What and Why Version Control
Github yay? or nay?
January 8, 2016
What are the benefits of Version Control?
Version control helps an individual (coder) track and save changes to a file (code) and GitHub allows you to post the file online so that other coders may see and edit the file. you can then merge the changes down, while keeping track of who made the changes and when the changes were made.
What is "version control", and why should you care?
Version control is a system that records changes to a file or set of files over time so that you can recall specific versions later. For the examples in this book you will use software source code as the files being version controlled, though in reality you can do this with nearly any type of file on a computer.
How does git help you keep track of changes?
Git is a type of version control that allows you to make changes and save them as you progress. this could be for anything, like editing photos, code, documents etc. Github is a website when programmers can share their code, that was once just local to their computer, online so that others may, see, share and edit. Basically Git is local whereas Github is remote. And git and git hub work together where you can send files that you edited on your computer via Git and push it through to Github by using "git push" so that others may access it.
Coders use version control like Git to help them keep track of changes they made to their code. However version control can literally be used for anything, to keep track of changes made to the "thing" (file) The cool and maybe the most intriguing thing about version control that makes it really attractive for coders is when a team of coders are working on one file together and even sometimes at the same time. At the end you can seamlessly merge the files together to the "master" branch
The Daunting task of CSS
Lets dwelve on some CSS concepts
January 28, 2016
What is the difference between margin, border, and padding?
So what would you guess would be a border? What your thinking is exactly it, its simply just a border!
Padding is the space that’s inside the element between the element and the border. Padding goes around all four sides of the content and you can target and change the padding for each side with CSS.
Margin is the space between the border and next element. The space outside the border between it and the other elements is the margin. Just like padding, it’s possible to target all four sides of an element to change it’s margin.
What are the best practices associated with using classes vs. ids?
So what's the difference between classes and ids you ask? Well class is most useful when you have a bunch of elements that should all receive the same styling. Rather than repeating the same rule to multiple selectors, just assign the same class. It will then change everything in the same class as you want it. This will save you time and saving time is always great!
Ids are quite the opposite, its usefule for one element that should receive a particular kind of styling. Quite straight forward right?
What are the differences between relative, absolute, fixed, and static positioning?
So static is actually the default for every single page element. Different elements don't have different default values for positioning, they all start out as static. Static doesn't mean much, it just means that the element will flow into the page as it normally would.
Relative type of positioning is probably the most confusing and misused. What it really means is "relative to itself". If you set position: relative; on an element but no other positioning attributes (top, left, bottom or right), it will no effect on it's positioning at all, it will be exactly as it would be if you left it as position: static; But if you DO give it some other positioning attribute, say, top: 10px;, it will shift it's position 10 pixels DOWN from where it would NORMALLY be.
So absolute positioning is a very powerful type of positioning that allows you to literally place any page element exactly where you want it. You use the positioning attributes top, left bottom and right to set the location. Remember that these values will be relative to the next parent element with relative (or absolute) positioning. If there is no such parent, it will default all the way back up to the element itself meaning it will be placed relatively to the page itself.
A fixed type of positioning is fairly rare but certainly has its uses. A fixed position element is positioned relative to the viewport, or the browser window itself. The viewport doesn't change when the window is scrolled, so a fixed positioned element will stay right where it is when the page is scrolled, creating an effect a bit like the old school "frames" days.
credit to https://css-tricks.com/absolute-relative-fixed-positioining-how-do-they-differ/
What does it mean to display inline vs using inline block?
So an inline display respect left & right margins and padding but not top and bottom, it cannot have a width and height set , and it allows other elements to sit to their left and right.
However, an inline block does everything a and inline can do with the addition of respecting top & bottom margins and padding as well as height and width.


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Abstract: Kernel embedding of distributions has led to many recent advances in machine learning. However, latent and low rank structures prevalent in real world distributions have rarely been taken into account in this setting. Furthermore, no prior work in kernel embedding literature has addressed the issue of robust embedding when the latent and low rank information are misspeciﬁed. In this paper, we propose a hierarchical low rank decomposition of kernels embeddings which can exploit such low rank structures in data while being robust to model misspeciﬁcation. We also illustrate with empirical evidence that the estimated low rank embeddings lead to improved performance in density estimation. 1
[1] A. J. Smola, A. Gretton, L. Song, and B. Sch¨ lkopf. A Hilbert space embedding for diso tributions. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, volume 4754, pages 13–31. Springer, 2007.
[2] B. Sriperumbudur, A. Gretton, K. Fukumizu, G. Lanckriet, and B. Sch¨ lkopf. Injective Hilbert o space embeddings of probability measures. In Proc. Annual Conf. Computational Learning Theory, pages 111–122, 2008.
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[6] L. Song, A. Parikh, and E.P. Xing. Kernel embeddings of latent tree graphical models. In Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, volume 25, 2011.
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These are some of the general style qualities that we expect your programs to have in order to receive full credit. This is not an exhaustive list; please also refer to each assignment spec for other style practices to follow. Certainly it is possible to write good code that violates these guidelines, and you may feel free to contact us if you are unclear about or disagree with some of them. But we do expect you to follow these rules (unless there is an error in this document). In most professional work environments you are expected to follow that company's style standards. Learning to carefully obey a style guide, and writing code with a group of other developers where the style is consistent among them, are valuable job skills.
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Indenting: Increase your indentation by one increment on each brace {
, and decrease it once on each closing brace }
.
Place a line break after every {
.
Do not place more than one statement on the same line.
// bad
int x = 3, y = 7; double z = 4.25; x++;
if (a == b) { foo(); }
// good
int x = 3;
int y = 7;
double z = 4.25;
x++;
if (a == b) {
foo();
}
Long lines: When any line is longer than 100 characters, break it into two lines by pressing Enter after an operator and resuming on the next line. Indent the trailing second part of the line by two increments (e.g. two tabs). For example:
int result = reallyLongFunctionOne() + reallyLongFunctionTwo() + reallyLongFunctionThree() + reallyLongFunctionFour(); int result2 = reallyLongFunction(parameterOne, parameterTwo, parameterThree, parameterFour, parameterFive, parameterSix);
Expressions: Place a space between operators and their operands.
int x = (a + b) * c / d + foo();
Blank lines: Place a blank line between functions and between groups of statements.
void foo() {
...
}
// this blank line here
void bar() {
...
}
Names: Give variables descriptive names, such as firstName
or homeworkScore
.
Avoid one-letter names like x
or c
, except for loop counter variables such as i
.
Capitalization: Name variables and functions with camel-casing likeThis
, name classes with Pascal casing LikeThis
, and name constants in uppercase LIKE_THIS
.
Scope: Declare variables in the narrowest possible scope.
For example, if a variable is used only inside a specific if
statement, declare it inside that if
statement rather than at the top of the function or at the top of the file.
Types: Choose appropriate data types for your variables.
If a given variable can store only integers, give it type int
rather than double
.
Favor C++ strings over C strings: C++ confusingly features two kinds of strings: the string
class from C++, and the older char*
(array of characters) from C. As much as possible, you should use the C++ string
type over the older C string type.
// bad: C-style string
char* str = "Hello there";
// good: C++-style string
string str = "Hello there";
Constants: If a particular constant value is used frequently in your code, declare it as a const
constant, and always refer to the constant in the rest of your code rather than referring to the corresponding value.
const int VOTING_AGE = 18;
Avoid global variables: Never declare a modifiable global variable. The only global named values in your code should be const
constants. Instead of making a value global, pass it as a parameter and/or return it as needed.
// bad int count; // global variable; bad! void func1() { count = 42; } void func2() { count++; } int main() { func1(); func2(); }
// better
int func1() {
return 42;
}
void func2(int& count) {
count++;
}
int main() {
int count = func1();
func2(count);
}
favor C++ idioms over C idioms: Since C++ is based on C, there is often a "C++ way" to do a given task and also a "C way" to do a given task. For example, when printing output to the system console, the "C++ way" is to use the global output stream cout
, while the "C way" is to use global functions like printf
. You should always favor the "C++ way" when possible.
// bad
printf("Hello, world!\n");
// good
cout << "Hello, world!" << endl;
for vs while: Use a for
loop when the number of repetitions is known (definite); use a while
loop when the number of repetitions is unknown (indefinite).
// repeat exactly 'size' times for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) { ... } // repeat until there are no more lines string str; while (input >> str) { ... }
break and continue: In general, you should avoid using the break
or continue
statements in loops unless absolutely necessary.
exit()
: C++ contains an exit
function that immediately exits your entire program. You should never call this function in our assignments. Your program should always exit naturally by reaching the end of your main
function and returning.
always include {}
on control statements: When using control statements like if/else
, for
, while
, etc., always include {}
and proper line breaks, even if the body of the control statement is only a single line.
