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28th Surgical Nursing and Nurse Education Conference (Surgical Nursing 2018) which is scheduled on August 08-09, 2018 at Osaka, Japan with a theme of "Innovative Innovations towards Surgical Nursing and Nurse Education". The conference invites all the participants across the globe to attend and share their insights and convey recent development technologies and methodologies in the field of Surgery and Education. It will provide exposure to the possibilities in Nursing. It will also provide insight to the novel inventions and techniques. It is very beneficial for the surgeons, students, physicians, nurses, doctors, health care people, professors because it provides knowledge in the field. It also gives opportunities to the nursing societies in Japan to showcase their knowledge and have face to face meetings with scientists increasing their business opportunities and also serves an opportunity to know about their market competitors.


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"One good thing about music - when it hits you feel no pain" - Bob Marley
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45 RPM Gems
Brit Pop and beyond
Folk Rock/Country Rock/Americana
Prog Rock/Krautrock
Punk, New Wave, Post Punk & Two Tone
Sixties Compilations
Traditional British Folk
Black Rock (2010)
Steal Your Heart Away/I Know A Place/When The Fire Hits The Sea/Quarryman's Lament/Spanish Boots/Bird On A Wire/Three Times A Fool/Night Life/Wandering Earth/Look Over Yonders Wall/Athens To Athens/Blue And Evil/Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind
Joe Bonamassa's blues rock is very much influenced by sixties British blues rock, far more so than the music of the Mississippi Delta. He adds to it a post-2000 sonic bombast and his albums are a bit of an aural assault, although they are certainly powerful and blow the cobwebs away. They are full of massive, searing riffs and thumping drums, together with his gritty voice. All good stuff, but the listener doesn't get too much relief. It is thick, heavy, crunching modern blues rock.
Steal Your Heart Away is an old Bobby Parker blues from 1961 that Bonamassa turns into a chunky, throaty and industrial rock number. A cover of John Hiatt's I Know A Place has some mighty riffs, and thundering piledriver drums. It has a great solo half way through too.
When The Fire Hits The Sea has a classic, upbeat blues riff and a lively energy to it. Despite its catchiness, it is still beefy stuff. The soloing is again top class.
Quarryman's Lament gives us a change to the ambience, with its Celtic-style folk fiddle and laid-back folky feel. When Bonamassa varies his approach a little, such as on songs like this, things become a lot more intriguing. Both of those are self-penned songs.
Spanish Boots shows his liking for late sixties British blues rock in a strong cover of Jeff Beck's song from 1969's Beck-Ola. It is given the full storming Bonamassa treatment, which works really well.
Bird On A Wire is a cover of a Leonard Cohen song and it is done in a mournful, evocative style, building up impressively from a quiet beginning and featuring some lovely violin. It is one of the album's best cuts. Full of soul.
Back to some searing Chicago blues for the powerful Three Times A Fool, an Otis Rush cover. This one really rocks, with a throbbing bass line as well as some typical Chicago-style guitar from guest B.B. King.
Night Life is a wonderful slice of Stax-ish horn-powered soul/blues/rock. It is actually a Willie Nelson cover, but here, it drips with sweet blues rock honey. Love it.
Wandering Earth, a Bonamassa original, is a solid, slow-burning slab of gritty blues rock. Look Over Yonders Wall is a thumping, energetic Chicago-style number. The guitar is again sumptuous.
Athens To Athens is another Bonamassa has written in a folky, Led Zeppelin III fashion. Blue And Evil is a big, dramatic, Zeppelin-esque muscular rocker.
Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind is a surprisingly jaunty, lively acoustic piece of fluff to end on. It is at odds, sonically, with most of the album, however, despite some superb guitar-picking soloing. So, there you go, if you like your blues rock big, brash, loud and powerful, this is for you. Personally, although I do like the album, I am more of a sixties/early seventies blues rock man.
Don't Explain - with Beth Hart (2011)
Sinner's Prayer/Chocolate Jesus/Your Heart Is As Black As Night/For My Friends/Don't Explain/I'd Rather Go Blind/Something's Got A Hold On Me/I'll Take Care Of You/Well, Well/Ain't No Way
This is the first of three (thus far) collaborations between Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa and is made up of cover versions. No matter, though, as the quality is top notch. The two of them complement each other perfectly. Sure, you can pretty much predict what you are going to get but it is none the worse for it, and the sound quality is excellent too - big, bold and bassy.
Ray Charles's Sinner's Prayer is a slow grind blueser that sees Hart taking a robust vocal lead and beseeching "Lord have mercy on me" in true blues fashion. It cooks and bubbles in slow-burning style from beginning to end. The short and comparatively jaunty Chocolate Jesus has an almost waltz-y beat to it and an infectious appeal. It is a Tom Waits song.
The tempo slows down on the late night smoky smoulder of Melody Gardot's jazz number Your Heart Is As Black As Night, which is full of embittered sensuality. The chunky For My Friends shows off Bonamassa's powerful guitaring (is that a word?) in the most vibrant way so far. Check out the solo at the end. The pair's blues rock approach transforms the Bill Withers song completely.
Billie Holiday's Don't Explain is dealt with competently by a sleepy-voiced Hart and then we get a superb eight minute plus rendering of Etta James's I'd Rather Go Blind. The pair of them make it their own (well, not quite but you know what I mean - they do a great job). Hart's gritty, earthy white blues voice is a knockout on this one. The girl can sing the blues, that's for sure. Joe's mid-song solo is peerless, of course.
Another Etta James song, Something's Got A Hold On Me starts with some somewhat irritating, slowed-down vocals before it suddenly starts to rock, big time gospel style, on the album's most upbeat cut. Bobby Bland's I'll Take Care Of You is a slow serving of bluesy soul that once again features some killer guitar.
Delaney and Bonnie's Well, Well is appealingly rocking, with a rhythmic drum sound. It is one of my favourites from the album. Aretha Franklin's Ain't No Way is a supremely dignified and suitably soulful way to bring things to a close.
Quality blues rock from two fine exponents of the genre.
Blues Of Desperation (2016)
This Train/Mountain Climbing/Drive/No Good Place For The Lonely/Blues Of Desperation/The Valley Runs Low/You Left Me Nothin' But The Bill And The Blues/Distant Lonesome Train/How Deep This River Runs/Livin' Easy/What I've Known For A Very Long Time
This is, for me, far more of a rock album from the fast-becoming legendary blues rock man Joe Bonamassa. At times it has a real heavy rock thump to it, huge pounding drums and lots of industrial strength riffs. He has done many far more bluesier albums than this but it is loud, punchy and enjoyable. It certainly blows the cobwebs away and makes your speakers shake.
This Train is a storming opener, full of powerful rock drums, woo-woo backing vocals and chunky guitar. Bonamassa's vocal is gruff and totally in command throughout the track.
Mountain Climbing is a riffy, almost heavy rock number. Drive sees the full-on attack calm down briefly, with its melodic, laid-back and rhythmic Chris Rea-style intro. Joe's vocal is quieter and soulful. There is a great atmosphere on this one.
No Good Place For The Lonely is a solid, mid-pace rock ballad. It features an extended, killer guitar solo.
Blues Of Desperation is a mysterious one, with some swampy wah-wah guitar and big Led Zeppelin-influenced choruses.
The Valley Runs Low is a Don Henley-ish West Coast-sounding catchy number. It has a real soulful feel to it. You Left Me Nothin' But The Bill And The Blues is the first real, upbeat genuinely bluesy rocker on the album so far. Bonamassa's guitar on here is intoxicating and his vocal is superb too. As for the guitar solo in the middle. Glorious.
Distant Lonesome Train is once more massively punchy, but it also has an organ-driven seventies rock feel to it and a great rolling drum sound.
How Deep This Ever Runs is a muscular rock ballad again augmented by stunning guitar and drums. Livin' Easy is a surprise - a jaunty, jazzy number completely different to anything else on the album, with everything toned down and keyboards and saxophone to the fore.
What I've Known For A Very Long Time is a horn-driven piece of bluesy rock to finish on. As I said earlier, though, this is more of a rock album than a blues rock one, or indeed a blues one. It is a powerful listen though.
Single of the week - The Honey Drippers - Impeach The President (1973)
Other blogs I like a lot
Sounds Good, Looks Good - Mark Barry's music review blog
"I Think Of You: The Westbound Singles 1969-75" by THE DETROIT EMERALDS - featuring James Mitchell with Ivory (Ivy) and Abrim (Abe) Tilmon (September 2017 UK Ace Records/Westbound Records CD Compilation of Remasters – Duncan Cowell Remasters) - A Review by Mark Barry...
Aphoristic Album Reviews
Music Quiz: 5 Letter Words in 2010s Songs
Pushing Ahead of the Dame - David Bowie blog
I Can't Give Everything Away
For Your Pleasure - Roxy/Ferry blog
Days out in the Borders - Scottish travel blog
River Tweed At West Ord
Richard Foote's David Bowie Blog
1. The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
Tony Flower - Author's page
Ice Cream for Breakfast Day
Nova Radio On Demand - Chris Donald's Soul Club show
My lists on Rate Your Music
Welcome to the Friars Aylesbury website - the legendary rock club
ThePunkPanther's Sporcle Quiz Profile
Current listening
Syndicate Of Sound
Reggae Compilations
Punky Reggae Party Playlist
Hot Summer's Day Playlist
Northern Soul Playlist
Punk Playlist
Michael Prophet
Ziggy Marley & The Melody Makers
Zap Pow
Tony Joe White
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The Selecter
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The Larks UK
The Heptones
The Ethiopians
The Electric Light Orchestra
The Detroit Spinners
The Dead 60s
The Albion Country Band
The Albion Band
Tappa Zukie
Super Rail Band
Stone Foundation
SouLutions
Soozie Tyrell
Sonny Criss
Shirley Brown
Sham 69
Secret Affair
Roots Radics
Ras Michael & The Sons Of Negus
Ram John Holder

