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Along with its needed effects, zafirlukast (the active ingredient contained in Accolate) may cause some unwanted effects. Although not all of these side effects may occur, if they do occur they may need medical attention.
Rare (less than 0.1%): Increased theophylline levels with or without clinical signs or symptoms of theophylline toxicity when this drug was added to an existing theophylline regime.
Infections were usually mild or moderate, predominantly affecting the respiratory tract and not necessitating withdrawal from the therapy.
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Our Lord's Pantry offers assistance to local area families in need of food items and supplies.
The Lord's Pantry is open Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and by appointment. Anyone in need are welcome to come to pick up food and other supplies. Please call the church office if you are a family or individual needing assistance. You can reach the church office at (908) 852-5444.
Food Donations for the Thanksgiving Baskets Program.
Many of the items donated come from our congregation through food or monetary contributions. Other donations come from the general community. In particular we want to thank Sussex County Food Bank. Once a month a small group from Panther Valley Ecumenical Church travel to Sussex County Food Bank for Food Packing. In return for our services, Sussex County Food Bank gives generous donations of food to stock our food pantry shelves.
Second, we want to thank the Allamuchy Fire Department for their strong and steadfast support. Several times a year they hold food drives or collect food at pancake breakfasts for the community.
In November, the Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey collect donations to full-fill the Thanksgiving Baskets. These baskets provide a special feast for the Thanksgiving holiday for the shelter families and food pantry clients at Samaritan Inn.
In December, the Moose Lodge in Hackettstown holds a food drive to support and replenish our Food Pantry for the Christmas Holiday.
Support for our Food Pantry has become a community project through the assistance of other groups that include the House of the Good Shepherd, the Panther Valley Property Owners, the Village Family Clinic, Tranquility United Methodist Church and Friends & Neighbors.
We gratefully appreciate the support from these fine organizations, making it possible for our Food Pantry to offer the help for individuals and families needing assistance.
If you belong to an organization that would like to be a part of this mission, please call our church office for more information, (908) 852-5444.
followed by a coffee hour.
Sunday School 10:30am in the classrooms.
Church office is located in the rear of the building.


maybe it's because we had a bit of a "warm up" after the sub zero temps or maybe it's because every store you walk into is already selling shorts (i saw them at Kohls the other day!) but I swear I can feel spring approaching. Can you? Cy is already talking incessantly about his 5th birthday. We are going to the Wisconsin Dells/waterparks. His bday is in May. I had to sign up for summer camps already.... I don't know why it feels this way because I know its still far far away but I like it!
Anyways, Grandma Lynn and Fishpa just left yesterday. I think we had a nice combo of babysitting/working and fun outings. They took the boys to an indoor playground and the Science Museum. We all played around a lot in our playroom and had home cooked meals almost every night. It was short and sweet. They got to see the boys at their swim lessons which was fun. Cy has also greatly approved in the swimming department. He swims on his own now! No floatation device needed! And Arlo appears to be a little fish too. No complaints when he has to put his whole head under water in lessons. he loves them!
By the way, I intend on doing a before/after photo tour of our house someday! I took pictures when we toured it before we bought it & I cant wait to show you everything we have done! Soon, very soon! We are at the point of hanging a few last lights and art and photos! I am really feeling more and more relaxed - our to-do list is slowly shrinking!
Here are a few pictures from playing outside today. It was a balmy 30 degrees so we stayed out for hours!


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HC dismisses Swamy's plea to keep December gangrape 'juvenile' locked under observation
By IANS	Friday, 18 December 2015 16:56 Bar, Bench & Litigation
The Delhi high court today said the 16 December, 2012, Delhi gang-rape "juvenile" convict's stay can't be extended in an observation home.
A division bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said the convict, who was found to be a juvenile at the time of the crime, cannot be kept at the observation home beyond 20 December, the date he was set to be released.
"There can't be any direction to extend the stay beyond 20 December," said the bench.
The bench also directed that the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) shall interact with the juvenile, his parents/guardians as well as the concerned officials of the department of women and child development of the Delhi government regarding his "post-release rehabilitation and social mainstreaming".
"Since we are of the view that the legal issue raised in the main writ petition, i.e., the need for ascertaining the factum of reformation of the juveniles in conflict with law before they are released from the Special Home on expiry of the period of stay ordered by the Juvenile Justice Board, is a larger issue of public importance which requires deeper consideration," said court.
It asked the government to file response on the issue within eight weeks.
The court also impleaded the department of women and child development as party in the case and issued notice, while posting the matter for 28 March, 2016.
The court's order came on Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy's plea against the release of the "unreformed" juvenile convict.
The central government had told the court that the juvenile's stay in an observation home should be extended till all aspects including mental health and post-release rehabilitation plans are considered by the authorities.
The juvenile, who was under 18 when arrested for the brutal rape and murder of a para-medical student on 16 December, 2012, was tried under the Juvenile Justice Act. He was ordered to be kept in a remand home for three years.
The court had earlier sought Intelligence Bureau (IB) report about him having been radicalised, in a sealed cover. The IB had raised suspicion of the juvenile being radicalised after being shifted with a juvenile apprehended in connection with the Delhi high court blast case.
Swamy in his plea asked the court to pass order that "such unreformed juvenile should not be released until it is demonstrably assured that he has reformed, ceased to be radicalised and is not a menace to the society".
A trial court had awarded death penalty to four rapists which was upheld by the high court. Out of the six convicts, one was found dead in Tihar Jail and the juvenile was sent to reform home.
The appeals for four convicts are pending before the Supreme Court.
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New associate judge selected in Tazewell County
PEORIA — Prairie State Legal Services attorney Lisa Y. Wilson has been named an associate judge for the 10th Judicial Circuit Court.
Wilson, who received the majority of votes cast by circuit judges in the district, will serve in the Tazewell County Traffic Court starting Jan. 4.
She was appointed to replace retiring Associate Judge Rebecca Steenrod, said Tazewell County Court Administrator Courtney Antonini.
Assignments will also change in Tazewell County. Circuit Judge Scott Shore will become presiding judge for the northern counties of Marshall, Putnam and Stark, Antonini said, and Circuit Judge Michael E. Brandt will move from Peoria's criminal court to Tazewell County as the presiding judge.
Tazewell County Traffic Court Judge Timothy Lucas will take over in juvenile court, while Judge Glenn Collier will move from the Tazewell County juvenile court to a position in Peoria, Antonini said. Judge Jerelyn Maher will serve in civil court, Antonini said, and Paul P. Gilfillan will serve in family/divorce court.


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Q: How to transfer files over HTTP? I'm looking for a solution that enables file transfer over HTTP. The need arises because I'm connecting between computers that are behind a firewall that allows only HTTP communication over ports 80 and 443.
I've been suggested WebDAV as it is a ready solution and all my clients need to do is set up a network drive to access the files.
What other solutions are there for transferring files over HTTP?
Base64 encoding means I have to implement a client and a server that could be a source of bugs in the system.
Edit: what's good about the WebDAV solution, is that it gives the clients an environment they already know - network shares. Any way to simulate this (or give them another environment that's familiar) for ease of use. I come onto this project with the assumption that my clients are very dumb and I really don't want complaints about difficulty of use.

A: Why not using an already made client like "apache" or "tomcat" or any other server where yoy can "deploy" your file. Then you can implement some kind of User Interface (client) to "download" the files.
Server: Tomcat, Apache any other server that can serve the files
Client: You can implement some UI to download the files.

