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package org.jboss.arquillian.spi.client.deployment;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.Comparator;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

import org.jboss.arquillian.spi.client.protocol.ProtocolDescription;
import org.jboss.arquillian.spi.client.test.DeploymentTargetDescription;
import org.jboss.arquillian.spi.client.test.TargetDescription;
import org.jboss.arquillian.spi.util.Validate;

/**
 *
 *
 * @author Aslak Knutsen
 * @version $Revision: $
 */
public class DeploymentScenario
{
   private List<DeploymentDescription> deployments;

   public DeploymentScenario()
   {
      this.deployments = new ArrayList<DeploymentDescription>();
   }

   public DeploymentScenario addDeployment(DeploymentDescription deployment)
   {
      Validate.notNull(deployment, "Deployment must be specified");
      this.deployments.add(deployment);
      return this;
   }

   public Set<TargetDescription> getTargets()
   {
      Set<TargetDescription> targets = new HashSet<TargetDescription>();

      for(DeploymentDescription desc : deployments)
      {
         targets.add(desc.getTarget());
      }
      return targets;
   }

   public Set<ProtocolDescription> getProtocols()
   {
      Set<ProtocolDescription> protocols = new HashSet<ProtocolDescription>();

      for(DeploymentDescription desc : deployments)
      {
         protocols.add(desc.getProtocol());
      }
      return protocols;
   }

   /**
    * Get a {@link DeploymentDescription} with a specific name if it exists.
    *
    * @param target The name of the {@link DeploymentDescription}
    * @return Defined Deployment or null if not found.
    */
   public DeploymentDescription getDeployment(DeploymentTargetDescription target)
   {
      Validate.notNull(target, "Target must be specified");
      if(DeploymentTargetDescription.DEFAULT.equals(target))
      {
         return findDefaultDeployment();
      }
      return findMatchingDeployment(target);
   }

   /**
    * @return
    */
   private DeploymentDescription findDefaultDeployment()
   {
      if(deployments.size() == 1)
      {
         return deployments.get(0);
      }
      return null;
   }

   /**
    * @param target
    * @return
    */
   private DeploymentDescription findMatchingDeployment(DeploymentTargetDescription target)
   {
      for(DeploymentDescription deployment : deployments)
      {
         if(deployment.getName().equals(target.getName()))
         {
            return deployment;
         }
      }
      return null;
   }

   /**
    * Get all {@link DeploymentDescription} defined to be deployed during Test startup for a specific {@link TargetDescription} ordered.
    *
    * @param target The Target to filter on
    * @return A List of found {@link DeploymentDescription}. Will return a empty list if none are found.
    */
   public List<DeploymentDescription> getStartupDeploymentsFor(TargetDescription target)
   {
      Validate.notNull(target, "Target must be specified");
      List<DeploymentDescription> startupDeployments = new ArrayList<DeploymentDescription>();
      for(DeploymentDescription deployment : deployments)
      {
         if(deployment.managed() && target.equals(deployment.getTarget()))
         {
            startupDeployments.add(deployment);
         }
      }
      // sort them by order
      Collections.sort(startupDeployments, new Comparator<DeploymentDescription>()
      {
         public int compare(DeploymentDescription o1, DeploymentDescription o2)
         {
            return new Integer(o1.getOrder()).compareTo(o2.getOrder());
         }
      });

      return Collections.unmodifiableList(startupDeployments);
   }

   /**
    * @return the deployments
    */
   public List<DeploymentDescription> getDeployments()
   {
      return Collections.unmodifiableList(deployments);
   }
}


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Commented: Can the stamped concrete be fixed? What should we do?Yeah that is a botched job. An experienced contractor could repair it if they have the right equipment and install a polymer modified thin stamped overlay such as TEXTURE-PAVE.
Commented: Concrete finish...Looks like a thin overlayment was trowel applied. Google: "MICRO-FINISH Pre-Mixed Overlay" and you will see what I am referring to.
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Commented: What color / release did you select for the stamped concrete?Good looking patio.


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How do you include Support in your Sprint?
Our company moved to Scrum recently on a product that was almost coded by a single person (Joe). We have support to do with our exising customers that we try to integrate in our process.
For now we tried the following approach:
We do a rotation on a person in charge each week.
The person in charge for the week may spend up to 8 hours on support.
But we failed to have it work:
Joe always does the support because he knows the code better, and it's always faster for him to do it than to explain it.
We (the rest of us) tend to focus on what's on the Sprint board aka new stories instead of support tasks.
Joe has too much work, he can't handle all the support by himself because he has to do things outside of the Sprint as well.
Have you already faced similar situation? How did you manage to get out of it?
Note: We can't dedicate a single person on the support right now. We hope to in the future.
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xsacexsace
We took a very similar approach by designating a "Support Programmer" that rotated through the more junior (or newest) developers on the team. They were encouraged to try really hard to figure out the problem before asking the other developers even if it would be faster to kick it over to the developer who knew the code best. This way they were forced to learn the codebase and you avoided knocking people out of "the zone" and destroying productivity. Also, you have to build in some mechanism to keep people from doing an end-around to the non-support programmers to make this work.
A key point is that the team needs to understand that what may be the fastest way to close support issues is not always the most efficient use of the team's time. Make sure the entire team knows that the goal of this structure is to minimize interruptions to people who are in that productive mode at all costs.
That said, the support programmer was not 100% dedicated to support calls. They did work on cases in the sprint, but were supposed to work on the lowest priority items so that if they got hung up on a lot of support issues the fact that they didn't finish their cases wouldn't be such a major concern.
JohnFxJohnFx
+1 This is by the best approach. Nothing kills productivity in a sprint more than having to stop everything your doing and addressing production issues, especially if you were in the zone. – maple_shaft♦ Dec 13 '11 at 17:24
Btw. "the zone" is sometimes considered as productivity killer as well because it goes against collaboration. – Ladislav Mrnka Dec 13 '11 at 17:40
Collaboration and productivity are separate concerns. In my book productivity trumps collaboration. – JohnFx Dec 13 '11 at 17:56
How was your rotation based? weekly or sprintly? – xsace Dec 13 '11 at 18:32
In theory it was supposed to be quarterly and aligned with whichever sprint cycle was most convenient. However, we had a pretty small team so it didn't always rotate even that frequently. – JohnFx Dec 13 '11 at 18:34
How do you include going to the bathroom in your Sprint? How do you include time developers spend at home playing with their kids? What about including time sleeping?
I am being sarcastic of course, the answer is that IMHO you shouldn't include support time in your sprint planning. The only time that should be included in your sprint planning are tasks directly associated with sprint deliverables.
If a resource is to devote so much time to support then you have less available resource hours from that developer, that sprint. The feature set included in that sprint should reflect this fact.
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We used to leave them outside of the Sprint but then the team won't focus on it. – xsace Dec 13 '11 at 17:27
@xsAce The team won't focus on support?! That's all kinds of wrong. Somebody has to or the clients won't be happy, and the team has to realize that the clients are the reason for their paycheck. – maple_shaft♦ Dec 13 '11 at 18:23
Going to the bathroom on work time? That's preposterous. We use the Jeff Lewis style of management. Timed bathroom breaks for #1 and you need to do #2 on your own time after work! =) – JohnFx Dec 13 '11 at 18:35
I disagree. Some teams have a support componant and it should be accounted for. My team estimates how much support we expect to do and write a story card for that. Put another way, "support" can be a sprint deliverbl. – Bryan Oakley Dec 14 '11 at 0:44
@BryanOakley You do account for time spent in support. If you have 4 developers, you have (4*40 = 160) man/hours per week. Using previous data, you might estimate 60 hours of support. That means you have 100 man/hours of development, or 5/8 of your week. You use this as a ratio to determine your story points. For example, if in one week, you had 8/8 (100%) development time and finished 16 story points, a week with 5/8 development time would only include 10 story points. – Thomas Owens♦ Dec 14 '11 at 19:02
I think the simplest thing to do is to add your support activities directly to the list of items included in your sprint. If these support activities are bug fixes, then they will be prioritized in your backlog in the same manner as you do for enhancements. If they are time based (like running month end reporting) - these are also easily scheduled. This is what we do and it works out well.
VinnieVinnie
In my mind, there are two different kinds of "support" work. The first kind is an emergency that has to get fixed NOW. It's really more operations-type work, fire-fighting stuff that can't really be planned for and estimated as part of a sprint. The second kind is a bug report, which gets estimated, prioritized, and planned into a sprint. It's treated like any other story. Often, the first kind will result in the second kind; you'll put out the fire, and create a bug report to do a real fix so it doesn't happen again. For the rest of this post, I'm talking about the former: un-planned, emergency work that has to be done NOW.
Taking time away from the Team to do support work reduces the Team's velocity. You should be using your historical velocity to determine your capacity for the next sprint. The context-switching required to go from release work to support work means that there is some overhead, but since the work you bite off for a sprint should take into account how much work you historically get done in a sprint, the typical amount of time you put into support, and the context-switching overhead, should automatically be accounted for.
I don't consider this to be sprint work. It's separate, and should be prioritized above sprint work. Thus, it eats into the velocity of the team, and is "planned for" by using that reduced velocity when deciding how much work can get done during the next sprint.
Adam JaskiewiczAdam Jaskiewicz
it won't reduce their velocity if support is one of their deliverables during the sprint -- it becomes part of the velocity. Velocity isn't just how much code you write, it's how much work you get done, and doing support is "work". – Bryan Oakley Dec 14 '11 at 15:43
I edited my question to clarify. I don't consider "support" to be part of sprint work, just because it happens at the same time as your sprint. You're taking time out of your sprint to do support. So it reduces the amount of sprint work you can do. – Adam Jaskiewicz Dec 14 '11 at 18:43
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Q: Spark : how to create productiuon job for spark processing I am using spark-sql to run the job and what should be the production command ?
can i use spark-sql as production job command ?
Thanks,
Virendra

