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Purdue Students Building Moon Lander Rocket
By Soulskill from Slashdot's competition-for-carmack department:
tekgoblin sends words that a team of students at Purdue University are working on a project to build a rocket engine that could be used on a future Moon lander. Quoting:
"Graduate students Thomas Feldman and Andrew Rettenmaier are part of a team developing a thrust chamber for NASA's Project Morpheus, which includes research to develop new technologies for future trips to the moon, Mars or asteroids. The rocket must meet stringent design and performance specifications related to factors including efficiency, size and weight limits, thrust and the ability to dynamically throttle the rocket from 1,300-4,200 pounds of thrust, Feldman said. ... A development test chamber has been designed and is ready for testing. This heavily instrumented chamber is far bulkier than the eventual flight chamber, and data from upcoming tests will be used to refine the flight engine's design."
River Trail — Intel's Parallel JavaScript
By Soulskill from Slashdot's perpendicular-javascript-coming-soon department:
mikejuk writes "Intel has just announced River Trail, an extension of JavaScript that brings parallel programming into the browser. The code looks like JavaScript and it works with HTML5, including Canvas and WebGL, so 2D and 3D graphics are easy. A demo video shows an in-browser simulation going from 3 to 45 fps and using all eight cores of the processor. This is the sort of performance needed if 3D in-browser games are going to be practical. You can download River Trail as a Firefox add-on and start coding now. Who needs native code?"
Modern Humans Bred With Evolutionary Predecessors In Africa
By Soulskill from Slashdot's how-you-doin department:
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "Based on a new analysis of old skulls, it now appears that modern humans may have interbred with some earlier hominid species, suggesting that human evolution took a more complex path than previously thought. The study opines that modern humans lived side by side with the older species. Paleontologists disagree over the meaning of the findings, or whether they have any substantial significance at all."
Did HP Bilk Its Shareholders?
By Soulskill from Slashdot's all-about-the-benjamins department:
jfruhlinger writes "About a month ago, HP announced that it was getting out of the PC, tablet, and mobile phone business to focus on software services, at which point, rather predictably, HP's stock plunged. Obviously, HP's leadership had been working on this plan for some time before it was announced, which leads to the question: did they deliberately mislead their stockholders by not being more transparent? That's what a shareholder lawsuit against the company alleges. How the courts treat the suit could have interesting implications for how transparent public corporations need to be about future strategy."
Seismologist Manslaughter Trial Begins Next Week
By Soulskill from Slashdot's defining-reasonable-prognostication department:
El Puerco Loco writes with a followup to a story we discussed in May about the manslaughter charges facing six seismologists and one government official in Italy after an earthquake there killed 309 people and destroyed 20,000 buildings. The case is going to trial next week, and an article at Nature provides an update on how things stand:
"The indictments have drawn global condemnation. The American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), both in Washington DC, issued statements in support of the Italian defendants. ... The view from L'Aquila, however, is quite different. Prosecutors and the families of victims alike say that the trial has nothing to do with the ability to predict earthquakes, and everything to do with the failure of government-appointed scientists serving on an advisory panel to adequately evaluate, and then communicate, the potential risk to the local population. ... [The charges allege that the defendants] provided 'incomplete, imprecise, and contradictory information' to a public that had been unnerved by months of persistent, low-level tremors. [Prosecutor Fabio Picuti] says that the commission was more interested in pacifying the local population than in giving clear advice about earthquake preparedness. 'I'm not crazy,' Picuti says. 'I know they can't predict earthquakes. The basis of the charges is not that they didn't predict the earthquake. As functionaries of the state, they had certain duties imposed by law: to evaluate and characterize the risks that were present in L'Aquila.'"
Printing a Building
By Soulskill from Slashdot's you're-gonna-need-a-bigger-boat department:
RedEaredSlider writes "Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are trying to push 3-D printing technology even further. Their goals: create whole working machines and perhaps even buildings. Thus far, 3D printing has been used to make shapes of plastic or metal that can be assembled later. These folks want to change that. One idea is to use concrete in a novel way: 'Not only would it be possible to create fanciful, organic-looking shapes that would be difficult or impossible using molds, but the technique could also allow the properties of the concrete itself to vary continuously, producing structures that are both lighter and stronger than conventional concrete. To illustrate this, Keating uses the example of a palm tree compared to a typical structural column. In a concrete column, the properties of the material are constant, resulting in a very heavy structure. But a palm tree's trunk varies: denser at the outside and lighter toward the center. As part of his thesis research, he has already made sections of concrete with the same kind of variations of density.'"
Soyuz Capsule Return Marred By Mystery Communications Blackout
By Soulskill from Slashdot's have-you-tried-turning-it-off-and-then-on-again department:
astroengine writes "An unexplained communications loss left flight controllers unable to speak with three space station crew returning to Earth over Kazakhstan during the last 15 minutes of their descent Thursday night. The first indication that the capsule survived its fiery plunge through the atmosphere was a series of beeps signaling components of the Soyuz had been jettisoned as planned. Later, ground controllers picked up signals that the Soyuz's parachutes had deployed, but it wasn't until a Russian recovery aircraft established two-way radio communications with the crew that flight controllers knew all was well."
ToS Violations No Longer a Crime (On Their Own)
By Soulskill from Slashdot's just-take-care-of-that-tag-on-your-pillow department:
nonprofiteer writes "The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act previously made 'unauthorized access to a computer system' a crime — meant to apply to hackers, it also criminalized violations of a website's ToS or of a workplace's computer policies. The law is being changed to make the crime a felony rather than a misdemeanor, which led some to worry about the potential for its abuse. However, Senators Franken and Grassley added an amendment (PDF) to exempt violations of ToS and employer policies from the lists of felony activity. w00t for common sense."
Obama To Sign 'America Invents Act of 2011' Today
By Soulskill from Slashdot's system-and-method-for-inhaling-oxygen department:
ideonexus writes "President Obama will be signing the 'America Invents Act of 2011' into law today at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va. The bill will transition America from a 'first-to-invent" to a 'first-to-file" country, but critics argue that the bill fails to address the more important problem that 'nobody can tell what a patent covers until they've spent months or years working it out, often in the courts.'"
British Schoolkids To Be Taught Computer Coding
By Soulskill from Slashdot's how-to-program-politely department:
An anonymous reader writes "The UK government has finally decided to do something about the dire state of IT and computer science teaching in the country: it will create a new 'IT-centric' General Certificate of Secondary Education that will cover computational principles, systemic thinking, software development and logic. The current ICT GCSE has been lambasted for boring kids to death with lessons on using Word and Excel, rather than teaching computer programming."
Microsoft: No Windows 8 ARM Support For x86 Apps
By Soulskill from Slashdot's just-buy-it-all-again-problem-solved department:
jcombel writes "It turns out Microsoft's app compatibility will be limited to one architecture or another. Yes, Windows 8 will run on your ARM tablet, but your x86 Office 2003 will not. In his explanation, Steven Sinofsky reasoned, 'If we allow the world of x86 application support like that, or based on what we call desktop apps in our start yesterday, then there are real challenges in some of the value propositions for system on a chip,' he said. 'You know, will battery life be as good, for example? Well, those applications aren't written to be really great in the face of limited battery constraints, which is a value proposition of the Metro style apps.'"
Anonymous Kills Websites, Cartels Kill Bloggers
By Soulskill from Slashdot's comittment-and-scope department:
An anonymous reader writes "While drug cartels in Mexico are disemboweling people they accuse of blogging about drug violence, Anonymous busies itself taking down Mexican government websites. With all the problems facing people in Mexico right now, including drug cartels extorting teachers for 50% of their pay and killing schoolchildren (thus shutting down the school system), Mexico's biggest oil field in terminal decline and drug cartels kidnapping busloads of people and forcing them into gladiator-style contests to the death, Anonymous' actions appear particularly petty."
Intel's Thunderbolt With Fiber Optics Years Away
By samzenpus from Slashdot's sometime-down-the-road department:
CWmike writes "Intel's Thunderbolt high-speed interconnect technology could be years away from getting optical technology, an Intel executive said this week at IDF. Originally introduced in February on Macs, Thunderbolt was pitched as being optical technology but currently uses copper wires. Dadi Perlmutter of Intel's Architecture Group said copper wires are working much better than expected, and that fiber was expensive. 'It's going to be way out,' Perlmutter said. 'At the end of the day it's all about how much speed people need versus how much they would be willing to pay.'"
Don't Study the Video Game, Study the Gamer
By Soulskill from Slashdot's obvious-but-needs-to-be-said department:
rrossman2 writes with this quote from a USA Today article about research recently presented to the American Psychological Association: "Video games — especially violent ones — are constantly under scrutiny from parents concerned about negative effects. Now, research suggests that those worries should focus more on the player's personality rather than the content of the games. 'If you're worried about a video game turning your son or daughter into a killer, don't worry about that,' says psychologist Patrick Markey of Villanova (Pa.) University. 'But is your kid moody, impulsive, or are they unfriendly? It's probably not the best idea to have that child play violent video games.' ... Markey found slight increases in hostility for those with certain personality traits: extremely high on neuroticism and extremely low on agreeableness and conscientiousness. ... 'We found — irrespective of violent content — the two highly competitive games produced more aggressive behavior than the two less competitive games,' [Markey said.]"
Microsoft Previews Compiler-as-a-Service Software
By samzenpus from Slashdot's but-this-please department:
angry tapir writes "Microsoft will release a Community Technology Preview of a new type of compiler its researchers have been building — code-named Project Roslyn — a company executive announced Thursday. Roslyn is a compiler for C3 and Visual Basic with a set of APIs that developers can use to fine-tune their code. It resembles a model developed by the Mono Project, in which the information the compiler generates about a program can be reused as a library."
Famous Wildlife Photographer Busted For Using Stock Images
By samzenpus from Slashdot's the-all-look-the-same department:
Nobody knows better than Award-winning wildlife photographer Terje Helleso how hard it can be to get that perfect shot in an out-of-the-way location. That's why he used stock photos. The 47-year-old award photographer passed off hundreds of stock photos as his own over the course of several years. From the article: "On Wednesday, a deeply regretful Helleso spoke to local radio. He gave economic problems as a reason, but mostly it was about his own unreasonably high demands on himself to be successful, he said. 'I was under pressure, mostly from myself, and I gave in to temptation. Looking back, I'm surprised that I got away with it for so long, and that I managed to keep up appearances to my wife and everyone else,' he said."
Smartphones Becoming Computer of Choice in Developing Countries
By samzenpus from Slashdot's computer-of-the-people department:
An anonymous reader writes "The build-out of 3G networks in developing countries, plus ultra-low prices from the likes of Samsung, will make the smartphone the sole computer of millions of citizens worldwide. And by 2016, 97 percent of smartphones are expected to use touchscreens. Now, don't get me wrong — I carry an iPad and an iPod Touch in my backpack and love touchscreens — but I still like a phone that fits in my pocket. However, I'm going to be in the minority five years from now, when the majority of wireless communicators will be smartphones."
Netflix To Lose 1 Million Subscribers
By samzenpus from Slashdot's abandon-ship department:
tekgoblin writes "In light of the recent price increase at Netflix, it made quite a few subscribers mad. Netflix expects to lose around 1 million total subscribers in the short term after the price changes. Price changes that split the streaming and DVD costs separately when they were combined previously which inevitably increase the subscription prices. On top of the price increase Netflix will lose their contract with Starz in February which will cost them around 1,000 total streaming titles from their collection."
Intel Experimental Processor Runs On Solar Power
By samzenpus from Slashdot's heliotropic-computing department:
An anonymous reader writes "For the IDF keynote, Intel showed an experimental processor that is solar powered (incandescent light shining on solar panel). The whole computer itself still runs on regular power, only the processor itself is solar From the article: 'The concept processor, code-named Claremont, can run light workloads on solar power by dropping energy consumption to under 10 milliwatts, said Justin Rattner, chief technology officer at Intel, during a keynote address at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. That is low enough to keep a chip running on a solar cell the size of a stamp.'"
Dinosaur Feathers Found In Amber
By samzenpus from Slashdot's I-think-I-saw-this-movie department:
An anonymous reader writes "A stunning array of prehistoric feathers, including dinosaur protofeathers, has been discovered in Late Cretaceous amber from Canada. 'Protofeathers aren't known from any modern, existing groups of birds and therefore the most obvious interpretation is that they belong to dinosaurs,' said University of Alberta professor, Alexander P. Wolfe. The 78 to 79-million-year-old amber preserved the feathers in vivid detail, including some of their diverse colors."


