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Emotional farewell letter from the German Ambassador to El Salvador
Bernd Finke, German Ambassador to El Salvador.
Editorial Dept. Voz de la Diaspora
With an emotional letter published on social networks, the Ambassador of Germany in El Salvador, Bernd Finke, who stayed in that Central American country for 4 years, says goodbye thanking and highlighting the hospitality he received during his tenure:
"At the end of this week I will finish my mission as German Ambassador to El Salvador. For four years, since September 2016 until August 2020, this beautiful country has offered me a home. I have visited all the departments, admired the natural beauty of the country and have made many friends.
Now is the time to say goodbye and say thank you: thank you for the great hospitality I received from the first to the last day; thank you for the confidence that El Salvador has shown in working with Germany; thank you for the many good advice that has helped me better understand the country and its people.
Thanks to my German compatriots who have lived in El Salvador for a long time. Who have supported my mission and who have let me go knowing that there is not only one, but many German ambassadors in El Salvador who care about relations between our countries. In summary: Thank you for these four years, that have enriched me personally and professionally. The old slogan of the Ministry of Tourism says it very well: "El Salvador is as big as its people".
Like my predecessors, I was also sent to El Salvador with the mission of supporting the country in reducing social inequality and improving the living conditions of people living in precarious circumstances.. We must promote democracy and the rule of law, conduct an open dialogue on human rights, promote regional integration in Central America and, Of course, bring to life all facets of German-Salvadoran relations.
By last, but no less important, the Ambassador should help ensure that Germans and Salvadorans have a balanced and objective image of each other, an image that describes strengths and potential, but do not hide internal challenges and deficits.
This wide range of tasks is based on the conviction that Germany and El Salvador are part of a community of values that is governed by the aforementioned principles of democracy., Rule of law, human rights and solidarity in the configuration of international politics and social coexistence. They are huge demands, and when one thinks of the relatively modest financial and personal resources available to deal with them, modesty is necessary, if it is a question of taking stock of what one has achieved as an Ambassador during this missionary period. My personal balance looks something like this:
I look back with joy and pride at the many projects that the Embassy has supported throughout the country over the past four years.. Many communities now have access to clean water, we have improved the infrastructure and equipment of local hospitals and schools, our projects in nursing homes have allowed us to make the living conditions of the elderly more dignified, we have built sports fields and training facilities for young people, etc. They were small projects, but projects that made a difference and reinforced my conviction that every step counts, no matter how small.
I also remember the statements I made on human rights issues, such as women's rights regarding sexual reproduction, discrimination against LGBTI persons or the human rights of those deprived of liberty. These are sensitive files, and have sometimes had to accept fierce criticism from those with different points of view, for one or two comments. Such criticism was always welcome. It is normal that we have different opinions on some issues due to our different cultural and social backgrounds. The important thing is that we, "between friends", we can maintain a constructive dialogue, even on controversial issues, and that attention is focused on listening, not in accusations.
What else is there in vivid memory? I witnessed the celebration of 25 anniversary of the signing of the Peace Accords. I was accredited as an electoral observer for the parliamentary and municipal elections of 2018 and for the presidential elections of 2019, and I was pleased to inform Berlin that - unlike other countries in the region- Fair and free elections were generally held in El Salvador and my host country was able to confirm its good democratic reputation.