A: Not exactly sure what's your meaning of production. Could you elaborate it a bit more?
spark-sql is designed for interactive explore the data. It launch a java process as a REPL.
Perhaps put the code in a maven project is more straight forward. Like this

A: You should use SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-submit to run you code on cluster. More information you can find here: http://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/submitting-applications.html

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Siyabonga Nxumalo is a PhD candidate at University of KwaZulu in the Department of Historical Studies with an interest in farm workers experiences and land issues.
The untold story of the marginalized: The social history of the experiences of farm workers in Umvoti area, KwaZulu-Natal, c. 1960s to the 1990s
During the apartheid era, law played a crucial role in structuring black and white lives in terms of accessing resources and jobs. Farm workers were among the most exploited people. They worked long hours and were underpaid. Working conditions were severe. Some were forcibly taken to work in farms if they broke notorious laws of apartheid. People who lived in farms found it more difficult during apartheid to access basic services in their black Group Areas, such as schooling. As a result, African people who resided on farms received little if any education. This then allowed farm owners to obtain labour easily. The division of labour and distribution of unequal wages between gender was crucial in farms during apartheid. The apartheid state served as a playground to exhibit imperial notion of masculine and feminine identities. Women were denied African male labour, instead they were burdened with households' chores to perform in white farms. Apartheid intrusion into African societies added new dimensions to the differentiation between the sexes. They also devised a strategy of controlling households in which a family head could move in a farm with his family but in return they had to work as labourers. The removal of Africans from white farms during the 1960s became increasingly high because of the Bantu Laws Amendment Act, No-42, 1964 and this caused a lot of hardships to farm workers. Inkatha was influential in suppressing African workers so that African people can be easily be accessible to white farmers as labourers. Also, by repairing the disciplinary structure that will reconstitute "traditionalism." So, in terms of this initiatives, the white authorities in Natal, who had regarded Zulu nationalists' identities as a threat to white interests in the 19th century, were beginning to see them as an instrument to be co-opted in defence of government and capitalist interests. They therefore seized an opportunity to revive them – albeit in a modified form, to give Inkatha a new lease of life and make it a bulwark against the thrust of emerging radical black community and working-class politics. This study focuses on the lives of farmworkers in the Umvoti region of KwaZulu-Natal. I chose this area in part because of my attachment to it. Growing up in the area, I used to observe members of my family and other locals waking up at dawn waiting for trucks to take them to work. Their struggles have been marginalized in the historiography and this article will help to give voice to them, but beyond that contribute to the emerging literature on farmworkers and their place in the political economy of South Africa. Thus, this study seeks to understand their experiences.
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Emilie Eaton April 6, 2017 Updated: April 7, 2017 12:13 a.m.
A jury in the federal wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of Marquise Jones sided Thursday with San Antonio Police Officer Robert Encina and the city after three hours of deliberation.
No damages will be awarded to the family, though the family has maintained that the case was not about money but about getting justice for Jones.
Encina fatally shot Jones, 23, in the back Feb. 28, 2014, at the Chacho's and Chalucci's restaurant on Perrin Beitel Road. The jury considered whether Encina used excessive force; Encina maintained that he fired because Jones was carrying a gun and Encina feared for his life and for those around him.
Encina, wearing sunglasses, a yellow dress shirt and a blazer, smiled as he walked out of the federal courthouse after the verdict was read. He refused to comment.
Earlier in the day, Marquise Jones' aunt Debbie Bush said the family was angry, disappointed and hurt.
Washington said he would be reviewing trial records and considering what actions to take next.
Around a month ago, Chacho's and Chalucci's, which previously settled with the family, was again made a defendant in the lawsuit for allegedly refusing to hand over indoor surveillance video from the night of the shooting. That portion of the lawsuit could still be tried separately, although it is unlikely, officials said.
In a previous statement, a lawyer for the restaurant said the allegations were without merit.
Mike Lowe, a community activist and friend of the Jones family, said it will be interesting to see how the city's African-American community reacts to the verdict.
Jones was on probation when he was killed. He had been arrested several times on charges of theft and drug possession and once on an assault charge. The federal jury of four men and four women was allowed to review evidence and hear testimony about Jones' past, including that he was using cocaine when he ran from the scene of a fender bender in the Chacho's parking lot.
Taj Matthews, a community activist who is on the Mayor's Council on Police-Community Relations, said it is frustrating that city leadership has not publicly supported Jones' family.
Matthews declined to identify anyone by name.
Jones was in the front passenger seat of a car involved in the minor accident in the drive-thru lane of the restaurant, where Encina, dressed in his police uniform, was working off-duty as a security guard. Jones ran from the car and was shot in the back after Encina said Jones turned around with a gun in his hand.
Seven eyewitnesses testified during the trial: Three, including Jones' sister and friend, said Jones didn't have a gun; two said they didn't see Jones with a gun; and another two said Jones did have a gun.
One of the witnesses who said Jones had a gun initially said he didn't but changed her story during a deposition.
SAPD's internal investigation of the shooting found that Encina was justified in using force. A grand jury declined to indict him on any criminal charge.


