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My iPod Has Issues – Stuck in the House
Because of a medical procedure, I am sort of stuck in the house. I went out this morning but found that being inside feels a lot better. Of course, that gives me time to watch television, and some big things have happened.
O.J. was paroled.
Red West, a member of Elvis's Memphis Mafia, passed away. He was also in one of my favorite Magnum, P.I. episodes.
Hugh Freeze was fired as head football coach at Ole Miss, which makes this post more relevant.
Oh yeah, two of my favorite events are finishing up. The Tour de France is in its last stages, and the World Series of Poker Main Event is down to the last table.
However, one can only watch so much television. That is why I am cranking up the iPod to see what is going on in there.
"Hard Times" by Ray Charles
"That's the Way I Wanna Rock n' Roll" by AC/DC
"Walk on By" by Isaac Hayes
"Mississippi" by Bob Dylan
"Cover of the Rolling Stone" by Dr. Hook
"Session Blues" by Big Mama Thornton
"Mumblin' Guitar" by Bo Diddley
"Boom Boom" by The Animals
"Cry Me a River" by Diana Krall
"Crying in the Chapel" by Elvis Presley
"Long Hard Times to Come" by Gangstagrass
"Stereotomy" by The Alan Parsons Project
"Mother" by Danzig
"That's What They Always Say" by Chris Rea
"I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles
"Kern River" by Merle Haggard
"The Chicken and the Hawk" by Big Joe Turner
"Crying in the Rain" by Whitesnake
"The Legend of Shenandoah" by James Stewart
"Tin Man" by America
Tags: AC/DC, America, Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thornton, Bo Diddley, Bob Dylan, Chris Rea, Danzig, Diana Krall, Dr. Hook, Elvis Presley, Gangstagrass, Hugh Freeze, iPod, Isaac Hayes, James Stewart, Magnum PI, Memphis Mafia, Merle Haggard, Music, O.J. Simpson, Ray Charles, Red West, The Alan Parsons Project, The Animals, The Beatles, Tour de France, Whitesnake, World Series of Poker
My iPod Has Issues – Have I Really Written That Much?
I just realized that my last post was Number 400. I cannot believe that I have written that many words on this blog. Some of the posts seem like they were written yesterday. There are other ones that have faded from my memory. All I know is that 400 posts never entered my mind when all of this started.
To commemorate this milestone, I am going to let my mind and my fingers rest and put together the most simple post that I know how to do. Exploring the dark passages in the mind of my iPod may look difficult and dangerous, but it really is not that hard to accomplish. Despite its reputation of taking people into musical realms that they think is nuts, my iPod does not mean harm. In fact, it is quite pleasant if you can accept it for what it is – a bipolar yet well-rounded individual.
With that being said, let us shuffle up and play.
"Thirsty Man" by Blitzen Trapper
"The Ball Game" by Sister Wynona Carr
"The Day Begins" by The Moody Blues
"It Happened in Monterey" by Frank Sinatra
"Jumpin' Jack Flash" by The Rolling Stones
"Hello Again" by Neil Diamond
"With Pen In Hand" by Dorothy Moore
"Adagio for TRON" by Daft Punk
"I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt
"Rollin'" by Big and Rich
"I See You Baby" by Groove Armada
"Respect Yourself" by The Staple Singers
"Crazy In Love" by Beyonce
"God Is Rhythm" by White Boy, Big Mouth and the Assassin with Mia Dunn
"She's Got You" by Loretta Lynn
"How Blue Can You Get?" by B.B. King
"I Feel Love" by Donna Summer
"Polk Salad Annie" by Tony Joe White
"Twentieth Century Fox" by The Doors
This is post Number 401, and there is a lot more to go.
Tags: B.B. King, Beyonce, Big and Rich, Big Mouth, Blitzen Trapper, Bonnie Raitt, Daft Punk, Diana Krall, Donna Summer, Dorothy Moore, Frank Sinatra, Groove Armada, iPod, Loretta Lynn, Mia Dunn, Music, Neil Diamond, Sister Wynona Carr, The Assassin, The Doors, The Moody Blues, The Rolling Stones, The Staple Singers, Tony Joe White, White Boy
My iPod Has Issues – Duck Dude Edition
There are a myriad of topics I could write about. Christmas is on its way. There's a big trip in our future. Of course, there's also the big controversy about the guy who makes duck calls and became a television star. As I tweeted, he has the right to his own opinion, but he doesn't have the right to his own television show. As American citizens, we have freedom of speech. As employees of private corporations, that freedom has consequences.
In honor of the trouble that the duck guy has gotten himself into, I give you a classic movie poster.
I could write more about that, but I am tired of that show and that controversy. I would rather take the easy way out and write about my iPod, my bipolar friend who entertains me on my journeys through the world. As always, shuffle up and play. Hold on. This time, let's turn it up to 25.
"Ain't That a Shame" by Fats Domino
"1999" by Prince
"Buck's Boogie" by Matt "Guitar" Murphy
"She's Not There" by The Zombies
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" by The Bee Gees
"Carrie-Anne" by The Hollies
"Underdog" by Butthole Surfers
"Queen Jane Approximately" by Bob Dylan
"Out in the Country" by Three Dog Night
"Umbrella" by Rihanna
"Woman" by Wolfmother
"Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield
"Gracefully" by Vintage Trouble
"Red Shoe Tango" by George S. Clinton
"Your Warm and Tender Love" by Chris Rea
"Alabama Song" by The Doors
"Bad Businessman" by Squirrel Nut Zippers
"Columbus Stockade Blues" by The Wear Family
"The Ballad of Ira Hayes" by Johnny Cash
"Six Days on the Road" by Dave Dudley
"Chauffer Blues" by Big Mama Thornton
"Tales of Brave Ulysses" by Cream
"I Only Have Eyes for You" by The Flamingos
"Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop" by Big Joe Turner
"Body and Soul" by Diana Krall
In honor of the duck dude, there is one more classic movie poster that fits the bill. Get it – the bill. You know, like duck-bill.
Anyway, thank you for once again exploring the shattered mind of my iPod.
Tags: Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thornton, Bob Dylan, Butthole Surfers, Chris Rea, Cream, Curtis Mayfield, Dave Dudley, Diana Krall, Duck Dynasty, Duck Soup, Duck You Sucker, Fats Domino, Freedom of Speech, George Clinton, iPod, Johnny Cash, Matt "Guitar" Murphy, Music, Prince, Rihanna, Squirrel Nut Zippers, The Bee Gees, The Doors, The Flamingos, The Hollies, The Wear Family, The Zombies, Three Dog Night, Vintage Trouble, Wolfmother
My iPod Has Issues – Heaven Help Us
I have publish several posts about the deeper meaning of the music on my iPod. The first, second and third were examinations of the overall playlist. The other was a more nuanced study of the "What's In a Name?" playlist. A quick review of those posts will show that my iPod is bipolar, OCD and a little schizophrenic.
Tonight, I have decided to shuffle the "For God's Sake" playlist and see what pops up. This grouping contains selections with religious titles or themes. I find these types of songs interesting, especially the old spirituals. This is surprising because of my lack of spirituality. Religious folks will say that I like these songs because I have an internal need to connect with a supreme being. I think I like them because, well, I like them.
Here is a sampling of my heavenly collection.
It's weird that people correlate gold with heaven when you can't take it with you.
1. "Knockin' On Heavens Door" by Guns n' Roses
2. "God and Man" by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee
3. "Body and Soul" by Diana Krall
4. "Save a Prayer" by Duran Duran
5. "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2
6. "Judgement Day" by Whitesnake
7. "Heaven and Hell" by Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter
8. "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison
9. "This Train" by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
10. "Superstar" by Ben Vereen and Marc Pressel
11. "Old Rugged Cross" by John Prine and Mac Wiseman
12. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" by The Fairfield Four
13. "Hallelujah" by Sweathog
14. "Chapel of Love" by The Dixie Cups
15. "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin
16. "The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash
17. "Backwoods Preacher Man" by Tony Joe White
18. "Amazing Grace" by The Beeston Pipe Band
19. "Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame" by Kris Kristofferson
20. "Angel Eyes" by Scott Hamilton
We will now pass the plate before offering the benediction.
Tags: Ben Vereen, Diana Krall, Duran Duran, George Harrison, Guns 'n Roses, iPod, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Led Zeppelin, Mac Wiseman, Music, Scott Hamilton, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Sonny Terry, Sweathog, The Beeston Pipe band, The Dixie Cups, The Fairfield Four, Tony Joe White, U2, Waylon Jennings, Whitesnake