// bad
if (size == 0) return;
else
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) cout << "ok" << endl;
// good
if (size == 0) {
return;
} else {
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
cout << "ok" << endl;
}
}
if/else patterns: When using if/else
statements, properly choose between various if
and else
patterns depending on whether the conditions are related to each other. Avoid redundant or unnecessary if
tests.
// bad
if (grade >= 90) {
cout << "You got an A!";
}
if (grade >= 80 && grade < 90) {
cout << "You got a B!";
}
if (grade >= 70 && grade < 80) {
cout << "You got a C!";
}
...
// good
if (grade >= 90) {
cout << "You got an A!";
} else if (grade >= 80) {
cout << "You got a B!";
} else if (grade >= 70) {
cout << "You got a C!";
}
...
Boolean zen 1: If you have an if/else
statement that returns a bool
value based on a test, just directly return the test's result instead.
// bad
if (score1 == score2) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
// good
return score1 == score2;
Boolean zen 2: Don't ever test whether a bool
value is ==
or !=
to true
or false
.
// bad
if (x == true) {
...
} else if (x != true) {
...
}
// good
if (x) {
...
} else {
...
}


public interface Path extends Comparable<Path>, Iterable<Path>, Watchable
A Path
represents a path that is hierarchical and composed of a
sequence of directory and file name elements separated by a special separator
or delimiter. A root component, that identifies a file system
hierarchy, may also be present. The name element that is farthest
from the root of the directory hierarchy is the name of a file or directory.
The other name elements are directory names. A Path
can represent a
root, a root and a sequence of names, or simply one or more name elements.
A Path
is considered to be an empty path if it consists
solely of one name element that is empty. Accessing a file using an
empty path is equivalent to accessing the default directory of the
file system. Path
defines the getFileName
,
getParent
, getRoot
, and subpath
methods to access the path components or a subsequence of its name
elements.
In addition to accessing the components of a path, a Path
also
defines the resolve
and resolveSibling
methods to combine paths. The relativize
method that can be used to construct a relative path between two paths.
Paths can be compared
, and tested against each other using
the startsWith
and endsWith
methods.
This interface extends Watchable
interface so that a directory
located by a path can be registered
with a WatchService
and entries in the directory watched.
WARNING: This interface is only intended to be implemented by those developing custom file system implementations. Methods may be added to this interface in future releases.
Paths may be used with the Files
class to operate on files,
directories, and other types of files. For example, suppose we want a BufferedReader
to read text from a file "access.log
". The
file is located in a directory "logs
" relative to the current working
directory and is UTF-8 encoded.
Path path = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath("logs", "access.log"); BufferedReader reader = Files.newBufferedReader(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
Paths associated with the default provider
are generally interoperable
with the java.io.File
class. Paths created by other
providers are unlikely to be interoperable with the abstract path names
represented by java.io.File
. The toPath
method may be used to obtain a Path
from the abstract path name
represented by a java.io.File
object. The resulting Path
can
be used to operate on the same file as the java.io.File
object. In
addition, the toFile
method is useful to construct a File
from the String
representation of a Path
.
Implementations of this interface are immutable and safe for use by multiple concurrent threads.
Paths
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
|---|---|
int |
compareTo(Path other)
Compares two abstract paths lexicographically.
|
boolean |
endsWith(Path other)
Tests if this path ends with the given path.
|
boolean |
endsWith(String other)
Tests if this path ends with a
Path , constructed by converting
the given path string, in exactly the manner specified by the endsWith(Path) method. |
boolean |
equals(Object other)
Tests this path for equality with the given object.
|
Path |
getFileName()
Returns the name of the file or directory denoted by this path as a
Path object. |
FileSystem |
getFileSystem()
Returns the file system that created this object.
|
Path |
getName(int index)
Returns a name element of this path as a
Path object. |
int |
getNameCount()
Returns the number of name elements in the path.
|
Path |
getParent()
Returns the parent path, or
null if this path does not
have a parent. |
Path |
getRoot()
Returns the root component of this path as a
Path object,
or null if this path does not have a root component. |
int |
hashCode()
Computes a hash code for this path.
|
boolean |
isAbsolute()
Tells whether or not this path is absolute.
|
Iterator<Path> |
iterator()
Returns an iterator over the name elements of this path.
|
Path |
normalize()
Returns a path that is this path with redundant name elements eliminated.
|
WatchKey |
register(WatchService watcher,
WatchEvent.Kind<?>... events)
Registers the file located by this path with a watch service.
|
WatchKey |
register(WatchService watcher,
WatchEvent.Kind<?>[] events,
WatchEvent.Modifier... modifiers)
Registers the file located by this path with a watch service.
|
Path |
relativize(Path other)
Constructs a relative path between this path and a given path.
|
Path |
resolve(Path other)
Resolve the given path against this path.
|
Path |
resolve(String other)
Converts a given path string to a
Path and resolves it against
this Path in exactly the manner specified by the resolve method. |
Path |
resolveSibling(Path other)
Resolves the given path against this path's
parent
path. |
Path |
resolveSibling(String other)
Converts a given path string to a
Path and resolves it against
this path's parent path in exactly the manner
specified by the resolveSibling method. |
boolean |
startsWith(Path other)
Tests if this path starts with the given path.
|
boolean |
startsWith(String other)
Tests if this path starts with a
Path , constructed by converting
the given path string, in exactly the manner specified by the startsWith(Path) method. |
Path |
subpath(int beginIndex,
int endIndex)
Returns a relative
Path that is a subsequence of the name
elements of this path. |
Path |
toAbsolutePath()
Returns a
Path object representing the absolute path of this
path. |
File |
toFile()
Returns a
File object representing this path. |
Path |
toRealPath(LinkOption... options)
Returns the real path of an existing file.
|
String |
toString()
Returns the string representation of this path.
|
URI |
toUri()
Returns a URI to represent this path.
|
forEach, spliterator
FileSystem getFileSystem()
boolean isAbsolute()
An absolute path is complete in that it doesn't need to be combined with other path information in order to locate a file.
true
if, and only if, this path is absolutePath getRoot()
Path
object,
or null
if this path does not have a root component.null
Path getFileName()
Path
object. The file name is the farthest element from
the root in the directory hierarchy.null
if this path has zero elementsPath getParent()
null
if this path does not
have a parent.
The parent of this path object consists of this path's root
component, if any, and each element in the path except for the
farthest from the root in the directory hierarchy. This method
does not access the file system; the path or its parent may not exist.
Furthermore, this method does not eliminate special names such as "."
and ".." that may be used in some implementations. On UNIX for example,
the parent of "/a/b/c
" is "/a/b
", and the parent of
"x/y/.
" is "x/y
". This method may be used with the normalize
method, to eliminate redundant names, for cases where
shell-like navigation is required.
If this path has one or more elements, and no root component, then this method is equivalent to evaluating the expression:
subpath(0, getNameCount()-1);
int getNameCount()
0
if this path
only represents a root componentPath getName(int index)
Path
object.
The index
parameter is the index of the name element to return.
The element that is closest to the root in the directory hierarchy
has index 0
. The element that is farthest from the root
has index count
-1
.
index
- the index of the elementIllegalArgumentException
- if index
is negative, index
is greater than or
equal to the number of elements, or this path has zero name
elementsPath subpath(int beginIndex, int endIndex)
Path
that is a subsequence of the name
elements of this path.
The beginIndex
and endIndex
parameters specify the
subsequence of name elements. The name that is closest to the root
in the directory hierarchy has index 0
. The name that is
farthest from the root has index count
-1
. The returned Path
object has the name elements
that begin at beginIndex
and extend to the element at index endIndex-1
.
beginIndex
- the index of the first element, inclusiveendIndex
- the index of the last element, exclusivePath
object that is a subsequence of the name
elements in this Path
IllegalArgumentException
- if beginIndex
is negative, or greater than or equal to
the number of elements. If endIndex
is less than or
equal to beginIndex
, or larger than the number of elements.boolean startsWith(Path other)
This path starts with the given path if this path's root
component starts with the root component of the given path,
and this path starts with the same name elements as the given path.
If the given path has more name elements than this path then false
is returned.
Whether or not the root component of this path starts with the root component of the given path is file system specific. If this path does not have a root component and the given path has a root component then this path does not start with the given path.
If the given path is associated with a different FileSystem
to this path then false
is returned.
other
- the given pathtrue
if this path starts with the given path; otherwise
false
boolean startsWith(String other)
Path
, constructed by converting
the given path string, in exactly the manner specified by the startsWith(Path)
method. On UNIX for example, the path
"foo/bar
" starts with "foo
" and "foo/bar
". It
does not start with "f
" or "fo
".other
- the given path stringtrue
if this path starts with the given path; otherwise
false
InvalidPathException
- If the path string cannot be converted to a Path.boolean endsWith(Path other)
If the given path has N elements, and no root component, and this path has N or more elements, then this path ends with the given path if the last N elements of each path, starting at the element farthest from the root, are equal.