Is Cheese Good Or Bad For You?
It's no wonder people are confused about whether it's good to eat cheese, when even food experts are divided. Some argue that we're not eating enough of this important source of protein and calcium, while others say the high levels of salt and saturated fat mean we should be eating less.
Pot pie, chicken or otherwise, is the height of homey comfort food. Topping it with a pastry crust is all fine and good, but to up the nurturing quality (and ease of recipe) I suggest topping yours with scones.


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PSE&G and Highland Park Announce Landfill Solar Storage System
(NEWARK, N.J. – April 24, 2019) – Public Service Electric and Gas Co. and the Borough of
Highland Park, New Jersey today announced that work has started on a solar storage system that
will be built on the borough's former municipal landfill. The project will be the fifth solar storage
system that PSE&G has built as part of its Solar 4 All® program. It will convert two acres of
dormant space on Donaldson Street to productive use and also inc...
Irvington Substation Renovation
On or around the week of February 5, Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) will begin to renovate the Irvington Substation as part of the utility's statewide effort to continue providing safe and reliable electric service. The renovation will involve replacing the roof and windows of the existing building on the property.
With entrances at 983 Springfield Avenue and 1089 Clinton Avenue, parking lanes and sidewalks along both Clinton and Springfield will be closed to accommodate the construction. Work hours for the project will b...
PSE&G to Begin Electric Reliability Work in Hoboken
(Newark, NJ – June 23, 2017) Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G), New Jersey's largest utility, will begin construction on new critical underground electrical infrastructure in Hoboken as part of the utility's Madison Street Substation Project. This work is part of the overall plan for the station that will ensure safe, reliable electric service for residents and businesses in the area. Construction is planned to begin on or around Monday, June 26, 2017 and will continue through December of 2017.
On or around June 26th, u...
PSE&G Begins Underground Construction in Bayonne as part of Bergen-Linden Corridor Electric Reliability Project
Contact for media:Jaye Cavallo (732-540-5824)
For customers & others: 800 436-7734
(Newark, NJ – January 2016) Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) has begun construction in Bayonne as part of the utility's Bergen-Linden Corridor (BLC) Electric Reliability Project.
Construction of the underground route will begin on John F. Kennedy Boulevard between West Third Street and Juliette Street, with manhole installation at "Z-cuts" – sections of pavement that had been previously excavated and temporarily repaved...
PSE&G upgrading substation in New Milford (NorthJersey.com)
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Public Service Electric & Gas Co. is upgrading its substation in New Milford, which was damaged by two hurricanes in the past four years.
As part of its ongoing Energy Strong program, the utility is demolishing and rebuilding certain equipment there, so it'll be at least one foot above federal standards of a high flood elevation.
The 15.3-acre substation, which is at the foot of Henley Avenue, is within eyeshot of the Hackensack River...
PSE&G and others launch "Art Wall" project at Fairmount Switching Station
Visit the future site of a brand new switching station in Newark's West Ward and you'll see large piles of dirt, dump trucks and other equipment as PSE&G contractors prepare the parcel for construction. But across the street at a local preschool, city officials and residents were already praising plans to bring an artistic approach to the reliability infrastructure investment.
At a press conference yesterday, Dec. 8, PSEG's Derek DiRisio and Rick Thigpen, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and representatives from the city of Newark and t...
Around Town: Electrical switching station in Newark is artistic sight for sore eyes. (NJ.com)
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The Fairmount section of Newark's West Ward will be home to an electrical switching station that's not going to be an unsightly facility the community feared was coming to its neighborhood.
It's actually going to look good when 14 local and national artists, including six from Newark, beautify a 30-foot wall that will surround the structure at Littleton and Central avenues.
As part of a deal to allow Public Service Electric & Gas to build the facility, the utility also reached an agreement with the city and the Urban League...
Power for New Jersey, Protection for Nature (TDWorld.com)
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Kim Hanemann, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. | T&D World Magazine
The Susquehanna–Roseland project was energized on May 11, 2015. It was a great moment for Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G), PPL Electric Utilities and the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, through which the transmission line passes....
PSE&G prepared for 2015 summer electric demand Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line now fully operational Significant infrastructure investments will maintain reliability
(Newark, N.J. – May 11, 2015) With the new Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line now entirely operational, Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G), New Jersey's largest utility, is fully equipped to meet customer demand for safe, reliable electricity this summer.
The 500-kilovolt line was fully energized today by PPL Electric Utilities from the Susquehanna station in Berwick, Pa., to PSE&G's Hopatcong switching station. PSE&G energized the portion of the line from Hopatcong to its Roseland switching station in April 2...
PSE&G to Conduct Soil Remediation at its Property Along Littleton Avenue in Newark, NJ
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G), is conducting an environmental cleanup of the property it owns along Littleton Avenue in Newark, New Jersey. This property was first developed in the mid-1800s and operated by the former Cooper Wiss Company to manufacture hand tools and scissors. In 1988 the property was acquired by Victory Temple National Holiness Church which converted the facility to a church and school. The property was purchased by PSE&G in July 2012 as the site of a future electric switching station that will...


As the various stakeholders are making final preparations and putting finishing touches to production and other facilities ahead of the coming on stream of the offshore oil and gas industry that comprises 16 wells under the first phase of the Jubilee Field Development Programme, information reaching your favourite, The Heritage, is that a number of foreign oil exploration and production companies have also expressed initial interest in the onshore Voltaian Basin.
The Voltaian Basin, which is being marketed by the GNPC and open for license alongside the offshore sector, comprises a total land area of 103,600 sq km that stretches from mid country to the northern sector and believed to be a potential source for commercial onshore oil and gas resources based on earlier seismic survey studies conducted by a Soviet Geological team in the 1960s.
The Geological Survey Department (GSD), with the support of the European Union (EU), conducted a gravity survey in the Voltaian basin under the mining sector support programme in 2008 against the background of an earlier 50km seismic survey carried out by a Soviet Survey Geological Team in the Tamale area that encountered traces of hydrocarbon.
A total of 208 km 2D seismic survey had so far been done in the Voltaian basin as at 1971 with oil stains found in 10 boreholes that were being drilled for water and also, bitumen impregnation in limestone deposits were found. These came to light during the ongoing Policy Fair when the technical staff members of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) were interacting with the general public at its stand yesterday in Accra.
Following the persistent unwillingness of the technical staff to be quoted by the press because they said they had not been authorized to speak to the press, your authoritative, the Heritage, got the Exploration and Production Manager of the GNPC, Thomas Manu, in a phone interview and he collaborated with the staff had earlier said, adding that a number of issues were still being taken into consideration regarding the companies who have so far expressed interest in the offshore Voltaian basin.
The much smaller onshore Keta basin in the Volta region prospects is also being seriously being looked at and would be promoted alongside the Voltaian basin.
According to onshore oil industry experts, the cost of exploration and production onshore is said to be less capital intensive as land rigs could be used as against drill ships which cost about one million United States dollars a day for drilling during exploration in the offshore industry.


