deliver You ads across devices and browsers. To read more about the technologies used by these third-party vendors and their cross-device capabilities please refer to the Privacy Policy of each vendor listed below.
The third-party vendors We use are:
Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customise the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads
Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout - for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.
To opt-out from Facebook's interest-based ads, follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217
Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.
For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
Consent: You have given Your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with You and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect Your vital interests or of another natural person.
Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.
In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
Your Rights under the GDPR
The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee You can exercise Your rights.
You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are within the EU, to:
Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.
Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights
You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.
Data Controller for the Facebook Fan Page
The Company is the Data Controller of Your Personal Data collected while using the Service. As operator of the Facebook Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/spandexworld, the Company and the operator of the social network Facebook are Joint Controllers.
The Company has entered into agreements with Facebook that define the terms for use of the Facebook Fan Page, among other things. These terms are mostly based on the Facebook Terms of Service: https://www.facebook.com/terms.php
Visit the Facebook Privacy Policy https://www.facebook.com/policy.php for more information about how Facebook manages Personal data or contact Facebook online, or by mail: Facebook, Inc. ATTN, Privacy Operations, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States.
We use the Facebook Insights function in connection with the operation of the Facebook Fan Page and on the basis of the GDPR, in order to obtain anonymized statistical data about Our users.
For this purpose, Facebook places a Cookie on the device of the user visiting Our Facebook Fan Page. Each Cookie contains a unique identifier code and remains active for a period of two years, except when it is deleted before the end of this period.
Facebook receives, records and processes the information stored in the Cookie, especially when the user visits the Facebook services, services that are provided by other members of the Facebook Fan Page and services by other companies that use Facebook services.
For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook Privacy Policy here: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Examples: A real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, account name, driver's license number, passport number, or other similar identifiers.
Collected: Yes.
Category B: Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)).
Examples: A name, signature, Social Security number, physical characteristics or description, address, telephone number, passport number, driver's license or state identification card number, insurance policy number, education, employment, employment history, bank account number, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information, medical information, or health insurance information. Some personal information included in this category may overlap with other categories.
Category C: Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law.
Examples: Age (40 years or older), race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, religion or creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sex (including gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy or childbirth and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, veteran or military status, genetic information (including familial genetic information).
Collected: No.
Category D: Commercial information.
Examples: Records and history of products or services purchased or considered.
Category E: Biometric information.
Examples: Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, or activity patterns used to extract a template or other identifier or identifying information, such as, fingerprints, faceprints, and voiceprints, iris or retina scans, keystroke, gait, or other physical patterns, and sleep, health, or exercise data.
Category F: Internet or other similar network activity.
Examples: Interaction with our Service or advertisement.
Examples: Approximate physical location.
Category H: Sensory data.
Examples: Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information.
Category I: Professional or employment-related information.
Examples: Current or past job history or performance evaluations.
Category J: Non-public education information (per the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g, 34 C.F.R. Part 99)).
Examples: Education records directly related to a student maintained by an educational institution or party acting on its behalf, such as grades, transcripts, class lists, student schedules, student identification codes, student financial information, or student disciplinary records.
Examples: Profile reflecting a person's preferences, characteristics, psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities, and aptitudes.
Information excluded from the CCPA's scope, such as:
Personal Information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994
From Service Providers. For example, third-party vendors to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, third-party vendors to deliver targeted advertising to You, third-party vendors for payment processing, or other third-party vendors that We use to provide the Service to You.
We may use or disclose personal information We collect for "business purposes" or "commercial purposes" (as defined under the CCPA), which may include the following examples:
Please note that the examples provided above are illustrative and not intended to be exhaustive. For more details on how we use this information, please refer to the "Use of Your Personal Data" section.
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
We do not sell the personal information of Consumers. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors under the age of 16 through our Service, although certain third party websites that we link to may do so. These third-party websites have their own terms of use and privacy policies and we encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children's Internet usage and instruct their children to never provide information on other websites without their permission.
If we have disclosed Your personal information for a business purpose, We will disclose to You:
Engage in public or peer-reviewed scientific, historical, or statistical research in the public interest that adheres to all other applicable ethics and privacy laws, when the information's deletion may likely render impossible or seriously impair the research's achievement, if You previously provided informed consent.
The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your consumer's rights, including by:
By visiting this page on our website: https://spandexworld.com/contact-us
Any disclosures We provide will only cover the 12-month period preceding the verifiable request's receipt.
We do not sell personal information to third parties. However, The Service Providers we partner with (for example, our analytics or advertising partners) may use technology on the Service that sells personal information as defined by the CCPA law. If you wish to opt-out of the use of Your personal information for interest-based advertising purposes and these potential sales as defined under CCPA law, you may do so by following the instructions below. Please note that any opt-out is specific to the browser You use. You may need to opt-out on every browser that You use.
"Opt out of Interest-Based Ads" or "Opt out of Ads Personalization" on Android devices
"Limit Ad Tracking" on iOS devices
"Do Not Track" Policy as Required by California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
Your California Privacy Rights (California's Shine the Light law)
Under California Civil Code Section 1798 (California's Shine the Light law), California residents with an established business relationship with us can request information once a year about sharing their Personal Data with third parties for the third parties' direct marketing purposes.
If you'd like to request more information under the California Shine the Light law, and if You are a California resident, You can contact Us using the contact information provided below.


