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Wednesday, November 01, 2006
We got up about 7 AM and did the normal morning routine. Bob came down just as we were ready to eat breakfast. He asked about borrowing the juicer to do some grapes. The question came up as to how big it was. Mae indicated that it was quite tall and I said it was that tall. I got it for him. When I brought it in I had to kid Mae but she wouldn’t admit that my size was closer to right. It was in fun but she does dislike being wrong. Mae and I went over to Bryce’s and picked apples to put up. Georgia came over for lunch and to help Mae put up apple sauce. I went over to Best Buy and purchased a DVD/CD player. I stopped at The Home Depot and paid off my account with them. I don’t think I will use it any more as I am always confused at my payment and balance. I made a deposit at America First of Sandi’s and Rich’s checks. I stopped at Ream’s and purchased a new set of cowboy boots and then went over and helped Scott run the wire to the last speaker for his surround sound TV. We had trouble getting up through the wall as there was insulation and a fire block in the way. When I got home Mae had put up several containers of apple sauce. We ate some of it with cottage cheese. I hooked up the new DVD/CD player and we watched the movie “Philadelphia Affair” before going to bed.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
We enjoyed sleeping. After getting up I got my clothes out for Mae to pack for our trip. I caught my journal up to date before we went upstairs to eat as Bob made biscuits and gravy for us. Mae had to go into Ogden to the dentist. On the way home she had a truck tire coming down the freeway towards her. She was able to swerve into the next lane and she saw it run into a pickup a few vehicles behind her and she said it looked like it caused it to wreck. We both went to Dr. Bennett’s for treatments. After finishing there we walked over to the Layton Library and did a early vote as we will be out of town next week. I have very mixed feelings as to what good we do in voting any more. We came home, ate some lunch and I took a nap. We went to the Ogden Temple and went through a session. I got the boat ready and filled it and the pickup with gas. I stopped for a few groceries. Mae has been packing every minute she could for fishing tomorrow and for our trip next week. I had to put a battery charger on the boat and will let it run tonight. I down loaded some pictures from our camera so it is ready to take tomorrow.
Friday, November 03, 2006
I left this morning and was at the Big K Mart at the mouth of Parleys Canon in Salt Lake before 6 AM. Mae didn’t sleep very well last night so she didn’t go with me this morning. Nick was a little late but we made it to Strawberry Reservoir shortly after 7 AM. The boat performed very well and I am again completely satisfied with my boat. Fishing was slow but we caught a few. Because of the size regulations at Strawberry we were only able to keep two of the fish we caught, The one fish was a rainbow trout and the size limit dose not apply to them. That is the first rainbow trout I have caught at Strawberry for several years. It was cold but we enjoyed it and had a good day of fishing. We quite fishing shortly after 5 PM and loaded the boat. We drove back to Daniel’s Summit where I had reserved a room for tonight. I had time to shower and warm up before Sandy and Mae arrived. We ate there at the restraint. The food was really good and the serving was more than we could eat. After going back to the cabin we played a game of marbles and watched a show on TV before going to sleep.
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Mae didn’t sleep very well and was up early. She looked at the clock that was in the cabin and it hadn’t been reset since the changing of Day-light saving time so was one hour off. She woke me and I got up to use the bathroom and read my scriptures. It was then that we realized that we were getting up early so rested a little longer. We got to the reservoir again shortly after 7 AM and drove directly over to the Mud Creek area but there were several boats already there so we stayed in the mouth of the area. We had fish showing up constantly on the fish finder so we stayed in that area and had good luck. We caught several but again because of the size regulations were not able to keep any except for one. We quite about 11 AM and went in as a storm was coming in. We were quitting at 11:30 anyway as I had scheduled to take the boat in to Peterson’s to have the boat winterized and I have to be there before 3 PM. It didn’t take very long to get the boat loaded and we were soon on our way. We got to Peterson’s in time and then went home. It took a little while to get unpacked and we then finished packing for our cruse trip. Mae gave me a hair cut before I showered and got cleaned up. I attended a Stake Priesthood Leadership meeting in connection with our Stake Conference. Mae went over to Klass’s to a Birthday Party for Maggie’s Father. She also got her dress from Tinna as she added some lining to it for Mae. When I got home from my meeting I ate and then tried to take a nap as I had fallen to sleep in the earlier meeting. Mae came home with Benjamin as she is going to tend him this evening for Jeff and Gail while they attend a play in S.L.. I attended the Adult session of out Stake Conference this evening. Mae has everything about ready for us to leave in the morning. I caught my journal up before we went to bed.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
We got up at 3 AM so we could get to Mike and Becky’s by 6 AM. Mike called us to see where we were, just before we got to their place, so he could start up the car and have it warmed up and ready to go. We transferred our luggage to their van and were on the road by 6:30 AM. With just short stops for gas, we drove straight through to Los Angeles. As we got close to Los Angeles, I was amazed at how well Mike did in finding the directions with the use of his G.P.S. We went right to the Best Western Motel in Long Beach, where we had reservations for the night. The hotel was nice and clean and the staff was very courteous and accommodating. We were a little concerned as the area around the hotel didn’t look like that great of an area. We called and ordered in pizza to be delivered to Mike & Becky’s room. We ate and played games for a while before going to our separate rooms to sleep.
Monday, November 06, 2006
The hotel offered a continental breakfast so we went downstairs to eat there. We had waffles, with yogurt, fruit and honey on mine. After eating Mae and I walked outside to go for a walk but didn’t go far because of the concern for the area. At 10:30 AM we checked out of the hotel. We were able to leave the car parked in the hotels parking area, which is under the hotel with secure gates for safety, and ride the hotel shuttle van to the pier where we are to board the ship Paradise which belongs to the Carnival Cruse Line. We ate lunch after boarding and then went to our room where our luggage had been delivered. We had room 106 and Mike & Becky had room 100 on the sixth floor or it was also called the upper deck. The ship has 12 floors or decks. Our cabin was small but very nice. Our cabin steward was named Bee. She is Filipino, very friendly and kept our room made up and very nice for us. Each evening we would find a towel folded into a shape of an animal. They were very cleverly done. At 5 PM before the ship sailed we had a evacuation drill that was mandatory that every person participated in. We know that we had to use the stairs so we tried to go up to the 9th floor before the drill. We were to late and the elevators were put out of order. After the drill finished we went to the tour desk and signed up for two tours tomorrow at the Catalina Island. We also signed up for a tour at on Wednesday when we got to Ensanada. We went to dinner in the main dinning room and had a wonderful meal. Our head waiter was a Filipino by the name of Armando. He was really enjoyable and very helpful with the menu. Following dinner we went to the evening entertainment.  Then they had a dance group that was good but the customs were very brief. There wasn’t much left for the imagination. Before going to our cabin, Mae and I walked around the open decks of the ships and enjoyed seeing the ship move through the ocean and also we enjoyed the smell of the sea. Bee made us a towel hart tonight.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Today we ate early breakfast and then took a “tender” (small boat holding about 50) to transfer from the ship to shore. We walked around Catalina Island for a while and then went on a glass bottom boat where the guide took us out where we could watch the fish as we fed them. After that we went on a tour of the town and the Botanic Gardens. There was a memorial for Mr. Wrigley (the man who owned the Wrigley Spearmint Gum company) . That was a very good tour especially because of our tour guide. We then came back to the ship by the same tender. We met with Mike & Becky to eat dinner. We again stayed up quite late walking around the ship and being on the decks. The ship left this evening for Ensanata Mexico. Tonight Bee made us a towel swan.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
We slept in and ate breakfast about 8 am. We then went into Ensanada and walked around the one street. We thought that we were following directions but found that we took the wrong street. The town reminded us of the Philippines except there were old cars instead of trikes. We did find a store that we bought a few items. There were children begging and street stores but not as many as were on the street in the Philippines. The town was dirty and streets and sidewalks needing repair. It sure brought back a lot of memories. We went back to the ship in time to board a bus for our tour to the blow hole. Mae had to use the restroom but found that they only had to stalls and one of them was closed. She held up the tour for a few minutes. The tour guide was great. Her name was Lilianna and she made the trip worth while. She explained many things about the city such as their three main occupations were tourism, fishing and farming. She also explained about the government subsidized housing and showed us the old housing and the new and explained that in another 45 years the new will look like the old and they will probably be building another new area. She told us that the tap water is polluted and they that lived there also do not drink it or they to will be sick. They have to drink bottled water or water from two wells that can be delivered to each home. She pointed out the American housing area. It was very informative trip to the blow hole. At the blow hole she took us down the street of venders and told us of those that we could trust to be fair with the buyers. The tide was wrong as to seeing a spectacular sight but it was interesting to see. We had many venders try to get us to look in their but most of them we just walked by. Maybe I should have let Mae look at silver but I didn’t feel that was the kind of silver that we should invest in. When we returned to the city we went to the ship and boarded. Aboard the ship we ate dinner, saw the program, had a dish of yogurt, walked around the deck and went to our cabin and watched a Tom Cruse show on TV. Bee made us a towel seal tonight.