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Happy birthday Kate Henshaw is a Nigerian actress.
Kate Henshaw was born in Cross River State, the oldest of four children. She attended St. Mary private school in Ajele, Lagos for her primary education, and Federal Government Girl College, Calabar for her secondary school education.
She spent one year at the University of Calabar studying remedial studies and then majored in Medical Microbiology at the School of Medical Lab Science afterward, LUTH (Lagos University Teaching Hospital) in Lagos. Henshaw worked at the Bauchi State General hospital. Before becoming an actress, Kate Henshaw worked as a model, featuring in various commercials including a print and television advert for Shield deodorant
May God bless his new age
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Revealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima
Internal emails seen by Guardian show PR campaign was launched to protect UK nuclear plans after tsunami in Japan
• Read the emails here
Rob Edwards
Thu 30 Jun 2011 16.36 EDT First published on Thu 30 Jun 2011 16.36 EDT
Government officials launched a PR campaign to ensure the accident at the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan did not derail plans for new nuclear power stations in the UK. Photograph: AP
British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident just two days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and before the extent of the radiation leak was known.
Internal emails seen by the Guardian show how the business and energy departments worked closely behind the scenes with the multinational companies EDF Energy, Areva and Westinghouse to try to ensure the accident did not derail their plans for a new generation of nuclear stations in the UK.
"This has the potential to set the nuclear industry back globally," wrote one official at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), whose name has been redacted. "We need to ensure the anti-nuclear chaps and chapesses do not gain ground on this. We need to occupy the territory and hold it. We really need to show the safety of nuclear."
Officials stressed the importance of preventing the incident from undermining public support for nuclear power.
The Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith, who sits on the Commons environmental audit committee, condemned the extent of co-ordination between the government and nuclear companies that the emails appear to reveal.
"The government has no business doing PR for the industry and it would be appalling if its departments have played down the impact of Fukushima," he said.
Louise Hutchins, a spokeswoman for Greenpeace, said the emails looked like "scandalous collusion". "This highlights the government's blind obsession with nuclear power and shows neither they, nor the industry, can be trusted when it comes to nuclear," she said.
The Fukushima accident, triggered by the Japan earthquake and tsunami on 11 March, has forced 80,000 people from their homes. Opinion polls suggest it has dented public support for nuclear power in Britain and around the world, with the governments of Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Thailand and Malaysia cancelling planned nuclear power stations in the wake of the accident.
The business department emailed the nuclear firms and their representative body, the Nuclear Industry Association (NIA), on 13 March, two days after the disaster knocked out nuclear plants and their backup safety systems at Fukushima. The department argued it was not as bad as the "dramatic" TV pictures made it look, even though the consequences of the accident were still unfolding and two major explosions at reactors on the site were yet to happen.
"Radiation released has been controlled – the reactor has been protected," said the BIS official, whose name has been blacked out. "It is all part of the safety systems to control and manage a situation like this."
The official suggested that if companies sent in their comments, they could be incorporated into briefs to ministers and government statements. "We need to all be working from the same material to get the message through to the media and the public.
"Anti-nuclear people across Europe have wasted no time blurring this all into Chernobyl and the works," the official told Areva. "We need to quash any stories trying to compare this to Chernobyl."
Japanese officials initially rated the Fukushima accident as level four on the international nuclear event scale, meaning it had "local consequences". But it was raised to level seven on 11 April, officially making it a major accident" and putting it on a par with Chernobyl in 1986.
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has released more than 80 emails sent in the weeks after Fukushima in response to requests under freedom of information legislation. They also show:
• Westinghouse said reported remarks on the cost of new nuclear power stations by the deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, were "unhelpful and a little premature".
• The company admitted its new reactor, AP1000, "was not designed for earthquakes [of] the magnitude of the earthquake in Japan", and would need to be modified for seismic areas such as Japan and California.
• The head of the DECC's office for nuclear development, Mark Higson, asked EDF to welcome the expected announcement of a safety review by the energy secretary, Chris Huhne, and added: "Not sure if EDF unilaterally asking for a review is wise. Might set off a bidding war."
• EDF promised to be "sensitive" to how remediation work at a UK nuclear site "might be seen in the light of events in Japan".
• It also requested that ministers did not delay approval for a new radioactive waste store at the Sizewell nuclear site in Suffolk, but accepting there was a "potential risk of judicial review".
• The BIS warned it needed "a good industry response showing the safety of nuclear – otherwise it could have adverse consequences on the market".
On 7 April, the office for nuclear development invited companies to attend a meeting at the NIA's headquarters in London. The aim was "to discuss a joint communications and engagement strategy aimed at ensuring we maintain confidence among the British public on the safety of nuclear power stations and nuclear new-build policy in light of recent events at the Fukushima nuclear power plant".
Other documents released by the government's safety watchdog, the office for nuclear regulation, reveal that the text of an announcement on 5 April about the impact of Fukushima on the new nuclear programme was privately cleared with nuclear industry representatives at a meeting the previous week. According to one former regulator, who preferred not to be named, the degree of collusion was "truly shocking".
A spokesman for the DECC and BIS said: "Given the unprecedented events unfolding in Japan, it was appropriate to share information with key stakeholders, particularly those involved in operating nuclear sites. The government was very clear from the outset that it was important not to rush to judgment and that a response should be based on hard evidence. This is why we called on the chief nuclear inspector, Dr Mike Weightman, to provide a robust and evidence-based report."
A DECC source played down the significance of the emails from the unnamed BIS official, saying: "The junior BIS official was not responsible for nuclear policy and his views were irrelevant to ministers' decisions in the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake."
Tom Burke, a former government environmental adviser and visiting professor at Imperial College London, warned that the British government was repeating mistakes made in Japan. "They are too close to industry, concealing problems, rather than revealing and dealing with them," he said.
"I would be much more reassured if DECC had been worrying about how the government would cope with the $200bn-$300bn of liabilities from a catastrophic nuclear accident in Britain."
The government last week confirmed plans for eight new nuclear stations in England and Wales. "If acceptable proposals come forward in appropriate places, they will not face unnecessary holdups," said the energy minister, Charles Hendry.
The NIA did not comment directly on the emails. "We are funded by our member companies to represent their commercial interests and further the compelling case for new nuclear build in the UK," said the association's spokesman.
"We welcome the interim findings of the independent regulator, Dr Mike Weightman, who has reported back to government that UK nuclear reactors are safe."
• This article was amended on 1 July 2011. The original quoted Tom Burke as follows: "I would be much more reassured if DECC had been worrying about how the government would cope with the $200m-$300m of liabilities from a catastrophic nuclear accident in Britain." This has been corrected.
Japan disaster
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Exclusive: UK government must learn from Japan's catastrophe as it plans a new generation of plant, nuclear chief claims
Call for Chris Huhne to resign over Fukushima emails
Former party chief executive in Scotland says Huhne must go over 'conspiracy' to protect nuclear industry
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Editorial: Is the unthinkable being thought as Britain plans for a new generation of reactors?
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Fukushima spin was Orwellian
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If you are new at leasing cars and you have a trip coming up, you will find some basic things which you will need to know before you visit the car rental agency. First of all, shopping the net may be the simplest way to obtain the information that you want. Most internet websites for rental car agencies are extremely user friendly. You can receive their rates, in addition to a list of those vehicles which they rent. These sites will have the ability to help you and answer most questions that a consumer could ask. If you cannot find the answer to your query on the World Wide Web, just call the rental car agency directly. All agents are friendly, helpful, and more than willing to help fulfil your requirements.
When you know that you are going to be having a car down a month the Street, you need to go ahead and book it. It will give you peace of mind to know that it is been taken care of, and it will also offer the rental car hire agency sufficient time to guarantee that the car you have requested is ready and waiting to meet you when you arrive. Most rental car companies offer this much needed support. It is recommended that you check into your own clubs, or memberships, to see if you are able to be given a discount for car hire. Some credit card company's offer special discounts at rental car companies. Pull out your credit card info sheet, or call them directly. If you work for the army or government, you could qualify for a discount, also. Sewa Kereta Klang are there to serve the people and will work with most discounts and travel agencies to deliver you the very best deal possible.
If you are going to need your car for at least five days, you should go ahead and rent it for a week. The additional two days may provide you a better deal for the money, in addition to take the strain from having to unload your luggage and return the car once you arrive home. You need to rent a car that will satisfy the requirements of the trip. If you need car seats, tell the broker if you make the reservation. Always bear in mind it is better to get a car that is too large, than one that is too small. You should not attempt to cram a family of four and bag to a compact car. However, if you are driving solo on the trip and have always dreamed of driving a sleek sports car, then today is your opportunity to match the dream. Anything is possible with car rentals.


