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Gongol.com Archives: August 2014
What to do (or not) about the F-35
The brutally-honest cover letter
Self-piloted cars are coming to the UK
USB firmware can be made to carry malware
And it's incredibly hard to detect. May be time to stop sharing flash drives, with or without a good virus scan.
Corn crops look great, demand is flat, and prices are in the toilet
Chicago's automatic red-light enforcement finally gets serious scrutiny
The Chicago Tribune found that the system had a bunch of apparent flaws, and now the city is hiring an outside auditor to review the anomalies. But the bottom line is that nobody should be surprised that there were problems with a system that gave a private company the financial incentive to ticket people on behalf of the city, which itself is in dire financial straits itself and could use any possible source of new revenues it can find.
Indianola gives a laptop to every high school student
The district calls it a "1:1 digital learning environment"
FCC criticizes Verizon for throttling wireless users with unlimited data
Recent radio podcasts
Radio show notes - Brian Gongol Show on WHO Radio - August 3, 2014
Five ways to tell if you're in an organization that's prepared for the future
@briangongol on Twitter
The White House needs more delegation on national-security tasks
They're trying too hard to centralize decision-making, and that's causing big decisions to go un-made
Omaha is getting 1-gigabit Internet service city-wide
Iowa's Regents universities are paying as much as $450 an hour for work under an "efficiency review"
A whale of a consulting gig if you can get it
"What we've seen is a five- to sevenfold increase in injury rates in youth sports"
A surgeon who has made a career of repairing professional athletes wants parents to bring it down a notch on their kids -- most aren't ever going pro, anyway
Two hurricanes are headed for Hawaii
They might not be at hurricane strength by the time they arrive
No more Fox chase for Time Warner
Rupert Murdoch is calling off the pursuit. Meanwhile, Gannett is spinning off its print-publishing assets.
Planned merger of Sprint and T-Mobile falls through
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Babies should not sleep in beds with adults
Maybe we would still care about the missing Nigerian girls...if we focused on just one missing Nigerian girl
It's too easy to retweet a picture or use a hashtag and then forget about an issue. It's time for some of what we know about practical psychology to be brought to bear upon the issue of sustaining public attention on important issues long enough to achieve actual results.
EU class-action lawsuit against Facebook
It's over privacy concerns; what else is new?
What might save the new Gannett is that it'll be debt-free
Isolating all of the print-publishing assets of the company in a new spinoff isn't really a great way to ensure the health of that spinoff, but at least they aren't going to burden it with a debt load. Newspapers can do well enough -- even in times of declining advertising revenues -- as long as they aren't saddled with a big debt burden.
Who owns the copyright when a monkey takes a selfie with your camera?
Keep them! You can keep them!
Vintage (1976) newspaper ad from the Chicago Tribune: "You get Nick and Warren Lattof with every car at Lattof Chevrolet!" Worth the click to see why buyers of the time should have caveat emptor.
@briangongolbot on Twitter
The computer you could have gotten for $600 in 1978
4k of RAM and a cassette-tape recorder for data storage. In 2014, you could get two Asus Transformer tablets each with 1 Gb of RAM for that much, store 16 Gb, and still have $100 left over. Or you could get a Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone with 2 Gb of RAM and 16 Gb of storage. Put another way: The smartphone, for the same price, offers 500,000 times as much RAM.
Interesting questions on the matter of military professionalism
We hope to recruit an officer corps full of bright, motivated people. Do we then want to hear what they think about political issues?
On getting older
Reality checks for Generation X
Netflix teases another season of "Arrested Development" in the indeterminate future
Most people really are naturally good
(Video) Witness the effort by a group of people to rescue a man trapped by a train car
A third of US households are "just getting by" or "struggling" in their own self-characterization
There will always, always, always be work to do to make people better off. The most valuable thing we can do as a nation is make sure that we're setting the right systems and conditions in place to make sure that we're using market forces to make most people's lives better most of the time. One especially scary takeaway from the latest Federal Reserve research on the subject: "Almost half of adults were not actively thinking about financial planning for retirement." And by whom are they expecting to be taken care?
You don't have to be a gun advocate to appreciate that there are places where someone should be armed
And that may reasonably include hospitals, if certain kinds of people are likely to show up there. The recent experience of a totally justified self-defense shooting at a Pennsylvania hospital is a good illustration.
US labor productivity rose by 2.5% (annualized) in the second quarter
At least, that's the initial projection, though the government's figures have been subject to a lot of revision lately. Ultimately, labor productivity has to grow faster than the population if we are to experience real improvements in quality of life.
Drunk woman attempts to steal a car -- with two cops inside
Miami radio host takes a parting shot at LeBron James
And got suspended for ordering the snarky billboards in Ohio
Water is literally being used as a weapon of war in Iraq
Iraq's largest dam has been captured by ISIS, and the United States is promising only very limited intervention via airstrikes. Memo to the State Department and the White House: Do not discount the possibility that this becomes a semi-permanent state of affairs, with ISIS/ISIL establishing the functions of a state. And if that takes root, then on our hands we have an enormous problem indeed. Hamas provided social services to help cement its standing with the people of the Palestinian Territories. As ISIS/ISIL starts doing the same kinds of things, then it may not matter at all how much we reject them politicially as a terrorist group -- they may end up as de facto a state as many others. And that's a grave risk. Put another way, it doesn't matter that we hate the thought that the soft-power trappings of a legitimate government are being performed by a terrorist group; if they are being performed and accepted/tolerated/endured by the people, then we are witnessing the creation of a de facto state. What's happening is an invasion and occupation, even if we don't recognize the invaders as a sovereign nation. That should set off alarms all over the place.
Radio show notes: Brian Gongol Show on WHO Radio - August 10, 2014
Washington should probably re-name its NFL team, but American Indians have much bigger problems to solve
One worries that the obsession over the "Washington Redskins" name distracts people from the terrible problems affecting American Indian communities in many parts of the country, including enormous physical and mental health crises and desperate poverty.
The Moon looks extra-bright right now
Who's in the Cabinet?
Here's a challenge, even for the well-informed and politically-engaged: Name the members of the Obama Cabinet. You might get half. There isn't enough delegation happening at the White House.
London's top cop interrupts TV interview to make arrest
"The ultimate tech guy you love to hate"
How the Chicago Cubs are building a winning system -- for real this time
A dream without a plan is just a wish. What's new for the Cubs system is that there's finally a plan (after a century of loveable losing). It has the best chance of working of anything the Cubs have ever tried, and if (or, Ernie Banks willing, when) it works, it will actually be a case study for business schools.
A future of work with many more robots
USDA expects Iowa to have a record-setting corn crop this year
185 bushels an acre, beating last year's 165 bushels per acre by a wide margin
Reviving a dead satellite
Buzzfeed thinks $50 million will help it move beyond stupid lists
They're good at distribution, but now they're going to try throwing a lot of ideas at a wall to see what sticks.
Death of Robin Williams brings spotlight to America's crisis of suicides
Giant slide sells at Iowa State Fair for half a million dollars
But the prior owner says he was making that in profits about every two years. For the record: If you have a business that pays for itself in two years, don't sell it to the Iowa State Fair -- operators are standing by and waiting for your call.
Red-light camera corruption now faces real justice in Chicago
PR people get paid more than journalists, on average, and the gap is growing
And there are a lot more of them
Microsoft offers a much better first-person time-lapse algorithm
Enough people are running around with Go Pro cameras and other first-person video recorders that they're becoming quite the genre. But the videos can be jerky and hard to watch -- so they've figured out how to smooth the flow of the video so that it moves from perfect first-person into more of a synthesized, stabilized follower.
How the US military leadership uses social media
Generals and their peers are a lot like high priests -- they preside over a highly-structured culture with a lot of in-group language, symbols, and rituals that outsiders don't understand. How they choose to reach out to the outside when those tools become available comes without much of a textbook for guidance.
Federal Reserve faces trickiest economic stunt of all time
The amount of money pumped into the economy as a stabilizing force? Huge. The consequences for pulling that money out too quickly? Extremely painful. The damage that could be done if the money stays in too long and creates inflation? Just as awful, but drawn out in slow-motion.
Mini-bonds sell out quickly in Denver
People wanted to buy low-priced local bonds, and they sold out in a hurry. This model should be considered for lots of economic-development projects in other places -- especially those projects that are purely speculative in nature, which public officials too often get in the business of funding with other people's money.
Could the A-10 be saved by cutting the F-35?
Local police are being pulled out of Ferguson, Missouri
After the reprehensible behavior of some officers documented by a Washington Post reporter, something serious has to change.
Americans know when to blow up the old and replace with the new
An old home may look nice, but if it's outlived its usefulness, then the time has come for it to be demolished. There's nothing wrong with a little nostalgia, but people shouldn't use that nostalgia as a justification to confiscate the freedom of others via "historic preservation" tools.
BMW leaves AM radios out of new electric cars
They claim there's signal interference from the motor
Leaflets heralding a caliphate in the Middle East get distributed in London
The more ISIS/ISIL takes on the trappings of a state, the worse this situation is going to look
Chinese savers are putting trillions of dollars into trusts and "wealth-management" products
The Pope in a Soul
Pope Francis, visiting South Korea, picks a Kia Soul for his temporary Popemobile. The jokes about the Pope having a Soul are almost too obvious, but symbolic gestures like this communicate a valuable message from a person like the Pontiff.
Canadian woman stabbed with a needle in the middle of a street
One worries for the woman individually, and for the possibility that this kind of thing might be related to some kind of dry run for a bigger threat