Thursday, November 09, 2006
The ship set sail for Long Beach about 10 PM last night. We spent today on the sea. Most of the time the ship mainly floated about with the captain often letting is set or rotating around in circles. It was a relaxing day and we enjoyed shopping at the shops on board, eating all we wanted and what we wanted and being entertained. We did get our things packed for the departure tomorrow. The captain did maneuver the ship to try to find the most sun shine as possible. Towards evening the ship did seem to gather speed as though there was a destination to reach. Time seems to go by very fast and soon we were getting ready for bed. Bee had made us a towel elephant tonight.
Friday, November 10, 2006
We were up early to eat breakfast. As we finished I decided to have one last yogurt but the mashing was already disassembled and cleaned. Darn, but I have had at least a dozen yogurts during this cruse. After breakfast we brought our bags up and departed the ship. We were expecting a longer delay at customs but it went very smooth and we were calling for a hotel shuttle by 9 AM. We were taken back to the hotel parking and were soon on our way home. Mike drove through the main traffic or until we got on Highway 15. I then drove until we got to Mesquite Nevada. We stopped at a new Wal Mart and walked around for 20 minutes and used the restrooms. Mike drove to St. George where we stopped for gas and then went to eat at the Out Back restaurant. I then drove to American Fork. We didn’t stay long at Mike’s but transferred our luggage and drove on home. This last section of driving was the worst as both Mae and I were excused. Our legs were very tired and the muscles cramped and hurt. We came into the house and unloaded the car. Bob came down and gave me a hand at bringing the luggage into the house. We both took hot showers to relieve the leg pains. My stomach was upset so I had to sleep in the recliner most of the night.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
I came to bed about 4:30 AM. We slept in until after 9 AM. Mae got most everything unpacked and but away. We went to Ogden where we bought some items at Kitchen Knead and then went to Sea Gull Book where we bought a book for Tyler and baptism. We then went to Petersen Marine where I got our boat. They had winterized it for me. We came home and at 4:15 PM left for David & Shauna’s church building. There was a large group that was gathered for the Stake Baptismal. Tyler was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by his father. I and Grandpa Howard were asked by Tyler to serve as Font Witnesses during the baptism. During the conformation, performed by David, Mike Howard, Jason Howard, John Howard, Mike Browning, Scott Browning and my self along with the Bishop stood in the circle. Jeff was in attendance but did not stand in the circle. After the services we all went to David and Shauna’s where we had a large six foot sandwich and all the trimmings. We visited and watched the slide show that was compiled by Shauna of Tyler’s first eight years. It was about 8 PM when we left for home. We were tired and soon went to bed.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
We felt like it was a slow morning but before long we had to hurry to get to meetings on time. We had tried to get some of our journals brought up to date as I didn’t take my computer with us on the trip. Meetings went well and I enjoyed them. I did fall asleep in Sunday School for just a minute but other than that did ok. Bishop Smith asked if I could meet at 5:15 PM this afternoon for a short meeting. Bob invited us for dinner this afternoon. He had cooked a wonderful pork roast with mashed potatoes and gravy. I visited with Mark and Bob for a while after dinner. I worked on my journal for a while and then went over to the Bishops office for the meeting. It was just a meeting to go over the High Priest Quorum and the Home Teaching assignments. Mae and I worked on my journal and Mae answered E-mails. I called Mike and visited with him concerning his comments about the Church Development of Down Town Salt Lake City. When I finished and we hung up I wished that I had never called Mike. Mae and I discussed that at one time we felt that we had done a fairly good job of raising our family but now we have serious droughts. We love our family but being parents certainly isn’t the easiest thing to be. I finished catching up my journal and it was 10 PM so we will go to bed.
Monday, November 13, 2006
We got up at a normal time but I had quite a headache and so after eating breakfast I laid in the recliner with two blankets over me and slept for two hours. I woke feeling much better. Before laying down I connected our new external hard drive to my laptop and copied the pictures off my computer to the external drive. It took over 4 hours to copy them. Mae did a lot of washing today, seems that we have gone, came home and left again for some time now. She was busy trying to catch up. It snowed early this morning so the boat was wet. I didn’t dare cover it with it being so wet. I will have to wait until it dries out now. I worked most of the afternoon on our bank statement. It was a mess and I spent a long time on it. This evening we went upstairs and played canasta with Bob and Carroll. When the game finished Bob and I won by 50 points. Mae helped me balance the statement when we came back down stairs. It was after 11:30 when we went to bed.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
I woke up early with a dream so was up for a while. I came back to bed about the time Mae got up. Mae let me sleep a while longer. Bob prepared breakfast of biscuits and gravy this morning, they were sure good. Bob took Mae out to the base for some groceries. When she got back I asked her to go with me. she had work to do but came with me anyway. We went over to Scott and Mishelle’s to get a letter sent to us from CitiBank. They said they sent us a refund check but I haven’t cashed it. We then went to David & Shauna’s where I drained their sprinkler system. We stopped at Home Depot when we got back from David’s and I bought some visqueen & some shrink wrap. Mae had visiting teachers come this afternoon. I put up the canapé on the boat and hope it will dry out enough to wrap it up for the winter. Mae went to a Relief Society program this evening. Bob & I went Home Teaching and was able to visit all three families. Mae was on the internet when I got home. I made up some whey and made me a sandwich and then filled in my journal.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
We woke up with Mae’s phone ringing. By the time we got to it, it had stopped. It was Shellie and she left a message that she needed help. It took us a while to make contact with her but after Mae made contact and talked to Shellie, we decided that we would get ready as quickly as we can and drive to Arizona. I had to take the door that I got for Randy to him and I have to get my boat put away. So I did that while Mae packed. Mark gave her a hand packing the car. It was going on to 3 PM when we got every thing packed and left. We drove to Kanab where we got a motel for the night.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
We got up about 6 AM and left about 7 AM. We drove to Flagstaff, stopping a couple of times for Mae to walk around. At Flagstaff we stopped at a Denny’s and ate breakfast. It was just before 3 PM when we got to Shellie and Roy’s home. This evening Shellie asked Roy and I to go with her to a sister in their Ward that is having serious health problems and we gave her a Priesthood Blessing. I annoyed her and Roy sealed the annoying and gave her a blessing. This sister is having her share of problem and I think Shellie is having to much empathy for her along with others and too many activities that she is involved with, which is over stressing her. This evening the boys pulled a draw out of the kitchen cupboards and it fall on out and broke the draw. I think I can repair it.
Friday, November 17, 2006
I slept in until breakfast time. After breakfast I took a shower and shaved. Roy showed me where his tools were so today I repaired the drawer. I found that the runners were not supported strong enough so I reinforced them. I also went to Home Depot and bought 1” X 6” X 6’ pine board and added reinforcement onto the drawer that I repaired and the one below it. I made Shellie a plaque for her wall by putting a router edge on part of the pine board. Mae worked all day cleaning house and helping Shellie get ready for a party of Sisters this evening. Seth Porter called this evening and they are having trouble with the pump at Randy’s cabin. I talked to him for quite a while but haven’t figured out the problem yet. Roy, the boys and I were asked to disappear for a while this evening while the ladies were here. We stopped at a video store and spent a while looking for something worth watching. With a half dozen calls Seth and I finally figured out the problem with the pump and got it working ok. We then went to Kentucky Fried Chicken and ate. We received a call and asked to stay at least another ½ hour so we went to McDonalds and let the boys play n the play land.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
We slept in and when I got up Shellie asked if I would help make a biscuit and gravy breakfast. After breakfast I got telling Quint stories of my childhood and my dogs. We then helped Roy and Shellie get ready for the Seymore Family Christmas party. They started with going to a park and sending up balloons with a message attached in memory of Todd and Gaylyn’s daughter that died when she was two. All the Seymore family gathered at Shellie and Roy’s where Patsy and Veldon gave all their grandchildren quilts that Patsy had made while on their mission. Next the Christmas story was depicted with the children dressed up and Veldon reading the account of the Christ child from the Bible. Christmas gifts were next exchanged for everyone. Shellie had purchased gifts for Mae and I from her and Roy. We then ate, visited and some of us played games. It was late when everyone cleaned up and left. Shellie played a new game with me but I wasn’t too good at it. Mae took her shower tonight so her hair would dry during the night. It was after mid-night when we got to bed.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
I slept until 4 AM and then had to get up and move. I found a blanket and laid down on the recliner and slept there until 8 AM. I was up for a while and then laid down on our bed and slept until 10 AM. Mae was up and starting breakfast so I helped her and the boys, Mae and I ate. Shellie had gone to a meeting. Roy got up so we prepared more hot cakes. Shellie came home just in time and ate with Roy. I started a file of memories that I had of Grandma Hill. The day went fast and we soon went to church. After church Shellie, Mae and Roy prepared diner of grilled hotdogs and rice. We ate dinner out side by the swimming pool. Roy, Garrett, Quint and I went to Stake Priesthood meeting. This evening as a family we had scripture study. I worked more on Grandma Hill’s file. At 10:30 PM I finished my journal entry and we went to bed. The day seemed to go by fast.
