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Currently in it's eighth year, Gas Safety Week is an annual event that sees organisations from across the UK working together to raise awareness of gas safety and the importance of taking care of your gas appliances.
Badly fitted and poorly serviced gas appliances are one of the biggest causes of gas leaks, fires, explosions and carbon monoxide (CO2) poisoning. CO is a highly poisonous gas that can kill quickly with no warning, as you cannot see it, taste it or smell it. It is common for people to mistake the symptoms of CO poisoning – headaches, nausea, breathlessness, dizziness, collapse, and loss of consciousness – with the flu, food poisoning or fatigue.
Estate agents and letting agents have a direct route to gas consumers and can offer potentially lifesaving advice, whether encouraging tenants to know what their legal rights are when it comes to gas safety, or making homeowners aware of the importance of having their gas appliances checked by a qualified Gas Safe registered engineer.
Show your support for Gas Safety Week by joining thousands of others who have pledged support at GasSafetyWeek.co.uk. Once you've registered you will receive a free toolkit of materials to help you get started, including web banners, articles, pre-written social media updates, images and much more.
If you're stuck for ideas of how you can get involved, take a look at last year's roundup of what went on. Activities run by estate and letting agents included internal communications informing their own employees of how to stay safe at home, free CO alarm giveaways, videos for tenants emphasising the importance of allowing access for vital gas safety checks, and tons of top tips on social media.
This year, Gas Safety Week will be focusing on a different theme each day – Monday will see Doug's top tips to keeping appliances safe and Friday will focus on the everyday gas safety hero's. Don't forget to follow @GasSafetyWeek and @GasSafeRegister on Twitter for all the latest updates and use #GSW18 to share you stories.


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Navy Culinary Specialists in Virginia provided countless meals to servicemembers during pandemic
By: WTKR Staff
It's 6 a.m. inside the Northwest Annex galley, and the first line of hungry Marines comes in.
There, they find a line of breakfast food; eggs, oatmeal, bacon, and biscuits, each with a colored sign above it reading how much of the product they should eat for a productive day.
The job to keep these service members fed falls on the people behind the counter and in the kitchen: Navy Culinary Specialists.
"I like to cook a lot, and I like to be around other people, so this is probably the perfect rank for me," said CS2 Isaac Walker, whose rank stands for Culinary Specialist Second Class.
Walker is one of a team of Galley employees who provide 280,000 meals annually to the hundreds of Marines, Sailors, and Coast Guard members who come through NSA Hampton Roads' Northwest Annex in rural Chesapeake. Sometimes they feed others, too.
NSA Hampton Roads Northwest Annex
Last week, a special Father's Day meal allowed families to join employees of the base that sits on the border of Virginia and North Carolina. While COVID-19 impacted everyone's way of life last year, the Galley stayed open.
"We had safety precautions in place," said CS2 Walker. "We couldn't have everyone in here at one time, and we had to have everybody go outside and eat, but people were still able to come in and [get the] food that they needed."
Sabella, Anthony
Even today, you'll find reminders of COVID-19. Culinary Specialists are wearing masks, and plexiglass barriers are still up between those who come in to eat and the men and women who are serving them.
But in a job where the fuel you put into your body determines your readiness, meal production can never stop, meaning these Sailors have one of the most important jobs of all.
Anthony Sabella at WTKR first reported this story.

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package org.apache.beam.fn.harness;

import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.function.Consumer;
import java.util.function.Supplier;
import org.apache.beam.fn.harness.control.ProcessBundleHandler;
import org.apache.beam.fn.harness.data.BeamFnDataClient;
import org.apache.beam.fn.harness.state.BeamFnStateClient;
import org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.RunnerApi;
import org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.RunnerApi.Coder;
import org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.RunnerApi.PCollection;
import org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.RunnerApi.PTransform;
import org.apache.beam.model.pipeline.v1.RunnerApi.ReadPayload;
import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.PTransformTranslation;
import org.apache.beam.runners.core.construction.ReadTranslation;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.fn.data.FnDataReceiver;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.fn.function.ThrowingRunnable;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.BoundedSource;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.io.Source.Reader;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.PipelineOptions;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.util.SerializableUtils;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.util.WindowedValue;

/**
 * A runner which creates {@link Reader}s for each {@link BoundedSource} sent as an input and
 * executes the {@link Reader}s read loop.
 */
public class BoundedSourceRunner<InputT extends BoundedSource<OutputT>, OutputT> {

  /** A registrar which provides a factory to handle Java {@link BoundedSource}s. */
  @AutoService(PTransformRunnerFactory.Registrar.class)
  public static class Registrar implements
      PTransformRunnerFactory.Registrar {

    @Override
    public Map<String, PTransformRunnerFactory> getPTransformRunnerFactories() {
      return ImmutableMap.of(
          ProcessBundleHandler.JAVA_SOURCE_URN, new Factory(),
          PTransformTranslation.READ_TRANSFORM_URN, new Factory());
    }
  }

  /** A factory for {@link BoundedSourceRunner}. */
  static class Factory<InputT extends BoundedSource<OutputT>, OutputT>
      implements PTransformRunnerFactory<BoundedSourceRunner<InputT, OutputT>> {
    @Override
    public BoundedSourceRunner<InputT, OutputT> createRunnerForPTransform(
        PipelineOptions pipelineOptions,
        BeamFnDataClient beamFnDataClient,
        BeamFnStateClient beamFnStateClient,
        String pTransformId,
        PTransform pTransform,
        Supplier<String> processBundleInstructionId,
        Map<String, PCollection> pCollections,
        Map<String, Coder> coders,
        Map<String, RunnerApi.WindowingStrategy> windowingStrategies,
        Multimap<String, FnDataReceiver<WindowedValue<?>>> pCollectionIdsToConsumers,
        Consumer<ThrowingRunnable> addStartFunction,
        Consumer<ThrowingRunnable> addFinishFunction) {

      ImmutableList.Builder<FnDataReceiver<WindowedValue<?>>> consumers = ImmutableList.builder();
      for (String pCollectionId : pTransform.getOutputsMap().values()) {
        consumers.addAll(pCollectionIdsToConsumers.get(pCollectionId));
      }

      @SuppressWarnings({"rawtypes", "unchecked"})
      BoundedSourceRunner<InputT, OutputT> runner = new BoundedSourceRunner(
          pipelineOptions,
          pTransform.getSpec(),
          consumers.build());

      // TODO: Remove and replace with source being sent across gRPC port
      addStartFunction.accept(runner::start);

      FnDataReceiver runReadLoop =
          (FnDataReceiver<WindowedValue<InputT>>) runner::runReadLoop;
      for (String pCollectionId : pTransform.getInputsMap().values()) {
        pCollectionIdsToConsumers.put(
            pCollectionId,
            runReadLoop);
      }

      return runner;
    }
  }

  private final PipelineOptions pipelineOptions;
  private final RunnerApi.FunctionSpec definition;
  private final Collection<FnDataReceiver<WindowedValue<OutputT>>> consumers;

  BoundedSourceRunner(
      PipelineOptions pipelineOptions,
      RunnerApi.FunctionSpec definition,
      Collection<FnDataReceiver<WindowedValue<OutputT>>> consumers) {
    this.pipelineOptions = pipelineOptions;
    this.definition = definition;
    this.consumers = consumers;
  }