Windows 9 could look a lot like Windows 8, but with familiar trappings revived from Windows 7
The computing market seems to be stabilizing, with laptop and desktop sales coming out of a steep decline precipitated by the arrival of tablets. Rumor has it test editions of Windows 9 could be available by October.
47% of American workers are at high risk of computerization
The more routine your work, the more likely you are to find yourself automated out of a gig. To an extent, automation can be a highly productive change (allowing people to spend time on valuable work, instead of rote chores). And for consumers it can be a win, too -- if you don't mind self-service check-out lanes, for instance, it's a way to get in and out of a store much faster. But automation isn't a panacea: As Honda has demonstrated, automation doesn't always improve manufacturing as much as the smart application of the right tools in the hands of workers who know and understand their jobs. A robot programmed once can't improve, but a conscientious and engaged human worker might.
Google offers "video quality report"
A graph without a label on the Y-axis isn't much good, really, but that's the best Google offers with its chart for comparing the video quality delivered by Internet service providers in any given area.
CBS initiates hardball with TV affiliates
They're dropping their Indianapolis affiliate for another station starting January 1st. CBS is trying to extract more money from affiliate stations, it appears, and this is a signal that they won't stick with the ones who won't pay up.
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad proposes "connecting every acre" with wireless broadband
High-speed Internet access certainly can be a high-value tool for farming, and agriculture is a high-value segment of Iowa's economy
A cat, wearing a shark costume, riding a Roomba
John Deere is laying off a lot of workers
It's bad news for Iowa, where the Ankeny and Ottumwa plants are being heavily affected. The price of corn has tanked over the last year, and that's bad news for anyone selling equipment to farmers.
Super-quality satellite photos are soon coming to the market
How Tokyo seeks to dispose of tens of millions of gallons of water
Stormwater collection, retention, and disposal is one of the public-works challenges that many cities have under-examined for far too long because it isn't very sexy
More signs around Wrigley Field?
Neighboring rooftop owners are suing to stop them. This is a classic case of the need for well-defined property rights -- feeding what economists call the Coase Theorem.
(Probably) unconscious racism in news headlines
How ISIL is even worse than Al Qaeda
30 people try getting into the UK via shipping containers
Imagine how awful life must be for a high-risk illegal immigration via shipping container to be the better alternative to staying
From El Salvador to Nebraska
Once one hears the narratives that cause people to try to enter the United States (legally or not), it's hard not to have sympathy for the immigrants. Many are facing life-or-death choices if they don't get here.
Chinese hackers have stolen 4.5 million American health-care records
Why? Good question...and that's the problem. What's the motive, exactly? Also important: They're successfully attacking databases using phishing emails. People can't assume that their antivirus programs provide comprehensive protection. We require good technology hygiene habits, too.
Valuable thoughts on the nature of civilian oversight of police departments and agencies
You can certainly get worked up like John Oliver [video with strong language], but it's more important that we start fixing the systems that keep us from checking our own behavior and that of our guardians of the public safety. If we don't start with critical, capable, and meaningful civilian oversight, we're really not going to end up where we belong. Any system that tends towards intimidation and other strong-arm tactics (even and especially when no laws are being broken) is one that needs to call the adults back in for supervision.
Water as a weapon of war
The Mosul Dam appears to be back under Kurdish control
Bring back the old twitchy eye
British Prime Minister David Cameron promises that the UK won't return to war in Iraq. But the threat we face there isn't to be taken lightly, and shouldn't be reassured by having any options removed from the table. Unpredictability is a huge strategic advantage in warfare, and a reputation for trigger-happiness (whether justified or not) doesn't hurt when you're up against a murderous band of opponents.
Take two minutes for a self-exam today
Take a minute or two and conduct some basic self-screenings for cancer. Early detection saves lives. There's lots of misinformation about cancer that finds its way around the Internet, largely because we've been trained to wait expectantly for some sort of magic-bullet solution to cancer. But cancer risks can be significantly reduced through a balanced diet, exercise, and early detection and treatment. Meanwhile, science is making great progress towards improving genetic detection, which holds great promise for some types of cancer. Instead of forwarding hoax-ridden e-mails about "cancer cures" and false threats, people should instead remind their friends and family to assess their health once a month.
The Onion's satirical-but-not-really look at police militarization
84% of Chicagoans support a $13-an-hour minimum wage
There's no problem, really, with indexing the minimum wage to a fair measure of inflation. But if we only go about doing the economic equivalent of slapping a coat of paint on the problem of low-value employment, then we're not really resolving the issues of poverty. What's really the most important thing to do is build the value of prospective workers through education and job-training programs, and to get them connected to the kinds of support and social services that can alleviate the anxieties that come with barely making ends meet, for long enough to allow them to climb up the economic ladder on their own.
Civil liberties are seriously lagging financial freedoms in China
The government seems to be tightening the screws harder and harder on Internet-based means of sharing news and opinions. That's not going to end well...the unanswered question is, when will it boil over? Economic freedoms almost invariably beget civil liberties sooner or later -- you can't go very long telling people that they own the rights to the fruits of their labors, but that the state owns what they think.
How car shows brought about colorful vehicles
Some incredibly stupid and tone-deaf things are being said about Ferguson, Missouri
A look at Gross State Product
The BEA launches reports on GDP by state for 2005 to the near-present
A thoughtful editorial on Ferguson, Missouri
The DC-3: A truly beautiful piece of machinery
The Margaret Thatcher diet
Any diet that includes whiskey can't be all bad
Chris Kluwe settles with the Minnesota Vikings
Was he dumped from the team for coming out in favor of gay rights? Maybe, or maybe not. But some team money is now going to support his cause.
Badly-mixed messages from a former cop
While absolutely correct that we should probably start putting body cameras on most patrol officers, LAPD officer Sunil Dutta wanders into dangerous territory when he writes that citizens should be plainly submissive when encountering the police. That's not how the law is supposed to work. Polite? Yes. Respectful? Inasmuch as we should be of any other person, certainly. Submissive? Now that's a step in the wrong direction, particularly when there are some (not all or even many, but some) law-enforcement officers who overstep their own bounds. It's troubling to see serious escalation taking place on the streets of an American city, with police officers pointing loaded weapons at people. We need de-escalation, not further escalation.
Reasons to hold back from sharing too much about your kids online
There are a whole lot of unresolved questions and potential pitfalls from over-sharing. At the very least, people need to think carefully about sharing their kids' pictures on Facebook and elsewhere.
Scotland votes in less than a month on whether to leave the UK
And the British government is campaigning to keep them in
Retired general says ISIL "is not a flash in the pan"
The group, which is carrying out forced conversions in the territory it occupies, is in fact carrying out a plan that was clearly documented and reported in 2005. The current state of affairs is exactly what Al Qaeda said it wanted a decade ago -- and on precisely the current schedule.
Sioux City considers banning plastic bags
ISIL threatens Chicago and DC via Twitter
The longer it takes to recognize that we're on borrowed time before ISIL becomes a permanent nation-state, the harder it's going to be to fight back
When it's OK to skip a vaccination
Spoiler alert: It's the exception, not the rule
Facebook adds a "satire" notice to some items in the news feed
Because sometimes The Onion's parallel universe to reality is just a little too much like reality itself for some people to get the joke
John Deere plant in Waterloo will lay off 460 indefinitely
That's a huge blow to the Waterloo metro area
China is playing unsafe games with fighter jets
Flying too close to American aircraft while over international waters isn't a bright idea
More of the region around Yellowstone is at risk of a big earthquake than previously thought
And with more people living there and visiting than the last time there was a big earthquake, the impact could be magnified a lot
65 possible contenders for President in 2016
Uber hires President Obama's former campaign manager as SVP of "policy and strategy"
It doesn't say good things about the state of the economy that companies feel the need to bring in marquee political names in order to get the kind of political favor they need to survive. That signals an economy that's subject to the whims of politicians, not one in which markets are free to reward good ideas and punish poor performers.
Sioux City loses Frontier Airlines service once again
They're hoping it isn't a permanent discontinuation
Radio show notes: WHO Radio Wise Guys - August 23, 2014
UK goes to "severe" terrorism threat level
Blame those who are trying to get into the Middle East to fight on behalf of ISIS/QSIS (or, as it ought to be called, "al-Qaeda Land"). The longer they have to establish themselves to develop terrible plans against the rest of the world, the worse the outcomes for the rest of us.
A flame war with shooting-war implications
The NWS Hurricane Katrina warning
A great example of using plain English to make a vital argument
Customer service delivered with personality
Most people are up for a good round of fun, even (and perhaps especially) when contacting tech support
Cedar Rapids tells Iowa DOT it won't give up speed cameras on I-380
European Council's new president is the prime minister of Poland
No doubt this carries some added significance considering Russia's behavior right now and the long-standing friction between Poland and Russia
Nebraska regulators are going to charge Lyft and Uber drivers with misdemeanors
The regulations on the books favor the incumbent taxi services. It's definitely time for the legal authorities to review whether that's really in the best interests of passengers.
Stock in Fiat Chrysler should hit a New York market by October
Fiat has bet the farm over and over on its pursuit of Chrysler; now, they have to find a way to make it worth the expense as some of the bills come due
Departing CNN reporter thinks nobody's paying enough attention in Washington
Lisa Desjardins: "Members of Congress could put the entire text of '50 Shades of Gray' into a bill, and no one...would ever notice"
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Q: Interview Question: Finding Next and Previous characters in a given string? We have a language X, which has one byte and two byte characters. This language has following characteristics.