Monday, November 20, 2006
I am not sure what took the time but it was mid-night when we started to bed but then my stomach bothered me so I slept in the recliner. Garrett woke me when he came down to go to school. I went to our bed and slept until after 8 AM.  Shellie and I ate breakfast. I called Randy’s insurance company and explained how I ran over the small fox in Wyoming. I also called Carla and Craige but they weren’t home so I just left a message with Tassie. Roy asked if I could fix the water filter system so it wouldn’t make a noise when operating. I spent quite a while working on it when I finally added 6” more to the drain line and it quieted the noise. I also glued some bricks back into place where they had been broken out during the party Saturday. We ate lunch and then I drove to town to get me a belt and tie. While there I also found a couple of gifts for Mae for Christmas. I went to Deseret Book and looked at some books that I would like, The Infinite Atonement by Tad R. Callister and History of the Church by Joseph Smith. As Christmas is coming I will suggest that some of the children might consider them for Christmas gifts. I stopped at the grocery store and bought a few groceries. The weather is so nice that we ate dinner out by the swimming pool again tonight. Roy worked on the TV, DVD & VCR players to get them working together. We watched the DVD of the second film of the Work and the Glory. Although we have seen the movie when it came out we enjoyed watching it again on DVD. I can’t help but wonder when we see all that the early Saints went through, how can we, with all the blessings we enjoy today, expect to gain equal blessings with what they have earned? I finished my journal entry and went to bed in a safe, comfortable home with a full stomach.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
We slept in this morning and then I showered and shaved before coming out to eat. I changed the filters on Roy and Shellie’s R.O. system. Mae and I spent the rest of the day wrapping Christmas gifts for our family Christmas party and for Shellie to help her with that job. It was fun working with Mae. We called Sandi and sang her Happy Birthday. She said that she is doing fine. She said that when Terry was killed the night before she Birthday she didn’t think that she would ever enjoy another Birthday, but Nick has been doing things for her all day, some of her friends at school took her out to lunch and she has had several calls from friends and family so it’s been a good day. This evening we watched the shows Brother Bear and Brother Baer 2. I worked for a little while on the memories and thoughts I am writing on Grandma Hill, before going to bed.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
We ate late last night and we also had spice food. I couldn’t lay down so I went to sleep in the recliner.  After taking some alkaline which helped settle my stomach I set at the computer and played games for a while and started this journal entry and wrote more on my Grandmothers story. It was almost 6 AM when I went in to bed. I then slept until after 10 AM. After eating some breakfast Mae and I went to a car wash and washed our car. We then did some shopping. We stopped at a fast food for some lunch. This evening we put a John Wayne movie on and then Roy, Shellie, Quint and Kevis and Mae & I played a game of marbles. Kevis and Quint ended up wining. Mae made up a pie for me for tomorrow. I finished my journal entry for today.
Thursday, November 23, 2006 THANKSGIVING DAY
We slept in and then had cereal for breakfast. Mae and I went for a walk. We took the dog with us. At 12 noon we went with part of Roy’s family to Mimi’s restaurant where we ate Thanksgiving dinner. It was very good but it seemed strange where we didn’t do any preparation of the meal and the weather is so nice. When we came back to Roy and Shellie’s where we played games and had desert. Patsy had us watch a DVD about a machine called a Vib Machine. It is very interesting and I would like to know more about it. It was after 10 Pm when family left and we called it a day. We are certainly a blessed nation and enjoy so much. I wonder if very many realize it or even give it a thought.
Friday, November 24, 2006
We slept in until 8 AM before starting a new day. Jase was the first of the family to get up and he is so excited to show me everything in the house that his eyes caught the vision of. We know there is something that is holding Jase back in his learning but do not know what it is or where to find help. Shellie has tried to get help from the school but hasn’t been very successful as of yet. It was 10 AM before the rest of the family started moving. After breakfast we got ready to go to Tempe where we rented paddle boats and enjoyed an hour on the Salt River. Roy’s mother also came with us. Mae, Jase & I were in one boat, Roy & Kevis went together, Garrett & Quint in another and Shellie & Patsy were together. One hour was long enough as we were all tired of paddling by then. After that Garrett had to leave in order to go to work. Roy bought everyone a treat and we stayed around the park for a little while. Patsy then went home. We went to the bowling alley in Chandler and bowled a game each. When we got home Roy, Mae and I went over to the Subway and had Garrett make us up some sandwiches for us for dinner. We watched the movie “Zorro II” with the children and then Roy, Shellie, Mae and I watched another show “Burst from the Past”. It was fair but I would rather have gone to sleep early.
Saturday, November 25, 2006
I got up about 7 AM and Mae got up about 8 AM. I prepared breakfast of biscuits & gravy. Roy and Shellie took the boys and Mae and I out to Casey Grand to see the house they are trying to buy. We spent some time looking at the model and then went to the house. It is framed up so we got the general feel for it. It will be nice but the main reason they are trying to get it is they hope to sale their present home for $600,000 and this house will cost about ½ that. They should be out of depth if it works out. We help Roy and Shellie put up their Christmas lights and some of the decorations inside. I got a call from our Stake Executive Secretary who wanted to make an appointment for Mae and I to visit with the Stake President. Irven also called to tell us that Jennifer had lost the one baby yesterday and had delivered the other two babies’ today. Both are very small, one is 1 lb. 4 oz. and the other 1 lb. 2 oz. and are marginal, only being 22 week into the maternity. Roy and Shellie put on a DVD so we stayed up and watched it. I don’t think I ever understood what the plot was, who the hero’s were or what the ending was.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
I got up about 8:30 AM when Bob called to tell us that a winter storm was forecast for Utah as far South as Saint George. I called Kelley Bodily to let him know that we are still out of town but he was already at a meeting. His wife told me the same forecast as what Bob had. I guess we will stay longer here. After reading my scriptures, I showered and shaved and then lay back down and slept until 11 AM. Time went quickly and we soon had to leave for church meetings. Shellie had dinner ready when we returned home. I tried to explain my feelings or ask a question but Roy and Shellie took offence to what I was trying to ask about until I just shut up and let it pass. It seems that I can get myself into this situation, particularly with my family, very easily. This evening all the family went to the Temple grounds to see the Christmas lights. My feet and legs were hurting so I stayed home. I watched a couple of church videos while they were gone. I then worked on the computer typing more on my life stories that I am trying to compile. I finished this journal entry before going to bed.
Monday, November 27, 2006
I woke shortly after 3 AM and was awake for some time. When I finally got to sleep, Mae let me sleep until breakfast was ready. I fixed myself some cooked cereal and toast. Shellie had a Relief Society Presidency meeting here so Mae and I stayed in our bedroom. Mae read some of Sister Hinckley’s book, Glimpses. I guess I fell asleep after while and didn’t wake up until after 11 AM. We ate lunch and then Mae, Shellie and I went to town shopping. We bought some paper products and then went to Costco where we bought some Christmas presents and groceries. It was almost 5 PM when we returned home. We got everything carried into the house and put away. I put the lights on Shellie’s Christmas tree. I then worked on my personal stories, quitting for dinner and scripture reading and then resuming the stories. I had Mae edit this evening work before we quit for the day. Bob called to tell us that another of Jennifer’s babies died today. It was the baby boy this time. The doctors aren’t giving the last one muck chance. As of now they are planning to bring the babies to Utah for burial. How grateful for the teaching of the Church at times like this. I still wonder about our baby that Mae lost at 7 months along. I am grateful for hope. It was 11.30 PM when we went to bed.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
I slept in until almost 8 AM and then got up and started my day. I fixed my own breakfast and ate before taking a shower and shaving. Although the weather was cloudy when I first got up it soon warned up and is a beautiful day. If it wasn’t for the high cost of living and my hobbies of fishing and snowmobiling I could be tempted to move down here. The traffic and congestion is also a deterrent but it’s not much worse that Utah and now the Wyoming area seems to be out of the question. I repaired a chair for Roy this morning for something to do and to be useful. Mae and I went shopping just for a couple of items but we went into Wall Greens and Mae found so many items on sale that we came out with a bill of $130.00. I played Quint two games of chess when we got home. The first one was quite short but the second took us quite a while and Quint would have had the avenge had I not forced a queen trade and that gave me the avenge and I was able to win. I tried to call Irven and Sandy this morning and could not get them at their home. I called Andrea and left a message for her to return the call when she got home. She called me this evening and gave me more information as to Jennifer and their babies. The first baby was named Grace and was still born. The second baby was a boy that they named Kyle Irven and he died yesterday. The third baby is a girl and they named her Magon Elizabeth and the report today is that she is doing better and her chances are looking better. Irven and Sandy went to California to be with Jennifer and Chris and the babies and arrived there yesterday. Mae and I worked on our Christmas letter this afternoon and have it about ready to print. This evening Mea and I watched “It’s a Wonderful Life” on DVD. It was 11 PM when we finished the movie and about then Shellie discovered that she had weevil in her pantry. She wouldn’t quit until the pantry was completely cleaned out and everything in it. I had Mae go in the other room and get ready for bed while Roy and I helped Shellie. It wouldn’t have been so bad except that Shellie has been on a cleans and hasn’t had much intake for two days so she was so week she could hardly keep going. Add to that she had just had a Sister in the Ward that had came to visit with her and for over a hour they stood outside in the cold talking. It was after mid-night before we got to bed.
