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Q: python, selenium, chromedriver 'selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: u'chrome not reachable I am using this code to navigate a webpage, using selenium and chromedriver 2.9 (have also tried 2.8 without success)... I get this errors, all I want is test to show up in a firefox iframe:)
What happens it that the firefox has no problem with supporting an image link in an iframe, and the image pops up great. But text will not show up in the iframe. Not sure why the image link works, but the text does not.
import os
import platform as _platform
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By
from selenium.webdriver.support.ui import WebDriverWait
from selenium.webdriver.support import expected_conditions as EC

def pickbrowser(browserchoice):
    usrplatform = _platform.system()
    if browserchoice == "1":
        browser = webdriver.Firefox()

    elif browserchoice == "2":
        if usrplatform == "Linux":
            chromepath = os.path.abspath("Webdriver/Linux/86/chromedriver")
            os.environ["webdriver.chrome.driver"] = chromepath
            browser = webdriver.Chrome(chromepath)

        elif usrplatform == "Windows":
            chromepath = os.path.abspath("Webdriver/Windows/86/chromedriver.exe")
            print "checkpoint chrome, windows 1"
            os.environ["webdriver.chrome.driver"] = chromepath
            print "checkpoint chrome, windows 2"
            browser = webdriver.Chrome(chromepath)

        elif usrplatform == "darwin":
            chromepath = os.path.abspath("Webdriver/Mac/86/chromedriver")
            os.environ["webdriver.chrome.driver"] = chromepath
            browser = webdriver.Chrome(chromepath)

    elif browserchoice == "3":
        if usrplatform == "Linux":
            browser = webdriver.PhantomJS(os.path.abspath("Webdriver/Linux/86/phantomjs"))

        elif usrplatform == "Windows":
            browser = webdriver.PhantomJS(os.path.abspath("Webdriver/Windows/86/phantomjs.exe"))

        elif usrplatform == "darwin":
            browser = webdriver.PhantomJS(os.path.abspath("Webdriver/Mac/86/phantomjs"))

    elif browserchoice == "4":
        if usrplatform == "Windows":
            browser = webdriver.Ie(os.path.abspath("Webdriver/Windows/86/IEDriverServer.exe"))
    return browser

driver = pickbrowser(raw_input("which browser do you want to use\n 1. Firefox\n 2. Chrome\n 3. PhantomJS\n 4. Internet Explorer\nYour choice: "))
print "\ncheckpoint 1"
driver.get("https://www.chess.com/login")
print "checkpoint 2\n"

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "btnLogin")))
driver.find_element_by_name("c1").send_keys(raw_input("Username: "))
print "\ncheckpoint 2.1\n"
driver.find_element_by_name("loginpassword").send_keys(raw_input("Password: : "))
print "\ncheckpoint 2.2"
driver.find_element_by_id("btnLogin").click()
print "checkpoint 3\n"

driver.get(raw_input("Link to receivers send pm page: "))
print "\ncheckpoint 4\n"

WebDriverWait(driver, 10).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.ID, "c15")))
driver.find_element_by_name("c15").send_keys(raw_input("Subject line: "))
print "\ncheckpoint 5\n"

driver.switch_to_frame("tinymcewindow_ifr")
print "checkpoint 5.1"
driver.find_element_by_id("tinymce").clear()
print "checkpoint 5.2"
driver.switch_to_default_content()
print "checkpoint 6"

driver.switch_to_frame("tinymcewindow_ifr")
print "checkpoint 6.1\n"
driver.find_element_by_id("tinymce").send_keys(raw_input("Message: "))
print "\ncheckpoint 6.2"
driver.switch_to_default_content()
print "checkpoint 7"

driver.find_element_by_id("c16").click()

Here are the errors messages which are generated from the python script. The script tried to go through checkpoints, but then would produce errors. I am completely lost.
checkpoint chrome, windows 1

checkpoint chrome, windows 2

[2888:5992:0213/160704:ERROR:chrome_views_delegate.cc(176)] NOT IMPLEMENTED

[2888:5992:0213/160704:ERROR:desktop_root_window_host_win.cc(746)] NOT IMPLEMENT

ED

[2888:5992:0213/160704:ERROR:desktop_root_window_host_win.cc(746)] NOT IMPLEMENT

ED

checkpoint 1

checkpoint 2

Username: [5268:4808:0213/160720:ERROR:ipc_channel_win.cc(132)] pipe error: 109

checkpoint 2.1

Password: : [2888:5992:0213/160734:ERROR:desktop_root_window_host_win.cc(746)] N

OT IMPLEMENTED

checkpoint 2.2

checkpoint 3

Link to receivers send pm page:

80

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/home/user/Dropbox/Python/chess.com/BFDtest.py", line 60, in <module>

  File "C:\Users\Derek\Dropbox\RK Resource 001\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriv

er.py", line 176, in get

    self.execute(Command.GET, {'url': url})

  File "C:\Users\Derek\Dropbox\RK Resource 001\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriv

er.py", line 164, in execute

    self.error_handler.check_response(response)