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*Single byte character value will always be less than or equal to 127.

*In Two byte character, First byte will always be greater than 127 and second byte value can be anything.

The problem is, We are given an arbitrary length string and pointer pointing to some byte in the string and we have to find out what is the previous character and what is the next character.
One simple approach will be start from beginning of the string, checking the value of the byte and comparing the pointers until we reach the given pointer. But in the worst case that is, if the given pointer pointing to last byte in the given string, we have to loop through all the charaters.
I would like to know is there any better algorithm which will give the result in constant time irrespective of the length of the string?

A: It seems in the worst case, we need to go through the whole string. Just consider chars A = 100 and B = 200, C = 201 and the following strings of length N:
S1 = ABCBCBC...BC
S2 = BBCBCBC...BC

A: No, constant time is impossible as the worst case is, as Olexiy states, that almost the whole string is top-bit-set bytes and you need to backtrack right to the start to find out which is the first top-bit-set byte in the first two-byte sequence.
Hopefully this pathological case is rare and you can just step back a byte at a time until you meet any low byte, in which case you can be sure that the byte after it is the start of a character. You can then walk forwards again until you meet your original pointer.

A: Scan backwards until you either hit two consecutive bytes less than 127 or you hit the beginning of the string.  You can now count characters up to where you are and on to one after the current character.

A: Let's see... You're already pointing to a character which can be a single byte or double byte. In the latter case, you could be on the first or second byte of this character. So first you need to know if you're at the start of a character or not.
To make matters worse, the second byte of a two-bytes character can be any value, thus there's a chance that all bytes are greater than 127! That makes it nasty to find the previous character. But first, determine if you're at the start of a new character or in the middle of one.

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*Determining character start: Go back one byte until you find a byte that doesn't have it's highest bit set. (Or the beginning of the string.) Based on the number of bytes with the highest bit set, you will know if you're at the beginning or not. An odd number of high bits set before the current byte means you have to go backwards one byte for the current character.

*Determining previous character: Go back two bytes. If the highest bit is set, you found it. If not, go one byte forwards.

*Determining next character: Check the highest bit of the current byte. If set, go two bytes forwards. Otherwise, just one.

*Determine number of characters means you go to the start of the string and check the highest bit of every byte. If set, add one to your count and skip one byte. If not set, just add one to your count. Unfortunately, you will have to go through the whole string.
I do assume that you have some way to indicate the start and end of the string. If not, there's no indication of where it starts and stops. (Unless you use a null byte to indicate start/stop in which case you just can't skip bytes because you might skip such a null byte.)
Is there a faster way? Well, if you know start/end locations then you can calculate the number of bytes in this string. The number of characters would be the number of bytes in this string with their highest bits not set. So only cound the number of bytes lower than 128!

A: assuming you know how to move backwards in the string (and assuming the pointer they give you is actually guaranteed to be to the first byte of the current character if it's multi-byte). Just move back two bytes.
If the data at current -2 >127 then the previous character is the last two bytes. if the data at current -2 is <127 then the previous character is at current -1.
Similar for the next character. If the data at current + 1 is < 127 then it is the next character, otherwise it's the beginning of a multi-bte character.
If you can't move backwards then there's no way to do it short of reading through the whole string until you get to the current position. Use a stack to keep track of the last two bytes, when you hit the current address then all the data you need for the previous character is in the stack.

A: Previous:
Back up 2 bytes.  If the byte > 127, then it is the start of the character, otherwise the previous character starts at the next character.
Next:
If the current byte is > 127, then the next character starts in 2 bytes, otherwise the next character starts in 1 byte.

A: Really you need to find three characters: current character, previous character, and next character.
CurrentChar is either at position P given by the pointer or at P-1.  If position P is pointing at a byte that is greater than 127 then P is the CurrentChar.  If P is less than 127 look at P-1.  If P-1 is greater than 127 then CurrentChar is P-1 otherwise CurrentChar is at position P.
To get the PreviousChar, look at CurrentChar - 2  and if that is greater than 127 PreviousChar = CurrentChar -2 otherwise PreviousChar = CurrentChar -1
The NextChar can be gotten by looking at P.  If P is greater than 127 then the next char is at P+2.  If P is less than 127 NextChar is at position P+1.

A: Assuming that arr[] is like a string and pointer to a byte is pointer to INDEX
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
int find_valid(int);
int arr[]={128,12,128,19,128,127,128,12,32,145,12,223,54,76,23};
int main(){
    int index=1;
    while(index != 0){
    printf("\nEnter the index:");
    scanf("%d",&index);
    if(arr[index] < 128){  // it can be the first byte or the second byte of the Two byte
             if( arr[index -1] < 128 ) printf("\nThis is the first byte in itself");
             else // index-1 >= 128
                {
                   int count = find_valid(index-2);
                   if(count%2 == 0) printf("\n This is the second byte of the two bytes:");
                   else printf("\nThis is the first byte in itself:");
                }
             }
    else{ // it can be the second or the first in the two bytes
           if ( arr[index - 1] < 128 ) printf("\n This is the First byte of the two bytes:");
           else{
                 int count = find_valid(index-2);
                 if(count%2 == 0) printf("\n This is the second byte of the two bytes:");
                 else printf("\nThis is the First byte of the two bytes:");
                }
          }

    printf("\nHave u seen the result:");
    scanf("%d",&index);}
}

int find_valid(int i){
    int count=0;
    while( (arr[i] > 127) && (i>0) ) { ++count; --i;}
        return count;
}

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Week 10 Tennessee X-Factor: Darrin Kirkland Jr
Tennessee faces a major rushing threat in the Wildcats on Saturday
By Evan Winter@evan_winter Nov 9, 2018, 8:07am EST
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The Vols' front seven will be key this weekend
Photo by Donald Page/Getty Images
Let's just be honest here, there's no secret formula to the Kentucky Wildcat's offense. They run the s*** out of the ball.
They are second in the SEC in rushing attempts, sitting just two spots behind LSU. A total of three rushing attempts are preventing the Wildcats from taking over the top spot.
Benny Snell Jr. is the lead man. He currently sits at ninth in the country when it comes to total rushing yards on the season. He averages over five yards a carry and already has 10 touchdowns on the ground through nine games.
Tennessee has just 11 rushing touchdowns.
But it's not just Snell Jr in the backfield that will cause issues for the Vols. Backup Asim Rose leads the team with 5.5 yards per carry and quarterback Terry Wilson is second on the team with over 400 yards on the ground.
If the Vols want any chance to win on Saturday, then their defensive front will need to have their best game of the year.
It's obvious that Tennessee has struggled up front this season. Whether it's a lack of pass rush or the inability to fill running lanes, efficient offenses have found success throughout the season.
The team can make up for this, however, with good play from their second-level defenders. Daniel Bituli has kind of taken over as the "coach" on defense, but a behind-the-scenes player that should have a big impact on Saturday is Darrin Kirkland Jr.: the redshirt junior who has played more games in 2018 than the past two seasons combined.
Expect the Wildcats to get to the second level of the defense. You can bet the house on that.
What happens next is what could determine the outcome of the game.
The linebackers will be responsible for a lot on Saturday. Kentucky is very good at misdirection and Snell Jr is excellent at cutting across and finding daylight, even in some of the most crowded of backfields.
Tennessee is lucky. Kirkland Jr is a smart, athletic, instinctive linebacker that can fly around when he has help up front. If the Vols can find ways to disrupt Kentucky's running game like the Bulldogs did last week, then Tennessee could easily find themselves in a position to win the game in the fourth quarter.
This is important because even though Kentucky has one of the most accurate passing games in the country, they still are in the bottom-10 when it comes to yards and attempts. It still figures as a very conservative attack despite the fact that the team averages over 10 yards a completion.
Wilson is more of a threat on the ground than he is with his arm, but that is still an advantage for the Wildcats if the Vols can't keep a decent set of eyes on him. Kirkland Jr's awareness should allow him to spy Wilson effectively, increasing his importance even more.
Expect to hear his name called a lot on Saturday and unless it's because of injury, something tells me it will mean nothing but good news for the Vols.
Gamecenter: Tennessee vs. Kentucky
Tennessee's Hail Mary at the end of the first half against Kentucky almost never happened
Who needs to step up against Kentucky?
With no championships on the line, this Tennessee-Kentucky game still means something