Before getting started, IIFYM would like to point out that pre-workout supplements are not for everyone and can have serious side effects to your overall health if not used as directed. IIFYM recommends that you consult with your doctor before using any pre-workout supplements. Also, IIFYM does not support the use of pre-workout supplements to anyone under the age of 18.
With that said, if you are looking to start tracking macros, click here for our macro calculator!
We live in a world where we expect to feel something when we use pre-workout supplements. If you don't feel some sort of energy, tingly sensation, or mental focus, then we consider it a terrible product. Yet, what many of us find out is that these pre-workout supplements also have some drawbacks—specifically, side effects.
At IIFYM, we want you to understand not only your nutrition but how things work and potential consequences (especially if abused). Pre-workout supplements are no exception. Some of us swear by pre-workout supplements and can't work out without them.
Then on the flip side, we have people who never use pre-workout supplements and they have amazing workouts. The choice is ultimately yours in the direction you care to go, IIFYM family.
On the IIFYM website, we really don't dabble in pre-workout supplements. In fact, if you did a search, there's less than a handful that we have mentioned on the site. So, in an effort to bring you information on topics you care about, let's dig into the topic of some potential side effects and how to avoid them when it comes to pre-workout supplements.
Have you ever looked at the label of your pre-workout supplements? You should. What you find on the back might give you a good indication if the product is for you or not—especially if you use your pre-workout supplements for a night-time training session and they contain stimulants.
In general, pre-workout supplements are slammed with caffeine. I'm not talking about a couple of cups of coffee worth, I mean anywhere from 200-400mg of caffeine per serving.
Sure, the caffeine in the pre-workout supplements will help give you energy throughout your workout due to it activating epinephrine and norepinephrine in the body, but if taken at night, it will also cause you to lay in bed staring at your ceiling.
So how can this be combated if you plan on getting a good night's sleep? The half-life (how long it lasts) of caffeine is anywhere from three to five hours. With that being said, if you plan on hopping into bed around 11 pm, you shouldn't take your pre-workout supplements after 6 pm or they might affect your sleep.
The good news is, everyone metabolizes caffeine at different rates, so in this instance, you might be able to get away with using your pre-workout supplements as late as 8 pm.
However, if you metabolize it extremely slowly, you might still be feeling the effects of the stimulant from a lunchtime workout. You could also lower the dose/serving size of your pre-workout supplements so the effects aren't as drastic as a full serving, which could allow it to exit your system faster.
Don't forget about post workout nutrition after your workout. If you would like information on how to set that up for maximal results, IIFYM has some great programs to get you on track to making progress through proper nutrition.
Ah yes, the runs. Something we at IIFYM would hate to see any of you have. Yet, it happens with certain pre-workout supplements. This can happen for a number of reasons, but most people will find the issue arising from two things in particular.
The first one is some specific ingredients used in the products that can have a laxative effect on sensitive systems that send you to the toilet fairly quickly after slamming down the pre-workout supplements.
These ingredients include high dosages of the following: sodium bicarbonate, magnesium, taurine, arginine, Yohimbe, creatine, and caffeine. But more times than not, it comes down to how you use the product.
A problem in the supplement industry is that sometimes you have people creating pre-workout supplements without truly knowing how they work in the body and how they are absorbed. For instance, and this is the second issue we were talking about above, how much water you use to mix up your favorite pre-workout supplements.
Many call for you to mix your powder with around 8 ounces of water and more times than not, this isn't enough. This can cause a paste to form in your gut.
What then happens is your body will pull water out of your cells to break down the paste and due to osmosis, that water ends up passing through the intestinal wall and when too much water enters, it causes the runs.
A simple fix to the above would be to use more water the next time you use your pre-workout supplements. If you pick up something new and find following the directions on the label had you running to the toilet, next time add more water.
IIFYM also recommends that you drink water during your workout as well. If you drink water throughout the day and consistently, you might not even show any signs of gastrointestinal issues when following the directions. It's truly a case by case and person by person basis.
It goes without saying that the above (diarrhea) goes hand in hand with dehydration. Certain ingredients in pre-workout supplements can pull water and excrete it causing dehydration.
Some ingredients are put in to do this on purpose (for instance if it has a blend to help with weight loss or included as a diuretic) while others, when consumed in high doses, can cause dehydration.