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The Peacock Room by Merryn Corcoran ~ a Review
After Allegra O'Brien finds out about her husband's infidelity, she goes to Tuscany to look into her roots. A spur of the moment decision during the trip led to her meeting the handsome Massimo and seeing part of the castle that her Italian grandfather had always talked about. Now she's determined to learn more about the castle and the mystery surrounding her great-grandfather's disappearance, as well as reclaim her independence and sense of identity.
Feb. 2020; RedDoor Publishing; 978-1910453810
audio, print (320 pages); women's fiction
You definitely feel for Allegra, as her teenage children are dismissive and her husband treats her like a possession even after she discovers that he has been cheating for months during his "business trips." He seems to get even worse as time goes on so that the upper-middle-class lifestyle that Allegra and her children are used to is being used as a bargaining chip. That's a common tactic in divorce proceedings, so those portions of the book feel very grounded in reality. I wanted to shake her teenage children to have them grow up and stop treating her so badly, especially her son, though teenagers are self-centered and focused on material things as a natural state of their development.
There are lots of descriptions of Sammezzano Castle and the surrounding countryside. Allegra gets lecturing on them at times so that it feels less like a natural conversation arc and more like the author's way to dump a lot of information on us. The descriptions are gorgeous, though it feels a little disconnected from the reader, with less sensory input. As in, food is mentioned but not described, and we don't get much of an explanation on how Allegra feels to be there. It's almost like the fade to black sex scenes with Massimo, who has some secrecy regarding his past as well. It's almost too much of a plot device that the police officer that saves Allegra is into her and conveniently single, and has all kinds of pull in exactly the places that Allegra needs. Still, he provides a great contrast to Hugo, as he has his macho pride but isn't controlling Allegra in a toxic or demeaning way.
The mystery surrounding Allegra's great-grandfather Allessandro's disappearance was done very well and revealed in stages. I really enjoyed that story thread, and its resolution at the end of the novel is at once sad and satisfying. It makes sense why he had been missing for so long, but it's also sad that no one he had known would ever know what had happened to him. The epilogue also gives additional closure to the story, tying up all the loose threads that didn't fit in the overall story arc.
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Labels: Merryn Corcoran, MK French, Reviews, romance, women's fiction
bermudaonion February 2, 2020 at 8:02 AM
I don't think I'd like the "lecture" parts but the rest of the book sounds good to me.
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Media Uses Terrorism Apologist as "Objective" Gaza Observer
by Jeff Dunetz | Jan 6, 2009 | Other
You gotta hand it to the Mainstream Media when they tired of the Anti-Israel bias of their "reporters" they find someone else to do it for the. Take the Case of Norwegian doctors, Mads Gilbert and Erik Fosse. The two MDs Entered Gaza on New Year's Eve to provide medical assistance at Shifa Hospital. Since that time they have become "media darlings" appearing on the BBC, CBS, CNN, ABC, Independent, Sky News, and New York Times, and even Iranian Television. The Docs have provided the ONLY non-Hamas source for the "Suffering" of the Gaza civilians. Funny the networks forget to mention that these guys are terrorist apologists. For example
Gilbert is a radical Marxist and a member of the political Red (Rodt) party, a revolutionary socialist party in Norway. He has been a pro-Palestinian activist since the 1970's and traveled to Lebanon in support of the Palestinians during the first Lebanon war in 1982. He has long been a vocal opponent of Israel and the U.S.
He also believes the the US deserved the attack on 9/11. Sound like an objective observer to you? Read More Below:
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by Ricki Hollander
The source of most of the information coming from Gaza thus far has been from Palestinian representatives. One of the only non-Palestinian voices heard has been that of Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor who entered Gaza on December 31 along with his colleague Erik Fosse ostensibly to provide medical assistance to Palestinians at Shifa Hospital. They have become media stars as the BBC, CBS, CNN, ABC, Independent, Sky News, and New York Times, among others, have turned to them as independent foreign observers to provide a presumably non-partisan perspective. They have been extensively interviewed in the Norwegian as well as the world press. In fact, Gilbert appears in so many interviews that one wonders how he has the time to provide medical help, never mind "doing surgery around the clock" as he claims.
In his interviews, Gilbert decries what he claims is Israel's "all out war against civilians." Condemning Israel for "deliberately targeting the [Palestinian] population" and causing "a man-made disaster," Gilbert and Fosse claim that Israel and the UN are lying about the civilian casualty count and feed the media their own alternate statistics ( "50% of the casualties are women and children"–CBS; "children made up 25% of the deaths and 45% of the wounded"–BBC). Gilbert is even quoted by the Iranian Press TV alleging the Israelis have used unconventional weapons against the Palestinians.
So are these Norwegians indeed non-partisan foreigners providing independent confirmation of Palestinian reports or do they have an agenda? Is Gilbert simply someone "who was allowed into Gaza last week to give emergency medical aid, and who has worked in many conflict zones," as the New York Times introduces him or someone with a partisan perspective?
Gilbert is a radical Marxist and a member of the political Red (Rodt) party, a revolutionary socialist party in Norway. He has been a pro-Palestinian activist since the 1970's and travelled to Lebanon in support of the Palestinians during the first Lebanon war in 1982. He has long been a vocal opponent of Israel and the U.S. Gilbert has acknowledged that he cannot separate politics from medicine, stating, "there is little in medicine that is not politics." He even criticizes the group Doctors Without Borders for providing medical assistance to both sides in a conflict instead of taking a strong stance and supporting only one party. In a 2006 article in Nordlys, northern Norway's largest newspaper, journalist Ivan Kristoffersen lamented the fact that Gilbert allows his humanitarian efforts to be politicized by his radical agenda.
The extent of Gilbert's political agenda and animus toward Israel and the U.S. is best evidenced by his radical support for the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the U.S.
In an interview with the Norwegian daily, Dagbladet, shortly after the attacks, Gilbert stated:
The attack on New York was not surprising, after the policy that has led the West in recent decades. I am upset over the terrorist attack, but am equally upset over the suffering which the United States has created. It is in this context that the 5000 dead people must be seen. If the U.S. government has a legitimate right to bomb and kill civilians in Iraq, then there is also a moral right to attack the United States with the weapons they had to create. Dead civilians are the same whether they are Americans, Palestinians or Iraqis
When asked by Dagbladet if he supported the terrorist attack on the U.S., he replied:
Terror is a bad weapon, but the answer is yes, within the context I have mentioned. (Sept. 30, 2001)
Fosse worked as a doctor for the Palestine Committee in Lebanon in the 1970's. He now leads NORWAC, the Norwegian Aid Committee. According to Aftenposten, Fosse's passion to work on behalf of Palestinians was sparked by his time in Lebanon.
According to Verdens Gang, the largest Norwegian daily, Gilbert and Fosse's current trip to Gaza is funded by the Norwegian foreign ministry.
Given the partisan — and in Gilbert's case, radical — perspective they represent, Fosse's and Gilbert's testimony must be weighed with extreme caution.


