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USC and UCLA basketball are eager to ring in new season
Andy Enfield
Ben Bolch
October 5, 2021, 10:54 PM ·3 min read
USC coach Andy Enfield talks to guard Tahj Eaddy during a game last season.. (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)
The festivities couldn't start without the ringbearers.
Speaking first before a gathering of Southern California college basketball coaches was USC's Andy Enfield, whose team soon will receive rings to commemorate the second Elite Eight appearance in the modern era in school history.
Going last was UCLA assistant coach Rod Palmer, whose team has tried on its rings after an unexpected run to the Final Four.
Neither team considers its jewelry collection complete.
UCLA is a national-title contender after bringing back not just every starter but every player who appeared in its epic national semifinal loss to Gonzaga.
USC possesses what Enfield called the deepest team in his nine seasons at the school.
"We have 13 scholarship players," Enfield told the crowd Tuesday at the Southern California Basketball Coaches Tip-off Luncheon inside the Los Angeles Athletic Club, "and they all can play."
A bigger question: Can they make up for the loss of Evan Mobley, the third pick in the NBA draft? Enfield said Isaiah Mobley, Evan's older brother, had developed into what he considered the best defensive big man in the Pac-12 Conference.
Seniors Chevez Goodwin and Isaiah White are back in addition to juniors Max Agbonkpolo and Ethan Anderson. Transfers Josh Morgan and Boogie Ellis should be immediate contributors.
"Boogie is an elite, dynamic scorer," Enfield said of the 6-foot-3 guard who averaged 10.2 points per game last season at Memphis, "and he'll be fun to watch."
Enfield has dominated the rivalry with UCLA counterpart Mick Cronin, who was unable to attend the luncheon because of a schedule conflict, going 4-0 in head-to-head games, including two victories on last-second shots.
A city title isn't the goal, of course.
"We obviously enjoy those rivalry games," Enfield told The Times before the start of the event, "but we have our eye on the bigger picture, and that is to compete for the Pac-12 championship as well as make the NCAA tournament and compete for a national championship."
The same expectations apply across town. Palmer said his boss, known as a defensive mastermind, was pushing his players to fix perhaps the one area in which they have been deficient.
"Listening to one of our practices," Palmer said, "you'll hear Coach Cronin say we were the 70th-ranked defensive team in the country last year, so you can imagine how much emphasis he's putting on our team playing defense."
The luncheon included the requisite COVID-19 jokes — "I wouldn't recognize her without her mask on," Long Beach State coach Dan Monson said of his wife — as well as a tearful tribute to Nan Wooden, the daughter of UCLA coach John Wooden who died last month, from Craig Impelman, John Wooden's grandson-in-law.
Predictably, there was more upbeat talk at a time when every team is unbeaten. Loyola Marymount coach Stan Johnson said a team that returned all five starters and landed three high-level transfers could be on the verge of the school's first NCAA tournament berth since 1990.
That was when the Lions were in the national spotlight upon the death of Hank Gathers and a resulting Elite Eight run that featured Bo Kimble shooting free throws left-handed in appreciation of his late teammate.
Another emerging story line involved UC Riverside coach Mike Magpayo, a former commercial banker and John Wooden aficionado whose opening line underscored his history-making heritage.
"My name is Mike Magpayo," he said. "I'm not sure y'all know this, I'm the first Asian head coach in Division I basketball history."
Mike Magpayo, racial pioneer.
Has a nice ring to it.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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After 18 exciting weeks, the 2022 NFL Playoffs are finally here kicking off with six wild card weekend match-ups that you won't want to miss starting on Saturday, January 15. First, on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock, the Las Vegas Raiders (#5) will head to Ohio to battle it out with
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Sir Isaac Newton could easily be considered one of the greatest minds in history. He was an all around genius. He was a mathematician, a natural philosopher, an inventor, and an English physicist. Some of the phenomenal things he did include studying how light reacts to reflection, formulating laws of universal gravitation and motion, and built the first ever reflecting telescope.
In 1642 Isaac Newton was born into a very poor farming family inWoolsthorpe, England. When he was very young, his grandma took over and raised him. During this time, he and his grandma lived with a man who took Newton under his wing. There Newton discovered his love for chemical operations. Even thought Newton was terrible at grammar and school in general, (at his school in a nearby town) he excelled when it came to using his hands. He made sundials, model windmills, a water clock, a mechanical carriage, and flew kites with lanterns attached to their tails. At only 14, Newton's mother had taken him out of school to continue the family farming. Since his father died before he was even born, Newton didn't have much of a father figure to help teach him how to farm properly. Even though he was great with his hands, he was horrible at farming. His ex-teacher had found him to be a diamond in the ruff. The family was then persuaded to let him go to the University of Cambridge to study to become a preacher. He was accepted into Cambridge in the year of 1161. His studies included arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, astronomy, and optics. One of Newton's professors was Isaac Barrow. The two of them clicked. Barrow could see Newton's desire for learning. Thus he challenged him with great passion.
When Newton was 23 he had already received his bachelor's degree. Just that year, 1665, the very deadly bubonic plague a.k.a. the Black Death had hit. Newton was forced to leave Cambridge. He had returned back to his home town of Woolsthorpe. He stayed there for two years to do independent studies. This is what started Newton to study the things he is known for by today. In some sick and twisted way, the Black Death could be considered a good thing. In the sense that if it had never happened, then we might never have laws of gravity. While at home he made great...
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In 2010, Steve Jobs infamously sat in a comfy leather chair and slowly went through the features of the original iPad. As Jobs walked us through the Photos app, browsing the web in mobile Safari, and sending emails, one question loomed: How much will it cost?
Pundits and analyst predictions ranged anywhere from $400 to $1,000, with the majority of guesses being on the higher end.
Ultimately, Apple priced the original iPad at $499 for the entry model. It was a price point that surprised nearly everyone.
Over the past seven years, Apple has released numerous models, ranging from a smaller iPad to a tablet aimed at replacing most consumers' laptops.
Despite creating different iPad models, each one aimed at a different type of user, Apple has struggled to move the needle in the right direction for its tablet lineup. Apple's iPad sales continue to struggle, all the while CEO Tim Cook has continued to profess his excitement for the iPad line and its success.
One of the problems Apple has faced with the iPad is a lack of incentive for users to upgrade. When older iPads continue to work well enough, users don't need to update existing devices.
Another problem has been that Android tablets are often priced well below the entry level model iPad or iPad Mini and have offered a cheaper alternative to the premium iPad line.
Then, in March, Apple announced a new model, referred to only as iPad. Without any extra names or numbers, it's priced at $329. There are two models, one with 32GB of storage and another with 128GB, and there's only $100 separating the two.
Before you look at the spec sheet, the price alone makes it clear Apple is targeting new customers, enticing old customers to upgrade, and trying to regain a place in the education sector for its tablet.
But price alone isn't going to turn iPad sales around. Apple needs to deliver a product that offers value in return. After using the newest iPad for the past week, it's clear the company did just that.
Size: 9.4 x 6.6 x 0.29 inches, 1.03 pounds.
Connectivity: Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac), Bluetooth 4.2, optional Cellular model.
For the past year, we've listened and watched as Apple touted the iPad Pro lineup as a means to the end of the laptop. Well, for some, at least.
So, when Apple announced a new iPad, it was reasonable to expect some of the iPad Pro features to trickle down to the entry-level iPad.
However, with the iPad, Apple decided to borrow some aspects — such as a brighter display, complete with the P3 color gamut — while leaving others, such as Apple Pencil support or using its True Tone display tech, to the Pro line.
The iPad Pro's Smart Connector is also absent, but users can still use external keyboards with the iPad — albeit keyboards that rely on Bluetooth.
Aesthetically, the iPad more closely resembles the iPad Air 2, which is now retired. The iPad is slightly thicker, due to a bigger battery. Cases you own for the iPad Air 2 may or may not work with the new iPad due to the added thickness. Apple also moved the magnets case makers relied on to hold a cover in place with the new iPad, which could also lead to issues with earlier cases fitting the latest model.
Outside of a couple of slight changes to the size of the device, you'd be hard-pressed to tell the difference between the iPad Air 2 and iPad. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Familiarity with the layout, size, and looks of a device can be a key selling point for education users who deal with small kids and have already invested in accessories for a device, as well as for those who are often intimidated by new technology.
Inside the iPad is the same processor found in the iPhone 6S lineup, Apple's A9 processor. It's an older processor, sure, but it's faster than the A8X in the iPad Air 2 and offers improved energy performance, IPS image processing, and enhanced graphical performance.
I replaced my 12-inch iPad Pro with the new iPad during my testing and have zero complaints about its speed or performance. I enjoyed the portability and ease of handling the smaller form factor so much so that I ever so briefly contemplated selling my iPad Pro.
The iPad's battery life was enough to get through a typical workday of using it to read news articles, catch up on email, and browse Facebook. Standby continues to remain impressive, with the battery only seeing minor depletion as it sits idle.
With a nearly identical design and upgraded internals, there's not a feature that sets the iPad apart from the competition, as is often the case with smartphones.
Instead, the iPad's differentiator is the sheer number and quality of apps optimized for Apple's tablet lineup. Right now, Apple touts 1.3 million apps in the App Store built specifically for the larger screened devices.
In comparison, the biggest problem Android tablets face is the lack of dedicated tablet apps in the Play Store. Most Android apps are larger versions of the phone app, and that dynamic leads to a frustrating experience.
After unboxing the new iPad and setting it up, I remarked, somewhat under my breath, that this particular iPad is priced below its worth.
As someone who has, at times, completely replaced my laptop or desktop Macs with an iPad (both the iPad Air 2 and iPad Pro), it's exciting to me that a tablet that can do so much and yet cost so little.
Is it enough to turn the iPad ship around? Only time will tell.
I can say that those who are still holding on to an older iPad, many of which are too old to run iOS 10, as well as those who have never owned an iPad due to the entry cost, there's no better tablet you can buy for $329.