IIFYM always recommends consuming water throughout the day, even when you aren't thirsty. If you find after taking any pre-workout supplements that you are urinating more than normal, be sure to replenish what is lost by grabbing some water.
When exercising, not only do you sweat and lose water, but the water being shuttled to your muscles, especially if creatine is present in the pre-workout supplements, it's pulling water from other areas of the body to flood those working muscles. This can cause dehydration depending on the severity. Again, be sure to drink plenty of water to prevent this side effect.
If you're following along you can see how some of the side effects mentioned in this IIFYM article involving pre-workout supplements are tied together. The side effect of a headache is no different. When your body becomes dehydrated such as in the example above, it can cause a headache. Your brain is surrounded by a sack full of fluid. When dehydration occurs, that fluid surrounding the brain is decreased which can cause the brain to bump into the skull. This in itself can cause a headache.
When vasodilation occurs, the blood vessels throughout your body expand, including the vessels in your head. This expansion can cause headaches.
Some pre-workout supplements have ingredients that help promote vasodilation (the pump we strive for). Many of these ingredients are forms of arginine, citrulline malate, or beta-alanine.
In order to minimize the effects, if you are getting headaches, you can either stay away from pre-workouts that include vasodilators if you're consistently getting a headache, or lower the dosage/serving size you are using to see if that changes anything. It's also advantageous to consume water both before and after taking any pre-workout supplements.
High blood pressure is something we can have even if we aren't using any form of pre-workout supplements. At IIFYM we try to help you lead a healthy lifestyle to minimize the negative effects poor exercise and nutrition habits can have on the body.
For that reason, we have several IIFYM programs to suit your individual needs. Such as the Macro Blueprint to help those dial in their macro numbers.
Another thing that some people might not realize is that the simple act of high-intensity, short duration exercises like what takes place when you are weight training or doing HIIT, can increase your blood pressure.
Now, the levels can go back to normal, but during that timeframe even without the use of pre-workout supplements, your blood pressure can become elevated. If your doctor told you that you have high blood pressure, you should stay away from pre-workout supplements that have stimulants altogether.
All stimulants increase your blood pressure. That's the nature of the ingredient (such as caffeine). This can be problematic if you already have an underlying high blood pressure issue that you might not be aware of. Again, for that reason, IIFYM recommends consulting with your doctor before starting an exercise program or using pre-workout supplements.
If you have an underlying health issue such as high blood pressure, one way to not exacerbate the issue would be to find pre-workout supplements that don't have stimulants or that are very mildly dosed. There are plenty of pre-workout supplements out there which aren't stimulant heavy to choose from.
IIFYM does not have a personal favorite that we stand behind, so you may need to do some trial and error to see what works for you. If a brand has samples of their pre-workout supplements that would be a great place to start to see how your body reacts to a specific product before opening your wallet.
A common side effect of many pre-workout supplements is a tingly or prickly sensation throughout your body. Everyone is different and it depends on your sensitivity to certain ingredients found in the pre-workout supplements. While a "side effect" it really isn't anything to be worried about. If the pre-workout supplements contain ingredients such as niacin, beta-alanine, or vitamin B3, you're more than likely going to get this sensation.
Many pre-workout supplements include niacin in a higher dose just for that very reason. They want you to feel something after taking their pre-workout supplements. It comes back to people equate something working if they can feel them. High dosages of niacin can also cause a flushing effect on the skin where it can become red, blotchy, and even itchy as if you have hives (but not as severe).
The tingly and prickly sensations you get from some pre-workout supplements is harmless and nothing to be concerned about. Eventually, what you are feeling will subside and you'll go back to feeling normal. The sensation is simply due to a reaction within the nervous system.
If you aren't interested in this particular side effect, it would be recommended that you stay away from pre-workout supplements that contain these ingredients. You can also isolate certain ingredients to stay away from as well.
If you don't like the flush of niacin, then find a product that doesn't contain niacin. Or pay close attention to the dosages of the above-mentioned ingredients and find a product with lower doses or simply take less of the product per workout and see how your body reacts.
If you have questions regarding IIFYM please feel free to click on the IIFYM FAQ tab on the website. Also, if you are looking for some great IIFYM guides, IIFYM recipes, or even IIFYM meal plans, check out the IIFYM programs available on the website.