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Q: Solving an inequality with multiple floor terms Find the smallest $x$ that satisfies the inequality
$$
\left\lfloor \frac xa \right\rfloor\left\lfloor \frac xb \right\rfloor \geq y
$$
where $x$, $y$, $a$, $b$ are natural numbers.
I need to solve that as part of a specific algorithm and the only thing I came up with so far is trying a lot of values for $x$. I am not sure if it can be solved analytically.
I am currently trying to find a lower bound for $x$ so that I don't have to try so many values.
If I substitute $a$ and $b$ with their lowest possible value of $1$ it is clear that $x \geq \left\lfloor\sqrt{y}\right\rfloor$. That is still pretty conservative though, especially for large values of $a$ and $b$.
Is it possible to have a better lower bound or even an analytical solution for $x$?

Edit:
I realized that removing the floors can only increase the value of the left-hand side. And because the value needs to be larger, this can be used to directly solve for an $x$ that can not be too large already. (That was pointed out in the comments as well).
If you solve that, you get $x \geq \left\lfloor\sqrt{aby}\right\rfloor$.
This is better than my previous lower bound. I have tested it algorithmically for values from 1 to 100 and it underestimates the $x$ by about 9% on average. There is however a worst-case, if $y$ and either $a$ or $b$ are 1 and the other $a$ or $b$ is very large.

A: We have:
$$0 \leq \frac{x}{a}-\left\lfloor \frac xa \right\rfloor \leq \frac{a-1}{a}$$
with the maximum value of the difference happening when: $$x \mod{a} = a-1$$
From this we can set both lower and upper bounds. When we minimize the difference we get $$\frac{x}{a}\frac{x}{b} \geq y$$ giving us a lower bound of
$x \geq \sqrt{yab}$. As $x$ is the smallest, $x-1$ should satisfy the equation
$$\left\lfloor \frac {x-1}a \right\rfloor\left\lfloor \frac {x-1}b \right\rfloor < y$$
Combining with our inequalities we get:
$$(\frac{x-1}{a}-\frac{a-1}{a}) (\frac{x-1}{b}-\frac{b-1}{b})< y \\
\Rightarrow (\frac{x}{a}-1) (\frac{x}{b}-1)< y\\
\Rightarrow (x-a) (x-b)< yab$$
This is a more complicated equation to solve, but it gives us the upper bound:
$$x < \sqrt{yab + \frac{(a-b)^2}{4}}+ \frac{a+b}{2} $$
Now that we have an upper bound and a lower bound, we need to find the value of $x$ quickly. We can do so using a divide and conquer algorithm.
We need three variables: $l$, who's initial value is set to the floor of the lower bound, $u$, who's initial value is set to the ceiling of the upper bound, and a third variable $n$. A number $n$ is "too high" if both $n$ and $n-1$ satisfy the $$f(x) = (\left\lfloor \frac xa \right\rfloor\left\lfloor \frac xb \right\rfloor \geq y)$$
equation. A number $n$ is "too low" if neither $n$ nor $n-1$ satisfy the above equation. A number $n$ is  "just right" if $n$ satisfies the equation but $n-1$ does not. It is the number $x$ we are looking for. Our algorithm is as follows:
Check if either $u$ or $l$ is just right. If either is, we found $x$ and are done. If neither is:
$(1)$ set $n = \lfloor \frac{u+l}{2} \rfloor$. If $n$ is just right, we are done, $x = n$. If it is too high, set $u = n$ and goto step $(1)$. If it is too low, set $l = n$ and goto step $(1)$.
This should converge to $x$ with a runtime equal to the logarithm of the difference between the upper and lower bounds. $O(\ln(a+b))$ is a good aproximation.