What makes your customers tick? Why do they behave the way they do? And how do they like to buy? The answers to those questions are your key to success.
We may be lab geeks; we always keep a sharp eye on the world and the people in it. This allows us to discover trends early and anticipate them with tailored products. We gladly share this knowledge with you, so you can improve your textiles and sell quality fabrics you can be proud of. Let's dive into 5 megatrends and the chances they create for your business.
We live in an exciting but stressful era. The internet has blurred the lines between social and private time, causing people to search for ways to get away from the ongoing message flows. Textiles can help them get more relaxed and find Zen. Here's why.
People spend more time on their psychological and physical wellbeing, and with right. Parents with fulltime jobs, three kids, two dogs and a social life are no exception to the rule. Yoga and meditation have become the ultimate way to relax and let go of work schedules and stress. And as is the case with every trend, aesthetics form an important element of the matching outfits. As a result, more and more customers ask for yogawear that is pretty, breathable and performance-enhancing.
The wellbeing trend also includes the growing popularity of special textile functionalities, such as scenting finishes that add a fragrance to a shirt or other piece of clothing. Additionally, there're boosting aroma finishes with coffee and lavender that help the user to focus or relax. The superlative of these so-called smart textiles involves finishes with encapsulated crèmes or minerals that are being released during movements, to improve the condition of the skin and to optimise the energy level.
Wellbeing and textiles go hand in hand, as the way people feel is highly influenced by the way they dress. By adding second and third functions to your products, you give your customers just what they need in their moment of peace and quiet. And as there're so many ways to add value to textiles, the sky is your limit. When combined with digital printing techniques, for example, you create multi-coloured yogawear that is calming, ventilating, supporting and smells like your favourite perfume.
Health has gone mainstream. Everywhere we turn, there's people telling us what to do and what to eat to stay fit. With today's technologies, your textiles can play an important role in this global trend. Here's why.
When you go out on the street, chances are high you're being overtaken by all kinds of sports enthusiasts. People no longer work out because their partners told them to; they actually feel like it. Sports have become an art form and are part of the healthy lifestyle all of your customers pursue. The times they put on sweat pants and sneakers are over, though. Today, sports can't go without the newest running gear, the best footwear and the smartest technology.
At the same time, people get older. Many people over 65 have problems with balance and movement and suffer from age-related diseases like stiff muscles and joints. As they still want to live an independent life, there is an increasing demand for smart textiles that help them keep their balance and prevent them from falling or slipping. This adaptive wear should be soft, lightweight and fashionable at the same time.
Both health trends have spurred the development of technical marvels that support people in their sports activities and daily lives. This goes beyond smart watches and supporting shoes. Smart textiles, or performance textiles, have become an important influencer of the way your customers move. They keep them warm but ventilated and sometimes even release active ingredients to the body to optimise blood circulation and energy flows. We see an increase of these smart textiles with second, third, or even more functions and happily join the trend ourselves.
Soldiers need special clothing that is flexible, waterproof and insect repellent. But they're not the only ones in need of protection. Jobs, many hobbies and even holiday trips get consumers into situations where they need to take extra measures. For these measures, they turn to you.
Textiles play an important part in the safety of your customers, as they take them wherever they go. This has caused a growing interest in products that protect people against all kinds of trouble, like fire, water, chemicals or insects. This demand for extra textile functions can influence your production process, as you will be needing to introduce new finishes and coatings that may not always be compatible with your machinery and fabric types.
At the same time, the government and consumer associations carefully check if products live up to safety standards. These include ISO norms, regulation policies or simple parameters such as "must be safe for outdoor use". If products fail to meet these standards, you risk punishment, reputational damage and a decrease in sales volumes. So, to meet both customer and governmental standards, there is some work to do. Luckily, we have a wide range of products that comply with all standards set by the authorities and your industry segment, that you can use to give your textiles a safety upgrade.
As textiles come in many forms (clothes, tents, uniforms and even car upholstery), there are many ways for textile manufacturers and brands to contribute to the safety of the end-user. Whether your textiles are turned into waterproof and insect repellent military uniforms or flame-resistant tent canvases: all safety functions add value to your products. They enable customers to do their job, make holidaymakers feel secure and make your product range stand out.
Let's not put the environment on the agenda: make it your basic principle instead! Economic growth and natural resources do not exclude each other, but pave the way towards a steady relationship with both the earth and your customer base. Here's why.
Today's customers have many questions. What's in my food? Where do energy suppliers get my energy? How do manufacturers produce my clothes? This curiosity has caused a true green revolution, and influences the way customers select their products. Nature-based products have gained popularity, whereas polluting products and hazardous chemicals are avoided or even banned. This trend is not just customer-driven, though. Companies are just as aware of their ecological impact, and ways to reduce it.
This is great news for the textile industry, as a focus on sustainability boosts the development of better products. It stimulates manufacturers to use eco-friendly products that contribute to a greener planet and help fighting pollution. And although working on a better world is hard work; it also creates chances for your business. When it's sincere, a green, transparent and sustainable corporate strategy builds bridges with customers and helps you turn them into true partners.
As a textile manufacturer, there're many ways to anticipate the sustainability trend. Think about all the finishes, coatings and pre-treatment chemicals you're currently using. Can you replace them with green alternatives? Can you buy highly concentrated products and reduce shipments? Are there ways to make your production processes more efficient and cleaner? At TANATEX, we're big fans of natural resources and happily include them in as many products as possible. We use minerals, clay and water-based products that help make your production processes eco-friendlier while reducing waste.
Industry winners have many secrets, but quality isn't one of them. Quality is visible, provable and speaks for itself. Want to find the way to the hearts of your customers? Then simply be the best they can get. Here's how.
In this world full of options, people can buy where and whenever they want, and switch suppliers easily. The internet makes it easy to shop worldwide, making it hard to stand out and build a strong customer relationship. This applies to both textile managers and brand managers, who are just as surrounded by other companies selling seemingly comparable products. You can fight competition with clever marketing, but in the end, customers will judge you based on outcome, and the way you deliver on your promises.
Your direct customers are focused on selling the very best products, for which they need top-shelf textiles that are tailored to their specific needs. So, if you want to offer quality, you need to know who you're selling to. Who are your customers? What are their biggest headaches and what makes them run faster? To which types of end-users do they sell? If you're able to produce textiles that meet (and even exceed!) your customers' expectations, you're well on your way to delivering high quality.
You can improve the quality of your textiles in every stage of the production process. Our pre-treatment chemicals, for example, prepare your textiles for bleaching, printing, and dyeing, while our coatings and finishes add extra softness, fragrances, and functions to your fabrics. They turn beige into bright white, shirts into smart textiles, and fair shades into brilliant colour patterns. These details make the difference between a mediocre product and a great one, and it will most definitely make the difference between surviving and winning.


