Are you looking for an app that can give you parental controls and screen time management for your family? We've partnered with OurPact to share our experience using their app.
OurPact is just that, and it's available on iOS and Android devices. You can find it in the App Store if you are on iOS and for Android users, you can sign up at OurPact.com. I'm not shy to admit that we all spend too much time on electronic devices. With OurPact I can block the internet for my whole family. I can do it easily with the touch of a button or if I want we can make daily time schedules.
Sometimes unplugging isn't easy. I get constant notifications on my phone and sometimes missing an email means missing a huge opportunity. That being said, I'm missing precious moments, so I've realized unplugging must be done. That being said, it's not so easy for my hubby and toddler. Our toddler loves games and youtube, like most toddlers these days. I used to turn the phone off for her and she didn't know how to turn it on, well now she knows. If I'm doing the dishes or laundry, she will try to find my phone and turn it on. It's like it's better than all of her toys! My husband can browse news sites and videos for 2 hours and feel like it's 5 minutes.
We miss out on so many moments by using our phones. I won't say using phones are horrible, but I think that moderation is key when using them. They rarely serve their original purpose anymore, being an actual phone. This past week we used OurPact and left the house and went strawberry picking. When we got out we had so much fun! When we're out we usually have our phone and it can be a huge distraction. I brought my DSLR along to take pictures too, but even that I only had out for 5 minutes, so it wasn't a distraction of myself enjoying the moments.
First, I went on my phone to download OurPact. While it was downloading, I went to my desktop to register. In less than 2 minutes I was registered and taking control of our devices.
It's easy to use, and you just pair the FREE app with your child's device. Pairing should take about a minute and they you're set to start blocking out internet time. With the new 2.0 update, you can now access the app on OurPact.com too! This means you can control all the functions and features on practically any device, including your desktop.It's easy to block time, for example, you can block 15 minutes or even an hour, or if you'd like you can make a schedule.
OurPact is reliable and making it a point to get more family time in. We're attached to our phones and life is passing us by, we don't realize how long we're on the phone until we look at the time. By using this app, you can turn off apps, and they will disappear until you bring them back. While they created this app to be a bridge for parent and children, I think it's also a great tool for parents as well. Children aren't the only guilty ones when it comes to social media and internet usage.If you're like me and you tried the timers, the phone box, turning off the phones, and it all just doesn't work, try OurPact. It's free, and it's reliable.
As much as I love how far technology has come, I can say I never had all these devices as a child. I played with real toys. I played outside daily. I spent so much time with my parents growing up, we had no media tablets and phones like we do today. Don't get me wrong, they're great, but shouldn't be overused. We're all about family time, and now this is helping us stay on track.


It's really easy to dismiss something like this album as a bunch of noise thrown together in an afternoon. Even by progressive-rock standards, Eskimo is avant-garde. It makes Zappa sound like a pandering pop-peddler. And even if the Residents had a tiny fanbase, their music could still be art - - but I'm willing to concede that their music speaks to far too many people to simply be an inside joke.
Eskimo is creative, and even clever, in concept, but it eventually wears thin. I'll admit, too, to being unnerved by some of the animal noises - - maybe that's part of my ambivalence about the album. I should also say that for some reason, Eskimo struck me as having a plot similar to that of Nancy Kress's sci-fi novel Steal Across the Sky, which is something that endeared me toward the album. The story in the liner notes turns out to be totally different, of course.
Ultimately, there just isn't enough substance here for a forty-minute album, although there's nothing about the concept, per se, which should limit it. Two stars for audacity and originality.


Also on the menu is some tasty and nutritious conversation about the appeal of fresh sardines. Bait fish no more…Respect the humble sardine. In a can or fresh It's high in nutrition and value priced.
A preview of today's show and what you need to know for a chance for a free, premium fried chicken sandwich on August 31st to celebrate the last day of National Sandwich Month!
The largest annual gathering of foodservice executives, chefs and restaurateurs in the West is the 2016 Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo on August 28th to 30th at the Los Angeles Convention Center. It's for the trade, only. Ron Mathews, Vice President of the Western Foodservice & Hospitality Expo joins us with a preview.
Prominent chefs from across the country are set to return to Los Angeles for the 7th Annual LA Loves Alex's Lemonade culinary cookout benefiting Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation and the fight against childhood cancer on Saturday, September 10, 2016 from 12-4pm at UCLA's Royce Quad. The event — hosted by Chef Suzanne Goin, business partner Caroline Styne (Lucques, a.o.c.,Tavern) along with Chef David Lentz (The Hungry Cat) – will offer fantastic food, wine and cocktails prepared by the nation's best chefs, winemakers and mixologists, all to fight childhood cancer. Lucques Restaurant Group's Caroline Styne joins us with an enticing preview.
Tuxton China Company started business in 1999, but it has a long family history which has contributed to its success. Three generations of the founding Lam family continue to run Lynn's and Tuxton China, and with the addition of William Burden (former owner of Burden China Co., Inc.) who became Tuxton's President in 2001, Tuxton has become one of the top suppliers in the foodservice industry. In September Tuxton is donating a percentage of their total sales to support the Careers through Culinary Arts Program C-CAP, Tuxton's Marketing Director, Jennifer Rolander, joins us with all the needed 411.
The Los Angeles Times' The Taste is back Labor Day Weekend on the backlot at Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood. It's perhaps the ultimate Summer epicurean pop-up and block party featuring the talents of the area's best chefs, bartenders and restaurateurs. Our guests are Sunday Block Party's Host, Noelle Carter, Times Test Kitchen Director, and Michael Flood of the L.A. Regional Food Bank.
Chef Curtis Stone's Maude in Beverly Hills features monthly changing prix fixe menus with the courses designed around a key ingredient. For one very special night San Francisco's Dominique Crenn (Atelier Crenn and Petit Crenn) is cooking a special benefit menu to support Young Farmers at Maude with Chef Curtis. Curtis Stone and Dominique Crenn join us with the details fresh from an expedition at the Santa Monica Farmers Market.