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Q: CREATE FUNCTION SSMS keeps giving me a system error:

Incorrect Syntax: CREATE FUNCTION must be the only statement in the batch

I don't know what I'm doing wrong :( please help
CREATE FUNCTION fx_avgVacationHrs
    (@whatgender varchar(5))
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
    RETURN
        (SELECT AVG(VacationHours) AS AvgVacationhrsbyGender
         FROM HumanResources.Employee
         WHERE Gender = @whatgender)
END

SELECT dbo.fx_avgVacationHrs('F')

A: I am wondering if there was any statements before the script you posted.
Can you try to put ";" before CREATE FUNCTION statement?  If it stopped complaining that's means you were having other statement before this section.
Please let us know.

A: SELECT* FROM HumanResources.Employee
CREATE FUNCTION  fn_GetUserID
( @businessentityID int)
RETURNS varchar(30)
AS
BEGIN
        DECLARE @UserID varchar(30)
        SET @UserID =  (SELECT SUBSTRING(LoginID, CHARINDEX('\', LoginID)+1, 10)
        FROM HumanResources.Employee
        WHERE   BusinessEntityID = @businessentityID)
    RETURN @UserID

END

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Q: How to hide specific post type from archive? Assume there is a post type called profilepost that I wanna hide from all kinds of archive. (but not changing the post status to private) I tried to get all post ID that belongs to this post type. The code below failed.
global $wpdb;
$profilepost_ids = $wpdb->get_col( "SELECT ID FROM wp_posts where post_type = 'profilepost'" );
function my_custom_get_posts( $query ) {
    if ( is_admin() || ! $query->is_main_query() ) return;
    if ( $query->is_archive() ) {$query->set( 'post__not_in', $profilepost_ids );}
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_custom_get_posts', 9999 );

But when I replaced $query->set( 'post__not_in', $profilepost_ids ); with $query->set( 'post__not_in', array(1234,4321) );, where 1234 and 4321 are post IDs, it works.
Someone can tell me what I did wrong here ?

A: pre_get_posts lets you change what a query is meant to retrieve, but what you've done is essentially:

*

*Grab posts of type A, B, C, then remove all the posts with these IDs that just happen to be all the posts of type B

When what your end result should be is:

*

*Grab posts of type A, C

So why not just do that? First lets retrieve the list of post types to fetch:
$post_types = $query->get( 'post_type' );

Then it's just a matter of removing profilepost from that array, then calling set:
$query->set( 'post_type' $post_types );

So to recap:

*

*grab the list of post types in a new variable

*modify the new list

*put the new list back into the query

As the middle step is generic PHP, I won't cover it, and instead refer you to this Stack Overflow question.
A Note on post__not_in
This is a stupendously slow thing to do. Avoid anything with NOT or __not_in like the plague. Even if it runs quickly on a single page load, it will give you major scaling issues, and get exponentially slower/more expensive as you add more content
Always query for what you're looking for, never for what you don't want.
A note on using SQL to fetch all posts, and Querying for Things
Always use WP_Query to fetch posts, your SQL query always runs, with no caching to speed things up. What's more, the query is not scalable. This is because it returns everything with no paging. This might work well when there are 5 or 6 posts in the table, but you'll run into issues when there are 100 or 200.
Remember, the posts table contains more than just posts and pages, menu items are posts too, revisions, media attachments, and plenty of hidden post types used for performance and internal reasons that the user never sees. Also keep in mind that your database server and PHP only have so much time and memory to hold things in.
You want small cacheable things you can request lots of, not single large queries that require heavy lifting. This is why setting a max limit is always a good idea even if you never expect to reach it, it sets the worst case scenario.
It's also why NOT IN queries and random orders are terrible as the DB has to scan the entire table to build a new temporary table with all the things you didn't want removed, only then can it run the actual query. Then there's the cleanup afterwards.