  File "C:\Users\Derek\Dropbox\RK Resource 001\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorha

ndler.py", line 164, in check_response

    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)

selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: u'chrome not reachable

  (Session info: chrome=32.0.1700.107)
 (Driver info: chromedriver=2.9.248315,

platform=Windows NT 6.1 SP1 x86_64)'

A: I noticed from your code that you are manipulating TinyMCE. This editor needs to be handled by JavaScript. There are many answers on SO and Internet how to handle this. Here is one good enswer: Selenium and wordpress: New post test

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Every 6 weeks we will talk about a different character trait. This 6 weeks our character trait is RESPECT.
Students that wear the color ORANGE on Wednesday's will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a prize from the office!
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A Message from Mr.Smith
Parents, Students, and Community Members of Brock:
Over the past three days, our administrative team has been investigating a Brock High School student's post that was made on Snapchat as well as other issues that arose from the investigation. Our investigation is now complete, and we would like to communicate our key findings. Again, while we cannot disclose specific details about a particular student due to student privacy laws, we can, however, provide you with some information.
The Parker County Sheriff's Office released a statement on Monday that outlined their own investigative findings. What they found is that many of the posts by the student were "old" – meaning that the posts occurred last spring. During the spring, those posting were investigated by both the Sheriff's Office and Brock ISD Administration. No legal action was taken last spring by law enforcement; however, Brock Administrators responded with disciplinary action.
This past weekend, new posts were made by the student, and postings from last spring resurfaced on social media.
The Texas Education Code, among other items, requires that administrators, when rendering a discipline decision, shall consider a student's intent behind the discipline act and shall consider the student's past disciplinary history. Over the past three days, in our team's investigation, we did just that.
With the conclusion of our investigation, it has been determined that the student violated aspects of our district's student code of conduct and administrative action has been taken. This is the point where student privacy laws (The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) prevent me from telling you our exact determinations and/or how we are responding specifically with the student.
What I can share is this: As long as I am the Superintendent of Brock ISD, threats towards students, staff, or any aspect of our school district will not be tolerated and will be appropriately addressed to the fullest extent of the law.
Please be advised that the student will not be returning to Brock ISD at this time.
I completely understand the strength of my last sentence as well as its vagueness; the law prevents me from explaining more. To help you understand where our jurisdiction lies on discipline issues, I would encourage you to look through our student code of conduct which can be found here, starting on page 68: http://s3.amazonaws.com/scschoolfiles/1452/student_handbook_2018-2019_adopted_8-13-18.pdf
In that Board approved policy document, which is also backed by the Texas Education Code (state law), you will see the options we have regarding discipline and timelines that we must follow. Provisions in the student code of conduct allow our administrators to make decisions that fully protect the safety of all students. We believe that our response has done just that.
Not only am I extremely honored and proud to be the Superintendent of Brock ISD, but I am also a dad of 2 kids that attend our schools. I would not send my two children to school if I felt their safety is in danger and I would never ask you, as a parent, to send your children to school under the same circumstance. My kids were at school Monday, yesterday, and today. They will be at school tomorrow, Friday, and for the rest of this school year and beyond.
Throughout this process, I want to publicly commend our team of administrators and staff who have excelled this week. As you are well aware, this has been a difficult week at Brock ISD and this team has been unwavering in their work and dedication to your children.
It is my hope that you will continue to put your trust in us and appreciate the fact that, no matter the circumstances, we have demonstrated to our students and community that we will protect our values, appropriately address issues of concern, and follow the law.
Our homecoming parade and bonfire is tonight. While this is a time of great celebration, we will continue to have increased security presence at this event as well as at our schools and game Friday night.
Again, thank you for your trust in us and patience this week.
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If you've been following along on Instagram, by now, you know my OBSESSION with progressive overload. As simple as it is, it's often a concept that's either misunderstood or lost in the abyss of conflicting information on the interwebs.
The following is the basic breakdown of what a progressive overload is, how to achieve it, and why it's beneficial.
Progressive Overload is the principle of increasing the demands on the musculoskeletal system to gain size, strength, and endurance, by continually making those muscles adapt to new forces of resistance applied against them.
That makes sense, right? For a muscle to grow, strength to be gained, or for performance to increase the body must be adapt to a tension that is beyond what it has previously experienced. Like, if you curl 20's your entire life, your biceps aren't going to budge. We know this – it's called the "plateau." But if you jump from the 20's to 25's to 30's you're gonna see some gains.
Humans are stubborn as fahk, and we're not going to change unless we're forced to change. Muscle grows in response to a stimulus, but for further gains, you need to continue making greater demands on it.
With high demand, comes great change…change in the form or more muscle, more strength, less fat, better performance, and quicker recovery.
How do you Achieve Progressive Overload?
Didn't I just say that? I did – you achieve progressive overload by lifting heavier…but that's easier said than done. And if we were able to lift more every time we worked out, pretty soon we'd be benching 10,000lbs, and squatting over 50k. That's not exactly how it comes to life, is it?!
When to Implement Your Progressive Overload?
The best practice I set for myself, and recommend to others – if you can do 20 reps without reaching exhaustion or failure, it is DEFINITELY time to increase the load. To be more specific, I usually use the below as my guide.
How you progress is ultimately up to you. If you're new to lifting, you'll be able to advance more quickly than someone who has been lifting for years. If you start too light, you'll progress quicker than someone who started with a more challenging weight.
Week One: DELOAD to get to know your set. I'd prefer to go too light than going too heavy and risk injury or be debilitatingly sore for days on end.
If you're in a group exercise-type setting, it can be harder to navigate your load because your workouts aren't the same. In this case, the mind/muscle connection, or focus on form is CRUCIAL. Introduce your own isolations, static holds, tempos or in-rep cadence if you're not ready to jump from the 10's to the 12's. You'll get there in no time.
There isn't a right or wrong way to execute an overload – the detail of execution isn't as important as the concept itself. In order to grow, change, and reach your goals, you have to continue to challenge yourself and that can come in MANY forms.