Universal Biosensors, Inc., through its subsidiary, Universal Biosensors Pty Ltd, operates as a medical diagnostics company in Australia. The last earnings update was 59 days ago. More info.
UBI underperformed the Medical Equipment industry which returned -3.3% over the past year.
UBI underperformed the Market in Australia which returned 4.9% over the past year.
Is Universal Biosensors undervalued based on future cash flows and its price relative to the stock market?
It is not possible to calculate the future cash flow value for Universal Biosensors. This is due to cash flow or dividend data being unavailable. The share price is A$0.22.
The amount the stock market is willing to pay for Universal Biosensors's earnings, growth and assets is considered below, and whether this is a fair price.
Are Universal Biosensors's earnings available for a low price, and how does this compare to other companies in the same industry?
** Primary Listing of Universal Biosensors.
Universal Biosensors is good value based on earnings compared to the AU Medical Equipment industry average.
Universal Biosensors is good value based on earnings compared to the Australia market.
Does Universal Biosensors's expected growth come at a high price?
Unable to calculate PEG ratio for Universal Biosensors, we can't assess if its growth is good value.
What value do investors place on Universal Biosensors's assets?
* Primary Listing of Universal Biosensors.
Universal Biosensors is good value based on assets compared to the AU Medical Equipment industry average.
Universal Biosensors has a total score of 3/6, see the detailed checks below.
How is Universal Biosensors expected to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 0 analysts?
In this section we usually present revenue and earnings growth projections based on the consensus estimates of professional analysts to help investors understand the company's ability to generate profit. But as Universal Biosensors has not provided enough past data and has no analyst forecast, its future earnings cannot be reliably calculated by extrapolating past data or using analyst predictions.
Is Universal Biosensors expected to grow at an attractive rate?
Unable to compare Universal Biosensors's earnings growth to the low risk savings rate as no estimate data is available.
Unable to compare Universal Biosensors's earnings growth to the Australia market average as no estimate data is available.
Unable to compare Universal Biosensors's revenue growth to the Australia market average as no estimate data is available.
Unable to determine if Universal Biosensors is high growth as no earnings estimate data is available.
Unable to determine if Universal Biosensors is high growth as no revenue estimate data is available.
All data from Universal Biosensors Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago, and in Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual period rather than quarterly.
Unable to establish if Universal Biosensors will efficiently use shareholders' funds in the future without estimates of Return on Equity.
Examine whether Universal Biosensors is trading at Universal Biosensors'san attractive price based on how much it is expected to earn in the future, and relative to its industry peers and the wider market.
Universal Biosensors's competitive advantages and company strategy can generally be found in its financial reports archived here.
Universal Biosensors has a total score of 0/6, see the detailed checks below.
How has Universal Biosensors performed over the past 5 years?
Below we compare Universal Biosensors's growth in the last year to its industry (Medical Equipment).
Universal Biosensors has delivered over 20% year on year earnings growth in the past 5 years.
Universal Biosensors has become profitable in the last year making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to the 5-year average.
Universal Biosensors has become profitable in the last year making it difficult to compare the AU Medical Equipment industry average.
Universal Biosensors's revenue and profit over the past 5 years is shown below, any years where they have experienced a loss will show up in red.
Universal Biosensors made outstanding use of shareholders' funds last year (Return on Equity greater than 40%).
Universal Biosensors used its assets more efficiently than the AU Medical Equipment industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
Universal Biosensors has become profitable over the past 3 years. This is considered to be a significant improvement in its use of capital (Return on Capital Employed).
Universal Biosensors has a total score of 4/6, see the detailed checks below.
How is Universal Biosensors's financial health and their level of debt?
The boxes below represent the relative size of what makes up Universal Biosensors's finances.
Universal Biosensors is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
Universal Biosensors's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
This treemap shows a more detailed breakdown of Universal Biosensors's finances. If any of them are yellow this indicates they may be out of proportion and red means they relate to one of the checks below.
Universal Biosensors has no debt, it does not need to be covered by short term assets.
All data from Universal Biosensors Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago.
Universal Biosensors has no debt.
Universal Biosensors has no debt compared to 5 years ago when it was 53.5%.
Universal Biosensors has no debt, it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.
Universal Biosensors has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Universal Biosensors has a total score of 6/6, see the detailed checks below.
What is Universal Biosensors's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Current annual income from Universal Biosensors dividends.
If you bought A$2,000 of Universal Biosensors shares you are expected to receive A$0 in your first year as a dividend.
Unable to evaluate Universal Biosensors's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
Unable to evaluate Universal Biosensors's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.
Unable to perform a dividend volatility check as Universal Biosensors has not reported any payouts.
Unable to verify if Universal Biosensors's dividend has been increasing as the company has not reported any payouts.
What portion of Universal Biosensors's earnings are paid to the shareholders as a dividend.
Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as Universal Biosensors has not reported any payouts.
What is the CEO of Universal Biosensors's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