If the given path has a root component then this path ends with the given path if the root component of this path ends with the root component of the given path, and the corresponding elements of both paths are equal. Whether or not the root component of this path ends with the root component of the given path is file system specific. If this path does not have a root component and the given path has a root component then this path does not end with the given path.
If the given path is associated with a different FileSystem
to this path then false
is returned.
other
- the given pathtrue
if this path ends with the given path; otherwise
false
boolean endsWith(String other)
Path
, constructed by converting
the given path string, in exactly the manner specified by the endsWith(Path)
method. On UNIX for example, the path
"foo/bar
" ends with "foo/bar
" and "bar
". It does
not end with "r
" or "/bar
". Note that trailing separators
are not taken into account, and so invoking this method on the Path
"foo/bar
" with the String
"bar/
" returns
true
.other
- the given path stringtrue
if this path ends with the given path; otherwise
false
InvalidPathException
- If the path string cannot be converted to a Path.Path normalize()
The precise definition of this method is implementation dependent but
in general it derives from this path, a path that does not contain
redundant name elements. In many file systems, the ".
"
and "..
" are special names used to indicate the current directory
and parent directory. In such file systems all occurrences of ".
"
are considered redundant. If a "..
" is preceded by a
non-"..
" name then both names are considered redundant (the
process to identify such names is repeated until it is no longer
applicable).
This method does not access the file system; the path may not locate
a file that exists. Eliminating "..
" and a preceding name from a
path may result in the path that locates a different file than the original
path. This can arise when the preceding name is a symbolic link.
getParent()
,
toRealPath(java.nio.file.LinkOption...)
Path resolve(Path other)
If the other
parameter is an absolute
path then this method trivially returns other
. If other
is an empty path then this method trivially returns this path.
Otherwise this method considers this path to be a directory and resolves
the given path against this path. In the simplest case, the given path
does not have a root
component, in which case this method
joins the given path to this path and returns a resulting path
that ends
with the given path. Where the given path has
a root component then resolution is highly implementation dependent and
therefore unspecified.
other
- the path to resolve against this pathrelativize(java.nio.file.Path)
Path resolve(String other)
Path
and resolves it against
this Path
in exactly the manner specified by the resolve
method. For example, suppose that the name
separator is "/
" and a path represents "foo/bar
", then
invoking this method with the path string "gus
" will result in
the Path
"foo/bar/gus
".other
- the path string to resolve against this pathInvalidPathException
- if the path string cannot be converted to a Path.FileSystem.getPath(java.lang.String, java.lang.String...)
Path resolveSibling(Path other)
parent
path. This is useful where a file name needs to be replaced with
another file name. For example, suppose that the name separator is
"/
" and a path represents "dir1/dir2/foo
", then invoking
this method with the Path
"bar
" will result in the Path
"dir1/dir2/bar
". If this path does not have a parent path,
or other
is absolute
, then this method
returns other
. If other
is an empty path then this method
returns this path's parent, or where this path doesn't have a parent, the
empty path.other
- the path to resolve against this path's parentresolve(Path)
Path resolveSibling(String other)
Path
and resolves it against
this path's parent
path in exactly the manner
specified by the resolveSibling
method.other
- the path string to resolve against this path's parentInvalidPathException
- if the path string cannot be converted to a Path.FileSystem.getPath(java.lang.String, java.lang.String...)
Path relativize(Path other)
Relativization is the inverse of resolution
.
This method attempts to construct a relative
path
that when resolved
against this path, yields a
path that locates the same file as the given path. For example, on UNIX,
if this path is "/a/b"
and the given path is "/a/b/c/d"
then the resulting relative path would be "c/d"
. Where this
path and the given path do not have a root
component,
then a relative path can be constructed. A relative path cannot be
constructed if only one of the paths have a root component. Where both
paths have a root component then it is implementation dependent if a
relative path can be constructed. If this path and the given path are
equal
then an empty path is returned.
For any two normalized
paths p and
q, where q does not have a root component,
p.relativize(p.resolve(q)).equals(q)
When symbolic links are supported, then whether the resulting path,
when resolved against this path, yields a path that can be used to locate
the same
file as other
is implementation
dependent. For example, if this path is "/a/b"
and the given
path is "/a/x"
then the resulting relative path may be "../x"
. If "b"
is a symbolic link then is implementation
dependent if "a/b/../x"
would locate the same file as "/a/x"
.
other
- the path to relativize against this pathIllegalArgumentException
- if other
is not a Path
that can be relativized
against this pathURI toUri()
This method constructs an absolute URI
with a scheme
equal to the URI scheme that identifies the
provider. The exact form of the scheme specific part is highly provider
dependent.
In the case of the default provider, the URI is hierarchical with
a path
component that is absolute. The query and
fragment components are undefined. Whether the authority component is
defined or not is implementation dependent. There is no guarantee that
the URI
may be used to construct a java.io.File
.
In particular, if this path represents a Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
path, then the UNC server name may be encoded in the authority component
of the resulting URI. In the case of the default provider, and the file
exists, and it can be determined that the file is a directory, then the
resulting URI
will end with a slash.
The default provider provides a similar round-trip guarantee
to the File
class. For a given Path
p it
is guaranteed that
so long as the originalPaths.get
(p.toUri()).equals(p .toAbsolutePath
())
Path
, the URI
, and the new Path
are all created in (possibly different invocations of) the same
Java virtual machine. Whether other providers make any guarantees is
provider specific and therefore unspecified.
When a file system is constructed to access the contents of a file as a file system then it is highly implementation specific if the returned URI represents the given path in the file system or it represents a compound URI that encodes the URI of the enclosing file system. A format for compound URIs is not defined in this release; such a scheme may be added in a future release.
IOError
- if an I/O error occurs obtaining the absolute path, or where a
file system is constructed to access the contents of a file as
a file system, and the URI of the enclosing file system cannot be
obtainedSecurityException
- In the case of the default provider, and a security manager
is installed, the toAbsolutePath
method
throws a security exception.Path toAbsolutePath()
Path
object representing the absolute path of this
path.
If this path is already absolute
then this
method simply returns this path. Otherwise, this method resolves the path
in an implementation dependent manner, typically by resolving the path
against a file system default directory. Depending on the implementation,
this method may throw an I/O error if the file system is not accessible.
Path
object representing the absolute pathIOError
- if an I/O error occursSecurityException
- In the case of the default provider, a security manager
is installed, and this path is not absolute, then the security
manager's checkPropertyAccess
method is invoked to check access to the
system property user.dir
Path toRealPath(LinkOption... options) throws IOException
The precise definition of this method is implementation dependent but
in general it derives from this path, an absolute
path that locates the same
file as this path, but
with name elements that represent the actual name of the directories
and the file. For example, where filename comparisons on a file system
are case insensitive then the name elements represent the names in their
actual case. Additionally, the resulting path has redundant name
elements removed.
If this path is relative then its absolute path is first obtained,
as if by invoking the toAbsolutePath
method.
The options
array may be used to indicate how symbolic links
are handled. By default, symbolic links are resolved to their final
target. If the option NOFOLLOW_LINKS
is
present then this method does not resolve symbolic links.
Some implementations allow special names such as "..
" to refer to
the parent directory. When deriving the real path, and a
"..
" (or equivalent) is preceded by a non-"..
" name then
an implementation will typically cause both names to be removed. When
not resolving symbolic links and the preceding name is a symbolic link
then the names are only removed if it guaranteed that the resulting path
will locate the same file as this path.
options
- options indicating how symbolic links are handledIOException
- if the file does not exist or an I/O error occursSecurityException
- In the case of the default provider, and a security manager
is installed, its checkRead
method is invoked to check read access to the file, and where
this path is not absolute, its checkPropertyAccess
method is invoked to check access to the
system property user.dir
File toFile()
File
object representing this path. Where this Path
is associated with the default provider, then this method is
equivalent to returning a File
object constructed with the
String
representation of this path.
If this path was created by invoking the File
toPath
method then there is no guarantee that the File
object returned by this method is equal
to the
original File
.
File
object representing this pathUnsupportedOperationException
- if this Path
is not associated with the default providerWatchKey register(WatchService watcher, WatchEvent.Kind<?>[] events, WatchEvent.Modifier... modifiers) throws IOException
In this release, this path locates a directory that exists. The
directory is registered with the watch service so that entries in the
directory can be watched. The events
parameter is the events to
register and may contain the following events:
ENTRY_CREATE
-
entry created or moved into the directoryENTRY_DELETE
-
entry deleted or moved out of the directoryENTRY_MODIFY
-
entry in directory was modified The context
for these events is the
relative path between the directory located by this path, and the path
that locates the directory entry that is created, deleted, or modified.