visualization, in Tony's Python environment.
So there is an important point that I want to make about package installation.
Tony maintains it's own private installation of Python, okay?
Environment like Atom, and IDLE don't use Tony's Python code.
whenever you go to python.org.
So if you'd like to install packages in something like Atom or IDLE.
packages called pip, preferred installer package.
I'll go over kind of the basics of how to do this in the first part of the video.
So, like most cases, we need to read the documentation.
on how to install Python modules.
You should read over that and understand what we talked about.
It is the preferred installer program.
We talked about the Python packaging index in the previous programming tip.
That thing that we really going to need to understand is the basic usage.
python -m pip Install the name of the package.
So what's going to happen is Python is going to help you install the package.
I'll give you a few hints about how to do this.
have a call out that will say a little about how to do it on Macs.
we'll talk a little bit about how to find out where your Python installation is.
a command prompt to actually run the command.
So let's do what we always do we went to Google here.
I said, how do I get a command prompt in Windows and it says what I can do.
I can press the windows key plus R and I will be there.
And it pops up a little thing says to run up something.
And it says run CMD, I'm going to say OK.
And sure enough I get this black window.
And what it is this is a basically command prompt.
It lets me run commands from the command line.
this is my home directory here.
parent directories and also going down to the child directories.
Windows, the DIR command has a listing of everything inside the directory here.
then actually I'm going to say Dr and hit Tab, and it'll complete that for me.
And notice now I'm down in my Dropbox directory.
And here's my Dropbox directory.
I have a bunch of directories including one for Python Scripting.
So let's just change to that.
I'll say Py Tab, and let's do a directory of that.
inside the file system, now let's talk about how we actually run that command.
let's go back and try to actually install a package from the command line using pip.
python -m pip install, and let's try to install pygul.
I ran it and it did something, it didn't do what we were expecting.
And it says python is not a recognized internal or external command.
really your computer is looking for what program is called Python.
And the first place it looks is in the current directory.
if you look there's no file call the python.exe here.
has to know where that command resides.
And right now the only thing it knows to look in is the current directory.
if I want to go through and try to actually run this command.
I have to make sure your computer knows where Python sits.
So, let's figure out where Python is installed next.
we're going to go back to the docs.
there's some documentation on Python for Windows.
And so this talks about installing it.
would you like to install Python?
You have the default location or some custom installation?
right here is essentially the path for where Python is installed.
there's a tip here you can use where you don't have to remember anything.
I can say install a launcher, I can also add Python to the PATH.
it always look in the current directory.
directories and see if that command exists in any of those directories in your PATH.
then we go up through it and use pip to install some packages.
So let's move on to our second video and actually do an installation.


We raise our Cornish X Rock Cross chickens in our chicken tractors rotating daily on new pasture. This is both good for our fields and most importantly for the health of our chickens.
We have both Golden Comet and Araucana hens. The Golden Comet is known for its excellent brown eggs. We added the Araucanas for their colorful eggshells. It is always exciting to see a blue, pink, green or olive colored egg in the egg basket… These eggs reportedly have higher nutritional value.