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NFU President's 2023 New Year message
Minette Batters
NFU President
First published: 30 December 2022
An unprecedented year for British farming, public support, campaigning for members and holding the Prime Minister to account – NFU President Minette Batters looks back on 2022 and considers the coming year.
When I wrote last year's New Year's message, nobody could have predicted what we've witnessed in the past 12 months.
From the war in Ukraine, which has created global turmoil and significantly disrupted food and energy supply chains, to our own political upheavals.
On top of that we've had soaring input costs and the effects of climate change demonstrated by this year's drought. The challenges faced by us all have been unprecedented.
A nation that values our contributions
Clearly, events over the last year have made the job of producing food throughout the world so much harder.
"Our campaigning work has seen a number of successes over the past year. We must now build on these successes and deliver more for the country."
NFU President Minette Batters
The importance of British farming to deliver food and energy has never been clearer.
I never take for granted the huge public support farming receives and it is clear the nation continues to value our high food standards, produced to world-leading animal welfare and environmental protection, as well as our ability to produce renewable energy and contribute to the nation's energy security.
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Scheme – extra visas a step forward
Delivering for our members
While it has been a challenging year, there have been a number of successes as a result of our campaigning over the past 12 months.
We have seen an increase in the number of seasonal workers visas which will be a relief to farmers and growers employing the skilled workforce needed to produce fruit, vegetables and ornamentals next year.
We have secured funding from government to level up rural communities through the Rural England Prosperity Fund, in addition to successfully recruiting eight new agri-food attachés overseas who will help to drive exports of British food abroad.
I was very pleased to be able to end the year with a meeting with the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, where I pressed, again, the importance of food security and home grown food production. In the summer he made a commitment to monitor food self-sufficiency and I am reassured that he continues to take this issue very seriously. Read: NFU President outlines farmer challenges directly to the PM
Prioritising British food security
Looking to the year ahead, we have the opportunity to build on these successes and deliver more for the country. We have the ambition and drive to produce more renewable energy, enhance our environment, care for our countryside and work towards our commitment to reach net zero by 2040, all while producing sustainable food.
To do this we need to ensure that we build profitability and resilience into our farm businesses to allow us to safeguard the nation's food and energy security. It is vital that the government delivers the policies and investment needed to unlock a thriving food and farming sector.
Prime Minister's pledges
"I am hopeful that 2023 will be the year that the government gets serious about British food and farming."
NFU President outlines farmer challenges directly to the PM
It was clear from my meeting with the Prime Minister that he has the same ambition as us for British food and farming.
If we are to continue delivering for the nation, we need to see him honour his pledge made at the NFU Hustings event in August, to support British farming by setting a target for the nation's food security, with a statutory duty to report on domestic food levels.
And we need clarity on policies like the Environmental Land Management schemes, which will ensure we are able to plan financial resilience into our businesses and continue to produce climate-friendly food alongside green energy.
A turning point for British farming
2022 has been an extraordinary year. I am hopeful that 2023 will be the year that the government gets serious about British food and farming and that the government delivers the policies and support needed for us to thrive domestically and in markets around the world.
The NFU will be focusing on these areas to build resilience and profitability back to British farming no matter what the next year brings.
Hear directly from your President in her latest vlog
Watch now: Your weekly vlog from the President
NFU board and forum chairs look ahead to 2023
New schemes must drive productivity for the livestock sector
Contract price and packages will remain a priority in 2023
Trade policies will help dairy sector compete globally
Energy and labour must not hinder the hort sector in 2023
Mitigating rising costs and building resilience in 2023
Making the poultry sector innovative and progressive in 2023
Influencing the shape of future policies
Creating opportunity for young people in our industry
Protecting and enhancing our environment in 2023
Supporting organic producers through present and new challenges
Staying abreast of developments that may impact tenant farmers
New Year message
NFU calls for action on supply chain emergency
Event: watch again
NFU Live: Rishi Sunak answers your questions – watch again
NFU writes to the new Defra Secretary of State outlining key pledges
NFU calls for Defra investigation into the egg supply chain
Food is part of our national security says former MI5 Director General


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As a child Alain Ngalani was bullied at school. As an adult he's a Mixed Martial Arts world champion, his journey to the top triggered by the abuse suffered at the hands of older, bigger children.
A mix of resilience, determination and passion for the sport has won Ngalani, known as The Panther, world titles in Jiu Jitsu, Karate and Muay Thai. He is also the owner of Impakt Gym in Hong Kong.
His daily routine sees him rising at 4.30am to meditate before beginning his high-intensity circuit training. "By eight o'clock in the morning, when everybody else is coming out, I'm gone," he said – and that's just the first training of the day. So what does he do with the rest of his time? "I eat every two-and-a-half hours," Ngalani said, adding that he consumes 5,000 calories per day to maintain his 105kg physique.
Despite his early success at Judo, then Karate, his mother wanted him to become a doctor. Ngalani said his mother struck a deal with him: he could continue to train as long as he excelled at his studies. The moment his grades suffered, his training had to stop.
"I studied (sciences) until I went to university but it was not my passion, I felt I had to do it," he said.
After his mother became ill and unable to pay the tuition fees, Ngalani decided to switch to sports science and pursue his dream of becoming a world champion. "I feel like I am a doctor myself because I'm still helping people. I have clients I meet every day to help them maintain a better lifestyle throughout their training," he added.
So would Ngalani want to be a doctor if he weren't a world champion MMA fighter? No, he said – dancing is his other passion: "I love dancing. As soon as I finish fighting I will be a dancer," he said.


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 das Schloss Bürresheim bei Mayen
 den Bürresheimer Hof in Koblenz

Bürresheim ist ein Namensteil folgender Personen:

 Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim (1707–1774), Kurfürst und Erzbischof von Mainz und Fürstbischof von Worms
 Randolph von Breidbach-Bürresheim (1912–1945), deutscher Jurist und Widerstandskämpfer

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Tragedy strikes yet again on the Cayman Aggressor IV!
This time, the victim appears to unfortunately be my portable USB hard drive, used to store, among other things, all my photos from the trip to date! Perhaps it will revive long enough for me to rescue the pictures, but I'm not holding out hope.
For this most recent dive, Ramon and I alone jumped in and headed the opposite way from our first dive. We found a lot of sand wasteland, turtles, and a few expansive caves that make me want to do cave diving more and more. It was fun just the two of us diving, since everywhere we went and everything we did was entirely at our discretion. Ramon still has far more experience than me, though, and I ran low on air and had to resurface more than 25% faster than him. Part of that is also his size, however. And his being a woman.
But then again, he has to stand on the bench on the dive deck to remove and hang his wetsuit on its hanger, so being bigger does have its advantages.


Embrace your StrengthsFinder Theme Names!
What's in a name? Here are a few nicknames of the neighborhood friends I grew up with: Coy, Toozy, Bull Dog, Tree, Keester, Jetstream, Moose, Tank, Nap, T-Bone. Of course there are many more names because my friends and I had nicknames for everyone. As you can imagine, each of these nicknames has a story behind it; recalling an experience, personality, character or unique gifting… the same is true with the names of strengths.
We also called each other many less flattering names, but I will let those rest for now.
About the only name we did not call each other was the actual name given to us by our loving parents. In fact, there are childhood friends that I remember only by their nickname, I've forgotten their real name. To be fair, my nicknames all had something to do with my last name… Shooby, Skoobs, Shoe, Laces, Shoe String, Shuba, B-Smooth. My most recent nickname is Biz, affectionately bestowed upon me by my loving wife.
A lot can be said, recalled and remembered, by one's name.
Your name, those three to four words that have identified and differentiated you your whole life. Do you know the story of your name?
And, what's in the name of your strengths? Your strengths, those five words that identify and differentiate you. What is the story of your strengths?
Some names are passed on from generation to generation. Some parents spend months and months deciding what to name their child. While other parents await the birth of their child and decide on a name once they have met their newborn. Whichever way it happened to you, for the most part, you had nothing to do with your name.
Fortunately, or unfortunately for some, receiving your StrenghtsFinder theme names is much the same process. You had little to do with the process because these five names indicate what is already there, behaviors which have been with you all along. We have been acting from our strengths for most of our lives. But after about 30 minutes, the time it took to complete StrengthsFinder online, many people act utterly surprised and even disappointed when these five names are revealed.
What are StrengthsFinder Theme Names?
So, what is really revealed in these five names that causes such surprise and disappointment?
StrengthsFinder names our behaviors which are so common to us that we may never believe they are special or any different than anyone else. These five names encourage us to notice what is strong, beautiful, brilliant, and unique.
These five names not only do this for ourselves, but entice and encourage us to see others in the same way; as strong, beautiful, brilliant and unique. And most importantly, StrengthsFinder begins to weave itself into our narrative, shaping and reshaping our own personal story of who we are and who we are becoming, for ourselves and among others.
Like the nicknames of our youth, our strengths call out something of our personality, character or unique gifting. Strengths help us notice and understand our identity and how we find differentiation from one another. Knowing our strengths empowers us to recall experiences of life from the past, that when shared with others through story, will lead to a deeper relationship and personal connection.
What is in your StrengthsFinder Theme Names?
What do strengths ask you to notice?
How can strengths help you understand your neighbor?
Are strengths part of your narrative?
As you reflect on these questions, find one way you can further embrace your StrengthsFinder theme names in a new way today.