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Alfie Milne Lymphangiomatosis Trust joined forces with Apex Tubulars at the start of the year and set a target of getting 100 people to sign up for the Run Balmoral 5k in April.
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The trust was set up to support the ongoing illness of five year old Alfie Milne.
Alfie suffers from a rare disease of the lymphatic system known as Lymphangiomatosis, which affects just a handful of people in the UK.
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This year we will be starting to learn the FIRST perek of Bava Metzia. The coming shiur will deal with the din of "yachloku" in the mishna.
Mishna daf 2a (It would be worthwhile to quickly learn the Gemara from 2b "leima natnitin d'lo keSumchus" until 3a "behadei hadadi agbahuha".
Tosafot s.v. Ve-yachloku, Rashi s.v. Be-mekach u-vemimkar.
Bava Batra daf 34b "Ha-hu arba" until daf 35b "ve-i de-mar lo de-mar." Rashbam; Tosafot s.v. Ha-hu Arba.
What is the preferred method of dealing with the situation - chaluka or kol de-alim? Why?
What is unique about the case of Shenayim Ochazin according to Tosafot?
How do Tosafot, the Rosh, and the Riva deal with the difference between our sugya and that of Maneh Shelishi?
In order to explore the logic behind the ruling of the mishna, it is worthwhile to examine a similar scenario which, nonetheless, leads to a different verdict. The gemara (Bava Batra 34b) deals with a case where two litigants each claim ownership over a boat (arba). Since neither claim can be conclusively proven, the court decides upon a verdict of "kol de-alim gvar" and whoever is "stronger" gains possession of the arba.
In both cases, there is a dispute between two litigants concerning the ownership of an object. Although conclusive evidence cannot be brought in either case, nevertheless beit din's verdict is not consistent. What is the difference between the scenario of shnayim ochazin and that of ha-hu arba?
It is a well-known rule in Shas that "chazaka - kol ma she-nimtza tachat yado shel adam shelo hu" - we assume ownership by virtue of physical possession. (We will refer to this as "chazaka"). Consequently, "ha-motzi me-chavero ALAV ha-ra'aya" - the onus of proof rests upon the litigant who wishes to GAIN possession (and not upon the litigant who already HAS possession). How are we to view the situation where two litigants are both grasping onto a talit?
It is possible to explain that when TWO people are holding onto the same object, they each have a chazaka that half the object belongs to each. In the words of Tosafot (s.v. Yachloku), beit din themselves can testify that half belongs to one litigant as he is holding onto it, and half belongs to the other, as he is holding onto it, so long as the claimant fails to provide evidence.
According to this explanation, the verdict of chaluka is merely a statement of fact and does NOT represent an actual change in status. Both litigants were considered to have ownership over half the talit, even BEFORE setting foot into court. Thus, beit din is never presented with a safek (doubt) at all. It is as if two people strolled into court, each holding half a separated talit, claiming ownership thereof - there would be no need for beit din to say anything.
The Ramban, while basing himself on the premise that BOTH have a chazaka, takes a slightly different approach in explaining the sugya: We are not entirely convinced that half the talit belongs to one and half to the other. Nevertheless, since each one IS in possession, as it were, over half the talit, we are unwilling to take out of his hands that which he has possession over.
According to this approach, beit din IS faced with a safek. Nonetheless, they are UNWILLING to change the status-quo without sufficient incentive and ha-motzi me-chavero ALAV ha-ra'aya. This is despite the possibility that one of the litigants may lose out unfairly. In distinction to Tosafot, Ramban believes that chaluka does not reflect maintaining a legal status which exists before the litigants come to court.
In the case of ha-hu arba, where there is NO tefisa, beit din are prepared to take the chance of deciding "kol de-alim" as they are NOT unjustly removing the boat from the possession of one of the litigants - it is in the possession of neither. Furthermore, there is a chance that the actual owner will triumph and gain the upper hand - a possibility that is not catered for in the case of shnayim ochazin.
At the root of the argument between Tosafot and the Ramban is the possibility of applying the chazaka of "Kol ma she-nimtza tachat yado shel adam shelo hu" to the case of "shnayim ochazin." It is clear that we cannot award the assumed status of owner of the talit to both litigants, due to the inherent contradiction involved. Therefore, even Tosafot only apply the chazaka partially; each litigant is assumed to own only half of the talit.
However, even this partial application is difficult, since it runs counter to objective reality. Given the claims of the ba'alei din, each of whom claims full ownership, the talit probably belongs totally to only one of the litigants. Tosafot solve this problem by adding the qualification of "chaluka yekhola lihiyot emet," that it is possible (though not probable) that each party owns half of the tallit.
Tosafot (Bava Batra 34b s.v. Hahu) quotes a different distinction between cases of yachloku and cases of kol de-alim gvar, in the name of the Riva. In our case of shnayim ochazin, despite the contradictory claims, it is quite possible that neither party is lying intentionally. It is quite possible that both grabbed the garment around the same time and each one thinks that he acquired it first. Thus, beit din is prepared to hand down a verdict of yachloku. However, in the case in Baba Batra, it is clear that the arba belongs to only ONE of the litigants and that the other is a lying. It is therefore fitting that beit din not award each litigant half of the object as they will most definitely be promoting deceit by awarding the cheater.
It can be suggested that the various opinions mentioned result from a fundamental argument as to the preferred verdict of beit din. In a situation where it is impossible to decide between litigants, perhaps it is preferable to divide the money. This is the fairest solution; however, it almost certainly entails a compromise and most probably veers from the objective truth. On the other hand, it may be preferable to allow for the possibility of being absolutely consistent with the objective reality, despite the fact that in so doing there is the danger that the rightful owner will end up empty-handed. Based on various comments, it seems from the Rosh (that we favor the verdict of kol de-alim over yachloku as there exists a chance that the REAL owner will triumph. (This is based on the theory that the real owner will display more tenacity to gain what is rightfully his than the usurper.) Nonetheless, we decide yachloku in the case of shnayim ochazin as we are unwilling to make one side lose that which is already in his possession. Similarly, Tosafot and the Ramban apply yachloku only because of ochazin, but do not see division as a preferred solution resulting from the safek itself.
The impression gained from the Riva (Tosafot Bava Batra 34b) is that we favor the option of chaluka. Nevertheless, in the case of ha-hu arba, since one of the sides is definitely lying, we refuse to award the deceit. Therefore, beit din is forced to give up the preferred option of division, in favor of the less palatable kol de-alim gvar.
When two litigants forward contradictory claims and there is no basis for preferring one over the other, beit din is faced with a dilemma. Should they adopt a ruling which aspires to be fair but does not make a serious attempt at reflecting objective truth? Or perhaps beit din should aspire to truth, although this entails a rejection of an even-handed solution.
These conflicting approaches are reflected in the question of yachloku (fairness) versus kol de-alim gvar (an aspiration to or possibility of truth).
We suggested that the Riva basically prefers yachloku. However, if one of the litigants is a cheat, beit din may be forced to adopt the less preferred solution of kol de-alim gvar.
Tosafot and the Ramban, on the other hand, prefer to keep the hands of beit din clean by ruling kol de-alim gvar. However, beit din must rule yachloku in cases of tefisa. According to Tosafot, this is because tefisa creates a chazaka whereby each is assumed to be owner of half. Therefore, yachloku is a natural outgrowth of the pre-existing legal state. On the other hand, Ramban views tefisa as a factor which ties beit din's hands, preventing them from applying the preferred option of kol de-alim gvar.


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1. Two peanuts walk into a bar. One was asalted.
2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The barman says "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."
3. A sandwich walks into a bar. The barman says, "Sorry we don't serve food in here."
4. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road."
6. Two aerials meet on a roof, fall in love get married. The ceremony wasn't much but the reception was brilliant.
7. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"
8. Patient:"Doc, I can't stop singing 'The green, green grass of home.'" Doc: "That sounds like Tom Jones syndrome." Patient: "Is it common?" Doc:"It's not unusual."
9. Two cows standing next to each other in a field, Daisy says to Dolly "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," said Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" Exclaimed Daisy.
10. A guy walks into the psychiatrist wearing only Glad Wrap shorts. The shrink says, "Well, I can clearly see you're nuts."
11. Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive..."
12. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull**** before.
13. A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet and says, "My dog's cross-eyed, is
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cross-eyed?" "No, because he's really heavy".
14. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.
15. I went to the butchers the other day and I bet him $50 that he couldn't reach the meat on the top shelf. He said, 'no, the steaks are too high.'
16. A man came to the hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor
doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't, I've cut off your arms".
17. I went to a seafood disco rave last week.... and pulled a mussel.
18. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.
19. A man walks into doctor's office. "What seems to be the problem?" asks the doc. "It's... um...well... I have five penises" replies the man. "Blimey!" says the doctor, "How do your trousers fit?" "Like a glove."
20. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.


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package ssh_test

import (
    "bytes"
    "fmt"
    "io/ioutil"
    "log"
    "net"
    "net/http"

    "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
    "golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal"
)

func ExampleNewServerConn() {
    // An SSH server is represented by a ServerConfig, which holds
    // certificate details and handles authentication of ServerConns.
    config := &ssh.ServerConfig{
        PasswordCallback: func(c ssh.ConnMetadata, pass []byte) (*ssh.Permissions, error) {
            // Should use constant-time compare (or better, salt+hash) in
            // a production setting.
            if c.User() == "testuser" && string(pass) == "tiger" {
                return nil, nil
            }
            return nil, fmt.Errorf("password rejected for %q", c.User())
        },
    }

    privateBytes, err := ioutil.ReadFile("id_rsa")
    if err != nil {
        panic("Failed to load private key")
    }

    private, err := ssh.ParsePrivateKey(privateBytes)
    if err != nil {
        panic("Failed to parse private key")
    }

    config.AddHostKey(private)

    // Once a ServerConfig has been configured, connections can be
    // accepted.
    listener, err := net.Listen("tcp", "0.0.0.0:2022")
    if err != nil {
        panic("failed to listen for connection")
    }
    nConn, err := listener.Accept()
    if err != nil {
        panic("failed to accept incoming connection")
    }

    // Before use, a handshake must be performed on the incoming
    // net.Conn.
    _, chans, reqs, err := ssh.NewServerConn(nConn, config)
    if err != nil {
        panic("failed to handshake")
    }
    // The incoming Request channel must be serviced.
    go ssh.DiscardRequests(reqs)

    // Service the incoming Channel channel.
    for newChannel := range chans {
        // Channels have a type, depending on the application level
        // protocol intended. In the case of a shell, the type is
        // "session" and ServerShell may be used to present a simple
        // terminal interface.
        if newChannel.ChannelType() != "session" {
            newChannel.Reject(ssh.UnknownChannelType, "unknown channel type")
            continue
        }
        channel, requests, err := newChannel.Accept()
        if err != nil {
            panic("could not accept channel.")
        }

        // Sessions have out-of-band requests such as "shell",
        // "pty-req" and "env".  Here we handle only the
        // "shell" request.
        go func(in <-chan *ssh.Request) {
            for req := range in {
                ok := false
                switch req.Type {
                case "shell":
                    ok = true
                    if len(req.Payload) > 0 {
                        // We don't accept any
                        // commands, only the
                        // default shell.
                        ok = false
                    }
                }
                req.Reply(ok, nil)
            }
        }(requests)

        term := terminal.NewTerminal(channel, "> ")

        go func() {
            defer channel.Close()
            for {
                line, err := term.ReadLine()
                if err != nil {
                    break
                }
                fmt.Println(line)
            }
        }()
    }
}

func ExampleDial() {
    // An SSH client is represented with a ClientConn. Currently only
    // the "password" authentication method is supported.
    //
    // To authenticate with the remote server you must pass at least one
    // implementation of AuthMethod via the Auth field in ClientConfig.
    config := &ssh.ClientConfig{
        User: "username",
        Auth: []ssh.AuthMethod{
            ssh.Password("yourpassword"),
        },
    }
    client, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", "yourserver.com:22", config)
    if err != nil {
        panic("Failed to dial: " + err.Error())
    }