Last week a reader and fellow cupcake enthusiast, Keely, contacted us after purchasing a Pumpkin cupcake from the Barnes & Noble Starbucks, in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The cupcakes at this location are provided by The Cheesecake Factory. Keely said we could share her review on our blog, and we are happy to do so! We LOVE all things pumpkin and are looking forward to reviewing many more fall related cupcakes. Keely runs her own blog, Between a Breath and a Blink, and has challenged herself with tasting anything and everything she encounters in Baltimore City that is pumpkin flavored and this cupcake was the first item she conquered.
Thanks for sharing your review with us, Keely! We looking forward to following (and joining) you on your pumpkin adventure.
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What a great idea, trying all things "pumpkin" in Baltimore! I recently had a Pumpkin Spiced latte from 7-11 and was pretty impressed!
Really? I almost stopped by 7-11 for a coffee the other day, I'll have to see if they have that!
I love trying all things holiday flavored because they're only here for such a short time.
I'm with you Tiffany! I'm obsessed with seasonal flavors!


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"Маленький Віллі" (), також "Малюк Віллі") - перший в історії працездатний прототип танка , побудований в 1915 році у Великобританії .

Історія створення
З початком Першої світової війни полковник Ернст Суінтон був посланий на західний фронт , щоб надсилати звіти про перебіг бойових дій. Після спостереження за першими битвами, де один кулеметник міг убити тисячі піхотинців, що наступають на ворожі траншеї, Суінтон написав, що бензинові трактори на гусеничному ході із захисними залізними пластинами здатні протистояти вогню кулеметів.

Пропозиція Суінтона була відкинута генералом сером Джоном Френчем та його науковими радниками. Відмовившись прийняти поразку, полковник Ернст Суінтон зв'язався з полковником Моріцем Ханкі, який передав цю ідею серу Уїнстону Черчіллю , морському міністрові Його Величності. Черчілль був уражений ідеями Суінтона і в лютому 1915 року він створив Комітет із сухопутних кораблів для розробки нової військової машини, який погодився з пропозицією Суінтона і написав специфікацію для нової машини.

Зрештою, лейтенанту Волтеру Гордону Вільсону з морської авіації та Вільяму Тріттону з компанії William Foster & Co. Ltd. було поставлено завдання створення невеликого наземного корабля. Побудованій у великій секретності, машині було надано кодове ім'я «танк Суінтона».

Будівництво прототипу розпочалося 11 серпня 1915 року. 16 серпня Тріттон вирішив встановити за кормою двоколісний кермовий візок, який повинен був суттєво покращити керованість. 9 вересня 1915 року Лінкольнська машина № 1 (), здійснила свій перший випробувальний пробіг по двору заводу Wellington Foundry. Відразу ж виявився цілий ряд недоліків. По-перше, гусениці були плоскими і створювали значний опір під час поворотів. Підвіску змінили таким чином, щоб нижній профіль гусениці став опуклим, і машина, що повертається, значно покращилася. По-друге, при подоланні траншеї гусениця провисала і зісковзувала з ковзанок. Триттон і лейтенант Волтер Вілсон випробували безліч варіантів гусениці і зупинили свій вибір на гусениці, що складається з плоских литих траків, з'єднаних заклепками. Кожен трак постачався направляючими, що допускали його рух тільки в одній площині і не дозволяли гусениці провисати. Таким чином, гусениця була жорстко прикріплена до рами ковзанки. Рами ж прикріплювалися до корпусу танка з допомогою валів, допускали їх незначні переміщення щодо корпусу. Конструкція виявилася вдалою і застосовувалася на британських танках аж до моделі " Mark VIII ".

Перший прототип наземного корабля, названий Little Willie , був продемонстрований Ернсту Суінтона та Комітету з сухопутних кораблів 11 вересня 1915 року.

Опис конструкції
Більшість механічних компонентів, включаючи радіатор , були пристосовані з важкого тягача артилерійського виробництва Foster-Daimler. Машина обладнана двигуном Даймлер потужністю 105 л. с. , підвіска з двома паливними баками розташована ззаду, що залишало достатньо місця під передбачуваною баштою з двофунтовою гарматою «Віккерс» . У корпусі могли бути встановлені до шести кулеметів (спочатку передбачалися кулемети Мадсена , потім зупинилися на двох 7,7-мм кулеметах «Віккерс» ). Головне знаряддя мало великий боєзапас - до 800 пострілів.

Досвідчена машина не мала повноцінної сталевої броні, лише своєрідний «ковпак» із пластин, проте проект передбачав 6-мм броньове покриття.

У передній частині танка на сидіннях могли сидіти два механіки: один керував кермом, що розвертає колісний хвіст, педалями зчеплення (C) і гальма (B), головною трансмісією та перемиканням швидкостей, інший керував важелями лівого та правого стрічкового гальма, дозволяючи пригальмовувати одну для здійснення повороту. Внаслідок цього другий водій під час руху міг здійснювати спостереження та стріляти кулеметом з передньої круглої амбразури. Ще принаймні двоє мали займатися гарматним озброєнням, плюс дві людини — кулеметною. Таким чином екіпаж не міг бути меншим за чотири-шість осіб. Максимальна швидкість, вказана Тріттон, не могла перевищувати дві милі на годину.

Доля
Після війни "Маленький Віллі" було вирішено зберегти для наступних поколінь. У 1940 році його захистили від утилізації на металобрухт, і зараз танк демонструється в танковому музеї Бовінгтон . Зараз це переважно порожній корпус без внутрішньої «начинки».