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Dynasty Recap – Week 2 – Broncos 31, Chiefs 24
Posted on September 20, 2015 by dodgermoore Standard	1
He may not be the same old Peyton Manning but he's still pretty good. On 45 pass attempts, he had just 256 yards but made that up with three touchdowns.
Meanwhile, his receivers aren't going anywhere either with Demaryius Thomas catching eight balls for 116 yards and Emmanuel Sanders catching eight for 87 yards and two touchdowns. Thomas should still be considered a low-end WR1 for dynasty purposes but ring as much fantasy value as you can out of Sanders.
The running game is not performing as everyone thought they might with just 61 yards between Ronnie Hillman and C.J. Anderson. As long as the Broncos keep winning, it's doubtful they switch to the run.
Not much to get excited about except for Jamaal Charles. He ran for 125 yards and a touchdown but did have two costly fumbles. Regardless, Charles is still a RB1 in dynasty circles thanks to his rock-solid status as the starter.
Receiver Jeremy Maclin had just four catches for 57 yards on seven targets. Unfortunately, that may be the typical stat line for Maclin in Kansas City.
In IDP land, linebacker Justin Houston had two more sacks because THAT IS ALL JUSTIN HOUSTON DOES. He's a top linebacker in IDP leagues, especially in big-play leagues.
Dynasty Recap – Week 1 – Broncos 19, Ravens 13
Peyton Manning's bad day was part of a trend for Denver. Manning had only 175 yards plus an interception. Whether it's the decreased arm strength or something else, Manning can't be counted on to be a QB1 right now.
In the running game, Ronnie Hillman and C.J. Anderson had the same amount of carries. Good for Hillman, not good for Anderson. It remains to be seen if that trend continues.
The receiving game didn't have much to show with Demaryius Thomas catching seven for 60 and Emmanuel Sanders catching eight for 65. No receiver should be counted on to be a WR1 until Manning's issues are sorted out.
It was bad.
Updated Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings – August 2015
Complete updated dynasty wide receiver rankings found here.
Top five remains the same as we head into training camp: Dez Bryant, Julio Jones, Antonio Brown, A.J. Green, and Demaryius Thomas.
Top rookies include Amari Cooper at 14; Kevin White at 18 and Devante Parker at 20. The next tier includes Nelson Algholor at 26; Breshad Perriman at 28; Dorial Green-Beckham at 30.
No doubt this list will change significant before the start of the season as roles are carved out. Be sure to follow us @dynasty_ffc for all the latest.
Updated Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings – May 2015
Complete updated dynasty wide receiver rankings can be found here.
Top five has a slightly different order with Dez Bryant and Julio Jones the same at the top but Antonio Brown now third with A.J. Green and Demaryius Thomas behind them.
This year's rookie class includes several fine options including Amari Cooper at 15; Kevin White at 18; DeVante Parker at 20; Nelson Algholor at 27; Dorial Green-Beckham at 29; Breshad Perriman at 30; Jaelen Strong at 44; Philip Dorsett at 51; Tyler Lockett at 58; and Devin Funchess at 60.
Notable drops include Justin Blackmon from 47th to 59th, no doubt thanks to the news that the Jags are ready to cut ties with him; and Terrance Williams from 51st to 63rd, primarily to the improvement of slot-man Cole Beasley.
Updated Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings – April 2015
It's been awhile since our last rankings but above is the final look at wide receivers before the 2015 NFL Draft. The updated top five is now Dez Bryant, Julio Jones, A.J. Green, Demaryius Thomas, and Antonio Brown.
Interesting notes are Calvin Johnson not only dropping from the top spot but out of the top five completely.
Four of last year's rookies, all first round picks are in the top 15: Odell Beckham at 7, Mike Evans at 8, Sammy Watkins at 12, and Kelvin Benjamin at 15. This year's rookie class is talented too but we may have reached the apex of top receiver talent with so many out there.
Dynasty Recap – Week 11 – Rams upset Broncos 22-7
Posted on November 16, 2014 by dodgermoore Standard	Reply
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning had a disappointing day with 373 yards and one touchdown along with two interceptions. This day was an anomaly as Manning should still be considered an elite option.
Rams rookie running back Tre Mason had an ok day with 29 carries and 113 yards but a sub-4.0 YPC. It was a Zac Stacy-like day and Mason should be careful.
Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas had another 100-yard game with seven catches for 103 yards. Thomas is at the top of the receiver class as long as Peyton is in town.
Rams linebacker Alec Ogletree had a big day with 13 tackles, two passes defended and an interception. Ogletree is more valuable in big play IDP leagues where he should be considered a LB2.
Dynasty Recap – Week 9 – Patriots blow out Broncos, 43-21
Posted on November 3, 2014 by dodgermoore Standard	Reply
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had another big game with 333 yards and four touchdowns plus an interception. He should be a low-end QB1 with potential for more.
On the other side of the field Peyton Manning had 438 yards and two touchdowns to go with two interceptions. He still has elite QB1 status.
Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski had another huge day with nine catches and 105 yards and a touchdown. He's not only a TE1 but is probably more a WR1.
Broncos receiver Emmanuel Sanders had a big day with 10 catches for 151 yards but no touchdowns. He'll continue to be a low-end WR2 as long as he's in Denver.
Likewise, Demaryius Thomas had a big day with seven catches for 127 yards. Another WR1 day
Updated Dynasty Wide Receiver Rankings – October 2014
Posted on October 31, 2014 by dodgermoore Standard	Reply
Complete updated wide receiver rankings here.
Top five remains the same with Calvin Johnson, Dez Bryant, and A.J. Green staying the same. Julio Jones and Demaryius Thomas swapped fourth and fifth.
Big risers this week include Kelvin Benjamin to 18th from 37th; Emmanuel Sanders to 42nd from 56th; and John Brown to 60th from 72nd.
Big drops this month include Larry Fitzgerald at 28th from 21st; Tavon Austin to 45th from 34th.
Dynasty Recap – Week 6 – Denver takes care of the Jets, 31-17
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning had a slow day by his standards with 237 yards and three touchdowns. He'll be an elite option in dynasty for the 2-3 years he has left.
Broncos receiver Demaryius Thomas continued his hot streak with 10 catches for 124 yards and a touchdown. He'll continue to be an elite option as long as Peyton is there.
Jets rookie tight end Jace Amaro had his best game of the year with 10 catches for 68 yards on 12 targets. There just isn't another target in New York besides Eric Decker which means Amaro should continue to rack up targets.
Jets defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson had a big day for a lineman with eight tackles and a sack. He's gotten off to a bit of a slow start but is no worse than a DL2 in dynasty formats.
Dynasty Recap – Week 5 – Broncos destroy Cardinals 41-20
Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning had a big day with four touchdowns and a personal record of 479 yards. He'll be the top quarterback this year in fantasy but, depending on your needs, could be traded.
The biggest beneficiary was receiver Demaryius Thomas with 226 yards and two touchdowns. Thomas is still an elite option if Manning is in town.
Another receiver, Emmanuel Sanders, had a good day with 101 yards on seven catches. However, you have to wonder what his value is now that Welker is back. Be cautious and trade if you can.
A bright spot for Arizona was running back Andre Ellington with only 32 yards rushing but 112 yards receiving on four catches and a touchdown. He's quietly established himself as a low-end RB1.