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Aberdeen 'interested' in move for Ylber Ramadani's former MTK Budapest teammate Bojan Miovski
The North Macedonia international played with Ramadani at MTK Budapest and could join him at Pittodrie next season. The 22-year-old forward scored nine goals in 29 appearances in Hungary's top flight last season.
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Bojan Miovski could be reunited with Ylber Ramadani at Pittodrie (Image: REUTERS)
Aberdeen are reportedly interested in a deal for MTK Budapest forward Bojan Miovski.
The 22-year-old is reportedly on the Dons' radar and Miovski could be set for a reunion with his former teammate, midfielder Ylber Ramadani.
Jim Goodwin made Albanian international Ramadani his first signing at Pittodrie on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
Miovski, who has 10 caps for North Macedonia, may be the next player to arrive from the Hungarian side.
He scored the third goal for his country in a 4-0 win over Gibraltar in the UEFA Nations League on Sunday.
According to Csakfoci, Hungary's Fehérvár, as well as clubs in Russia, Switzerland, Belgium and Poland are also interested in Miovski.
Miovski scored nine goals in 29 appearances for MTK last term.
MTK were relegated from the OTP Bank Liga after finishing 11th in the 12-team league.
Dons manager Goodwin is carrying out a major rebuild at Pittodrie with star players Calvin Ramsay, Connor Barron and Lewis Ferguson all linked with moves away from the north-east.
After signing Ramadani, Goodwin said: "Ylber is an energetic, hardworking player with great versatility.
"He has the game intelligence to be able to play a couple of positions in the midfield area, either as a holding midfielder or as a more advanced box-to-box midfielder.
"He is a real team player who leads by example, and I've no doubt he will be a big favourite with the fans due to the desire and commitment he gives in every game."
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Citation: Kamlesh, J., Williams, M.A., Franzluebbers, A.J., Sanderlin, J.S., Reeves, J.H., Jenkins, M., Endale, D.M., Coleman, D.C., Whitman, W.B. 2008. Inorganic fertilizer and poultry-litter manure amendments alter the soil microbial communities in agricultural systems [abstract]. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology Annual, June 1-5, 2008, Boston, Massachusetts. CD-ROM.
Technical Abstract: The effects of agricultural land management practices on soil prokaryotic diversity are not well described. We investigated three land usage systems (row cropped, ungrazed pasture, and cattle-grazed pasture) and two fertilizer systems (inorganic fertilizer or IF and poultry-litter or PL) and compared them to a >50 year old forest at the J. Phil Campbell, Sr., Natural Resource Conservation Center, Watkinsville, Georgia. Community DNA was extracted from soil in winter and summer, and the prokaryotic and microbial community composition and diversity were assessed using 16S rRNA gene clone libraries and phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analyses. LIBSHUFF analysis of the libraries indicated that the bacterial communities from soils under all seven treatments were significantly different. However, those from the forest were clearly distinct from the others. Hierarchical linear modeling of taxa abundance within the agricultural soils revealed that the effect of fertilizer was more dramatic than land use or season. Of the 14 taxonomic groups tested, PL amendments influenced the abundance of 7, whereas land use and season influenced the abundance of only 5 and 3, respectively. Specific associations between certain operational taxonomic units and soil types were also noted. The multivariate nonmetric multidimensional scaling of the mol % PLFA indicated that the forest communities were very different from the agricultural soils. While fungi were relatively more abundant in the forest, bacteria dominated the agricultural soils. In addition, the bacterial communities in the IF-amended cropped soils were different from the pasture and PL-amended cropped soils. The PL amendments also had a large affect on community structure. In contrast, the effects of season were generally small. The PLFA analysis reflected many of the same trends detected in the 16S rRNA gene analysis, however some of these differences may be a result of physiological responses to changing soil environments rather than a reflection of the community structure per se. The community-level differences were related to differences in soil chemical properties. Agricultural land management practices influenced the composition of soil microbial communities, most likely from their effects on the quality and quantity of organic resource inputs and differences in microclimate among systems that affected microbial activity with time.