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Pratsham Grange garden in Holmbury St Mary
PUBLISHED: 14:27 03 September 2013 | UPDATED: 17:44 17 March 2015
Words and photography: Leigh Clapp
Pratsham Grange in Holmbury St Mary
Enjoy a visit to this elegant garden in Holmbury St Mary, created with a geometrical undertone and currently brimming with late season interest
Pratsham Grange
Holmbury St Mary RH5 6LZ.
Groups are also welcome by appointment from June to August. Admission £4, children free. See ngs.org.uk
When Alan and Felicity Comber moved to Pratsham Grange in the delightful village of Holmbury St Mary in 2000, the late Victorian house and grounds were in a sorry state. So while Felicity took charge of the house, Alan set his sights on the outdoors. "The garden was my problem," he says. "We had no cultivated areas, the grounds were hip-high with nettles and thistles, while on the north side we had disused cowsheds."
Initially, the priority was just to remove the outbuildings and run the mower over the grass. In fact, it wasn't until 2005 when Alan, a former accountant, decided to reduce his working time that the transformation of the four-acre garden began – firstly with the south garden, then over subsequent years, the north and east aspects. Finally, more features were added and the areas linked with paths and steps.
Today, each section has its own flavour yet feels very much part of a whole design with a continued foil of evergreens, from hedges to shrubs, creating a unified flow.
"When the children came along, we decided we needed a garden for them to run around in and that got me in the habit of mowing and maintenance, which I found I quite enjoyed," says Alan. "But it wasn't until I was contemplating retirement that I realised I wanted the opportunity to design, plan and create a large garden."
Sum of the parts
The garden has a definite mathematical order to it, reflecting Alan's accountancy background. The south is set out in geometric shapes with a long central gravel path dividing rectangular herbaceous borders, while sentinels of neatly clipped yews delineate the avenue. "I have added triangular, square, pentagonal, hexagonal, heptagonal and octagonal beds recently," says Alan. Softening the design is a plethora of plants; in August, it is crocosmia, phlox, kniphofias and asters that draw the eye.
In the north section, you wander past a spiralling buxus knot garden interspersed with herbs, the last flush of scented roses filling the air, to a fruit tree area and then on to the productive kitchen garden and exuberant cut-flower beds. Alan's interest in gardening started when he helped out as a child on his father's allotment and here, in the working section of the garden, you get an echo of that past, with the orderly compost bins, billowing jostle of staked flowers and the abundant crops. "It's always fun to choose flower combinations from the picking garden and no visitor leaves us from June to October without a bunch of flowers," he adds.
In contrast to the more formal areas of the garden, to the east there is a stream waterfall flowing to a series of naturalistic ponds, the largest complete with a small rowing boat. Mature woodland backs the tranquil scene and colour splashes are provided by beds dedicated to a collection of fuchsias and massed hydrangeas in blue, mauve and white tones.
It's clear that Alan has fulfilled his aim for a garden full of interest with new projects materialising all the time for further planting or new beds. "I was hoping for colour all year round and I was not entirely unsuccessful, as it turns out," he says. "However, mid-August does produce the best colour of the year – the roses produce their second blooming, the fuchsias are spectacular, the hydrangea in vivid hues, the flower picking garden is plentiful, the herbaceous borders are full of flowering plants and there may even be an autumn raspberry or two to taste."
Opening the gates
The National Gardens Scheme visitors clearly agree, with the couple welcoming their 1,000th visitor in just their second year of opening in 2012.
"What the NGS officials don't realise is that the visitors come mainly to consume tea and home-made cake in tranquil surroundings rather than appreciate the subtle colour combinations of Eupatorium purpureum and Persicaria amplexicaullis," laughs Alan.
"But the visitors are the kindest, gentlest people you could imagine; unfailingly polite and complimentary about the cake and the garden, so it's no surprise we come through unscathed.
"The only real dilemma is how many visitors there will be over the course of the weekend and therefore how many cakes to be baked!"
To improve the heavy clay soil found in this area, consider using top soil
Protect new areas to be cultivated from deer and rabbits by erecting temporary fencing
Adopt a linear geometric theme all through the garden with shaped flowerbeds
Choose an eclectic colour palette
Line paths and lawns with massed hydrangeas
Add clipped topiary to contrast with the softness of herbaceous plants
Use late-season perennials, such as crocosmia, kniphofia, eupatorium, to continue interest throughout the year