  /**
   * @deprecated The runner harness is meant to send the source over the Beam Fn Data API which
   * would be consumed by the {@link #runReadLoop}. Drop this method once the runner harness sends
   * the source instead of unpacking it from the data block of the function specification.
   */
  @Deprecated
  public void start() throws Exception {
    try {
      // The representation here is defined as the java serialized representation of the
      // bounded source object in a ByteString wrapper.
      InputT boundedSource;
      if (definition.getUrn().equals(ProcessBundleHandler.JAVA_SOURCE_URN)) {
        byte[] bytes = definition.getPayload().toByteArray();
        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
        InputT boundedSource0 =
            (InputT) SerializableUtils.deserializeFromByteArray(bytes, definition.toString());
        boundedSource = boundedSource0;
      } else if (definition.getUrn().equals(PTransformTranslation.READ_TRANSFORM_URN)) {
        ReadPayload readPayload = ReadPayload.parseFrom(definition.getPayload());
        boundedSource = (InputT) ReadTranslation.boundedSourceFromProto(readPayload);
      } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown source URN: " + definition.getUrn());
      }
      runReadLoop(WindowedValue.valueInGlobalWindow(boundedSource));
    } catch (InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
      throw new IOException(String.format("Failed to decode %s", definition.getUrn()), e);
    }
  }

  /**
   * Creates a {@link Reader} for each {@link BoundedSource} and executes the {@link Reader}s
   * read loop. See {@link Reader} for further details of the read loop.
   *
   * <p>Propagates any exceptions caused during reading or processing via a consumer to the
   * caller.
   */
  public void runReadLoop(WindowedValue<InputT> value) throws Exception {
    try (Reader<OutputT> reader = value.getValue().createReader(pipelineOptions)) {
      if (!reader.start()) {
        // Reader has no data, immediately return
        return;
      }
      do {
        // TODO: Should this use the input window as the window for all the outputs?
        WindowedValue<OutputT> nextValue = WindowedValue.timestampedValueInGlobalWindow(
            reader.getCurrent(), reader.getCurrentTimestamp());
        for (FnDataReceiver<WindowedValue<OutputT>> consumer : consumers) {
          consumer.accept(nextValue);
        }
      } while (reader.advance());
    }
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return definition.toString();
  }
}

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Builders are busy once again.
According to the Census Bureau, Single-Family Housing Starts rose to 453,000 on a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis in June — a 9 percent spike from the month prior and the highest reading in 3 seasons.
A "Housing Start" is defined as a home breaking ground on new construction.
June's reading is largest one-month jump since June 2009. The reading surprised Wall Street despite that the Homebuilder Confidence survey may have foreshadowed the results.
Monday, the National Association of Homebuilders reported that builders are more confident about the future of the new home sales market, and forecast a large increase in sales over the next 6 months.
For buyers of new construction, the news is mixed. Rising confidence may mean that builders in Brentwood are less willing to negotiate on upgrades and/or price, but rising construction levels add inventory to an already fragile market.
Adding to the nation's home supply without a corresponding increase in buyer demand shifts negotiation leverage away from builders.
The Census Bureau also reported on Building Permits.
In June, permits for single-family homes rose by 1,000 units nationwide on a seasonally-adjusted, annualized basis. This, too, bodes well for housing because 89 percent of homes with permits start construction within 60 days.
Momentum should carry forward into fall.
If you're buying new construction in Tennessee , ask your real estate agent about local home supply, and how the market is trending. With mortgage rates low and the fall buying season approaching, you may find some of your best deals in the next few weeks.


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Some applicants are able to work and earn a small income. Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) is work done by a disability applicant that earns that person enough money to support themselves.
The Social Security Administration determines whether an individual is gainfully employed. For 2014, the amount was $1,070 ($1,800 for blind applicants) per month; not including income from interest or investments. If you are earning more than that amount each month, the SSA will most likely consider you not disabled, and will deny your claim without even requesting your medical records.
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Great to see the popularity of school breakfast clubs increasing!
New Hull health drive will see thousands given free healthy breakfasts before school | Hull Daily Mail.
Do you take sugar in your tea or coffee?? You could be consuming anywhere up to 500 kcal extra EVERY DAY!!
2 teaspoons of sugar is equivalent to 47kcal, and so if you are drinking five coffees a day you're looking at an indulgence of 250kcals. The equivalent of a bowl of cereal with milk, or 1 banana, 2 apples, and 2 oranges!!!
Additionally, if you take milk ensure you are buying semi-skimmed or skimmed milk, and not whole. Whole milk is only recommended for toddlers who need a higher fat diet. All the calcium found in milk is contained within the water part and so removing the cream will not affect the calcium levels!
While diet sodas may contain a low or no sugar content, research has shown that the sweeteners used to replace sugar only serve to retain your sweet tooth. Try to reduce your intake slowly, rather than going cold turkey. As with many addictive substances trying to quit overnight can lead to serious withdrawal symptoms such as headaches and sugar cravings.
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Мемоизација у рачунарству, је техника оптимизације која се најпре користи да би се убрзало извршавање рачунарских програма тако што се складиште резултати "скупих" позива функција и враћају кеширани резултат када се поново јаве исти улази. Мемоизација се такође користи у другим контекстима (и за потребе које се не односе на убрзавање рачунарских програма), као што је у једноставној узајамној рекурзији опадајуће парсирање у општем топ-даун (одозго-надоле) алгоритму за парсирање, који прилагођава двосмисленост и леву рекурзију у полиномиалном времену и простору. Иако је везана за кеширање, мемоизација указује на специфичан случај ове оптимизације, разликовајући је од облика кеширања као што су баферовање или замена страница. У контексту неких логичких програмских језика, мемоизација је такође позната као табелирање; погледати такође лукап табеле.

Етимологија

Термин "мемоизација" је увео Доналд Мичи (Donald Michie) 1968. године и изведен је од латинске речи "memorandum" ("бити запамћен"), која се у Енглеском језику скраћено "memo" и има значење "претварати резултате функција у нешто што ће бити запамћено". Термин "мемоизација" може да се помеша са термином "меморизација", јер су етимолошки сродни. Међутим, "мемоизација" има специфично значење у рачунарству.

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Мемоизациона функција "памти" резултате који одговарају неком скупу специфичних улаза. Накнадни позиви са сачуваним улазима ће пре враћати сачувани резултат него рачунати га опет и тако елиминишу првобитну цену позива функције са задатим параметрима за све, осим за први позив. Скуп сачуваних асоцијација могу имати фиксну величину којим управља алгоритам замене или фиксни скуп, у зависности од природе функције и њене употребе. Функција може бити мемоизована само ако је референциално транспарентна; то значи само ако позив функције има у потпуности исти ефекат као и замена позива функције са својом повратном вредношћу. (Међутим, постоје изузеци.) Док су повезани са лукап табелама, с' обзиром да мемоизација често користи такве табеле у својој имплементацији, мемоизација попуњава кеш са резултатима транспарентно у току извршења, ако је потребно, пре него унапред. Мемоизација је начин на који се смањује трошак времена извршења функције у замену за трошак меморијског простора; што значи да мемоизоване фукнције постају оптимизоване по брзини на рачун већег коришћења меморијског простора рачунара. Трошак време/простор алгоритма има спцифично име у рачунарству: теорија рачунарске комплексност. Све фукнције имају рачунарску комплексност у времену (тј. време потребно да се функција изврши) и у меморијском простору. Иако се компромис јавља (нпр коришћени меморијски простор у односу на убрзање) ово се разликује од неких других оптимизација које укључују време-простор компромис, као што је смањење цене операција, у томе што се мемоизација изводи у фази извршења програма, а не у фази компилације. Штавише, смањење цене операција потенцијално замењује скупу операцију, као што је множење са мање скупом операцијом, као што је сабирање, и резултати уштеде могу бити веома зависни од рачунара, тако да нису портабилне између различитих рачунара, док је мемоизација више независна од рачунара - крос-платформ стратегија. Размотрити следећи псеудокод фукнције за израчунавање факторијела од n:

 function factorial (n is a non-negative integer)
     if n is 0 then
         return 1 [by the convention that 0! = 1]
     else
         return factorial(n – 1) times n [recursively invoke factorial
                                         with the parameter 1 less than n]
     end if
 end function

За сваки цео број n такав да је n≥0, крајњи резултат функције factorial је инваријантан; ако се позива као x = factorial(3), резултат ће бити такав да ће x увек бити додељена вредност 6. Немемоизована верзија горње функције, због природе рекурзивног алгоритма који је коришћен, захтеваће n + 1 позива функције факторијел да дође до резултата, и сваки позив има трошкове у времену за које је потребно да функција врати израчунату вредност. У зависности од рачунара, трошак може бити сума следећих трошкова:
 поставки стека позива фукнције.
 поређења n са 0.
 одузимања 1 од n.
 постављања стека за рекурзивне позиве.
 множења резултата рекурзивног позива функције факторијел са n.
 меморисања повратне вредности тако да може бити коришћена у контесту позива.