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Birthing guideline should focus on producing healthy babies, not avoiding lawsuits
18 Nov Birthing guideline should focus on producing healthy babies, not avoiding lawsuits
Posted at 15:15h in Publication	by	Gluckstein Lawyers
An updated guideline concerning fetal surveillance in labour puts undue emphasis on medico-legal considerations and not enough on reliable data and healthy outcomes for babies, says personal injury lawyer Richard Halpern.
Halpern, a senior lawyer with Gluckstein Lawyers in Toronto, recently wrote an extensive critique about the 2020 Clinical Practice Guideline No. 396, issued in March by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC). The Society represents more than 4,000 health professionals across Canada, including obstetricians, gynecologists, family physicians, nurses and midwives.
The guideline is intended to guide the profession's efforts in monitoring the health of babies during labour and delivery, but it falls short of providing any improvement of the previous guidelines, now more than a decade old.
"Improved outcomes are the best defence to medical malpractice claims, while defensive guidelines work against this goal," says Halpern.
He explains that fetal surveillance involves monitoring a fetus's key behaviour during delivery, with a focus on oxygenation and especially the fetal heart rate.
"The heart rate gives you a good indication of how well babies are coping with labour stress and if they are well oxygenated," Halpern says. "In some cases, a heart rate that deviates from normal doesn't mean the baby is in trouble, all it means is the baby is telling nurse doctors, 'I may need a break from all these contractions.'"
Avoidable brain injuries will continue
He says the previous update to the comprehensive guideline was in 2007, with the latest version offering few significant improvements.
"The 2020 guideline is unlikely to improve outcomes for newborns," Halpern says. "The objective should be that fewer babies are born injured. But under this guideline, my guess is that unacceptable levels of completely avoidable newborn brain injury will continue unabated."
Some wording changes between the two documents are particularly telling, he says, noting the 2020 guideline seeks merely to "minimize" the risks associated with birth asphyxia, rather than to "decrease" its incidence, the goal of the 2007 guideline.
Halpern also criticizes the new guideline for relying on unreliable and dated studies when making recommendations and failing to catch up with more recent data. An example from the critique is his discussion of the value of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) and intermittent auscultation (IA) in the birthing process.
"The continued endorsement of IA over EFM in low-risk deliveries, which support is based on old research of dubious value in modern obstetrics, is unwarranted in my view," he writes in his critique.
"The basis for permitting IA in low-risk labours is the presumption that EFM increases the risk of Caesarean section, allegedly without evidence that EFM has reduced the incidence of cerebral palsy (CP)," Halpern adds. "Carried to extremes, it could be argued that no monitoring at all would reduce the Caesarean section rates even further, without a measurable effect on CP rates – reductio ad absurdum."
Causation should be a priority
He also questions why the guideline does not adequately reflect to current understanding on causation, which is determining how and when the babies get hurt.
"Neuroimaging, which involves a head ultrasound, CT scan and a MRI, can tell us within a window of weeks and sometimes hours when the baby was hurt," Halpern says. "That is critically important, but it is something the SOGC has completely ignored in this guideline."
He explains that decades ago it was assumed that birth asphyxia, a condition resulting from a fetus being deprived of oxygen long enough to cause brain injury, mainly occurred during delivery.
Modern neuroimaging techniques and equipment, according to Halpern, allow doctors to determine when and how babies are injuries with much more precision, bringing into question much of the older data that suggests otherwise.
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has recognized the importance of neuroimaging in determining the cause and timing of injury, yet the new SOGC guideline is silent on the issue.
"The best defence to a medico-legal claim are good guidelines and avoiding these outcomes," Halpern says.
Rare condition still too common
Noting that birth asphyxia is a relatively rare condition, the number of affected babies is significant in absolute terms, there are more babies affected than the obstetrical community will acknowledge, and he says more has to be done to reduce that number.
"How many of those injuries could have been avoided?" Halpern asks. "Though it is still rare, it creates a terrible burden on affected families, as well as the legal and medical systems.
"A better understanding of how birth asphyxia occurs and when it occurs would inform more useful fetal surveillance guidelines, which would lead to fewer brain injured newborns".
"My critique of the new SOGC guidelines is unlikely to see widespread support from the obstetrical community, most of whom are members of the SOGC, and therefore are reluctant to be critical of the guideline," Halpern says. "Having said that, further dialogue about the concerns I raise will, in my view, lead to more effective guidelines".
Though he earns an income representing parents coping with the effects of birth asphyxia, he says he would prefer to see this condition minimized as much as possible.
"It is important for someone to take a stand on this issue," Halpern says. "While the obstetrical community disagree with what I have to say, these are important issues that should be raised, for the benefit of the children."
Richard Halpern is a senior lawyer for Gluckstein Lawyers in Toronto, focusing on infants injured at or around the time of birth.
Richard Halpern at 416-408-1064 or halpern@gluckstein.com