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Q: imageJ plugin argument Hello I am trying to pass arguments to my ImageJ PlugIn. However it seems no matter what I pass, argument string will be considered as empty by the program. I couldn't find any documentation on the internet about THAT issue.
My Java plugIn looks like this, and compiles fine.
import ij.plugin.PlugIn;

public class Test implements PlugIn {
    public void run(String args) {

        IJ.log("Starting plugin Test");
        IJ.log("args: ." + args + ".");

    }
 }

I compile, make a .jar file and put it into the ImageJ plugins folder.
I can call it with the ImageJ userInterface (Plugin>Segmentation>Test) and the macro recorder will put the command used:
run("Test");

Then my code is executed, the log window pops-up as expected:
Starting plugin Test
args: ..

I can manually run the same command in a .ijm file, and get the same result.
However, when I run the following macro command:
run("Test", "my_string");

I get the same results in the log window:
Starting plugin Test
args: ..  //  <- I would like to get "my_string" passed there

Where it should have displayed (at least what I expect it to do)
Starting plugin Test
args: .my_string.

So my question is: how can I pass parameters to PlugIn and especially how to access them?
Many thanks

EDIT

Hey I found a way to bypass that:
Using the Macro.getOptions() : this method will retrieve the string passed in argument to the plugin.
However, I still can't find a way to pass more than 1 string argument. I tried overloading the PlugIn.run() method but it doesn't work at all.
My quick fix is to put all my arguments in 1 string, and separating them by a space. Then I split this string:
String [] arguments = Macro.getOptions().split(" ");

I don't see a more convenient way to get around that. I can't believe how stupid this situation is.
Please, if you have a better solution, feel free to share! Thanks

A: You are confusing the run(String arg) method in ij.plugin.Plugin with the ImageJ macro command run("command"\[, "options"\]), which calls IJ.run(String command, String options).
In the documentation for ij.plugin.Plugin#run(String arg), it says:

This method is called when the plugin is loaded. 'arg', which may be blank, is the argument specified for this plugin in IJ_Props.txt.