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
I woke as Garrett left for school. I got up with Mae and I prepared breakfast while Mae got the boys going for school. After breakfast I lay back down and slept until 11 AM. I spent all afternoon and evening working on the Christmas letter and the labels. I built a label file for Shellie and put on her computer. After dinner I took Kevis and Quint to the church house for scout meeting. Bob called us this morning to let us know that the third baby of Jennifer’s died today. I called Irven and Sandy and expressed our sympathy for the loss of the babies. Irven said Jennifer is taking it quite hard. They will bring the bodies back to Utah for burial but they do not know when that will be just yet. This evening I called and talked to Linda to let them know about the babies. They have been transferred to Bancroft Canada and their assignment is to just trying to become acquainted with people in the area. They are not to try proselytizing. Roy may be called to be a counselor to the new Branch President but they don’t know for sure about that yet. Roy asked if I could do some repair work on his boat trailer so we went out and looked at the job. we let the family open the Christmas gifts from us this evening. Grandma couldn’t wait. I finished this entry and went to bed about 11 PM. Mae went to bed a little earlier as she was too tired to stay up.
Thursday, November 30, 2006
We woke just before 6 AM with the fire alarm beeping. I tried to find what it was that was beeping and then when I realized what it was, I got a small folding step, but it was to short so I had to get a larger set of steps. Well; by that time I had fully woken Mae. Shellie came in from having gone bike ridding with friends and was faint. We had her lay down and finally she went back to bed.  I tried to go back to sleep but couldn’t so finally got up. Mae got the boys ready and walked them to school. When she returned she cut my hair and then I cut her hair. We took showers then I started work on repairing some boards on Roy and Shellie’s boat trailer. I called Roy and suggested that we repair both sides of the trailer as both needed it. This afternoon I went to Lowe’s and bought material to repair the trailer. I got the boards cut and started painting them. I worked on Christmas letters, return address labels and mailing label addresses for our Christmas card list. Shellie helped me with the return addresses. I had to call Shanna to get Bryce and Deanna’s address. Garrett showed me how to add special symbols with the computer. This evening I put he movie “White Christmas” on and we watched it. Shellie said that is the first time she has seen that show. All the family stayed up and watched “Ice Age 2” I guess it is ok. Good night!


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looked at included: temperature, cloudiness, wind speed, and humdity. This site provides the source data and visualizations
created as part of the analysis, as well as explanations and descriptions of any trends and correlations witnessed.


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Claiming DLA for a terminally ill child
There’s a quicker application process for parents of children who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness and aren’t expected to live more than 6 months.
You can get between £82.30 and £139.75 a week, depending on the care your child needs.
 Once you apply your application will be decided on within about 2 weeks.
Your child must be under 16 for you to get DLA. If they’re 16 or over you’ll need to apply for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) instead (PIP also has a fast-track application process).
There’s separate guidance for applying for a child under 16 who doesn’t have a terminal illness.
How much you can get
You can get between £82.30 and £139.75 a week.
DLA is made up of 2 different parts - the ‘care component’ and the ‘mobility component’.
You’ll get the highest rate of the care component, which is £82.30 a week.
You'll either get £21.80 or £57.45 a week for the 'mobility component' - this will depend on your child's ability to get around.
Read the piece on how DWP makes a decision on a claim for more detailed information on how a client will qualify for each rate.
See the Disability Rights Handbook or CPAG for detailed explanations of how DLA is awarded. This can be useful for appeals and applications.
Get an application form
You can either phone for an application form or download one.
It's best to phone because your payments will be backdated to the date you phoned. If you download an application form, you'll only be paid from the date that the DWP receive the form.
Disability Living Allowance helpline
Telephone: 0345 712 3456
Textphone: 0345 722 4433
Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm
Calls cost up to 12p a minute from a landline, and between 3p and 45p a minute from a mobile.
You can download an application form from GOV.UK.
Ask your doctor for a ‘DS1500 medical condition report’
Ask your doctor, specialist or consultant for a ‘DS1500 medical condition report’. This is a form describing your child’s conditions and treatments - you’ll need it to send with your DLA application. You won’t have to pay for this.
Fill in the application form
You won’t have to fill in the full application form if your child has a terminal illness. See question 23 on the form - it will tell you what you do and don’t have to fill in.
If your child has difficulty walking or getting around outdoors in unfamiliar places, make sure you fill in the section on ‘mobility’ (questions 25-31). You can get a higher amount of DLA if this is the case, but your child needs to be at least 3.
Send the application form and DS1500
You should send the form back as soon as possible. If the 6-week time limit is approaching and you don’t have a DS1500 report from your doctor, you should send the form anyway. Include a letter saying you’ll send the form at a later date - this way you’ll still get back paid from the date you phoned for the form.
It’s a good idea to make a copy of the filled-in form and the DS1500. You could take digital photos if you don’t have a copier or scanner. This could be useful in case you need to refer to it later or it gets lost.
Send the form and the DS1500 to:
Disability Benefit Centre 4
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What happens after you’ve applied
You’ll usually get a ‘decision letter’ within 2 weeks - this will tell you whether or not you’ll get DLA. Contact the helpline if you haven’t received a letter within 2 weeks.
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If your claim is successful, the decision letter will tell you how much you’ll get and for how long. If you phoned for the claim form you’ll be back-paid from the date you called.
You can appeal the decision if you’re unhappy with it or you don’t think you’ve been given the correct rate (for example if you’ve been given a lower rate and you think you should get a higher rate).
See what other benefits you could get
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Contact a Family helpline
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If you're not a UK citizen
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If you or your child aren’t UK citizens, you should check the eligibility rules. Your immigration status could be affected if you apply for benefits when you’re not eligible. You can contact your nearest Citizens Advice for help.