Hopper is an excellent way to track airfare on the iPhone and iPad. The app is like many other travel apps where you import your departure and arrival airports as well as your departure and return dates. However the app really shines when it predicts when it's the best time to buy your airfare. The app knows the price history of your flight and when your better off waiting to purchase. Hopper will even let you know when the price is predicted to change. When the price does change the app will send you a notification on your iPhone. This way you don't need to keep checking back in the app. Multiple flights can be tracked at the same time. This is great if you are planning to travel to one location or another and need help deciding which place to take your vacation. Hopper is the best app we've found for checking airfare pray straps.
Hopper is just one of our favorite travel apps for iPhone and iPad. We've collected all of our favorites here. And if you'd like to see more of our top app selections in different categories, just head on over to our Best Apps Series.


About 25 years ago we began hearing about the 4% rule, which is the idea that a retiree can withdraw 4% of a portfolio's original value per year and still be reasonably certain that their money will last as long as they do. Whether it works is dependent on many different factors, but it's a guideline that may be a decent starting point for someone looking to retire between the ages of 65 and 95.
But what if you're a lot younger than that? What if you want to retire in your early 40s—or even younger? How well does the 4% rule hold up?
If you're 40 years old and you decide you need $100,000 of annual income with a 3% adjustment for inflation each year, that means you'd need to start with a $2.5 million nest egg to potentially get the $100,000 you need each year at a 4% withdrawal rate. What could go wrong? As it turns out, A LOT.
First, your money needs to last for 55 years instead of 30. And if you're taking a systematic withdrawal from your portfolio with a 60/40 mix of stocks and bonds, if the market performs poorly through the early years of your retirement, your money could run out very quickly. That's due to sequence of returns risk.
Next, if interest rates and economic growth remain low, we could be facing lower market returns than we've seen in the past. If your money has to last 50 or more years, market returns become even more critical.
Third, with so much time ahead, you've got a greater risk of unexpected spending shocks, like a health issue or large home repair. These things can really eat into your nest egg.
And at age 40 you're also 25 years away from Medicare. That means you've got to fund your own healthcare needs, which isn't cheap!
All of this means that a 4% withdrawal rate may be far too aggressive for those who retire younger. An analysis by The Capital Group Companies determined that the maximum annual withdrawal rate for a 40 year old should be roughly 3.38 %—and it goes down to 2.79% if you factor in potential spending shocks and lower future returns in the market.
So keep this in mind if you want to retire early: with a longer retirement to fund for, there's potential for a LOT more uncertainty. This is yet another reason to talk with an advisor and get a strategy.
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At its European conference in Hamburg this week Panasonic showed off a new bit of concept kit for its Wi-Fi compact camera line-up – the ability to control a camera with your smartphone.
This technology isn't new – Samsung debuted its own version of it with the Samsung SH100 and its ability to link up with the Samsung Galaxy S – but it is uncharted territory for Panasonic, which has only just revealed its back in the smartphone market with the Panasonic Eluga.
TechRadar was given a demo of the technology which uses an as-yet-unreleased smartphone app which mirrors the view from the camera on to a Panasonic Eluga, allowing you complete control of the camera from the phone's touchscreen.
This virtual tethering is done through Wi-Fi and in realtime.
Once you have taken the photo, then you will be able to transfer images to your smart TV, via the phone's Viera Connect app and through just a flick of the finger.
Given that the Viera Connect app is also available on iOS devices, we're expecting this remote control app to not be exclusive to Pansonic smartphones.
Panasonic didn't have an actual release date for the technology but given that there's Wi-Fi enabled Panasonic compacts in the market at the moment - in the form of the Panasonic FX90 - and the Panasonic Eluga UK release date is April, there's no reason why we won't see it come some time in the second half of 2012.


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/**
 * @file lstm_layer.hpp
 * @author Marcus Edel
 *
 * Definition of the LSTMLayer class, which implements a lstm network
 * layer.
 */
#ifndef __MLPACK_METHODS_ANN_LAYER_LSTM_LAYER_HPP
#define __MLPACK_METHODS_ANN_LAYER_LSTM_LAYER_HPP

#include <mlpack/core.hpp>
#include <mlpack/methods/ann/layer/layer_traits.hpp>
#include <mlpack/methods/ann/init_rules/random_init.hpp>
#include <mlpack/methods/ann/optimizer/rmsprop.hpp>