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Q: AngularJS SOAP Call im new in this field of IT and i'm doing an apprentienship, the goal of this appreintienship, is making an app that retrieve data from a server that runs SOAP (unfortunately), that's my first call for gettin' some Info about Owner inside the server. The call doesn't work (i wrote sh*t in my code for sure) and i don't know how to correct it and make a better SOAP call.
Here's the code
var myApp = angular.module('myApp', []);
myApp.controller('myCtrl', function($scope,$http) {
    var sr =
                '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>' +
                '<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">' +
                    '<soap:Header>' +
                        '<AuthHeader xmlns="Logisense_EngageIP">' +
                            '<Username>admin</Username>' +
                            '<Password>admin</Password>' +
                        '</AuthHeader>' +
                    '</soap:Header>' +
                    '<soap:Body>' +
                        '<GetOwnersUsers xmlns="Logisense_EngageIP">' +
                            '<ownerUsername>string</ownerUsername>' +
                        '</GetOwnersUsers>' +
                    '</soap:Body>' +
                '</soap:Envelope>';
    var soapResponse = null;
    function makeSoap(){
        $http.post('31.44.16.67/GetOwnersUsers', sr)
            .success(function(data) {
                soapResponse = data;
                $scope.response = soapResponse;
            });
    }
    $scope.callSoap = function(){
        $scope.soapRequest = sr;
        makeSoap();
    };
});

Thanks you all anticipately for tips and hints!

A: SOAP is the worst thing that can happen to a webapp.
For our apps we use the javascript SOAP client library.
In your angular app you need to create a module with a factory:
angular.module('angularSoap', []).factory("$soap", [ '$q', "$http", function($q, $http) {
    return {
        post : function(action, params) {
            var deferred = $q.defer();
            var soapParams = new SOAPClientParameters();
            for ( var param in params) {
                soapParams.add(param, params[param]);
            }
            var soapCallback = function(e) {
                if (e.constructor.toString().indexOf("function Error()") != -1) {
                    deferred.reject(e);
                } else {
                    deferred.resolve(e);
                }
            }
            SOAPClient.invoke('http://31.44.16.67/GetOwnersUsers', action, soapParams, true, soapCallback);
            return deferred.promise;
        }
    }
} ]);

You need to inject angularSoap in your main app.
angular.module('yourApp', ['angularSoap']);

Then you will have access to a $soap service.
return $soap.post("ws:authentificationRequestParameter", {
    login : login,
    password : password,
    autoLog : autoLog
});

You can also try the angular-soap plugin which didn't work for us in firefox. (fine in chrome).


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Fae Ilene LAGORE
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Fae Ilene Lagore was born December 16, 1927 on the family farm, north of Stettler in the Bar Harbour area, to parents Earl and Mary Lagore, (Dykstra). She was number seven in the family at the time that eventually grew to twelve. She attended school at Vimy Ridge until grade eight when she stayed home to help with the younger children. Her first jobs outside of the house were working for Homer and Marie Kneeland, Gladys and Ray Nelson, and then with Mrs. Brookhart at her boarding house, helping with cooking cleaning and child care. In her early 20's she and long time friend Marguerite LaRose went to work in Lacombe at the Red Rose Cafe. They hadn't worked at the cafe long before they noticed that just down the road was a garage where a certain mechanic by the name of Art Rock worked and he would come to lunch every Friday. They met, married and mom became an instant mother to Donna; a special bond that would continue through the years. They moved the family to Wetaskiwin for Dad's work and it was there where Pat was born, then to Bashaw where Herb and Verna were born. Dad's job brought them to South of Stettler where the three "little boys" Barry, Stephen and David where born. While living here Mom raised a huge garden, raised chickens and milked goats, all the while keeping six kids clothed and fed. In 1960 we moved to the Botha Train Station where Mom had the job of receiving freight off of the train and having it shipped by truck to towns further east. As the kids grew, Mom started working outside of the home for Ed Emmett in the Auction Mart Cafe and writing the Botha News for the Stettler Independent as a correspondent. Mom enjoyed teaching Cubs and Scouts for several years. After Dad had his stroke in 1973, Mom and Dad moved into Stettler, where Mom started working at the Stettler Nursing Home. She worked 15 years of straight night shift. After Dad passed away in 1983, Mom married Arnold Stewart in 1986 and again became a second Mom, to his children Russell, Doug, Kathy and Charles and loved them like her own. During their marriage they moved back to Bashaw. In 1995 Mom moved into Lakeside Senior's Manor. In 2005 Mom was awarded Bashaw Citizen of the Year which she displayed proudly in her home. She was also an active member of the Royal Canadian Legion Auxiliary and a lifetime member of the W.I. She moved into Stettler in 2011 and enjoyed making new friends and renewing old ones in Paragon Place, but she always missed her friends in Bashaw, the Happy Gang Centre and the residents at Lakeside. Ilene is survived by her children Herb (Kathy), Verna, Barry (Robyn), Stephen (Janie), David (Laurie); son in law Ray (Linda) Kneeland; 19 grandchildren and 37 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. The Stewart's: Russell (Gloria), Doug (Kathy), Kathy and Charles (Cheryl) and their families; sisters Doris (Doug) Russell, Joyce (Richard) Donald, Lois (Gordon) Fitzsimmons, Willa Hines and Ada (Larry) Church; sister in laws Mabel Lagore, Phyllis Matilla and Agnes Lagore; nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Predeceased by husbands Art Rock and Arnold Stewart; daughters Donna McGinnis and Patricia Kneeland; granddaughters Rhonda Rock and Amanda Rock; and many other relatives who have gone before. A funeral service celebrating Ilene's life was held on Monday, December 16, 2013 in the Heartland Chapel of Stettler Funeral Home with Pastor Nathan Mullen leading the service. Reverend Ross Helgeton shared a special prayer with family and friends. Ilene was laid to rest beside her late husband Art Rock in the Lake View Cemetery, Stettler, Alberta. Following the interment service family and friends joined together for a time of fellowship in the Heartland Fellowship Centre. Donations may be made in memory to S.TA.R.S, Stettler Health Services Foundation or Bar Harbour Church Camp c/o Stettler Funeral Home & Crematorium, Box 1780, Stettler, Alberta T0C 2L0, who have been entrusted with the care and funeral arrangements. To send or view condolences to the family please visit www.stettlerfuneralhome.com


Novosibirsk became an oblast in 1937 and included the territory that is now Tomsk and Kemerovo from 1943 to 1944. Currently, there are twelve cities in Novosibirsk. The main stream of the river Ob runs northwest in the east of Novosibirsk, and the Irtysh River runs through the west. Lake Chany is located in the valley of the river Kargat and Chulym.
It was called Novonikolayevsk until 1925 but later received a new name, Novosibirsk. It started as a small city in 1893, built in a place where the Siberian Railway crossed the Ob River, and developed into a distribution and transportation hub. Its growth accelerated even more along with the development of Siberia after the revolution, and now Novosibirsk is one of the most industrialized cities in Russia.
Much of Novosibirsk belongs to the wet lowlands of Siberia, divided into Barabinsk, a grassland steppe in the north, and Kulunda steppe in the south. And the southeast region is covered by Ob hill, which is 200-500 meters above sea level.
Novosibirsk has a typical continental climate with great temperature differences (January -24℃, July +22℃), and the vegetation/soil of taiga and steppes is observed in the area. The Kulunda steppe is a black-soil area, well known as the breadbasket of Siberia, producing a great amount of wheat sown in the spring. In addition, the area grows oats, barley, and sunflowers on a large scale. Heavy industry has been promoted around the city of Novosibirsk.
Materials and articles of nature and the history of Siberia are displayed, including the history of the Siberian Railway.
A city built in 1958 near the artificial lake at the side of the river Ob. The population is 40,000 and a large number of scientific research institutes are located in this city, including the Russian Academy of Science (RAS).