    // Each ClientConn can support multiple interactive sessions,
    // represented by a Session.
    session, err := client.NewSession()
    if err != nil {
        panic("Failed to create session: " + err.Error())
    }
    defer session.Close()

    // Once a Session is created, you can execute a single command on
    // the remote side using the Run method.
    var b bytes.Buffer
    session.Stdout = &b
    if err := session.Run("/usr/bin/whoami"); err != nil {
        panic("Failed to run: " + err.Error())
    }
    fmt.Println(b.String())
}

func ExampleClient_Listen() {
    config := &ssh.ClientConfig{
        User: "username",
        Auth: []ssh.AuthMethod{
            ssh.Password("password"),
        },
    }
    // Dial your ssh server.
    conn, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", "localhost:22", config)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("unable to connect: %s", err)
    }
    defer conn.Close()

    // Request the remote side to open port 8080 on all interfaces.
    l, err := conn.Listen("tcp", "0.0.0.0:8080")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("unable to register tcp forward: %v", err)
    }
    defer l.Close()

    // Serve HTTP with your SSH server acting as a reverse proxy.
    http.Serve(l, http.HandlerFunc(func(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
        fmt.Fprintf(resp, "Hello world!\n")
    }))
}

func ExampleSession_RequestPty() {
    // Create client config
    config := &ssh.ClientConfig{
        User: "username",
        Auth: []ssh.AuthMethod{
            ssh.Password("password"),
        },
    }
    // Connect to ssh server
    conn, err := ssh.Dial("tcp", "localhost:22", config)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("unable to connect: %s", err)
    }
    defer conn.Close()
    // Create a session
    session, err := conn.NewSession()
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("unable to create session: %s", err)
    }
    defer session.Close()
    // Set up terminal modes
    modes := ssh.TerminalModes{
        ssh.ECHO:          0, // disable echoing
        ssh.TTY_OP_ISPEED: 14400, // input speed = 14.4kbaud
        ssh.TTY_OP_OSPEED: 14400, // output speed = 14.4kbaud
    }
    // Request pseudo terminal
    if err := session.RequestPty("xterm", 80, 40, modes); err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("request for pseudo terminal failed: %s", err)
    }
    // Start remote shell
    if err := session.Shell(); err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("failed to start shell: %s", err)
    }
}

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How to Make a Bandanna Du-Rag
By Sam Orr
Creatas/Creatas/Getty Images
Du-rags are cloths used to cover the head. Motorcycle riders wear them to save their hair from wind. Other people wear them everyday to avoid tangling or messing up their hair styles. Du-rags are most commonly made out of smooth fabrics such as silk, rayon or polyester. However, a du-rag can be made from other types of fabric, including cotton bandannas. While du-rags can be purchased in many stores, their styles are usually limited to solid colors. Making a du-rag with a bandanna allows you to express your own personal style.
Buy a bandanna that fits your personal style, or use one that you already have. Bandannas can be purchased at most drug stores and department stores.
Hold two opposite corners of the bandanna and fold it in half, making a triangle. If you have a larger head, fold the bandanna less than halfway.
Place the folded part of the bandanna against your forehead while continuing to hold the two opposite corners. Pull the two corners tightly around your head, meeting in the back and overlapping the third corner of the bandanna.
Tie the two corners together, and tie them a second time to assure the knot won't come undone.
To remove the du-rag, don't untie the knot; simply slide it off of your head. This will make it easier to put back on.
You can create your own bandanna out of a square piece of fabric.
Bandanna Club: How to Tie a Bandanna
Sam Orr has been writing since 2006. Specializing in electronics, video games, music and home improvement, he writes for various online publications. Orr is studying physics at Ohio State University.
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Horizon's McElhinney Explains The Need For Deterministic ID's
Amid the push for more performance-based advertising campaign outcomes from deterministic consumer identities, Horizon Media is building its own identity solution. "With the help of our partners, we can now attach that ID to build the deterministic ID. That's going to allow us to advertise more one to one and get more toward people based marketing if you will and get more targeted," says Chief Data Officer Laura McElhinney.
"Looking at a deterministic ID needs to be the way that we move," McElhinney explains in this Beet.TV interview at the recent FreeWheel NOWFRONT event in Manhattan.
As part of that push, the media agency has been working on a new entity called Big, which Advertising Age reports will operate under a 100% performance-based model. It's part of Horizon's quest to have more than half of its ad deals to be guaranteed on business outcomes within the next three to five years.
"We want to make sure that we're spending our money in the right way and that we're reaching our audience effectively, that we're not overdoing it, that we're not saturating it so much that they're leaving the brand, that we're upsetting them," says McElhinney.
Asked about the availability of targeting data, she says it's still not easy enough to obtain.
"Not all of our vendors are going to give us back the data that we need, and not all of our clients will even give us first-party data to the point that it would be super helpful to us."
With the 2019 television Upfront events already under way, McElhinney believes they are still an essential ritual. "The Upfronts aren't going to go away. Relationships are very important, those conversations up front are very important. Reach frequency doesn't go away, impressions and GRP's don't go away," she says.
What has been changing "is that we have more data available to us that we can now marry that with that way of buying, that way of approaching the TV audience." More data available will help to inform deterministic ID's and "get more addressable, get more targeted to a tighter audience. As opposed to just throwing a big net over it."
This video is part of Beet.TV's coverage of The FreeWheel NOWFRONT: Media Reimagined. For more coverage from the series, please visit this page.
By Steve Ellwanger on March 19, 2019 @steveellwanger
The FreeWheel NOWFRONT: Media ReimaginedTagged Horizon Media, FreeWheel NOWFRONT, Laura McElhinney


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Q: Understanding function execution order in Recursion So I was going through the code for mergesort, which uses recursion. I am a bit confused about how the code works. Since the confusion is regarding recursion, I am placing similar code below, which is much simplified and focuses just on the recursion part:
var index = 0;

function parent() {
  console.log("parent called");
  if(index < 5) {
  index++;
  return child(parent());
  }
  else return 1;
}

function child() {
  console.log("child called");
}

parent();

Above code outputs:
"parent called"
"parent called"
"parent called"
"parent called"
"parent called"
"parent called"
"child called"
"child called"
"child called"
"child called"
"child called"

I was expecting a "child called" after each "parent called", since parent calls child each time unless index becomes more than or equal to 5. So after the first call to parent, parent calls child, which then calls parent, and so on. So why is the output showing five successive "parent called" and then five successive "child called"?
I tried to understand it with a visualizer for call stack in JS, but I still didn't understand why child just puts the parent in stack, but itself is not executed at that time? You can see it in action here.

A: When you do:
child(parent());

It has to execute parent() to know what value to send to child.  So it keeps calling parent until it gets to the else return 1;, then keeps passing the return value to child

A:
child(parent());

parent has to be called and finished before it returns a value that can be passed to child.
So the first parent is called, it gets to the second child(parent()) link and recursively calls the second parent which gets to the third child(parent()) and so on until something returns 1 and that can be passed to child.