So, arg is an optional argument that you can use in IJ_Props.txt or in the plugins.config file of your plugin to assign different menu commands to different functions of your plugin (see also the excellent documentation on the Fiji wiki).
To make use of the options parameter when running your plugin from macro code, you should use a GenericDialog to get the options, or (as you apparently learned the hard way) use the helper function Macro.getOptions().

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The LMT Light Measurement Software LMT LIMES 2000 is a WINDOWS-based 32-bit software for measurement of photometric data of automotive lamps for cars, trucks, motorcycles and bycicles as well as for evaluation of measurement data to produce test reports according to legal regulations, graphical display of light distribution and calculation of road illumination by simulating realistic road situations.
is a completely WINDOWS-based 32-bit software which requires a PC with Microsoft WINDOWS NT 4.0, WINDOWS 2000 Professional, or WINDOWS XP. It can also be used on systems with WINDOWS 95/98/ME, in some cases, however, with reduced performance. The software has been written by using the Microsoft Visual Studio products VISUAL C++ and VISUAL BASIC 5/6.
is protected by a hardlock to be connected to the PC printer port. Special hardlocks for additional installations at customer's site, e.g. for data evaluation only, can be obtained.
has to be installed on a PC close to the photometric devices, as it communicates with them through the IEEE-488 Bus Interface. The software supports PC interface boards delivered from LMT for the use with the LMT-GOH program system for DOS, but also several other boards, such as National Instruments etc. Drivers for the IEEE-488 Bus Interface are included in the software and are installed in the software setup procedure.
makes widely use of MS-ACCESS databases which are used for the storage of test programs, test data or system data such as lamps, isolux values, or configurations for lighting simulation programs.
is a modular built software system. Functions not required at the moment of installation, e.g. for support of certain hardware or a certain type of data evaluation, can easily be installed at a later time.
will also work on future versions of WINDOWS and, therefore, is the future LMT standard software. New releases with enhanced features or new capabilities because of new requirements will be issued frequently and can be downloaded from LMT's web site.
can be used with the goniophotometer types GO-H and supports the integration of various other photometric measurement equipment such as retroreflection measurement units, colorimeters, luminance meters, or integrating spheres. It further supports auxiliary devices such as computer controlled tables, remote controls, X-Y coordinate units, or photometer multiplexers. Various electrical instruments, such as AC or DC power supplies or electrical measurement systems, can be integrated.
uses several import and export functions. It allows the user to import existing program files of ECE, SAE, or other regulations tests of the LMT-GOH software for DOS, as well as luminous intensity or illuminance distributions which have been measured and converted to LMT-GOH ASCII format. Test data files can be exported to a new defined LMT LIMES ASCII format, or other international file formats such as IESNA 95.
The LMT LIMES 2000 software contains a database with relevant ECE or SAE regulations as well as Japanese or Korean Standards. The database will continuously be updated by LMT and will be available on the LMT internet home page in its latest edition. Special test programs will also be available as ASCII files to be imported into the user's test program database.
LIMES: LIMES 2000 main program for configuration, data management, database control, test program generation, execution of test programs according to defined functions or for scanning the luminous intensity distribution, file import and export, data evaluation, execution of lighting simulation calculations, printing of test report and graphical display generation, etc. It can be executed on the PC which contains the IEEE-488 Bus Interface card and is connected to the hardware or on any other PC connected to the measurement PC by network.
LIMESCONTROL: LIMES 2000 hardware control program, movement control of goniophotometers, control of other devices or reading and display of photometric values during operation. For performing measurements, it must be executed on the PC which contains the IEEE-488 Bus Interface card and is connected to the hardware.
TRANSLATOR: LIMES 2000 translation program, translation of screen or printed text from LIMES and LIMESCONTROL programs by using the text items database of these programs, modification of existing text or creation of new languages. Can be installed independently from LIMES or LIMESCONTROL on any PC.
Data Evaluation: Calculation, display, and printing of luminaire and lamp data sheet. Presentation of text report. Import and export of various file formats.
Tables: The following functions allow the display of tables in a screen window or the printing to a Windows printer. The table layout can be widely controlled by the user. The user can change foreground, background and line colors, font sizes and styles. Each table can be individually saved into an ASCII text file (extension .txt).
List of test functions of the test program acc. to ECE, SAE or other requirements, with user selectable columns of min/max values, angles, Not-O.K.-Marks etc.
Diagrams: The following functions allow the display of graphics in a screen window or the printing to a Windows printer. Each graphic can be saved as a bitmap file (extension .bmp or .jpg). Existing graphical files can be imported for display and printing. The diagram layout can be widely controlled by the user. The user can change foreground, background and line colors, font sizes and styles, select components like labels, grids or scales. Diagrams can be scaled manually or automatically.
Reports: The text reports can be printed as multi page documents, each page in a user-defined format. Page formats can contain company headers and footers, imported from Rich Text Files (.rtf-files), created by a word processing program (e.g. Microsoft Word), or company logos, imported from bitmap files in BMP, JPG, GIF, or other standard file formats. Page sizes and margins can be defined by the user. All printed pages can be previewed on the computer screen on a virtual printer with zooming capability. Reports can be generated from a single page of a single table or as a multi page report from any number of files and selected tables.
File Formats: Data files with test reports can be imported from and exported to the following file formats. Single and multiple file import and export is possible. The additional information required by the file formats is saved with the test data into the LIMES test database.
Isolux: Calculation, display, and printing of luminous intensity or illuminance distributions on the test screen by means of isolux or isocandela values, intersections or 3-D diagrams. Calculation of luminous flux in certain areas on the test screen, distinguished either by selectable isolux/isocandela values or by angles. Printing of test report.
Isoroad: Lighting simulation software. Calculation, display, and printing of illuminance or luminance distributions on road sections illuminated by one or more lamps mounted on a selected automobile on a selected position on the road. Presentation of graphics in either bird's-eye, perspective or 3-D view. Calculation, display, and printing of zonal luminous fluxes on selectable areas on road sections illuminated by one or more lamps mounted on a selected automobile on a selected position on the road. Presentation of graphics or text report.
Data Evaluation: Calculation, display, and printing of luminaire and lamp data sheet, containing intensity distributions, zonal luminous fluxes, illuminance or intensity tables, isolux or isocandela diagrams, intersections and gradient diagrams, etc. Presentation of graphics or text report. Import and export of various file formats.
Reports: Graphic and text reports can be printed as multi page documents, each page in a user defined format. Page formats can contain company headers and footers, imported from Rich Text Files (.rtf-files), created by a word processing program (e.g. Microsoft Word), or company logos, imported from bitmap files in BMP, JPG, GIF or other standard file formats. Page sizes and margins can be defined by the user. All printed pages can be previewed on the computer screen on a virtual printer with zooming capability. Reports can be generated from a single page of a single graphic or table or as a multi page report from any number of files and selected tables and diagrams.
File formats: Data files of luminous intensities can be imported from and exported to the following file formats. Single and multiple file import and export is possible. The additional information required by the file formats is saved with the test data into the LIMES test database.
The LMT LIMES 2000 Hardware Support Modules allow the measurement and control of devices which can be connected to the IEEE-488 Bus Interface. The described functions can only be used if the corresponding hardware is available. Each hardware support module consists of the necessary functions for communication with the hardware (extension to LIMESCONTROL), and for the corresponding functions for data evaluation (extension to LIMES).
Retro: Retroreflection measurement units RETRO 1000, RETRO 2000 for measurements of reflex reflectors or reflex reflecting material. Measurement of the dependency of the coefficient of retro reflection of the illumination angle, either at fixed observation angles or, additionally, as function of the observation angle (only RETRO 2000).
LMT has released the LMT LIMES 2000 software for automotive lighting applications at the beginning of 2000. Due to technical reasons and further developments, modifications to the capabilities of the software regarding this description are possible in the future.