Ski Rentals Telluride - Ski Butlers now in Telluride!
November 3, 2008 No more need to find a Telluride Ski Shop, no more wasted time looking for Telluride Ski Rentals! Ski Butlers is now in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride! With all brand new equipment and trained rental technicians waiting to serve you let Ski Butlers Telluride solve your Telluride Ski Rentals problems!
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Having been in the guitar repair and sales business for nearly 30 years I can honestly say that I've never come across a better guitar cleaning and maintenance range than MusicNomad. Every product more than lives up to it's promises. Not only that, they're eco friendly and smell great too!
I used your Amp & Case cleaner on my amp collection. It leaves the amps in like new condition with a nice natural finish, unlike the Armor-all type finishes. It works well with my AMPEG's Diamond blue covering and my old Gibson's heavy burlap style covering not to mention Fender styles.


Bangladesh commerce Minister Tipu Munshi has again called on the United States to reinstate the generalised system of preferences (GSP) to the country. Urging the newly-appointed US ambassador Earl R Miller to Bangladesh to take initiatives in this regard at the US Trade Show 2019 recently, he said GSP suspension is not a financial loss but an image issue.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) and the US Embassy in Dhaka jointly organised the trade show, according to Bangla media reports.
Munshi also urged US entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh taking benefit of special incentives for investors in the economic zones.
Bangladesh is establishing 100 special economic zones across the country.
The United States had revoked the GSP facilities on June 27, 2013, following two major industrial accidents in Bangladesh—the Tazreen Fashion fire in 2012 and the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013.


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Exhibition Celebrates Bob Dylan's Prowess as a Visual Artist
Modern Architecture: Vietnam's Stunning New Skyscraper (3 pics)
By Eugene Kim on October 25, 2010
A ground-breaking ceremony has been held for Foster + Partners' first project in Vietnam. The VietinBank Business Centre sends a strong message to the rest of the world: Vietnam is an up-and-coming nation. Located strategically between central Hanoi and the airport, the project consists of two angular towers that will serve as a gateway to the city. The 300,000-square-metre mixed-use development includes two towers. The taller tower, at 68-stories, will provide an energy-efficient new headquarters for VietinBank. The second, 48-story tower will house a five-star hotel, spa, and serviced apartments. Connecting the two towers is a seven-story podium building which contains conference facilities, luxury shops, cafes, restaurants, and roof top gardens. The scheme has a progressive environmental agenda and is designed to mitigate the effects of the area's high levels of humidity. The system draws in humidity, separating the water from the atmosphere and exhaling hot, dry air, which can then be cooled by ground water and released back into the buildings. In addition, a serrated facade, made up of projecting fins, provides both shade and a unit of measurement for cellular offices around the perimeter of the floor plate.
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COVID-19 pandemic leads to mass sackings in Australia
Martin Scott
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout Australia, the working class is bearing the brunt of the resultant economic collapse. Tight restrictions on international and interstate travel, social gatherings, live entertainment, sporting events, and "non-essential" retail trade have resulted in mass sackings across virtually every industry.
Westpac last week predicted the pandemic would cause more than 814,000 job losses, which would bring the official unemployment rate to 11 percent by June, more than double the February figure of 5.1 percent.
Warren Hogan, professor of economics at University of Technology Sydney, went further, estimating 1.8 million Australian workers will lose their jobs, meaning unemployment would rise to more than 15 percent.
In reality, the official unemployment figures vastly underestimate the number of people without secure jobs, and this distortion will only be increased as many employers demand workers accept reduced hours as a result of the economic crisis. Underemployment will also rise dramatically.
Workers attempting to practice social distancing while waiting to enter Leichhardt Centrelink office (Photo: WSWS)
Food and beverage service workers were among the first to face the axe. Entertainment venues, bars, restaurants, cafes, and licensed clubs were forced to enforce stringent "social distancing" limits on March 16, before being shut down or reduced to takeaway service on March 23. Many of the 777,000 workers in the heavily casualised industry were immediately jobless without even the temporary safety net of paid leave or redundancy pay.
Workers in the entertainment industry have reported more than $316 million in lost income as a result of event cancellations, affecting more than 400,000 people.
The closure of gyms, fitness centres, and outdoor exercise groups across the country as a social-distancing measure resulted in more than 20,000 job losses in the exercise industry.
The three "stimulus" packages so far announced by the federal government have promised almost no support for these casual workers, who are instead being funnelled into the poverty-level Jobseeker welfare system. The wave of sackings led to the collapse of the Centrelink web site, forcing hundreds of thousands of newly unemployed workers to queue for hours outside welfare offices in scenes resembling the 1930s Great Depression.
In an attempt to forestall the mounting economic crisis, the federal government has failed to close down shopping centres, despite the major public health risk presented to workers and customers. Nonetheless, most Australians have sensibly chosen to limit their purchases to essential items or shop online, resulting in sweeping closures of retail stores.
Major department store chain Myer has announced the closure of all 60 of its stores and stood down 10,000 workers. The company's remaining staff have been forced to take a 20 percent pay cut.
The Cotton On group of clothing brands has closed 650 stores, sacking 22,000 workers. Mosaic, which owns Noni B, Rivers, and Katies, has sacked 7,000 at its 1,300 stores. Other major retailers, including Country Road, General Pants, RM Williams, the RAG Group (Tarocash, yd., Connor), and Athlete's Foot have followed suit, resulting in the loss of at least 23,000 jobs.
Pacific Brands, which owns Bonds, Sheridan, and Bras 'n Things, yesterday announced the immediate closure of its stores and the sacking of more than 3,000 workers.
Camping and activewear retailer Kathmandu has retrenched 2,000 retail workers in Australia and New Zealand, while its senior executive team is taking a 20 percent pay cut.
Furniture sellers Adairs and Nick Scali have shut down a combined 218 stores and laid off their retail and customer support staff.
Despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison's insistence that hairdressers should be exempt from the closure of non-essential businesses, Australia's largest hairdressing chain, Just Cuts, has announced the temporary closure of all 190 outlets in Australia, leaving 2,500 stylists out of a job. While the company has justified this on the basis of valid concerns about the safety of workers, the real motivation behind the shutdown is a lack of customers.
The coronavirus has generated unprecedented public interest in news coverage. Commercial news bulletins have dominated television ratings in recent weeks, and the 7 p.m. ABC News scored its highest-ever ratings last Wednesday night.
Despite this, a sharp drop-off in advertising revenue as a result of the developing economic crisis has led to cost cutting and closures throughout the industry.
Numerous independent regional newspapers have ceased publication and stood down employees. Australian Community Media is considering a temporary halt to the production of some of its 160 magazines and local newspapers.
The Murdoch-owned News Corp has seen a 21 percent increase in new subscriptions since the pandemic began. Yet the company has flagged "inevitable" job losses, forced leave, and reductions to staff hours.
Advertising company Ooh Media has compelled most of its staff to take annual leave over Easter. The Southern Cross Austereo radio network has introduced pay cuts and overtime bans, and is requiring all workers to take at least 10 days of annual leave in the next 3 months.
The suspension of Australia's major winter sporting codes and the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic Games have made a massive dent in the projected advertising revenues of the commercial television networks, and the sports themselves.
The National Rugby League (NRL) has proposed cutting 95 percent of its staff, and players face pay cuts of up to 87 percent. Players also learned last week that the NRL has withheld $15 million from their retirement funds over the last three years.
The Australian Football League has stood down 80 percent of its staff, while players have agreed to a 50 percent pay cut for at least two months.
Football Federation Australia, the governing body of Australian soccer, has stood down 70 percent of its staff.
Australia's tourism industry, which directly employs around 1 million workers, has been almost entirely shut down as a result of travel bans.
The majority of the 30,000 aviation industry workers at Qantas and Jetstar have been stood down, while Virgin Australia has axed 8,000 of its 10,000 employees. This comes despite a $715 million bailout of the airlines announced in mid-March.
Virgin, which yesterday went into a trading halt, is reportedly seeking a $1.4 billion loan from the government. Qantas, which last year spent half a billion dollars on share buybacks, insists that it does not need further assistance from the public purse. However, if the Virgin deal goes ahead, the company has declared that it should be loaned $4.2 billion to "level the playing field."
Brisbane-based travel agency Flight Centre has stood down or sacked 6,000 staff, while Helloworld has announced 275 retrenchments, stood down 1,300 employees and asked the rest to work reduced hours. Corporate Travel Management will let go about 1,000 staff.
In Sydney, SeaLink Travel Group has stood down 130 ferry workers and the National Roads and Motorists' Association, which operates the Manly Fast Ferry and Fantasea Cruising, cancelled the shifts of 50 casual employees.
So far, the construction industry has been only minimally affected by the outbreak, but economic analysts have warned that a wave of mortgage defaults and business closures are likely to result in massive cuts to the sector.
The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union continues to insist that the construction industry must not be shut down as the effect would be "devastating to workers and the economy." Rather than demanding that workers be immediately granted leave with full pay, they are calling for minimal safety measures: the staggering of meal breaks and a reduction to the number of workers on site.
Devastating as the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be, the Australian economy was already facing a major downturn late last year, especially in the retail sector. The rapidly developing slump will now produce enormous social hardships as the government provides tens of billions in assistance to corporations, but limited aid to working people, and businesses exploit the opportunity to accelerate restructuring.
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Q: How to ensure specific shared logic is fired before anything else in an MVC web app? I currently have a partial view that is called within my _Layout.cshtml, and is rendered throughout my whole MVC web application. It's the first item at the top of the page to be rendered, and within the ActionResult method that is responsible for it, I have a call to my service to perform some business logic.
I originally put this service call in this particular ActionResult method as, still being new to MVC, I was falsely under the impression that it would get fired BEFORE any of the main page content, for each page across the site. However, I've just realised that the main view method is being called first, and this ChildActionOnly Method (for the Partial View) is being called afterwards.
Basically, it's essential that the business logic call that Im currently making within the ChildActionOnly Method (associated with my partial view) is made BEFORE any other page processing is carried out (as I need to perform some DB updates upon each page load, which are then reflected in each requested page).
I'm happy to split this business logic out from the current partial views actionmethod, but am unsure where it should be going, or how I should be ensuring that it's called before anything else, for each page request? What would be the norm approach?