As we head into 2018, it is the time of New Year's resolutions being put to the test. Many if not most of us will fail. According to Forbes, only 8% of us will achieve our New Year's resolutions and this is mainly because people give up when they have a few setbacks and lose their willpower. But what if failures and setbacks were part of the plan?
In my upcoming book "The Danish Way of Education; Life Lessons from the Happiest People in the World", I explore, among other things, how the courage to fail is woven into the schooling curriculum in Denmark.
Some schools actually have "try and fail" as part of their mission statement. Linea Thorsen, a high school student from Jylland said her teacher highly encouraged making mistakes. He used the bad papers as examples to focus on together, rather than the perfect papers. The basis is that we can learn much more from what we do wrong than what we do right. Linea said that kids didn't feel bad or embarrassed because it was just seen as normal practice. This inadvertently encourages vulnerability and empathy, which creates more connection rather than disconnection in competition.
Camilla Semlov, a Danish social worker tells about her daughter who was extremely academic and worked hard not to make any errors in school. Her teacher said she shouldn't try so hard not to make mistakes. "The teacher told me she needed to be a little less perfect" Camilla said. "She believed she would be happier if she didn't try to be perfect and she was". The drive for perfection, after all, can be the basis for anxiety and a host of other problems. According to a recent article in the New York Times article, the rising anxiety epidemic in teens in America is, in fact, tied to a fear of failure and lack of resilience.
What if we expected failure- rather than rejected it so that when we fall down we get back up and keep going? This is the crux of resilience, which has been proven to be a cornerstone of happiness. Could this be one of the reasons Denmark consistently scores so high on the World Happiness Reports? They have more reasonable expectations which don't include perfection?
So, this year I am adding one caveat to my typical list of resolutions and that is the courage to fail. That means the days I don't manage to fulfil my goals and find myself falling into the trap of "I can't" or using negative labels, I will see those setbacks as opportunities. I will reframe those obstacles into important learning blocks to climb over and jump off from. As long as our compass stays calibrated with the end goal and our true selves; no storm, or rough patch can stop us from getting to where we want to be eventually.
As Thomas Edison famously said about discovering the light bulb "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Failing can literally be an illumination if we choose to see it that way.


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Q: Is there a strictly increasing sequence such that it is o(2^n) and any term cannot equal the sum of any unrepeated predecessors? Does there exist a strictly increasing sequence $\{a_n\}_{n\in N}$ of natural numbers such that the following two requirements hold:
1, For all $n\in N$, there is NO subset $M$ of $\{0,\cdots ,n-1\}$ such that $a_n=\Sigma\{a_m\ |\ m\in M\}$.
2, $\{a_n\}_{n\in N}$ is $o(2^n)$, i.e. $\lim_{n\to\infty}\frac{a_n}{2^n}=0$.

A: Such sequences are called sum free sequences. In the paper "On a question about sum-free sequences", Deshouillers, Erdős and Melfi construct a sequence where $a_n$ is $o(n^{3+\epsilon})$. Luczak and Schoen, later improved this to a construction of a sum free sequence with $a_n=o(n^{2+\epsilon})$, and show that the exponent $2$ is minimal.

I should mention that the construction, referenced above is related to finding suitable perturbations starting from the set of cubes of integers. Of course for the purposes of the particular question in the OP, one can be more explicit at the cost of not being optimal. For example we can define a sequence $\{a_n\}$ as
$$a_1=2 \, ,\quad a_{2n}=a_{2n-1}+1\, , \quad a_{2n+1}=1+\sum_{i=1}^{2n}a_i$$
which is obviously a sum free sequence and grows as $\sim (\sqrt{3})^n$.


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In 1989, he seized his opportunity, he started selling mobile phones out of his flat on Marylebone Road and at 25 he set up the Carphone Warehouse with just his savings of £6,000.
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A young woman harnesses her newfound power to challenge the ruthless man who controls her, in this brilliant and provocative novel from the award-winning author of Parable of the Sower.
Mary is a treacherous experiment. Her creator, an immortal named Doro, has molded the human race for generations, seeking out those with unusual talents like telepathy and breeding them into a new subrace of humans who obey his every command. The result is Mary: a young black woman living on the rough outskirts of Los Angeles in the 1970s, who has no idea how much power she will soon wield.
Doro knows he must handle Mary carefully or risk her ending like his previous experiments: dead, either by her own hand or Doro's. What he doesn't suspect is that Mary's maturing telepathic abilities may soon rival his own power. By linking telepaths with a viral pattern, she will create the potential to break free of his control once and for all-and shift the course of humanity.
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The 4,000-page multivolume collection includes a running summary of the situation for every day of the war in the Pacific compiled by Nimitz's planning staff. It is the only known similar document to survive from the war, said Prof. John Hattendorf, who teaches maritime history at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I.
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                'maxFileSize',
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                    'label' => 'Max file size (optional)',
                    'required' => false,
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    public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
    {
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Q: Finding a string in a longer string regardless of case (and determine which case) I'm quite new to python and programming in general and i'm currently doing an online course at Grok Online. Currently i am stuck on the second course (Robots in a line!) as the brief is to design a program that reads in a line of text and prints out whether the word robot appears, although it has to figure out whether the word is lowercase, uppercase or mixed case. This is my solution thus far:
text = input('Line: ')

if 'robot' in text:
  print('There is a small robot in the line.')