Mr. Rick Legleiter, B.S., M.B.A. has been the Chief Executive Officer at Universal Biosensors, Inc., since October 01, 2017. Mr. Legleiter has 16 years of international healthcare and medical technology experience spanning Europe, Australia, Asia including China and the U.S.A. His career has comprised extensive global management, strategy, business development and customer service responsibilities, including within UBI's market segment. He has held senior roles at Siemens Healthcare in America and Germany for 14 years, over the period 2003 to 2016. Mr. Legleiter served as Senior Vice President, Healthcare Account Management, where he established and led the key account management sales function for the full laboratory and point-of-care diagnostics and imaging product portfolio. Other senior roles held by Mr. Legleiter at Siemens Healthcare include: Senior Vice President, Global Account Management, Laboratory Diagnostics Division; Senior Vice President, Customer Service, U.S.A.; and Vice President, Worldwide Customer Service, Molecular Imaging / Nuclear Medicine Business Unit. In addition, Mr. Legleiter has notable project management expertise in post-merger integration and business improvement programs. His earlier work experiences include Deloitte Consulting, Mazda Motor and Daimler in both advisory and customer service roles. Mr. Legleiter has been Member of the Service Executive Industry Board at ServiceSource Corporation (now known as ServiceSource International, Inc.) since December 2009. Mr. Legleiter holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in 1988, Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering from Kansas State University in 1982 and Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics from Kansas State University in 1981.
Rick's remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in Australia.
The tenure for the Universal Biosensors management team is about average.
The tenure for the Universal Biosensors board of directors is about average.
Universal Biosensors has a total score of 0/6, this is not included on the snowflake, see the detailed checks below.
What Should Investors Know About Universal Biosensors Inc's (ASX:UBI) Capital Returns?
and want to begin learning the link between Universal Biosensors Inc (ASX:UBI)'s return fundamentals and stock market performance. … You need to pay attention to this because your return on investment is linked to dividends and internal investments to improve the business, which can only occur if the company is expected to produce adequate earnings with the capital that has been provided. … To understand Universal Biosensors's capital returns we will look at a useful metric called return on capital employed.
While small-cap stocks, such as Universal Biosensors Inc (ASX:UBI) with its market cap of AU$41.48m, are popular for their explosive growth, investors should also be aware of their balance sheet to judge whether the company can survive a downturn.
Should You Be Concerned About Universal Biosensors Inc's (ASX:UBI) Investors?
This size of ownership gives retail investors collective power in deciding on major policy decisions such as executive compensation, appointment of directors and acquisitions of businesses. … Private Company Ownership Potential investors in UBI should also look at another important group of investors: private companies, with a stake of 10.18%, who are primarily invested because of strategic and capital gain interests. … As a result, potential investors should further explore the company's business relations with these companies and find out if they can affect shareholder returns in the long-term.Next Steps: A relatively significant holding of company insiders could mean high alignment with shareholders.
How Does Investing In Universal Biosensors Inc (ASX:UBI) Impact Your Portfolio?
A popular measure of market risk for a stock is its beta, and the market as a whole represents a beta value of one. … An asset-heavy company tends to have a higher beta because the risk associated with running fixed assets during a downturn is highly expensive. … Thus, we can expect UBI to be more stable in the face of market movements, relative to its peers of similar size but with a higher portion of fixed assets on their books.
Moreover, UBI has produced cash from operations of AU$8.69M in the last twelve months, leading to an operating cash to total debt ratio of 45.67%, signalling that UBI's debt is appropriately covered by operating cash. … In UBI's case, it is able to generate 0.46x cash from its debt capital. … Running high debt, while not yet making money, can be risky in unexpected downturns as liquidity may dry up, making it hard to operate.Next Steps: UBI's high cash coverage means that, although its debt levels are high, the company is able to utilise its borrowings efficiently in order to generate cash flow.
On top of this, UBI has generated cash from operations of A$7.0M over the same time period, leading to an operating cash to total debt ratio of 0.34x, indicating that UBI's current level of operating cash is not high enough to cover debt. … At the current liabilities level of A$5.9M liabilities, the company has maintained a safe level of current assets to meet its obligations, with the current ratio last standing at 5.93x. … ASX:UBI Historical Debt Dec 4th 17 Is UBI's level of debt at an acceptable level?
With this size of ownership, retail investors can collectively play a role in major company policies that affect shareholders returns, including executive remuneration and the appointment of directors. … Private Company Ownership Potential investors in UBI should also look at another important group of investors: private companies, with a stake of 16.00%, who are primarily invested because of strategic and capital gain interests. … With a low level of institutional ownership, investors in UBI need not worry about non-fundamental factors such as ownership structure causing large impact on stock prices.
Universal Biosensors, Inc., through its subsidiary, Universal Biosensors Pty Ltd, operates as a medical diagnostics company in Australia. It focuses on the research, development, and manufacture of in vitro diagnostic test devices for consumer and professional point-of-care use. The company uses electrochemical cell technology platform to develop point-of-care testing systems for various markets. Its products and services include prothrombin time international normalized ratio coagulation test strips; and blood glucose monitoring supplies. Universal Biosensors, Inc. has collaboration agreement with Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. to develop coagulation related products for hospital point-of-care and ambulatory care coagulation markets. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Rowville, Australia.