A: How about overriding the OnResultExecuting method of your controllers?  If you've got a controller base class do it in there - otherwise inject derive a new Controller class and make all your existing controllers inherit from that (this is good practise anyway).
public class MyControllerBase : Controller
{
  protected override void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext filterContext)
  {
    //filterContext contains the Result (e.g. ViewResult) plus route data etc.
    //you can also analyse Model and ViewData in here too.
  }
}

A: You need a global action filter (luckily available starting MVC3).
See an example here:
http://weblogs.asp.net/gunnarpeipman/archive/2010/08/15/asp-net-mvc-3-global-action-filters.aspx
Copying from the sample (with slight modifications):
public class MyActionFilterAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
    public override void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext context)
    {
        // Your logic can come here

        base.OnResultExecuting(filterContext);

        // Your logic can come here
    }
}

Applying in global.asax.cs (from the article):
protected void Application_Start()
{
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

    // Register global filter
    GlobalFilters.Filters.Add(new MyActionFilterAttribute());

    RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
    RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}

A: What you are describing sounds like an aspect of your application. For this MVC has a feature called Action Filters.
You could implement an ActionFilterAttribute like this:
public class LogActionAttribute : ActionFilterAttribute
{
    private ILog _log = new SomeLogger();

    public override void OnActionExecuting(ActionExecutingContext filterContext)
    {
        var type = filterContext.Controller.GetType();
        _log.Debug("Executing action '{0}' on controller '{1}'", filterContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName, type.Name);
    }

    public override void OnActionExecuted(ActionExecutedContext filterContext)
    {
        var type = filterContext.Controller.GetType();
        _log.Debug("Executed action '{0}' on controller '{1}'", filterContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName, type.Name);
    }
}

You can apply this to exactly the actions you want or as what is called "global action filters" if you want it to apply to all actions.
More on filters.


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\section{Introduction}
Model Predictive Control (MPC), in its original formulation, is a full-state feedback law (see \cite{mayne2000constrained,mayne2014model,precon}). This underpins two theoretical limitations of MPC: accommodation of output-feedback, and extension to include a compelling robustness theory given the state dimension is fixed. This paper addresses the first of these issues in a rather general, though practical setup.

There has been a number of approaches to output-feedback MPC, mostly hinging on the replacement of the measured true state by a state estimate, which is computed via Kalman filtering (e.g. \cite{sehr2016sumptus,yan2005incorporating}), moving-horizon estimator (e.g. \cite{copp2014nonlinear,sui2008robust}), tube-based minimax estimators (e.g. \cite{mayne2009robust}), etc. Apart from \cite{copp2014nonlinear}, these designs, often for linear systems, separate the estimator design from the control design. The control problem may be altered to accommodate the state estimation error by methods such as: constraint tightening as in \cite{yan2005incorporating}, chance/probabilistic constraints  as in \cite{cannon2012stochastic} or \cite{schwarm1999chance}, and so forth. Likewise, for nonlinear problems, where the state estimation behavior is affected by control signal properties, the control may be modified to enhance the excitation properties of the estimator, as suggested in \cite{chisci2001systems,marafioti2014persistently}. Each of these aspects of accommodation is made in an isolated fashion.

The stochastic nonlinear output-feedback MPC algorithm presented in this paper is motivated by the structure of Stochastic Model Predictive Control (SMPC) via finite-horizon stochastic optimal control. The latter method requires propagating conditional state densities using a Bayesian Filter (BF) and solution of the Stochastic Dynamic Programming Equation (SDPE). By virtue of implementing a truly optimal finite-horizon control law in a receding horizon fashion, one can deduce a number of properties of the closed-loop dynamics, including recursive feasibility of the SMPC controller, stochastic stability and bounds characterizing closed-loop infinite-horizon performance, as discussed in \cite{sehr2016stochastic}.

Unfortunately, solving for the stochastic optimal output-feedback controller, even on the finite horizon, is computationally intractable except for special cases such as linear quadratic Gaussian MPC because of the need to solve the SDPE, which incorporates the duality of the optimal control law in its effect on state observability. While the BF, required to propagate the conditional state densities, is readily approximated using a Particle Filter (PF), open-loop solution of the SDPE results in the loss of the duality of the optimal control. While not discussed in this paper, this effect can be mitigated sub-optimally by imposing excitation requirements as in \cite{chisci2001systems,marafioti2014persistently}.

Approximately propagating the conditional state densities by means of the PF naturally invites combination with the more recent advances in Scenario Model Predictive Control (SCMPC), as discussed for instance by \cite{blackmore2010probabilistic,calafiore2013stochastic,grammatico2016scenario,lee2014robust,mesbah2014stochastic,schildbach2014scenario}. Scenario methods deal with optimization of difficult, non-convex problems in which the initial task is recast as a parametrized collection of simpler, generally convex problems. Random sampling of uncertain signals and parameters is performed and the resulting collection of deterministic problem instances is solved. The focus has been on full state feedback for systems with linear dynamics and probabilistic state constraints. The technical construction is to take a sufficient number of samples (scenarios) to provide an adequate reconstruction of future controlled state densities for design.

In contrast to solving the SDPE underlying the stochastic optimal control problem, the future controlled state densities in SCMPC are open-loop constructions. However, they present a natural fit combined with the particle-based conditional density approximations generated by the PF, where individual particles can be interpreted as scenarios from an estimation perspective. Moreover, while SCMPC is typically formulated in the linear case, the basic idea extends to the nonlinear case, albeit with the loss of many computation-saving features. In this paper, we propose and discuss this output-feedback version of SCMPC combined with the PF, which we call Particle Model Predictive Control (PMPC). Compared with the stochastic optimal output-feedback controller (computed via BF and SDPE), the PMPC controller is suboptimal in not accommodating future measurement updates and thereby losing both exact constraint violation probabilities along the horizon and the probing requirement inherent to stochastic optimal control. On the other hand, PMPC enables a generally applicable and, at least for small state dimensions, computationally tractable alternative for nonlinear stochastic output-feedback control.