The set of events may include additional implementation specific
event that are not defined by the enum StandardWatchEventKinds
The modifiers
parameter specifies modifiers that
qualify how the directory is registered. This release does not define any
standard modifiers. It may contain implementation specific
modifiers.
Where a file is registered with a watch service by means of a symbolic link then it is implementation specific if the watch continues to depend on the existence of the symbolic link after it is registered.
register
in interface Watchable
watcher
- the watch service to which this object is to be registeredevents
- the events for which this object should be registeredmodifiers
- the modifiers, if any, that modify how the object is registeredUnsupportedOperationException
- if unsupported events or modifiers are specifiedIllegalArgumentException
- if an invalid combination of events or modifiers is specifiedClosedWatchServiceException
- if the watch service is closedNotDirectoryException
- if the file is registered to watch the entries in a directory
and the file is not a directory (optional specific exception)IOException
- if an I/O error occursSecurityException
- In the case of the default provider, and a security manager is
installed, the checkRead
method is invoked to check read access to the file.WatchKey register(WatchService watcher, WatchEvent.Kind<?>... events) throws IOException
An invocation of this method behaves in exactly the same way as the invocation
watchable.register
(watcher, events, new WatchEvent.Modifier[0]);
Usage Example: Suppose we wish to register a directory for entry create, delete, and modify events:
Path dir = ... WatchService watcher = ... WatchKey key = dir.register(watcher, ENTRY_CREATE, ENTRY_DELETE, ENTRY_MODIFY);
register
in interface Watchable
watcher
- The watch service to which this object is to be registeredevents
- The events for which this object should be registeredUnsupportedOperationException
- If unsupported events are specifiedIllegalArgumentException
- If an invalid combination of events is specifiedClosedWatchServiceException
- If the watch service is closedNotDirectoryException
- If the file is registered to watch the entries in a directory
and the file is not a directory (optional specific exception)IOException
- If an I/O error occursSecurityException
- In the case of the default provider, and a security manager is
installed, the checkRead
method is invoked to check read access to the file.Iterator<Path> iterator()
The first element returned by the iterator represents the name
element that is closest to the root in the directory hierarchy, the
second element is the next closest, and so on. The last element returned
is the name of the file or directory denoted by this path. The root
component, if present, is not returned by the iterator.
int compareTo(Path other)
This method may not be used to compare paths that are associated with different file system providers.
compareTo
in interface Comparable<Path>
other
- the path compared to this path.equal
to this path, a
value less than zero if this path is lexicographically less than
the argument, or a value greater than zero if this path is
lexicographically greater than the argumentClassCastException
- if the paths are associated with different providersboolean equals(Object other)
If the given object is not a Path, or is a Path associated with a
different FileSystem
, then this method returns false
.
Whether or not two path are equal depends on the file system
implementation. In some cases the paths are compared without regard
to case, and others are case sensitive. This method does not access the
file system and the file is not required to exist. Where required, the
isSameFile
method may be used to check if two
paths locate the same file.
This method satisfies the general contract of the Object.equals
method.
equals
in class Object
other
- the object to which this object is to be comparedtrue
if, and only if, the given object is a Path
that is identical to this Path
Object.hashCode()
,
HashMap
int hashCode()
The hash code is based upon the components of the path, and
satisfies the general contract of the Object.hashCode
method.
hashCode
in class Object
Object.equals(java.lang.Object)
,
System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)
String toString()
If this path was created by converting a path string using the
getPath
method then the path string returned
by this method may differ from the original String used to create the path.
The returned path string uses the default name separator
to separate names in the path.
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The tokamak equilbrium magnetic ﬁeld can be written
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In my code, the values of the two free functions, Ψ = Ψ(R,Z) and g(Ψ), which sepcify the magnetic ﬁeld, is read from the output ﬁle “G-eqdsk-ﬁle” of EFIT code. Using Eq. (154), the axisymmetric equilibrium magnetic ﬁeld can be written as
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The partial derivative of the component of the magnetic ﬁeld is written as
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In my numerical code, the numerical data of the poloidal ﬂux function Ψ(R,Z) and toroidal ﬁeld function g(Ψ) are read in from the output G-eqdsk ﬁle of the EFIT code. Then all the partial derivatives are calculated by using central ﬁnite-diﬀerence. The linear interpolation is used to evaluate the various quantities that are needed at the instantenous location of guiding-centers to push the orbits.
When I began to write the guiding center orbit code, in order to avoid the numerical interpolating, I use Solovev’s analytic equilibrium. (The latest version of my code constructs magnetic ﬁeld by reading the output G-eqdsk ﬁle of the EFIT code and thus can treat general tokamak magnetic ﬁeld.) The Solovév equilibrium is an analytic equilibrium in which the poloidal ﬂux function Ψ is given by
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where B0, R0, κ0, q0 are constant parameters. Using Eq. (167), the partial derivatives are written as
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The toroidal ﬁeld function g is a constant function, g = cgR0B0, where cg is a dimensionless constant.


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general purpose path finder More...
#include <cPathFinder.h>
Classes | |
| class | cEdge |
| edge properties More... | |
| class | cNode |
| node properties More... | |
Public Member Functions | |
| void | read (const std::string &fname) |
| read input file More... | |
| void | addLink (int u, int v, float cost) |
| Add costed undirected link between two nodes. More... | |
| void | clear () |
| void | start (int start) |
| set staring node More... | |
| void | start (const std::string &start) |
| int | start () const |
| void | end (int end) |
| set ending node, index More... | |
| void | end (const std::string &end) |
| set ending node, name More... | |
| void | path () |
| Find optimum path from start to end node. More... | |
| void | paths (int start) |
| Find paths from start to all nodes. More... | |
| void | pathPick (int end) |
| Find path to end node, after call to paths( int start ) More... | |
| void | span () |
| Find minimum edge set that connects all nodes together. More... | |
| std::string | linksText () |
| Human readable list of links. More... | |
| std::string | pathText () |
| Human readable path list. More... | |
| std::string | spanText () |
| Human readable list of edges that connects all nodes together. More... | |
| std::string | pathViz () |
| graphical display of graph with path in red. More... | |
| std::string | pathViz (const std::vector< int > &vp, bool all=true) |
| std::string | spanViz (bool all=true) |
| graphical display of graph with spanning tree More... | |
| int | findoradd (const std::string &name) |
| Find or add node by name. More... | |
| int | find (const std::string &name) |
| Find node by name. More... | |
| std::vector< std::string > | ParseSpaceDelimited (const std::string &l) |
| Parse Space Delimited line. More... | |
| bool | IsAdjacent (int u, int v) |
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| bool | IsConnected () |
| true if all nodes are connected together More... | |
| int | nodeCount () |
| int | linkCount () |
| std::string | nodeColor (int n) |
| std::string | nodeName (int n) |
| void | directed (bool f=true) |
| set graph links type More... | |
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| typedef boost::adjacency_list< boost::listS, boost::vecS, boost::undirectedS, cNode, cEdge > | graph_t |
| typedef boost::adjacency_list< boost::listS, boost::vecS, boost::directedS, cNode, cEdge > | dir_graph_t |
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| template<typename T > | |
| std::string | linksTextT (T &g) |
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| void | pathsT (int start, T &g) |
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| graph_t | myGraph |
| dir_graph_t | myDirGraph |
| int | myStart |
| int | myEnd |
| std::vector< int > | myPath |
| std::vector< int > | myDist |
| std::vector< int > | myPred |
| std::vector< std::vector< int > > | mySpan |
| int | mySpanCost |
| bool | myfDirected |
general purpose path finder
Usage: Node indices
Use addLink( int u, int v, float cost ) to add a costed link between nodes referred by their index
Use start() and end() to specify starting and ending node indices
Use path() to calculate optimim path from start to end
Use pathText() to get a string listing the node indices visited
Usage: Node names
To refer to nodes by name, rather than keeping track of their indices, use findoradd( std::string& name ) PathText() will return a list of nodes visited by their name
cPathFinder f; f.addLink( f.findoradd("A"), f.findoradd("B"), cost ); ... f.start(f.find("A")); f.end(f.find("B")); f.path(); std::cout << f.pathText() << "\n";
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| float | cost | ||
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Add costed undirected link between two nodes.
| [in] | u | node index |
| [in] | v | node index |
| [in] | cost | link cost |
If the nodes do not exist, they will be added.
| void cPathFinder::clear | ( | ) |
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| [in] | f | true for directed, false for undirected, default directed |
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Find node by name.
| [in] | name |
| int cPathFinder::findoradd | ( | const std::string & | name | ) |
Find or add node by name.
| [in] | name |
If a node of specified nane does not exist, it is added.