I have fond memories of the marathon and the cycling race that we launched together with COES, the Cycling Federation and the European Union. I was in the country when Pope Francis canonized Óscar Romero and El Salvador organized a world surfing championship for the first time. And I am happy to inform Berlin that police statistics show a substantial decline in the murder rate for some time. This are good news! And I am pleased to say that my country is one of the largest cooperation partners of El Salvador, thanks to our extensive bilateral commitments, regional, multilateral and EU, and has been for a long time.
But nevertheless, the great gratitude with which I look back on my four-year mission in El Salvador is also mixed with concern. There are events that could give the impression that our community of values is getting into troubled waters. I am thinking above all of the political culture of discussion and dispute that has spread throughout the country.
Political opponents are not perceived as legitimate rivals with whom there is democratic discussion about the best way forward, but as representatives of a "hostile system"; put in the pillory, harassed and threatened on social media. A constructive exchange of arguments hardly takes place anymore, In my opinion.
Instead, freedom of the press and freedom of opinion are apparently perceived as disruptive factors, and malice, hatred and misinformation dominate political exchange, in which there seems to be only one's own truth and the lies of others. The danger is obvious: the radicalization of discourse and thought can be followed by the radicalization of action and the radicalization of democracy.
It fits with this that the "checks and balances", which is the basis of all democracy, is also under pressure. Instead of advocating for the maintenance of balance between executive powers, legislative and judicial - necessary for a democratic community based on the rule of law- , there seems to be a kind of "state of war" between some constitutional bodies.
The well-being of citizens is being eroded and El Salvador's good international reputation for having stable and recognized democratic institutions is being damaged.. This is not a good development. There is no doubt that politics thrives on controversy, in the tough fight for the supposed best alternative. But we must not see politics as a zero-sum game in which one's success depends on the failure of the other party.. In a democracy in which you have to fight for the political majorities, politics, in Bismarck's words, it's the art of compromise.
It is understandable that impatience and frustration grow when majorities are lacking and election campaign promises cannot be fulfilled as quickly as desired.. And impatience is a good thing: for example, the problem of violence in the country, endemic corruption or forced migration of many young people due to lack of economic prospects, are problems whose solution cannot be postponed. But in a democracy, Majorities must be established through dialogue and the capacity for compromise, not through ultimatums or threats.
But nevertheless, relations between Germany and El Salvador are not only based on a community of values. Our countries have also become part of a global community of destination. We are talking about the Covid pandemic 19, who is making great human sacrifices, social and economic on our part.
Many structural problems in our economies are exacerbated by the consequences of the pandemic. Thus, it is even more important that a national dialogue is established to address these challenges, a dialogue that brings together all key stakeholders: politicians, businessmen, unions, civil society and churches.
We hope that the precautions taken will take effect, that the number of infections decreases sustainably and that smart scientists will soon have developed an effective vaccine. After, It will try to help countries that, like El Salvador, are particularly affected by the consequences of the pandemic. I am sure that Germany will contribute to this to the best of its ability..
One last thought that has occurred to me over and over during my four years in El Salvador: El Salvador is the only country in the world that bears the name of the Redeemer. And this is, at the end of my mission, once again my wish for this wonderful country and its wonderful people: may El Salvador be saved – Saved from social inequality and deep political polarization, saved from violence and corruption, saved from the Crown pandemic and its grave humanitarian and economic consequences.
I wish El Salvador a prosperous future and I hope that our countries continue to be partners in values. Good luck, The Savior!".
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Q: C++ code: Logical error in finding the Kinect sensor I want to get depth and RGB data from Kinect V2 by Windows SDK 2.0 in Viual Studio 2013. So I write these codes:
#include <Kinect.h>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