The structure of the paper is as follows. We briefly introduce the problem setup in Section~\ref{sec:ps} and SMPC in Section~\ref{sec:SMPC} and proceed by introducing the PMPC control algorithm based on its individual components and parameters in Section~\ref{sec:PMPC}. After describing the algorithm and its correspondence to SMPC, we use a challenging scalar nonlinear example to demonstrate computational tractability and dependence of the proposed PMPC closed-loop behavior on a number of parameters in Section~\ref{sec:eg}. The example features nonlinear state and measurement equations and probabilistic state constraints under significant measurement noise. Finally, we conclude with Section~\ref{sec:conclusions}.

\section{Stochastic Optimal Control -- Setup}
\label{sec:ps}
We consider receding horizon output-feedback control for nonlinear stochastic systems of the form
\begin{align}
x_{t+1}&=f(x_t,u_t,w_t),\quad x_0\in\mathbb{R}^n,\label{eq:state}\\
y_t&=h(x_t,v_t), \label{eq:output}
\end{align}
starting from known initial state probability density function, $\pi_{0|-1} = \operatorname{pdf}(x_0)$. To this end, we denote the data available at time $t$ by
\begin{align*}
\mathbf{\zeta}^t&\triangleq\{y_0,u_0,y_1,u_1,\dots,u_{t-1},y_t\},&\mathbf{\zeta}^0&\triangleq\{y_0\}.
\end{align*}
The \textit{information state,} denoted $\pi_t$, is the conditional density of state $x_t$ given data $\mathbf{\zeta}^t$.
\begin{align}\label{eq:pikk}
\pi_{t}&\triangleq\operatorname{pdf}\left(x_{t}\mid \mathbf{\zeta}^t \right).
\end{align}
We further impose the following standing assumption on the random variables and control inputs.
\begin{assum}\label{assm:sys}
The signals in~(\ref{eq:state}-\ref{eq:output}) satisfy:
\begin{enumerate}[label=\arabic*.]
\item $\{w_t\}$ and $\{v_t\}$ are sequences of independent and identically distributed random variables.
\item $x_0, w_t, v_l$ are mutually independent for all $t,l\geq 0$.
\item The control input $u_t$ at time instant $t\geq 0$ is a function of the data $\mathbf{\zeta}^t$ and given initial state density $\pi_{0\mid -1}$.
\end{enumerate}
\end{assum}
Denote by $\mathbb{E}_t[\,\cdot\,]$ and $\mathbb{P}_t[\,\cdot\,]$ the conditional expected value and probability with respect to state $x_t$ -- with conditional density $\pi_t$ -- and random variables $\{(w_k,v_{k+1}):k\geq t\}$, respectively, and by $\epsilon_{k}$ the constraint violation level of constraint $x_k \in \mathbb{X}_k$. Our goal is to solve the \emph{finite-horizon stochastic optimal control problem} (FHSOCP)
\begin{multline*}
\!\!\!\!\mathcal{P}_{N}(\pi_{t}):
\left\{\!\!\begin{array}{cl}
\inf_{u_{t},\ldots,u_{t+N-1}}&\!\! \mathbb{E}_t\left[\sum_{k=t}^{t+N-1}{c(x_{k},u_{k})} + c_{N}(x_{t+N})\right],\\[0.2cm]
\text{s.t.}&\!\! x_{k+1}=f(x_{k},u_{k},w_{k}),\\[0.1cm]
&\!\! x_{t}\sim\pi_t,\\[0.1cm]
 &\!\! \mathbb{P}_{k+1}\left[ x_{k+1} \in \mathbb{X}_{k+1} \right]\geq 1 - \epsilon_{k+1},\\[0.1cm]
   &\!\! u_{k}\in\mathbb{U}_{k},\\[0.1cm]
&\!\! k=t,\dots,t+N-1.
\end{array}\right.
\end{multline*}
In theory, solving the FHSOCP at each time $t$ and subsequently implementing the first control in a receding horizon fashion leads to a number of desirable closed-loop properties, as discussed in \cite{sehr2016stochastic}. However, solving the FHSOCP is computationally intractable in practice, a fact that has led to a number of approaches in MPC for nonlinear stochastic dynamics. We propose a novel strategy that is oriented at the structure of SMPC based on the FHSOCP, but numerically tractable at least for low state dimensions.

As a result of the Markovian state equation \eqref{eq:state} and measurement equation \eqref{eq:output}, the optimal control inputs in the FHSOCP must inherently be \textit{separated} feedback policies (e.g.~\cite{bertsekas1995dynamic,BKKUM1986}). That is, control input $u_{t}$ depends on the available data $\mathbf{\zeta}^t$ and initial density $\pi_{0\mid -1}$ solely through the current information state, $\pi_{t}$. Optimality thus requires propagating $\pi_{t}$ and policies $g_t$, where
\begin{align}\label{eq:policies}
u_t = g_t(\pi_{t}).
\end{align}
Motivated by this two-component separated structure of stochastic optimal output-feedback control, we propose an extension of the SCMPC approach to nonlinear systems, merged with a numerical approximation of the information state update via particle filtering. Before proceeding with this novel approach, we briefly revisit the two components of SMPC via solution of the FHSOCP.

\section{Stochastic Model Predictive Control}
\label{sec:SMPC}
The information state is propagated via the \emph{Bayesian Filter} (see e.g.~\cite{chen2003bayesian,simon2006optimal}):
\begin{align}
\pi_{t}&=
\frac{\operatorname{pdf}(y_{t}\mid x_{t})\,\pi_{t\mid t-1}}{\int \operatorname{pdf}(y_{t}\mid x_{t})\,\pi_{t\mid t-1}\,dx_{t}},\label{eq:BF_rec} \\
\pi_{t+1\mid t} &\triangleq
\int \operatorname{pdf}(x_{t+1} \mid x_{t},u_{t}) \,\pi_{t}\, dx_{t},\label{eq:BF_pred}
\end{align}
for $t\in\{0,1,2,\ldots\}$ and initial density $\pi_{0\mid -1}$.
The recursion~(\ref{eq:BF_rec}-\ref{eq:BF_pred}) has the following features:
\begin{itemize}
\item The \emph{measurement update}~\eqref{eq:BF_rec} combines the \emph{a priori} conditional density, $\pi_{t\mid t-1}$, and $\operatorname{pdf}(y_{t}\mid x_{t})$, derived from~\eqref{eq:output} using knowledge of: the function $h(\cdot,\cdot)$, the density of $v_{t}$, and the value of $y_t$.
\item The \emph{time update}~\eqref{eq:BF_pred} combines $\pi_{t}$ and $\operatorname{pdf}(x_{t+1} \vert x_{t},u_{t})$, derived from~\eqref{eq:state} using knowledge of: control input $u_{t}$, function $f(\cdot,\cdot,\cdot)$, and the density of $w_t$.
\item For linear Gaussian systems, the filter recursion~(\ref{eq:BF_rec}-\ref{eq:BF_pred}) reduces to the well-known Kalman Filter.
\end{itemize}
Combined with solution of the FHSOCP, this leads to the following SMPC algorithm, as
discussed in \cite{sehr2016stochastic}.

\begin{algorithm}[H] \label{algo:SMPC}
\caption{Stochastic Model Predictive Control}\label{RHSOC}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\STATE \algorithmicoffline
\STATE
Solve $\mathcal{P}_N(\cdot)$ for the first optimal policy, $g_0^{\star}(\cdot)$.
\STATE \algorithmiconline
\FOR{$t=0,1,2,\ldots$}
\STATE Measure $y_t$
\STATE Compute $\pi_t$
\STATE Apply first optimal control policy, $u_{t} = g_0^{\star}(\pi_{t})$
\STATE Compute $\pi_{t+1\mid t}$
\ENDFOR
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}
Notice how this algorithm differs from common practice in stochastic model predictive control in that it explicitly uses the information states $\pi_t$. Throughout the literature, these information states -- conditional densities -- are commonly replaced by state estimates. While this makes the problem more tractable, one no longer solves the underlying stochastic optimal control problem
The central divergence however lies in Step~2 of the algorithm, in which the SDPE is presumed solved offline for the optimal feedback policies, $g_t(\pi_t)$, from \eqref{eq:policies}. This is an extraordinarily difficult proposition in many cases but captures the optimality, and hence duality, as a closed-loop feedback control law. The complexity of this step lies not only in computing a vector functional but also in the internal propagation of the information state within the SDPE.