time series
Contents
4.7. time series#
4.7.1. high-level#
<IP_ADDRESS>. basics#
usually assume points are equally spaced
modeling - for understanding underlying process or predicting
nice blog, nice tutorial, Time Series for scikit-learn People
noise, seasonality (regular / predictable fluctuations), trend, cycle
multiplicative models: time series = trend * seasonality * noise
additive model: time series = trend + seasonality + noise
stationarity - mean, variance, and autocorrelation structure do not change over time
endogenous variable = x = independent variable
exogenous variable = y = dependent variable
changepointe detection / Change detection - tries to identify times when the probability distribution of a stochastic process or time series changes
<IP_ADDRESS>. libraries#
skits library for forecasting
<IP_ADDRESS>. high-level modelling#
common methods
decomposition - identify each of these components given a time-series
ex. loess, exponential smoothing
frequency-based methods - e.g. look at spectral plot
(AR) autoregressive models - linear regression of current value of one or more prior values of the series
(MA) moving-average models - require fitting the noise terms
(ARMA) box-jenkins approach
moving averages
simple moving average - just average over a window
cumulative moving average - mean is calculated using previous mean
exponential moving average - exponentially weights up more recent points
prediction (forecasting) models
autoregressive integrated moving average (arima)
assumptions: stationary model
4.7.2. similarity measures#
An Empirical Evaluation of Similarity Measures for Time Series Classification (serra et al. 2014)
lock-step measures (Euclidean distance, or any norm)
can resample to make them same length
feature-based measures (Fourier coefficients)
euclidean distance over all coefs is same as over time-series, but we usually filter out high-freq coefs
can also use wavelets
model-based measures (auto-regressive)
compare coefs of an AR (or ARMA) model
elastic measures
dynamic time warping = DTW - optimallt aligns in temporal domaub ti nubunuze accumulated cost
can also enforce some local window around points
Every index from the first sequence must be matched with one or more indices from the other sequence and vice versa
The first index from the first sequence must be matched with the first index from the other sequence (but it does not have to be its only match)
The last index from the first sequence must be matched with the last index from the other sequence (but it does not have to be its only match)
The mapping of the indices from the first sequence to indices from the other sequence must be monotonically increasing, and vice versa, i.e. if
j > i
are indices from the first sequence, then there must not be two indicesl > k
in the other sequence, such that indexi
is matched with indexl
and indexj
is matched with indexk
, and vice versa
edit distance EDR
time-warped edit distance - TWED
minimum jump cost - MJC
4.7.3. book1 (A course in Time Series Analysis) + book2 (Intro to Time Series and Forecasting)#
<IP_ADDRESS>. ch 1#
when errors are dependent, very hard to distinguish noise from signal
usually in time-series analysis, we begin by de-trending the data and analyzing the residuals
ex. assume linear trend or quadratic trend and subtract that fit (or could include sin / cos for seasonal behavior)
ex. look at the differences instead of the points (nth order difference removes nth order polynomial trend). However, taking differences can introduce dependencies in the data
ex. remove trend using sliding window (maybe with exponential weighting)
periodogram - in FFT, this looks at the magnitude of the coefficients (but loses the phase information)
<IP_ADDRESS>. ch 2 - stationary time series#
in time series, we never get iid data
instead we make assumptions
ex. the process has a constant mean (a type of stationarity)
ex. the dependencies in the time-series are short-term
autocorrelation plots: plot correlation of series vs series offset by different lags
formal definitions of stationarity for time series \(\{X_t\}\)
strict stationarity - the distribution is the same across time
second-order / weak stationarity - mean is constant for all t and, for any t and k, the covariance between \(X_t\) and \(X_{t+k}\) only depends on the lag difference k
In other words, there exists a function \(c: \mathbb Z \to \mathbb R\) such that for all t and k we have \(c(k) = \text{cov} (X_t, X_{t+k})\)
strict stationary and \(E|X_T^2| < \infty \implies\) second-order stationary
ergodic - stronger condition, says samples approach the expectation of functions on the time series: for any function \(g\) and shift \(\tau_1, ... \tau_k\):
\(\frac 1 n \sum_t g(X_t, ... X_{t+\tau_k}) \to \mathbb E [g(X_0, ..., X_{t+\tau_k} )]\)
causal - can predict given only past values (for Gaussian processes no difference)
<IP_ADDRESS>. ch 3 - linear time series#
note: can just assume all have 0 mean (otherwise add a constant)
AR model \(AR(p)\): $\( X_t = \sum_{i=1}^p \phi_i X_{t-i}+ \varepsilon_t \)$
\(\phi_1, \ldots, \phi_p\) are parameters
\(\varepsilon_t\) is white noise
stationary assumption places constraints on param values (e.g. processes in the \(AR(1)\) model with \(|\phi_1| \ge 1\) are not stationary)
looks just like linear regression, but is more complex
if we don’t account for issues, things can go wrong
model will not be stationary
model may be misspecified
\(E(\epsilon_t|X_{t-p}) \neq 0\)
this represents a set of difference equations, and as such, must have a solution
ex. \(AR(1)\) model - if \(|\phi| < 0\), then soln is in terms of past values of {\(\epsilon_t\)}, otherwise it is in terms of future values
ex. simulating - if we know \(\phi\) and \(\{\epsilon_t\}\), we still need to use the backshift operator to solve for \(\{ X_t \}\)
ex. \(AR(p)\) model - if \(\sum_j |\phi_j|\)< 1, and \(\mathbb E |\epsilon_t| < \infty\), then will have a causal stationary solution
backshift operator \(B^kX_t=X_{t-k}\)
solving requires using the backshift operator, because we need to solve for what all the residuals are
characteristic polynomial \(\phi(a) = 1 - \sum_{j=1}^p \phi_j a^j\)
\(\phi(B) X_t = \epsilon_t\)
\(X_t=\phi(B)^{-1} \epsilon_t\)
can represent \(AR(p)\) as a vector \(AR(1)\) using the vector \(\bar X_t = (X_t, ..., X_{t-p+1})\)
note: can reparametrize in terms of frequencies
MA model \(MA(q)\): \( X_t = \sum_{i=1}^q \theta_i \varepsilon_{t-i} + \varepsilon_t\)
\(\theta_1 ... \theta_q\) are params
\(\varepsilon_t\), \(\varepsilon_{t-1}\) are white noise error terms
harder to fit, because the lagged error terms are not visible (also means can’t make preds on new time-series)
\(E[\epsilon_t] = 0\), \(Var[\epsilon_t] = 1\)
much harder to estimate these parameters
\(X_t = \theta (B) \epsilon_t\) (assuming \(\theta_0=1\))
ARMA model: \(ARMA(p, q)\): \(X_t = \sum_{i=1}^p \phi_i X_{t-i} + \sum_{i=1}^q \theta_i \varepsilon_{t-i} + \varepsilon_t\)
\(\{X_t\}\) is stationary
\(\phi (B) X_t = \theta(B) \varepsilon_t\)
\(\phi(B) = 1 - \sum_{j=1}^p \phi_j B^j\)
\(\theta(B) = 1 + \sum_{j=1}^{q}\theta_jz^j\)
causal if \(\exists \{ \psi_j \}\) such that \(X_t = \sum_{j=0}^\infty \psi_j Z_{t-j}\) for all t
ARIMA model: \(ARIMA(p, d, q)\): - generalizes ARMA model to non-stationarity (using differencing)
<IP_ADDRESS>. ch 4 + 8 - the autocovariance function + parameter estimation#
estimation
pure autoregressive
Yule-walker
Burg estimation - minimizing sums of squares of forward and backward one-step prediction errors with respect to the coefficients
when \(q > 0\)
innovations algorithm
hannan-rissanen algorithm
autocovariance function: {\(\gamma(k): k \in \mathbb Z\)} where \(\gamma(k) = \text{Cov}(X_{t+h}. X_t) = \mathbb E (X_0 X_k)\) (assuming mean 0)
Yule-Walker equations (assuming AR(p) process): \(\mathbb E (X_t X_{t-k}) = \sum_{j=1}^p \phi_j \mathbb E (X_{t-j} X_{t-k}) + \underbrace{\mathbb E (\epsilon_tX_{t-k})}_{=0} = \sum_{j=1}^p \phi_j \mathbb E (X_{t-j} X_{t-k})\)
ex. MA covariance becomes 0 with lag > num params
can rewrite the Yule-Walker equations
\(\gamma(i) = \sum_{j=1}^p \phi_j \gamma(i -j)\)
\(\underline\gamma_p = \Gamma_p \underline \phi_p\)
\((\Gamma_p)_{i, j} = \gamma(i - j)\)
\(\hat{\Gamma}_p\) is nonegative definite (and nonsingular if there is at least one nonzero \(Y_i\))
\(\underline \gamma_p = [\gamma(1), ..., \gamma(p)]\)
\(\underline \phi_p = (\phi_1, ..., \phi_p)\)
this minimizes the mse \(\mathbb E [X_{t+1} - \sum_{j=1}^p \phi_j X_{t+1-j}]^2\)
use estimates to solve: \(\hat{\underline \phi}_p = \hat \Sigma_p^{-1} \hat{\underline r}_p \)
the innovations algorithm
set \(\hat X_1 = 0\)
innovations = one-step prediction errors \(U_n = X_n - \hat X _n\)
mle (ch 5.2)
eq. 5.2.9: Gaussian likelihood for an ARMA process
\(r_n = \mathbb E[(W_{n+1} - \hat W_{n+1})^2]\)
4.7.4. multivariate time-series ch 7#
vector-valued time-series has dependencies between variables across time
just modeling as univariate fails to take into account possible dependencies between the series
4.7.5. neural modeling#
see pytorch-forecasting for some new state-of-the-art models


| DOSE: |
12 mg |
insufflated |
2C-E |
(powder / crystals) |
Background: I'm 18 and in good mental and physical health. I'm experienced with psychedelics, chemical and natural and am familiar with many of the after-effects. At the time when I had the 2c-e my system was clean, because I hadn't had any marijuana for 2 weeks, and no alcohol for about a month. I don't take any medication, not even over-the-counter, so the side effects I got must have been that of 2C-E.
I've used 2C-E four times. The first three times there were no noticeable side effects, but the fourth time I did it (after a break of about a month) I definitely noticed some changes. I am not a doctor or a chemist so I don't know what they mean in the long run, but I know when something isn't right.
1. About 7 hours after snorting 12 mg. of 2C-E I came down but got a strange dull pressure in the back of my head. Not a headache per se, just a constant dull, heavy feeling, as if I'd just bumped my head really hard. I went to sleep and when I woke up 7 hours later, the headache hadn't completely gone away. I could feel the dull pressure all through the day, and only now, 14 hours later is it really starting to fade, although I can still feel it. The reason I point this out is because I never get headaches, especially not like this, so I have no doubt that it is related to the drug.
2. The day after the trip, I tried reading a passage and although reading itself wasn't difficult, I had trouble understanding the text. I read each paragraph twice and still have only a vague idea of what it was about. I only got through about half a page.
I don't know what and why I got the side effects that I did, but I do know that it is because of the drug. I only used it four times, with breaks of about a month between dosing, and already feel that something isn't right.