Джерела
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College Archives Unveil ML's Storied History
by Bess Markel
1925 Postcard of Mary Lyon school. Courtesy of the Phoenix, uploaded 04/2015.
Located a fifteen-minute walk away from campus, Mary Lyon dormitory does not even appear on the campus map. It's located in a residential neighborhood, and many Swarthmore students who have not lived in Mary Lyon have no idea where it's situated. To further add to its unusualness, it looks less like a traditional dorm and more like an old-fashioned English cottage. It has long been a Swarthmore dorm with a distinct reputation; however, most Swatties do not know the true history behind the dorm.
It's clear from looking at the dorm just how old the building actually is. The building is over 100 years old and was built around the time the college was founded. The question remains to a lot of students: why did a brand new college build a dorm so far away from campus?
However, Isaiah Thomas, director of residential communities at Swarthmore, feels that ML's location leads to a better sense of community within the dorm.
"Mary Lyon is one of my favorite dorms on campus for a variety of reasons," said Thomas. "In the four and a half years that I've been at Swarthmore, I have been always impressed by ML's strong sense of community. As ML has a lot of first-year students, residents are eager to connect with each other … Additionally, the residential peer leaders in the community provide excellent programmatic opportunities to help residents thrive both socially and academically."
Some students feel similarly positive about ML. One resident, Janet Barkdoll '21, feels at home there because of family connections and its seclusion.
"I knew ML was going to be off campus and I knew that it had a reputation, but I was excited about it because my mom lived in ML when she went to Swarthmore," said Barkdoll. "I really like living in a residential area because it means I get to leave campus. It feels like I get to go home and it's nice to have that space and feel like I'm living in a house."
Though most students would assume that ML stands for Mary Lyon, there is a stone sign outside the dorm that reads "Mary Leavitt". When looking at the stickers that label the building's front entrance, students can see the label "ML-4" implying other Mary Lyon buildings.
Mary Lyon was originally the name of a girls' boarding school that consisted of five buildings. Three of the buildings were converted from houses that the school purchased and the other two buildings were built new in 1917 for the founding of the Mary Lyon School, located near the intersection of Harvard Ave and Yale Ave. The buildings were each individually named Wildcliff, Hadley Miller Crist, Seven Gables, Mary Leavitt, and Hillcrest and were respectively known as ML-1, ML-2, ML-3, ML-4, and ML-5.
In addition to the buildings, Mary Lyon School also owned a golf course, a boathouse, and riding trails for its students to enjoy. However, the school later moved to a new location and rented out its buildings to the Navy, which used it as a rehabilitation center during WWII.
In 1942, the school closed. ML buildings remained empty for several years until Swarthmore College first leased them in 1946 and later purchased them in 1948.
Over the years the buildings have served as dormitories, classrooms, and administrative offices. ML-3 was a 30 member boys-only dormitory and in 1970, ML-4 became the first co-ed dorm on campus. Peter Svirsky '56, who roomed in ML-4 his first year and in ML-3 when he was a sophomore, described ML-4 in 1952 as "being old and drab … but with a friendly atmosphere."
Svirsky goes on to describe the ML-4 politics as more liberal than other dorms and that getting to main campus was often difficult, particularly during the winter. Svirsky got a scooter to help make getting to campus easier.
"The dash to Parrish for breakfast took just a few minutes [with the scooter] — and further time could be shaved off by sneaking behind the old library and driving up the lawn," wrote Svirsky.
However, most of these buildings do not remain on campus today. Hillcrest or ML-5 was torn down in 1970. Hadley Miller Crist or ML-2 burned down in a massive fire in 1982, and shortly thereafter ML-3 or Seven Gables was demolished. ML-4 remains today as the current "Mary Lyon" dorm and Wildcliff or ML-1, about 500 feet away, is used today as apartment style housing for faculty.
According to Sarah Solomon '19, who has lived in Mary Lyon for three years and is a resident for ML first floor this year, did not learn much about Mary Lyon history during her time living there.
"I don't know much about the history, I believe it was a school at one point. It might have been a hospital. I know that it's 101 years old, that's it," said Solomon.
Joe Scott '22, another resident of Mary Lyon, believes that its history and the history of other buildings should be more accessible to students.
"I know a little about ML history, but I do wish I knew more. The college could do a feature each month of buildings on campus, especially dormitories," said Scott.
According to Thomas, ML will remain an important part of student housing. He also stated that the college has no future plans to decommission any of its dorms or to build new ones.
"Juniors and seniors occupy the majority of singles in our residential communities. After the senior and junior housing lotteries, there exist some vacant singles in Mary Lyon, which allows us to offer these spaces to rising sophomores who strongly prefer to live in a single," said Thomas. He added,"there are no plans in the immediate future for any new halls to be created or taken offline."
For more information on the history of Mary Lyon or to see pictures of what the other buildings look like, students can visit the Friends Historical Library located on the first floor of McCabe.
Bess Markel
Andrew Ruether '94 says:
As a former resident of ML, I was interested to learn that the Miller-Crist building was also used by Penn State in the late 1940's (http://www.swarthmorean.com/articles/penn-state-at-mary-lyon/) and as the headquarters for the US Army 24th Antiaircraft Artillery Group in the 1950's (http://www.swarthmorean.com/articles/the-u-s-army-at-mary-lyon/). It is hard to imagine today's Swarthmore College renting space to an Antiaircraft Artillery Group.
Nan Fagan says:
The Miller Crist building later became Harvard Avenue School, a special education school that I attended from 1967 to 1969. Years later, there was a Harvard Avenue program at the Hillcrest Elementary School here in the Upper Darby School District. I don't know when Harvard Avenue School closed as well as when the program was shifted to the Upper Darby School District.
ken biondi says:
I went there to as a 4th grader to build confidence only to be held back and put a grade behind ??? All my friends were now in 5th grade and i was still in fourth. Not sure about all that? any insight on the structured learning process there would help me better understand . If anybody has any info that would by interesting!
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"This infectious song combines sparse sonics, skittering beats, nagging hooks and a siren call of a chorus"
Sunday Times Culture
"It pairs the music of her unique Irish/Egyptian heritage and electronica with hypnotic vocals, alongside an important empowering message."
Shaefri has announced the release of her forthcoming EP Girl out June 25th. To mark the announcement she has released a lyric video for the lead single and title track.
BRAND NEW EP ANNOUNCED
OUT July 1st
LYRIC VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK RELEASED
A half-Egyptian, half-Irish heritage is at the heart of every Shaefri song. Arabic beats meet harmonies that hark back to summers spent in Mayo and family sing-alongs. Percussion and strings spring from a childhood immersed in the music of both cultures. In her hypnotic vocals, Shaefri's contrasting sides collide.
Girl, the London-raised singer and songwriter's spectacular second EP, is the result of a two-year quest to capture her unique identity. A fresh, organic blend of electronics and acoustic instruments, the five tracks may be steeped in tradition, but could only have been written by a young woman in today's time of great transition.
Regarding the upcoming EP Shaefri says, "Girl is me trying to find my place in the world. No one prepares you for adulthood. In terms of self-development, it's a terrifying time. But it's also exciting, not knowing what's coming next.
"Some of the themes on Girl are quite dark and serious, but sonically, it's all upbeat and uplifting. I'm not wallowing in what's gone wrong. I'm addressing issues and actual events that are affecting my generation. Talking about them gets them out in the open, which is where solutions arise."
Built on a twitchy tabla beat, the lead single and title track was inspired by the #MeToo movement, but deals in the personal as much as the political, while planting one foot on the dancefloor. It was released last month to great acclaim including being featured in Sunday Times Culture's 'Hot Tracks' and also saw Hot Press feature it as their 'Track Of The Day'.
Speaking about the single Shaefri says, "It's been happening for a long time; I don't know one woman, of any age, who hasn't been harassed or worse; just thinking about the scale of the problem is almost too much to take in. I was angry at the people responsible for the pain, upset for the victims and desperate for something to be done to change the situation."
Elsewhere on the Girl EP, the sensual yet strident 'Say You'll Be There' is an ode to support networks and speaking out, penned after losing a friend, while the slinky 'Kerosene' and sinuous '23' ride bewitching Middle Eastern rhythms while telling tales of twentysomethings navigating new territory.
'Kerosene' is a tempestuous track about standing together to help a friend exit an abusive relationship, while '23' captures a generation facing a future unlike any before it.
The closer 'Home' is the perfect summary for the EP and the enchanting pop track captures Shaefri's newfound happiness today.
Girl follows the release of Shaefri's critically praised debut EP Cracks in 2017. The EP explored the dark side of love and was described as "divine" and "a breath of fresh air" by the likes of Clash, DIY and Hot Press and had several of its songs, notably lead single 'Pixelate', played on Amazing Radio, Radio X and RTE.
Where Cracks was intimate, raw and atmospheric, its lyrics delivered as though revealing secrets, 'Girl' is brightly-textured and addictively melodic, favouring more straightforward story-telling, brisker beats and real instruments. In short, it's the sound of Shaefri growing up.
Shaefri's new music finds her now comfortable in her own identity, thriving from a period of transition, coming armed with a fresh new sound and vision in 2020.
"Every next step Shaefri takes makes her look like more of a talent"
"Cystalline piece of synth pop that comes from a deeply personal place"
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Brain-Inspired Power
Neurosynaptic cores are a big step toward making computers more efficient, but they're still kilowatts from the goal.
October 1st, 2014 - By: Barry Pangrle