\section{Tractable Nonlinear Output-Feedback Model Predictive Control}
\label{sec:PMPC}
In this section, we motivate a novel approach to output-feedback MPC that maintains the separated structure of SMPC while being numerically tractable for modest problem size.

\subsection{Approximate Information State \& Particle Filter}
The BF~(\ref{eq:BF_rec}-\ref{eq:BF_pred}) propagates the information state $\pi_t$ to implement a necessarily separated stochastic optimal output-feedback control law. While implementing this recursion precisely is possible only in special cases such as linear Gaussian systems, where the densities can be finitely parametrized, the BF can be implemented approximately by means of the Particle Filter, with the approximation improving with the number of particles, as described for instance in \cite{simon2006optimal}. In parallel with the BF, the PF consists of two parts: the forward propagation of the state density, and the resampling of the density using the next measurement.

The following algorithm describes a version of the PF amenable to PMPC in the context of this paper. This is a slightly modified version of the filter design described by \cite{simon2006optimal}.
\begin{algorithm}[H]
\caption{Particle Filter (PF)}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\STATE Sample $N_p$ particles, $\{x_{0,p}^-,\,p=1,\dots,N_p\}$, from density $\pi_{0\mid -1}$.
\FOR{$t=0,1,2,\ldots$}
\STATE Measure $y_k$.
\STATE Compute the relative likelihood $q_p$ of each particle $x_{t,p}^-$ conditioned on the measurement $y_t$ by evaluating $\operatorname{pdf}(y_t \mid x_{t,p}^-)$ based on~\eqref{eq:output} and $\operatorname{pdf}(v_t)$.
\STATE Normalize $q_p \to q_p/\sum_{p=1}^{N_p}{q_p}$.
\STATE Sample $N_p$ particles, $x_{t,p}^+$, via \emph{resampling} based on the relative likelihoods $q_p$.
\STATE Given $u_t$, propagate $x_{t+1,p}^- = f(x_{t,p}^+, u_t, w_{t,p})$, where $w_{t,p}$ is generated based on $\operatorname{pdf}(w_t)$.
\ENDFOR
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}
While a number of variations -- such as roughening of the particles and differing \emph{resampling} strategies, including importance sampling -- of  this basic algorithm may be sensible depending on the system at hand, this basic algorithm suffices in presenting a numerical method of approximating the Bayesian Filter to arbitrary degree of accuracy with increasing number of particles $N_p$ (see e.g. \cite{smith1992bayesian}). For a more detailed discussion on the PF for use in state-estimate feedback control, see \cite{rawlings2009model}.

\subsection{Scenario MPC and Particle Model Predictive Control}
The Scenario Approach to MPC (e.g. \cite{calafiore2013stochastic,grammatico2016scenario,lee2014robust,mesbah2014stochastic,schildbach2014scenario}) commences from state $x_t$ or state estimate, $\hat x_{t|t}$. It propagates, i.e. simulates, an open-loop controlled stochastic system with sampled process noise density $\operatorname{pdf}(w_t)$. These propagated samples are then used to evaluate controls for constraint satisfaction and for open-loop optimality with probabilities tied to the sampled $w_t$ densities. In many regards, this is congruent to repeated forward propagation of the PF via \eqref{eq:BF_pred} without measurement update \eqref{eq:BF_rec} and commencing from a singular density at $x_t$ or $\hat x_{t|t}$. Particle MPC simply replaces the starting point, $\hat x_{t|t},$ by the collection of particles $\{x^+_{t,p}, p=1,\dots.N_p\}$ distributed as $\pi_t$, as illustrated in Figure~\ref{fig:PMPC}.

\begin{figure}[htb]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{TempoTime.pdf}
  \caption{State density evolution in: Scenario MPC calculations (dots and solid outlines) and, Particle MPC (dashed outlines), for three steps into the future. \label{fig:PMPC}}
\end{figure}

Before introducing the PMPC algorithm, we define a sampled, particle version of the FHSOCP, with $N_s$ scenarios and $N_p$ available \emph{a posteriori} particles at time $t$,
\begin{multline*}
\!\!\!\!\tilde{\mathcal{P}}_{N}(\{x_{t,p}^+, p = 1,\ldots,N_p\}): \\
\left\{\!\!\begin{array}{cl}
\inf_{u_{t},\ldots,u_{t+N-1}}&\!\!
\sum_{s=0}^{N_s} \left(\sum_{k=t}^{t+N-1}{c(x_{k,s},u_{k})} + c_{N}(x_{t+N,s})\right),\\[0.2cm]
\text{s.t.}&\!\! x_{k+1,s}=f(x_{k,s},u_{k},w_{k,s}),\\[0.1cm]
&\!\! x_{t,s}\in\{x_{t,p}^+, p = 1,\ldots,N_p\},\\[0.1cm]
 &\!\! \tilde{\mathbb{P}}_{k+1}\left[ x_{k+1} \in \mathbb{X}_{k+1} \right]
\geq 1 - \epsilon_{k+1},\\[0.1cm]
   &\!\! u_{k}\in\mathbb{U}_{k},\\[0.1cm]
&\!\! s=1,\ldots,N_s,\quad  k=t,\dots,t+N-1,
\end{array}\right.
\end{multline*}
where the statement
\begin{align*}
\tilde{\mathbb{P}}_{k+1}\left[ x_{k+1} \in \mathbb{X}_{k+1} \right]\geq 1 - \epsilon_{k+1}
\end{align*}
means that $x_{k+1,s} \in \mathbb{X}_{k+1}$ for at least $(1 - \epsilon_{k+1})N_s$ scenarios. Following the approach in \cite{schildbach2013randomized}, one may also choose to replace this constraint by $x_{k+1} \in \mathbb{X}_{k+1}$ and select the number of scenarios $N_s$ according to the desired constraint violation levels $\epsilon_{k+1}$. We are now in position to formulate the PMPC algorithm following the schematic in Figure~\ref{fig:PMPC}.
\begin{algorithm}[H]
\caption{Particle Model Predictive Control (PMPC)}\label{PMPC}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\STATE Generate $N_p$ \emph{a priori} particles, $x_{0,p}^-$, based on $\pi_{0\mid -1}$.
\FOR{$t=0,1,2,\ldots$}
\STATE Measure $y_t$.
\STATE Compute the relative likelihood $q_p$ of each particle $x_{t,p}^-$ conditioned on the measurement $y_t$ by evaluating $\operatorname{pdf}(y_t \mid x_{t,p}^-)$ based on~\eqref{eq:output} and $\operatorname{pdf}(v_t)$.
\STATE Normalize $q_p \to q_p/\sum_{p=1}^{N_p}{q_p}$.
\STATE Generate $N_p$ \emph{a posteriori} particles, $x_{t,p}^+$, via \emph{resampling} based on the relative likelihoods $q_p$.
\STATE Solve $\tilde{\mathcal{P}}_{N}(\{x_{t,p}^+, p = 1,\ldots,N_p\})$ for the optimal scenario control values $u_t^{\star},\ldots,u_{t+N-1}^{\star}$.
\STATE Given $u_t^{\star}$, propagate $x_{t+1,p}^- = f(x_{t,p}^+, u_t^{\star}, w_{t,p})$, where $w_{t,p}$ is generated based on $\operatorname{pdf}(w_t)$.
\ENDFOR
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}

\subsection{Computational Demand}
Computational tractability of PMPC deteriorates with increasing: number of particles; number of scenarios; system dimensions; control signal grid spacing; MPC horizon. While the number of particles required for satisfactory performance of the PF grows exponentially with the state dimension (e.g.~\cite{snyder2008obstacles}), it is unclear how to select an appropriate number of scenarios in the nonlinear case. Suppose the state and input dimensions are $n$ and $m$ and that the numbers of particles and scenarios are chosen as $N_p = P^n$ and $N_s = S^n$ for positive integers $P$ and $S$, respectively, and that the MPC horizon is $N$. Further assuming a grid of $U^m$ points in the control space and brute-force evaluation of all possible sequences, the order of growth for PMPC is approximately $\mathcal{O}(P^n + S^nU^{mN})$.