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This program make 3D shape using several different source of light.
The result is normal vector figure and 3D depth image.
This method is alternatively called as Photometric stereo.
You can download entire source code.
3D 형상은 각 픽셀의 depth와 normal 방향을 계산하여 드로잉한다.
Photometric stereo 기법 이라고도 함.
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A CRY FOR HELP: Why It's Critical The BiH Animal Welfare Law Is Not Changed
"Those who are silent, their silence makes them accomplices to evil."
The documentary 'KINOFIL' was made by Damir Janeček in 2010. It has been banned in Bosnia-Herzegovina as it shows the truth of what has been happening for strays. If the proposed amendments to the Animal Welfare Act are voted in, what you see in the film below is how it will be once again in Bosnia-Herzegovina, essentially legalising the torture and massacre of dogs.
As described by Damir: "This film is a cry for help, an attempt to stop the suffering and pain of innocent animals that have been inflicted in Bosnia and Herzegovina for years."
(Kinofil – Damir Janecek Facebook page)
Please watch the film — in particular you will understand better the horrendous situation for animal activists in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Yes there are very difficult images to watch, but even if you close your eyes for these, there is much else that is important to see and understand, for example the situation with vets in the country and why some rescues die because they are not given adequate or soon-enough treatment.
Please do not turn away, please watch: it is on this page – http://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/13112/Kinofil-or-Savers-of-Life
The documentary largely follows the activities of animal activist Velja Ivanišević and his animal welfare organisation, SOS, the Association of Citizens for Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals. SOS was the first animal welfare organization in BiH, founded 1998 by Mr. Ivanišević and his wife Silva. The activities of SOS are now minimized since its founders left Sarajevo 2 years ago because of pressure from BiH officials and death treats by some citizens, specially after Kinofil was filmed.
Activists still use the detailed research and documentation collected by Mr. Ivanišević. As one activist says: "Velja tried to prevent cruelty to animals, report animal abuse to police and the media in the time before Facebook and before the Animal Welfare Act was implemented. I miss Velja so much because he was the teacher. Everything is harder and more complicated when you are in a position to be a teacher."
Please note that the killing of stray dogs and cats has always been a criminal offence in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Such actions represented a violation of the Criminal Act, and yet no one has ever been charged.
Information on how to help the activists is in ACTION TO TAKE and also, please click on the the links below to 'related posts', there are detailed instructions and draft letters to send. Essentially we are asking you to write letters to the BiH authorities, to EU MEPs, to the EU Eurogroup and to Bosnia-Herzegovina Embassies to demand that the Animal Welfare Act be implemented, rather than chipping away at it by allowing amendments that encourage atrocities strays have had to suffer for years.
Please take 30 minutes out of your day to help the strays of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
TIME IS RUNNING OUT. Further amendments to the law can be proposed by 7th November and the second reading of the proposed changes is scheduled for 20th November.
If proposed changes to the Animal Welfare Act become effective, euthanasia would be allowed to be performed within 15 days from a stray dog's arrival in a shelter. While this may sound like an effective way to deal with a burgeoning stray animal population, typically in BiH 'euthanasia' is performed by clubbing, injections of bleach, and other similarly torturous methods. Of course, there are more humane, internationally acceptable and proven methods to control the stray dog population, in particular Trap-Neuter-Return.
Dogs Trust completed a sterilisation program in June 2013, sterilizing 3000 dogs. Also there have been government funded sterilisations programs implemented in BiH. If the new amendments to the Animal Welfare Act are implemented, it's highly likely these dogs will be taken to 'shelters' and 'euthanised', a complete waste of money. Also, please note that funds poured into government shelters are commonly misused, with none of the funds actually going to the care of the dogs.
Right now Praca Shelter in Sarajevo is undergoing investigation regarding how funds – BAM 1,000,000.00 (€500,000 or $ 700,000) – were used (recent visits to this shelter once again show absolutely horrific conditions). It is common knowledge amongst animal activists in Bosnia Herzegovina that public shelters are used for money laundering.
If the proposed changes to the Animal Welfare Law are implemented, it will simply mean it is easier for the "shelters" to continue an influx of dogs, killing them in the cheapest way possible (not humanely) and using the funds elsewhere, not for the dogs; it will mean a continued cover-up of how dogs are actually treated in these shelters and will give the 'green light' for generalised abuse of strays in the country.
As stated in other posts, the activists need our support with donations to help them in the next days to campaign. Any amount will help, no matter how small. There is a YouCaring fundraiser especially for this: https://www.youcaring.com/kill-law.
Also, please sign and share the petitions.
RELATED POSTS ON THIS BLOG:
ANTI KILL-LAW FIGHT – HOW TO HELP, PART TWO
ANTI KILL-LAW FIGHT – HOW TO HELP
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EUROPE! FOLLOW ITALY'S EXAMPLE!
KILL-LAW DEBATE IN BOSNIA
BOSNIA ABOUT TO IMPLEMENT KILL LAW!
Bosnia Killing Dogs – No Different to Romania!
BOSNIA! IMPLEMENT HUMANE STRAY-DOG AND CAT POPULATION CONTROL AND TREATMENT
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Trump contradicts U.S. military stance on Korea war games
By Robert Burns and Foster Klug