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Easter blasts in Sri Lanka kill over 320, including 1 Japaneseスリランカ連続爆発、死者320人以上
Over 320 people are known to have died in a series of bomb blasts that tore through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka on April 21, in the worst violence to hit the island since its devastating civil war ended a decade ago.
The Islamic State group on April 23 claimed responsibility for the attacks. The group presented no immediate evidence for the claim.
Eight apparently coordinated explosions targeted Easter worshippers and high-end hotels popular with international guests.
The explosions came hours after it was revealed that an improvised bomb discovered at the main airport in Colombo had been defused.
A nationwide curfew imposed shortly after the blasts was lifted April 22, but in the city of Negombo there was still a heavy security presence at St. Sebastian's Church, the scene of one of the blasts.
Sri Lanka's small Christian minority — just 6% of the 21 million-strong population — has been targeted by violence in the past, but never to such brutal effect.
Sri Lanka said seven of the explosions were carried out by suicide bombers, all Sri Lankan citizens. Police have detained at least 40 people.
Japan's Foreign Ministry said one of its nationals was among those who died. The dead national was a woman identified as Kaori Takahashi, a local resident, according to a Kyodo News report. (AFP-Jiji)
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A Greenkeeper is an important factor on the golf course. He is responsible for the laying and the maintenance of the golf course. Working daily to make sure that the golf course is perfectly in order. We are looking for Greenkeepers that can work independently. In the Netherlands there is a lack of experienced and qualified Greenkeepers. This means that we are constantly looking for Greenkeepers who want to live and work in the Netherlands temporarily.
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Q: Re size iframe based on width of window I have an iframe embedded in a third party website, which I cannot edit in any way.
I want the iframe to re-size according to the width of the window.
If I was able to edit the whole page, this would not be a problem.
However, when setting the size of an element in %, it uses the parent of that element to size from. In the case of the page I am working with, the parent elements do not re-size, so this does not work.
What I need, is a way of telling the iframe to re size, based solely on the width of the window, and preferably using only CSS.
Is this possible using only CSS? If not is it possible using JQuery or JavaScript?

A: Try this:
http://jsfiddle.net/6aLxaag8/2/
This jsfiddle loads a second jsfiddle in the iframe.
There's a hardcoded style attribute on the IFrame that sets the width; 100vw or 100% of the width of the viewing window in which the element sits, regardless of it's position in the DOM. As you don't have access to the parent page you'll need to use a style attribute and you may not be able to use javascript to add it (check cross site scripting).
Support isn't perfect with vw units, but it's close.
PS, it's hard to know if this will work without trying it in your context, please let me know :-)

A: I have encountered that problem before and I use this css trick, this adjust to the width & height of any wrapper/div so if you have embed an iframe inside a div with 'height: 620px' and 'width: 420px'  the iframe size adjust to the div's height and width. Just change both width & height of the div to 100% percent.

.content_here {
    width: 420px;
    height: 620px;
}

iframe#iframecontent {
    display:block;
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    right: 0;
    height: 100%;
    width: 100%;
}

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Q: Function to calculate all combinations I am trying to write a function which loops through a data set and returns the maximum value of a given path through the data.
I have an array of arrays. Each array has a number of objects(not always the same) and each object has a name and a probability property.
[
[{name: AAA, probability: .7}, {name:BBB, probability: .6}, {name: CCC, probability: .1}],
[{name: AAA, probability: .8}, {name: CCC, probability: .7}, {name: DDD, probability: .4}],
[{name: AAA, probability: .8}, {name: BBB, probability: .5}, {name: DDD, probability: .8}]
]

Above is a simplified example of my dataset. I want to find the maximum probability by combining one object from each array. Once a particular object is chosen an object with the same name cannot be chosen again.
In other words I want to find the maximum value of probability from array 1 multiplied by probability from array 2 multiplied by probability from array 3 without any repeats to name.
I am not sure if there is a clever math trick to solve this without trying all combos (please let me know if there is), but for now I just want to brute force the solution.
I could solve this by nesting a for loop for each array in my data set but this would grow needlessly large.
const selection=[]
for(array of data){
 for(object of array){
  if(selction.includes(object.name)){
    selction.push(object.name)
    for(object + 1 of array){
      ...
    }
   }
  }
}

Basically i want to avoid writing out a for loop for every single array in my data set.
If the problem is still confusing I can add more detail.

A: You can flatten the array (with Array.flat), map through each item to extract the probability properties, then use spread syntax and Math.max to get the largest item in the resulting array:

const arr = [
  [{name: 'AAA', probability: .7}, {name:'BBB', probability: .6}, {name: 'CCC', probability: .1}],
  [{name: 'AAA', probability: .8}, {name: 'CCC', probability: .7}, {name: 'DDD', probability: .4}],
  [{name: 'AAA', probability: .8}, {name:'BBB', probability: .5}, {name: 'DDD', probability: .8}]
]

const highestProbability = Math.max(...arr.flat().map(e => e.probability))

console.log(highestProbability)