"Let's be clear: we have not built the brain, or any brain. We have built a computer that is inspired by the brain. The inputs to and outputs of this computer are spikes. Functionally, it transforms a spatio-temporal stream of input spikes into a spatio-temporal stream of output spikes."
— Dharmendra Modha, IBM Fellow
It's generally a well-accepted principle that the biggest savings from an energy-efficiency standpoint are to be had at the architectural level. For years, scientists have been working on creating computational models for the brain. Clearly there are some major differences in architecture between the brain and the silicon-based computers that we use on a daily basis and the paradigm here is to build a computing architecture that more closely matches the brain model.
I somewhat liken the statement that the new model takes inputs and produces outputs that are spikes to saying that the computers that we're most used to using take inputs and produce outputs that are 1's and 0's. There's still the necessary translation to and from the 1's and 0's in order to make the computers (more) useful. The same will be true for the neurosynaptic chips and to that extent; the IBM research team is hard at work producing an ecosystem that will make it easier to interface with this new technology.
The new TrueNorth chip contains a 64 x 64 array of "neurosynaptic" cores. The 4096 core chip is capable of modeling 1 million neurons and 256 million synapses and runs at 70 milliwatts. There's a short animated simulation video on YouTube. To give you a rough idea on how the neuron count compares to the number or neurons in animals, a honeybee has about 1 million neurons and about 1 billion synapses all packed within its bee-sized head. The TrueNorth chip is claimed to have a density of 14.7um² per neuron, so if we multiply that out times 1 million neurons, we'd have 1.47cm² for that portion alone. The chip is said to contain 5.4 billion transistors and be the largest transistor-count chip that IBM has done to date. It is manufactured in a Samsung 28nm CMOS technology and is shown in the picture below.
Figure 1. TrueNorth Chip Layout (Courtesy of IBM)
One goal of this chip is to use it to build a system containing 4096 chips in a single rack to simulate 1 trillion synapses (gorilla territory) using only 4kW of power. It's interesting to note that if each chip uses only 70mW, then less 300W of the 4kW total would come from the chips (or about 7%) and the rest would be additional system overhead.
To put this all into context with a "human-scale" brain, the simulation would need to handle ~100 trillion synapses. If (and it's a really big if) the power scaled the same up to 100 trillion synapses, we be looking at ~400kW of power (most likely more, much more). In comparison the human brain uses on the order of 20W, so we're still looking at 4+ orders of magnitude differences in power. That's not to sell short the jump forward that has been made in efficiency here though. A 100 trillion synapse simulation required 96 Blue Gene/Q racks of the Lawrence Livermore National Lab Sequoia supercomputer and it ran 1,500 times slower than real-time. Sequoia is listed as using 7.8MW of power, so there appears to be some clear energy efficiency benefits due to the architecture of the new TrueNorth chip. Nature still has not only an architectural advantage but a technology advantage too in using "wetware" rather than silicon. The new TrueNorth chips should open up some interesting and exciting new opportunities for research in cognitive computing.
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Barry Pangrle
Barry Pangrle is an independent power architect and consultant with expertise in power/energy-aware design and verification from a semiconductor and EDA perspective.
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"Notes from aboard the MS Trollfjord" by Jennifer Pjeko. Courtesy of Coast Contemporary.
For the second year in a row, the Hurtigruten cruise ship line has hosted Coast Contemporary, a four-day symposium and artistic program centered on regional Norwegian artists and art centers. The program takes place during the cruise's regular trajectory, from Kirkenes to Bergen, along Norway's coast.
The adventure begins on land, with twenty-four hours in Svolvær. Monica Winther performs Lost in Paradise (all works 2018 unless otherwise noted) — a concert for the "vegetable other," part of a larger group exhibition called "Why Listen to Plants?" Winding between greenhouses set up inside the North Norwegian Art Centre (NNKS), we are seated on the floor for the concert, where a semicircle of potted plants attends Winther as she vocalizes and plays synths while bathed in neon light.
The following morning, we leave for Kvalnes, an hour's drive across the narrow landmass of Lofoten. Kjetil Berge's MidnightSun Barn (2007), a weathered wooden barn — as well as circulating piles of wool blankets, bowls of soup, and a spirited sing-along — provides a welcome respite from the relentless freezing winds and rain outside. Then the adventure really takes off.
"Notes from aboard the MS Trollfjord" by Jennifer Pjeko. Courtesy of Coast Contemporary.
Boarding commences. Some cabins have a pink-penguin-adorned carpet. Others have a sea-foam-green shell pattern.
We are waiting around for the announcement that the aurora borealis, or northern lights, will be visible tonight. Given that we boarded the boat within arctic-circle territory, we were informed it was a likely prospect.
We're probably not going to see them.
The program begins with a series of introductions by leaders of Norwegian arts institutions: Office for Contemporary Art (OCA), Screen City Biennial, Performance Art Bergen, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norwegian Textile Artists, VISP, and the Sami Centre for Contemporary Art each get a few minutes at the front.
We non-Norwegians are stunned to learn that the city of Karasjok, home to the Sami Centre for Contemporary Art, and Svalbard, where the Global Seed Vault is located, have a total population of 2,200 people — and 3,000 polar bears. The city is built on a previously impenetrable permafrost, one that's now vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
Conversation intensifies regarding last night's visibility of the aurora borealis.
Marit Paasche gives a compelling overview of the work of Norwegian artist Hannah Ryggen, who was known for crafting highly politicized textiles from yarns dyed with plants local to the fjord near Trondheim, where she lived. The talk is a primer for the permanent installation of her work we will see at the Nordenfjeldske Art Museum in Trondheim the following morning.
The Cabin Series is a full program of performances, exhibitions, and talks that take place throughout the rest of the day at an outpost of the Bergen Art Book Fair in the ship's library. The program is organized by Tanja Sæter, Coast Contemporary founding director, and curator Charles Aubin.
"I'm fascinated by Norway's passion for its own landscape. Nature is clearly a national 'myth' here and therefore, I think, a site of conflicts," says Charles Aubin. "First, I went back to nineteenth-century romantic depictions of the country and its dramatic coast and was interested in unpacking what these paintings had to say when it comes to nation-building: Who fits within the national narrative and who doesn't? Who owns this landscape?
Siri Borge presents Resting Cod Face, turning her compact quarters into a gift shop exhibition of sorts. A native of the country's oil capital of Stavanger, a town that had previously been known for its production of iddis, or sardines (the museums dedicated to each of the city's achievements make for a wild, if truncated, timeline of the local economy), Borge has updated iconic sardine tin labels to feature, for example, modern cruise ships, the mermaid in the Starbucks logo, and references to paintings by Edvard Munch.
Elsewhere in the cabin, Anne Karin Jortveit begins Index for a place of no importance — a growing installation of wool ropes dyed in a palette of greens, yellows, browns, and blues, all dyed from plants typically weeded out in landscaping. These overlooked or "invasive" species include lush, blooming, golden-yellow clouds of warty cabbage (russekål) and deeply pigmented, seemingly pomegranate-hued beach rose (rynkerose). Postcards of these "threatening" plants are available for sending out, further spreading the reach of these unwanted flowers.
Alon Schwabe and Daniel Fernández Pascual of London-based Cooking Sections give a dynamic performance-presentation of their research on the environmental impact of salmon farming along the coast of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. (Did you know that fish farmers in Scotland dye "natural" Scottish salmon thirteen different shades of Pantone color in order to make them resemble robust fillets?) The artists offer a crowd-pleasing alternative for both the oceans and the palate: oysters. Trays of the spiced bivalves, spritzed by lemon wedges, materialize amid Conference Room A.
Front row for tonight's comedy act. Norwegian writer and comedian Are Kalvø gives the lowdown on his friends' growing fascination with their country's spectacular natural landscapes. He reads from his latest book, Hyttebok frå Helvete, or, Cabin Book from Hell.
The Norwegians in our group insist that he kills it in his native language.
We are back on land taking a brief excursion to the city of Trondheim. Our itinerary for the ninety-minute round-trip excursion into Norway's fourth-largest city includes both the Nordenfjeldske Art Museum and Kunsthall Trondheim. We cannot be late to return — the boat leaves shore again at 10:00 a.m.
The Kunsthall's group exhibition, "Rivers of Emotion, Bodies of Ore," gives the concept of networking a tactile dimension, one whose roots run deep underground, literally and digitally.
It is surreal to listen to Janike Kampevold Larsen's Enchantment and exploration. Arctic materialities as the curtains to the conference room are drawn open and ice floes glide by.
After early-bird dinner service, tonight's screening program: "evolution, meet organism." Anne Marthe Dyvi and Massimiliano Mollona's film Oilers (2016) sparks a particularly nuanced conversation on the role of oil profiteering in the Norwegian economy — an economy that artists rely on for art-production subsidies in addition to the remarkably high quality of life the country can afford its citizens. The volatile global demand for oil leads to unsettled conclusions on the resource's role in the future of Norway.
10:00 p.m., shores of Bergen?
LCLA (architects Luis Callejas and Charlotte Hansson) man the ship's emergency light communication system for Big Ship, Small Town, a performance in which they temporarily manipulate the interaction between the ship's intense lights and the shore, drawing attention to the region's dazzling coastline.
The crew had warned us of high turbulence between 1:00 and 4:00 a.m. This moment was by far the most… dynamic… of our time on the ship.
Bergen's constant rainfall (one of the rainiest cities in Europe) breaks temporarily, offering a rare double rainbow as the ships approaches the city port.
The MS Trollfjord docks in Bergen. Everyone departs. Walking on solid land gives a slight sense of phantom swaying.