President Donald Trump's abrupt announcement that he will suspend U.S. military drills in South Korea appeared to catch the Pentagon and the Seoul government flat-footed, and it contradicted a pillar of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis' campaign to make U.S. troops more combat-ready.
During a news conference following his summit Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Trump pushed his unconventional approach even further by calling annual U.S.-South Korean military exercises "provocative." He also said he'd like to remove all 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in the South, although he made clear this was an option for the future, not a part of current negotiations.
The U.S. has stationed combat troops in South Korea since the end of the 1950-53 war and has used them in a variety of large-scale drills designed to sharpen skills and test troops' ability to operate effectively with their South Korean partners.
The next scheduled major exercise, known as Ulchi Freedom Guardian and involving tens of thousands of troops, normally is held in August.
"We will be stopping the war games, which will save us a tremendous amount of money, unless and until we see the future negotiation is not going along like it should," Trump said in Singapore. "But we'll be saving a tremendous amount of money. Plus, I think it's very provocative." In a later interview with the Voice of America, Trump said the North Koreans were "very happy" about his decision to freeze the exercises "because it is so provocative."
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In the wake of Trump's unexpected, almost offhand comments to reporters, the Pentagon had nothing to say about the future of the war games. Several hours after Trump's remarks, the Pentagon put out a brief statement welcoming "positive news" from Singapore, but it remained silent on whether Ulchi Freedom Guardian will proceed. Mattis' chief spokeswoman, Dana W. White, told reporters he was "in full alignment" with Trump and had been consulted in advance on all aspects of the Singapore talks.
"There were no surprises," she said.
If Mattis was aware that Trump was going to announce a suspension of military exercises, he apparently did not share that information with the South Koreans or with the military organization most directly affected: U.S. Forces Korea.
That U.S. command said it had "received no updated guidance on the execution or cessation of training exercises."
The South Korean government also appeared caught off guard. Seoul's presidential office told The Associated Press that it was trying to parse Trump's comments. The South Korean military seemed similarly surprised.
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"At this current point, there is a need to discern the exact meaning and intent of President Trump's comments," Seoul's Defense Ministry said, adding that there have been no discussions yet with Washington on modifying drills set for August.
A degree of confusion arose after Vice President Mike Pence spoke to senators at a lunch closed to media coverage. Sen. Cory Gardner, Republican of Colorado, said Pence indicated that "exercises will continue," although Sen. Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, said this referred to routine, daily training in South Korea, not the large-scale war games that Trump said are suspended.
Trump's remarks contradicted decades of assertions by U.S. administrations that military exercises in South Korea are defensive and essential to ensuring that allied forces are ready at a moment's notice to fight the North. A favored U.S. slogan in South Korea is "ready to fight tonight."
Mattis often says his number one priority as Pentagon chief is to improve what he calls the "lethality" of the military, which includes making troops better equipped, trained and prepared for a full range of combat. In his view, preparedness equates to more effective deterrence -- persuading potential adversaries they cannot win and thus should not attack.
Trump's statement was portrayed by critics as an unreciprocated concession.
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"Stopping the joint exercises has been a long-term goal for North Korea and China," two Asia analysts, Victor Cha and Sue Mi Terry, wrote in a summit assessment for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "Trump delivered it while getting nothing in return beyond the same generalities that North Korea has been offering since the early 1990s."
Even some Republicans in Congress seemed uneasy about this. Rep. Ed Royce of California, who is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded Trump for pursuing peace through diplomacy, but he also said Kim had "gained much" Tuesday, "including an apparent promise" from Trump to suspend military drills.
Trump also seemed annoyed that U.S. bomber aircraft make six-plus hour flights from the Pacific island of Guam to the Korean peninsula as part of its exercise routine.
"Six and a half hours — that's a long time for these big massive planes to be flying to South Korea to practice and then drop bombs all over the place, and then go back to Guam," Trump said. "I know a lot about airplanes; it's very expensive."
North Korea regularly calls the military exercises provocative preparations for a northward invasion, and many of the scariest standoffs in recent years on the Korean Peninsula have happened when the drills were being staged.
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Moon Seong Mook, a former South Korean military official, said Trump's comments on the drills confirmed what many in South Korea had feared all along — that North Korea would attempt to drive a wedge between Washington and Seoul and gain substantial concessions from an unconventional U.S. president who thinks much less of the traditional alliance than his predecessors.
"The American military presence in South Korea wouldn't mean much if the militaries don't practice through joint drills," said Moon, now a senior analyst for the Seoul-based Korea Research Institute for National Strategy.
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Now, if you know anything about me, you know how much I love Minnesota. Yes it snows a lot. Yes they/we have a lot of mosquitos. Yes there's something called hot dish, not casserole. There's just a lot more I love about it than I don't which is why I'm always homesick.