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Making The Grade: Veronica Mars
Author: Rich | Posted at: 12:19 PM | Filed Under: consumer marketing, CW, jericho, social media, Stephen King, Veronica Mars, Warner Bros.
Jericho fan John Rodriguez, who publishes the Jericho-dedicated video-driven ThunderHawk blog on Yahoo! 360 beta, knows that the "greatest challenge is keeping people motivated. It takes a lot of time invested into
promoting something. It takes good communication, and fresh up to date information, on what is going on."
"You must fan the flames of your project, and keep it hot," says the Internet veteran who used to run three early BBS networks. "There is a small handful I have seen excel above and beyond. The work I have seen is much better than current CBS promotions."
Jericho fans continue to do their best, largely on their own, while waiting for CBS to officially reveal the start date of Jericho Season 2 (which is likely to be a mid-season break). Similarly, but for very different reasons, the power of consumer marketing is also being played out by another fan base. Unlike Jericho, they have nothing but rumors and faith that something, anything, might happen.
These are the fans of Veronica Mars, the critically acclaimed teen drama/mystery neo-noir series starring Kristen Bell. They could not save their show from being cancelled (the only reason perhaps, in my opinion, was the late start of the consumer campaign), but have, amazingly enough, continued to build on their momentum.
"The main problem with putting together a campaign of any kind is ensuring that there are not multiple campaigns working against each other," says Shannon Miller, Web master of the Veronica Mars Movie Web site. "The best way to keep up morale is to work in phases … to have multiple steps to the larger plan, and continue to encourage smaller campaigns along the way."
Like Jericho, there are several groups of fans with different goals, ranging from fast-tracking syndication to focusing on the full-length feature film (and some who still hold out for a complete reinstatement, which seems unlikely). Where Veronica Mars fans are winning is in their success in establishing a centralized forum called Neptune Rising. The goal of Neptune Rising is to consolidate fans with different goals under one campaign banner in order to benefit each other and support a larger campaign, whether that means promoting syndication or the movie.
"We occasionally have a hiccup, but we work them out," says Mark Thompson, who was introduced to Veronica Mars as late as season 3 because of previous fan efforts. He works on Save Veronica Mars. "Morale is something that has to be considered and it varies with each person [so we have to keep it high]. Right now, we're concentrating on building our membership numbers because the more members we have, the better our chance of success."
Thompson, like everyone we had contact with, stressed that they respect the privacy of the creators, crew, and cast (even saying they are excited that Bell will be appearing in Heroes), and prefer to keep their focus narrow: finding existing fans, creating new fans, requesting syndication, and keeping the dream of a movie alive. By doing so, their work has gotten noticed. Rob Thomas, Veronica Mars creator, recently responded to a letter sent in by a former Web master.
"I'm afraid I don't have a definitive answer other than to say I want to do it. Unfortunately right now, I need to pay the bills, and I'd have to write the movie on spec.," said Thomas. "It's difficult to consult on a show, develop new pilots and knock out comic books and/or a feature script. I'm grateful that there are fans anxious for it, and I remain motivated."
Thomas is not the only one. Rachel Gerke, who was instrumental in providing backgrounders and assisting us with collecting interviews (better than some public relations professionals, I might add) for this post, notes that Bell's answers in interviews have changed.
"I think that Kristen Bell is listening. Her interviews went from thinking that a movie was not going to happen to talk between her and Rob Thomas that it could happen," said Gerke. "I think the challenge is getting enough active people in each of our smaller groups. As long as we have someone overseeing each of them, which we do, it will work out well."
Courtney Harris is one of the primary organizers. She created the majority of the sites, including the forum and MySpace page. She also made many of the petitions and movie posters.
"I'm not big on coming up with ideas, but I'm really good at getting things done," says Harris. "A lot of dedicated fans seem to be listening and willing to take on the challenge, and fans in general seem to be interested in what we're doing. Just getting a group of fans together to create a campaign is a huge success in my opinion. As long we stay on track, I'm hoping it will all go up from there."
If there any is indication that their collective plans are working, perhaps Sara Pillitu is the perfect example. She is an Italian fan who followed the "Bars for Mars" cancellation protest campaign but suddenly found herself very involved in the effort.
"We're very lucky to be happy to be 'shiny, happy people' and we work constantly to keep morale up with jokes and discussions about the show," says Pillitu. "We do a lot of recruitment and we always look for new ideas to get the people involved in our campaign to save Veronica Mars. Unfortunately, Veronica Mars is not so popular in Europe, so right now I'm trying to spread the buzz on the show and create a partnership between us and the European fan sites."
Collectively, while the outcome is anybody's guess, Veronica Mars fans have a lot working in their favor. Here is a hot list of things they are doing right:
• They have established a centralized group that remains largely positive.
• They have designated smaller groups, each focusing on slightly different promotional efforts or social networks with informal leaders to provide direction.
• They welcome new Web masters and encourage them to promote specific goals.
• They have established clearly defined primary goals: engage existing fans (some who have become active supporters) and find new fans (loaning personal DVD sets when they have to) with the focus on supporting a movie.
• They have established secondary goals such as encouraging Warner Brothers to put the show into syndication and promoting DVD sales.
• They have a consistent message. Each participant responded separately, but they all had very similar answers. Their message sticks.
• They have remained courteous and supportive of the cast and crew, even going so far as to promote other ventures.
• They have remained courteous and supportive of each other and have fun.
All of this seems to demonstrate marked progress since we first mentioned Veronica Mars fan efforts in June. Currently, the fans are also looking for ways to raise funds to support promotional efforts as well as encouraging other sites to pick up on their efforts. (Hey Stephen King ... maybe you could plug fan base movements in one of your Entertainment Weekly columns.)
For some other insights into the fan base that will never say Neptune sets, visit the VMCW MySpace page where they still comment today. Consumer marketing. You have to love it!
Jericho Saved on 9/22/07, 12:28 PM said...
Great article Rich. I still believe cross-promoting could help not only Jericho but other fan bases as well. I never watched VM but I am impressed by fan efforts. They seem to have a solid foundation and are spreading the word. I especially like the idea of the small groups with their own focus. I'll be adding VM links to my blog tomorrow. I have a special place in my heart for fans of canceled shows.
Ichthus said...
As a Jericho fan who help save our show from cancellation, I find the Veronica Mars fans approach interesting. They know it will be a long, hard fight and they are gearing up for it. I think Jericho fans could learn a few things from them. I hope they do succeed.
Thanks Jane and Ichthus! I appreciate the comments.
There are several ideas that both fan bases have in place that could benefit each other, imo. I see each group as having unique challenges, VM fans because the future seems uncertain (but promising) and Jericho fans, who seem to be caught in the eye of the storm.
Jane, that is especially nice of you to add their links to your blogs. You are becoming a true show revival x-pert! :)
It makes sense though. Great series can become movies and movies can be made into series (or books, comics, etc.). It's often the creative spark, the stories, that fascinate me. While not every story translates well into other mediums, there are many have, will, and do.
My hat is off to both fan groups.
Social Media Consultant on 9/22/07, 6:42 PM said...
Hi Rich ..
Jericho as a brand has done a bit of good job by cross promotion so its thumbs up from here. I am thinkin to add the VM links tooo..
Hey Giovanni,
Good point. Jericho has become a solid brand. Even people I met who have not watched it know it. You cannot say that about every show with a single season under it's belt. :)
Veronica Mars has some staying power too. I've read hundreds of comments over the last few days from fans who are not part of the fan base asking if a movie could really happen. I think that can be attributed to some mighty fine fan marketing.
Thanks so much for the comment.
Thank you for writing such a nice article. I think you represented the cause very well and the many different perspectives we all have on the campaign. It has actually been a great experience working with the individuals on Neptune Rising and various other fan groups. I think we can definitely make things continue to happen with more positive buzz such as your article. Thank you for all of your efforts on our behalf.
Rich on 9/22/07, 11:36 PM said...
Thanks Shannon. The credit really belongs to you and everyone who participated.
I am very hopeful you will find new fans. One of my clients will be checking out your sites. She is big fan.
Stay the course and I know you will find a movie in the making. Positive persistence is instrumental.
Sara Pillitu on 9/23/07, 2:08 AM said...
Hi Rich!
I wanna really thank you for writing this great article.
I'm happy to see all these comments from Jericho fans... They inspired me in so many ways when I was in the Bars for Mars campaign.
I'd be honoured to join forces with them. Thank you guys for helping us spreading the buzz!
Thanks so much Sara.
It was great to get an Italian perspective. I think you're right ... there is ample potential for camaraderie between various program fans.
Myles on 9/24/07, 3:20 PM said...
This is a great article, Rich, and I'm wondering if you might be able to elaborate on one element of it for me.
The Jericho campaign was certainly more successful, thanks to its quick start, but is its long-term stability threatened by a lack of planning upfront and its early victory?
The Veronica Mars campaign had time to analyze its situation, and although that kept them from "saving" their awesome, awesome show initially it has led to a well-organized and focused movement that is still fighting for victory.
Whereas the Jericho campaign lost much of its impact when the battle was "won" with seven episodes, and everything happened so quickly that establishing a long-term strategy was nigh impossible.
I guess my question is whether Jericho's quick victory and accelerated campaign might have turned into a double-edged sword. Regardless, of course, both campaigns continue to prove that fan support is as high as ever, and hopefully networks realize this soon enough.
Jericho Saved on 9/24/07, 5:50 PM said...
Sorry Rich. I'm not answering for you. Myles, I think long-term stability is more threatened by what's happening now. There are those who insist we should all stay on the CBS board. What sense does that make? We're already fans. This weekend, after many suspicious deleted posts, people started attacking others. Frankly, I don't encourage anybody to use that board. There are people who attack others because, I believe, there is no longer a common enemy and because egos are involved. Once the fire starts it quickly gets out of control.
Myles,
Pretty close. I don't think Jericho fans were prepared for an early victory. However, if the long-term stability is threatened is only because of fragmentation, an unwillingness to speak to prospects as opposed to CBS (which is what you are doing if you spend all your time on the CBS site), and CBS' apparent unwillingness to capitalize what was the greatest consumer marketing mass ever. But they seem to be getting better.
The Veronica Mars campaign started too late to save their show because they were not 100 percent certain is was going to be cancelled and then did not believe that they could save it (until Jericho won, but then it was too late).
They have since regrouped and created a very dynamic fan base with new goals. They have growing exposure from multiple blogs and mySpace pages and now a central meeting place where a fraction of those can quickly take action and mobilize their team.
In some ways, Veronica Mars fans are acting in an manner that I advocated for Jericho fans on the front end of their victory. I doubt they will ever see a reinstatement, but they certainly could move Warner Bros. to move the show into syndication and prompt someone to put Rob Thomas in a position were he would not have to write it on spec.
As Rachel pointed out to me, Kristen Bell's appearance on Heroes is the day before the the DVD release. That could be a boon for the sales.
To answer your specific question, it was not the action of a quick victory that was a double-edged sword. It was reaction to the victory and subsequent fragmentation that CBS could stopped (but they did not).
However, let me underscore this part: it is the action or lack of action on the part of CBS that causes the greatest risk. Since jericho fans won, CBS took away any reason to fight for it. And, at the same time, placed the burden to promote the show on the shoulders of the fans BUT without a tangible product — they cannot promote a show without a start date. They cannot promote a DVD without ample ammo (and even that was pushed back into Oct.).
All of this is observation Myles. From what I am told Jericho spiked on Sat. according to Hey!Nielsen because of a single post. That doesn't happen if the isn't a fan base. So please don't count them out. Most of them are not participating like the most vocal fans. They are waiting to see their show return.
Your assessment is spot on. I was writing a much longer winded version when your posted yours. :)
And of course you can answer. No one has to wait for me to post a comment. In some ways, we've developed a little community of sorts. It's fun to think that people know some of the other people commenting.
Myles on 9/25/07, 8:40 AM said...
Jane and Rich,
I absolutely agree with the observations regarding the current situation, and certainly Hey! Nielsen is proving that Jericho fans are out there and willing to take part in initiatives.
We can all hope that the tension subsides and there can be a united front put forward in the future.
kystorms on 9/27/07, 5:00 AM said...
Just want to say thanks for giving the heads up on a new blog that I had not seen before Rich, :-)
We are growing so fast now it is hard to keep up!
As for cross promoting, I myself do not have the time to actually spend in yet one more shows forums and such, but wish them the best of luck.
DPGX said...
Awesome post, Its great that shows have fans dedicated enough to follow up like this. I really cant believe VM got cancelled when basically none of their new shows are bringing in equivalent viewers while VM had an established fan base. Im glad Jericho's fans were successful and can only hope for the same for VM fans!
Rachel on 9/27/07, 5:45 PM said...
I love the article and thanks for the kind words. I'm hoping our work does push Warner Bros. to put VM into syndication and prompt them to have RT write a script.
October 2 we are starting Veronica Mars Day, which is every Tuesday. Those will be designated days to work on mailing movie posters and tickets, emailing, etc.
I think we are headed in the right direction. Any suggestions off the top of your head?
Not off the top of my head because you are moving in the right direction. But I will give it some thought. I don't want to muck up what it working (sometimes it's best to stay out the kitchen unless you're ready to praise the chef or ask for a reheat).
VD Day Every Tues. is very smart. I will be writing about something tomorrow and will try to work it in.
I'm glad you liked the article. Thanks again for all your hard work. It would not have happened without you.
Gil on 10/14/07, 12:23 PM said...
As the former webmaster who corresponded with, and received the response you mentioned, from Rob Thomas, I want to say a hearty thank you for a wonderful, well-written article. I know from firsthand experience that when fan campaigners try to get publicity for their cause, this is the type of in-depth article, complete with multiple links that they dream about someone writing on their behalf! So for that, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Mark, Courtney, and Shannon have done an amazing job of keeping the fires burning, by continuing to reach out to bloggers like you, Rich, and Rachel has always been one of our most ardent and active supporters. I used to get email from her daily when I ran the site.
Rich on 10/20/07, 10:55 AM said...
Thanks for dropping by Gil. I appreciate it.
It's great to see your early efforts are being honored by so many passionate fans. I was happy to write about them, enough so I've put them in my open living case study links.
Ciro (alias UnderGravity - "AfterLife") said...
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frenzy on 10/14/08, 1:39 PM said...
rewrite articles
Talking Free Speech: The Gylon Jackson Show
Nothing But Buzz: Hey! Nielsen
Thinking Arrows: CBS Corporation
Thanking Bloggers: Copywrite, Ink.
Blogging Against Abuse: Bloggers Unite
Advertising Respect: Adweek and JWT
Measuring Buzz: Strategic Meets Social Media
Considering Sundance: Social Media Measures
Growing Pains: Really Fast Apps
Pitching Bloggers: Commercial Real Estate News
Changing Times: The New York Times
Blogging For Hope: BlogCatalog.com
Walking Planks: Social Media Pirates
Writing Fan Fiction: Ray Hayton
Marketing By Consumers: Jericho Bloggers
Making Changes: NBCB
Advertising Misstep: MoveOn
Resurrecting Porcupines: New Balance
Spotting Convergence: Procter & Gamble
Thinning The Workforce: Those People
Acting Responsibly: Crime Bloggers
Writing Fan Fiction: Myles McNutt
Challenging Reality: Jericho Jinx
Targeting Toys: Mattel Recall
Killing Digital Heroes: NBC Universal
Targeting Nomads: Social Networks
Exploring Social Media: Semi-Public Youth
Staking Claims: Social Media Borg
Writing Fan Fiction: Nick Lysne
Missing Targets: Jericho's Tactical Overload