elif 'robot'.upper() in text:
  print('There is a big robot in the line.')

elif 'robot' or 'ROBOT' != text.isupper() and not text.islower():
  print('There is a medium sized robot in the line.')

else:
  print('No robots here.')

Another thing is that the program has to distinguish the word as an individual string, so it would print True for 'robot' but false for 'strobotron'.

A: Your second elif statement should be
elif 'robot' in text.islower() and not ('ROBOT' in text or 'robot' in text):

if you want to do all that in one line.
For the second requirement, you could make use of regex word boundary anchors:
import re
if re.search(r"\brobot\b", text, flags=re.I):
    if re.search(r"\brobot\b", text):
        print('There is a small robot in the line.')
    elif re.search(r"\bROBOT\b", text):
        print('There is a big robot in the line.')
    else:
        print('There is a medium sized robot in the line.')
else:
    print('No robots here.')

A: I assumed that your input contain maximum of one robot string.
>>> def findrobot(text):
        if 'robot' in text:
            print('There is a small robot in the line.')
        elif 'robot'.upper() in text:
            print('There is a big robot in the line.')
        elif re.search(r'(?i)robot', text):
            if 'robot' not in text and 'ROBOT' not in text:
                print('MIxed cased robot found')
        else:
            print('No robots here.')

>>> text = input('Line: ')
Line: robot
>>> findrobot(text)
There is a small robot in the line.
>>> text = input('Line: ')
Line: ROBOT
>>> findrobot(text)
There is a big robot in the line.
>>> text = input('Line: ')
Line: RobOt
>>> findrobot(text)
MIxed cased robot found
>>> text = input('Line: ')
Line: foo
>>> findrobot(text)
No robots here.

A: This handles punctuation and also avoids matching strobotron:
text = input('Line: ')

text = text.replace('.,?;:"', ' ')
words = text.split()
lowers = text.lower().split()

if 'robot' in words:
  print('There is a small robot in the line.')
elif 'robot'.upper() in words:
  print('There is a big robot in the line.')
elif 'robot' in lowers:
  print('There is a medium sized robot in the line.')
else:
  print('No robots here.')

A: There are many ways to solve this problem. Regular expressions is one of the tools. Considering this is your second programming course I recommend against regular expressions. Instead I will try using more basic python tools and concepts.
First split the string at whitespace:
words = text.split()

This will split the string 'I am a robot' into a list of words: ['I', 'am', 'a', 'robot']. Note that this will not split punctuation. 'I am a robot.' will become ['I', 'am', 'a', 'robot.']. Note the dot at the end 'robot.'. For the rest of the answer I will pretend there are no punctuations, as this will complicate matters beyond the scope of a second programming course.
Now you can filter words for 'robot', regardless of case:
robots = []
for word in words:
  if word.lower() == 'robot':
    robots.append(word)

This loop can also be written like this:
robots = [word for word in words if word.lower() == 'robot']

That is called a list comprehension and is basically just a concise way to write a loop collecting certain items from a list into another list. If you have not learned list comprehension yet then just ignore this part.
Starting with the input 'I am a robot and you are a ROBOT and we are RoBoT but not strobotron' the list robots will be ['robot', 'ROBOT', 'RoBoT']. 'strobotron' is not in the list because it does not equal 'robot'. That solves the problem of finding 'robot' but not 'strobotron'.
If the robots list is empty then you know there are no robots at all. If it is not empty then you can check for small or large or medium robots.
if not robots:
  print('No robots here.')
elif 'robot' in robots:
  print('There is a small robot in the line.')
elif 'ROBOT' in robots:
  print('There is a big robot in the line.')
else:
  print('There is a medium sized robot in the line.')

The first condition (if not robots:) is using a mechanism of python called implicit booleanes. Almost anything can be used in an if condition like this and it will be implicitly transformed into a boolean value. In most cases if the thing is "empty" it will be regarded as false.
Note the order of the conditions in the if else chain. You have to check for an empty list first otherwise the else part will not work. The logic goes like this: if the list is not empty and there are no small or large robots in the list then any robots in the list must be medium.