У немомизованој имплементацији, сваки први позив функције factorial укључује кумулативне трошкове корака 2 до 6, који су пропорционални иницијалној вредности n.

Мемоизована верзија функције factorial следи:

 function factorial (n is a non-negative integer)
     if n is 0 then
         return 1 [by the convention that 0! = 1]
     else if n is in lookup-table then
         return lookup-table-value-for-n
     else
         let x = factorial(n – 1) times n [recursively invoke factorial
                                          with the parameter 1 less than n]
         store x in lookup-table in the nth slot [remember the result of n! for later]
         return x
     end if
 end function

У конкретном примеру, ако се функција факторијел први пут позове са бројем 5 и ако се касније позове са било којим бројем који је мањи или једнак броју 5, те повратне вредности ће бити мемоизоване, зато што је функција факторијел била рекурзивно позивана са вредношћима 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 и 0 и повратна вредност за сваки од тих позива је била ускладиштена. Ако је касније позвана са бројевима већим од 5, нпр. 7, биће направљена само 2 рекурзивна позива (7 и 6), а вредност за 5! је већ складиштена од претходног позива. На тај начин мемоизација омогућава да функција постане ефикаснија у времену извршења, што се више позива. То коначно доприноси општем убрзању извршења функције.

Остала разматрања

Функционално програмирање
Мемоизација се много користи у компајлерима за функционалне програмске језике, који често користе стратегију еваулације позива по имену. Да би избегли допунске трошкове везане за израчунавање вредности аргумената, компајлери за ове језике често користе помоћне функције које се зову танкови (претварачи) да би израчунали вредности аргумента и мемоизовали ове функције да би се избегло поновно израчунавање.

Аутоматска мемоизација

Док мемоизација може да буде придружена функцијама интерно и експлицитно од стране програмера, на исти такав начин горе поменута мемоизована функција факторијел може да буде аутоматски мемоизована екстерно. Технике које је користио Петер Норвиг (Peter Norvig) имају примену, не само у Лиспу (језик у коме је представио аутоматску мемизацију), него и у другим програмским језицима. Примена аутоматске мемоизације су формално истражене и у студијама преписивања термина и вештачкој интелигенцији.

У програмским језицима где су функције првокласни објекти (као што су Луа, Пајтон или Перл), аутоматска мемоизација се може имплементирати заменом (у фази извршења) функције са израчунатом вредношћу чим је вредност израчуната за задати скуп параметара. Функција која ради замену вредност–функцију–објекат може генерално да запакује сваку референцијално транспарентну функцију. Погледати следећи псеудокод (где је претпостављено да су функције прве класе):

   function memoized-call (F is a function object parameter)
      if F has no attached array values then
         allocate an associative array called values;
         attach values to F;
      end if;

      if F.values[arguments] is empty then
         F.values[arguments] = F(arguments);
      end if;

      return F.values[arguments];
   end function

Да бисмо позвали аутоматски мемоизвану верзију функције факторијел користећи ову стратегију, пре него директним позивом, псеудокод позива memoized-call(factorial(n)). Сваки такав позив прво проверава да ли је вектор вредности алоциран да ускладишти резултате и ако није, додаје вектор. Ако не постоје улази на позицији values[arguments] (где се arguments користе као кључ асоцијативног вектора), позива се функција факторијел са задатим аргументима. На крају, улаз у вектор на позицији кључа се враћа позиваоцу функције.

Горња стратегија захтева експлицитно паковање на сваки позив функције која треба да буде мемоизована. У језицима који омогућавају затварање, мемоизација може да се примени имплицитно помоћу функционалног објекта са функтором који враћа тај запаковани мемоизовани функционални објекат. У псеудокоду се то може написати на следећи начин:

  function construct-memoized-functor (F is a function object parameter)
     allocate a function object called memoized-version;

     let memoized-version(arguments) be
        if self has no attached array values then [self is a reference to this object]
           allocate an associative array called values;
           attach values to self;
        end if;

        if self.values[arguments] is empty then
           self.values[arguments] = F(arguments);
        end if;

        return self.values[arguments];
     end let;

     return memoized-version;
  end function

Уместо да се позове функција факторијел, се креира нови функционални објекат memfact на следећи начин:
 memfact = construct-memoized-functor(factorial)
Горњи пример претпоставља да је функција факторијел већ дефинисана пре позива construct-memoized-functor. Од ове тачке па надаље memfact(n) се позива кад год је потребно израчунати факторијел од н. У језицима као што је Луа постоје софистицираније технике које омогућавају да функција буде замењена са новом функцијом са истим именом што дозвољава:
  factorial = construct-memoized-functor(factorial)
У суштини, такве технике укључују додавање оригиналног функционалног објекта креираном функтору и прослеђивање позива оригиналној функцији која је мемоизована преко алијаса, када је потребан позив стварној функцији (да би се избегле бесконачне рекурзије) као што је приказано доле:

 function construct-memoized-functor (F is a function object parameter)
     allocate a function object called memoized-version;

     let memoized-version(arguments) be
        if self has no attached array values then [self is a reference to this object]
           allocate an associative array called values;
           attach values to self;
           allocate a new function object called alias;
           attach alias to self; [for later ability to invoke F indirectly]
           self.alias = F;
        end if;

        if self.values[arguments] is empty then
           self.values[arguments] = self.alias(arguments); [not a direct call to F]
        end if;

        return self.values[arguments];
     end let;

     return memoized-version;
  end function

(Примедба: неки од приказаних корака могу бити имплицитно одрађени у имплементираном језику и дати су ради илустрације.)

Парсери

Када топ-даун парсер покушава да парсира неједнозначне улазе у односу на неједнозначну контекстно слободну граматику (CFG) може да му буде потребан експоненцијални број корака (у односу на дужину улаза) да би испитао све алтернативе CFG-а, да би произвео сва могућа стабла парцирања. То ће на крају захтевати експоненцијални меморијски простор. Мемоизација је испитана као стратегија парсирања 1991. године од стране Норвига, који је показао да алгоритам који је сличан коришћењу динамичког програмирања из скупова стања у Ерлијевом алгоритму (1970. године) и табелама у CYK алгоритму Кока Јунгера и Касамију може бити генерисан увођењем аутоматске мемоизације у једноставан повратни рекурзивни силазни парсер да би решио проблем експоненцијалне временске комплексности. Основна идеја у Норвиговом приступу је да када се парсер примени на улаз, резултат се ускладишти у мемо-табели за будућу употребу, ако се исти парсер поново користи на истом улазу. Ричард Фрост је такође користио мемоизацију да би смањио експоненцијалну временску комплексност парсерских комбинатора који може да се посматра као "чисто функционални топ-даун-бектрекинг" парсинг техника. Он је показао да базични мемизовани парсер комбинатори могу да се користе за конструисање за изградњу комплетних парсера као извршна спецификација CFG-а. Ово се поново истраживали Џонсон and Dörre. и Дере у контексту парсирања 1995. године. 2002. године ово је детаљно истражио и Форд у форми названој пекрет-парсирање.