When I came across Homesick Candles, my heart skipped a beat. I wasted no time reaching out asking if we could work together to do a review! The idea of this is so fabulous on so many levels! When you move out of state, aren't you homesick for a while, or forever? You miss it, the people in it who made your life better, richer, full of joy! Homesick Candles are a sentimental way to remember how much you love where you've been!
I'm sure each of us, who have moved away from the place we love, has a memory such as a scent, a food, or an area that comes to mind at random times. Yesterday we were driving over on the Eastern Shore, and it just reminded me of being up North in Minnesota. The Homesick Candles give us a scent that's supposed to remind us of home. Minnesota's scent "Takes you back to The North Star State, with scents reminiscent of winter air and Minnesota apple strudel."
Now, you see the picture above? It was very fortuitous that my candle showed up on the ONE day it snowed in Maryland! It's so weird not to see snow until mid January, and then for it to be gone by the end of the day. Definitely NOT a Minnesota winter!
Something else that reminds me of home is a hotdish. Before I moved to Minnesota, I had no idea what a hotdish was. When I found out, I was like, "You mean a 'casserole'?" Hotdish sounded so stupid. I'd traveled a LOT of places, and never heard of such a thing. Well, Minnesotans say a lot of things differently. After a while you somewhat get used to it.
I decided that I'd share one of the hotdishes I like to make, it's a Tater Tot Hotdish. Somehow, and this was long before my time of moving to MN, people associated the state with hotdish and jello with fruit in it. Just cracks me up. While I did see hotdish at potlucks, I rarely saw jello.
I change mine up a little bit, and I'd say there isn't one specific way that a hotdish has to be made. I mean, it's just a casserole. I like having sautéed mushrooms in mine, and I like the garlic condensed mushroom soup!
Your family is going to love this recipe. It's perfect for the winter!
This is a super easy dish to make, and you will have a happy belly when you're finished!
Now you have the chance to win a candle from the state of your choice. Which state are you homesick for?
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My state is Kentucky and the scent has hints of bourbon, mint, and sunshine.
Oh my goodness, Andrea, that's quite the combination! I'm curious as to how that smells!
I would like the South Carolina Homesick Candle. It has hints of palmetto, hibiscus, sweet tea, and sea breeze. My home state.
Mine is the Illinois Homesick candle (Scent takes you back to the Land of Lincoln with hints of grain fields, violets (the state flower), and lake breeze). Thanks.
My home state is Wisconsin. The scent is kringle, cranberry and winter air. Sounds great!
The scent is pear, redwoods, and vineyards.
I'm from Michigan, so I'd like the Michigan Homesick Candle.
I like the New Jersey Candle...with scents reminiscent of the Jersey shore. Although I live in New Jersey, I miss the shore (especially in the winter).
The Aloha State's has hints of rainforest, coral, pineapple, and sea salt. That's where I want to go back to.
The state I'm homesick for is Indiana and the scent has hints kettle corn, hay, and denim. Sounds very interesting and just like a fall festival in Indiana, I love these candles!
Mine is Oregon,the scent of pine tree,hazel nuts,and Oregon pears,it's an interesting combination and I would love to try it.
Missouri will always be my home.
I have to say Iowa Homesick Candle.
I would get the New Jersey candle. I definitely miss the Jersey shore.
I would like to visit Tennessee, so I'll go with that one.
My home state is North Carolina! This Scent takes you back to The Tar Heel State, reminiscent of fresh North Carolinian blackberries and barbecue.
I think the Oklahoma Homesick Candle would be very nice!
First, that tater tot dish looks amazing! I'm definitely going to have to make that soon.
The candles are a super cute idea. I came across them online not too long ago and almost ordered one myself. I'm from NY but due to the Mister's job, we haven't been home in over 12 years, aside from a week visit every few years to see family and friends. So, with that being said, I'd totally get the NY candle. Thanks for the giveaway.
I am most homesick for the rainstorms of Kansas!!
I am from Arkansas but I most miss Mississippi. We have been to the beach in Mississippi the past two years and I love it. We hope to one day move there. The scent description for the Mississippi candle is Known as the Magnolia State for good reason, this fragrance combines blooming magnolia flowers with a lime accent and the clear scent of waterfalls. Sweet notes of cotton and tonka bean are balanced with complex, woody patchouli and cedar.
I am a Navy brat, but we always lived near the ocean, and I would love the ocean, hay, and apple scent that absolutely reminds me of the smell of spending a few years in Newport, RI.
I would have to say the Northern California with a fruity fragrance full of pears, apples, cloves, and cinnamon. Sweet accents of baked vanilla are balanced with amber and a dry musk finish. Sounds like an amazing smell to me!
I would love the Virginia homesick candle.Like a walk through the woods, this fragrance blends hints of pine needles, fir, and sandalwood with a bouquet of blooming honeysuckle and the scent of soft rainfall.
Mississippi --this fragrance combines blooming magnolia flowers with a lime accent and the clear scent of waterfalls. Sweet notes of cotton and tonka bean are balanced with complex, woody patchouli and cedar.
Pineapple, firs, and sandalwoods from Virgina are the scents I'm homesick for.
tart cherries and rich chocolate, the Michigan state candle. I grew up there.
I have never moved from the state of Illinois, but my brother has. I miss him and I know he misses it here sometimes, too! The candle I would love to win for him would be "grain fields and a floral bouquet of honeysuckle, lavender, white flower, and violets (the state flower of Illinois). Breathe deep and you'll catch hints of grain fields, light breezes, and a touch of vanilla and lemon."