There is an ambiguity in your problem description. What if there are both small and large (and medium) robots in the line. Should it report both? If both are in line the current code will only report a small robot. This is because it first checks for a small robot and then skips the rest (such is the semantic of elif).
To report both small and large (and medium) robots you can do it like this:
smallrobots = []
largerobots = []
mediumrobots = []
for robot in robots:
  if robot == 'robot':
    smallrobots.append(robot)
  elif robot == 'ROBOT':
    largerobots.append(robot)
  else:
    mediumrobots.append(robot)

if not robots:
  print('No robots here.')
if smallrobots:
  print('There is a small robot in the line.')
if largerobots:
  print('There is a big robot in the line.')
if mediumrobots:
  print('There is a medium sized robot in the line.')

Note that the elif is now only inside the loop. Using only if for reporting means it will not skip medium robots if small robots are found.
Bonus: you can now even differentiate whether there is one or more small robots in line:
if len(smallrobots) == 1:
  print('There is a small robot in the line.')
elif len(smallrobots) > 1:
  print('There are small robots in the line.')

A: Here is another approach using python collections
from collections import Counter

def get_words(text, line=""):
    lower_case, upper_case = text.lower(), text.upper()
    data = {'lower' : 0,'upper' : 0, 'mix' : 0}
    cnt = Counter()
    for word in line.split():
        cnt[word]+=1
    if cnt.has_key(lower_case):
        data['lower'] = cnt[lower_case]
        cnt.pop(lower_case)
    if cnt.has_key(upper_case):
        data['upper'] = cnt[upper_case]
        cnt.pop(upper_case)
    for x, y in cnt.iteritems():
        if x.lower()==lower_case:
            data['mix'] += y
    return data

it gives you count of text
get_words('robot', line="i am a robot with Robot who has a ROBOT")

Result :
{'lower': 1, 'mix': 1, 'upper': 1}


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Please give some suggestions.
Thanks
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$ sudo ddrescue -f -n /dev/sda1 /dev/sdc2 /root/rescue.log
GNU ddrescue 1.19
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
rescued:   318625 MB,  errsize:       0 B,  current rate:   24051 kB/s
   ipos:   318625 MB,   errors:       0,    average rate:   72152 kB/s
   opos:   318625 MB, run time:    1.22 h,  successful read:       0 s ago
Finished
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[sudo] password for rb:
GNU ddrescue 1.19
Press Ctrl-C to interrupt
Initial status (read from logfile)
rescued:   318625 MB,  errsize:       0 B,  errors:       0
Current status
rescued:   318625 MB,  errsize:       0 B,  current rate:        0 B/s
   ipos:         0 B,   errors:       0,    average rate:        0 B/s
   opos:         0 B, run time:       0 s,  successful read:       0 s ago
Finished
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Clear in the morning with moderate winds from the ENE. Cloudy in the afternoon with moderate winds from the WSW.
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Partly cloudy in the morning with moderate winds from the NW. Partly cloudy in the afternoon with light winds from the SSE.


BINGHAM, John Armor, a Representative from Ohio; born in Mercer, Mercer County, Pa., January 21, 1815; pursued academic studies; apprentice in a printing office for two years; attended Franklin College, Ohio; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio; district attorney for Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1846-1849; elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth and the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1863); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1862 to the Thirty-eighth Congress; appointed by President Lincoln as judge advocate of the Union Army with the rank of major in 1864; later appointed solicitor of the court of claims; special judge advocate in the trial of the conspirators against the life of President Lincoln; elected to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1865-March 3, 1873); chairman, Committee on Claims (Fortieth Congress), Committee on the Judiciary (Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1872; one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1862 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against West H. Humphreys, United States judge for the several districts of Tennessee, and in 1868 in the proceedings against Andrew Johnson; appointed Minister to Japan and served from May 31, 1873, until July 2, 1885; died in Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, March 19, 1900; interment in Cadiz Cemetery.
Beauregard, Erving E. Bingham of the Hills: Politician and Diplomat Extraordinary. New York: Peter Lang, 1989.