const int width = 512;
const int height = 424;
const int colorwidth = 1920;
const int colorheight = 1080;

// Kinect Variables
IKinectSensor* sensor;             // Kinect sensor
IMultiSourceFrameReader* reader;   // Kinect data source
ICoordinateMapper* mapper;
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {

if (FAILED(GetDefaultKinectSensor(&sensor))) {
    printf("not found sensor");
    getchar();
    return -100;
}
if (sensor) {
    sensor->get_CoordinateMapper(&mapper);

    sensor->Open();
    sensor->OpenMultiSourceFrameReader(
        FrameSourceTypes::FrameSourceTypes_Depth | FrameSourceTypes::FrameSourceTypes_Color,
        &reader);
    IMultiSourceFrame* framesource;

    cout << "Find!!!";
    getchar();
    return 100;
}
else {
    return -100;
}
getchar();
return 10;
}

Logically, when I do not plug Kinect sensor to my Laptop, in Console should be printed: "not found sensor",isn't it? But, in console printed: "Find!!!". what is the problem?

A: No, Since SDK v2, You can debug an application by using KinectStudio, even without a physical kinect is connected to the system. If you want to check whether the actual Kinect is connected, you need to use IsAvailable property of the sensor itself. GetDefaultKinectSensor will always give you S_OK unless you have runtime or installation issues. GetDefaultKinectSensor won't check whether is this stream comes from actual physical kinect sensor or from KinectStudio.
The following is a code snippet from my project. If you want more examples about Kinect, please refer my project in github https://github.com/shanilfernando/VRInteraction or comment here. I'm more than happy to help you.
 HRESULT CDepthBasics::InitializeDefaultSensor()
    {
        HRESULT hr;

        hr = GetDefaultKinectSensor(&m_pKinectSensor);
        if (FAILED(hr))
        {
            return hr;
        }

        if (m_pKinectSensor)
        {
            if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
            {
                hr = m_pKinectSensor->get_CoordinateMapper(&m_pCoordinateMapper);
            }
            if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
            {
                hr = m_pKinectSensor->Open();
            }

            if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
            {
                hr = m_pKinectSensor->OpenMultiSourceFrameReader(
                    FrameSourceTypes::FrameSourceTypes_Depth | FrameSourceTypes::FrameSourceTypes_Color | FrameSourceTypes::FrameSourceTypes_Body | FrameSourceTypes::FrameSourceTypes_BodyIndex,
                    &m_pMultiSourceFrameReader);
            }

        }

        if (!m_pKinectSensor || FAILED(hr))
        {
            std::cout << "No ready Kinect found!" << std::endl;
            return E_FAIL;
        }
        else
        {
            std::cout << "Kinect found!" << std::endl;
        }

        return hr;
    }

https://github.com/shanilfernando/VRInteraction/blob/master/DepthBasics.cpp
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I didn't use IsAvailable since it doesn't matter for me where that stream comes from. Sometimes I used KinectStudio to get the streams while Kinect is not with me. I said GetDefaultKinectSensor will return S_OK unless you have runtime or installation issues, I did NOT said GetDefaultKinectSensor will always give you a valid m_pKinectSensor. Since we don't have access to the implementation of the GetDefaultKinectSensor and as a good practice, it is better to check it null or not before using it. This is the official answer for your question from the Microsoft

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local cuda = false
require 'oxnn'
if cuda then oxnn.InitCuda() end

-- We implement a simple LSTM
--
-- Predict  B       C
--          ^       ^
--          |       |
-- init -> Cell -> Cell -> Cell -> representation
--          ^       ^       ^
--          |       |       |
--          A       B       C

lookuptable = nn.Sequential():add(nn.LookupTable(10, 128))
                             :add(nn.SplitTable(2))
recurrent = oxnn.ModelUtil.LSTMCell12cl(128, true)
output = nn.Sequential():add(nn.Linear(128, 10))
                        :add(oxnn.LogSoftMaxInplace(true,true))
criterion = oxnn.CriterionTable(nn.ClassNLLCriterion())
targets = nn.Sequential():add(nn.SplitTable(2))

rp = oxnn.RecurrentPropagator()
rp, mod_lt = rp:add(lookuptable)  -- modifies rp inplace
rp, mod_rec = rp:add(recurrent)
rp, mod_out = rp:add(output)
rp, mod_crit = rp:add(criterion)
rp, mod_targ = rp:add(targets)

rp._cg = function(batch, type)
   -- This function creates a computation graph for the given batch (i.e.
   -- input); it is called for each input. The modules are not executed during
   -- the run of this function.  type is the last type we used to type the
   -- RecurrentPropagator with.

   local edges = {}                                 -- the edges of the CG
   local r = oxnn.RPUtil.CGUtil(edges)              -- helper functions

   -- We will assume the batch has the same format as above example, but for one
   -- layer.
   local len = batch[2]:size(2)