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Model sheet for a 3D character.


class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # STA 235 - Introduction to Causal Inference: Potential Outcomes ## Spring 2021 ### McCombs School of Business, UT Austin ---  # Housekeeping .box-2LA[Homework 1 is due next Monday] - Check out the **.darkorange[R scripts]** posted for each class. - Additional slides for **.darkorange[interpretation of logistic regression coefficients]**.

 .box-5LA[TA Office Hours: Friday 12th 4:00 - 5:00 PM] --- # Last week .pull-left[ - Finished our chapter on **.darkorange[multiple regression]**. - **.darkorange[Statistical Adjustment]**: Unveiling useful associations, multicolinearity. - **.darkorange[Binary Outcomes]**: LPM vs Logistic Regression. ] .pull-right[ ![:scale 90%](https://media.giphy.com/media/xUOwGb8GuMRhxZcBuo/giphy-downsized-large.gif) ] --- # Today .pull-left[ .center[ ![](https://media.giphy.com/media/xTiN0CNHgoRf1Ha7CM/giphy.gif)] ] .pull-right[ - **.darkorange[Introduction to Causal Inference]**: .box-2t[Why? Potential Outcomes Framework] .box-4t[What? Causal Estimands] .box-7t[How? Study Design] ] --- .center2[![:scale 100%](https://github.com/maibennett/sta235/raw/main/exampleSite/content/Classes/Week3/1_PotentialOutcomes/images/greta_tweet.png)] --- .center2[![:scale 130%](https://github.com/maibennett/sta235/raw/main/exampleSite/content/Classes/Week3/1_PotentialOutcomes/images/greta_dag.png)] --- .center2[.box-3LA[What do you thing are the biggest issues here?]] --- # What is Causal Inference? .box-5LA[Inferring the effect of one thing on another thing] --- # What is Causal Inference? .box-5LA[Inferring the effect of one thing on another thing]

 - "My headache went away because I took an aspirin". - "The new marketing campaign increased our sales by 20%" - "Providing students with help filling out the FAFSA forms caused a decrease of 15% in student aid denials." --- # A world of potential (outcomes) - Headache --- # A world of potential (outcomes) - Headache - pill - No headache --- # A world of potential (outcomes) - How do we know the taking the pill **.darkorange[caused]** the headache to go away? --- # A world of potential (outcomes) - Two parallel worlds - Headache - pill - No headache - Headache - no pill - headache --- # A world of potential (outcomes) - A priori, the first scenario would be the potential outcome if I take the pill. - The second scenario would be the potential outcome if I don't take the pill. - A posteriori, I can only observe **.darkorange[at most one of the potential outcomes]** .box-3LA[Fundamental Problem of Causal Inference] --- # Potential Outcomes Framework: Let's introduce some notation: - Let `\(Y_i\)` be the observed outcome for unit `\(i\)` (e.g. whether I have a headache or not in an hour). - Let `\(T\)` be the treatment or intervention (e.g. taking a pill). Then, $$Y_i | T = 1 \overset{\Delta}{=} Y_i(1) $$ where `\(Y_i(1)\)` is the **.darkorange[potential outcome under treatment]**. In the same fashion, $$Y_i | T = 0 \overset{\Delta}{=} Y_i(0) $$ where `\(Y_i(1)\)` is the **.darkorange[potential outcome under control]**. `$$\rightarrow Y_i = T\cdot Y_i(1) + (1-T)\cdot Y_i(0)$$` --- # Causal Effects .box-4t[Individual Causal Effect] `$$ICE_i = Y_i(1) - Y_i(0)$$` --- # Causal Effects .box-4t[Individual Causal Effect] `$$ICE_i = Y_i(1) - Y_i(0)$$` .box-6LA[Can we ever observe indivual causal effects?] --- # References - Neil, B. (2020). "Introduction to Causal Inference". *Fall 2020 Course*


Jackie Wu is a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon University and president of the CMU quizbowl team. A Pennsylvania native, she is a blog contributor for the Greater Pennsylvania Quizbowl (GPQB) website and served as PACE’s Vice President of Outreach last year. ACF representative Olivia Lamberti spoke with her about her experience with tournament direction and online outreach.
OL: How has your involvement in quizbowl changed since high school?
JW: For now at least, I’m the president of the CMU club, and my focus right now, with my other commitments in college, has shifted from playing to organizational stuff. I’ve gotten more into directing tournaments and staffing nearby events.
OL: GPQB is one of the more successful state quizbowl organizations. What leads to that success?
JW: Part of it is that GPQB is not a regulatory body; I know that when it was founded it was meant to help scattered local efforts become consolidated and help existing tournament hosts along. The founders, Chris [Chiego] and Ben [Herman], have also been very active the entire time, and have been very dedicated to producing a lot of information consistently. I know a lot of other quizbowl organizations die off if there’s one dedicated person who gets busy or leaves or graduates. We’ve been lucky.
I know a lot of other quizbowl organizations die off if there’s one dedicated person who gets busy or leaves or graduates. We’ve been lucky.
OL: How did you get started with tournament directing? Was GPQB helpful in that process?
JW: When my high school hosted our first tournament my junior year, I reached out to GPQB and they gave me a ton of advice. They offered to round up local volunteers and stuff. It was kind of intimidating, but it was great that there were a lot of people in the community who were willing to help out and give advice on how to do things.
OL: What advice do you have for people new to tournament directing?
JW: A lot of tournament directing is preparing. You need to have an idea of what your circuit is like. Know who your customer is -— you kind of just have to adapt to where you’re hosting the tournament. And be really willing to put in that time to organize everything beforehand. If you’re directing a tournament, that’s a commitment to the community: schools are paying money to come and play. You have to give them a good product.
OL: What have you learned from quizbowl tournament direction?
JW: It definitely helps a lot with leadership skills. Also, working with other people and reaching out to make new connections, especially older mentors. That’s a lot of what the quizbowl community is based on. Everything that goes into tournament directing is basically an event planning skill that I think would be useful in planning anything.
When my high school hosted our first tournament my junior year, I reached out to GPQB and they gave me a ton of advice…It was kind of intimidating, but it was great that there were a lot of people in the community who were willing to help out and give advice on how to do things.
OL: How about the opposite -— what outside lessons have you brought to quizbowl? Has any of your college curriculum been useful in a quizbowl context?
JW: Because my major is business, a lot of it helps with the operational side of quizbowl. I’m taking communications courses for my major that focus on written communication skills, like how to write professional-sounding emails and what people want to get out of emails and memos. I know I’ve been keeping that in mind when writing logistical emails and applying the things I’m learning in the business curriculum to how quizbowl operates.
OL: What are some of the emailing skills you’ve learned?
JW: A lot of it is things that sound like common sense but that a lot of us forget sometimes. You have to be aware that the coaches who get these emails are probably teachers who receive tons of emails a day. If you have a vague sounding or unimportant-looking email going into their inbox, they might ignore it. You need to make sure that you’re putting action-oriented things into your subject line and email and make sure that’s what readers are remembering from it. If you need a contact phone number, and you want them to reply with that, make sure they know that’s what they’re getting out of this email.
OL: How does social media play a role in your quizbowl communications?
JW: One thing I think about a bunch is the role of social media in quizbowl outreach. A couple of years ago, I made an Instagram for GPQB, and I know GPQB has had a Twitter for the past four or five years. Having something on social media where a lot of high schoolers are and being open to using those sort of channels to not only do direct outreach but also increase the legitimacy of quizbowl as an activity is something that I feel we could be paying more attention to. Not having a well put together social media page isn’t necessarily hurting you, but having one would certainly help.
Quizbowlers underestimate how cool quizbowl is.
OL: What advice do you have for quizbowlers hoping to use social media for outreach?
JW: Make sure that you’re aware of what people are seeing and what quizbowl looks like to outsiders. On the GPQB Twitter, we try to maintain a really professional tone with correct grammar. If we’re tweeting at school administrators, we consider what resources and links we want to include. Know who your audience is. If your goal is to do outreach or increase awareness, you want to project a good image of quizbowl.
OL: How do you cultivate that positive image of quizbowl?
JW: Quizbowlers underestimate how cool quizbowl is.  A lot of people who are interested in less nerdy-sounding things are kids who would be interested in learning things through quizbowl. Sharing how much fun you have and how much you learn playing quizbowl might be something that spurs those people to go to a tournament.


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GUI installer
Overview
This section provides information about installing Google Earth Enterprise Server and the additional files and features provided in the software package.
Both a graphical user interface (GUI) and a command-line installer are available for Google Earth Enterprise Server. A silent installation option is also available if you want to install on multiple machines without user interaction. Use the command-line installer if you are installing on a server without an X11 server.
The GUI installers are recommended for most Google Earth Enterprise Server installations. During installation, you are prompted and guided through the process automatically.