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Biohazard, Trauma and Crime Scene Cleanup Services in Eaton, Ohio
Facts about Eaton, Ohio
Eaton is a city in and the county seat of Preble County, Ohio, United States. The population was 8,407 at the 2010 census. Eaton's sister city is Rödental bei Coburg (Germany).
Eaton was platted in 1806. The village derives its name from Gen. William Eaton (1764–1811), the U.S. Consul at Tunis, who led a diverse army in a harrowing march from Egypt to Tripoli to meet the U.S. Naval forces. In addition to the city of Eaton and the county of Preble, various streets in Eaton (Barron, Decatur, Israel, Wadsworth, and Somers) were named in honor of heroes of the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.20 square miles (16.06 km²), of which 6.19 square miles (16.03 km²) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km²) is water.
The city includes Crystal Lake and Seven Mile Creek. Parks include: Fort St. Clair, Water Works Park, 7-Mile Park, and Washington Landing Park.
As of the census of 2010, there were 8,407 people, 3,486 households, and 2,181 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,358.2 inhabitants per square mile (524.4/km²). There were 3,903 housing units at an average density of 630.5 per square mile (243.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.3% White, 0.6% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 0.5% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.8% of the population.
There were 3,486 households of which 30.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.4% were non-families. 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.90.
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Perhaps Nasr-ed-Din Hodja had been sitting too long in the warm coffee house swapping yarns with his friends. His boasts were growing bigger and bigger. None was bigger than the Hodja's.
"I could stand all night in the snow without any fire to warm me." The Hodja noisily gulped down one more hot cup of sweet black coffee.
"No one could do that!" One of the men shivered as he looked through the window at the falling snow.
"I could!" The Hodja spread his hands over the open pan of burning coals. "I'll do it this very night."
"I will! If I have so much as a glow of fire to warm myself, I'll - I'll - I'll give a feast for you all at my house tomorrow!"
The friends of Nasr-ed-Din Hodja went home to their warm beds, while he stood alone in the snow-draped market square. He had never realized how much the longer the hours were at night than in the daytime. He had never realized how many hours there were in the night. Once in a while a prowling dog or an adventuring cat would sniff at him, and then slink off to a snugger spot. The cold snow swathing his feet and tickling his neck was hard enough to bear. Harder still was the sleepiness that plagued him. It would never do to fall asleep in the snow. He must keep awake to stamp his cold feet and beat his cold arms. He found that it was easier to fight off sleep if he fastened his eyes on the flickering candle in Mehmet Ali's house across the market square. There was something cheering about the wavering of that tiny flame, which helped his tired eyes stay open.
Morning came at last. Curious men met the shivering and yawning Hodja on his way home to a cup of hot coffee. They asked about his night and marveled at what he had done.
"How did you keep awake all night?" they asked.
"I fixed my eyes on a flickering candle in Mehmet Ali's house," he answered.
"Did you say a candle?"
"Of course!" The Hodja saw no harm in watching a candle.
"A lighted candle gives flame. Flame gives heat. You were warming yourself by the heat of that candle. You have lost your wager."
At first the Hodja tried to laugh at their joke, but he soon found that they were not joking. For once, the Hodja was too tired to argue successfully. Try as he would, he could not convince his friends that a candle in a distant house could give no warmth to a cold man standing in a snowy market square.
"What time shall we come for the feast at your house tonight?" The laughing men gathered about the Hodja, insisting that they had won the wager.
"Come at sunset," said the Hodja. He plodded drearily toward home. He was cold and very tired, but he was thinking - and thinking hard.
Just after the muezzin's musical voice sent the sunset call to prayer trilling over Ak Shekir, a group of men knocked at Nasr-ed-Din Hodja's street gate. It creaked open for them. They walked across the courtyard and left their shoes in a row beside the house door. They entered the Hodja's house and sat cross-legged on the floor.
"Dinner is not quite ready." It was the Hodja's voice from the kitchen.
"Oh, that's all right," called the men. "We are in no hurry."
They waited. There was an occasional footstep in the kitchen, but no sound of clattering dishes. They sniffed the air to guess what the feast might be, but they could smell no cooking food. They waited - and waited - and waited.
"I hope you are not hungry," called the Hodja from the kitchen. "Dinner is not quite ready yet."
"Perhaps we could help," suggested a hungry guest.
"Fine," called the Hodja. "You might all come out in the kichen to help."
The men, glad of anything to do, stretched their cramped legs. As each man entered the kitchen, there passed over his face a look of surprise and then a sheepish grin.
There stood the Hodja earnestly stirring the contents of a big copper kettle which was suspended high in the air. Far below it burned one flickering candle.
"Just a few minutes!" The Hodja, standing a-tiptoe, peeered into the cold kettle. "It should boil before long. A candle gives so much heat, you know!"


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Q: What is $1 - P(H|X)$ where $P(H|X)$ is conditional probablity? I understand that if $P(X)$ is the probability of $X$ happening, then $1 - P(X)$ is the probability of $X$ not happening.
However I am unable to understand how does this play out when we deal with conditional probabilities.
So $P(H|X)$ is probability of $H$ happening given $X$ has already happened,
what's $1 - P(H|X)$?

A: Let $X = \{1,2,3,4,5\}$, and $H$ choose  1,2, or 3. All choices are made with equal chance. Then $P(H|X)$ is that chance that you chose  1,2, or 3, and $1-P(H|X)$ is the chance that you chose 4 or 5.
You could imagine that $X$ is a subset of a larger set like $Y = \{1,\dotsc, 100\}$.

A: Use the definition of conditional probability:
$$P(H|X)=\frac{P(H\cap X)}{P(X)}.$$
Then
$$1-P(H|X)=1-\frac{P(H\cap X)}{P(X)}=\frac{P(X)-P(H\cap X)}{P(X)}.$$


I am 50 years old, married and have no children. I still have regular and heavy menstrual periods just as I always have. I am overweight but started to work on losing weight beginning January 1st. I actually need to lose forty pounds. I have a wonderful job in a big city, where I am a respected project manager in a stable firm. However, it is a job where I sit most of the day. I am the primary breadwinner in our family after my husband lost his good job in the 2008 recession and now works ten-hour days making much less money than before. I have worked for this company for fifteen years and would not consider changing jobs. We had to move further away from the city seven years ago and that is when the pounds began to creep on. We moved because our rental became a co-op and we couldn't buy in. We also needed to be closer to the assisted living facility where my mother-in-law lives. I commute two hours to work, each way, on a bus, getting up at 5 a.m. and on the bus at 6 am. I get back on the bus, most of the time at 5:30 or 6:00 p.m. and usually have snacks to keep me awake. We have dinner around 9 p.m. that is often something quick that my husband and I throw together and eat in front of the television because we need to chill out. I have a glass of wine with dinner and maybe a few cookies at 10 p.m. before I fall quickly to sleep. Many of the nights are totally disrupted from the hot flashes and night sweats. I get up to change clothes, throw cold water on my face and try to fall asleep again but mostly I ruminate about the disaster facing me in the morning when I will be exhausted. I need my sleep or I cannot function. On the weekends, I sleep in until 10 a.m. to recover. I also have sweats and hot flashes at work with a telltale red face. Let's face it, everyone can guess my age and they know that I am having menopausal symptoms. I am anxious with presentations now because I don't know how to deal with these unpredictable symptoms.
I saw my gynecologist because I am certain that I am close to menopause and wanted hormone therapy to help me control these terrible hot flashes and night sweats that are ruining my sleep, destroying my energy, and interfering with my work life. She told me that I may have a few years to go before I am past menopause and that she did not want to give me hormone therapy at this time. I asked her to do blood work for menopause markers and the tests she did showed that I have lots of estrogen. I hated the birth control pill so I didn't ask for that. She said that she could give me an antidepressant that might help with the flashes but didn't have much else to offer in our brief visit. I don't want to take that kind of medication. I have always been the kind of person who just puts her shoulder to the grindstone and gets the job done, usually with a good attitude and gratitude. I have a good marriage and good health. But, I am feeling worn down now and it is affecting all areas of my life. What can I do to improve these symptoms, lose the weight, and prepare for that wonderful second half of life that you write about? (By the way, I am 5' 4" tall and weigh 175 pounds).
Your story and question are such a familiar one to health care providers across the country who have an interest in menopause management. You are one of the thousands of women who have long commutes, which is a stressful daily grind. But, as in most cases, there is nothing that you can do about this. You had to move farther away from the urban area where your work is simply because you had no choice financially and your mother-in-law needed more oversight as well. This is a story that many of us understand.
Two weeks ago we discussed management strategies for hot flashes and sweats during the day and night.
Today, let's tackle that forty-pound weight gain you have acquired over the last seven years, due to difficult life circumstances, poor food choices, no exercise and no self care. We can calculate your BMI (body mass index), which is a method of estimating a person's body fat levels based on weight and height measurement. Your BMI is currently 30, which is in the obese range. And, you are right: you need to lose forty pounds. Your BMI will then be 23.5, which is in the normal weight range.
The reason the BMI is used for screening the health of the general population is due to the strong correlation between being overweight or obese and having health problems, chronic disease, and premature death.
Anyone can calculate their BMI by going to a site such as this.
Over the last decade, there has been a great deal of interest in not just what we should eat but when we should eat in order to lose weight and maintain weight loss. Research has documented that biological clocks are an organism's innate timing device. They're composed of specific molecules (proteins) that interact in cells throughout the body. These biological clocks produce circadian rhythms and regulate their timing. A master clock in the brain coordinates all the biological clocks in our bodies. It is located in a part of the brain called the hypothalamus and keeps the clocks in many parts of our bodies in sync. The master clock area receives direct input from the eyes. Circadian rhythms are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a daily cycle. This 24-hour body clock tells our bodies when to sleep, wake up and eat. This internal body clock is affected by environmental cues like sunlight and temperature. When circadian rhythms are disrupted, sleeping and eating patterns become very disrupted.
The premise of a new book, The Circadian Code by Satchin Panda, a professor at the Salk Institute and an expert on circadian rhythms research, is that our bodies function optimally when we align our eating patterns with our circadian rhythms. Dr. Panda's research indicates that people improve their metabolic health when they eat their meals in a daily 8- to 10-hour window, taking their first bite of food late in the morning and their last bite early in the evening.
This approach, known as early time-restricted feeding, stems from the idea that human metabolism follows a daily rhythm, with our hormones, enzymes and digestive systems primed for food intake in the morning and afternoon.
Studies show that chronically disrupting this rhythm — by eating late meals or nibbling on midnight snacks, for example — could be a recipe for weight gain and metabolic trouble.
Weight loss and weight management should always be personalized for the best results. You described yourself as "the kind of person who just puts her shoulder to the grindstone and gets the job done, usually with a good attitude and gratitude." You can choose to get this job done if you change when you eat, what you eat, how much you exercise and when you sleep. You can also decrease much of the stress in your life.