2007. године Фрост, Хафис и Калахан описали су топ-даун алгоритам за парсирање који користи мемоизацију да би умањили редундантна израчунавања и да би омогућили било који облик да би обезбедили извршење било ког облика неједнозначних CFG у полиномиалном времену (Θ(n4) за граматике са левом рекурзијом и Θ(n³) за граматике са нелевом рекурзијом). Њихов топ-даун алгоритам за парцирање такође захтева полиномиални простор за потенцијално експоненцијална неједнозначна стабла парсирања помоћу "компкатног предстаљања" и "локално групирање неједнозначности". Њихово компактно представљање је упоредиво са компактним представљањем у Томитином ботом-уп парсингу. Њихово коришћење мемоизације није само ограничено на повраћај претходно израчунатих резултата када се парсер употребљава на истим улазним вредностима више пута (што је суштински важно за захтев за полиномиалним временом); оно је специјализовано и за следеће допунске задатке:
 Процес мемоизације (који може да се разматра као "омотач" око било ког извршења парсера) укључује растући директно лево рекурзивно парсирање, уводећи рестрикцију дубине у зависности од дужине улаза и тренутне позиције.
 Лукап процедура мемо-табеле алгоритма одређује употребљивост ускладиштених резултата тако што упоређује контекст ускладиштених резултата са текућим контекстом парсера. То поређење контекста је кључно за примену индиректне или скривене леве рекурзије.
 Када се изведе успешан лукап у мемо-табели, уместо да врати комплетан скуп резултата, процес враћа само референце на резултате и коначно убрзава укупно извршење.
 За време ажурирања мемо-табеле, процес мемоизације групише (потенцијално екпоненцијалне) неједнозначне резултате и обезбеђује полиномиалне захтеве за простором.

Фрост, Хафис и Калахан су такође описали имплементацију алгоритма у PADL'08 као скуп функција вишег реда (звани парсер кобминатори) у Хаскел-у, који омогућава директно извршне спецификације CFG као процесора језика. Значај снаге њиховог полиномиалног алгоритма да укључи "било који облик" једнозначног CFG са топ-даун парсирањем је витална за синтаксну и семантичку анализу приликом обраде природних језика. На X-SAIGA сајту може се сазнати више о детаљима алгоритма и имплементације.

Док је Норвиг повећао снагу парсера помоћу мемоизације, унапређени парсер је и даље био временски комплексан као и Ерлијев алгоритам који приказује случај коришћења мемоизације за нешто друго него што је мемоизација брзине. Џонсон и Дере приказују другу такву примену мемоизације која се не односи на брзину: коришћење мемоизације да би се одложила резолуција лингвистичких ограничења до тачке у процесу парсирања где су акумулиране довољне информације, да би се та ограничења разрешила. Насупрот томе, у примени мемоизације за оптимизацију брзине, Форд је приказао да мемоизација може да гарантује да граматике за парсирање израза могу да се изврше у линеарно времену, чак и код језика који имају најгоре бектрекинг-понашање.
Размотрите следећу граматику:

  S → (A c) | (B d)
  A → X (a|b)
  B → X b
  X → x [X]

Ова граматика генерише једну од следеће три варијације низова: xac, xbc, или xbd (где се за x подразумева један или више x-ова). Следеће размотрите како ова граматика коришћена као спецификација за парсирање може да утиче на топ-даун, лево-десно парсирање низа xxxxxbd:

Правило А ће препознати xxxxxbd (тако што ће прво спуштање у X да би препознао један x и поновно спуштање у x док год сви мали x-ови нису препознати и после тога препознат b) и вратиће се на S и препустиће да препозна c. Следећи исказ S-а ће се спустити у B, што ће довести до поновног спуштања у X и препознаће x–еве помоћу више рекурзивних позива X и касније b и вратиће се у s и коначно препознати d.

Кључни концепт овде је инхерентан у фрази "поновно се спушта у X". Процес предвиђања, промашаја, повратка и покушаја са следећом алтернативом се у парсирању зове бектрекинг и управо бектрекинг представља могућност за мемизацију у парсирању. Размотрите функцију RuleAcceptsSomeInput(Rule, Position, Input), где су следећи параметри:
 Ruleје назив правила које се разматра.
 Positionје офсет који тренутно разматрамо у оквиру улаза.
 Inputје улаз који разматрамо.

Нека повратна вредност функције RuleAcceptsSomeInput буде дужина улаза прихваћеног од стране Rule или 0 ако то правило не прихвата ни један улаз на задатом офсету у низу. У бектрекинг сценарију са мемоизацијом, процес парсирања је следећи:

 Када се правило А спусти на X на офсету 0, меморисаће се дужина 5 и правило X. После промашаја на d, B тада пре него што се спустимо поново на X да упитамо позицију 0 у односу на правило X у мемоизационој машини се враћа дужина од 5 тако да се штеди поновни силазак у X и то се понавља.

У горњем примеру једно или више спустања у X могу да се десе нпр. за низ као што су xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxbd. У ствари, може да буде било који број x испред b. Док позив S мора рекурзивно да се спушта у X колико год има x, B никада неће морати да се спусти у X пошто је излазна вредност функције RuleAcceptsSomeInput(X, 0, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxbd) у овом случају 16.

Парсери који користе синтаксне предикате су такође у могућности да мемоизују резултате парсирања предиката и на тај начин редукују конструкције као што су:

  S → (A)? A
  A → /* some rule */

на једно спуштање у A.

Ако парсер направи стабло за време парсирања, он мора да мемоизује, не само дужину улаза која одговара неком офсету у односу на задато правило, него такође мора да складишти подстабло које је генерисано тим правилом на том офсету у улазу, пошто се наредни позиви правила неће у ствари спустити и обновити то стабло. Из истог разлога мемоизовани алгоритми парсирања који генеришу позиве екстерног кода (понекад се називају семантичке акционе рутине) када је правило ускладиштено, мора да постоји неки план који ће обезбедити да се таква правила позивају по предвидљивом редоследу.

Пошто, за било који задати парсер са бектрекингом или синтаксним предикатом неће свака граматика имати потребу за бектрекингом или провером предиката, допунски трошкови складиштења резултата парсирања сваког правила, сваки офсет у улазу (и складиштење стабла парсирања ако процес парсирања то ради имплицитно) може да успори парсер. Овај ефекат може да буде ублажен експлицитном селекцијом правила које ће парсер мемоизовати.

Види још
 Теорија комплексности – више информација о комплексности алгоритама
 Лукап табела – кључ структуре података који се користи у мемоизацији
 Динамичко програмирање – неке апликације које користе технику мемоизације

Референце

Спољашње везе

 Примери мемоизације у различитим програмским језицима
 groovy.lang.Closure#memoize()
 Memoize
 IncPy
 Dave Herman's Macros for defining memoized procedures
 Memoize.pm
 Java memoization
 C++Memo
 C-Memo
 Tek271 Memoizer
 memoizable
 Python memoization
 OCaml memoization
 Memoization in Lua
 Memoization in Mathematica
 Memoization in Javascript
 Memoization in Javascript
 X-SAIGA
 Memoization in Scheme
 Memoization in Combinatory Logic.
 MbCache

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Dwight Shrute, a salesman who takes his job very, very, seriously. Jim Halpert, a salesman who is the office cool guy and prankster. And Pam Beesly, the receptionist who is engaged but who is also the crush of someone else in the office. With these characters, the daily anticts of this branch is anything about normal.
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American Ashcan School Painter, 1882-1925 American painter and lithographer. He was the son of George Bellows, an architect and building contractor. He displayed a talent for drawing and for athletics at an early age. In 1901 he entered Ohio State University, where he contributed drawings to the school yearbook and played on both the basketball and baseball teams. In spring of his third year he withdrew from university to play semi-professional baseball until the end of summer 1904 Related Paintings of George Wesley Bellows :. | Both Members of This Club | Strabe im Winter | Cliff Dwellers , 1913, oil on canvas. Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Evening Blue | Blue Morning |
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Jankel Adler
(July 26, 1895 ?C April 25, 1949) was a Polish painter and printmaker. He was born as the seventh of ten children in Tuszyn, a suburb of Ł??dź. In 1912 he began training as an engraver with his uncle in Belgrade. He moved in 1914 to Germany where he lived for a time with his sister in Barmen. There he studied at the college of arts and crafts with professor Gustav Wiethecher. From 1918-1919 he went back to Ł??dź, where he was joint founder of a group of avant-garde artists. In 1920 he returned briefly to Berlin; in 1921 he returned to Barmen, and in 1922 he moved to Desseldorf. There he became a teacher at the Academy of Arts, and became acquainted with Paul Klee, who influenced his work. A painting by Adler received a gold medal at the exhibition German art Desseldorf in 1928. In 1929 and 1930 he went on study trips in Mallorca and other places in Spain. During the election campaign of July 1932 he published with a group of leftist artists and intellectuals an urgent appeal against the policy of the National Socialists and for communism. As a modern artist, and especially as a Jew, he faced persecution under Hitler's regime which took power in 1933.
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b.c. 1595, Utrecht, Netherlands. d.Feb. 21, 1624, Utrecht Dutch Dirck van Baburen Gallery