   -- The outputs are stored in virtual stacks. We create a stack. The string
   -- argument shows only when debugging.
   -- (For debugging set RecurrentPropagator.debug to 1 or 3.
   --
   -- When storing we need specify the index, where inputs[1] would be the top
   -- of the stack.
   local inputs = r.S('inputs')
   -- Add the first edge to the edges table.
   r.E { r.i(2), mod_lt, inputs[{len,1}] }
   -- Output of the lookuptable is a table with input for each time step.
   -- inputs[{len,1}] is equivalent to {inputs[len],inputs[len-1]...inputs[1]}.
   -- (Note that we can store only at the top of the stack, however, when we are
   -- storing multiple values, we need to index them with contiguous decreasing
   -- indices up to 1. This is so that on backward pass we can reverse graph.)
   --
   -- Inputs from the batch are accessed similarly. The elements of the input
   -- table correspond the r.i(1), r.i(2),... Each input is regarded also as a
   -- stack and needs to be indexed, e.g. r.i(1)[2]; except in a special case
   -- when batch[j] is a tensor, then we can use simply r.i(j), as we did above.

   local rec_state = r.S('rec_state')
   r.E { r.i(1)[1], nn.Identity(), rec_state[1] }  -- initial LSTM state
   -- As a module in an edge we usually use the module string returned when
   -- adding a module to the RecurrentPropagator (here mod_lt,...); we can
   -- also use a new module, but this module is created anew for each batch, and
   -- it's particularly bad if it allocates memory. This is not an issue with
   -- nn.Identity().

   local outputs = r.S('outputs')
   for i=len,1,-1 do
      r.E { { rec_state[1], inputs[i] },
            mod_rec,
            { rec_state[1], outputs[1] } }
      -- Each time mod_rec is used, a clone that shares the parameters of the
      -- original is used (and reused for subsequent batches).
      -- We take the appropriate input and store the output on the top of the
      -- stack. Note that rec_state[1] on both input and output is a table of
      -- two elements: h and c (hidden layers of the LSTM).
   end

   local after_out = r.S('after_out')
   for i=len,2,-1 do
      r.E { outputs[i], mod_out, after_out[1] }
   end

   local targets_all = r.S('targets_all')
   -- To demonstrate r.Split
   r.E { r.i(2), mod_targ, targets_all[1] }
   local targets = r.Split(targets_all[1], len)
   -- this is equivalent to
   -- r.E { targets_all[1], nn.Identity(), targets[{len,1}] }
   -- where targets is a new stack. We could have "saved" to multiple stack
   -- places directly.

   local losses = r.S('loss')
   --target of ouput of first time step (after_out[len-1]) is the input of
   --second timestep(target[len-1]), and so forth
   for i=len-1,1,-1 do
      r.E { { after_out[i], targets[i] },
            mod_crit,
            losses[1] }
   end

   -- Some of the computed values are not used and expect a gradient flowing
   -- back so we put zero loss on them. The only module allowed without a
   -- gradient flowing back is oxnn.CriterionTable .
   r.E { {outputs[1],nil}, oxnn.CriterionTable(oxnn.ZeroLoss()), r.S('0')[1] }
   r.E { {rec_state[1],nil}, oxnn.CriterionTable(oxnn.ZeroLoss()), r.S('0')[1] }
   r.E { {targets[len],nil}, oxnn.CriterionTable(oxnn.ZeroLoss()), r.S('0')[1] }
   -- Ideally, we would add the above modules to the RecurrentPropagator since
   -- they allocate memory; this way they do it for each batch.

   local lengths = {}
   for i=1,batch[2]:size(1) do table.insert(lengths, len) end
   r.E { {losses[{len-1,1}], nil},  -- table of table of losses since
                                    -- CriterionTable expects a table.
         oxnn.CriterionTable(oxnn.SumLosses(true, lengths)),  -- sum the losses
                                                              -- and average
         r.S('final output')[1] }
   -- output from RecurrentPropagator is the output of the last edge/module.

   return edges
end

-- batch of 2 sequences of lengths 4 and 4
input = { { { torch.zeros(2,128), torch.zeros(2,128) } },
          torch.Tensor{ { 1, 7, 9, 8 },   -- sentence 1
                        { 2, 3, 5, 6 } }, -- sentence 2
          { 4, 3 }  -- sentence lengths
        }

if cuda then
   rp:cuda()
   input[1][1][1] = input[1][1][2]:cuda()
   input[1][1][2] = input[1][1][2]:cuda()
   input[2] = input[2]:cuda()
end

print(rp:forward(input))
print(rp:backward(input, 0))  -- 0 since output if only a number and the loss
                              -- does not require a gradient.