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| int | v | ||
| ) |
true if link between nodes
| bool cPathFinder::IsConnected | ( | ) |
true if all nodes are connected together
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| std::string cPathFinder::linksText | ( | ) |
Human readable list of links.
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| std::string cPathFinder::nodeName | ( | int | n | ) |
| std::vector< std::string > cPathFinder::ParseSpaceDelimited | ( | const std::string & | l | ) |
Parse Space Delimited line.
| [in] | l | line from a space delimited text file |
| void cPathFinder::path | ( | ) |
Find optimum path from start to end node.
The path from attributes myStart to myEnd is is saved into myPath The path can be listed by call to pathText()
| void cPathFinder::pathPick | ( | int | end | ) |
Find path to end node, after call to paths( int start )
| [in] | end | index of end vertex |
The path is stored in attribute myPath. The path can be listed by call to pathText()
If no path exists, an exception is thrown.
| void cPathFinder::paths | ( | int | start | ) |
Find paths from start to all nodes.
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Human readable path list.
| std::string cPathFinder::pathViz | ( | ) |
graphical display of graph with path in red.
render at https://dreampuf.github.io/GraphvizOnline
or install graphviz and use command
dot -Kfdp -n -Tpng -o sample.png sample.dot
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read input file
| [in] | fname | path to input file. |
The input file is a space delimited text files specifying the indices of linked nodes, the cost of the links and indices of the starting and ending nodes.
File format is specified at https://github.com/JamesBremner/PathFinder/wiki/Costs
Specializations with their own file formats should override this method and can use the protected function ParseSpaceDelimited() to assist parsing.
| void cPathFinder::span | ( | ) |
Find minimum edge set that connects all nodes together.
| std::string cPathFinder::spanText | ( | ) |
Human readable list of edges that connects all nodes together.
| std::string cPathFinder::spanViz | ( | bool | all = true | ) |
graphical display of graph with spanning tree
| [in] | all | true to see all links, spanning tree in red |
| [in] | all | false to see spanning tree |
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Saturday morning my sister, Monica Bicking, and her boyfriend, Eryn Trimmer, were arrested in Minneapolis. Monica was released on Sunday, but Eryn and others are still in custody, and the police will try to keep them detained as long as possible. update: the two of them and six others from the Welcoming Committee are charged with felonies, including "furtherance of terrorism". A website has been set up in support of them, and to keep people informed about ongoing events in the case: rnc8.org
They were arrested for "conspiracy to incite a riot". This is the same charge used against the Chicago 8 (or 7) at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Perhaps the police have a sense of tradition?
But more directly she and Eryn were arrested in an attempt to preemptively suppress the protests at the Republican National Convention. They were both very active with the RNC Welcoming Committee, which is a group coordinating and supporting some of the people coming to the Twin Cities for the convention.
Obviously I’m very concerned by the arrests and charges. But there’s been a huge outpouring of support from the community — both from activist in the Twin Cities, and from their neighbors. In Chicago I’m a little unsure about what to do.
Reading articles about the incidents (Glenn Greenwald’s post on Salon is a good one) I find myself mostly avoiding the comment sections. The comments fall into two categories: mean comments against the protesters, and reactionary comments with no real substance ("this is proof this country is a police state!") Activists generally understand what’s going on, and people of a right-wing/authoritarian bend are hardly going to be convinced of anything, but there’s a lot of progressive people out there who’ve never really been involved in any activism like this. There’s very little explaining the protests, the role of activists like my sister, and the philosophies they hold. Certainly the news makes no attempt, and unfortunately the activists themselves often speak from an unexplained perspective.
So I’d like to use this as an opportunity to explain my understanding of the role of protest, what’s going on at the RNC specifically, and what an "anarchist" really is. At the moment I can’t do a lot to help Eryn and Monica directly, but at least I can talk about her personally instead of another story about a named but otherwise anonymous "protester".
The Role Of Protest
It’s challenging to explain and justify protest, at least in this country and at this moment. Probably the biggest blow for protest as a useful form of political expression was the February 15, 2003 protests against the Iraq War. I say this because those were the largest protests the world has ever seen, estimated around 10 million people, and yet they did so little to stop the war.
That war is still with us, and is still the most significant motivation for the RNC protests. The war has gone through many phases since then — purported success, then clear failure by just about anyone’s definition, then ongoing failure labelled as success because of dramatically lowered expectations (the surge). Public opinion has moved several times, but is constrained by what is considered the reasonable options. These "reasonable" options are defined by the Democratic and Republican elite. Balance in news means inviting participation from partisans from those two parties. In this context the Democratic party had a practical landslide in 2006, driven primarily by anti-war sentiments, and then proceeded to do almost nothing to stop the war. If protest has failed, then so has electoral politics.
I don’t have any third path to offer, but I just want to make it clear: none of us know what is best to do, none of us have figured out the way to effect change. People complain protest doesn’t work. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t, but frankly most things don’t work.  It’s hard to take criticisms seriously when they are made from a stance of inaction.
What might the RNC protests accomplish?
First, it is an attempt to break out of a politics restricted to two perspectives. I believe, quite firmly, that "radical left" opinions are actually quite mainstream. This was also the goal of the DNC protests. This goal has become quite difficult to achieve. News stations generally ignore protest, and when they do cover protest they seldom talk about the actual issues.
Second, protests can attempt to disrupt normal activity. To be fair, this is probably better termed "civil disobedience", and I’m sure there will be civil disobedience in response to the RNC. One possible goal of civil disobedience is to make news — to be so disruptive that you simply can’t be ignored. And even if the news won’t say why you won’t be ignored, at least one message that can be made clear: everything is not okay. Another goals is simply to disrupt the RNC. This is a bringing together of many of the architects and profiteers of war. This is a convention that includes many people advocating torture.
 One argument goes: oh, these poor dullards and simpletons! Do not interrupt their harmless partying! Do not interrupt their absurd views! They deserve their delusions as much as anyone!
Are We In A Time Of War?
It is all too easy to fall into "protesting for the right to protest". Lest I fall into this, I want to make it clear: protest itself is not the goal. 600,000 Iraqis dead. And to what ends? No ends at all? Unlikely! There is a purpose. It is a purpose architected by people who would throw away hundreds of thousands of lives. People may argue about whether war is valid. I don’t believe it is, nor do Monica or Eryn, but whatever your feelings: this is not an abstract war. This is a specific war.  Do you feel this war? If you didn’t turn on the TV or listen to the news, what would remind you that we are at war? What would remind you of all that’s happened? We are a nation at war, and yet there is nothing to show us this, it has no presence. Our nation is so large, our institutions so abstracted, our military so partitioned from most of society… we are numb to war. Moving around while numbed is dangerous. You can’t feel what you are doing. A cut doesn’t hurt, a bruise is just a faint sensation. We are a numbed nation and this is dangerous.
If I was to give one reason for civil disobedience, it would be this: to acknowledge this war is real. This isn’t just a difference of opinion, this isn’t just a debate. This is about how we exercise our collective power, the power that is exercised in the form of the state. This is our war, whether we feel it or not.
One of the criticisms of civil disobedience is to say it deprives the Republicans of their free speech. First, this is absurd. No form of civil disobedience deprives them of free speech. No one is taping their mouths shut. No journalists are being detained by activists. No debate is stifled. The RNC’s request: we want to speak our lies without interruption, without distraction. The Republicans have through decades of whining managed to frame the debate, to redefine "common sense" and "conventional thinking", to move the Overton Window far to the right. Free speech does not mean they should not be challenged. Protest challenges the content of their speech, it doesn’t deny them of the ability to speak.
This is an aside, but for all the effort put into limiting the bounds of debate I don’t think the Republicans, or Bush, have really changed the country as much as they are given credit for. I don’t think people are as easily manipulated as that. I think our core values are not so easily affected. If we were not so numb I think it would all come rushing back.
On "Anarchism"
If you read the articles you will see Monica and Eryn called "self-described anarchists". This is true, they are anarchists. I will attempt, briefly and probably inaccurately, to describe what anarchism is.
Anarchism is, at its core, a belief in the individual, and a belief that good flows uniquely from the individual. Conversely, it believes that bad comes from institutions, from the abstractions we build between people. Anarchism is a belief in the power of empathy instead of laws. Instead of leading our lives according to principles that are passed down to us, anarchism says we should live our lives based on our personal reflections and decisions. We should be deliberate, we should not be obedient.