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Discussion in 'Youtube Showcase' started by PmBlue, Oct 13, 2017.
Hello! I am starting a youtube channel as a side hobby for fun! I love to see comments and likes, even if negative! They help teach me how i can do better.
####! Just kidding, its obviously Craft of Clans! I love editing and will try for a video a day. Please check out my videos and subscribe! Also, my mic is broken, so dont hate me im trying to get a new one but that may be a while..


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ZIP code 71675 is located in southern Arkansas and covers a slightly higher than average land area compared to other ZIP codes in the United States. It also has a slightly less than average population density.
The people living in ZIP code 71675 are primarily white. The number of middle aged adults is large while the number of people in their late 20s to early 40s is large. There are also a slightly less than average number of single adults and a slightly higher than average number of single parents. The percentage of children under 18 living in the 71675 ZIP code is slightly higher than average compared to other areas of the country.
Male 54 67 66 59 36 40 53 51 48 59 94 61 46 45 42 33 21 11
Female 39 59 72 68 44 55 50 53 73 65 66 75 53 50 42 35 27 12
Total 93 126 138 127 80 95 103 104 121 124 160 136 99 95 84 68 48 23
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Owner 14 53 91 125 113 97 78 16
Renter 12 42 25 25 23 13 8 4
Male 9 11 13 12 12 10 15 13 17 11 11 21 10 13 9 17 11 11 11 10
Female 13 5 9 7 11 15 10 8 15 20 15 8 20 9 16 9 18 13 12 18
Total 22 16 22 19 23 25 25 21 32 31 26 29 30 22 25 26 29 24 23 28
ZIP code 71675 has a slightly higher than average percentage of vacancies.
The majority of household are owned or have a mortgage. Homes in ZIP code 71675 were primarily built in the 1980s or the 2000s. Looking at 71675 real estate data, the median home value of $72,700 is low compared to the rest of the country. It is also slightly higher than average compared to nearby ZIP codes. So you are less likely to find inexpensive homes in 71675. Rentals in 71675 are most commonly 3+ bedrooms. The rent for 3+ bedrooms is normally $300-$499/month including utilities. 2 bedrooms are also common and rent for $500-$749/month. Prices for rental property include ZIP code 71675 apartments, townhouses, and homes that are primary residences.
As with most parts of the country, vehicles are the most common form of transportation to places of employment. Compared to other ZIP codes in the country, 71675 has very few people that work at home. In most parts of the country, the majority of commuters get to work in under half an hour. More commuters in 71675 get to experience these short commute times than most other ZIP codes. Having to travel to work for over 45 minutes isn't uncommon for people who live here.
For more information, see Wilmar, AR household income.
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Although the state budget draft for 2019 issued last week revealed a surprise increase for the intelligence services, Social Democrat have announced that there will be actually less money for the intelligence services. In a Facebook post on Monday, the ruling Social Democrat Party says that the intelligence services, which have taken care more about illegal, secret protocols in the past years, will be fine with less money as well if they are restricting their activity strictly to the law.
"MORE MONEY FOR THE CHILDREN'S HEALTH, LESS FOR THE UNHEALTHY PRACTICE OF THE INTELLIGENCE. PSD's political decision was to put children first ahead the intelligence services, which have been taking care more about illegal protocol in the past years than about defending national security.
If they restrict their activity strictly to the duties confined by the law, they will be fine with less money as well, and the difference can be transferred to the national healthcare programmes for children," reads the PSD Facebook post.
Their statement also comes after the party chairman Liviu Dragnea told a private broadcaster on Sunday evening that the intention is that a important sum of money should reach healthcare, for the programmes destined to children, such as giving vitamin D or for the diabetic schemes.
According to the 2019 budget draft, the budgets of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE), of the Protocol and Guard Service (SPP) and for the Special Telecommunications Service (STS) are up by 4.8% to 69% as against last year.
Therefore, the SRI budget points to RON 2.4 billion, 4.8% more compared to 2018. STS has the highest increase- RON 606 million, meaning up by 69%. SPP- RON 233 M, up by 20% and SIE-RON 309 M, 8.5% more.