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Roland Garros: Defeat for Ivo Karlović
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PARIS, 23 September 2020 – Croatian tennis player Ivo Karlović has failed to qualify for the 2020 French Open.
The 41-year-old was beaten in the second round of qualifying by 24-year-old Frenchman Benjamin Bonzi 6-3, 7-6 after one hour and twenty minutes on court.
The 2020 French Open will take place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris from 27 September to 11 October. It was originally to be scheduled from 24 May to 7 June, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was then first moved to 20 September to 4 October, was later moved back a week further.
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Top Democrat tells House to draft Trump impeachment articles
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told congressional leaders Thursday to draft articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, saying the president's abuse of power "leaves us no choice but to act."
By asking the House Judiciary Committee chairman to draw up the charges, Pelosi, the top congressional Democrat, signalled that a formal impeachment process against the 45th president is all but assured.
With a majority of members in the Democratic-controlled chamber already signalling their intent to back the deeply divisive procedure, Trump is likely to become just the third president in US history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. "Sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our founders and a heart full of love for America, today I am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment," Pelosi said in a short, somber televised statement. Trump "has engaged in abuse of power, undermined our national security and jeopardized the integrity of our elections," she said, adding that "the president leaves us no choice but to act." Pelosi did not announce the charges, but Trump could face impeachment for bribery, abuse of power, obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice.
Trump 'abused his power'
She said that "the president abused his power for his own political benefit at the expense of our national security" by withholding military aid to Ukraine and a White House meeting in exchange for Kiev's commitment to investigate Trump's political rival Joe Biden.
"If we allow a president to be above the law, we do so surely at the peril of our republic," she added.
Trump's chief spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham shot back instantly, saying Democrats should be "ashamed" after pulling the trigger on impeachment.
Minutes earlier Trump goaded his Democrat opponents, saying that if they wanted to impeach him they should press ahead now so that he can have a "fair trial" in the Senate, where his Republican Party holds power.


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A Late-September car accident in Newnan resulted in the hospitalization of two people.
On the afternoon of September 24th at about 4:30 p.m., a Jeep Wrangler and a Nissan Titan were both heading south on Corinth Road near Millard Farmer Road.
The Wrangler began slowing down to turn, a move that the driver of the Nissan failed to notice.
The driver of the Titan rear-ended the Wrangler, shoving it onto the east shoulder. The Wrangler then struck two traffic signs and overturned.
The Titan did not emerge unscathed. It traveled to the east shoulder and struck a tree before bouncing backwards.
39-year-old Harry Davis, the driver of the Titan, had not been wearing a seatbelt. He suffered injury when he struck his head on the windshield of the vehicle. Fire and EMS workers helped him from the wreckage.
He was transported by ground to Atlanta Medical Center.
39-year-old Melinda Surfus was the driver of the Jeep Wrangler. She is from Fayetteville and was also taken to Atlanta Medical Center.
According to witnesses, Surfus was stable and speaking to first responders at the scene of the accident. Her condition after being transported was unknown.
Davis is facing charges of following too closely as well as distracted driving and failure to wear a seatbelt.
Authorities have ruled out alcohol as a factor in the accident. The accident still remains under investigation.
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Today Sacramento Steps Forward released the results of their homelessness Point-In-Time count, which we took part in during our documentary on homelessness in Sacramento.
Of those, 2,052 people are unsheltered, that's 85 percent more people than in 2015.
The grim rundown of numbers continued. Nearly a third, 31 percent, of homeless people in our area are critically homeless, meaning they endure prolonged homelessness of over a year while also suffering from a disability.