The RNC Welcoming Committee (the name is ironic) is a "anarchist/anti-authoritarian" organization.  If you meet an anarchist this is the most tedious joke you could possibly make. Anarchism is, of course, a somewhat chaotic philosophy. And any anarchist should be a human first, and an anarchist second — anything else would be contrary to the very principles of anarchism! More practically, they form groups based on shared understandings and motivations, and there is nothing at all inconsistent about individuals working together — indeed it is interpersonal cooperation that is at the heart of anarchist traditions.
Do anarchists want to tear down all institutions? I guess some flavors of anarchist rhetoric make this claim. Looking in from the outside, it feels like some kind of phase adolescent male anarchists go through. There is an underlying lack of respect for institutions and authority, and this is genuine. But though they see nothing wrong with disrupting institutions, violence against people is not considered acceptable. Some would like to categorize property damage as violence, but I find this rather disrespectful of genuine violence. Things don’t feel pain or fear.
Discussions of anarchism tend to degrade very quickly because people are overly obsessed with self-consistency. For instance: how could an entire society run without laws, governments, police, taxes? There are answers and speculations, but we would all do better to make the world we want now and here. This is what actual anarchists do — running whole societies might be fun to theorize about, but building a community is actually attainable, and among progressive groups anarchists are probably the most enthusiastic community builders.
Lastly: why the term "anarchism"? It’s a scary term, though it’s derivation is simply from the term "without rulers". It’s been a term used to scare people for so long that it’s hard to separate the idea from the myth. People at time suggest alternative terms. But anarchism isn’t just a philosophy, it’s a tradition and culture and shared understanding, one that goes back over a hundred years. And anarchists don’t want to disassociate themselves from that tradition. And usually, what does it matter what other people think of the name? It is however awkward when the police are trying to label you as a dangerous extremist.
Violence?
Reports have come out about violent protest. Update: There were reports of "violent protesters". Now police report that "one or two windows were broken" during the entire RNC. In other words, there was almost no violence at all by protesters, and almost no property damage.  There was simply no violence (under any definition of "violence") of any note by the protesters. (I’m actually surprised there weren’t more windows broken by stray police munitions.) Again police lack basic credibility in their statements. end update
Actual incidents are often exaggerated or fabricated. For instance, in the case of the home raids things like paint, bottles, and rags were labeled as "the ingredients for making Molotov cocktails". I’m sure every reader of this post has sufficient ingredients to make a Molotov cocktail. Also, many people have hatchets, bricks, and other materials. Buckets of urine were particularly attention-grabbing, but the only reason for these was that one of the houses had a broken toilet. The police interpretation of the confiscated material is not credible.
There have also been reports of violence at the protests themselves. First it should be noted that there are no reports of police or bystanders being injured. I personally find it is hard to classify property damage as "violence". If you don’t include property damage then there doesn’t seem to be much evidence of violence.
Protest is confrontational. Some will suggest that protesters should obey police in all situations. They suggest that protesters should obey all laws and only protest where permitted. They suggest protesters should not be disruptive of anyone else. The result would not be protest. In cases like the RNC, where extensive planning was in place to counter protest, non-confrontational protest means protesting according to someone else’s plans, someone who has no desire for the protest to succeed in any way. Once you confront the police, there will be violence — usually by the police.  It’s a noble choice, but I can’t fault people for making other tactical decisions.
Another protesting tactic is the "black bloq", typically a group of people who try to attract the attention of the police, often through property damage. If the police have nothing better to do, then why not pin down the peaceful protesters and direct them where they can make the least impact? People in the black bloq will try to keep this from happening. It’s unlikely they were at all successful at the RNC as it was so thoroughly militarized. You could debate whether this is a good strategy (and there is lots of debate about this), but probably few people outside activists have any idea that there even is any underlying strategy.
Also, if you wonder why protesters, especially the anarchists, dress the way they do, it is primarily defensive. If you are going to get teargassed and peppersprayed does wearing a handkerchief seem so odd? And if they are tracking people to preemptively arrest, all the more reason to be as anonymous as possible.
Monica and Eryn
I’d like to speak specifically of Monica and Eryn. Talking to Monica about the RNC protests, she was never actually that excited. The RNC isn’t what she wanted to focus on. Why focus on the thing you dislike? Why focus on a political process you don’t believe in? Why focus on the workings of institutions you wish didn’t exist? She would have preferred to work on the scale she felt was valid — to build a community of individuals. But of course events are larger than us, and by whatever coincidence the RNC was coming to the Twin Cities. This is not the sort of thing you can just ignore. And of course it wasn’t up to her whether there would be protests.
Monica and Eryn are competent and diligent, so of course they would become important to the organizing process. It seems that there were infiltrators in many of the organizations, so it’s unsurprising that the police knew who to find when they were getting ready to suppress the protests. The two of them had expected informants from early on. Monica herself worked for a year for the American Friends Service Committee (a Quaker charity and peace advocacy organization) at a time when they were being spied on because of purported fears of violent protest. If you are not aware of Quakerism, it is a quite strictly passivist faith, and the pretense for the spying was exceptionally absurd. So Monica was not particularly shocked that there would be spying in the lead up to the RNC.
The RNC Welcoming Committee is itself a coordinating organization. It was inevitable that many, many groups would want to protest at the RNC. There’s no lack of people who are angry. The Welcoming Committee served as a local resource for all those people — so visitors could find a place to stay in the city, so people could coordinate with each other, so people could perform their chosen form of protest in as well-informed a manner as possible. That it is being painted as an organization with criminal intent is a complete misrepresentation; the Welcoming Committee specifically has no intention of direct action.
The preemptive arrest was surprising to everyone. It is normal in the course of civil disobedience that some people expect to be arrested. Civil disobedience is confrontational. You have to go into it knowing that there will be certain consequences. Those are the consequences of the confrontation. They are not the consequences of the possibility of future confrontation. As organizers I know Monica and Eryn weren’t planning on being arrested.
But I haven’t written this essay in anger over their arrest. Protest is conflict. The lines of conflict move, and I find this move to preemptive arrest quite troubling, but I’m also optimistic that they won’t ultimately be charged with anything. I also don’t want to slip into the protest-to-protest mode, more obsessed with the form of protest than the function of this protest. This is a frustrating turn of events, and I’m sure no one is more frustrated than the two of them — one sequestered in a jail, the other in legal limbo, at the culmination of all their work over the last year. But I didn’t write this essay out of anger but because I wanted to recognize what they’ve been doing and do my best to explain it to other people, because I’m proud of them. They are exactly the model of an engaged, ethically driven citizenry.
I see lots of comments like "this country is a fascist state!" and "this is just like Nazi Germany!" But of course this country is not those things. That’s what happens when the citizenry of a country stands down, when they look away from what’s happening right in front of them, when they ignore justice and discard empathy. This country is not those things because of Monica and Eryn and the thousands of people who will be present and paying attention when the RNC lands from on high.
To support Monica, Eryn, and the other charged members of the RNC Welcoming Committee, and also to get updates on the case and news coverage of the case, please visit rnc8.org
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Just wanted to express general support both for your sister and for your comments on comments.
The world would be a better place if more people agitated. And the internet would be a better place if more people left comments that highlighted the good of what they had read, not the bad.
Thanks for this post. Its nice to read a sane and coherent essay on the reasons for the protest and the intentions of the Welcoming Committee. Supporting your sis and the RNC 8.
In response to Mr Sbardella’s response: You’re crazy. Political protest isn’t like “selling drugs or a false hope or belief”. Political groups do blockades all the time – how about Operation Rescue blockading abortion clinics, or people manning a picket line while on strike? Picket lines are legally protected, by the way, and they’re designed to interfere with the continuance of business at the location of the picket line. Ian’s sister has just as much right to help in protesting the Republican National Convention by putting a picket line around it and wasting the “time and energy” of the delegates, as trade union people do by picketing businesses while on strike and making an effort to cut into their income, or as Operation Rescue has by blocking people from going into abortion clinics and trying to shut them down.
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Just got linked over here from Ars Technica. Not sure there’s much I can add to this discussion, except to lend my support to your sister and her boyfriend, and to thank you for this post; I’ve not read a more in-depth discussion of the principles of anarchism, and your analysis of current events in our country and the role of protest is well-reasoned and spot-on.
awesome post, thanks for taking the time to put these thoughts together so cogently. hope your sis is doing alright.
Well, bruno, the Temple was held out as the house of prayer and the house of God and not the house of commerce or capitalists.  It was a house clearly demarcated in Jesus’s view. I concur with him.
Furthermore, no one within is dragged in or coerced to enter under Jesus’s rules. In fact, at the time, the so-called great unwashed were rather despised and barred from entering very far, if at all. That is something Jesus clears up. Anyone may enter a sinner and remain provided he or she is undergoing transformation to righteousness.
What is the street on which one finds store windows and bank windows? It is a different universe completely. It is the street of capitalism.