Stoneware Jug hand signed in base?
I have struggled with trying to identify this little stone Jug for some time.. Can anyone help please.. Its glazed inside and out but not on the base.. I am not sure which way up the signature is either.
Re: Stoneware Jug hand signed in base?
I thought I was seeing double; it looks like the same signature as the pot posted below by faeriequeene.
I've come across this mark several times but not managed to ID it yet.


I heve noticed that my power output is constantly decreasing (slowly), which is not probable to be due my fitness level. I have read that the internal belt can loose tension with time, which is absolutely normal. My concern is how to set back the propper tension without the help of an external tool to calibrate the trainer (power meter).


July 4th lands on a Saturday this year so you don't have to end the party early! Jones Beach will host a fireworks show right over the ocean. The Jones Beach Fireworks Spectacular has not been celebrated since 2009, but this year it's back and it's better than ever! At 9:30 pm come for a half-hour long fireworks display that won't disappoint. It even features WALK 97.5 FM and 1100 WHLI AM simulcasting patriotic music throughout the show. Commemorate America at one of the best beaches on Long Island!
There's always room for celebration at Long Island Ducks games! One of their favorite ways to celebrate is with fireworks by Pyrotecnico! On Thursday, July 2 at 6:35 pm, the Ducks will be hosting the Lancaster Barnstormers and after the game is the first of the weekend Fireworks Extravaganza. Then on July 3-4 the Ducks take on the Somerset Patriots featuring two more performances by Pyrotecnico. Celebrate one of the best Long Island 4th of July events with America's game!
Why not make a weekend out of this year's Independence Day? Head out to Montauk and relax on the beach. The train heads right to the middle of this little beach town and a village of shops and restaurants surrounded by beaches awaits. This year, Montauk Chamber of Commerce will present, Stars Over Montauk July 4th Fireworks! The heart of the event takes place on Umbrella Beach, behind a number of great ocean front resorts, but the display can be seen from any beach in Montauk. Bring your friends, start a bon fire and enjoy the 45-minute spectacle!
Spend some time at one of these great Long Island 4th of July events! All Island would like to make sure you have happy and safe holiday. Let us take you to your event or party! Make a reservation online or call us at a location near you. Happy 4th!


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Q: Rails CanCan - wrong number of arguments (0 for 2+) I've got this code:
  def edit
    @ship = Ship.find(params[:id])
    authorize! if can? :create, @ship
    #authorize! if can? :update, @ship
    #unauthorized! if cannot? :update, @ship
  end

And I am getting this error:
ArgumentError at /ships/4/edit
wrong number of arguments (0 for 2+)

Which is highlighting this line:
authorize! if can? :create, @ship

I've tried quite a few things, but also what we had before, which was just:
authorize! @ship

And short of re-writing the user system with roles I'm not sure how to solve this.
This is my ability class:
class Ability
  include CanCan::Ability

  def initialize(user)
    #if !user
    if user.try(:admin?)
      can :manage, :all
      return
    elsif !user
      can :read, Ship
      can :read, Planet
      return
    else
      can :read, :all
      #can :manage, Ship, :user_id => user.id
      can :manage, Ship do |ship|
        ship.try(:user) == user
      end
    end
end

A: The authorize! method requires two parameters at least - action and subject, so your code should probably look like:
authorize! :create, @ship if can? :create, @ship

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Call me cautious, but I just downloaded and installed Lr 3.2 Beta and WOW, blown away by the Noise Reduction improvement. I hope/assume that they are going to make this available to Elements 7/8 at least, and it will be a huge step forward.
I am doing a compare with Noise Ninja which I also have and for the first time, I think ACR is ahead of the game!
I've been using it since it came out....very impressed so far. For me this will be a must have update!
And as of today, Lr3 has been released.
Off to warm up the credit card!
So it is finally out..got my credit card ready too!!!
Yes and Yes - also upgraded from CS3 to CS5.
Love the new features available in ACR and the new stuff in CS5 - content aware fill works and ROCKS. And the new selection feature is pretty amazing. I posted a while back a Mark Johnson tut on tricky selections and all of that is incorporated automatically on CS5.
The tut is here and with a very good understanding of Elements, can be done in Elements 6 and up (uses smart brush selection) possibly earlier versions as well.
So, love them and the new toys will keep me out of mischief for a while.
I'm liking LR3. It keeps getting better and better with each new release. You can see some videos covering some of the new features here. If you already use LR, I feel it is worth the price of admission. If you don't, it is definitely worth checking out.