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Q: Prometheus K8s extraConfigmapMounts fails to load multiple files to the same directory Prometheus Question:
I am using prometheus on Helm, and I want to mount several .yml files on the same location /etc/config/alrtingRules
It is vital that these remain separated as different files in the git repo.
I have tried mounting them each to its own configMap, and use "extraConfigmapMounts" to put them all in location, but I am facing difficulties.
I've tried two configurations:
first:
  extraConfigmapMounts:
    - name: recording-rules
      mountPath: /etc/config/recording-rules.yml
      subPath: recording-rules.yml
      configMap: recording-rules
      readOnly: true
    - name: dummytest-alerting
      mountPath: /etc/config/alertingRules/dummytest.yml
      subPath: dummytest.yml
      configMap: dummytest-alerting
      readOnly: true
    - name: app1-alerting
      mountPath: /etc/config/alertingRules/app1.yml
      subPath: app1.yml
      configMap: app1-alerting
      readOnly: true
    - name: app2-alerting
      mountPath: /etc/config/alertingRules/app2.yml
      subPath: app2.yml
      configMap: app2-alerting
      readOnly: true

This helm succeeds, but then prometheus-server fails to load with this error:

ts=2022-06-13T08:25:35.322Z caller=manager.go:968 level=error
component="rule manager" msg="loading groups failed"
err="/etc/config/alertingRules/dummytest.yml: read
/etc/config/alertingRules/dummytest.yml: is a directory

second:
  extraConfigmapMounts:
    - name: recording-rules
      mountPath: /etc/config/
      subPath: recording-rules.yml
      configMap: recording-rules
      readOnly: true
    - name: dummytest-alerting
      mountPath: /etc/config/alertingRules/
      subPath: dummytest.yml
      configMap: dummytest-alerting
      readOnly: true
    - name: app1-alerting
      mountPath: /etc/config/alertingRules/
      subPath: app1.yml
      configMap: app1-alerting
      readOnly: true
    - name: app2-alerting
      mountPath: /etc/config/alertingRules/
      subPath: app2.yml
      configMap: app2-alerting
      readOnly: true

With this configuration, Helm fails giving this error:

Error: UPGRADE FAILED: failed to create patch: The order in patch
list: [map[mountPath:/etc/config name:server-recording-rules
readOnly:true subPath:recording-rules.yml] map[mountPath:/etc/config
name:config-volume] map[mountPath:/data subPath:]
map[mountPath:/etc/config/alertingRules name:server-app2-alerting
readOnly:true subPath:app2.yml]
map[mountPath:/etc/config/alertingRules
name:server-app1-alerting readOnly:true subPath:app1.yml]
map[mountPath:/etc/config/alertingRules name:server-dummytest-alerting
readOnly:true subPath:dummytest.yml]]  doesn't match $setElementOrder
list: [map[mountPath:/etc/config] map[mountPath:/data]
map[mountPath:/etc/config] map[mountPath:/etc/config/alertingRules]
map[mountPath:/etc/config/alertingRules]
map[mountPath:/etc/config/alertingRules]]

Any suggestions as to how to mount several .yml files into the /etc/config of prometheus server?

A: The solution I found is thus:
I create an empty configMap called "alerting-rules".
Every microservice gets its own yaml file with only "data" field. For example:
data:
  app1.yaml: |
    groups:
    ...
    ...
    ...
    ...
    ...

I mount the various alerting yamls into alerting-rules using the "kubectl patch" command, for example:

- kubectl patch configmap -n prometheus alerting-rules --patch-file path/to/app1.yaml

In the prometheus values I add this:
server:
  extraConfigmapMounts:
    - name: recording-rules
      mountPath: /etc/config/recordingRules
      configMap: recording-rules
      readOnly: true
    - name: alerting-rules
      mountPath: /etc/config/alertingRules
      configMap: alerting-rules
      readOnly: true

And further down, under I add this:
serverFiles:
  prometheus.yml:
    rule_files:
      - /etc/config/recordingRules/recording-rules.yaml
      - /etc/config/alertingRules/dummytest.yaml
      - /etc/config/alertingRules/app1.yaml
      - /etc/config/alertingRules/app2.yaml

This loads all alerts into prometheus, thus allowing us to manage our alerts in a per-microservice yaml.

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Focus on what was covered in class – Most questions will come from what was presented in class.
Identify key concepts – This is especially true in math/science classes. You may not have a problem directly like the homework, but if you know the key concepts, you should be able to apply these to any problem.
Review the homework – This is especially critical in Math/Science classes. Most of the test questions will look like the homework.
Look for test questions from the textbook.
Look for lists – These are good multiple choice questions.
Look for definitions – These are good fill in the blank or matching questions.
Look for factual statements on such things as names or proper dates. These can be used in fill in the blank or matching questions.
Get old tests – you can find these from students who had this teacher. You should especially look at the grading on the test to see what is being stressed.
Identify test samples – You can find these on Koofers.com. If you don't find these for classes on your campus, look for comparable classes at similar universities.
Look at review problems/questions in the book. These are an excellent source of potential test questions.
Look for conceptual problems. In math/science classes there is generally one question that doesn't look like anything that you have seen before. To prepare for these questions, do the conceptual questions at the end of the problem set for each chapter in the book. If you struggle doing these problems, you can seek help on Cramster.com or Khanacademy.org.
If you follow these practices, you should be able to anticipate 90% of what is on the test. To see how well you do, measure your test preparation against the actual test. When there was a question on the test that you didn't anticipate, ask yourself: "How could I have missed this question?" This question can lead you to improve your test question preparation..