Before you begin
The Google Earth Enterprise software is available in two formats: as a download from Google.com servers, or on physical media in the form of DVDs. The instructions below are the same for both formats, once the following setup has been completed:
If you downloaded the software package
Unpack the archived installer(s) to a temporary directory:
tar -zxvf GEEServer50.tar.gz -C /target/directory
If you ordered the DVD
Insert the distribution DVD, and mount the DVD drive.
Installing Google Earth Enterprise Server
- Open a terminal window on your Linux workstation.
- Log in as
root
. - Stop the Google Earth Enterprise Fusion system manager and Google Earth Enterprise Server, if you have a previous version installed and they are running:
/etc/init.d/gefusion stop
/etc/init.d/geserver stop
- Navigate to your DVD directory, or the directory to which you extracted the Google Earth Enterprise files, and run the Google Earth Server installer:
./InstallGEServerGUI.sh
If your DVD automounted without exec privileges, you might need to run
sh ./InstallGEServerGUI.sh
instead.The installation script starts running and the following window appears:
- Click Next to continue. You can click Cancel to exit the installation process or Previous to return to the previous screen at any time. The License Agreement appears:
- Accept the License Agreement and click Next.
- The installation process provides you with the option to back up your previous configuration.
Click Backup to begin the backup of your previous configuration or Skip to continue the installation process without the backup option.
Note: The configuration backup does not change your source volume and asset root.
- Click Next. The Choose products screens appears:
- Choose the installlation type click Next to accept the default (Typical). If the installer determines it needs to upgrade any product you are installing, it prompts you to confirm the upgrade.
- Typical installation includes Google Earth Enterprise Server, Google Earth Enterprise Places Database, and Google Earth Enterprise Search Example Database.
You can use the Places Database for POI, GeoFederated, and Coordinate searches. See Publish databases with search.
For how to create custom search plug-ins, including description of the Search Example plug-in, see Add custom search services.
- Minimal installation includes only Google Earth Enterprise Server.
- Custom installation includes the Disconnected Add-On, a mechanism to enable you to push databases via portable media when, for example, GEE Server is not connected to a network.
- Typical installation includes Google Earth Enterprise Server, Google Earth Enterprise Places Database, and Google Earth Enterprise Search Example Database.
- Click Next to continue. The User and Group Names screen appears:
- If you want to customize user or group names or IDs, select Customize. Otherwise, select Default and click Next. The Publish Root Location screen appears:
- The installer prompts you to designate your publish root. (See Before you Install for more information.)
The Pre-Installation summary appears.
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java.lang.Object net.sourceforge.pebble.util.Utilities
public class Utilities
Utilities for the current blog, such as those useful for moving between versions of Pebble.
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static void |
buildIndexes(Blog blog)
Builds the indexes for the given blog. |
static void |
buildIpAddressLists(Blog blog)
Builds the blacklist and whitelist of IP addresses from all responses for the given blog. |
static java.lang.String |
calcBaseUrl(java.lang.String currentScheme,
java.lang.String blogUrl)
this is a very simple way to honor https transfer. |
static void |
convertCategories(Blog blog)
Converts flat categories to hierarchical categories. |
static void |
fixHtmlInResponses(Blog blog)
Fixes HTML escaping of comment and TrackBack content for the given blog. |
static void |
main(java.lang.String[] args)
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static void |
moveBlogEntriesFromCategory(Blog blog,
Category from,
Category to)
Moves blog entries from one category to another. |
static void |
resetPlugins(Blog blog)
Resets the plugins back to their defaults. |
static void |
resetTheme(Blog blog)
Resets the theme of a blog to "default". |
static void |
restoreTheme(Blog blog,
java.lang.String themeName)
Blasts the blog specific theme and overwrites it with the default theme. |
static void |
restructureBlogToGMT(Blog blog)
Moves blog entries from one category to another. |
static void |
restructureStaticPages(Blog blog)
Restructures how static pages are stored on disk. |
| Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
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clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
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public Utilities()
| Method Detail |
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public static void buildIndexes(Blog blog)
blog
- a Blog instancepublic static void buildIpAddressLists(Blog blog)
blog
- a Blog instancepublic static void fixHtmlInResponses(Blog blog)
blog
- a Blog instancepublic static void convertCategories(Blog blog)
blog
- a Blog instancepublic static void moveBlogEntriesFromCategory(Blog blog, Category from, Category to)
blog
- a Blog instancepublic static void resetTheme(Blog blog)
public static void restoreTheme(Blog blog, java.lang.String themeName)
public static void resetPlugins(Blog blog)
public static void restructureBlogToGMT(Blog blog)
blog
- a Blog instancepublic static void restructureStaticPages(Blog blog)
blog
- a Blog instancepublic static void main(java.lang.String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
java.lang.Exception
public static java.lang.String calcBaseUrl(java.lang.String currentScheme, java.lang.String blogUrl)
currentScheme
- the scheme the current request has been sent through (e.g. request.getScheme())blogUrl
- the ordinary blog url that might be changed to the secure one.
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Adam optimizer as described in Adam - A Method for Stochastic Optimization.
optimizer_adam(
lr = 0.001,
beta_1 = 0.9,
beta_2 = 0.999,
epsilon = NULL,
decay = 0,
amsgrad = FALSE,
clipnorm = NULL,
clipvalue = NULL
)
| lr | float >= 0. Learning rate. |
| beta_1 | The exponential decay rate for the 1st moment estimates. float, 0 < beta < 1. Generally close to 1. |
| beta_2 | The exponential decay rate for the 2nd moment estimates. float, 0 < beta < 1. Generally close to 1. |
| epsilon | float >= 0. Fuzz factor. If |
| decay | float >= 0. Learning rate decay over each update. |
| amsgrad | Whether to apply the AMSGrad variant of this algorithm from the paper "On the Convergence of Adam and Beyond". |
| clipnorm | Gradients will be clipped when their L2 norm exceeds this value. |
| clipvalue | Gradients will be clipped when their absolute value exceeds this value. |
Default parameters follow those provided in the original paper.
Other optimizers:
optimizer_adadelta()
,
optimizer_adagrad()
,
optimizer_adamax()
,
optimizer_nadam()
,
optimizer_rmsprop()
,
optimizer_sgd()


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American Psycho (7/10)
Some outraged self-appointed guardians of public morals have been getting their knickers in a twist about the very idea of a film being made of Bret Easton Ellis's novel, with its reputation (apparently well- deserved) for stomach-turning descriptions of violence, often against women. Now that we can see the film itself, this outcry seems rather silly, because instead of a puke-inducing gore-fest, what we get is a dark satire on the 1980s with not much on-screen violence. Thanks to the screenplay co-written by Guinevere Turner and director Mary Harron, the film is also a very funny critique of men and their vanities, while shaming them for their treatment of women as possessions. American Psycho is a slasher movie with the slashing taken out and feminist analysis put in. The audience's expectation of violence is cleverly exploited in the opening credits, and similar teasing takes place in the film's use of a clip from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Blood-and-guts fans will be very disappointed.
Christian Bale is very impressive as psycho super-yuppie Patrick Bateman - a master of the universe who has a fabulous job doing... well... very little, it seems, except arranging his social calendar. Bateman and his fellow ubermenschen are not materialists in the sense that they value possessions, but their lives revolve around appearance and one- upmanship. Bateman's narration details, with a complete lack of irony, the various body scrubs and facial creams he uses as he performs his morning grooming and workout routine. This stuff is important to him. Rather than comparing penises, these men express superiority over one another by their relative ability to book a table at this week's fashionable eatery. The best scene in the film occurs when Bateman and his friends, if friends they are, compare business cards and the bottom falls out of Bateman's world when he realises that a colleague's card is classier than his.
Bateman's scary shallowness is also demonstrated in the scenes in which he prepares to indulge in murder or joyless professional sex by giving those he is about to butcher or bed an admiring and pseudo-intellectual analysis of the music of Whitney Houston, Phil Collins or Huey Lewis and The News. It's hilarious stuff, but will audiences today get it? Tom Wolfe satirised the 80s in The Bonfire of the Vanities, but he did it before the decade was over. A typical movie-goer in his or her mid twenties would have been ten years old in the mid eighties, so might be too young to have the appropriate cultural reference points. Too young to remember the 80s. What a thought.
The film's ending leaves things confused and unresolved. I have no problem with ambiguous endings, and I do not know whether the ending is taken from the source novel, but the trick anti-resolution to this thinly-plotted movie was a big let-down. After my initial confusion at the end of the film, there is only one explanation that seems to make sense, and it's a complete cop-out.
American Psycho is a fine satire wrapped up in a mediocre thriller. And it seems to have a commercial problem: the people who would probably get most out of it are the very people who would be least likely to want to see it. The marketing boys have done nothing to address this problem and if the movie bombs, it's they who should get chopped into little pieces.
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 Then go ahead and explore the “arithmetic” family of languages.