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Q: How to move values from 2nd array into the empty places of 1st array How to move values from 2nd array into the empty places of 1st array
1st array as below
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] =>
    [2] => 4
    [3] =>
)

2nd array as below
Array
(
    [0] => 5
    [1] => 9

)

I want output as merging 2nd array into 1st as shown below
Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 5
    [2] => 4
    [3] => 9
)

I have tried below code.....
for($i=0; $i<$count; $i++){
    for($j=$i; $j<=$i; $j++)
      if(empty($assign_taskk[$i])){
            $assign_taskk[$i] = $taskkk[$i];
       }
}

plz help me out for same

A: Lets say your arrays look like:
$a1 = [
    0 => 1,
    1 => null,
    2 => 4,
    3 => null,
];

$a2 = [
    0 => null,
    1 => 5,
    2 => null,
    3 => 9,
];

Then you can iterate over first array and add values from the second one when needed:
foreach ($a1 as $k => $v) {
    if (empty($v) && !empty($a2[$k])) {
        $a1[$k] = $a2[$k];
    }
}

A: Another way to do it using below way-
<?php
$arr1= [1,null,4,null];
$arr2 = [null,5,null,9];
$result = array_values(array_filter($arr1) + array_filter($arr2));
print_r($result)
?>

DEMO: https://3v4l.org/R4aeE

A: Hi @amod try this
$_newArray = array_values(array_filter($array1) + array_filter($array2));
print_r($_newArray);

A: You can use below code for this:
$firstArray = [1,'',4,''];
$secondArray = [5,9];

$secondArrayCounter = 0;
foreach($firstArray as $key => $value) {
    if (empty($value)) {
        $firstArray[$key] = $secondArray[$secondArrayCounter];
        $secondArrayCounter++;
    }
}
print_r($firstArray);

Hope it helps you.