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Louise Abbott is a writer, documentary photographer, and documentary filmmaker based in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. She has spent most of her career chronicling the history and culture of rural and indigenous communities in eastern and northern Canada and examining the social and environmental challenges they face. Her numerous films include the first documentary on the history of the Inuit of Nunavik, as well as Nunaaluk: A Forgotten Story, about an Inuit settlement subjected to forced relocation, and Driving into the Past—the first documentary to explore the history of covered bridges in Quebec.
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Currently studying directing and screenwriting at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Rafaël has been fascinated by cinema for as long as he can remember. His desire to share meaningful stories, either through documentaries or narrative shorts has brought him to direct his first short film, La Crise, and he is now editing his first documentary short as he approaches the end of his studies.
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Taina Da Silva is a 25-year old filmmaker/writer from the First Nation of Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows). Growing up in her traditional territory helped to shape Taina's style of filmmaking by using her love of culture to express that in films. Taina co-wrote/co-directed the short film The Ceremony, which was nominated for best screenplay at the UWPG Film Festival.
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Director: Summerside Kitchen Party
Louise is a graduate of the Trebas Institute in Film and Television Production. She has written, directed, and produced several short films, documentaries and commercials that have screened at regional film festivals, including a French-language documentary on glamping in PEI. Her projects in development include a dramatic bilingual feature screenplay, a half-hour TV comedy and documentaries on American draft dodgers in Canada and the Women's National Hockey League. Her short film, Sorry, Mommy, has recently been green lit for production this spring. Louise sits on the Board of Directors of Women in Film and Television-Atlantic, and is a member of the PEI Writers Guild, and FilmPEI. She is past-president of the Charlottetown Film Society and continues to work with the association to bring independent films to local audiences.
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Large shipping companies don't let their ships sail the Mediterranean for days. They'd rather moor the ships close to the Strait of Gibraltar, after which the containers have to continue their journey on smaller boats. That takes a long time. This is why Anton Rutten from Maasdijk, the Netherlands, has run a purchasing office for a Greek company for three years now.
"Sometimes we import products from Greece, but we're mostly active exporting to Greece," Anton says. They mostly transport limes, mangoes, avocados, pineapples and other exotic fruits to the Southern European country. Besides, Anton buys "all products of which there's a shortage in Greece." During the summer months, the trucks can be filled with tomatoes, bell pepper and lettuce, for instance. This summer saw a shortage of iceberg lettuce. In a normal summer, this lettuce costs between 2.50 and 3.50 euro, but the peak was at 7 to 10 euro in recent months. "Less is harvested, so demand was good," Anton explains. He also loaded several batches of iceberg lettuce for the Greek parent company.
Anton Rutten at work at his new office.
Aphrodite Fruit from Maasdijk is part of the Souras Group. Besides the purchasing office in the Netherlands, Greek companies Global Fruits and Speedy Fresh are also part of the group. The Greek parts of the company primarily focus on the domestic market and supplying to cruise ships, hotels and restaurants. "Tourism is growing quickly in Greece, and a lot of cruises touch at the ports," Anton says. In the past summer, he personally experienced the tourist crowds when he visited Santorini after roughly 20 years. "I've never seen so many quads," he says.
On Wednesday and Friday, the trucks leave from Maasdijk and head for Athens. The route crosses the Alps to North Italy, where the trucks take the ferry to Greece. This route is quicker than across the Balkans, where drivers are confronted with border crossings and customs formalities. "A truck leaving on Friday generally arrives in Greece on Monday evening or on Tuesday." The transport from the Netherlands is cheaper and quicker than direct import to Greece. The large shipping companies don't let their boats sail the Mediterranean that far. That means an intermediate stop, and the products have to then be transferred. Moreover, port dues are high in Greece.
Anton buys the products on the day market. "Every day is different, that's the interesting thing about this trade," he says. The buyer doesn't work with permanent partners, but looks for the "best market price." From Greece, Anton receives orders about which products to buy. "The Greek trade isn't bound by brands, and there's always plenty of eagerness from the market to sell the products." That's partly due to the Greek preference for large sizes.
Aphrodite Fruit moved as of 1 September. Anton now has an office on the Transportweg 20B in Maasdijk, in the same building as Transtolk, that can provide conditioned storage and transshipment. "Loading also happens here, so I'm now closer to my products," the trader explains. This isn't the only change. As he advances in years, Anton is now approaching the pensionable age. "I'm planning to stop mid-2019, but I'm still looking for someone to take over from me," Anton concludes.