namespace mlpack {
namespace ann /** Artificial Neural Network. */ {

/**
 * An implementation of a lstm network layer.
 *
 * This class allows specification of the type of the activation functions used
 * for the gates and cells and also of the type of the function used to
 * initialize and update the peephole weights.
 *
 * @tparam OptimizerType Type of the optimizer used to update the weights.
 * @tparam GateActivationFunction Activation function used for the gates.
 * @tparam StateActivationFunction Activation function used for the state.
 * @tparam OutputActivationFunction Activation function used for the output.
 * @tparam WeightInitRule Rule used to initialize the weight matrix.
 * @tparam InputDataType Type of the input data (arma::colvec, arma::mat,
 *         arma::sp_mat or arma::cube).
 * @tparam OutputDataType Type of the output data (arma::colvec, arma::mat,
 *         arma::sp_mat or arma::cube).
 * @tparam PeepholeDataType Type of the peephole data (weights, derivatives and
 *         gradients).
 */
template <
    template<typename, typename> class OptimizerType = mlpack::ann::RMSPROP,
    class GateActivationFunction = LogisticFunction,
    class StateActivationFunction = TanhFunction,
    class OutputActivationFunction = TanhFunction,
    class WeightInitRule = RandomInitialization,
    typename InputDataType = arma::mat,
    typename OutputDataType = arma::mat,
    typename PeepholeDataType = arma::cube
>
class LSTMLayer
{
 public:
  /**
   * Create the LSTMLayer object using the specified parameters.
   *
   * @param outSize The number of output units.
   * @param peepholes The flag used to indicate if peephole connections should
   *        be used (Default: false).
   * @param WeightInitRule The weight initialization rule used to initialize the
   *        weight matrix.
   */
  LSTMLayer(const size_t outSize,
            const bool peepholes = false,
            WeightInitRule weightInitRule = WeightInitRule()) :
      outSize(outSize),
      peepholes(peepholes),
      seqLen(1),
      offset(0),
      optimizer(new OptimizerType<LSTMLayer<OptimizerType,
                                            GateActivationFunction,
                                            StateActivationFunction,
                                            OutputActivationFunction,
                                            WeightInitRule,
                                            InputDataType,
                                            OutputDataType,
                                            PeepholeDataType>,
                                            PeepholeDataType>(*this)),
      ownsOptimizer(true)
  {
    if (peepholes)
    {
      weightInitRule.Initialize(peepholeWeights, outSize, 1, 3);
      peepholeDerivatives = PeepholeDataType(outSize, 1, 3);
      peepholeGradient = PeepholeDataType(outSize, 1, 3);
    }
  }

  LSTMLayer(LSTMLayer &&layer) noexcept
  {
    *this = std::move(layer);
  }

  LSTMLayer& operator=(LSTMLayer &&layer) noexcept
  {
    optimizer = layer.optimizer;
    ownsOptimizer = layer.ownsOptimizer;
    layer.optimizer = nullptr;
    layer.ownsOptimizer = false;

    outSize = layer.outSize;
    peepholes = layer.peepholes;
    seqLen = layer.seqLen;
    offset = layer.offset;
    delta.swap(layer.delta);
    gradient.swap(layer.gradient);
    inputParameter.swap(layer.inputParameter);
    outputParameter.swap(layer.outputParameter);
    inGate.swap(layer.inGate);
    inGateAct.swap(layer.inGateAct);
    inGateError.swap(layer.inGateError);
    outGate.swap(layer.outGate);
    outGateAct.swap(layer.outGateAct);
    outGateError.swap(layer.outGateError);
    forgetGate.swap(layer.forgetGate);
    forgetGateAct.swap(layer.forgetGateAct);
    forgetGateError.swap(layer.forgetGateError);
    state.swap(layer.state);
    stateError.swap(layer.stateError);
    cellAct.swap(layer.cellAct);
    peepholeWeights.swap(layer.peepholeWeights);
    peepholeDerivatives.swap(layer.peepholeDerivatives);
    peepholeGradient.swap(layer.peepholeGradient);

    return *this;
  }

  /**
   * Delete the LSTMLayer object and its optimizer.
   */
  ~LSTMLayer()
  {
    if (ownsOptimizer)
      delete optimizer;
  }

  /**
   * Ordinary feed forward pass of a neural network, evaluating the function
   * f(x) by propagating the activity forward through f.
   *
   * @param input Input data used for evaluating the specified function.
   * @param output Resulting output activation.
   */
  template<typename eT>
  void Forward(const arma::Mat<eT>& input, arma::Mat<eT>& output)
  {
    if (inGate.n_cols < seqLen)
    {
      inGate = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      inGateAct = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      inGateError = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      outGate = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      outGateAct = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      outGateError = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      forgetGate = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      forgetGateAct = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      forgetGateError = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      state = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      stateError = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
      cellAct = arma::zeros<InputDataType>(outSize, seqLen);
    }

    // Split up the inputactivation into the 3 parts (inGate, forgetGate,
    // outGate).
    inGate.col(offset) = input.submat(0, 0, outSize - 1, 0);
    forgetGate.col(offset) = input.submat(outSize, 0, (outSize * 2) - 1, 0);
    outGate.col(offset) = input.submat(outSize * 3, 0, (outSize * 4) - 1, 0);

    if (peepholes && offset > 0)
    {
      inGate.col(offset) += peepholeWeights.slice(0) % state.col(offset - 1);
      forgetGate.col(offset) += peepholeWeights.slice(1) %
          state.col(offset - 1);
    }

    arma::Col<eT> inGateActivation = inGateAct.unsafe_col(offset);
    GateActivationFunction::fn(inGate.unsafe_col(offset), inGateActivation);

    arma::Col<eT> forgetGateActivation = forgetGateAct.unsafe_col(offset);
    GateActivationFunction::fn(forgetGate.unsafe_col(offset),
        forgetGateActivation);

    arma::Col<eT> cellActivation = cellAct.unsafe_col(offset);
    StateActivationFunction::fn(input.submat(outSize * 2, 0,
        (outSize * 3) - 1, 0), cellActivation);

    state.col(offset) = inGateAct.col(offset) % cellActivation;

    if (offset > 0)
      state.col(offset) += forgetGateAct.col(offset) % state.col(offset - 1);

    if (peepholes)
      outGate.col(offset) += peepholeWeights.slice(2) % state.col(offset);

    arma::Col<eT> outGateActivation = outGateAct.unsafe_col(offset);
    GateActivationFunction::fn(outGate.unsafe_col(offset), outGateActivation);

    OutputActivationFunction::fn(state.unsafe_col(offset), output);
    output = outGateAct.col(offset) % output;

    offset = (offset + 1) % seqLen;
  }

  /**
   * Ordinary feed backward pass of a neural network, calculating the function
   * f(x) by propagating x backwards trough f. Using the results from the feed
   * forward pass.
   *
   * @param input The propagated input activation.
   * @param gy The backpropagated error.
   * @param g The calculated gradient.
   */
  template<typename InputType, typename eT>
  void Backward(const InputType& /* unused */,
                const arma::Mat<eT>& gy,
                arma::Mat<eT>& g)
  {
    size_t queryOffset = seqLen - offset - 1;

    arma::Col<eT> outGateDerivative;
    GateActivationFunction::deriv(outGateAct.unsafe_col(queryOffset),
        outGateDerivative);

    arma::Col<eT> stateActivation;
    StateActivationFunction::fn(state.unsafe_col(queryOffset), stateActivation);

    outGateError.col(queryOffset) = outGateDerivative % gy % stateActivation;

    arma::Col<eT> stateDerivative;
    StateActivationFunction::deriv(stateActivation, stateDerivative);

    stateError.col(queryOffset) = gy % outGateAct.col(queryOffset) %
        stateDerivative;

    if (queryOffset < (seqLen - 1))
    {
      stateError.col(queryOffset) += stateError.col(queryOffset + 1) %
          forgetGateAct.col(queryOffset + 1);