If it is proper to destroy rather than to convert, then total war is totally proper and we ought to get on with it. That, however, is satanic and was, and remains, rejected by the Christ spirit.
Of course, the world is not to remain a place where the ignorance that is capitalism is to last.
The issue is one of means and ends. Jesus did not use the means of the capitalists when he cleaned the Temple. He harmed no one. Not one person innocent of violating the rules of the voluntary house was as much as bent over. Consider it. They didn’t put him on trial for harming anyone when he cleaned the Temple of the selfish, thieving, moneychangers.
God bless,
Tom Usher
To All,
Concerning Chris | 03-Sep-08 at 10:32 pm and Jake | 08-Sep-08 at 8:44 am:
On the issue of property, it was the monarchists who stole the Commons from the whole people. The Commons was and still is the rightful inheritance of all. The only tragedy about the Commons is the theft of the Commons by force of arms by evil people who converted the inheritance of others into so-called private property. Don’t be duped by the capitalists masquerading as anarchists. There is no such thing as an anarcho-capitalist or libertarian capitalist for that matter. The concepts are irreconcilable. The terms are oxymoronic.
Blessings,
Tom Usher
@Tom Usher: Jesus didn’t use fraud or deception to run the moneychangers out of the Temple; he used force, by overturning their tables, scattering their goods, their weights and measures and scales, their accounting papyri and ink, and driving them out with a whip. It could well be assumed that he was physically capable of doing some serious ass-kicking, since by trade he was a carpenter, not one of the more bookish types hanging around the Sanhedrin.
He ended up getting crucified about a week later, for claiming that he was the Messiah (you know, the “this is my Father’s House” statement). The Romans knew full well about conspiracy, the sub rosa thing, but in the case of Jesus preferred to hand the matter over to the Sanhedrin. If they’d gone ahead and shipped Jesus off to Rome to be tried, it might have become an even greater cause celebre than actually happened, well, quicker, anyway. The Roman authorities, along with the Sanhedrin, did their best to sweep things under the rug, and inasmuch as the great majority of Jesus’ followers were illiterate, this was successful for the most part.
What drove the Romans nuts about the Christians is that they had no hierarchy, no leaders, no temple, and they shared their goods in common, they would not swear by Jupiter or by Saturn or otherwise make a good oath in court, and they tended to slack off because they had the idea that the world was ending soon. Romans thought that Christians were atheists, which was a capital offense. The “no hierarchy, no leaders” thing went totally against the Roman culture which depended on leaders and hierarchy which could be subverted, corrupted, or at least co-opted. The bit about “no temple” is obvious – no Roman would be caught dead on a feast day anywhere else than at the temple, whooping it up, getting drunk, engaging in orgies, and having a good time. On the other hand, the Christians had no feast days, did not go to a meeting place one day a week and have ceremonies and rituals – but they did meet on irregular occasions in the catacombs and sewers. No civilized Roman would have anything to do with this kind of nonsense. …
@Tom Usher with regard to private property: Private property has been with us since the dawn of written history. The earliest clay tablets found in Sumer, some 5000 years back, are records of private property belonging to an individual; some of these records are records of land ownership, which could conceivably have begun with the advent of agriculture in 10,000 BC or thereabouts.
I’ll supply references if they’re asked for.
As to the existence of a “commons” – that did exist from the dawn of written history, in those places where the default owner was the king. This was especially true in cases where livestock herding was combined with the growing of grain and vegetables. Land not suitable for agriculture was set aside as grazing land, and when villages and towns began to form, this grazing land became commons. Commons began to disappear from the scene in the 1870s and were fully gone by the 1930s, at least in most Western societies, replaced by such things as “parks”, where activities were highly regulated and grazing was forbidden.
@Tom Usher
You wrote : “Falling to destruction of property raises the issue of where to draw the line”. I you re-read Luke XIX (IIRC), you’ll notice that our Lord did exactly that : destructing properties.
Not that I take it as (nor imply it is) an approval of violence and destruction in any way. Just that, whatever your arguments, “where to draw the line” is indeed an issue – and one that’s not that easy to solve. Jesus did not restrict it’s action to building communities – he also engaged in public “protest” actions, eventually – that is, in at least one occasion – using force and destroying properties.
Once again, I don’t mean it as a legitimation of violence and destruction – I certainly share a good part of your POV on this. But MVHO is that clearly, building communities, while indeed necessary, is not enough – you (we) also have to engage in public actions (protests etc) to denounce lies. And the fact is that when engaging in such actions, you will have to deal with violence (your own included) whether you like it or not.
Not a simple problem, indeed…
Your post was very interesting to read.
I probably disagree with you on just about everything.
However, I am against protest zones and other such shenanigans.
People have a natural right to protest and speak in the public space, and this right is affirmed in the First and Tenth amendments.
It seems that traditionally lawful forms of protest have been outlawed. Obviously, people who would normally protest peacefully no longer have the option and are lashing out.
Perhaps violence is becoming the only viable option for some, since Constitutional protections are being rendered irrelevant.
Like I said, I probably disagree with you on just about everything, but I would like to meet you in a public space and engage in free speech.
interestingly enough, the original post by “Tom Sturgeon” seems to have disappeared, to be replaced by the (quite different) one above: “There is a new comment on the post “On the RNC, Monica Bicking, Eryn Trimmer, and Protest”. https://ianbicking.org/2008/09/02/on-the-rnc-monica-bicking-eryn-trimmer-and-protest/
Author: Tom Sturgeon Comment: Your post was very interesting to read. I probably disagree with you on just about everything. However, I am against protest zones and other such shenanigans. People have a natural right to protest and speak in the public space, and this right is affirmed in the First and Tenth amendments.”
The lines above are the same as in the (apparently) edited version. The lines below have changed. They were:
“On the other hand, people who block traffic, break things and engage in discourteous behavior should be sprayed with pepper spray, water cannons and/or beaten with nightsticks. If they are damaging property or threatening others, they should be shot.”
They are now:
“It seems that traditionally lawful forms of protest have been outlawed. Obviously, people who would normally protest peacefully no longer have the option and are lashing out.
Perhaps violence is becoming the only viable option for some, since Constitutional protections are being rendered irrelevant.
Like I said, I probably disagree with you on just about everything, but I would like to meet you in a public space and engage in free speech.”
This is quite a change in direction. I wonder what brought it about. Mr Sturgeon, could you explain?
Thank you, Ian, for your analysis. You gave a much better analysis for what I feel in my heart than I myself could articulate, about my identification as an anarchist and my reasons for traveling to St. Paul.
I had the “pleasure” of attending the protests, and doing regional and local work in the lead up time, including some work with the WC (although Monica was one of the few organizers I never meet). To paraphrase what you said about your sister’s motivations above, whether or not it is obvious, we created community. My best friends for the past 5 months, who lived several hours away, were introduced to me during a consulta; organizing built and strengthened a lot of ties within the local anarchist community– hell, a lot of us were pretty isolated from the good work that has been going on, and RNC organizing brought us together. Even during the protests, I met a lot of good people from all over the country who I have stayed in contact with. Honestly, despite the police violence, despite being arrested and harassed by police, despite all the bad things, my life is so inconceivably better because of the RNC protests, and largely that is because of the tireless work done by Monica and the others in the WC. The feelings of empowerment, and freedom, and community and love and friendship forged in the streets were just so great that it was difficult to return to “normal” life.
Best of luck to Monica and Eryn, as well as to the other 6 and to Dave and the other 800 still facing charges. Monica should know that whatever sacrifices and hardships she has endured and will continue to face are not in vain. She and her comrades have forever changed my life and the lives of countless others.
Just a quick not to pass my congratulations over to you sister and her boyfriend, after the news that the charges of the RNC8 have been dropped. Hope they can get now get on with the rest of their lives.
Simon, UK Anarchist and Plone nerd.
Sadly just the “terrorism enhancement” was dropped. They are still being charged with conspiracy to riot and conspiracy to commit property damage. The terrorist designation added 50% to the maximum penalty, but it’s still up to 5 years. So it’s positive that some charges (or aspects of the charges) were dropped, but they aren’t out of the woods at all.
Ian,
Sadly I got the wrong the news, and it has been qualified, by actually reading the bloody press release rather listening to chinese whispers, damn. Youre right not out of the woods but surely a very positive step for the defendants and hopefully it wont be long before the rest of the trumped up charges are dropped.