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namespace captive_portal {

namespace {

class CaptivePortalClient {
 public:
  explicit CaptivePortalClient(CaptivePortalDetector* captive_portal_detector)
      : captive_portal_detector_(captive_portal_detector),
        num_results_received_(0) {
  }

  void OnPortalDetectionCompleted(
      const CaptivePortalDetector::Results& results) {
    results_ = results;
    ++num_results_received_;
  }

  const CaptivePortalDetector::Results& captive_portal_results() const {
    return results_;
  }

  int num_results_received() const { return num_results_received_; }

 private:
  CaptivePortalDetector* captive_portal_detector_;

  CaptivePortalDetector::Results results_;
  int num_results_received_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CaptivePortalClient);
};

}  // namespace

class CaptivePortalDetectorTest : public testing::Test,
                                  public CaptivePortalDetectorTestBase {
 public:
  CaptivePortalDetectorTest() : detector_(profile_.GetRequestContext()) {
    set_detector(&detector_);
  }

  virtual ~CaptivePortalDetectorTest() {}

  void RunTest(const CaptivePortalDetector::Results& expected_results,
               int net_error,
               int status_code,
               const char* response_headers) {
    ASSERT_FALSE(FetchingURL());

    GURL url(CaptivePortalDetector::kDefaultURL);
    CaptivePortalClient client(detector());

    detector()->DetectCaptivePortal(url,
        base::Bind(&CaptivePortalClient::OnPortalDetectionCompleted,
                   base::Unretained(&client)));

    ASSERT_TRUE(FetchingURL());
    MessageLoop::current()->RunUntilIdle();

    CompleteURLFetch(net_error, status_code, response_headers);

    EXPECT_FALSE(FetchingURL());
    EXPECT_EQ(1, client.num_results_received());
    EXPECT_EQ(expected_results.result, client.captive_portal_results().result);
    EXPECT_EQ(expected_results.response_code,
              client.captive_portal_results().response_code);
    EXPECT_EQ(expected_results.retry_after_delta,
              client.captive_portal_results().retry_after_delta);
  }

  void RunCancelTest() {
    ASSERT_FALSE(FetchingURL());

    GURL url(CaptivePortalDetector::kDefaultURL);
    CaptivePortalClient client(detector());

    detector()->DetectCaptivePortal(url,
        base::Bind(&CaptivePortalClient::OnPortalDetectionCompleted,
                   base::Unretained(&client)));

    ASSERT_TRUE(FetchingURL());
    MessageLoop::current()->RunUntilIdle();

    detector()->Cancel();

    ASSERT_FALSE(FetchingURL());
    EXPECT_EQ(0, client.num_results_received());
  }

 private:
  MessageLoop message_loop_;

  // Definition order does matter.
  TestingProfile profile_;
  CaptivePortalDetector detector_;
};

// Test that the CaptivePortalDetector returns the expected result
// codes in response to a variety of probe results.
TEST_F(CaptivePortalDetectorTest, CaptivePortalResultCodes) {
  CaptivePortalDetector::Results results;
  results.result = RESULT_INTERNET_CONNECTED;
  results.response_code = 204;

  RunTest(results, net::OK, 204, NULL);

  // The server may return an HTTP error when it's acting up.
  results.result = RESULT_NO_RESPONSE;
  results.response_code = 500;
  RunTest(results, net::OK, 500, NULL);

  // Generic network error case.
  results.result = RESULT_NO_RESPONSE;
  results.response_code = net::URLFetcher::RESPONSE_CODE_INVALID;
  RunTest(results, net::ERR_TIMED_OUT, net::URLFetcher::RESPONSE_CODE_INVALID,
          NULL);

  // In the general captive portal case, the portal will return a page with a
  // 200 status.
  results.result = RESULT_BEHIND_CAPTIVE_PORTAL;
  results.response_code = 200;
  RunTest(results, net::OK, 200, NULL);

  // Some captive portals return 511 instead, to advertise their captive
  // portal-ness.
  results.result = RESULT_BEHIND_CAPTIVE_PORTAL;
  results.response_code = 511;
  RunTest(results, net::OK, 511, NULL);
}

// Check a Retry-After header that contains a delay in seconds.
TEST_F(CaptivePortalDetectorTest, CaptivePortalRetryAfterSeconds) {
  const char* retry_after = "HTTP/1.1 503 OK\nRetry-After: 101\n\n";
  CaptivePortalDetector::Results results;

  // Check that Retry-After headers work both on the first request to return a
  // result and on subsequent requests.
  results.result = RESULT_NO_RESPONSE;
  results.response_code = 503;
  results.retry_after_delta = base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(101);
  RunTest(results, net::OK, 503, retry_after);

  results.result = RESULT_INTERNET_CONNECTED;
  results.response_code = 204;
  results.retry_after_delta = base::TimeDelta();
  RunTest(results, net::OK, 204, NULL);
}