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Steam Greenlight Spotlight: Tiki Galore
Sean Flint
Today's Greenlight Spotlight is on Tiki Galore. Tiki Galore is an online multiplayer arena in which players control a Tiki Warrior with an unusual thirst to dominate his or her opponents. Battle your friends in free-for-all or team battles which take place in various immersive tropical levels. To be honest, the reason I chose to spotlight the game was because I really enjoy the aesthetic. It reminds me of the days playing Tak and the Power of Juju, or even Crash Bandicoot, and this nostalgia definitely adds to the charm of Tiki Galore.
The currently finished level that the game boasts is known as Tiki Island. This level is a tropical island that contains a slew of ancient and mysterious temples. Surrounding the temples are dangerous shark-infested bodies of water, which take on the role of traps that can kill the player if they are not too careful. Speaking of traps, there are currently four traps that players can place to cause damage to their enemies. The spike pit collapses when an enemy runs over it, and causes them to fall into the pit of spikes. The shark trap, when walked over, produces a shark that pops out of the ground, causing massive damage to enemies. The tangle trap hangs an unfortunate Tiki who gets too close by their feet, which leaves them extremely vulnerable to being attacked. Finally, the springboard trap launches anyone who steps on it far out into the ocean.
On top of having various traps to place, there are also a large number of environmental factors in play in Tiki Galore. Some examples of interactive elements of the environment are bridges that can be broken and logs that can swing, knocking any Tikis in their path high into the sky. These triggers will do well to add some flavor to the levels, and will mean that players must not only watch out for their enemies, but keep an eye on the environment as well. I can also picture the more advanced players leading their opponents into areas that contain these triggers and causing massive damage.
Finally, Tiki Galore features a great amount of character customization. From the mask, to the weapons, to skin color, to tattoos, almost ever aspect of your Tiki can be customized. It's not stated whether or not these cosmetic items will be unlocked through gameplay, or if they are all available from the start, but I would love to see a sense of progression in the game. If we had the ability to unlock items through play, it would definitely go a long way in keeping players interested in the game and making sure the community doesn't die out over time.
Tiki Galore looks like an extremely entertaining game to play with friends, and the ability to customize your own Tiki sounds like a lot of fun. If you're interested, you can find it on Steam Greenlight, where you can leave a vote and some constructive feedback to help improve the game. Since the game is currently in Pre-Alpha, we can expect much more content and many changes in the future, so you never know, your feedback may be implemented into the game.
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Moya Brennan • View topic - Moya Brennan official DVD or not ?
It looks to be a recording of Moya's gig at the Avo Sessions in Basel - the date they quote is definitely right for it.
It was definitely recorded, and went out on Swiss TV. Unfortunately, my German isn't good enough to be able to work out whether the TV company released it as a DVD commercially.
I have to admit that a couple of things on that web page rings alarm bells. First off, I'm surprised they seem to have used the cover from Two Horizons on the disc. As far as I know, the Avo gig had nothing to do with a Two Horizons tour, it just happened to be about that time, and Moya used the opportunity to advertise!
Sorry if this seems negative, but I really don't want you to get caught out. They have a facility on the site to send them a message, so I'd get in touch with them to find out more, before you part with your hard earned cash!
I've never seen this site before,and it hasn't been tested by McAfee SiteAdvisor.This in combination with the fact that a DVD-R is mentioned has the bells ringing here too,it could be a bit dodgy.
I think it looks to good to be true.
Maybe in the near future Moya will bring out a DVD herself.
I've got a feeling that I heard about a dodgy DVD of that performance running around a while ago...I know the whole thing was avaliable on the internet for quite some time, so it's more than possible that it is an illegal thing. Personally I wouldn't risk it, tempting though I know it may be.
The official word from Moya's management is that the DVD is an illegal bootleg. They've now contacted the website. Please do not buy a copy.
Some years ago the AVO-Session was shown on German TV. I also recorded it for me because I wasn't at home that night.
I haven't watched it for years but if I remember right I didn't really like this show. Moya and band were brilliant as ever but the audience ... . They seemed to me posh and stiff - not real Moya and Clannad fans.
Thanks for your reaction wonky_eggs !


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Malostranské Square 2/25, Lesser Town, Praha 1
The construction of the Jesuit college – residence of professors, highest ranking representatives of the Order who took special oaths after fisnishing their philosophy and theology studies – was started in 1673 in early Baroque style by G. D. Orsi de Orsini in a site of several townhouses, of a school and a church of St. Wenceslas, right next to the church of St. Nicholas which was founded around the same time. In 1674 the construction was taken over by F. A. Lurago who finished it in 1691; in 1737-52 the west wing was rebuilt in High Baroque style. After the Jesuit Order was abolished in 1773, the building was converted into an adminstrative building, further adaptations followed in 1823 and 1922-27. During the 2nd World War the building was used by the German Army and since the 1960's the Mathematical and Physics Faculty of the Charles University is located there (today its IT section). After 2000 the building underwent an extensive reconstruction and is now used for concerts, conferences, graduation ceremonies and other social events. – Three wings and the church of St. Nicholas form a square-shaped courtyard. Towards the lower square, the building has four floors while towards the upper square it has three. All the façades are very plain, simple rectangular windows are typical. There are early Baroque vaults preserved inside, there is also a Baroque double armed pillar staircase and a number of Baroque and Rococo doors and portals.


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"The three presented by DiEugenio and Wu on this recording, with the period pianoforte, are totally convincing….
…DiEugenio and Wu give the music plenty of the passion called for, but also a gentleness and sensitivity to the introspective aspects of the scores that help us hear contrasts and formal balances that a more bombastic, bravura version might miss.
"…violinist Nicholas DiEugenio and fortepianist Chi-Chen Wu, represent an "old school" geniality characterized by liberal tempo and phrase inflections, melodic underlinings, and expressive slides.
Wu's musical partner is the inspired Nicholas DiEugenio. He is equally adept at breathtaking virtuosity as he is at the regretful soliloquy, like that heard near the outset of the second sonata, dedicated to another famed violinist Ferdinand David. This arcing, ardent monologue follows the slashing chords of the movement's opening—bold, almost violent brushstrokes indeed.