He was just hanging out like this at my parents house while my Mom told him a story!
I love how she crosses her little legs!
An attempt at packing up Christmas.
We love getting to see pre-k friends during Christmas break!


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Q: Не работает запрос DQL Не работает запрос dql
SELECT i, o, a
  FROM TestBundle:OrderInvoice i
    LEFT JOIN i.order o
    LEFT JOIN o.address a
    LEFT JOIN o.customer c
  WHERE i.merchantId = :merchantId
    AND o.status IN(9, 14, 15, 18)
    AND (c.customerCode NOT LIKE :customerCode
      OR c.lastname NOT LIKE :customerLastname
      OR c.firstname NOT LIKE :customerFirstname)
  ORDER BY i.invoiceId DESC

В частности не работает NOT LIKE. Если искать просто LIKE то все ок.
Суть проблемы в том, что нужно использовать NOT LIKE, но в случае его использования, выборка никак не меняется и выдается тоже самое как если бы я писал запрос без NOT LIKE
Подозреваю, что дело в JOIN, поскольку если я использую запрос на поля таблицы i, то это работает

A: Вы не описали проблему, но могу предположить, что нужно так:
SELECT i, o, a
  FROM TestBundle:OrderInvoice i
    LEFT JOIN i.order o
    LEFT JOIN o.address a
    LEFT JOIN o.customer c
  WHERE i.merchantId = :merchantId
    AND o.status IN(9, 14, 15, 18)
    AND (c.customerCode NOT LIKE :customerCode
      AND c.lastname NOT LIKE :customerLastname
      AND c.firstname NOT LIKE :customerFirstname)
  ORDER BY i.invoiceId DESC


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Q: Warning regarding not using bundler when running guard init In my Rails app am getting this warning when running guard init rspec:
Warning: you have a Gemfile, but you're not using bundler or
RUBYGEMS_GEMDEPS
14:54:15 - INFO - Writing new Guardfile to
/home/ubuntu/railsprojects/sillyfish/Guardfile 14:54:16 - INFO - rspec
guard added to Guardfile, feel free to edit it

I don't understand why it's showing. Is it okay to ignore this warning?
Here is my Gemfile:
source 'https://rubygems.org'

gem 'rails', '4.2.4'
gem 'pg'
gem 'sass-rails', '~> 5.0'
gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.3.0'
gem 'coffee-rails', '~> 4.1.0'
gem 'jquery-rails'
gem 'turbolinks'
gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.0'
gem 'sdoc', '~> 0.4.0', group: :doc

group :development, :test do
  gem 'rspec-rails', '3.3.3'
  gem 'guard-rspec', require: false
  gem 'spring-commands-rspec'
  gem 'byebug'
end

group :development do
  gem 'web-console', '~> 2.0'
  gem 'spring'
end

group :test do
  gem 'capybara', '2.5.0'
end

#custom gems
gem 'puma'
gem 'bootstrap-sass', '~> 3.3.5'
gem 'devise', '~> 3.5.2'

A: If you run guard init rspec, it will use the globally installed guard-rails. To run the one installed through your Gemfile, use bundle exec guard init rspec. This is also what is recommended in the documentation.
From the README:

It's important that you always run Guard through Bundler to avoid errors.

So it's probably best to take this warning seriously, to avoid issues down the line.

A: A more technical answer:
There are 3 ways gems can be selected for your Ruby (or Rails) projects:

*

*As they are installed on your system (by looking at environment variables such as $GEM_HOME), e.g. guard init rspec will look for guard and guard-rspec in your $GEM_HOME. Usually RubyGems will use the latest installed versions you have installed (not always what you'll want).

*If you have Bundler, bundle exec guard init rspec will cause your gems to be loaded in versions listed in your Gemfile.lock. This also allows you to load gems directly from other folders (anywhere using :path option in your Gemfile) bundled with the app (e.g. .bundle directory) or even downloaded and updated from GitHub (using :github, :branch, etc. options).

*If you have a recent version of RubyGems, it can also load your gems from a Gemfile.lock. But only if you have the $RUBYGEMS_GEMDEPS environment properly set up. It works like Bundler (it reads your Gemfile.lock), except it doesn't have all the features (like loading gems from a GitHub repository).
In general, if your project has a Gemfile, it's best to use Bundler, because it makes sure all the versions of all gems are matched up to what you expect.


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Lehman's LibertyView to close hedge fund
Christine Williamson
LibertyView Capital Management, a hedge fund manager owned by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., informed investors Tuesday by letter that it intends to close its LibertyView Fund LP Master Fund and redeem client assets "as soon as practicable balancing the goals of protecting capital while avoiding excessive transaction costs," according to a source who asked not to be named.
LibertyView Capital was acquired by Lehman's Neuberger Berman subsidiary in 2002 and has operated largely autonomously since the acquisition. The source said LibertyView likely will not be part of the investment management division that Lehman Brothers currently is trying to sell.
David Lane, senior vice president, told LibertyView clients in the letter that the decision to close the firm's flagship fund was made because of "unprecedented adverse market conditions" and the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers Holdings. LibertyView manages a total of $1.5 billion; the size of the flagship fund could not be learned, and Mr. Lane could not be reached. Randall B. Whitestone, a Lehman spokesman, declined to comment.


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Democracy Reform Strengthened by Three Major Trends
By Melissa Spatz | June 6, 2019
Civic ParticipationDemocracyFree & Fair ElectionsJudicial IndependenceMoney in Politics ReformRight to Protest
As democracy in the United States continues to face rising and, in some cases, unprecedented threats, the public is becoming increasingly active in defending democratic norms and institutions. With the realization that a set of powerful special interests are seeking to undermine democracy, more and more communities are demanding structural democratic reforms and, flowing from that, a reflective and truly representative democracy that ensures protection and advancement of all individuals' human and civil rights.
To achieve a healthy democracy that works for all, the Piper Fund is supporting the field to catalyze and shape three major trends that are encouraging this expanded public engagement:
Groups are working collaboratively across multiple advocacy areas
More and more, the social justice field is beginning to understand that all of the issues that marginalized communities care about—from racial and economic justice to climate change and reproductive health and LGBTQ rights—depend on a healthy democracy. As a result, Piper grantees and other advocacy groups are crossing silos and approaching democracy reform from multiple angles, recognizing that the only way to win substantive change that will endure for the long term is to work collaboratively across issues.
Consider the following examples in Piper's three program areas—judicial independence, right to protest, and money in politics reform:
Education and reproductive rights groups have successfully fought to protect judicial independence in Kansas, where court decisions in these issue areas have triggered hostile special interest attacks aimed at undermining the judicial system, specifically to roll back specific court rulings. Environmental justice groups in West Virginia and Ohio have joined or are leading judicial independence coalitions to actively engage the public in defending the courts.
As threats to the right to protest impact constituencies across multiple issue areas, groups have joined together to defend this fundamental constitutional right. The national Protect Dissent Network comprises 19 groups addressing education rights, environmental and racial justice, human rights, and more, that have come together to educate the public about dangerous and anti-democratic efforts cropping up in almost every state, to criminalize the right to assemble and protest.
Across the country, communities advocating for money in politics reform are making the link between public financing and racial, gender, and economic justice. Advocates in Albuquerque, for example, have built a strong coalition that integrates the need for money in politics reform into efforts to enact a local paid sick leave ordinance as well as a statewide campaign aimed at providing equitable funding for early childhood education. Similar connections are being made in Arizona, where funding for education has become a leading issue in the state. In both cases, advocates are prioritizing outreach to communities of color, placing significant emphasis on mobilizing the states' sizeable Latino populations.
It is also encouraging to see groups work across multiple democracy issues such as Arizona, which is pursuing both automatic voter registration and campaign finance reform. In Arizona, and in other states—such as Florida, Oregon, and Washington—broader "democracy hubs" are addressing a wide range of democracy issues in a more holistic way.
National infrastructure has been developed to support state and local efforts
As state and local groups work to defend and strengthen democracy, it is critical that they have a common infrastructure for sharing lessons learned and building skills, as well as receiving coordinated support from the national field. In each of our three program areas, the Piper Fund and Piper Action Fund have worked collaboratively with other national groups to build infrastructure to support state and local efforts.
The national Fair Courts Working Group brings together key judicial independence groups to track developments in the states, provide rapid response support as threats arise, and strategize about how best to build the field. Similarly, the national Money in Politics Working Group provides a forum to coordinate strategic and communications support for state and municipal reform campaigns and share information; the working group is planning to conduct research that will help determine which policies are the most effective in engaging underrepresented communities. And, through the Protect Dissent Network national organizations provide strategic, legal, and communications support to state groups working to protect freedom of assembly.
Fundamental to each of these tables is a commitment that state and local groups must direct their own priorities, strategies, and tactics because they are in the best position to efficiently engage with their local communities and advocate for reform on the ground. At the same time, this coordination of support is helping to build a stronger and more effective field.
There is an increasing interplay between state and federal work
While most of Piper's work focuses on state and local structural reform campaigns, we—and our grantees—are increasingly working at the federal level as well, in response to both threats and opportunities.
For example, the increasing politicization of judicial selection and corruption of democratic norms at the state and federal levels has led Piper to play a bridging role to encourage strategic dialogue between state and federal judicial independence groups. Similarly, federal efforts to restrict protest in the nation's capital go hand-in-hand with state anti-protest laws, and the groups in the Protect Dissent Network understand these connections and are approaching them as one and the same issue.
At the same time, democracy reform efforts—including campaign finance reform—are advancing at both levels, with federal and state reform efforts building on one another's momentum. This spring, advocates around the country celebrated the US House's passage of HR1, a sweeping proposal to enact a series of pro-democracy reforms. This milestone signaled a shift in the national discourse about how we can respond to the overwhelming influence of money in politics and raised the possibility of comprehensive federal reform. The campaign for HR1 drew inspiration from local reform efforts and is, in turn, helping to feed the momentum at the state and local levels.
It is clear that local and national organizing efforts both feed into and reinforce each other in a powerful loop. As more states pursue reform, national advocacy then becomes more viable, and vice versa.
These developments should give us great hope for the future of democracy reform. With many of these efforts operating on shoestring budgets, these trends also underscore the need for more significant investment in the groups on the ground leading this work. The Piper Fund welcomes dialogue with others in philanthropy as to how we can partner to help support these critical trends, to build a cohesive and impactful field that can protect and strengthen democracy in the United States.
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Welcome to the 2013 updates of Baby Cheapskate's "Toys That Get Played With" lists. The toys on this list are here for one reason and one reason alone – because kids love them and continue to play with them long after the holiday decor is boxed up.
There's no one toy that every kid likes, but the 13 toys on the list have proven track records. Hundreds of Baby Cheapskate readers have responded to more than half a dozen polls posted thrice yearly over the course of three years about which holiday toys made it to the top of the toy pile and stayed there. I've pored through the responses to compile this list. Each toy is linked to its listing on Amazon so that you can learn more about it.