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Bulletin Board, Wednesday, Dec. 5
By Cindy Kent
Mark your calendar and save the date for upcoming events in South Florida.
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South Florida — Stay up to date with local Bulletin Board listings of upcoming public events featuring a roundup of what's happening in South Florida this week. Events are subject to change. Please check with venue.
Delray Alliance meeting, 9 a.m. at South County Civic Center, 16700 Jog Road, Delray Beach. 561-859-3383.
Dr. Robert Watson Lecture, 10 a.m., JCC Boynton Beach. Topic: HAMILTON: The Man, the Myth, the Musical…Mensch. Hear about the intriguing life of the great Founding Father, including his Jewish roots and close relationship with the Revolutionary-era Jewish community in America and the backstory behind the scenes in the hit Broadway musical. $18-$22. JCConline.com/artsandculture or 877-318-0071.
Shark Feeding, 10:30 a.m.; 1:30 p.m., Sandoway Discovery Center, 142 South Ocean Blvd., Delray Beach. Daily shark feeding, in the center's 15,000-gallon shark tank. 561-274-7263.
Bingo,1-3 p.m., Volen Center 1515 W. Palmetto Park Road, Boca Raton. 561-395-8920.
Family Fun Night, 5 p.m., Stirling Road Branch Library, 3151 Stirling Road, Fort Lauderdale. Activities for the whole family: board games, drawing, watching movies or reading books to learn about the world! 954-357-7533.
Holiday Lighting Festival, 6 p.m., Tamarac Community Center, 8601 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac. Free event includes a Christmas tree and menorah lighting, a holiday concert featuring Tamarac's school music programs, a special appearance by Santa Claus and children's entertainment. tamarac.org 954-597-3620.
Depression and Bipolar Support Group, 6-7:30 p.m., Skolnick Community Center, 800 SW 36th Ave., Pompano Beach. 561-714-9818, dbsasouthflorida.org
48th Holiday Street Parade, 7:30 p.m., Mizner Park Amphitheater, Federal Highway and SE 5th Street, traveling north to the Mizner Park Amphitheater, Boca Raton. More than 70 floats and groups will entertain viewers. 561-393-7995.
Tap Dancing Through Auschwitz, 7:30 p.m., Boca Black Box, 8221 Glades Road, Boca Raton. The coming of age story follows five high school seniors as they visit the infamous concentration camp. The play is based on Boca Raton playwright Tyler Ellman's own personal experience while on 2013's March of the Living trip. 561-483-9036.
Grief Support Group, 2:30-4 p.m., the Association for Community Counseling, 4731 W. Atlantic Ave., B13, Delray Beach. Free intake. 561-638-0908.
Depression and Bipolar Support Group, 6-7:30 p.m. at Tamarac Community Center, 8601 W. Commercial Blvd., Tamarac. 954-224-5218, dbsasouthflorida.org
Artist reception, 6 p.m., Coral Springs Museum of Art (2855A Coral Springs Drive, Coral Springs. Featuring three artists; abstract artist Sally Cooper, fine artist Alvaro Labañino and artist Elizabeth Thompson. Free. bit.ly/CSMOADec18 954-340-5000.
Jewish Women's Foundation of the Greater Palm Beaches is accepting applications for its 2019 Class of Young Leaders Society, made up of women aged 25-40. YLS members come together to develop leadership skills and support the local community with like-minded young women through a variety of events and initiatives. Application deadline is Jan. 20, 2019. Visit jwfpalmbeach.org/young-leaders-society.