Markets remain exceedingly volatile in this third week of the new year. Investors are jittery, and justifiably so given the historic magnitude of the declines to start the year. Market corrections are always upsetting. You can think you're prepared, but enduring the carnage as it's happening is always painful. Our best advice during these trying times is to resist the urge to think in extremes. There will be pundits in the media telling you just how bad things could get, but their prognostications almost never materialize. In March 1999, the cover of The Economist read "Drowning in Oil", which was a reference to the oversupplied condition of the energy markets. Nobody was willing to take a bullish stance on black gold. But if we take a look at the historical chart of oil prices, the article coincided almost perfectly with the bottoming in the price of oil. Over the next couple of years, the price nearly doubled to nearly $38 per barrel before pulling back and ultimately heading to a peak of over $145 per barrel in July, 2008. In March of 2008, prior to that July peak, an energy analyst at Goldman Sachs raised his target price for oil to $200 per barrel. Of course, we all know that his prognostication never materialized. Instead, oil crashed from the July 2008 peak of over $145 to as low as $31.41 in December of that same year.
So, just as we have been cautioning against excessive "exuberance" for the past couple of years, we now caution against excessive pessimism. The markets and the economy undoubtedly have their challenges, but most predictions calling for the end of the world fall somewhat short. Maintain your composure, and remember that the last thing you should forget is the value of being a contrarian. Warren Buffett tells us to "be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful". I wholeheartedly agree.
For today's Market Commentary, I thought I would share an excerpt from this quarter's edition of The Farr View, which makes an attempt to explain some of the recent volatility.
Despite significant quarterly volatility, the US economy continues to grow at a pace consistent with its post-recession average of about 2.0%-2.5%. That pace of growth, while modest considering the depth of the recession, has been heavily dependent on ultra-low interest rates. Low rates have bolstered spending on housing, home improvements, commercial real estate, autos, appliances, college tuition, health care and just about anything else that is generally purchased on credit.
Unfortunately, though, the Fed's aggressiveness in its efforts to "prime the economic pump" through low interest rates has been ill-conceived. Rather than allowing the process of deleveraging to run its course, low interest rates have simply encouraged the assumption of more debt as a solution to the problem of too much debt. In addition, low rates have pulled forward demand for goods and services that are purchased primarily on credit. So, as a consequence of the Fed's actions, the potential for an acceleration in economic growth over the next few years seems rather limited. And this says nothing about possible fallout resulting from the creation of new assets bubbles.
Something you've probably heard us repeat several times by now is that the economy is not strong enough to withstand meaningfully higher interest rates. Over six years into the recovery, that contention remains valid. Smart people can debate about the cadence of Fed rate hikes to come, but the reality is that any meaningful monetary tightening at this stage is likely to thrust us back into recession. Higher interest rates will not only raise the cost of servicing a mountain of debt, both public and private, but it could also exacerbate the recent gains in the US dollar. Further increases in the dollar would continue to eat into exports, which account for well over a strengthening dollar could exacerbate recent disinflationary pressures at a time when the Fed would like to see more inflation. And then there's the problem of China.
Exports to China comprise a much bigger portion of GDP for many of China's other trade partners, including Japan, Europe and many developing markets that are heavily dependent on natural resources. Trade-related economic weakness in these economies could have a negative impact on US economic growth through lower exports, profits and employment at US multinational corporations. China's recent currency devaluations magnify the pressures on its trading partners.
China is the largest holder of US Treasury securities with about one-fifth of total US debt held by foreign countries. Any liquidation of its holdings of about $1.3 trillion (to spend on stabilizing the economy through fiscal stimulus, for instance) could lead to higher interest rates in the US.
China's growth deceleration has contributed to a devastating crash in commodity prices, especially energy. Now that the growth boom has subsided, there is a huge amount of overcapacity in many commodity markets. Producers of energy and other commodities in the US are not immune.
The growth in Chinese infrastructure, triggered in response to the financial crisis, was funded with huge amounts of public debt. Now that the construction boom has effectively ended, the slowdown in China creates the risk of another financial crisis resulting from huge amounts of debt accumulated in that country as well as in other emerging markets.
Turmoil in emerging-market stocks and bonds could lead to investment losses in the US, which could spread to other markets and create a negative wealth effect.
The problems in the Energy sector are well documented and understood at this point. First, notwithstanding the Fed's optimism for the US, global economic growth is weak and may be getting weaker, and the sluggishness is not confined to China. Europe and Japan remain weak, and the Emerging Markets (ex China) are suffering from massive capital outflows due to economic stagnation, overinvestment, falling currency values, and their heavy dependence on the commodity markets. Meanwhile, the variance in economic growth between the US and the rest of the world is contributing to strength in the US dollar, which further pressures commodity prices in the global marketplace.
But the collapse in the energy prices is not solely due to sagging demand. As mentioned, the sector is also suffering from the aftereffects of a supply-side shock, itself the result of many years of easy money. During the past 6-plus years of ultra-loose monetary policy in the US and beyond, credit has been cheap and abundant as investors frantically sought acceptable returns on their money. The easy money led to massive investments in energy exploration and production, which created a global boom in the industry. The biggest production gains, though, came in the US where new technologies like horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing created an energy renaissance not unlike the 1990s boom in Silicon Valley. The widespread adoption of these new drilling techniques was made possible by easy access to cheap credit. The result – a massive increase in the supply of energy.
Again, the problems now surfacing in the Energy sector are the direct result of ultra-loose monetary policy. But the pain that energy investors are now experiencing is all too familiar. For the past 20+ years the Fed has repeatedly propagated these boom-bust cycles that always end in severe pain for speculators. Whether it be the technology, housing, the energy complex, high-yield bonds, or stocks, the Fed's largesse has consistently put us in these predicaments. Fortunately, stocks are not in bubble territory this time around, and valuations have already come down quite a bit.