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Subhamoy Das is the co-author of "Applied Hinduism: Ancient Wisdom for Today's World." He has written several books about Hinduism for children and young adults.
Swami Vivekananda was a Hindu monk from India known for introducing many in the U.S. and Europe to Hinduism in the 1890s. His speeches at the World Parliament of Religions of 1893 offer an overview of his faith and a call for unity between the world's major religions.
Swami Vivekananda (Jan. 12, 1863, to July 4, 1902) was born Narendranath Datta in Calcutta. His family was well to do by Indian colonial standards, and he received a traditional British-style education. There is little to suggest Datta was especially religious as a child or teen, but after his father died in 1884 Datta sought spiritual counsel from Ramakrishna, a noted Hindu teacher.
Datta's devotion to Ramakrishna grew, and he became a spiritual mentor to the young man. In 1886, Datta made formal vows as a Hindu monk, taking the new name of Swami Vivekananda. Two years later, he left monastic life for one as a wandering monk and he traveled widely until 1893. During these years, he witnessed how India's underprivileged masses lived in abject poverty. Vivekananda came to believe it was his mission in life to uplift the poor through spiritual and practical education.
The World Parliament of Religions
The World Parliament of Religions was a gathering of more than 5,000 religious officials, scholars, and historians representing the major world faiths. It was held Sept. 11 to 27, 1893, as part of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The gathering is considered to be the first global interfaith event in modern history.
Excerpts From the Welcome Address
Swami Vivekananda delivered opening remarks to the parliament on Sept. 11, officially calling the gathering to order. He got as far as his opening, "Sisters and Brothers of America," before being interrupted by a standing ovation that lasted more than a minute.
In his address, Vivekananda quotes from the Bhagavad Gita and describes Hinduism's messages of faith and tolerance. He called on the world's faithful to fight against "sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism."
"They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come..."
Two weeks later at the close of the World Parliament of Religions, Swami Vivekananda spoke again. In his remarks, he praised participants and called for unity among the faithful. If people of different religions could gather at a conference, he said, then they could co-exist throughout the world.
Concluding Address: Chicago, Sept 27, 1893
The World's Parliament of Religions has become an accomplished fact, and the merciful Father has helped those who labored to bring it into existence and crowned with success their most unselfish labor.
My thanks to those noble souls whose large hearts and love of truth first dreamed this wonderful dream and then realized it. My thanks to the shower of liberal sentiments that has overflowed this platform. My thanks to this enlightened audience for their uniform kindness to me and for their appreciation of every thought that tends to smooth the friction of religions. A few jarring notes were heard from time to time in this harmony. My special thanks to them, for they have, by their striking contrast, made general harmony the sweeter.
Much has been said of the common ground of religious unity. I am not going just now to venture my own theory. But if anyone here hopes that this unity will come by the triumph of any one of the religions and the destruction of the others, to him I say, "Brother, yours is an impossible hope." Do I wish that the Christian would become Hindu? God forbid. Do I wish that the Hindu or Buddhist would become Christian? God forbid.
The seed is put in the ground, and earth and air and water are placed around it. Does the seed become the earth, or the air, or the water? No. It becomes a plant. It develops after the law of its own growth, assimilates the air, the earth, and the water, converts them into plant substance, and grows into a plant.
Similar is the case with religion. The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth.
If the Parliament of Religions has shown anything to the world, it is this: It has proved to the world that holiness, purity, and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character. In the face of this evidence, if anybody dreams of the exclusive survival of his own religion and the destruction of the others, I pity him from the bottom of my heart, and point out to him that upon the banner of every religion will soon be written in spite of resistance: "Help and not fight," "Assimilation and not Destruction," "Harmony and Peace and not Dissension."
The World Parliament of Religions was considered a side event at the Chicago World's Fair, one of the dozens that took place during the exposition. Swami Vivekananda's speeches were a highlight of the original World Parliament of Religions and he spent the next two years on a speaking tour of the U.S. and Great Britain. Returning to India in 1897, he founded Ramakrishna Mission, a Hindu charitable organization that still exists. He returned to the U.S. and U.K. again in 1899 and 1900, then returned to India where he died two years later.
On the 100th anniversary of the gathering, another interfaith gathering took place Aug. 28 to Sept. 5, 1993, in Chicago. The Parliament of the World's Religions brought 150 spiritual and religious leaders together for dialogue and cultural exchanges.
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At the 21st Street Coffee and Tea shop in the Strip District, the cold-brewed coffee is made by mixing coffee and water in a bucket and refrigerating it for 24 hours.
Owner Luke Shaffer shakes up a storage keg of cold-brewed coffee at his 21st Street Coffee and Tea shop in the Strip District Friday, July 17, 2015.
Owner Luke Shaffer connects a storage keg of cold-brewed coffee to a dispenser at his 21st Street Coffee and Tea shop in the Strip District Friday, July 17, 2015.
A freshly poured glass of cold-brewed coffee at the 21st Street Coffee and Tea shop in the Strip District Friday, July 17, 2015. The coffee is brewed in a 24-hour process.
Alexis and Luke Shaffer with their daughters Zoe, 3, and Fiona, 11 months, in their 21st Street Coffee and Tea shop in the Strip District Friday, July 17, 2015.
At the 21st Street Coffee and Tea shop in the Strip District the cold-brewed coffee is a 24 hour process of mixing the coffee and water in a refridgerator Friday, July 17, 2015.
Every summer, like so many others, Laura Cammarata looks forward to indulging in her favorite iced coffee drinks.
But in the past year, another option has been winning out over her usual order. Her choice these days is cold-brew coffee, and Cammarata is not the only one making the switch.
Though commonly confused with iced coffee — hot coffee served over ice — cold brew requires a completely different process, which can vary depending on who's making it. The basic procedure involves steeping ground beans in cold water for around 24 hours, then filtering and refrigerating the finished product.
Cammarata first discovered cold brew when she started work as a barista at Coffee Tree Roasters in Fox Chapel. She quickly became hooked and now makes it at home. The process takes a little longer than simply hitting "start" on a coffee maker, but Cammarata says the taste is worth it.
Many of her customers agree. Her shop makes 16 quarts of cold brew on a near-daily basis. They use 5 pounds of Coffee Tree Roasters beans coarsely ground and steeped in cold water for 18 hours. That creates a concentrate that's mixed with water at a 1-to-1 ratio.
Luke Shaffer, owner of 21st Street Coffee and Tea in the Strip District and Downtown, along with wife Alexis, says the cold-brew trend started with bigger coffee chains such as Stumptown, based in Portland, and Blue Bottle in New York. The Shaffers were at the forefront of the trend that's been spreading this summer. They have had cold brew on their menu since 2007, occasionally tweaking the process until landing on the method they use now.
Using medium-roast beans from Central America, they brew the grounds in filtered water for 24 hours in 6-gallon buckets in the refrigerator. After four stages of filtering out the grounds, they store the cold brew in kegs and serve it on tap to add a subtle carbonation and cascading effect, resulting in a creamier taste.
"To make the best-quality cold coffee you can, you have to focus on the flavor, not something gimmicky," Shaffer says.
They cold brew year-round, though, admittedly not as much in the winter ,months. In the summer, they make 50 gallons a week to keep up with customer demand.
"Once the temperature starts getting above 75, it really starts becoming popular," Shaffer says.
Shaffer describes the product as having a "crispness and pleasant brightness" with less acidity than hot coffee. Cold brew is served black, he says, but customers are welcome to add anything they want to it.
Mike Witherel, who owns Coffee Buddha in Ross, has served cold brew as a summertime seasonal drink since opening four years ago. He makes around eight gallons a week.
"We fly through it," he says.
After researching different methods, Witherel developed his own involving a pillow filter that acts "like a giant tea bag." It's stuffed with 5 pounds of coarse-ground Commonplace Coffee beans and soaked for 24 hours. It's served over ice in a 16-ounce mason jar.
Cold brew attracts a group of people who don't particularly want the standard cup of hot coffee, Witherel says.