Your goal for this (and all) mystery languages is to find the difference between the languages. You will be given a specification of the language’s syntax, as well as a very general, sometimes vague description of the language’s semantics, generally focused on one specific feature. There will be several implementations of the language, each of which implements that specific feature in a different way. You will be able to run code in each of the languages, but you will not have access to the implementation details/code.
Your first task is to write a small(-ish) set of programs to differentiate the languages. In other words, each program produces different outputs on at least two of the language variants, and the entire set of programs can distinguish between all the variants. We call this set of programs a classifier. These classifers should, above all, be clear to the grader. It can help to make them short, although you need not be extra clever and try to come up with a single program that differentiates all the languages – such classifiers are sometimes hard to understand.
Your second task is to write a short description of the difference between the language variants, as best as you can. Focus on the new feature and its interaction with existing features. Sometimes we might have already covered the appropriate terminology, in which case you should use it. But in other cases we may not have covered the terminology yet, so you should do your best describe at a high-level how the language variants differ.
This assignment, like most in this course, comes from Brown University’s Programming Languages course. ↩


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rexec/2
rexec/2 – Execute an operating system command, possibly remotely.
FORMS
rexec(Command,Options)
DESCRIPTION
rexec/2 is an interface to the rexec system call which may be used to run commands on
remote machines. When remote execution is not desired, fork and exec (Unix system calls) are used to run the command on the local machine.
Command should be an atom representing the command to run. Options is a list
containing zero or more of the following forms:
host(HostName) – execute the command on the machine named by HostName.
username(User) – run the command as user User.
password(Password) – provides the password for authentication purposes. If no password is
supplied, you will be prompted for one (by the rexec daemon).
rstream(Stream,OpenOpts) – designates the input stream to read the output of the command from. This
stream will be connected to the standard output of the command. Stream will be bound to a stream descriptor. OpenOpts is a list containing options suitable for a call to open/4.
wstream(Stream,OpenOpts) – designates the output stream to write to. This output stream will be
connected to standard input of the command.
estream(Stream,OpenOpts) – designates the input stream for use in obtaining error messages from the
command. This stream will be connected to standard error for the command.
If any of host, username, or password are specified, rexec/2 will attempt to contact the rexec daemon to remotely run the command on the specified machine. The remote
execution daemon, rexecd, requires authentication. This means that either a username and password
must be supplied in the program (with the username/1 and password/1 forms), interactively, or via the .netrc file. Not all remote execution daemons support authentication via the .netrc file. See your local system documentation for information about the .netrc file.
If none of host, username, or password are specified, then rexec/2 will use the traditional fork and exec mechanism to run the command on the local machine. If remote execution is
still desired, but the rexec daemon's authentication mechanisms deemed too odious, then rsh (running on the local machine) may be used to run a command on a remote
machine.
EXAMPLES
The following procedure will call the unix word count program, wc, to determine the length of an atom.
slow_atom_length(A,Len) :-
rexec('wc -c',
[rstream(RS,[]),wstream(WS,[])]),
write(WS,A),
close(WS),
read_term(RS,Len,[attach_fullstop(true)]),
close(RS).
?- slow_atom_length('The rain in Spain', Len).
Len = 17
yes.
The version of slow_atom_length/2 above assumes one is running on a Unix machine and calls wc running on the
same machine. The version below, slow_atom_length/3 , will work on any system which supports sockets (Unix workstations, Windows
95 with WinSock, Macintosh):
rstrlen(Host,A,Len) :-
rexec(‘wc -c’,
[host(Host),rstream(RS,[]),
wstream(WS,[])]),
write(WS,A),
close(WS),
read_term(RS,Len,[attach_fullstop(true)]),
close(RS).
Here is an interaction running over the internet:
?- rstrlen(‘bongo.cs.anywhere.edu’,’abcdef’,X).
Name (bongo.cs.anywhere.edu:ken): mylogin
Password (bongo.cs.anywhere.edu:ken): <mypasswd>
X = 6
NOTES
This function is not yet very consistent with regards to error handling. Some
errors will be thrown, while others will print a diagnostic. Other errors
will cause failure. This functionality will be cleaned up in a later release.
SEE ALSO
open/[3,4].


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30 mg |
insufflated |
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my roommate and i procured 50mg of 5-MeO-DMT. i am fairly well-versed in psychoactive chemicals, but have always been somewhat wanton with doses. at the time, i was going through a particularly anxious and depressed episode, which drove me to reckless, masochistic behavior. i'll touch a bit on my particular attitudes because i think they may illuminate this type of behavior, which i doubt is peculiar to me alone.
i have a large ego and a collection of neuroses that cause me plenty of anxiety and petty dysfunction. at the time, i feared i was becoming mediocre and trivial, and psychedelics alleviated that distress -- their infallible capacity to manufacture profound experiences even in the dullest of circumstances meant i could escape my petty anxieties under the guise of psychological exploration. i need not point out that this is a disastrous attitude toward both life and psychedelics.
my roommate insufflated a 10mg dose. he was speechless for fifteen minutes or so, seemed utterly catatonic and jarred. afterward, he was able to say very little: mostly exclamations of surprise and anxiety. he described it as 'being shot out of a canon,' which in retrospect is not inaccurate.
i insufflated a 15mg dose next. onset was extremely rapid (under a minute) and effects were unbelievably intense. i was utterly overwhelmed by the sheer force of the experience, and for the next fifteen minutes was incredulous and fearful at how deranged i felt. For me, unlike other psychedelics, 5-meo is impossible to subdue or circumvent; it is a brutal mental bludgeon that will not suffer to be ignored. derangement cannot be described in term of sensory distortion, though i did lose touch with my surrounding. the derangement is incredibly fast--i don't know how else to describe it. if you ever got on a rollercoaster and regretted it as soon as the train lurched forward at a dizzying velocity, you'll know what i'm talking about.
the experience was made endurable by the happy fact i still retained some sense that this experience was to be brief. and indeed, fifteen minutes later i touched down, likewise disoriented and overwhelmed. the trip was devoid of any redeeming insights, save perhaps kindling in me a renewed humility before psychedelics. it would be one more 5-meo trip before that humility would translate to prudence.
in retrospect, i couldn't really tell you why i did what i did next. my roommate had already retired to his room, and i spontaneously decided to snort the remainder (25mg) and quietly trip in bed before going to sleep, or so i thought. after insufflations, i had enough time to walk to my bedroom and lay down. i immediately had a powerful premonition that something extremely violent and awful was about to happen. i got up, slightly queasy, and headed to the bathroom (this is about 60 seconds after insufflations). i managed to grab the edge of the sink before my world was annihilated.
i had lost any sense of identity, of my humanity and of my surroundings. what i experienced next was sensory, though i cannot attribute it to any particular sense. i could not distinguish sights from sounds -- everything enmeshed into a brutalizing cerebral tidal wave that obliterated any and all rational thought. my entire existence was condensed into a hysterical plunge into an incomprehensible abyss. i was not experiencing terror and dread -- i was terror and dread. everything else was muted and vague.
i came to in the bathtub some fifteen minutes later, with a very concerned roommate fixing a frightened gaze down at me. i had apparently thrashed violently and moaned incoherently. i fell into the bathtub, vomited all over myself and bled from the nose. i couldn't speak much afterward. i was very shaken, and could only manage a breathless chant of 'i'm ok, i'm ok, i'm ok'.
i still feel a viceral pang of terror when i recall the experience. i have since (this was about six months ago) been unable to consume any psychoactive (i've tried twice with mushrooms and several with marijuana) without having a horrendously bad experience. i have no doubt the aftermath of this trauma will continue to affect me for a long while.
i wouldn't recommend it, at all. nonetheless, i realize the overwhelming force of this substance will continue to prove attractive to some people. if you ever find yourself in possession of this chemical, please, please treat it with utmost care.
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'STRIKE ME A POSE'
Laura Anderson goes topless in saucy snap hours after revealing she’s a Rangers fan
by Rachel MacphersonLAURA ANDERSON has gone topless in her latest saucy snap - just hours after revealing she is a Rangers fan.
The Scots Love Island star "struck a pose" in jeans and set pulses racing in the social media pic.

And fans couldn't get enough - with some hailing Laura as "stunning".
One fan said: "Drop dead gorgeous."
While another wrote: "No other words but stunning."
And fellow Love Islander Anna Vakili said: "Ahhh you are fireeee."
Towie star Courtney Green added: "Sexy."
It came after the former Love Islander put out an appeal for tickets to the Betfred Cup clash between Celtic and Rangers at Hampden next month.
Taking to social media, Laura said: "I'm back in Glasgow start of December, it's a long shot but can anyone help me out with a ticket for the cup final?
"For the good end obviously. Because I'm Simply The Best".
We previously told how earlier this month the star revealed she wished she'd never had a boob job.
Opening up on Instagram, Laura warned fans about the horror "consequences" of having plastic surgery - as she revealed her breast reduction scars.