      if (peepholes)
      {
        stateError.col(queryOffset) += inGateError.col(queryOffset + 1) %
            peepholeWeights.slice(0);
        stateError.col(queryOffset) += forgetGateError.col(queryOffset + 1) %
            peepholeWeights.slice(1);
      }
    }

    if (peepholes)
    {
      stateError.col(queryOffset) += outGateError.col(queryOffset) %
          peepholeWeights.slice(2);
    }

    arma::Col<eT> cellDerivative;
    StateActivationFunction::deriv(cellAct.col(queryOffset), cellDerivative);

    arma::Col<eT> cellError = inGateAct.col(queryOffset) % cellDerivative %
        stateError.col(queryOffset);

    if (queryOffset > 0)
    {
      arma::Col<eT> forgetGateDerivative;
      GateActivationFunction::deriv(forgetGateAct.col(queryOffset),
          forgetGateDerivative);

      forgetGateError.col(queryOffset) = forgetGateDerivative %
          stateError.col(queryOffset) % state.col(queryOffset - 1);
    }

    arma::Col<eT> inGateDerivative;
    GateActivationFunction::deriv(inGateAct.col(queryOffset), inGateDerivative);

    inGateError.col(queryOffset) = inGateDerivative %
        stateError.col(queryOffset) % cellAct.col(queryOffset);

    if (peepholes)
    {
      peepholeDerivatives.slice(2) += outGateError.col(queryOffset) %
          state.col(queryOffset);

      if (queryOffset > 0)
      {
        peepholeDerivatives.slice(0) += inGateError.col(queryOffset) %
            state.col(queryOffset - 1);
        peepholeDerivatives.slice(1) += forgetGateError.col(queryOffset) %
            state.col(queryOffset - 1);
      }
    }

    g = arma::zeros<arma::Mat<eT> >(outSize * 4, 1);
    g.submat(0, 0, outSize - 1, 0) = inGateError.col(queryOffset);
    g.submat(outSize, 0, (outSize * 2) - 1, 0) =
        forgetGateError.col(queryOffset);
    g.submat(outSize * 2, 0, (outSize * 3) - 1, 0) = cellError;
    g.submat(outSize * 3, 0, (outSize * 4) - 1, 0) =
        outGateError.col(queryOffset);

    offset = (offset + 1) % seqLen;

    if (peepholes && offset == 0)
    {
      peepholeGradient.slice(0) = arma::trans((peepholeWeights.slice(0).t() *
          (inGateError.col(queryOffset) % peepholeDerivatives.slice(0))) *
          inGate.col(queryOffset).t());

      peepholeGradient.slice(1) = arma::trans((peepholeWeights.slice(1).t() *
          (forgetGateError.col(queryOffset) % peepholeDerivatives.slice(1))) *
          forgetGate.col(queryOffset).t());

      peepholeGradient.slice(2) = arma::trans((peepholeWeights.slice(2).t() *
          (outGateError.col(queryOffset) % peepholeDerivatives.slice(2))) *
          outGate.col(queryOffset).t());

      optimizer->Update();
      optimizer->Optimize();
      optimizer->Reset();
      peepholeDerivatives.zeros();
    }
  }

  //! Get the peephole weights.
  PeepholeDataType& Weights() const { return peepholeWeights; }
  //! Modify the peephole weights.
  PeepholeDataType& Weights() { return peepholeWeights; }

  //! Get the input parameter.
  InputDataType& InputParameter() const {return inputParameter; }
  //! Modify the input parameter.
  InputDataType& InputParameter() { return inputParameter; }

  //! Get the output parameter.
  OutputDataType& OutputParameter() const {return outputParameter; }
  //! Modify the output parameter.
  OutputDataType& OutputParameter() { return outputParameter; }

  //! Get the delta.
  OutputDataType& Delta() const {return delta; }
  //! Modify the delta.
  OutputDataType& Delta() { return delta; }

  //! Get the peephole gradient.
  PeepholeDataType& Gradient() const {return peepholeGradient; }
  //! Modify the peephole gradient.
  PeepholeDataType& Gradient() { return peepholeGradient; }

  //! Get the sequence length.
  size_t SeqLen() const { return seqLen; }
  //! Modify the sequence length.
  size_t& SeqLen() { return seqLen; }

 private:
  //! Locally-stored number of output units.
  size_t outSize;

  //! Locally-stored peephole indication flag.
  bool peepholes;

  //! Locally-stored length of the the input sequence.
  size_t seqLen;

  //! Locally-stored sequence offset.
  size_t offset;

  //! Locally-stored pointer to the optimzer object.
  OptimizerType<LSTMLayer<OptimizerType,
                          GateActivationFunction,
                          StateActivationFunction,
                          OutputActivationFunction,
                          WeightInitRule,
                          InputDataType,
                          OutputDataType,
                          PeepholeDataType>, PeepholeDataType>* optimizer;

  //! Parameter that indicates if the class owns a optimizer object.
  bool ownsOptimizer;

  //! Locally-stored delta object.
  OutputDataType delta;

  //! Locally-stored gradient object.
  OutputDataType gradient;

  //! Locally-stored input parameter object.
  InputDataType inputParameter;

  //! Locally-stored output parameter object.
  OutputDataType outputParameter;

  //! Locally-stored ingate object.
  InputDataType inGate;

  //! Locally-stored ingate activation object.
  InputDataType inGateAct;

  //! Locally-stored ingate error object.
  InputDataType inGateError;

  //! Locally-stored outgate object.
  InputDataType outGate;

  //! Locally-stored outgate activation object.
  InputDataType outGateAct;

  //! Locally-stored outgate error object.
  InputDataType outGateError;

  //! Locally-stored forget object.
  InputDataType forgetGate;

  //! Locally-stored forget activation object.
  InputDataType forgetGateAct;

  //! Locally-stored forget error object.
  InputDataType forgetGateError;

  //! Locally-stored state object.
  InputDataType state;

  //! Locally-stored state erro object.
  InputDataType stateError;

  //! Locally-stored cell activation object.
  InputDataType cellAct;

  //! Locally-stored peephole weight object.
  PeepholeDataType peepholeWeights;

  //! Locally-stored derivatives object.
  PeepholeDataType peepholeDerivatives;

  //! Locally-stored peephole gradient object.
  PeepholeDataType peepholeGradient;
}; // class LSTMLayer

//! Layer traits for the lstm layer.
template<
    template<typename, typename> class OptimizerType,
    class GateActivationFunction,
    class StateActivationFunction,
    class OutputActivationFunction,
    class WeightInitRule,
    typename InputDataType,
    typename OutputDataType,
    typename PeepholeDataType
>
class LayerTraits<LSTMLayer<OptimizerType,
                            GateActivationFunction,
                            StateActivationFunction,
                            OutputActivationFunction,
                            WeightInitRule,
                            InputDataType,
                            OutputDataType,
                            PeepholeDataType> >
{
 public:
  static const bool IsBinary = false;
  static const bool IsOutputLayer = false;
  static const bool IsBiasLayer = false;
  static const bool IsLSTMLayer = true;
  static const bool IsConnection = false;
};

} // namespace ann
} // namespace mlpack

#endif

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