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Amid Dijon's medieval streets lie nestled an amazing range of historical and architectural tourist attractions including the Palais des Ducs overlooking the Place de la Libération, the rue des Forges lined with mansions, the stone and wood Maison Millière, on the rue de Chouette, the church of Notre-Dame, a 9th century wooden 'black' Virgin, one of the oldest in France, known as 'Our Lady of Good Hope, the Chartreuse de Champmol, an insight into the haute bourgeoisie at the Musée Magnin, the Jardin de l'Arquebuse botanical gardens, Natural History Museum and much more. More about Dijon Attractions
Dijon really is located midway between Paris and Lyon, in fact it is situated 312km southeast of Paris and 320km northeast of Lyon. Dijon is most famous worldwide for its mustard however it is also renowned for its cassis, a type of black currant liquor and is also a significant shipper of Burgundy wine. Centrally located in the heart of the Côte d'Or, Dijon is the former ancient capital of Burgundy.
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Bobbie Morgan is no stranger to settling into new areas.
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For the TV series, see Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. For the mirror universe counterpart, see Terok Nor (mirror).
Deep Space 9 was a Federation Starbase that became one of the single most strategically, historically, and socially important outposts in the entire Milky Way Galaxy. The station was of Cardassian design, built by Bajoran slave labor between 2346 and 2351. Called Terok Nor by the Cardassians, the station was used for the processing of Uridium ore by Bajoran laborers. After the Cardassian withdrawal in 2369, the provisional government of the newly-established Republic of Bajor petitioned the United Federation of Planets for relief efforts and Federation Member status, and offered to allow the Federation Starfleet to administer the station as a starbase, prompting its new designation.
Deep Space Nine consists of three main areas: The central core which contains the power core, the Promenade and Ops. The Habitat ring which provides quarters for crew and visitors and is connected to the rest of the station by large bridges and the outer Docking ring (otherwise known informally as the "outer ring") which can accommodate numerous small ships and has six docking pylons to allow larger vessels to dock.
In the year 2366, while the station was under the command of Cardassian Gul Skrain Dukat, prefect of Bajor during the Cardassian Occupation, Terok Nor was used as a testing ground for a new variation of the Double Helix virus created by Thallonian General Gerrid Thul. The virus crossed species and affected Bajorans, Cardassians, and Ferengi.
More about this era was revealed with the release of the Star Trek: Terok Nor series.
In March, upgrades began on the infrastructure of the station as well as the USS Defiant to completely replace the stations forever uncooperative Cardassian computer system with a Federation ODN network that would no longer require makeshift patches between the two systems. The upgrades also saw additions to DS9's defenses, including quantum torpedoes. Personnel were stretched throughout the upgrades as only half of the stations usual thirty-five man contingent of Starfleet Corps of Engineers personnel remained on the station following the war.
In late August, Bajoran First Minister Shakaar Edon was assassinated on the station's Promenade by a Joined Trill named Hiziki Gard while about to sign the paper officially inducting the Republic of Bajor into the United Federation of Planets. It was later revealed that Shakaar had been consumed by an alien Parasite, a race of sworn enemies to the Trill, who were using Shakaar for their own race's purposes. The station was subsequently locked down and quarantined. (DS9 - Mission Gamma novels: Cathedral, Lesser Evil) In early September, after the return of the USS Defiant from a three-month exploratory mission of the Gamma Quadrant, the station was cleared of the parasite threat, due in part due to the miraculous return of Captain Sisko from his stay with the Prophets.
Shortly after the attack on Kira and Ro, Nog and Major Cenn discovered evidence implicating Intendant Kira Nerys in directing Taran'atar's actions.
The saga of Deep Space Nine will continue in Fearful Symmetry by Olivia Woods available in 2008.
For a full personnel listing see: Deep Space 9 personnel.
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Once a Cardassian ore-processing station in orbit of Bajor known as Terok Nor, Deep Space 9 became one of the most important starbases in the Alpha Quadrant after the discovery of the Bajoran wormhole in 2369. Following the Cardassian withdrawal, ownership of the station passed to the Bajorans, operating jointly with Starfleet, under the command of Benjamin Sisko. With the discovery of the wormhole, DS9 was relocated to a position near the wormhole's mouth in the Denorios belt. (DS9: "Emissary"
Also in early 2372, the USS Prospect-A was authorized by Major Kira Nerys from Deep Space 9 to enter the Bajoran wormhole on a top-secret mission to recover the folded space drive prototype from the USS Rutherford. Upon her return, the heavily damaged Prospect docked at Deep Space 9. DS9 was used as a dispersal point for the Prospect's crew, with several injured crew staying behind on DS9 for medical care. The USS Tundra arrived and towed the Prospect from DS9. (Star Trek: The Prospect Chronicles: "Directive") These events take place during "Homefront" and "Paradise Lost".
In We, the Living Dead, Deep Space 9 is visited by the Othello Task Force and is approached by Q, who reveals the true nature of the Q Continuum.
Set during the show's run We, the Living Dead diverges from canon into an alternate timeline.
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In the seat with AGCAS: Those lost and those saved
by SOFREP Nov 18, 2016
It was June 2009 and myself and members of the 34th Fighter Squadron "Rude Rams" at Hill AFB Utah had just finished our night flight training over the UTTR (Utah Test and Training Range) due west of Salt Lake City. As we exited the range our sister squadron the 421st Fighter Squadron "Black Widows," also from Hill AFB, were entering the range for their training time. It was about ten o'clock at night.
Shortly thereafter, during our debriefings that evening, we learned of the horrible news. The 421st had lost a pilot and an aircraft over the range.
It was discovered that Capt. George "Ice" Houghton had perished, he was 28 years old at the time. Later, the accident investigation revealed that Ice was attempting a fairly routine high angle strafe pass at the time of the accident. He was wearing NVGs as we all did, and pointed the nose of the aircraft down steeply, accelerated to over 450 knots and executed a textbook night strafe attack.
What he didn't do, was pull up in time.
During the accident recovery and analysis, there wasn't much left in the desert to sort through following the high-speed impact. Ice left behind a distraught and shaken family, and comradesall wondering what had happened.
A Viper low and inverted, common occurrence. Losing SA here can be deadly. Courtesy Getty Images
Viper Auto GCAS
Back in my day (boy do I sound old) and those days at Hill AFB, F-16 Vipers and all 4th generation fighters didn't have this new technology. We had ground sensing software and the jet would tell you to pull up if a crash was imminent, but that was it. The old stuff was just termed GCAS (Ground Collision Avoidance System). It worked (usually late or very low) and had its share of nuisance alarms and false "pull ups" and of course didn't do anything in the way of taking control of the aircraft.
Now called AGCAS (Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System), or sometimes Auto GCAS, this new capability in the F-16 essentially "takes over" for the pilot if it recognizes an impending ground collision, and pulls the airplane out of the dive without any pilot involvement. It's primarily designed to save pilots who have GLOC'd (G-Induced Loss of Consciousness) and pilots who have lost SA (Situational Awareness) like Ice did.
Auto GCAS was implemented into the F-16 fleet in late 2014 and was developed over the course of three decades by Lockheed Martin, NASA, and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
"Auto-GCAS continuously compares a prediction of the aircraft's trajectory against a terrain profile generated from onboard terrain elevation data. If the predicted trajectory touches the terrain profile, the automatic recovery is executed by the Auto GCAS autopilot. The automatic recovery maneuver consists of an abrupt roll-to-upright and a nominal 5-G pull until terrain clearance is assured."
Pretty cool stuff.
An Auto GCAS Save
If you don't fly fighters, it's hard to understand how fast "bad stuff" can happen in the jet. In the most recent and considered fourth Auto GCAS "save" an F-16 student pilot G-LOC'd at 17,000 feet. As it usually is during a turning BFM fight, the afterburner was "plugged in" and shortly after the G-LOC happened the aircraft entered a very steep dive.
A high G turn in the Viper. Courtesy USAF