The weekend wasn't glorious – certainly not the weather anyway. But I've been really enjoying the delicious summer produce, either from my wonderful food delivery service – Somerset Local Food Direct, from my mother's garden or from our local pick your own.
On Saturday night I had 15 people to supper. We started with broad bean, tomato and mint soup – a recipe I made up as I went along. Although the colour wasn't brilliant, it looked quite nice with a dollop of creme fraiche and sprinkled with mint. And most of my guests had second helpings so they must have liked it.
Next course was lamb, new potatoes, roast peppers, beetroot and orange salad and lettuce with quails eggs. Then a strawberry mush with some rather delicious cake I bought from the school fair.The rain may have been lashing down and the storm blowing outside but summer was still with us.
On Sunday the rain was more erratic and interspersed with sunny spells. In one of these we managed to see kestrels, hawks and eagles on display at Dillington – a charity day with hog roast and more strawberries.
But there weren't many strawberries left at the pick your own we went to after that. However, the abundance of raspberries, loganberries and blackberries made up for that. We picked huge quantities to put in my freezer so I can serve them up during the winter months and make milk shakes for the children.
I also dropped a pannier off with my mother who gave me large bundles of vegetables in return – new potatoes, beetroot, carrots (purple ones – see photo), parsley and broccoli. It was quite hard work preparing all of this when I got home. But was rather delighted with the discovery that beetroot leaves make delicious spinach – I knew they were from the same family but have never tried eating them before.
There's a lot of publicity about food waste at the moment. Gordon Brown is urging people to be more thrifty and explaining why chucking waste in the bin is bad for your wallet and for the planet. It's one of the few things he says that I agree with. And tonight I'm going on Radio 5 Live – The Richard Bacon Show – to talk about it.
Growing your own produce and eating it on the spot is the least wasteful approach to food you can get. But even if you do shop at the supermarket there are lots of ways to make the most of what you buy. WRAP (Waste Resources Action Plan) are running a campaign called Love Food Hate Waste. Have a look and see if it helps you.
Meanwhile, I'm waiting for the spinach, tomatoes and brassicas from my garden – and hopefully a bit less rain.
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Joining the 500 Club
Woohoo! Happy to report that Nixon in New York has hit 500 libraries (501, actually) throughout the world! (I took a screenshot for posterity). Some of the highlights:
All of three of my alma maters have the book in their libraries (in the interests of full disclosure, I requested it at two of the three schools).
I'm in seven out of eight Ivy League schools. (Come on, Dartmouth! What are you waiting for?)
I'm in two out of the three "Little Three" schools. (Thanks for nothing, Wesleyan!)
Other than the U.S, I'm in libraries in Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Curaçao, Cyprus, Ecuador, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom.
I'm in community colleges, theological/biblical seminaries, military academies, historical societies, public and private universities and law schools.
Anyway, it's nice to see — especially since I was at 125 a couple of months ago. Here's to the next 500!
When Mitchell Met Nixon (Book Excerpt)
Law, New York, Richard Nixon
In honor of the premiere of Gaslit, the Watergate-era drama starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn as Martha and John Mitchell, enjoy an excerpt from Nixon in New York looking at the origins of what was, arguably a far more consequential relationship for John.
At first glance, John Newton Mitchell wasn't an obvious choice for campaign manager. The bald-headed, gruff-mannered, perpetually pipe-smoking bond lawyer had never even worked on a political campaign before, let alone run one. Unlike many of Nixon's political intimates, Mitchell had no longstanding relationship with the former vice president—they had met, briefly, during Nixon's congressional days but didn't get to know each other until after Nixon moved to New York.
It wasn't even clear what Mitchell's political ideology was, let alone whether it was consistent with Nixon's. In a 1973 profile of Mitchell in the New York Post, one longtime associate couldn't recall ever having a single political conversation with him. In fact, he could have easily gone to work for the Democrats. Mitchell's former press secretary, Jack Landau, would reveal in 1993, five years after his old boss's death, that Mitchell had been offered an interesting opportunity in 1960: helping run Jack Kennedy's campaign. According to Landau, Bobby Kennedy had met with Mitchell and tried to convince his fellow future attorney general to join the team. Mitchell demurred, but years later, after everything that had happened with Nixon, he seemed to have second thoughts. "If I had it all over to do," Mitchell said with a smile on his face, "I'd run Jack Kennedy's campaign."
The Big 2-5-0
America's semiquincentennial is coming up. Or is it a sestercentennial? Or bicentennial-and-a-quarter?
Whatever you want to call it, it's America's 250th birthday. Planning commissions are already meeting to figure how to properly commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. If history is any guide, commemorative coins will be part of those plans.
Will it be like 1876, when the U.S. Mint produced an official centennial medal? Or will it be like 1926, when it produced a sesquicentennial commemorative half dollar? Or 1976, when it produced new bicentennial reverse designs for circulating quarters, half-dollars and dollar coins?
Why Isn't There a Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Coin?
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. has his own holiday (although some states have combined it with holidays recognizing people who were antithetical to his beliefs and teachings).
He has his own postage stamps.
He has schools, monuments, songs and in most cities, he has his own street — although those roadways don't always have the best rep. (As Chris Rock once said: "Martin Luther King stood for non-violence. Now what's Martin Luther King? A street. And I don't care where you live in America. If you're on Martin Luther King Blvd, there's some violence going down!")
One thing he doesn't have is a U.S. Mint-issued coin. Why is that?
Coins from Taiwan
As the tide of the civil war began turning against them and victory by the Chinese Communist Party looked inevitable, Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomingtang decided to activate their insurance policy: a small island that had only recently been returned to them following Japan's surrender in World War II.
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The Olympics: A Great Excuse for Commemorative Coins
Here are some things that are almost always true of the modern Olympic Games:
They're really expensive and end up costing the host city a fortune.
For two weeks, the Olympic Village turns into a scene from Caligula.
The host country will always issue commemorative coins.
As the 2020(1) Summer games wind down, I thought I'd show off some of my Olympic coins:
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To Err is Human — And Sometimes Lucrative
As someone who collected baseball cards during the late 80s/early 90s, there were a few players who were always in demand. Mark McGwire and Jose Canseco. Ken Griffey Jr. Bo Jackson. Todd Van Poppel (no, seriously — one of my friends had a 1991 Upper Deck rookie card for the overhyped prospect who ended up with a career record of 40-52 and a 5.58 ERA and we all thought he had won Powerball).
But the guy everyone wanted a piece of was Gregg Jeffries. A can't miss prospect for the New York Mets, Jeffries was the first player to win the Minor League Player of the Year Award from Baseball America twice (other players to have won the award include Dwight Gooden, Canseco, Frank Thomas, Derek Jeter, Mike Trout and the only other 2x winner: Andruw Jones). With his versatility in the field and undeniable talent at the plate, Jeffries started his pro career in 1987 with a bang and made an instant impact for the defending champion Mets. The hype train went into overdrive and his rookie cards became the hottest thing since Prometheus brought fire to the people.
So when I got the above Donruss card and noticed the coloring error, I thought I had hit the jackpot. Error cards can be extremely rare and valuable, so the fact that I had one for a player in such demand as Jeffries meant I'd never have to work a day in my life, right?
Obviously, things didn't work out that way (for me or Gregg, who had a fine 14-year career, including some excellent seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals in the mid-90s, but will never be voted into the Hall of Fame). The value of error cards, and baseball cards as a whole, depend on supply and demand. And once it was clear that Jeffries wasn't the second coming, demand plummeted and everyone moved on to the next can't miss kid (Jeter, Chipper Jones, A-Rod… there's always someone).
Error coins are the same way. Whether or not you have a Griffey Jr. or a Jeffries depends on supply and demand. Here are a few of the error coins I've collected over the years:
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Barber Coins: Were They Really 'Beneath Contempt'?
When an 1891 contest to determine new designs for the dime, quarter and half-dollar went bust, it played right into Charles Barber's hands. The Chief Engraver for the U.S. Mint had wanted to design the coins himself, and when the contest failed to yield any worthy designs, he got his wish.
Unfortunately for Barber, his victory would prove to be Pyrrhic. Be careful what you wish for.
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Return of the Whart
The Liberty Head Nickel has always been a sentimental favorite of mine. And there's also a fascinating history behind it.
George Washington Colonial Coins (UPDATED)
Success to the United States Token
1795 Washington Grate Half Penny
1783 Georgius Triumpho copper
1795 Liberty and Security Token
1791 Washington Cent (Small Eagle).
1793 Washington Ship Half Cent
"1783" "Unity States" Washington Cent
"1783" Washington and Independence Military Token
Washington Double-Head Cent (no date)
This won't be one of my normal Coin Blog posts. I wanted to show off these coins but didn't have too much to add that hasn't already been written by others.
Anyway, I really like these George Washington colonial coins and I'm glad I made the investment in them. Understandably, Washington was a rock star after the successful conclusion of the Revolutionary War, and there was a huge demand for merchandise bearing his image — think Notorious RBG (R.I.P.) but for the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Bush v. Gore: The Coin
Law, Politics, The Coin Blog
In general, I try to avoid coins issued by private mints. They tend to have very little numismatic value and can even be of dubious legality. In fact, they aren't legally "coins" since they aren't issued by a government. Instead, they are often marketed as "rounds."
But when the private Washington Mint released this silver round in 2000 amidst the uncertainty over who won that year's Presidential election, I jumped at the chance to buy it. For one thing, I've always been a sucker for political-themed exonumia – especially Hard Times Tokens.
For another, this unique two-headed coin with a bust of Al Gore on one side and George W. Bush on the other with each man named as the 43rd President of the United States really captures just how bizarre that entire period was. Between the retracted concessions, hanging chads, organized "riots," court battles and hand recounts, it seemed like every day provided a new twist and turn as we tried to determine just who had actually won Florida – and therefore the election.
Apparently, the Washington Mint had already been working on an inauguration medallion and had prepared busts of both Gore and Bush. Not knowing which one they would get to use, and inspired by a Tonight Show sketch shortly after Election Day about ways to determine the winner, the Mint got the idea to make the two-headed coin. They even sent two coins on Nov. 13 to Jay Leno to use for a possible skit. Ultimately, after another month, Gore conceded following the Supreme Court's decision stopping Florida's recount.
I figured the coin was relevant now since this is the first time since 2000 where one major-party candidate challenged the outcome of a Presidential race. This time, however, enough states have certified their returns to give one candidate a clear majority in the Electoral College, and there have been multiple lawsuits filed in several states instead of just Florida. Those lawsuits aren't going well, though, which probably explains why there haven't been any two-headed Joe Biden/Donald Trump coins.
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Politics, The Coin Blog
When it comes to numismatics, one of my biggest regrets is not buying more gold coins in the early 2000s.
Counterpoint: For most of that time I was either a poor post-undergrad, a poor law student, or a poor post-JD. Buying gold probably wouldn't have been a good use of my money — at least not compared to rent, utilities and food.
The price of gold tends to move inversely to the overall health of the economy — going up when the economy is poor as investors like to use it as a hedge against falling stock prices, weakened dollars, inflation, and all sorts of other economic markers, and going down when those markers are strong. Thanks to the 1990s economic boom, gold prices were low throughout most of that decade leading into the early 2000s. In fact, things were so great that the price of gold had cratered to around $253 per ounce in mid-July 1999 — the lowest it had been since 1979 (a year later, I nearly bought a beautiful Saint-Gaudens double eagle for $300, but decided I couldn't spare it). But like any sustained period of economic euphoria, you never see the crash coming until it's too late.
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Silver (Dollar) Anniversary
UPDATE (12/17/2020): The House bill was passed via unanimous consent in the Senate. Assuming the President signs it, looks like we'll be getting those new Morgan and Peace Dollars after all.
UPDATE (01/05/2020): The President signed the bill into law.
I attended two coin conventions in 2019, and one thing they both had in common was that there was no shortage of Morgan and Peace Silver Dollars available from the many vendors on the bourse. There was such an abundance that Scrooge McDuck could have bought every single silver dollar with whatever pocket change he happened to have (assuming he wears pants – Donald doesn't, so why should he?), loaded them into a wading pool and gone for a dip.
By this time next year, there could be even more Morgan and Peace dollars hitting the market — provided that Congress can get its act together.
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The Murky History Of Confederate Coins
There are no shortage of myths when it comes to the Confederate States of America. So it should come as no surprise that it's the same story when it comes to Confederate coinage.
Donald M. Kendall (1921-2020) (BOOK EXCERPT)
Donald Kendall, best known as CEO of PepsiCo, died over the weekend at the age of 99. Kendall played a large role in bringing Richard Nixon to Wall Street following his disastrous defeat in the 1964 California gubernatorial election, and helping him plan his successful comeback in 1968.
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A candle loses himself in a fantasy, chasing what he desires the most.
When a Roomba threatens to replace a housecleaner, he fights for his chance to keep his job.
Something as simple as a cup can bring back memories of love and loss.
The idea of family is redefined through the recollection of a childhood trip to Hawaii.
Told through a tale of tiny books and many, many paper strips, Pete's incredible life story unfolds in front of our eyes.
A masked vigilante breaks in to save a damsel in distress, only to make matters worse.
A young man is challenged by his girlfriend to buy healthy ingredients for dinner but gets tempted to by his favourite junk foods.
Steven struggles to get his time machine to work while his older brother, George, tries to take care of him after a tragic loss.
Our friend Vincent has yet to realize that his wisp of smoke is a grand flame in disguise.