TOSR141 Bluetooth Relay kit supports both Android and iOS and it has password. It's a convenient and easy-to-use product that can be used to control any electrical equipment. You may wish to pair with a mobile phone or a computer (etc). Open the APP->Connect Device, use your phone to search for a new Bluetooth device. The module will appear as "BT Bee-BLE"(iOS) or "BT Bee-EDR"(Android). Connect it, and then you can control the relay's ON/OFF. The communication way also can be changed easily. Remove the Bluetooth Bee module instead with a WiFiBee, then it becomes a WIFI relay.
TOSR141 is an upgraded version of TOSR04. It supports password. It can be set to latching or momentary outputs. TOSR141 allows computer to control the switching of external devices by using the USB port of your computer. It also has a wireless extension port and can work with Xbee or BluetoothBee or WiFibee Module, so you can control your device via zigbee or Bluetooth or WiFi!
The TOSR141 provides one DS18B20 temperature sensor port and four volt free contact relay outputs with a current rating of up to 10Amp each. The module is powered from a 5VDC power supply (or USB). The DC input jack is 2.1mm with positive core polarity. The relays are SPDT type. If you want to power it with DC12V or 24V, you just need a 12V/24V-5V DC converter.
Note: Please remove the Bluetooth module when you use USB connection.
If you use DC Power, the input voltage should be DC5V.
The TOSR141 module uses FT232RL USB to UART chip. Before using the TOSR141 you will need to download the FT232RL Driver.
Connect the TOSR141 and windows will detect it and ask for the drivers. Point windows to the inf folder and it will install the driver.
The TOSR141 will now appear as a com port.
The TOSR141 operates with an easy-to-use command set as described in the table shown in the product images.
To get the TOSR141 up and running in the minimum amount of time we have put together an example program to demonstrate the functionality of the module.


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Paličevje je navpični ali vodoravni element, ki tvori delitev med enotami okna ali zaslona ali se uporablja dekorativno. Pri razdelitvi sosednjih okenskih enot je njihov primarni namen stalna podpora zasteklitvi okna. Njihov sekundarni namen je zagotoviti strukturno podporo za lok ali preklado nad odprtino okna. Vodoravni elementi, ki ločujejo zgornji del vrat od zgornjega okna, so oboje, podboj in horizontalna palica in se imenujejo prečnik.

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V armenski, saksonski in islamski arhitekturi so se pred 10. stoletjem uporabljali kamnito paličevje. Postali so skupna in modna arhitekturna značilnost po vsej Evropi v romanski arhitekturi, s parnimi okni deljenimi s paličevjem, ki je postavljeno pod en sam lok. Ista strukturna oblika je bila uporabljena za odprte arkade, pa tudi okna in je v galerijah in križnih hodnikih.

V gotski arhitekturi so postala okna večja, zato so uporabljali več palic in odprtin, tako za strukturo kot okras. To še posebej velja za gotske cerkve, v katerih so vitraji vstavljeni v kamen in marmor in ločeni s paličevjem. Okna preprostejše oblike so se še naprej uporabljala v renesansi in različnih neo- slogih. Italijanska okna z eno samo oalico, ki delijo okno na dva enaka elementa, imenujemo bifora ali vzporedna italijanska okna.

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Paličevje je lahko narejeno iz katerega koli materiala, vendar sta les in aluminij najpogostejša, čeprav se steklo uporablja tudi med okni. I. M. Pei je v svoji zasnovi letališča JFK Airport Terminal 6 (National Airlines Sundrome), ki je takrat bil brez primere, uporabil vse steklene palice.

Palice so navpični elementi in se pogosto zamenjujejo s prečniki, ki ležijo vodoravno. V amerikanščini se beseda tudi zamenja z muntin (glazing bar - 'zastekljeno paličevje' v angleščini), ki je natančna beseda za zelo majhne trakove lesa ali kovine, ki delijo krilo v manjše steklene "plošče".

Paličevje deluje kot strukturni člen, v večini primerov pa prenese vetrne obremenitve in težo zasteklitve iz zgornje ravni v spodnjo strukturo. Čeprav v primeru obešene fasade, paličevje podpira samo težo prečnika, stekla in nameščenih zračnih odprtin. Tudi v primeru obešene fasade se lahko težo zasteklitve podpre od zgoraj (s tem, da struktura lahko sprejme potrebne obremenitve), zato je paličevje pod napetostjo namesto pritiskom.

Ko je bila sredi devetnajstega stoletja zaželena zelo velika zastekljena površina, na primer  velika okna v gotskih cerkvah ali elizabetinskih palačah, so bile odprtine obvezno razdeljene v okvir paličevja in prečnikov, pogosto iz kamna. Poleg tega je bilo treba vsako zastekljeno ploščo ali okensko krilo nadalje razčleniti s palicami ali svinčevim trakom, ker so bila velika stekla rezervirana predvsem za uporabo kot ogledala.