Household and electronic appliances need special attention when it comes to cleaning them. You can't use harsh chemicals to clean or dust them, because their surfaces are very sensitive, especially the screens.
That's why you need to know some tricks on how to clean these appliances without ruining them.
All you need is a duct tape roll or other type of adhesive tape to remove all the mess and crumbs from the keyboard. Cut a long strip of adhesive tape and wrap your fingertips around it like you use dental floss. Pass the adhesive tape's sticky part through the keyhole slots, and this way you will be able to remove any hard-to-remove particles between the buttons.
Coffee filters are very good in removing quickly grease and dust from screens, monitors, and even smartphones screens. Just rub the screen with a coffee filter, and that's all! The dirt is gone!
Whether you choose to use rubbing alcohol or vodka, this is the best way to clean the mouse. All you have to do is dip a cleansing disc or a cotton bud stick in alcohol and carefully wipe the rubber buttons on the mouse surface and be careful not to insert textiles in the middle area where infrared waves are having contact.
Buy a soft toothbrush and use it to clean the spaces between the keys. It's an efficient method and doesn't ruin the circuits under the keys. Moisten a cotton bud in alcohol and wipe the spaces between buttons after you've brushed them.


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package org.bricolages.streaming.stream;
import org.bricolages.streaming.stream.processor.StreamColumnProcessor;
import org.bricolages.streaming.stream.processor.ProcessorParams;
import org.bricolages.streaming.stream.processor.ProcessorContext;
import org.bricolages.streaming.exception.*;
import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;
import javax.persistence.*;
import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;

@NoArgsConstructor
@AllArgsConstructor
@Slf4j
@Entity
@Table(name="strload_columns", uniqueConstraints=@UniqueConstraint(columnNames={"stream_id", "column_name"}))
public class StreamColumn implements ProcessorParams {
    static final Pattern VALID_NAME = Pattern.compile("[a-zA-Z]\\w*");

    static public boolean isValidColumnName(String name) {
        return VALID_NAME.matcher(name).matches();
    }

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.IDENTITY)
    @Column(name="column_id", nullable=false)
    @Getter
    long id;

    @Column(name="stream_id", nullable=false)
    long streamId;

    @Column(name="column_name", nullable=false)
    @Getter
    String name;

    @Column(name="source_name", nullable=true)
    String sourceName;

    @Column(name="value_type", nullable=false)
    @Getter
    String type;

    @Column(name="value_length", nullable=true)
    @Getter
    Integer length;

    @Column(name="source_offset", nullable=true)
    @Getter
    String sourceOffset;

    @Column(name="zone_offset", nullable=true)
    @Getter
    String zoneOffset;

    @Column(name="create_time", nullable=false)
    Timestamp createTime;

    @Column(name="time_unit", nullable=true)
    @Getter
    String timeUnit;

    public String getSourceName() {
        return (sourceName == null ? name : sourceName);
    }

    /* For tests */
    static public StreamColumn forName(String name) {
        return new StreamColumn(-1, -1, name, null, "dummy_type", null, null, null, null, null);
    }

    /* For tests */
    static public StreamColumn forNames(String name, String sourceName) {
        return new StreamColumn(-1, -1, name, sourceName, "dummy_type", null, null, null, null, null);
    }

    static public StreamColumn forParams(Params params) {
        return new StreamColumn(
            params.id,
            params.streamId,
            params.name,
            params.sourceName,
            params.type,
            params.length,
            params.sourceOffset,
            params.zoneOffset,
            params.createTime,
            params.timeUnit
        );
    }

    @NoArgsConstructor
    static public final class Params {
        public long id = -1;
        public long streamId = -1;
        public String name = null;
        public String sourceName = null;
        public String type = null;
        public Integer length = null;
        public String sourceOffset = null;
        public String zoneOffset = null;
        public Timestamp createTime = null;
        public String timeUnit = null;
    }

    public StreamColumnProcessor buildProcessor(ProcessorContext ctx) {
        return materializedType().getProcessorBuilder().apply(this, ctx);
    }

    StreamColumnType materializedType() {
        try {
            return StreamColumnType.intern(type);
        }
        catch(IllegalArgumentException ex) {
            throw new ConfigError("could not intern type name: " + type);
        }
    }
}


A smarter move would be to use the subway to haul mail, packages, and other air freight downtown from O'Hare. An added service might be hauling airline passengers' luggage to and from downtown hotels. That might may pay for it; and allow for low-cost passenger service, because freight can subsidize passengers.
Musk needs to add some other lines to his Chicago subway and fast. Smart moves will be a line connecting O'Hare and Midway Airport and lines to Gary, Indiana, Joliet, Illinois, Aurora, Illinois, and Waukegan.
Is SpaceX now a Threat to Sirius XM?
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It looks as if Musk might have hit upon a trillion-dollar idea here but it is several years away. Until then, Sirius XM is a pretty good low-priced value investment. Only time will tell if its business model can be rolled out worldwide by SpaceX through Starlink.
Another good question to ask is does Tesla have the money to build the electric semi? The financial report's answer is no, no, and no.
Tesla is burning cash like crazy and there seems to be no end in sight. The financial numbers also tell us where Musk got the money to finance the semi project from, he borrowed it.
Is Tesla a Threat to Utilities?
If Musk's plan works out utility stocks might no longer be a good long term investment. Don't sell utilities just yet, but keep the Solar Roof in mind when you do your long term portfolio planning. It just might make utilities, coal and natural a lot less valuable in the near future.
Elon Musk is trying to disrupt the entire auto business and build a major industrial empire in the process. Even if he fails the results will be spectacular.
Musk is between a rock and a hard place here, he needs federal backing for some of his activities; particularly SpaceX. Yet the primary buyers of his cars are wealthy liberals who loathe Donald. J. Trump. Musk may have to make some tough decisions to preserve his companies in the age of Trump.


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from fastapi.testclient import TestClient

from docs_src.extending_openapi.tutorial003 import app

client = TestClient(app)

def test_swagger_ui():
    response = client.get("/docs")
    assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
    assert (
        '"syntaxHighlight": false' in response.text
    ), "syntaxHighlight should be included and converted to JSON"
    assert (
        '"dom_id": "#swagger-ui"' in response.text
    ), "default configs should be preserved"
    assert "presets: [" in response.text, "default configs should be preserved"
    assert (
        "SwaggerUIBundle.presets.apis," in response.text
    ), "default configs should be preserved"
    assert (
        "SwaggerUIBundle.SwaggerUIStandalonePreset" in response.text
    ), "default configs should be preserved"
    assert (
        '"layout": "BaseLayout",' in response.text
    ), "default configs should be preserved"
    assert (
        '"deepLinking": true,' in response.text
    ), "default configs should be preserved"
    assert (
        '"showExtensions": true,' in response.text
    ), "default configs should be preserved"
    assert (
        '"showCommonExtensions": true,' in response.text
    ), "default configs should be preserved"

def test_get_users():
    response = client.get("/users/foo")
    assert response.status_code == 200, response.text
    assert response.json() == {"message": "Hello foo"}


When I was learning how to drive, one of the first things Driver's Ed taught was that driving is a privilege, not a right. With this understanding, the "privilege" of being able to drive is earned, and can be stripped away if you fail to drive well. You're not born with the ability to drive, you have to work for it. However, some forms of privilege are not earned in this way and people are afforded privileges based on innate characteristics.
According to Merriam-Webster, privilege is "a right or benefit that is given to some people and not to others." In feminist conversations, these rights or benefits are often forms of power societal systems give to certain people based on characteristics like gender, race, wealth, or sexuality.
It is understandable why the concept of privilege can be confusing to some. Some people wonder, how can a social system be beneficial for some people while disadvantageous for others?
Everyday Feminism compares privilege to the concept of oppression. According to the article, oppression occurs because society is structured in a way that automatically puts individuals with certain traits at a disadvantage. In other words, it's harder for oppressed people, such as women or people of color, to advance in our society. This is the opposite of privilege, in which certain characteristics make it easier for people to succeed in society.
Our identities are made up of various aspects, some of which may afford certain privileges while some may lead to oppression from others. These different characteristics intersect in various ways.
For the majority of the US population, most people are privileged in some aspects and disadvantaged in others. For example, as a woman I am disadvantaged in this society, but I am also privileged in that I am receiving higher education and I have a supportive family. I am neither wholly privileged nor wholly disadvantaged, and this applies to most people in our society.
One very important thing to consider when thinking about privilege is to think about the ways you are privileged. If you are able to read this article, you have some privileges that others do not. By considering the ways you hold privilege, you are better able to understand and listen to those who experience oppression (or more oppression) and can learn on how to work together to end the oppression and create a society in which everyone enjoys the same opportunities.
As Roxane Gay describes in her essay "Peculiar Benefits," it is important not to play the "Game of Privilege." She explains that people often play this game in which you ask who is more privileged when comparing different demographics, for example, comparing a wealthy white man to a wealthy black man. Gay writes that privilege is "relative and contextual," and therefore playing this game is pointless. The game is also harmful because it pits people against each other and creates a hostile environment. Rather than working together to end oppression, the game of privilege tears people apart.
Gay also claims that many people have become "privilege police," in which they find people talking about their own experiences and point out the various forms of privilege they hold. By doing so, you are demeaning the experiences of those who have encountered other forms of oppression. In order to prevent yourself from doing this, you must listen and understand others' experiences, and as mentioned above, understand the ways in which you have privilege.