Overton Jackson county, Highway 135 to Stock Gap Road Bridge section whitewater kayaking, rafting, and paddling information.
other states, so you'd better keep in mind that lots of rivers here are not for beginners. This section of Roaring River is 7 miles long and is rated by American Whitewater as a class II-III section. The campgrounds here at Roaring River are pretty good. There are some good sections to paddle in this river system, the Highway 135 to Stock Gap Road Bridge section is one of them. No matter if you're whitewater rafting or kayaking this area has a large number of paddling rivers. You might have to settle for a hotel a bit away from the river if you want to stay the night, but do book a room before you come because it is a very popular destination.
These outdoors activities are available near Roaring River.


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Igor Žabić (born 15 August 1992) is a Slovenian handball player for Kadetten Schaffhausen and the Slovenian national team.

He represented Slovenia at the 2018 European Men's Handball Championship.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Celje
Slovenian male handball players
Expatriate handball players in Poland
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in France
Wisła Płock (handball) players
Sporting CP handball players
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games competitors for Slovenia
Slovenian people of Serbian descent
21st-century Slovenian people


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A comprehensive medical eye examination will require approximately one and a half to two hours. Vision testing, as well as dilating drops may be used to evaluate your eye health. The drops will cause blurry vision, the effects of which will last for several hours. Although many people are capable of driving themselves after the visit, some find it helpful to bring along a driver because of light sensitivity. Also, we advise that you bring sunglasses, as your eyes will be sensitive to bright light.
A referral from your primary care physician, if required by your insurance company.
If we are out-of-network with your insurance carrier payment is due at the time of visit. However, we can submit your claim for reimbursement to your insurance on your behalf. If we participate with your insurance company, no payment is due at your visit unless you have a co-pay.
If you need to reschedule your appointment for any reason, simply call our office within 24 hours and we will gladly find a more convenient time for you.
There are several forms to be completed by new patients. You are welcome to print them in advance and bring the completed forms to your appointment. Please feel free to contact our office if you have any further questions. We look forward to seeing you in the near future.


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The Basketball Tournament (TBT) Announces Game Schedule
The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is a $2 million, summer basketball event televised live on ESPN networks. There will be seven games at the Seigel Center between Friday, July 26th and Saturday, July 27th.
July 2, 2019 Richard Hayes The Fan
The Basketball Tournament (TBT) – the $2 million, summer basketball event televised live on ESPN networks – today (yesterday) revealed the game schedule for the 2019 tournament.
TBT's 64 teams will compete at eight Regional sites over the final two weekends in July, with the Regional winners advancing to Championship Week in Chicago Aug. 1-6. TBT will culminate with a winner-take-all game for $2 million at Wintrust Arena on Aug. 6.
"ESPN took a chance on TBT by streaming our first ever championship game in 2014 and we've been with them ever since," said Jon Mugar, founder and CEO of TBT. "It's hard to believe we've gone from 2 hours streaming in 2014 to all TBT games available on the ESPN App and 48 hours on linear TV in 2019. It's a testament to their commitment to the event and how our relationship has grown."
TBT 2019 will feature more than 60 players with NBA experience, 23 college alumni teams and international professionals playing in top leagues across the world. More than 20 Division I college players who finished their eligibility in 2019 will suit up for the single-elimination, 5-on-5 tournament. Fans also are rewarded, as the top 1,000 fans of the winning team share $200,000. And new this year, each of the eight Regional champions will earn a prize equal to 25 percent of that Region's ticket sales. The Wichita Regional prize purse alone is nearly $60,000.
Tickets for all TBT game days and events are on sale now. For more information, contact [email protected].
Local Schedule Richmond Regional – July 26-28 – Siegel Center
3 p.m. – (4) Best Virginia (West Virginia) vs. (5) Seven City Royalty (ODU) (ESPN3)
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12 p.m. – Semifinal winners (ESPN)
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Poll reforms: Biti takes Mugabe to court
Leave a Comment	/ Uncategorized / By MUKUDZEI RUKUDZO
ZIMBABWE – Demands for the changes have been on the agenda for opposition political parties since the last elections which were held on the 31st July in 2013.
Some of the reforms the opposition want include the adoption of a biometric voting system and a new voters' roll which they say should be availed to them three months before the election date. They also want to be given equal coverage by the state broadcaster during the campaign period.
Addressing Journalists soon after his party's management meeting in Harare Thursday, PDP President Tendai Biti said they are working on a lawsuit against government over the delayed electoral reforms.
"We will be going the courts on a number of issues which include the demand for the current voters' roll," he said.
"We find it unacceptable that the new constitution makes ZEC the sole custodian of the voters' roll; but even up to now they do not have custody of that voters' roll and we find this as unpardonable.
"So we will be raising that in the courts and a number of other things which I have no mandate to anticipate but we will be filing an application around elections."
Biti said the reluctance by Zanu PF to institute electoral reforms was a ploy to rig the 2018 election.
"By operation of the law elections should be held on 31 July 2018 which is less than 40 months from now and in normal countries that would actually mean that the election season has started," he said.
"Right up to now ZEC does not still have the 2013 voters' roll in their computers and they failed to produce it when ZAPU made a successful application in the High Court last year."
ZIMBABWE - Demands for the changes have been on the agenda for opposition political parties since the last elections which were held on the 31st July in 2013. Some of the reforms the opposition want include the adoption of a biometric voting system and ...