Notice that the computational demand associated with the conditional density approximation in PMPC is additive in terms of the overall computational demand. This indicates that, provided the PF is computationally tractable for given state dimensions, tractability of PMPC is roughly equivalent to tractability of standard state-feedback SCMPC. In the example below, we found that scenario optimization tends to be the computational bottleneck at least for low system dimensions. Clearly, this observation holds only when the scenario optimization is performed by explicit enumeration of all feasible sequences over a grid in the control space, which may be avoided for particular problem instances. But the experience also confirms that in the nonlinear case the open- or closed-loop control calculation dominates the computational burden in comparison to state estimation.

\section{Numerical Example}
\label{sec:eg}
Consider the scalar, nominally unstable nonlinear system
\begin{align*}
x_{t+1} &= 1.5\, x_t + \operatorname{atan}{\left((x_t - 1)^2\right)}\,u_t + w_t, \\
y_t &= x_t^3 - x_t + v_t,
\end{align*}
where $x_0,w_t$ and $v_l$ are mutually independent random variables for all $t,l \geq 0$ and
\begin{align*}
x_0 &\sim \mathcal{U}(1,2),&
w_t&\sim\mathcal{U}(-2,2),&
v_t &\sim \mathcal{N}(0,5),
\end{align*}
for all $t\geq 0$. We aim to minimize the quadratic cost function
\begin{multline*}
J_N(\pi_{t},u_t,\ldots,u_{t+N-1})= \\
\mathbb{E}_t\left[\sum_{k=t}^{t+N-1}{\left(100\, x_{k}^2 + u_{k}^2\right)} + 100\,x_{t+N}^2 \right],
\end{multline*}
while satisfying the constraints
\begin{align*}
\mathbb{P}_{k+1} [x_{k+1} \geq 1] &\geq 0.9, &
-5\leq u_{k} & \leq 5,
\end{align*}
along the control horizon $N$, that is $k\in\{t,\ldots,t+N-1\}$ for $t\geq 0$. Notice how this system has both limited observability and controllability close to the constraint but infeasible unconstrained optimal states. In combination with the very noisy measurements, this is a challenging control problem. To implement PMPC as described in Section~\ref{sec:PMPC} for this nonlinear stochastic output-feedback control problem, we further restrict the control inputs to integer values, such that $u_{t}\in\{-5,-4,\ldots,4,5\}$. Figure~\ref{fig:simu} displays simulated closed-loop state trajectories, control values and measurement values for four PMPC controllers with differing parameters subject to the same realizations of process and measurement noise, respectively.

\begin{figure*}[t!]
    \centering
    \begin{subfigure}[t]{0.5\textwidth}
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{PMPC_5e3part_1e3scen_3hor.pdf}
        \caption{$N=3$, $N_p = 5,000$, $N_s = 1,000$.}
        \label{fig:densities1}
    \end{subfigure}%
    ~
    \begin{subfigure}[t]{0.5\textwidth}
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{PMPC_1e2part_1e3scen_3hor.pdf}
        \caption{$N=3$, $N_p = 100$, $N_s = 1,000$.}
        \label{fig:densities2}
    \end{subfigure}
    \\
    \begin{subfigure}[t]{0.5\textwidth}
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{PMPC_5e3part_5e1scen_3hor.pdf}
        \caption{$N=3$, $N_p = 5,000$, $N_s = 50$.}
        \label{fig:densities3}
    \end{subfigure}%
    ~
    \begin{subfigure}[t]{0.5\textwidth}
        \centering
        \includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{PMPC_5e3part_1e3scen_2hor.pdf}
        \caption{$N=2$, $N_p = 5,000$, $N_s = 1,000$.}
        \label{fig:densities4}
    \end{subfigure}
    \caption{Simulation data for example in Section~\ref{sec:eg} over $30$ samples, running PMPC with control horizon $N$, number of particles $N_p$ and number of scenarios $N_s$. State, control and measurement values (blue), probabilistic and hard constraints (red), $95\%$ confidence interval of PF (black). All controllers are subject to the same realization of the process noise $w_k$.}
\label{fig:simu}
\end{figure*}

Figure~\ref{fig:densities1} displays closed-loop simulation results under PMPC with horizon $N = 3$, $N_p = 5,000$ particles and $N_s = 1,000$ scenarios. While the poor observability properties of the system show close to the probabilistic constraint, it is satisfied at all times in this simulation. This is still the case when decreasing the number of particles to $N_p = 100$ in the simulation displayed Figure~\ref{fig:densities2}. However, we see how in this case, the decreased accuracy of the PF leads to larger state-values in closed-loop. Similar behavior is observed in Figure~\ref{fig:densities3} when reducing the number of scenarios to $N_s = 50$. Additionally, the controller violates the probabilistic constraint $3$ times in this case. This trend continues when reducing the horizon to $N=2$, as displayed in Figure~\ref{fig:densities4}.

\section{Conclusion}
\label{sec:conclusions}
We presented PMPC as a novel approach to output-feedback control of stochastic nonlinear systems. Generating scenarios not only from the distribution of the process noise but also from the particles of the Particle Filter, PMPC combines the benefits of the Particle Filter and Scenario MPC in a natural fit, allowing for a numerically tractable version of stochastic MPC with general nonlinear dynamics, cost and probabilistic constraints. Given a particular system instance, the algorithm and its properties may be adapted to exploit specific problem structure. Such extensions include: sub-optimal probing via additional constraints; scenario removal; provable closed-loop properties such as constraint satisfaction with specified confidence levels; optimization over parametrized policies.

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from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.common.exceptions import NoSuchElementException
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import Select
import keyboard
from tkinter import *
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It was a lovely spring day. The end of April. The sky was a glorious cobalt blue, none of the trappings of hot and hazy had yet to surface. There were no humidex or air quality advisories, just warm sun and life peeping up through every nook and crevice.
What you can't see in this picture is that I was supposed to be a work. It was a Monday and I did not have a scheduled holiday. When my alarm went off that morning I could not put my feet on the floor. I just did not have what it took to take one step after another and go to my job.
I live with the constant companions (and reminders) of depression and anxiety. There are days when, and I wrote about here, my mind hurts. Days when my heart beats wild with anxiety and the thought of moving beyond my front door requires more effort than I possess.
I sent a quick email off to my boss that morning. Part of me wanted to lie. To say I had a migraine, but part of me was tired of lies. So I sent him the truth. "I just can't today. I am incapable of doing my job. I just can't." At 10 AM I finally sat on the edge of my bed and tried to give myself a pep talk. Tried to snap out of whatever was on my mind. I grabbed my bible, my journal and I tried.
I tried with my hair looking wildly for a comb, my breath rank and stale, my pyjama's wrinkled with a coffee stain on the sleeve to bring some semblance of order to the raging chemical storm that was happening in my brain. And, just there in the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of my camera, and somewhere underneath the fog of depression came the thought that I hadn't even picked up my camera in quite some time.
I'm not sure I can tell you how it all came to be. How I managed to climb into the shower and blow dry my hair. I can not even tell you how I was able to make the 30 minute drive to the Conservation Area. But I did.
And as the sun beat down on my shoulders and warmed that knot of anxiety that had settled somewhere between my shoulder blades I received the email reply from my boss. The one with whom I had braved the truth. And his understanding was like the breaking down of the dam. And the tears they came and watered the spring grass and for the first time that day I breathed deeply.
I look back on that day and recall how there was freedom in my surrender. How giving a voice to a very dark moment actually brought it to the light of day. It reminded me that I am whole – even with my sometimes broken mind – I am whole in the One who died to make me whole.
I went to work the next day. Went to work knowing that I had braved the ugly truth and that God had not left me.