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Inland Empire: The Dream of a Nightmare Come True
"I'm trying to tell you so's you'll understand how it went. The thing is, I don't know what was before or after. I don't know what happened first, and it's kinda laid a mindfuck on me."
Inland Empire is the most experimental and nonlinear of David Lynch's already experimental and nonlinear body of work. The fact that the most popular review of it on Letterboxd at the moment is just a question mark says a lot about how accessible it is (not at all). The easiest way to describe it is as a movie about an actress who takes a role that makes her begin to question and then eventually lose her sense of the difference between performance and reality. The tricky part is that Lynch then does the same thing to the audience: he presents events without telling us whether they're Laura Dern's character being herself or her character playing another character, and he puts them out of order in such a way that it's virtually impossible to follow what's going on. The result is that we as an audience also lose our sense of the difference between performance and reality.
By doing this, the film asks the question at a structural level about what the relationship is between performance and reality. How do the characters we play influence who we are? How do we understand the difference between ourselves and the characters we play? It's not only actors who pretend to be something other than who they are: as human beings, we're all forced to play a variety of roles in the narrative space of the social sphere—the friend, the daughter, the employee, the lover. We conform to the expectations of others or act against them; we act in accordance with our own desires or suppress them in order to please others; and here Lynch is asking how these alternative versions of ourselves influence who we are underneath (or if there even is anything underneath).
"I figured one day I'd just wake up and and find out what the hell yesterday was all about. I'm not too keen on thinking about tomorrow. And today's slipping by."
If you think this sounds like Mulholland Drive then you're on the right track. Lynch is definitely returning to similar territory of his previous commentary on Hollywood, and as a result the two movies have distinct thematic similarities. But there's also a crucial difference in the final message. Whereas Naomi Watts in Mulholland Drive used the fantasy offered by the world of acting as a method of escaping the troubles of the real world (escapism which eventually becomes her downfall), Laura Dern uses that same fantasy space in Inland Empire in order to transcend her traumas. Here, performance is potentially emancipatory.
There's also a difference in the sheer number of layers of performance we see in Inland Empire vs. Mulholland Drive. The latter was fairly evenly divided into two parts; here we get Laura Dern as her base character (Nikki Grace, level 1) and as her character playing a character (Susan Blue, level 2), but then we also get a character in the movie watching her on TV (level 3), and to top it all off there are scenes where Laura Dern steps out of her two established levels and enters this third level (meeting the character watching her on TV) and then further into a nebulous fourth level where she enters a movie theater and watches Inland Empire itself on the big screen (occupying the point at which we thought only we the audience were allowed access). The movie establishes a clear set of theatrical levels for characters to exist in, and then it folds them all in on top of each other like a Russian nesting doll Möbius strip.
"I guess after my son died I went into a bad time, when I was watching everything go around me while I was standing in the middle, watching it, like in a dark theater before they bring the lights up. I'm sitting there wondering, 'How can this be?'"
Even beyond this narrative layering, the structure of the film is phenomenally impressive. The first hour is a fairly comprehensible linear story about Nikki taking the role as Susan, with its own internal conflict (inter-marital affairs). Then the second hour shows her gradual descent into a kind of madness where she can no longer tell which way is up (the conflict of the film itself). Then, just after the two-hour mark, there's a new development which recontextualizes everything that came before and provides a new foundation for everything that will come after. Even after an entire movie's worth of content, Inland Empire still has more movie for you, and it will continue to be unlike anything you've seen before.
But this isn't just a movie you sit back and admire (although you can certainly do that too). Beyond its technical prowess, there's an incredible emotional journey available for anyone willing to invest in the characters and let themselves be taken on Lynch's ride. Not only does the film tackle ideas of love and loss in touching and relatable ways, it also has two of the scariest moments I've seen on screen in longer than I can remember (because the rest of the film's generally not scary, it's hard to compare to things like Texas Chain Saw or The Babadook, two of the scariest movies I've seen recently). And to top it all off, there's even comedy—and not just scenes that are funny, but also scenes that comment on the idea of scenes being funny.
"Well... There is a vast network, right? An ocean of possibilities. I like dogs. I used to raise rabbits. I've always loved animals. Their nature. How they think. I have seen dogs reason their way out of problems. Watched them think through the trickiest situations. Do you have a couple of bucks I could borrow? I've got this damn landlord."
Inland Empire is certainly far from the most accessible film out there, but for anyone willing to give it a chance there's enough material here for a quite a lot of enjoyment and analysis. It is definitely a film that provokes multiple watches, but not simply because it's merely incomprehensible the first time through (I found it a compelling journey on this first screening in spite of its confusing twists and turns). There's just so much here, and it's all the kind of thing that you'll not only see more of after your first time, but which you'll also see in different ways as you change as a person. Inland Empire is a magical experience, and one I look forward to having again in the future.
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"I'll show you light now. It burns bright forever. No more blue tomorrows. You on high now, love."
"Damn! This sounds like a dialogue from our script!"
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- Book fair organized by Centre André Malraux with Shahinpasic and Comme un roman bookshops, at the Holiday Inn. Discussions with authors.
- 18:00: Film screening 'Shooting Robert King' by Richard Parry. - Q&A with the guests: producer Richard Parry and cameraman Vaughan Smith (director of the Frontline Film production). Media Center.
- 20:00: Photo Exhibition 'A Long Way. Bosnia, the Shame of Europe' by Miquel Ruiz. - Photo Exhibition 'Blood and Honey' by Ron Haviv. - 'Besieged Sarajevo' permanent exhibition. Historical Museum of B&H.
- 20:00: 'The night of Radio Zid'. Aida Kalender interviews some of Radio Zid contributors. Audio, video and photo war archives from Radio Zid.
- 10.00: Visit of the Tunnel Museum with Edis Kolar, head of Tunnel Museum.
- 11.30: Promotion of the virtual FAMA collection 'The Siege of Sarajevo'. Meeting Point.
- 18.00: Exhibition of 15 young Bosnian photographers 'ROOM 15', organized by the Goethe Institute and the British Council. Kriterion.
- 18.00: Presentation of the book 'Sarajevo, the book of the siege', an initiative of journalist and writer Piero Del Giudice. Authors are Abdullah Sidran, Izet Sarajilić, Dževad Karahasan, Danilo Krstanović, Marko Vešović and Tvrtko Kulenović. Museum of History of B&H.
- 18:00: Exibition of war photographs by Fehim Demir. Bosnian Culture Center.
- 21.00: 3D Mapping of 'The Siege of Sarajevo Museum' project, based on the FAMA collection, run by consortium FAMA / MESS / OGBiH / YIHR BH, on the future museum location. Park Hastahana, Marijin Dvor.
- 09.00: Panel discussion on 'Media in war and peace time'. A debate on the role of the media during and since the Bosnian war, organised by the AFP Foundation and the Council of Europe, in partnership with the Press Council and Association of Journalists of Bosnia and Herzegovina with the generous support of the Irish Government. Holiday Inn.
- 15.00: 'Sarajevo 2012' conference, organized by Le Monde reporter Rémy Ourdan and Festival MESS Memory Module artistic director Nihad Kresevljakovic.
The conference includes a screening of the photo book 'Bosnia 1992-1995' edited by Jon Jones with Rémy Ourdan and Gary Knight.
- 18.00: The 2012 official ceremony organized by the City of Sarajevo.
- 20.00: Dinner with all foreign reporters, Sarajevo partners and friends, Holiday Inn war staff and others. Holiday Inn.
- 10.00: Visit of the Tunnel Museum with Edis Kolar.
- 11.30: Gathering at Kurt Schork's grave, with Kurt's partner Sabina Cosic and friends. And thoughts for Paul Marchand, Miguel Gil Moreno and others. Lion Cimetery.
- 17.00: Exhibition of photographs by Dejan Vekic, Zoran Kanlic, Danilo Krstanovic. Java Galery.
- 18.00: Launch of Ed Vulliamy's new book, 'The War is Dead, Long Live the War'. Pansion Hondo.
- 19.00: Exhibition of photographs by Jim Marshall, organized by MESS. Sarajevo War Theater SARTR.
- 22.00: Party organized by Damir Niksic. Rock Teatar Cafe.