// Check a Retry-After header that contains a date.
TEST_F(CaptivePortalDetectorTest, CaptivePortalRetryAfterDate) {
  const char* retry_after =
      "HTTP/1.1 503 OK\nRetry-After: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:02:51 GMT\n\n";
  CaptivePortalDetector::Results results;

  // base has a function to get a time in the right format from a string, but
  // not the other way around.
  base::Time start_time;
  ASSERT_TRUE(base::Time::FromString("Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:02:00 GMT",
                                     &start_time));
  base::Time retry_after_time;
  ASSERT_TRUE(base::Time::FromString("Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:02:51 GMT",
                                     &retry_after_time));

  SetTime(start_time);

  results.result = RESULT_NO_RESPONSE;
  results.response_code = 503;
  results.retry_after_delta = retry_after_time - start_time;
  RunTest(results, net::OK, 503, retry_after);
}

// Check invalid Retry-After headers are ignored.
TEST_F(CaptivePortalDetectorTest, CaptivePortalRetryAfterInvalid) {
  const char* retry_after = "HTTP/1.1 503 OK\nRetry-After: Christmas\n\n";
  CaptivePortalDetector::Results results;

  results.result = RESULT_NO_RESPONSE;
  results.response_code = 503;
  RunTest(results, net::OK, 503, retry_after);
}

TEST_F(CaptivePortalDetectorTest, Cancel) {
  RunCancelTest();
  CaptivePortalDetector::Results results;
  results.result = RESULT_INTERNET_CONNECTED;
  results.response_code = 204;
  RunTest(results, net::OK, 204, NULL);
}

}  // namespace captive_portal

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> floating point precision: is true double possible?
Re: floating point precision: is true double possible?
Is there any other conversion required?
Arguments for latitude and longitude need to be passed as radians (not degrees). Could this be what you have missed?
The return value (also in radians) must then be multiplied with the earth radius. For this I use the the IUGG mean radius defined as 6371009 meters.
Have you checked your datum?
For instance, the UK OS datum produces errors of about this magnitude, compared to the WGS datum used by GPS.


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What 'high risk' means for bars and restaurants under ND Smart Restart guidance
During Gov. Doug Burgum's weekly coronavirus press briefing held Monday, he moved all counties in North Dakota to high risk.
What that means for businesses standards for bars and restaurants specifically is reduced capacity.
We spoke to a local brewery owner who shares the measures he's already implemented, and why.
"We're announcing that we're moving all remaining counties from yellow to orange. This would indicate the seriousness of the situation," said Gov. Burgum.
The North Dakota Smart Restart Guidance calls for just 25 percent capacity with a maximum of 50 people.
It's also recommended that businesses require masks or face coverings.
But these are just strong recommendations, not mandates, meaning the businesses don't have to follow them by law.
Eric Johnson is a co-owner of Atypical Brewery and Barrelworks in Minot.
He says he and his business partner implemented safety measures before Ward County was moved to high risk like requiring masks and limiting capacity.
"We just feel like it's the responsible thing to do. It's been shown to help slow the spread. Obviously, we don't have any cure for it now but we're seeing now the hospitals starting to get overwhelmed a little bit and so we're just trying to do our part to help," Johnson said.
He says it was a bit of a learning curve at first.
"We got a lot of questions like, 'Well, how am I supposed to drink a beer with a mask on?' We're not asking you to keep it on the whole time or drink it through a straw under your mask or anything like that. When you're up and ordering a beer, you're moving around, you're passing another table, you're going to the bathroom– put your mask on. When you get to your table with your close-knit family or group of friends, feel free to take it off," Johnson said.
He adds that like many other businesses, the brewery had to shut down in March because of the pandemic. And he says you can do your part to stop that from happening again.
"Comply with the 'ask' of social distancing and wearing a mask. People talk about wanting to go back to their everyday lives, if you just wear a mask, for the most part, you sort of can. I think that would help everyone if we all got on board together," Johnson said.
And what Johnson is asking, is exactly what Governor Burgum asks of North Dakotans, as well.
"One of the most cost-effective ways that we can keep our businesses open, and our schools open and our hospitals operating is the two simple things that require individual responsibility: physically distance and wearing masks," Burgum said.
Atypical Brewery has also made its "craft Saturdays" virtual. Those interested can pick up the packet at the brewery and then do it at home.
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"""
Definition of urls for django_get_started.
"""

from datetime import datetime
from django.conf.urls import *
from app.forms import BootstrapAuthenticationForm
from app import views as app_views
from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
from django.conf import settings
from django.conf.urls.static import static
from django.contrib import admin
from django.views.i18n import JavaScriptCatalog

# Uncomment the next lines to enable the admin:
# from django.conf.urls import include
# from django.contrib import admin
# admin.autodiscover()