"After only 22 sec., the F-16 was nose-down almost 50 deg. below the horizon and going supersonic. The shocked instructor called "2 recover!" as the student passed 12,320 ft. at 587 kt. Two seconds later, with the nose down in a 55-deg. dive, altitude at 10,800 ft. and speed passing 613 kt., the worried instructor again calls "2 recover!" In a little less than another 2 sec., as the now frantic instructor makes a third call for the student pilot to pull up, the Auto-GCAS executes a recovery maneuver at 8,760 ft. and 652 kt."
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From losing control of the aircraft to the full recovery took just less than 30 seconds. Going from 17,000 feet to the earth can happen ludicrously fast in a fighter, about 15 seconds in the case above. Most G-LOCs and pilot incapacitation can last far longer.
What Viper Pilots Say
I interviewed a number of current and former F-16 pilots on this subject and have yet to meet one who didn't like the system, or the new capability. "The system works as advertised. The documented saves are impressive. I think of the lives that could have been saved over the years…I am extremely grateful that we won't have as many of those tragedies in the future." Col David "Baja" Shoemaker, Vice Commander, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB.
"Rhett" Butler (F-16 Test Pilot and Weapons Officer) also says it's a "great system that pays for itself with just one aircraft save. I've used AGCAS on the BLK-60 and BLK-52 and found it very reliable with few unnecessary fly ups based on formation interference and/or high dive/air-to-air maneuvering that is easily paddled off when recognized."
A former T-38 UPT student of mine and later part of the USAF 422nd Test Squadron which tests these kinds of things for the fleet said "Many naysayers harp on its conservative nature in certain arenas, and it is by no means a perfect system, but I can tell you in 1,000 hours of all of us flying in the 422 we had three nuisance flyups. The other complaint is strafe. We had one flyup during strafe attributed to rising terrain long of the target. Early fielding received many strafe complaints but the way the math works out, if you are slow (less G available) and shallow (closer to the ground at cease-fire range), or stupid fast(>500) and steep, you will get a flyup. If you are on the numbers, you are good."
A nose-low weapons delivery. Imagine this at night, and far lower. Courtesy Getty Images
He also says "For me the bottom line is if I could go back in time and field this in 2011, the 422 bar wouldn't be called "Dirks Place," "Mano" could have been renamed for his buffoonery instead of buried, and there wouldn't be a charity in honor of "Gaza." Not to mention all the F-22 losses we had that could have operated on a similar system. Four friends of mine and a couple of foreign pilots would be alive today if it had been fielded five years earlier."
There are hordes of other Viper pilots too who love the new capability, as it just might save theirbacon someday when they have a SA dump or get caught by the G-LOC monster.
From an anonymous F-16 pilot who was part of the OT&E (Operational Test and Evaluation) in 2002 "The system worked as advertised. We could fly night low altitude. I liked the way it would recover the Viper out of an extreme nose low attitude without any input from the pilot."
Other pilots commented to me on how we should have had it sooner. "Numerous leaders in the Turd Palace felt the price tag was not worth the cost of several fighter pilots or [other] weapons and avionics upgrades." Obviously this pilot is angry at not having the system sooner, due to friends and comrades lives lost. I don't blame him.
Like lifeboats on the Titanic, it can often seem that life-saving technology is too little too late.
AGCAS and the Future
It appears that Auto GCAS is here to stay. That is a good thing. All F-16s worldwide (2,988 in 2016) will be upgraded soon, with most already having completed the necessary avionics changes that allow the system to work.
It is truly sad that many lives were lost in the absence of this technology, and we only recognize now, as this capability is implemented the true impact that it has. Having it long ago, or sooner in a weapons system seems like an obvious much-needed upgrade. But as often the case, the technology just wasn't ready back then, and warfighters and money-controllers had other priorities as well.
We can only hope that future technological advancements for pilot safety continue to be invented, tested, funded, and fielded. Doing so increases pilot safety and combat capability and is always a wise investment for the DoD.
Post Thoughts
A few days after Ice's crash, I remember a call going out through the Wing at Hill AFB. Ice's widow Josie, had asked for just one simple thing in the aftermath of her tremendous loss…her husband's wedding ring. Ice had it with him at the time of the accident.
Members of the 421st Fighter Squadron as well as all the Fighter Squadrons on Base came together and headed to the crash site.
Searching for hours, with sophisticated metal detection devices as well as by hand, they sorted through a debris field and scorched earth nearly as big as a football field. Remember that there wasn't much left bigger than a baseball sized chunk of metal strewn across the desert.
The team nearly gave up that day as night approached. Resolved to come back and try again tomorrow. But then someone shouted… "I've found it!" Pulled from the blackened rubble, the ring was located.
Members of the 421st Fighter Squadron, my friend, and Ice's friend and squadron-mate Robert "Boucher" Ungerman, who lead the search party, later presented her lost husband's ring to Josie.
This article is dedicated to the F-16 fighter pilots who lost their lives doing what they were called to do, and where a system such as Auto GCAS could have saved them.
Pat "Sherman" Potter, 1998
Randy "Chongo" Murff, 2001
Troy "Trojan" Gilbert, 2006
George "Ice" Houghton, 2009
Eric "Dirk" Ziegler, 2011
Lucas "Gaza" Gruenther, 2013
James "Mano" Steel, 2013
And countless others…
Featured image courtesy of US Air Force
This article courtesy of Nate Jaros of Fighter Sweep.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (KTVU) - Hero, brother, fighter, a true warrior-- those are some of the words of tribute pouring out from those who are mourning the death of 18-year-old Darryl Aikens, who ended his fight with leukemia on Sunday.
A recent graduate of McClymonds High School in Oakland, his story of courage and determination inspired his family and friends and as well as many who never even met him.
Aikens was diagnosed with leukemia three years ago.
Because of his illness, he was forced to miss stretches of school and wasn't able to graduate with his class last year, his mother Tierra Barker told KTVU.
But he was not going to give up on making it as a high school graduate, according to Barker who said of her son, "Whatever it is, he puts his mind to it. He shoots for that goal."
That drive helped him continue to play football as long as he could, even while he was sick, and it pushed him to graduate last month with honors.
He got up from his wheelchair to a roar of cheers and walked across the stage to accept his diploma.
"I cried like a baby," Barker said. "It was amazing. He had been waiting for that moment. It's all he wanted to do," the proud mother added.
Aikens was a huge Warriors fan. Last month, his mother described what a treat and a gift it was for her son to see his team win the championship and how he loved celebrating at the parade and rally.
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Q: How to create video clips using a data frame of file names, start and end times? This questions has been edited to streamline the specific question that I developed with help from users here. (thanks)
I have a data frame with file paths, identifiers and start and stop times. I am trying to loop through each row of this data frame and create video clips using ffmpeg.
The data frame is like this:
Time    File_path   Behavior    Status  experiment_id   Start_time  Stop_time   Duration
130 314.287 H:/My Drive/Katz-Lab_Otter-Data/Projects/Forag...   Scrunch POINT   K8_feed_111120_05   312.787 315.787 3.0
145 784.158 H:/My Drive/Katz-Lab_Otter-Data/Projects/Forag...   Scrunch POINT   K8_feed_111120_05   782.658 785.658 3.0
140 708.906 H:/My Drive/Katz-Lab_Otter-Data/Projects/Forag...   Scrunch POINT   K8_feed_111120_05   707.406 710.406 3.0
33  507.600 H:/My Drive/Katz-Lab_Otter-Data/Projects/Forag...   Scrunch POINT   K8_feed_111120_02   506.100 509.100 3.0
75  112.690 H:/My Drive/Katz-Lab_Otter-Data/Projects/Forag...   Scrunch POINT   K8_feed_111120_03   111.190 114.190 3.0
133 344.057 H:/My Drive/Katz-Lab_Otter-Data/Projects/Forag...   Scrunch POINT   K8_feed_111120_05   342.557 345.557 3.0
26  366.215 H:/My Drive/Katz-Lab_Otter-Data/Projects/Forag...   Scrunch POINT   K8_feed_111120_02   364.715 367.715 3.0
70  84.448  H:/My Drive/Katz-Lab_Otter-Data/Projects/Forag...   Scrunch POINT   K8_feed_111120_03   82.948  85.948  3.0
113 738.897 H:/My Drive/Katz-Lab_Otter-Data/Projects/Forag...   Scrunch POINT   K8_feed_111120_03   737.397 740.397 3.0
128 200.548 H:/My Drive/Katz-Lab_Otter-Data/Projects/Forag...   Scrunch POINT   K8_feed_111120_05   199.048 202.048 3.0