Central Buck East's Lou Pannella gets off a shot in close against Truman's Shaun Miller.
(Ambler) You have a 17-2 run in the first half and a 17-4 run in the second half. You force your opponent into twenty-four turnovers while you have only twelve. You take 55 shots and your opponent only takes 36. You win big, don't you?
That's not the way it worked out for Harry S. Truman (2-4) on Tuesday versus Central Bucks East (2-3). The Tigers from Levittown lost, 57-48, in the first round of the Trojan Holiday Classic held at Wissahickon High School.
Unfortunately, all those positive Truman stats weren't enough because the Patriots from Doylestown had better stats.
(1) They scored the first eight points of the game.
(2) They offset their horrible first half ball management (15 turnovers) with enough points to have a 23-21 halftime lead.
(3) Trailing 29-27, they put together a 21-2 run to get up 48-31 three minutes into the final quarter.
(4) When Truman rallied late to 52-48 with 1 ½ minutes left, the Patriots shut out the Tigers thereafter and added five free throws along the way.
(5) East used an organized offense to get into foul-producing positions in the second half. They may have had fewer field goal attempts but at the foul line their advantage was a remarkable 31-9.
It was an East zone early on that frustrated Truman's one-on-one players. They wanted to get to the basket but the zone provided backup defenders.
Steve Topley caught in a Tiger trap. The Patriots had 24 turnovers.
On the other side, the Truman pressure full-court and half-court led to the frequent Patriot turnovers in the first half. The Patriots ability to run an organized offense didn't show up until the second half. They turned out to be well-organized and alert passers once they got through the first half.
The 21-2 second-half Patriot run was keyed by the shot-making of Scott Shields (9 points) and the passing of DJ Beausejour. They worked together on several baskets in the crucial run.
Truman used long-range shooting (treys by Merdic Green, Lamont Waters, and Shaun Miller) to make things interesting late in the game.
Lamont Waters (#4) led all scorers with 13 points.
Lamont Waters led all Truman scorers with thirteen points while teammates Merdic Green and Shaun Miller added ten each.
Liam Gallagher had 10 points for Central Bucks East.
Liam Gallagher and Matt Stauffer paced the victorious East squad with ten apiece.
First time for me at the Wissahickon gym. Nice setting.
I come from an area (Massachusetts) where there is a shot clock. In games in Connecticut and now Pennsylvania I've seen how a game is played without one. Without a shot clock you'd better have a way to get the ball out of an opponent's hand. It would seem essential that every team be able to press and press break.
Stats are always an adventure at high school games. I keep my own and normally encounter mistakes the next day of my own or the box score in the newspaper. The Intelligencer's box score totals for Truman do not add up right.


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Vegan Restaurant Owner Blasts Obstinate Cigarette Smoker with Fire Extinguisher
by Dave Segal • Sep 24, 2019 at 12:03 pm
This is one way to resolve an argument. YouTube screengrab
On September 20, Salt Lake City vegan restaurateur Alex Jamison used a fire extinguisher to put out a man's cigarette, after the smoker (Jon Bird) refused to move away from his outdoor dining area, despite being asked several times to do so. Bird taunted Jamison to spray him, and the restaurant owner complied. [See the encounter in the video after the jump.]
Honestly, both antagonists in this incident don't come off very well. Bird was an obstinate asshole, but Jamison did overreact. However! Coming from the perspective of someone whose loathing of cigarette smoke rivals anyone's on the planet, this was hugely satisfying to watch. Many smokers clearly don't give a fuck that they're loosing toxins into your nostrils. I've often dreamed of extinguishing cigarettes with a Super Soaker at outdoor music festivals. (Don't lecture me about "smokers' rights." You don't have carte blanche to inflict carcinogens on the public. Kindly keep non-smokers out of your slow-motion-suicide routine.)
In a statement, Jamison apologized. "I'm not proud of my behavior, I let myself get egged on and I overreacted. I'm a protective small business owner who has asked hundreds of people not to smoke near our patio in the interest of our customers and our neighbors' customer.
"I try to be respectful and generally always get good responses. I asked him multiple times during the day to please go to the designated smoking area but should not have reacted to feeling disrespected. I certainly owe the other person involved an apology and would like to make it right with him however I need to. I did not mean to cause him any harm. Our business is committed to fighting for animal rights and this must include other people. I'm sorry." Bird says that he has suffered headaches and shortness of breath since the attack, and he is taking legal action against Jamison.
As farcical as this squabble may seem, it does provide an opportunity for me to implore you to quit smoking and to go vegan (sans fire extinguisher, though).
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The Coastal Studies Institute is a research and teaching campus within the University of North Carolina system, located in Manteo along the Croatan Sound of Roanoke Island. CSI was conceived to fill the research gap in this part of the state, address the area's pressing issues related to development and pressures on its natural resources, and increase inter-institutional collaboration within the university system. This facility is the product of a partnership between the UNC Office of the President, East Carolina University, Dare County and its citizens, and other universities of the UNC system.
CSI was established in 2003 as a program allowing collaboration, resource sharing, and research program initiation and enhancement. The mission of the Institute is to undertake research, offer educational and community outreach programs, and enhance communication about the history, culture, and environment of the maritime counties of North Carolina. The Institute focuses on four main areas: Estuarine Ecology and Human Health, Estuarine and Coastal Processes, Coastal Sustainability, and Maritime History.
The environmentally sustainable campus includes a research building with classrooms, research labs and offices, and a separate marine service facility. The new CSI campus gives scientists a base in eastern North Carolina for conducting research, and it provides a new regional resource facility for coastal education.
The facility has received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. Sustainability was a key priority for this project and the design of the facility is based on the interwoven relationship between architecture and landscape. The building is elevated, allowing the natural landscape to continue beneath the building while providing panoramic views of the wetlands and the Croatan Sound. A cost-effective geothermal HVAC system utilizes untreated Dare County well water as the geothermal energy source with minimal impact on the coastal environment.
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Stupid cooks. - Page 13 - General Discussion - CC Zone: The Next Level - Chip's Challenge/Tile World website!
...Well ok then, I'll just set up the bug again.
"Hey, I know a way to get rid of the teeth! ... Oh, you mean that bomb was the only way to get rid of the block?"
EDIT: So it turns out i can backwards boost to the tank button, then go to the area that just opened up and cause slide delay to get rid of the paramecia. Still kinda silly though.
EDIT 2: Apparently i was doing this wrong the whole time and a block goes to the bomb by where the paramecia started, so...this is still a cook, but now i'm the one that's stupid.
Out of all my cooks in Rotation, this had to be the best one. Absolutely beautiful, and 100% my fault.
And just when I thought I had the level.
I can't believe I did this. I know this sokoban.
"Oh, hey - let's take that force floor slide and save some time! Ohnogetoffgetoffgetoff...well, that happened."
A way out presented itself!
I am too stupid to live.
Yep, I did this once while going for 302.
Let the CC2 cooks begin!
Does this count as stupid?
First time playing the most legendary CC2 level and I mess up horribly.
Strangely, if i press up, she actually changes her direction to push up, but can't move.


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