js_info_dict = {
    'domain': 'djangojs',
    'packages': ('app',),
}

urlpatterns = [
    # Examples:
    #url(r'^(?i)$', app_views.home, name='home'),
    url(r'^(?i)$',
        app_views.login_redirect,
        {
            'template_name': 'app/login.html',
            'authentication_form': BootstrapAuthenticationForm,
            'extra_context':
            {
                'title':'Login',
                'year':datetime.now().year,
            }
        },
        name='login'),
    url(r'^(?i)dashboard$', app_views.dashboard, name='dashboard'),
    url(r'^(?i)patients', app_views.patients, name='patients'),
    url(r'^(?i)patient-profile', app_views.patient_profile, name='patient-profile'),
    url(r'^(?i)signup-success', app_views.signup_success, name='signup-success'),
    url(r'^(?i)doctor-signup', app_views.doctor_signup, name='doctor-signup'),
    url(r'^(?i)patient-signup', app_views.patient_signup, name='patient-signup'),
    url(r'^(?i)signup', app_views.signup, name='signup'),
    url(r'^(?i)messages', app_views.messages, name='messages'),
    url(r'^(?i)save-notes', app_views.save_notes, name='save-notes'),
    url(r'^(?i)create-channel', app_views.create_channel, name='create-channel'),
    url(r'^(?i)create-notification', app_views.create_notification, name='create-notification'),
    url(r'^(?i)delete-notification', app_views.delete_notification, name='delete-notification'),
    url(r'^(?i)add-video', app_views.add_video, name='add-video'),
    url(r'^(?i)delete-video', app_views.delete_video, name='delete-video'),
    url(r'^(?i)create-medication', app_views.create_medication, name='create-medication'),
    url(r'^(?i)delete-medication', app_views.delete_medication, name='delete-medication'),
    url(r'^(?i)upload-image', app_views.upload_image, name='upload-image'),
    url(r'^(?i)sync-redcap', app_views.sync_redcap, name='sync-redcap'),
    url(r'^(?i)delete-dashboard-alert', app_views.delete_dashboard_alert, name='delete-dashboard-alert'),
    url(r'^(?i)follow-patient', app_views.follow_patient, name='follow-patient'),
    url(r'^(?i)unfollow-patient', app_views.unfollow_patient, name='unfollow-patient'),
    url(r'^(?i)save-patient-info', app_views.save_patient_info, name='save-patient-info'),
    url(r'^(?i)edit-patient-info', app_views.edit_patient_info, name='edit-patient-info'),
    url(r'^(?i)set-language', app_views.set_language, name='set-language'),
    url(r'^(?i)admin-input', app_views.admin_input, name='admin-input'),
    url(r'^(?i)mobile', app_views.mobile, name='mobile'),
    url(r'^(?i)token', app_views.token, name='token'),
    url(r'^jsi18n/app/$', JavaScriptCatalog.as_view(packages=['app']), name='javascript-catalog'),
    url(r'^(?i)login/$',
        auth_views.login,
        {
            'template_name': 'app/login.html',
            'authentication_form': BootstrapAuthenticationForm,
            'extra_context':
            {
                'title':'Login',
                'year':datetime.now().year,
            }
        },
        name='login'),
    url(r'^(?i)logout$',
        auth_views.logout,
        {
            'next_page': '/',
        },
        name='logout'),

    # Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:
    # url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),

    # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
    # url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
] + static(settings.STATIC_URL, document_root=settings.STATIC_ROOT) + static(settings.MEDIA_URL, document_root=settings.MEDIA_ROOT)


A large storm already blamed for at least eight deaths in the West slogged through Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico and other parts of the southwest Sunday as it slowly churned east ahead of Thanksgiving.
After the storm plows through the southwest, meteorologists expect the Arctic mass to head south and east, threatening plans for Tuesday and Wednesday as people hit the roads and airports for some of the busiest travel days of the year. Already, flight delays were expected at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, and a spokeswoman said deicing equipment was being prepared as officials planned for the worst in a flurry of conference calls and meetings.
"It's certainly going to be a travel impact as we see the first few people making their way for Thanksgiving," National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Bradshaw said.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for chunks of North Texas from noon Sunday until midday Monday. Parts of Oklahoma are also under a winter storm warning, while an advisory has been issued for other parts of the state. A mix of rain and sleet began falling north of Dallas on Interstate 35 by midday Sunday, and areas of southwestern Oklahoma woke up to several inches of snow.
Several inches of snow fell overnight in Altus in far southwestern Oklahoma, said Damaris Machabo, a receptionist at a Holiday Inn motel.
"It looks great. I love the snow," Machabo said. The snow and freezing temperatures made driving in the area treacherous, but Machabo said she had no problems getting to work early Sunday. Forecasts called for more snow in the area later in the day.
Portions of New Mexico — especially in some of the higher elevations — also had several inches of snow, and near white out conditions were reported along stretches of Interstate 40 west of Albuquerque.
Then along the New Mexico-Texas border, into the El Paso area, a mix of snow, sleet and ice forced some road closures and created messy driving conditions.
Flagstaff in Arizona had 11 inches of snow by early Sunday, and was expected to get another inch by the end of the day before the storm petered out. Metro Phoenix and other parts of central Arizona received between 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches of rain over the course of the storm. The storms caused cancellations of sporting events and parades and damaged the roofs of homes across Arizona. In Tucson, firefighters on Friday recovered the body of a man who was swept away by high water in the Santa Cruz River.
By early Sunday, the weather was blamed for at least eight deaths in several fatal traffic accidents. The storm also caused hundreds of rollover accidents, including one that injured three members of singer Willie Nelson's band when their bus hit a pillar on Interstate 30 near Sulphur Springs, about 75 miles northeast of Dallas. In Arizona, when 8,000 cyclists participated in a rainy biking race, one cyclist died in a collision with a vehicle.
Dallas prepared for the storm by declaring "Ice Force Level 1," code for sending 30 sanding trucks to trouble shoot hazardous road conditions.
At Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, spokeswoman Cynthia Vega said American Airlines and American Eagle were planning to delay or cancel flights as the day progressed. The possibility of ice on the runways led to a series of conference calls and meetings early Sunday, she added, noting the airport had liquid and solid deicers ready for use.
The storm system, though, was particularly hard to predict because a couple of degrees here or there with the temperature will determine whether regions see rain, sleet or snow, Bradshaw said.