On July 19, 2017, I had a heart attack. One year, three procedures, and massive diet and exercise changes later, the beatings continue, so to speak. The Lord counts my days and knows my steps.
An unexpected side effect of changing my diet is a new-found enjoyment of baking bread. I went overboard a bit on the healthy diet thing, and am somewhat obsessive about knowing every ingredient that I eat. Since the collective nutrition wisdom strongly suggests healthy grains as a base-level ingredient, why not learn to make artisan bread that fulfills the healthy requirement and tastes good? This launched me into what has so far been a three-month intensive course in flour, water, salt, and yeast. Four ingredients that alone are just there; ingredients we all have in our kitchens. But together, with time and temperature added to the mix, those four ingredients have brought me joy and delight and nutrition.
I love the earthy smell of the levain culture every morning when I feed it, the smooth texture of the soft dough when I fold it before bulk fermentation, the bubbly and gassy dough rising in the bucket with air pockets and structure from the protein strands, the satisfaction of dividing the dough and forming it into tight balls before placing them in the proofing baskets, the wafting distinctive nutty, buttery, smells that fill the entire house when the bread bakes in the oven, and finally, the totally unexpected sound of the bread crackling when it cools on the countertop.
Bread, in many ways, means life to me. Bread is a healthy, delicious sustenance for my body, absent of dangerous saturated fats that might clog my arteries, and full of whole grain goodness. Spending ten days starting my own levain culture from nothing but whole wheat flour and water has taken my mind back to what may have been a simpler time. I can imagine people 100 years ago, a 1,000 years ago, 2,000 years ago, doing something very similar to me. Bread, in many ways, is life.
Pause and try to imagine what that means. I wish you could feel the depth of those six words and how much deeper and more multi-faceted they are to me now. Life is fleeting. One night you might get home from seeing Spiderman with the family and be hit in the chest with arm-numbing pain, wondering if, suddenly, unexpectedly, you are done with this world. Then, nine months later, your hands are pinching and folding warm dough that smells earthy, like a wheat field in late August, knowing that four simple ingredients—flour, water, salt, and yeast—will not only delight your palate but sustain your life.
I pray the next time you grab a loaf of bread from the pantry, open the bag and smell the familiar aroma that you will pause and turn, in your heart and mind, again to the One who gives life.
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Discussion in 'Financial Cents' started by melbo, May 25, 2006.
The debate over Peak Oil is instructive for followers of other commodities, particularly silver. While there should be even hotter debates raging over "Peak Silver," none exist. In fact, Google up the term and you likely will find references only to this article.
Regardless, Peak Silver is a concept whose time now has come. There really can no longer be any question as to whether we have reached the point of Peak Silver, save that suggested by silver's current market price. As we shall see, that price is an aberration which inevitably will be swept aside by the tidal force of massive market forces.
While oil may, in fact, be a renewable resource, per Abiotic Oil theory, there can be no question but that whatever silver now exists, including the ever-more-difficult-to-extract ore still in the ground, is all the silver that ever will exist.
What's more, unlike gold, virtually all the silver ever mined has disappeared via usage, while almost all the gold ever mined still exists in usable form, not that anybody really uses gold for anything. In fact, silver today is a much rarer precious metal than is gold.
Go back and read that last sentence again. I'll wait for you right here.....Good. Now go read it again.
Silver's relative scarcity is a vitally-important concept that simply has yet to sink into the minds of almost everybody in the world today. Else, why does silver trade for only $7 and change per ounce, versus nearly $470 per ounce of gold? Stand by, because all that is about to change. First, though, let's make the basic general case for precious metals as an investment.
If used solely as a money substitute, gold (like silver, platinum and palladium) finds its demand extremely sensitive to price changes. In other words, the demand for precious metals as money is price elastic. When the price of precious metals goes up, demand goes down. Ergo, the demand for precious metals must have declined a lot, you might say, because their prices have soared in recent years. Wrong.
Why are today's gold and silver prices half again as high as just a few years ago (many would say gold is almost 100% higher, but they point to a very brief time when it traded at around $260 per ounce)? Because the international value of the dollar has fallen by a third in the same time frame, that's why. Gold and silver haven't gotten more expensive. They are still the same old prices, just dressed in new, inflation-adjusted dollars.
The price increases seen in both gold and silver amply illustrate my book's contention that they are "particularly good means of transporting wealth from one side of an economic meltdown to the other." (Defensive Racism, Ch 12 - Money's End Game: Depression II) The bad news, for those who haven't yet noticed, is that America's economy is in rapid meltdown right now, just as it has been for the past several years. The worse news: The modern meltdown has only just begun and now is showing signs of rapid acceleration, as America's mortgage, bond and stock bubbles, created by the Federal Reserve's (criminally) excessive easy money policies, have begun to burst.
I call what is happening today the "modern" meltdown because today's dollar already is worth something less than 2 cents in 1914 dollars. Prior to 1914, the dollar had been stable, with zero inflation, for well over a century. What happened in 1914? Why, the Federal Reserve System was created, so as to "stabilize the value of the dollar," if you can believe it! Look, I couldn't just make something this ludicrous up. Look it up for yourself if you don't believe me. But, this is both a digression and a topic about which books have been written, perhaps one of the best of which is Eustace Mullins' Secrets of the Federal Reserve. My own book talks about money, precious metals and the Federal Reserve system extensively in its latter chapters, too.
Today's dollar has only one way to go: down. And it is a lot further to the bottom than one might imagine, despite the perspective provided by 1914. As I said on August 15, 2005: "A falling dollar couldn't be a surer bet than it is right this moment, here at the very tippy-top of the fifth and most prodigious bear market rally for the dollar since it started caving three years ago (and subsequently lost 1/3 of its value through the end of 2004)."
Preserving your wealth is more than a good enough reason to convert as many of your assets as possible right now into the form of precious metals, especially the sort you personally hold, such as rare coins and bar and coin bullion. Mining stocks are more volatile, thus possess more upside potential, but also carry significant risk in the event of a complete collapse of the economy.
Also on August 15, I said the following about buying gold and silver: "Back up the truck, boys and girls. Do it now." Since then, leading American and Canadian mining stocks have risen 20%. The spot prices of gold and silver are up about 5% in the same time period.
If my wife would let me, I would sell the ranch, buy gold and silver with the proceeds, then rent for the next two or three years. Women.
That is the basic case for precious metals. Now for Peak Silver. Remember our mantra from above: Silver today is a much rarer precious metal than is gold.
Yes, there still is much more silver in the ground than there is gold - eight times as much. Historically, we have pulled about eight times as much silver from the ground as we have gold, a ratio which has declined only slightly with today's production. Called the "poor man's gold," silver typically has been the least expensive of all the precious metals because it also has been the most plentiful. That was before industry began to use silver in significant quantities, however.
Silver has almost countless modern industrial applications, with both technology and population increases driving demand higher every day. Silver's thermal and electrical conductivity is unparalleled, making it the metal of choice for microcircuitry. Silver also plays a major role in the medical field, due to its natural antibiotic capability. What's more, silver is one of the few metals that does not corrode, making it essential in modern electrical switches of every sort (including your house and your car). And, yes, the photographic industry continues to consume about a quarter of all silver made available. Silver demand is increasing by leaps and bounds. What's little known is that silver demand has outstripped production for years.
During my lifetime (that's "modern times" to you, despite how you might feel about Bogart movies) we have been using silver a great deal faster than we mine it. Why hasn't the price of silver gone up before this (faster than necessary to counter inflation, that is)? Because the huge, above-ground inventories of silver built up prior to my lifetime (pre Bogie) were added to production in order to meet ongoing demand, that's why. Well, guess what? The stored-up silver now is gone. Just now, in fact. That, or those stores will run out within the next few months, depending upon whose figures you believe.
From here on out, we must live on current silver production alone, all while the non-investment demand for silver continues to grow. We either just passed or are about to reach the point of Peak Silver. In other words, never again will above-ground gold be more rare than silver. That's never again...as in NEVER AGAIN.
Nor will people be melting down their necklaces and heirloom cutlery at anything less than several times the current price of silver. The labor component of such trinkets simply is too high when compared to something like gold, which does see a great deal of jewelry turned in for reprocessing whenever its price jumps.
Owing to the huge industrial demand for silver, which simply does not exist for gold except in fashioning bathroom faucets for Arab oil sheiks, Peak Silver will reflect the price-inelastic demand generated by industrial applications.
The gold-to-silver price ratio also has risen well above the historic mean of 40:1 in recent years, suggesting that either gold will decrease in value or silver will increase. By many traditional measures ("bundle of stocks," "suit of clothes," etc.), gold already is grossly undervalued, due to government rigging of the price via the orchestrated sale and purchase of financial derivatives (again, see my book for a discussion of how gold derivatives temporarily can convert even gold into a fiat currency). In Defensive Racism, I go through a lengthy analysis in explaining how I think gold will spike well above $2,000 per ounce (in terms of today's dollars, not tomorrow's Greenspanbacks), then settle into a trading range three to four times higher than today's price.
Before silver is done, however, not only should/will/must it revert to the historic gold/silver mean ratio, suggesting a commensurate price for silver of $62.50 per ounce once gold becomes fairly priced. However, silver's scarcity should cause it to surpass even gold's price. Even if I am dead wrong about any upcoming increase in the price of gold, today's gold price alone, when divided by 40, suggests a "mean-ratio value" for silver of $11.75, which is a tidy 60% rise over today's actual silver price!
I mentioned government rigging, which takes place in both the gold and silver commodity markets through massive (and illegal, I might add) buying and selling of futures contracts through straw-man brokerage houses. Stock market rigging is even more massive, by the way. Consistent with government's refusal to allow us a free market for anything, least of all money and precious metals, the danger of gold confiscation by the US government, as FDR once ordered, is likely before the inevitable massive revaluation of the dollar which must occur following America's impending economic collapse. The estimable Lawrence Patterson, an expert on investing in precious metals by anybody's standard, makes a compelling argument for likely gold confiscation in the August 2005 issue of his excellent monthly magazine, Criminal Politics.
Why does our government rig financial markets? For the money, of course. Your money. Maintaining monetary stability is a lie, because we had perfectly stable money before the Federal Reserve System was handed control of our money supply. The mark of perfectly stable money is zero inflation, as in no inflation whatsoever. People have forgotten that such is possible and now accept 3% inflation as normal, and seem to view what is about to happen as a temporary inconvenience. People have forgotten the lesson of Depression I.
Yes, what is about to happen is so significant that it will cause us to start numbering our economic depressions, just as we do our world wars. Speaking of which, if you think WWII following Depression I was just coincidence, then you probably don't realize that we already have seen the beginnings of WWIII, which truly is a story for another day.
Unlike gold, silver will not be confiscated. There simply is too little of it around and the dentists couldn't handle the workload. Remember that the Hunt brothers very nearly cornered the world silver market a generation ago. Today, the amount of silver available not only is less, due to the massive reserve depletion that has taken place, but the price is lower than before, even in inflation-adjusted terms (government rigging, don't forget). How low is the price of silver? Well, it is well within the power of a great many individuals (each of them, not all together) to purchase every last ounce of silver that exists above ground today.
This point bears repetition: Silver today is a much rarer precious metal than is gold. Recall our discussion above concerning the price inelasticity of the demand for oil. That goes several times over for silver. Per production unit of consumer and industrial goods and equipment, the consumption of silver is exceedingly small, so that industrial-demand-driven prices are very inelastic. In other words, the price of silver could triple and add but, perhaps, a penny (that's a dollar in future Greenspanbacks) to the cost of your next TV set. Even a hundred-fold increase in the price of silver would not affect the purchase price of most industrial and consumer goods by much. Or a thousand-fold increase, for that matter.
"To the Moon, Alice." That's where the price of silver is headed, now that we have hit Peak Silver. To the Moon.
As I said, back up the truck.
New America, an idea whose time has come.
What's silver at now $14/oz?
Better late than never, time to start buying silver again. I should have never stopped buying it here and there but a new hobby got in the way of extra fundage. As a matter of fact, I remember selling some silver bars about 18 months ago to help fund a gun purchase. Guess I could melt it down and squeeze the silver back out of it.