V tradicionalnih modelih danes se paličevje in prečniki običajno uporabljajo v kombinaciji z delitvijo okna in vrat pri zasteklitvi verande ali drugih velikih območij.

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For one Native American tribe, the money's not in the casino anymore. Patents are the future.
On Friday, drugmaker Allergan Plc said it would transfer intellectual property on a blockbuster drug to the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, in order to avoid attacks on the medicine's patents. For the tribe, it's a new revenue stream that could lead to more down the road.
"Our options beyond the casino are few and far between so an opportunity like this is attractive to us, because we have a lot of unmet needs for our community," said Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe's general counsel Dale White. The agreement will pay the tribe $13.75 million, plus $15 million a year in annual revenues, according to Allergan.
There are 13,000 Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe members nationwide, and they own a six-mile-by-six-mile square piece of land in a sparsely populated part of upstate New York. The Akwesasne Mohawk Casino Resort, is one of the tribe's main sources of revenue. It's open 24 hours a day, has 1,600 slot machines, 30 table games and a poker room, according to the website.
Restasis's patents are under attack on two fronts, and moving the rights may shield them on one side. Last year, the drug — which treats chronic dry eye — brought in $1.49 billion in sales.
"I would expect it creates a playbook for other cases down the road both for us and for others," Bob Bailey, Allergan's chief legal officer, said of the agreement with the tribe.
Shares of Allergan, which is based in the U.S., ended Friday up 2.5 percent.
There's a legal basis for the strategy. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently ruled in two cases that state-university-owned patents aren't subject to the review process because states have sovereign immunity. In those cases, however, the university was the original owner of the patents.
Drugmakers have been looking for any way they can to hold onto revenue. Several top pharmaceutical companies have recently reported slowing sales and shrinking profits due to the loss of exclusivity for top-selling medications, and the Trump administration has said it wants to drive down drug prices. At the same time, attacks on drug patents have been made easier under the patent office's recently created fast-track legal review process.
Allergan said it had been approached by the tribe with what it called a "sophisticated opportunity to strengthen the defense" of Restatis's patents, which have been challenged under a process called inter partes review, or IPR.
Drugmakers have long railed against the IPR process, which enables challenges before the patent board, because it means they have to defend their patents against assaults in two different forums. They have to win in both the court and before the agency.
Mylan NV has filed petitions with the patent office to challenge Allergan's patents under the IPR process. The agency previously determined that Mylan has established a "reasonable likelihood" of winning its arguments that the patents are invalid, though a hearing on the case is scheduled for next week in Alexandria, Virginia.
By transferring ownership to the tribe, Allergan can try to limit its legal battle to the courts, where it's harder to invalidate patents because of a more stringent legal standard.
"The way I think about this is what we're doing here today is to really allow Allergan to focus the defense of the Restasis patent in the federal court system and avoid the double jeopardy of the IPR system," Allergan Chief Executive Officer Brent Saunders said in an interview.
Success for Allergan's deal with the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe would open a whole host of questions for the patent-review process, which was set up under a 2011 law. Tech companies are the biggest users of the system, intended as a lower-cost way to resolve patent disputes.
The tribe is ready, if they do. White, the lawyer, said the tribe will work with Shore Chan DePumpo, a law firm that helped vet the Allergan deal.


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Q: Distribution empirical in R I have a vector of observations and would like to obtain an empirical p value of each obervation with R. I don't know the underlying distribution, and what I currently do is just
runif(100,0,1000)->ay
quantile(ay)

However, that does not really give me a p-value. How can I obtain a p-value empirically?

A: I think this is what you're looking for:
rank(ay)/length(ay)

A: I think what you want is the ecdf function.  This returns an empirical cumulative distribution function, which you can apply directly
ay <- runif(100)
aycdf <- ecdf(ay)

And then
> aycdf(c(.1, .5, .7))
[1] 0.09 0.51 0.73