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Q: How to create n-number of rows based off a total value I am looking to generate multiple rows based off a single record from a list.
For example, I have a CSV file (e.g. File A) as follows:

User ID
Total Value
Multiple Value
Remaining Value

123
1007.25
11
7.25

456
804.25
9
4.25

I want to create another CSV file (e.g. File B) like this:

User ID
Final Value

123
100.00

123
100.00

123
100.00

123
100.00

123
100.00

123
100.00

123
100.00

123
100.00

123
100.00

123
100.00

123
7.25

456
100.00

456
100.00

456
100.00

456
100.00

456
100.00

456
100.00

456
100.00

456
100.00

456
4.25

I tried using the pandas.concat function, along with a for loop, but I can't seem to get that to work properly (it errors out).

A: If I understand the logic correctly, you can do this without the columns "Multiple Value" and "Remaining Value":
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_clipboard() # Your df here

df["Final Value"] = df["Total Value"].apply(lambda x: np.minimum(x - np.arange(0, x, 100), 100))

out = df[["User ID", "Final Value"]].explode("Final Value")

   User ID Final Value
0      123       100.0
0      123       100.0
0      123       100.0
0      123       100.0
0      123       100.0
0      123       100.0
0      123       100.0
0      123       100.0
0      123       100.0
0      123       100.0
0      123        7.25
1      456       100.0
1      456       100.0
1      456       100.0
1      456       100.0
1      456       100.0
1      456       100.0
1      456       100.0
1      456       100.0
1      456        4.25

A: This could be a solution:
User_ID_List = df["User ID"].to_list()

Multiple_Value_List = df["Multiple Value"].to_list()

Remaining_Value_List = df["Remaining Value"].to_list()

New_User_ID_List= []

New_Multiple_Value_List = []

for x in range(len(User_ID_List):
  Multiple_Value = Multiple_Value_List[x]
  for y in range(Multiple_Value):
     New_User_ID_List.append(User_ID_List[x])
     New_Multiple_Value_List.append(Multiple_Value_List[x])
  New_Multiple_Value_List.pop()
  New_Multiple_Value_List.append(Remaining_Value_List[x])

df = pd.DataFrame()
df["User Id"] = New_User_ID_List
df["Final Value"] = New_Multiple_Value_List

A: Perhaps something like this?
import numpy as np

def spread(g):
    tot, rem, n = g[['Total Value', 'Remaining Value', 'Multiple Value']].squeeze()
    n -= 1
    val = (tot - rem) / n
    return np.r_[np.repeat(val, n), rem]

out = df.groupby('User ID').apply(spread).explode().to_frame('Final Value')

>>> out
        Final Value
User ID
123      100.0
123      100.0
123      100.0
123      100.0
123      100.0
123      100.0
123      100.0
123      100.0
123      100.0
123      100.0
123       7.25
456      100.0
456      100.0
456      100.0
456      100.0
456      100.0
456      100.0
456      100.0
456      100.0
456       4.25

Then:
>>> print(out.to_csv())
User ID,Final Value
123,100.0
123,100.0
...

Or rather: out.to_csv(my_file_b).


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Q: Othello valid move algorithm doesn't work javascript I'm trying to code an Othello game, and now I'm trying to code the algorithm that does return the valid positions. I started by retrieving the directions of the empty squares where there's a black or white stone right next to it, but my code doesn't run. I don't know if I did something wrong but it seems that when I launch the program, the code runs slow because the algorithm is overkill.
What can I do for that?
Here's my Code(By the way, I use React.js):
Here's the data structure of the square array:
history: [{
                squares: [
                    Array(8).fill(null),
                    Array(8).fill(null),
                    Array(8).fill(null),
                    [null,null,null,'black','white',null,null,null],
                    [null,null,null,'white','black',null,null,null],
                    Array(8).fill(null),
                    Array(8).fill(null),
                    Array(8).fill(null)
                ]
            }],

The Algorithm(for now, just returns the squares that have a stone right next to it(up, up & right , down, left, etc.)):
    checkMoveValidity(isBlack) {
        const history = this.state.history.slice(0, this.state.stepNumber + 1);
        const current = history[history.length - 1];
        const squares = current.squares.slice()

        // Get all the empty spaces
        const emptySpaces  = []
        for (var row=1;row<squares.length-1;row++) {
            for (var col=1;col<squares[row].length-1;col++) {
                if (!squares[row][col]) {
                    emptySpaces.push([row,col])
                }
            }
        }

        const cordAndDirs = []