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Q: Meteor - Where to put calculating methods properly I'm reading and watching Tutorials about Meteor since 1-2 Weeks. I've learned about how to structure a meteor app regarding server and client side code, accounts, security etc.
What i could not figure out:
Where do i put the calculation logic properly?
For example:
A user puts data in a form and the data is saved in the database. Depending on this input data i want to do several calculations by putting the data through lets say a chaining of around 20 Methods, and finally display some results.
At the moment i have all of these Methods inside the file where the Template.displayResults.helper is.
When i put them in another file they don't get recognized, i think because of the wrapper Meteor puts around.

Example: I have a collection of DIY projects and each of the projects has a field with an array of utilities that are neccessary for the project.
Projects = new Mongo.Collection('projects');

   /*
   exampleProject = {
        "name": "Kitchen table",
        "utilities": ["Hammer", "Glue"]
   }
   */

I want to display all possible DIY projects depending on the utilities the user has checked.
The UI has a group of checkboxes via the user can select a bunch of utilities he wants to use.
These values are saved in a collection.
Utilities = new Mongo.Collection('utilities');

    /*
    exampleUtility = {
        "name": "Hammer",
        "checked": true
    }
    */

Then i want to calculate the possible Projects...
Template.displayResults.helpers({

projectsPossible: function () {
        var utilitiesCheckedDB = Utilities.find({
            checked: true
        }).fetch();
        var projectsAll = Projects.find().fetch();
        return projectsPossible(utilitiesCheckedDB, projectsAll);
    }
});

// Returns an array of all possible projects depending on the selected utilities
function projectsPossible(utilitiesCheckedDB, projectsAll) {
    var result = [];
    _.each(projectsAll, function (project) {
        if (project.utilities.length === _.intersection(project.utilities, checkedCheckboxesList(utilitiesCheckedDB)).length) {
        result.push(project);
    }
});
return result;
}

// Returns an array of all checked utilities in the current checkbox database
function checkedCheckboxesList(checkedCheckboxesDB) {
    var result = [];
    _.each(checkedCheckboxesDB, function (checkbox) {
        result.push(checkbox.name);
    });
    return result;
}

The question is: There are more methods like "projectsPossible" and "checkedCheckboxesList". Where do i put these methods to get a good structure?
Thanks in advance!
Vin

A: If you want to register global helpers, just use Template.registerHelper(name, function), for instance:
Template.registerHelper('projectsPossible', function() {
    var utilitiesCheckedDB = Utilities.find({
        checked: true
    }).fetch();
    var projectsAll = Projects.find().fetch();
    return projectsPossible(utilitiesCheckedDB, projectsAll);
});

If you want to make the functions projectsPossible(utilitiesCheckedDB, projectsAll) or checkedCheckboxesList(checkedCheckboxesDB) accessible from other (client) files, you can make them global. For example:
projectsPossible = function(utilitiesCheckedDB, projectsAll) {
    var result = [];
    _.each(projectsAll, function(project) {
        if (project.utilities.length === _.intersection(project.utilities, checkedCheckboxesList(utilitiesCheckedDB)).length) {
            result.push(project);
        }
    });
    return result;
};

A: You can make model classes, using the transform option for collections.  For an ES5 example, see the docs:  http://docs.meteor.com/#/full/mongo_collection
Also, you have to make that model class or function global by not using var.
(function() {
  foo = function foo() {
    alert("fooh")
  }
})()

In the above example, without foo =, the foo function would only be visible inside its own file because of the wrapper.


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Home / Film Notes / Sing You Sinners (1938)
Sing You Sinners (1938)
By Toronto Film Society on May 24, 2020
Toronto Film Society presented Sing You Sinners (1938) on Sunday, March 31, 1985 in a double bill with Three Smart Girls Grow Up as part of the Season 37 Sunday Afternoon Film Buffs Series "A", Programme 10.
Production Company: Paramount. Producer and Director: Wesley Ruggles. Screenplay and Original Story: Claude Binyon. Photography: Karl Struss. Art Direction: Hans Dreier and Ernst Fegte. Set Decoration: A.E. Freudeman. Film Editor: Alma Macrorie. Sound: Earl Hayman. Musical Director: Boris Morros. Songs; Frank Loesser, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Burke, James V. Monaco.
Cast: Bing Crosby (Joe Beebe), Fred MacMurray (David Beebe), Donald O'Connor (Mike Beebe), Elizabeth Patterson (Mother Beebe), Ellen Drew (Martha), John Gallaudet (Harry Ringmer), William Haade (Pete), Paul White (Filter), Irving Bacon (Boring Lecturer), Tom Dugan (Racing Fan).
By 1938, Bing Crosby had established himself as one of the most popular and durable light leading men in motion pictures. His musicals and light comedies had all been enormously successful at the box office, and his status as one of the screen's most likable personalities was generally acknowledged. But whether Crosby could successfully handle a serious dramatic role had yet to be resolved.
For this reason, Sing You Sinners rates an extremely important place in Crosby's film career. A seriocomic contemporary drama concerning the exploits of a shiftless young gambler and his patient, loving family, it was the very film to offer Crosby a screen role of pith and substance, in which he could demonstrate his ability as a dramatic actor. Most of his previous screen roles had been limited to portraying charming, romantic, and carefree crooners, always involved with either abandoned children, runaway blondes, villainous gangsters, or homeless old people. This type of role admittedly fit Bing Crosby like an old glove, but it never allowed him to show the true depth of his talent.
Crosby possessed a natural acting skill that could be easily applied to virtually any kind of screen role. This skill would eventually blossom during the forties and fifties but it had remained sadly neglected in his films before Sing You Sinners, possibly because the studio was reluctant to cast Crosby in a role that might alter his popular image as the screen's favourite crooner.
Crosby took full advantage of his first opportunity to enact a screen role of dimension and depth. His Joe Beebe is a deceptively complex man, seeming contented and carefree on the surface but frequently given to moments of introspective despair and self-doubt. It is a skillful characterization, revealing for the first time the more serious side of Bing's talent.
Related ItemsBing CrosbyDonald O'ConnorElizabeth PattersonEllen DrewFred MacMurraySeason 37Sing You Sinners (1938)Sunday Buffs 37Wesley Ruggles
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