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Not Democracy ≠ Fascism
How Democracy Ends (2018) by David Runciman
With the election only a couple of days away, even the most casual consumer of news is well aware that the stability of United States' democracy is facing a crucial test. After all, Trump has repeatedly encouraged political violence and members of his party continuously question the legitimacy of the results (only if they lose, of course).
The United States case is not unique: it is clear that democracies worldwide are in serious trouble: Brazil, Hong Kong, Hungary, and Poland are particularly alarming. Of course, none of these systems was ever perfect — far from it. With every day that passes, however, they now seem to slide further and further away from the democratic ideal into a familiar evil: fascism.
In How Democracy Ends — unapologetically fueled by Trump's election — the Cambridge political scientist David Runciman provides a discerning analysis of how democratic systems might collapse, and what political order might lie beyond.
The book pushes the reader to think past the idea that a non-democracy is necessarily an authoritarian society resembling mid-20th century European fascism, as comparisons are often made. Though he doesn't minimize the role of history to understand the current political situation, he does think that we should be careful not to draw too much from these analogies: democratic failure today will look much different than democratic failures from the past. Democracy and fascism are only two of the many flavors of political order.
Though the election might not be as smooth as in previous years, more likely than not, Trump will not lead the United States into fascism. (In a conversation with Runciman, Judith Butler argues otherwise.) But, that shouldn't be too comforting a thought. This is the main takeaway from Runciman's work: the other alternatives are not that great, either.
True to the title, Runciman suggests many ways that democratic systems might abruptly come to an end. One of his suggestions was that of an existential threat, which has proved to be true for many democracies during the COVID-19 pandemic, where leaders have found ways of capitalizing on their emergency powers.
Two other particularly pernicious threats to democracy are those posed by its gradual erosion, and by technological disruptions. These threats might morph the current system into a different sort of political order.
First, though established democracies are not likely to get overthrown by an overt coup, they might gradually become even less representative in their policy making while leaders quietly bypass imposed checks and balances and suspend existing institutions. This increases the threat of a system becoming a "spectator democracy" where voters are akin to an audience at a theater and voting is analogous to clapping, which has no real effect on the pre-scripted play. In this scenario, then, there would still be freedom of speech and voting rights (unlike in traditional authoritarian regimes), but the people would essentially have no power in policy making decisions. This 'softer' option — which is not as physically violent as a coup — seems like a real possibility in United States, not just after November 3rd but also beyond.
Second, Runciman warns of the dangers that technological disruptions pose to democratic order. In particular, he has in mind the growing power of technology companies. Here, I think, Runciman points to the biggest threat facing the United States post-2020. Democracy is increasingly unresponsive to the population's needs (i.e. becoming spectator democracies), and citizens are more and more dissatisfied with it. This leaves a power vacuum, which technology corporations will be eager to fill with a promise of efficiency that will be in Runciman's words, "maliciously tempting".
Unfortunately, Runciman dismisses the threat of disinformation campaigns. Since this book was published in 2018, the existential threats to functioning democracy have only increased. He warns us that if democracies around the world do not get their act together by limiting rising inequality and the further amassment of power of corporations, other alternatives might prove tempting, whether it be the "pragmatic authoritarian" models of Singapore and Russia, or other models that still haven't been thought of.
Overall, How Democracy Ends is a quick read full of insights that might help clarify some of the confusion that will inevitably happen after Tuesday's election.
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The DE-PBS Project hosted Dr. George Sugai, renowned speaker and co-director of the National Center on PBIS, at our 2015 state-wide conference on October 29, 2015!
This year's conference focused on how schools can implement a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) framework to promote positive school climate and address the needs of students at Tier 1 (schoolwide), Tier 2 (targeted) and Tier 3 (individualized). Additional guest speakers from DE-PBS schools shared their experiences and recommendations for implementing specific elements of a multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) for behavior.
It was a full crowd!
Click here to see photos from the conference.
Dr. George Sugai, co-director of the National Center of Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports and director of University of Connecticut's Center for Behavioral Education & Research, presented on Multi-Tiered Systems of Support with an emphasis on selecting evidence-based interventions based on needs identified by data.
Dorrell Green, assistant superintendent of Brandywine School District, shared the district's vision for focusing on and improving school climate through his presentation: Excellence Through Equity.
A team of staff from Shields Elementary School in the Cape Henlopen School District presented on the process used to infuse Growth Mindset in to their School-wide PBS framework. Click here to see more on how positive behavior support meets growth mindset.
A panel of school and community representatives shared an overview of interventions used to support students identified at Tier 2.
Brick Mill Elementary School, in partnership with Connecting Generations, presented on their implementation of Character Climb.
Brandywine School District presented on implementation of the PEERS curriculum.
Dover High School presented on their use of Achievement Mentoring.
DE-PBS Project staff along with an educator from Charlton School presented on Prevent-Teach-Reinforce.
The DE-PBS Project presented on phase recognition achievements as well as results from a longitudinal data study of the Delaware School Climate Survey.
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