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Burial Plot (A Jonelle Sweet Mystery Book 1) by R. Lanier Clemons
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Campus security guard and cop wannabe Jonelle Sweet has a problem. Her recently deceased husband is missing from the cemetery plot where she buried him. Married less than two years to Delbert Sweet, Jonelle knows she can find the answers to why someone removed his body and where he was taken.
Refusing to give up or be stonewalled, Jonelle's persistence pays off. As her demand for answers escalates, Jonelle methodically tracks down a body snatcher and uncovers a conspiracy where cadavers are sold for profit. Jonelle learns that if she doesn't watch her step, the grave robber may just turn into a killer. And she will be his first victim.
Mystery readers will love R. Lanier Clemon's gustsy wannabe-cop, Jonelle Sweet. The first in a series, this novel starts out with intrigue and suspense when Jonelle's deceased husband goes missing from his eternal resting place. Her natural detective instincts serve her well as she gathers clues, questions witnesses and puts the pieces together that lead her to an unlikely and dangerous conspiracy.
The plot is compelling and the dialogue is sharp and sprinkled with humor. A terrific read.
Amazon 5 star review
BURIAL PLOT is available from Amazon.
Born in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, R. Lanier Clemons spent her early years moving from one Air Force base to another. It was her father, a career Air Force Sergeant, who instilled in her the love of books.
In college, she majored in Journalism and received her B.A. from Howard University. That degree helped her land a job as Managing Editor of an employee newspaper for the largest telecommunications company in the Washington DC area. Several years were spent writing the "5 W's." However, that didn't dampen her thirst for fiction. With the love of mysteries in the back of her mind, she decided to explore some of the reasons why people committed crimes. That led to a degree in Legal Studies at the University of Maryland.
One day, she decided to sit down and write the kind of book she wanted to read. As a horse owner and competitor for 30 years, she finds writing and riding very similar activities. Both require skill, perseverance and practice in order to continue to grow and excel at each craft.
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Editors' ChoiceMechanotransduction
Flow into a New Cell Size
Wei Wong
Science Signaling 16 Nov 2010:
Vol. 3, Issue 148, pp. ec347
DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.3148ec347
Mutations in genes encoding proteins involved in cilia formation, such as the kinesin subunit Kif3a or the intraflagellar transport protein Ift88, result in various developmental defects and diseases, such as polycystic kidney disease (PKD). In PKD, kidneys contain cysts, and the cells lining the cysts are larger and have increased mTORC1 (mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1) activity compared with normal tubular cells. Because mTORC1-mediated signaling regulates cell size, Boehlke et al. (see also Wiczer et al.) investigated the relationship between cilia, fluid flow, mTORC1, and cell size. Cilia are lost in mice with a kidney-specific ablation of Kif3a, leading to formation of kidney cysts, and the authors showed that the collecting duct cells in Kif3a mutant mice were larger than those from control mice. MDCK cells cultured under constant flow (to mimic the conditions that renal tubule cells experience) were smaller than those grown in stationary culture. In MDCK cells cultured under constant flow, knockdown of Kif3a or of Ift88 increased cell size. mTORC1 activity, as assessed by the phosphorylation status of mTOR and its target S6K, was decreased in cells grown under constant flow compared with those grown in stationary culture, and this decrease was reduced by knockdown of Kif3a or Ift88. Furthermore, phosphorylation of the S6K target ribosomal S6 protein (rS6) was higher in kidneys from Kif3a mutants than in those from control animals. The authors reasoned that cells lacking cilia cannot sense flow and decrease mTORC1 activity, resulting in increased cell size. Accordingly, inhibition of mTORC1 with rapamycin prevented the size increase seen in cells lacking Kif3a, whereas activation of mTORC1 with expression of a gain-of-function form of Rheb (an activator of mTORC1) resulted in larger cells under flow. The kinase LKB1 activates adenosine monophosphate (AMP)–activated protein kinase (AMPK), which inhibits signaling through mTORC1. When grown under flow, MDCK cells lacking LKB1 or expressing a dominant-negative form of LKB1 were larger. In addition, imaging indicated a stronger signal for phosphorylated AMPK at the basal body in cells grown under flow than in cells grown in stationary medium. Thus, fluid flow activates the LKB1-AMPK pathway in cilia to inhibit mTORC1-mediated increases in cell size.
C. Boehlke, F. Kotsis, V. Patel, S. Braeg, H. Voelker, S. Bredt, T. Beyer, H. Janusch, C. Hamann, M. Gödel, K. Müller, M. Herbst, M. Hornung, M. Doerken, M. Köttgen, R. Nitschke, P. Igarashi, G. Walz, E. W. Kuehn, Primary cilia regulate mTORC1 activity and cell size through Lkb1. Nat. Cell Biol. 12, 1115–1122 (2010). [PubMed]
B. M. Wiczer, A. Kalender, G. Thomas, Bending the path to TOR. Nat. Cell Biol. 12, 1031–1033 (2010). [PubMed]
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Fluid flow activates the LKB1-AMPK pathway in cilia to inhibit mTORC1-mediated increases in cell size.


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Ayissha Knows Sydney Is Whitney On 'Catfish,' But She Still Wants To Meet Her
By Allison Piwowarski
Another week, another perplexing Internet story. This week on Catfish , Ayissha and Sydney (or Whitney) have been talking for some time on social media. Unlike most Catfish stories, Sydney actually confessed to Ayissha that she was not the girl she let Ayissha think she was; her real name was Whitney, and Whitney had been using someone else's photos. Seems like Nev and Max's job just got a whole lot easier, right? Their job is basically done for them. Now, they can take it easy this week and just sit back and watch how Ayissha and Whitney's meeting goes down, right? Not so fast.
More often than not, Max and Nev are brought "cases" by unsuspecting Internet users who meet someone online and worry that they're not the person they say they are. Ayissha knows Whitney isn't Sydney, so that big reveal that we look forward to in each episode won't be as climactic as usual. Or will it? This wouldn't be the first time a "catfish" has admitted to lying, but it also wouldn't be that crazy to believe that "Whitney" isn't even the real catfish. We really don't know who to believe! What we can believe is that Ayissha isn't ready to let go of someone that she had such a deep connection with, whether it's Whitney, Sydney, or someone else. Enter Nev and Max.
Here's what we know about Ayissha and her catfisher Sydney/Whitney.
Met On Twitter
The two women met on Twitter. Ayissha is located in California and "Sydney" is located in Texas. Ayissha says that she was drawn to Sydney because she was posting things that she would post on Twitter. I guess relatability is nice, right?
Virtually Inseparable
These two were quite literally inseparable via the Internet, texting, and phone calls. No Skype calls, but does that really surprise you?
Ayissha says that she was in love with Sydney. Honestly, it sounds like the feelings are still there, even after the truth came out. After connecting with someone on such a deep level, it's nice to see someone internally battle with if they should still feel the same way about someone who knowingly lied to her.
They Broke-Up
Ayissha says that after trying to meet up with "Sydney," the arguments started flooding into their relationship. The two, who never met, eventually broke-up, but that wasn't the last Ayissha heard from Sydney. At a party, Ayissha kissed another girl and received a text that same night from Syndey saying "I have a feeling you're somewhere you're not supposed to be." Can you say creepy Internet intuition? Yeah, me neither. That's why I think Sydney was at the party.
Sydney Confessed To Lying
After the "I have a feeling..." text, Sydney confessed to Ayissha that she isn't who she thought she was. What does that mean? "Sydney" turned out to be Whitney — or so she says. Whitney sent her real photos of herself, again, or so she says. Ayissha still, up to the day she reached out to Nev and Max, feels like Whitney knows what she (Ayissha) is doing at all times. Could this be someone close to Ayissha, or did Whitney and Ayissha just connect on such a deep level, Whitney gained an intuition?
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