        for (var sp=0;sp<emptySpaces.length;sp++) {
            const element = emptySpaces[sp]
            const elObject = {
                coordinates: element,
                directions: []
            }
            if (element === [0,0])
            {
                // Check down
                if (squares[1][0]) {
                    const downEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        downEls.push([i,0])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(downEls)
                }
                // Check down right (diagonal)
                if (squares[1][1]) {
                    const drEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        drEls.push([i,i])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(drEls)
                }
                // Check right
                if (squares[0][1]) {
                    const rightEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        rightEls.push([0,i])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
                }
            }
            else if (emptySpaces[sp] === [0,7])
            {
                // Check down
                if (squares[1][7]) {
                    const downEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        downEls.push([i,7])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(downEls)
                }
                // Check down left (diagonal)
                if (squares[1][6]) {
                    const drEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        drEls.push([i,7 - i])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(drEls)
                }
                // Check left
                if (squares[0][6]) {
                    const leftEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        leftEls.push([0,7 - i])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(leftEls)
                }
            }
            else if (emptySpaces[sp] === [7,0])
            {
                // Check up
                if (squares[6][0]) {
                    const upEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        upEls.push([7 - i,0])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(upEls)
                }
                // Check up right
                if (squares[6][1]) {
                    const urEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        urEls.push([7 - i,i])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(urEls)
                }
                // Check right
                if (squares[7][1]) {
                    const rightEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        rightEls.push([7,i - 1])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
                }
            }
            else if (emptySpaces[sp] === [7,7])
            {
                //Check up
                if (squares[6][7]) {
                    const upEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        upEls.push([7 - i,7])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(upEls)
                }
                // Check up left
                if (squares[6][6]) {
                    const ulEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        ulEls.push([7 - i,7 - i])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(ulEls)
                }
                // Check left
                if (squares[7][6]) {
                    const leftEls = []
                    for (var i=1;i<squares.length;i++) {
                        leftEls.push([7,7 - i])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(leftEls)
                }
            }
            else
            {
                const crdsY = emptySpaces[sp][0]
                const crdsX = emptySpaces[sp][1]
                //Check up
                if (squares[crdsY - 1][crdsX]) {
                    const upEls = []
                    var i = 1
                    while (crdsY - i >= 0) {
                        upEls.push([crdsY - i,crdsX])
                        i++;
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(upEls)
                }

                // Check up right
                if (squares[crdsY - 1][crdsX + 1]) {
                    const urEls = []
                    var i = 1
                    while (crdsY - i >= 0 && crdsX + i <= 7) {
                        urEls.push([crdsY - i,crdsX + i])
                        i++;
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(urEls)
                }
                // Check right
                if (squares[crdsY][crdsX + 1]) {
                    const rightEls = []
                    var i = 1
                    while (crdsX + i <= 7) {
                        rightEls.push([crdsY,crdsX + i])
                        i++;
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
                }
                // Check down right
                if (squares[crdsY + 1][crdsX + 1]) {
                    const rightEls = []
                    var i = 1
                    while (crdsY + i <= 7 && crdsX + i <= 7) {
                        rightEls.push([crdsY + i,crdsX + i])
                        i++;
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
                }
                // Check down
                if (squares[crdsY + 1][crdsX]) {
                    const rightEls = []
                    var i = 1
                    while (crdsY + i <= 7) {
                        rightEls.push([crdsY + i,crdsX])
                        i++;
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
                }
                // Check down left
                if (squares[crdsY + 1][crdsX - 1]) {
                    const rightEls = []
                    var i = 1
                    while (crdsY + i <= 7 && crdsX - i >= 0) {
                        rightEls.push([crdsY + i,crdsX - i])
                        i++;
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
                }
                // Check left
                if (squares[crdsY][crdsX - 1]) {
                    const rightEls = []
                    var i = 1
                    while (crdsX - i >= 0) {
                        rightEls.push([crdsY,crdsX - i])
                        i++;
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
                }
                // Check up left
                if (squares[crdsY  - 1][crdsX - 1]) {
                    const rightEls = []
                    var i = 1
                    while (crdsY - i >= 0 && crdsX - i >= 0) {
                        rightEls.push([crdsY - i,crdsX - i])
                    }
                    elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
                }

            }

            if (elObject.directions.length === 0) {
                continue
            } else {
                cordAndDirs.push(elObject)
            }
        }

        return cordAndDirs
    }

And this is where I'm trying to implement it:
render() {
        const history = this.state.history
        const current = history[this.state.stepNumber]

        // Return the game scene here
        return (

                <GameBoard squares={current.squares} onClick={(row,col) => {
                    const elems = this.checkMoveValidity(this.state.blackIsNext)
                    console.log(elems)
                }}/>

        )
    }

By the way, I checked whether the command has reached to the elements inside the GameBoard component. It does not have any problem, the problem occurred when I implemented the algorithm.

A: I did it. It was quite simple though, I even simplified the code a bit. I forgot to add i++; to the last while loop, I was stuck forever, and then I had to handle the borders so that I don't get an error. For example, I can't //Check up when the upper border squares have no squares beneath them.
This is how I changed the conditional statements:
for (var sp=0;sp<emptySpaces.length;sp++) {
            const element = emptySpaces[sp]
            const elObject = {
                coordinates: element,
                directions: []
            }

            // You apply the same methods for all the other squares here (can't use constant numbers in 'squares' now...)
            const crdsY = emptySpaces[sp][0]
            const crdsX = emptySpaces[sp][1]
            var i;
            //Check up
            if (crdsY !== 0 && squares[crdsY - 1][crdsX]) {
                const upEls = []
                i = 1
                while (crdsY - i >= 0) {
                    upEls.push([crdsY - i,crdsX])
                    i++;
                }
                elObject.directions.push(upEls)
            }