The goal is to use the video specified by the File_path to make a video clip using the time stamps specified and create an output file that uses a specified variable ouput_path and appends the last 18 or so characters of the File_path and the  Behavior.
Here is what I have tried:
#loop through the lines of the data frame
for row in sampled_data.index:

    #print(sampled_data["File_path"][row])

    output_file = ("%(path)s\%(experiment_id)s_%(behavior)s_%(index)s.MP4"
                   % {"path" : output_path,
                      "experiment_id" : sampled_data["experiment_id"][row],
                      "behavior" : sampled_data["Behavior"][row],
                      "index" : row})

    #print(output_file)

    subprocess.check_call([
        'ffmpeg',
        '-ss', str(sampled_data["Start_time"][row]),
        '-i', str(sampled_data["File_path"][row]),
        '-t', str(sampled_data["Duration"][row]),
        '-c', 'copy',
        output_file])

Edit: I got it to work!

A: I'll focus on the part you probably have the most trouble with: the video manipulation.
It's probably easiest to use Python's subprocess module and run subprocesses of ffmpeg for this.
import subprocess

subprocess.check_call([
    'ffmpeg',
    '-ss', str(starttime),
    '-i', inputfilepath,
    '-t', str(duration),
    '-c', 'copy', # alternatively -c:v mjpeg -q:v 2
    outputfilepath])

You can tell ffmpeg to start decoding the input at a specific time (-ss {timecode} before/after -i {the input file}), and read a specific amount of time from the video (-t {duration}). The rest is just encoder parameters.
If your input video is intra-only coded, you could even -c copy the data with no loss of quality. Just mentioning that in case it's important.

A: #loop through the lines of the data frame
for row in sampled_data.index:

    #print(sampled_data["File_path"][row])

    output_file = ("%(path)s\%(experiment_id)s_%(behavior)s_%(index)s.MP4"
                   % {"path" : output_path,
                      "experiment_id" : sampled_data["experiment_id"][row],
                      "behavior" : sampled_data["Behavior"][row],
                      "index" : row})

    #print(output_file)

    subprocess.check_call([
        'ffmpeg',
        '-ss', str(sampled_data["Start_time"][row]),
        '-i', str(sampled_data["File_path"][row]),
        '-t', str(sampled_data["Duration"][row]),
        '-c', 'copy',
        output_file])

This works if there are no spaces in the file name! Also in order to specify the output path it works if you fully create the path and file name then pass to ffmpeg.


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Suspected human remains and items belonging to Brian Laundrie found in Florida park, FBI says
Posted: Oct 21, 2021 7:10 AM
Updated: Oct 21, 2021 7:10 AM
Posted By: By Eric Levenson, Taylor Romine, Leyla Santiago and Randi Kaye, CNN
What appears to be human remains and items belonging to Brian Laundrie, including a backpack, have been found in the Carlton Reserve in North Port, Florida, according to FBI Special Agent in Charge Michael McPherson.
Another one of the items found was a notebook belonging to Laundrie, who McPherson said was "a person of interest in the murder of Gabby Petito."
The apparent remains were found in an area that has been under water until recently, he said.
A source close to the investigation told CNN that the apparent human remains "appear to have been there a while."
The source said "based on the condition of the remains, it may take some time to officially identify. It is going to be a very thorough process with the medical examiner."
North Port police spokesperson Josh Taylor said the remains were found "about 2 to 3 miles inside the Carlton Reserve, or about a 45-minute walk" from the entrance at Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park.
Family attorney Steve Bertolino told CNN's Chris Cuomo that the Laundrie parents -- making their first visit to the park since its reopening -- helped with the discovery. "As happenstance was, they stumbled upon these items," he said.
The area where the discovery of remains was made was the "very area of the park that we initially informed law enforcement on," Bertolino said, referring to a meeting with law enforcement on September 17.
Laundrie's parents had informed the FBI and the North Port Police Department on Tuesday night that they intended to come to the park on Wednesday morning to search for him, Bertolino said. Law enforcement met them there Wednesday morning, he said.
The parents walked the trail followed closely by law enforcement personnel, "certainly within eye shot," the attorney said.
"As they went further in, Chris ventured off the trail into the woods. He was zigzagging in different areas, law enforcement was doing the same thing. And Roberta Laundrie was walking down the trail," Bertolino said. "At some point, Chris locates what's called a dry bag. The dry bag is a white bag, laying in the woods, say 20 feet or so off the trail."
Bertolino said, according to Chris Laundrie, the dry bag was in some brambles and he didn't want to pick up the bag, because he wanted his law enforcement to see it. However, Bertolino said Laundrie "couldn't find the law enforcement," because they were then out of sight and didn't want to leave the bag there with a news reporter standing nearby, so he picked it up.
"He did meet up shortly with law enforcement, they looked at the contents of the bag. At that time, law enforcement officers showed him a picture on the phone of a backpack that law enforcement had located also nearby and also some distance off the trail," Bertolino told CNN.
"At that point, the Laundries were notified there was also remains near the backpack, and they were asked to leave the preserve."
Bertolino called the suggestion that Chris Laundrie had planted the dry bag "hogwash."
The attorney said the family was heartbroken by the discoveries today.
FBI processing scene
The FBI Tampa's Evidence Response Team is on the scene using "all available forensic resources" to process the area. According to McPherson, it's likely the team will be on the scene for several days.
"I know you have a lot of questions, but we don't have all the answers yet," he said reading a statement for the media.
The discovery comes 37 days after Laundrie, the fiancé of Petito, was reportedly last seen by his parents.
Earlier, the Sarasota County medical examiner and a cadaver dog were called to the park and aerial footage showed activity in the Carlton Reserve near the Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park where Laundrie's car was found parked in September.
The Sarasota County Medical Examiner was called to the scene, and the Pasco County Sheriff's office said a cadaver dog and two spotters were also on site. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office Emergency Response Team and the Lee County Sheriff's Office were also now on scene along with a mobile unit.
The discovery comes amid an exhaustive search for Laundrie that has now stretched over a month and as authorities try to piece together what happened to Petito.
The Myakkahatchee Creek Environmental Park is on 160 acres of heavily wooded land in North Port, with trails and a camping area. The park connects to the Carlton Reserve, a 25,000-acre nature reserve that has been the primary search location for investigators.
Searchers had previously used swamp buggies, divers and airboats to scour the swampy terrain, but the area has dried out recently due to clearer weather.
Petito, 22, and Laundrie, 23, traveled around the western US in a white van this summer, all while regularly posting photos and stories to their social media pages. Those posts abruptly stopped in late August, though, and Laundrie then returned by himself to their home in North Port, where they lived with his parents, on September 1.
Petito's family, unable to get in contact with her, reported her missing 10 days later, launching a national search. Laundrie declined to cooperate with the investigation into her whereabouts, and soon after, he also went missing. His family told investigators they believed he had gone to a sprawling nature reserve nearby.
Petito's remains were found in a national forest in Wyoming on September 19 near where the couple had last been seen together. Teton County Coroner Dr. Brent Blue ruled her death a homicide and said that she died by manual strangulation.
"We believe this was strangling by a human being," Blue told CNN's Anderson Cooper.
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Razzoli est une île de l'archipel de La Maddalena situé à l'extrémité nord de la Sardaigne près des Bouches de Bonifacio. Elle constitue avec les autres îles de l'archipel, le parc national de l'archipel de La Maddalena.

Géographie
L'île de Razzoli a une superficie d' et dispose d'un développement côtier de . Le sommet le plus haut est le Monte Cappello qui culmine à  au-dessus du niveau de la mer. L'île est séparée de quelques mètres de l'île de Santa Maria par le Passo degli Asinelli. Son aspect diffère un peu de celui des îles voisines en raison de hauts rochers, avec peu de plages, toutefois renommées comme la Cala Lunga, la Cala Cappello ou encore la Cala noce.

Histoire
L'île n'a jamais été habitée durant toute son histoire mais souvent, de passage, les éleveurs de Bonifacio y amenaient leurs bêtes pour brouter.

Dans la partie nord de l'île, on trouve un phare servant à l'orientation maritime.

Notes et références

Annexes

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