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Since I've yet to do so much as go into an Apple Store to see an Apple Watch in person, I've found myself a bit confused, trying to understand the Watch's UI. How do you switch apps? How do you access the home screen? And so on.
Apparently, I'm not the only one confused by the Apple Watch UI. In response to tech reviewers and other people online complaining that the smartwatch's UI is "too complicated", reddit user Macamacamac put together a handy flowchart showing how it works in action.
Some users on reddit are complaining that the chart is too complicated, and honestly, it's not the best infographic work I've ever seen. But as a simple chart showing the flow of the Apple Watch, I think this gives a good overview, as well as shows just how fluid the Apple Watch UI can be when you get used to it.


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The School of Biological Sciences
News in July 2013
New insight into the evolution of plants could prompt agricultural advances
A new understanding of the evolutionary history of plants has been revealed by University of Aberdeen scientists.
European Fish Stocks Poised for Recovery
The results of a major international effort to assess the status of dozens of European fish stocks find that many of those stocks in the north-east Atlantic are being fished sustainably today and that, given time, those populations should continue to recover.
UK marine protected areas worth billions, new report claims
Designation of marine protected areas (MPAs) in England, Wales and Scotland would be worth a one-off value of £0.92 – 1.93 billion to recreational users, says a new interim report of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment, based on research led by the University of Aberdeen.
Fishermen sampling and measuring course hailed success
Scottish fishermen have been offered the chance to supplement their income by participating in scientific research.
Plant that only flowers once in seven years has blossomed
A relatively rare plant that flowers only once in seven years and then dies has blossomed - delighting horticulturalists at the University of Aberdeen.
Countdown to COP26
Select year 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013


Rachel Sanders and Leslie Browne are hard at work today in the Walker County Sheriff Office's emergency dispatch department. WCSO furnished a cake and personalized tumblers to each of its eight dispatchers in recognition of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week. Sponsored by the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International, the week honors the men and women who respond to emergency calls, dispatch emergency professionals and equipment and render life-saving assistance to the world's citizens.


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Digiday+ Research: Publishers have scaled back their third party cookie prep
Ivy Liu
Several publishers have talked about how they plan to remain diligent in their post-cookie planning even after Google pushed its deadline back by almost two years.
But plenty of them have responded by hitting the snooze button too, scaling back on some of the tactics they were exploring just a few months earlier, according to new Digiday+ research.
At the beginning of 2021, Digiday asked 116 publishers to identify all the ways they were preparing for the end of third-party cookies by selecting from a list. Digiday asked its panel the same question again in July 2021 and got 126 responses.
While the respondents — and the exact number of them — in each sample was not identical over time, their composition was similar; in both samples, Digiday received at least 30 responses from publishers that generated less than $10 million in revenue per year, 30 responses from publishers that generated between $10 million and $50 million, and 30 responses from publishers that generate more than $50 million per year.
On the whole, publishers appear to be a lot less worried about the impact that third-party cookie deprecation will have on their businesses. Just six months ago, close to 60% of survey respondents said they were worried about how the end of third-party cookies would affect their ability to target and measure ads, and close to half of respondents said they thought the loss of third-party cookies would hurt their businesses.
The changed timeline may also explain why so many publishers still aren't actively preparing for the end of third-party cookies. A third of respondents to the third-quarter survey said they weren't actively preparing for the end of third-party cookies, and that number is close to flat compared to where it was in the first quarter.
Today, less than half of respondents said they were worried about those things, and many of the tactics that publishers said they were using appear to have been temporarily abandoned.
In addition to the extended deadline, publishers are also balancing their future plans with their present opportunities. With digital ad spending still rebounding, publishers' direct ad sales are healthier than they've been in a year: The share of publishers that said direct-sold advertising is now at least a "large" portion of their revenues is up 25 percentage points from where it was one year ago.
A new entrant in the data-driven linear TV measurement space aims to fill a gap left by Microsoft's Xandr
As Xandr shuts down its Clypd platform, datafuelX's M3 SaaS product aims to solve some of the multi-currency, multi-platform problems with investing in convergent TV today.


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Q: iOS Swift 3 Swifty JSON Array of Strings How to traverse through a JSON array of strings in iOS using Swift 3.0 and SwiftyJSON?
Example Array:
{ "jsonArray": [ "String 1", "String 2", "String 3", "String 4"] }

If possible please provide a sample code.

A: let arrayStrings =  json["jsonArray"].arrayValue

for item in arrayStrings {
    print(item.stringValue)
}

A: Swift 4, Swift 5 and above
if you want index values then use first example else use second one
if let stringArray = json["jsonArray"].arrayValue {
            for i in 0..<stringArray.count {
                print(stringArray[i])
            }
}

OR

if let stringArray = json["jsonArray"].arrayValue {
            for i in arrayStrings {
                print(i)
            }
}

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Canada Post unveils Trans-Canada Highway stamp to revel Canada's 150th anniversary
#CanadaPost, # Canada150Years, # TransCanadaHighway, # DeanBrody
Toronto, May 18 (Canadian-Media): Award-winning country music star Dean Brody unveiled Canada Post's fifth of 10 commemorative stamps on Tuesday in Regina, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada's Confederation, media reports said.
The new stamp focuses on the Trans-Canada Highway, which runs through all of Canada's provinces, CBC News reports said.
"It's not just a highway, it's the stories that the highway allows for Canadians. If you're coming into Regina, you're on the Trans-Canada Highway. That's the road you're going to take in, going to take out. It's incredibly important not just for business coming in, but business going out." said Jon Hamilton, general manager of communications for Canada Post, CBC News reports said.
"The Trans-Canada Highway is an 8,000-kilometre ribbon of asphalt that links Canada physically, culturally and symbolically. It's also a vital economic artery for the Canadian economy. Stretching from Victoria, B.C. to St. John's, N.L., the Trans-Canada has been a highway of adventure, dreams and possibilities for generations of Canadians who've travelled it by car, transport truck, bicycle or on foot", wrote Canada Post Magazine.
The then Prime Minister John Diefenbaker officially opened the highway in 1962 at Rogers Pass, B.C. and said, "This highway, may it serve to bring Canadians closer together. May it bring to all Canadians a renewed determination to individually do their part to make this nation greater and greater still."
Each stamp was reported to be unveiled in a related location.
The first stamp was unveiled by the architect Moshe Safdie in Montreal to commemorate the Expo 67.
The last stamp in the series is reported to be unveiled in June 1.
(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)


That now's a special time that they can be.
Seems weak although attraction is a power.
The now will follow blessing every hour.
Text: Kim of Writing in North Norfolk is hosting at dVerse with the theme "body image". This post doesn't quite fit the prompt, so I am not linking it, but stop on by to see what people are posting for it. The form I am using is a rubai: four lines, iambic pentameter and rhyming AABA.
Photos: "Ancient Tree", above, "Hanging Flower", below.
Sensational, Frank. The sturdy tree and the brilliant flower has its own beauty!
I love the imagery in this poem, Frank.
Flowers are magical. We take them too much for granted. Thank you, Ben!
Absolutely beautiful – how unique is the beauty that each carries.
Specially liked the photo of the tree trunk, showing its bark like a skin with its beauties and imperfections.
I'm glad you like that one, Danik! The tree is rather large, but it looks healthy.
Nice description: "CoLoRiNGLoVELeaVES". Thank you, Fred!
Very beautiful poems and prose-poetry. I especially like how you are able to connect lovely descriptions of nature with human feelings. Love "patience of serenity".
I am glad you enjoyed these and the phrase "patience of serenity". I like the using the idea of patience any chance I can get. Thank you!