            // Check up right
            if (crdsX !== 7 && crdsY !== 0 && squares[crdsY - 1][crdsX + 1]) {
                const urEls = []
                i = 1
                while (crdsY - i >= 0 && crdsX + i <= 7) {
                    urEls.push([crdsY - i,crdsX + i])
                    i++;
                }
                elObject.directions.push(urEls)
            }
            // Check right
            if (crdsX !== 7 && squares[crdsY][crdsX + 1]) {
                const rightEls = []
                i = 1
                while (crdsX + i <= 7) {
                    rightEls.push([crdsY,crdsX + i])
                    i++;
                }
                    elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
            }
            // Check down right
            if (crdsX !== 7 && crdsY !== 7 && squares[crdsY + 1][crdsX + 1]) {
                const rightEls = []
                i = 1
                while (crdsY + i <= 7 && crdsX + i <= 7) {
                    rightEls.push([crdsY + i,crdsX + i])
                    i++;
                }
                elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
            }
            // Check down
            if (crdsY !== 7 && squares[crdsY + 1][crdsX]) {
                const rightEls = []
                i = 1
                while (crdsY + i <= 7) {
                    rightEls.push([crdsY + i,crdsX])
                    i++;
                }
                elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
            }
            // Check down left
            if (crdsY !== 7 && crdsX !== 0 && squares[crdsY + 1][crdsX - 1]) {
                const rightEls = []
                i = 1
                while (crdsY + i <= 7 && crdsX - i >= 0) {
                    rightEls.push([crdsY + i,crdsX - i])
                    i++;
                }
                elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
            }
            // Check left
            if (crdsX !== 0 && squares[crdsY][crdsX - 1]) {
                const rightEls = []
                i = 1
                while (crdsX - i >= 0) {
                    rightEls.push([crdsY,crdsX - i])
                    i++;
                }
                elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
            }
            // Check up left
            if (crdsX !== 0 && crdsY !== 0 && squares[crdsY  - 1][crdsX - 1]) {
                const rightEls = []
                i = 1
                while (crdsY - i >= 0 && crdsX - i >= 0) {
                    rightEls.push([crdsY - i,crdsX - i])
                    i++;
                }
                elObject.directions.push(rightEls)
            }

            if (elObject.directions.length !== 0) {
                cordAndDirs.push(elObject)
            }

And also I changed the the game board onClick property a bit like this:
return (

                <GameBoard squares={current.squares} onClick={(row,col) => {
                    const elems = this.checkElementsAround(this.checkMoveValidity(this.state.blackIsNext))
                    console.log(elems)

                    for (let el=0;el<elems.length;el++) {
                        if (row === elems[el].coordinates[0] && col === elems[el].coordinates[1]) {
                            this.handleMove(row,col);
                            break
                        }
                    }
                }}/>

        )


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Glammy garage-punk duo Crocodiles fit right in on Frenchkiss Records, also home to blog-beloved acts like Bloc Party, Local Natives and Freelance Whales. Friends since their teens, Charles Rowell and Brandon Welchez specialize in the kind of feedback-drenched melodies the skinny-jean set has loved since the '60s, but stick closely to the dreamy noise-pop patterns established by the Jesus and Mary Chain.
Roky Erickson's spooky vibe continues reverberating across the music world almost a half-century since his band the Thirteenth Floor Elevators pioneered psychedelic rock. Most recently, disturbing Swedish death-metal crew Ghost B.C. covered the Texas legend's "If You Have Ghost" for their forthcoming Dave Grohl-produced EP, and did a remarkably melodic job for a bunch of guys who go onstage in monks' robes and a skull-masked singer.
Gram Parsons' ashes scattered to the hickory winds long ago, and more than a few settled on this lumberjack-looking trio. Forming around frontman Kurt Marschke in the early '00s, the Deadstrings certainly have the hungover cosmic-country sound of Parsons' early-'70s running buddies the Rolling Stones down cold -- road-weary songs brimming with sleepy steel guitar and churchified keyboards.


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Firewalls and detection systems have been used for preventing and detecting attacks by a wide variety of mechanisms. A problem has arisen where users and applications can circumvent security policies because of the particularities in the TCP/IP protocol, the ability to obfuscate the data payload, tunnel protocols, and covertly simulate a permitted communication. It has been shown that unusual traffic patterns may lead to discovery of covert channels that employ packet headers. In addition, covert channels can be detected by observing an anomaly in unused packet header fields. Presently, we are not aware of any schemes that address detecting anomalous traffic patterns that can potentially be created by a covert channel. In this work, we will explore the approach of combining anomaly based detection and covert channel profiling to be used for detecting a very precise subset of covert storage channels in network protocols. We shall also discuss why this method is more practical and industry-ready compared to the present research on how to profile and mitigate these types of attacks. Finally, we shall describe a specialized tool to passively monitor networks for these types of attacks and show how it can be used to build an efficient hybrid covert channel and anomaly based detection system.