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Impact of Tax Reform on Cooperative Profit Distribution
The characteristics of the tax reform package and even its likelihood of passage are still in play as of this writing. Still, it is not too early to begin to think about how changes in tax regulations should impact how we distribute and retain profits in cooperatives. The tax treatment of cooperatives is one of the more interesting aspects of the cooperative business model. In general terms, Sub-Chapter T of the IRS code allows cooperative to deduct certain distribution of profits to patrons. The remaining member-based ncome as well as any profits from non-members are taxed at the regular corporate rate. The IRS is not famous for offering a free lunch so it is not surprising that the distributions that are deductible to the cooperative are taxable to the member. Cash patronage always creates a tax deduction for the cooperative and taxable income to the member in the year it is issued. As I have discussed in previous newsletters, cooperatives can distribute qualified stock patronage which is tax deductible to the cooperative and taxable to the member in the year it is issued or nonqualified stock patronage which is deductible to the cooperative and taxable to the member in the year that it is redeemed.
Agricultural cooperatives have historically distributed member profits in a combination of cash and qualified stock. One possible rationale for this historic decision was that producers were assumed to have lower tax rates relative to corporations. It was therefore logical to transfer the tax burden on the retained funds to the producer by issuing qualified stock rather than "park the taxation" at the cooperative at a higher rate until the equity was redeemed. The Section 199 Domestic Producers Activity Deduction (DPAD) threw another wrinkle into cooperative profit distribution. The available tax credit allowed cooperatives to retain funds as either unallocated retained earnings or as nonqualfied stock without creating taxable income. Many cooperatives choose to retain member-based profits as unallocated retained earnings. While retaining funds as unallocated equity implies that the profits will never be distributed to the members, it avoids creating revolving equity which much be managed by the board and CEO.
The proposed tax legislation has implications for our profit distribution and retention choices. First, the possible loss of the Section 199 tax credit eliminates the opportunity for cooperatives to retain funds without taxation at either the cooperative or member level. If enacted, that change will reduce cooperative cash flows, relative to post Section 199 levels and likely force cooperatives to retain funds by issuing allocated equity. Second, the proposed reduction in the corporate tax rate makes it less sensible to get the tax burden to the producer as quickly as possible. If the cooperative's tax rate is lower than the producers then the best alternative is to "park the taxes at the cooperative level" by retaining funds in the form of nonqualified, rather than qualified equity. There are a lot of moving parts in the cooperative model so a cooperative's choices could also involve changes in the level of cash patronage or the length of the equity revolving period.
I give some examples of the impact of possible tax changes on a typical cooperative in my next newsletter.
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Palace Aides Think the Royal Family Handled Meghan Markle's Dad Drama Poorly
Isabel Jones
Isabel is an Oregon-born and Brooklyn-based writer and editor with a special interest in pop culture.
Updated on August 13, 2018 @ 11:00AM
How do you solve a problem like Thomas Markle?
Britain's royal family is facing what may be its biggest PR disaster ever (the Diana years included) with Meghan Markle's estranged (and rather chatty) father.
Markle Sr. riled the family ahead of Meghan and Harry's wedding (aka one of the biggest royal events of the millennium) with a dramatic paparazzi scandal and subsequent withdrawal from his role in the ceremony. But oh, if only that were where the drama had reached its peak …
Instead of quietly returning to his pre-royal adjacent life, as we had all hoped, Mr. Markle has been hot on the press trail in the months since his daughter's wedding. He's taken all manner of opportunities to speak out, the lot of which have included verbal attacks and insults lobbed at Meghan, Harry, the Queen, and even the late Princess Diana. Classy.
The palace, for its part, has done, well, not a lot … In an interview obtained by the Daily Mail's royal reporter Richard Kay, a palace aide asserts that the entire situation is being handled poorly, from a PR standpoint.
"The perception is that [Markle] was treated very much as an afterthought," the aide began, "No one went to visit him when the answer would have been to have someone fly out from London and explain to him how things were going to happen."
After Markle's interview with Piers Morgan in June, the palace entertained the idea of hiring a top PR specialist to calm the waters. However, the plan was vetoed when senior aides learned that the specialist in question was a former journalist — a big no-no for the press-averse Prince Harry.
"Prince Harry does not trust the media and he would never have supported that idea," a source explains. "Frankly they should have been prepared to try anything by that stage."
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The aide believes all the media madness would've been avoided had Meghan and Harry chosen to keep the Duchess of Sussex's extended family clued-in during the early stages of their engagement.
"The trouble stemmed from well before the wedding when there must have been an opportunity for Harry and Meghan to pay a private visit to her father. This was long before he started giving interviews."
"I also think the Palace should have invited the whole Markle family; they wouldn't all have come and it would made them feel included and less likely to make the negative comments they have been making."
Another aide echoed these sentiments, explaining that the means to any end with Thomas is in Meghan's hands.
"It's too late now for equerries or go-betweens to get to Mr. Markle, it's up to Meghan. She clearly loves him enough to have wanted him at her wedding so she needs to go and spend time with him."
Meghan Markle's Dad Came for Princess Diana In a 9-Hour Interview
Of course, this plan of action introduces a new realm of what-ifs.
"Clearly there is an issue of trust – will he blab about everything to the next microphone put under his nose? But he didn't talk to the media for a long time earlier on. I would be encouraging her to say to him, 'Daddy, you are part of the family, come and meet everyone and we will put something in place for you.'"
Paging Dr. Phil …
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Kids Had a Playdate With James Corden's Family
Prince William Reportedly Thought Meghan Markle Wasn't Ready to Be a Royal
A Royal Expert Says Princess Diana Would "Surely Be Proud" of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle
Meghan Markle's Half-Sister Named Prince Harry in Her Defamation Lawsuit
Prince Harry and Prince William Reportedly Had Major Tension Way Before Meghan Markle
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Might Return to the U.K. and Be Part-Time Royals
Prince Harry Says He "Does Not Feel Safe" Bringing Archie and Lilibet to the U.K.
Everything We Learned During Oprah's Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Interview
Meghan Markle Says Prince Harry Faced "Constant Berating" from the Royal Family About Her Father
Prince William Reportedly "Threw Harry Out" Over Meghan Markle Bullying Allegations
Everything to Know About the Royal Family Tree
Meghan Markle's Dad Reportedly Hand-Delivered a Letter to Oprah Asking for an Interview
Why Kate Got Diana's Ring, but Meghan Got Her Watch
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