In solidarity,
Simon. Newcastle, UK
In my experience, this is what prosecutors will do before they take a case to trial, they’ll drop the charges they don’t think will stick, and they’ll keep the rest. At this point, what usually happens is that the prosecutors will offer a plea bargain to one or more defendants, perhaps getting one or more to turn “state’s evidence” in exchange for a lesser penalty. If all defendants stick to their guns and refuse to do this, and they all go to jury trials, it’ll cost the State lots of money; if they all plead out, it’s a lot less money expended by the State. Of course, it all depends on how crowded the dockets are up there and if the DA is up for re-election, and whether it’s to the DA’s political advantage to take the cases to trial, and so on… lots of variables to consider here. Depending on the criminal history of each of the defendants, the possibilities of prison terms vs presumptive probation differ. If this were in Kansas, and your sister had no prior criminal history, then she’d be “presumptive probation” which means no prison time (but a felony conviction). Minnesota may be different, and of course, she should be represented by competent local counsel in any case. The ACLU should be in on this, it’s a case which has great civil liberties implications with regard to the criminalization of dissent…
Here are the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines:
http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/hrd/issinfo/cr-sent.htm
and
http://www.msgc.state.mn.us/guidelines/guide08.pdf
for the 2008 guidelines. It looks like both remaining charged offenses are Level II offenses; with a criminal history score of 0 or 1 (0 if your sister has no prior misdemeanor convictions; 1 if not, and other conditions may apply) (see page 15 of the Guidelines) the presumptive sentence is 12 months and 1 day in prison, with the expectations that the court will grant a stayed sentence (i.e. probation), and that if sentenced to prison, the actual sentence served in confinement will be 8 months and one day, with 4 months not in confinement (i.e. probation) See pages 57 and 65 of the Guidelines.
(From page 15 of the Guidelines: “II.B.305. The Commission placed a limit of one point on the consideration of misdemeanors or gross misdemeanors in the criminal history score. This was done because with no limit on point accrual, persons with lengthy, but relatively minor, misdemeanor records could accrue high criminal history scores and, thus, be subject to inappropriately severe sentences upon their first felony conviction. The Commission limited consideration of misdemeanors to particularly relevant misdemeanors under existing state statute.”)
There may be aggravating or mitigating factors present which may give rise to either upward or downward departures. Also, sentences should run concurrently (i.e. 12 months/1day + 12 months/1day = 12 months and 1 day, not 24 months and 2 days) see page 40 of the guidelines. Of course, local counsel should advise your sister on these matters, I’m just going though this to try to allay some of your concerns, and anything I’ve said can be found out by any member of the public – I’m making no legal judgments here.
Full Press Release:
Originally facing a single charge–Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism–Gaertner’s office added three additional charges against the eight defendants in December of last year. Now, two of those charges have been dropped, clearly demonstrating that all the charges are a matter of political maneuvering, not a reasoned look at the evidence.
On March 28, supporters delivered to Susan Gaertner’s office a stack of over 3,000 petitions urging her to drop all four charges. Among other statements, a resolution from the 17,000-member Duluth Central Labor Body in support of the RNC 8 was also delivered. National media attention, including an appearance on MSNBC on Wednesday morning, has drawn significant attention to the case at the same time as Gaertner is accelerating her campaign for Governor–having just hired full-time staffers, opened an office on University Avenue, and planned appearances at several DFL events in the next month. Additionally, the broad-based RNC 8 Defense Committee has succeeded in calling widespread attention to the Minnesota PATRIOT Act, and played an instrumental role in applying the pressure that led to this reduction of charges.
In removing the controversial MN PATRIOT Act from the debate at this moment, Susan Gaertner obviously hopes to defray the costs of this unprecedented prosecution on her campaign for Governor, and to mitigate the overwhelmingly negative public opinion of Ramsey County’s repressive behavior during and since the RNC.
“Make no mistake,” said defendant Luce Guillen-Givins, “This change to the complaint against us is a token gesture meant to placate our supporters and bolster a floundering political prosecution.”
As defendant Eryn Trimmer pointed out, “This move only focuses attention more acutely on the outrageous nature of the two remaining charges, Conspiracy to Commit Riot and Conspiracy to Commit Criminal Damage to Property.”
In the months leading up to the RNC, the defendants were involved in open, public organizing with a broad coalition of Twin Cities activists and community members. We continue to assert that the only “conspiracy” committed by the RNC 8 was to provide basic and necessary infrastructure for people who wished to engage in their fundamental right to dissent.
“We’re relieved and gratified that the most sensational part of the charges has been dropped,” said St. Paul peace and justice activist Betsy Raasch-Gilman, member of Friends of the RNC 8. She continued, “We hope that the conspiracy charges will also be dropped. If planning a protest can be called conspiracy, the right to free speech is in real danger.”
Friends of the RNC 8 asks Susan Gaertner to continue in the direction of justice by dropping all the remaining charges, thereby saving enormous financial resources for the people of Minnesota in this time of rampant foreclosures, unemployment and economic turmoil. We also remind supporters that while we should rightly celebrate this small victory, the time for increased action to defend the RNC 8 is now. Political organizing is not conspiracy. Dissent is not a crime.
Am I an old and suspicious Brit?
A few days ago the democracy village protest outside the Houses of Parliament was broken up and today news of leaked documents showing possible war crimes by British and American troops in Afghanistan was released by the press?
Hi, hope Monica and Eryn are ok. God bless.


Bafana Bafana To Be Without Bongani Zungu For Sudan Qualifier
by SG EditorMolefi Ntseki admits that his Bafana Bafana players put on a disjointed performance as they suffered a 2-0 loss to Ghana in their opening African Cup of Nation 2021 qualifier.
Goals from Thomas Partey and Kudus Mohammed condemned the team to a loss in Ntseki’s first official game in charge.
Speaking after the defeat on Thursday, Ntseki acknowledged that their hosts were the better side.
“I’m still confident in my players even though we lost 2-0,” he said a post-match press conference.
“If you look at the game itself, it was more balanced. They had more power and strength in getting the goals. It was not like we were outplayed in the situation where we conceded. It happens in the game of football when you are not balanced, the opponent will take advantage”.
With his team struggling to create goal-scoring chances, Ntseki defended their inability to score against the Black Stars.
“We tried to overload the wings and tried to come out from crosses,” he explained their tactics. “We couldn’t get inside the box. If you look at the performance of the players today, we can’t say the tactics did not work out but I think because we give respect to the team based on how they defended against us”.
The team must quickly lift themselves to take on Sudan on Sunday in their second qualifier.
The encounter will take place at Orlando Stadium, with kick-off scheduled for 3 pm.
Ahead of it, Ntseki has given an injury update: “You saw everybody that we had for this camp will still be available for Sunday except for Bongani Zungu who got a knee injury,” he said.
“So, we have a balanced team, we selected a balanced team and we are looking forward to playing the best team on Sunday and do well for ourselves and win the match”.


May 14-17 1992 at the Arabian Theatre
Director - John Parker
Assistant to the Director - Linda Walton
THE CAST
Corie - Leah Friend
Telephone Repairman - Joe Alvarez
Deliveryman - Owen Ousley
Paul - Ric Duncan
Corie's Mother, Mrs. Banks - Mary Ann Sumrall
Victor Velasco - Connie Farrell


Apple iOS specific UI capabilities. All properties, methods and events in this namespace will only work on Apple iOS devices.
Methods
Properties
Methods
Adds the specified callback as an event listener for the named event.
Arguments
| name | [String] | Name of the event. |
| callback | [Callback<Object>] | Callback function to invoke when the event is fired. |
Applies the properties to the proxy.
Arguments
| props | [Dictionary] | A dictionary of properties to apply. |
Creates and returns an instance of Titanium.UI.iOS.AdView
.
Arguments
| parameters | [Dictionary<Titanium.UI.iOS.AdView>] | Properties to set on a new object, including any defined by Titanium.UI.iOS.AdView except those marked not-creation or read-only. |
Creates and returns an instance of Titanium.UI.iOS.CoverFlowView
.
Arguments
| parameters | [Dictionary<Titanium.UI.iOS.CoverFlowView>] | Properties to set on a new object, including any defined by Titanium.UI.iOS.CoverFlowView except those marked not-creation or read-only. |
Creates and returns an instance of Titanium.UI.iOS.DocumentViewer
.
Arguments
| parameters | [Dictionary<Titanium.UI.iOS.DocumentViewer>] | Properties to set on a new object, including any defined by Titanium.UI.iOS.DocumentViewer except those marked not-creation or read-only. |
Creates and returns an instance of Titanium.UI.iOS.TabbedBar
.
Arguments
| parameters | [Dictionary<Titanium.UI.iOS.TabbedBar>] | Properties to set on a new object, including any defined by Titanium.UI.iOS.TabbedBar except those marked not-creation or read-only. |
Creates and returns an instance of Titanium.UI.iOS.Toolbar
.
Arguments
| parameters | [Dictionary<Titanium.UI.iOS.Toolbar>] | Properties to set on a new object, including any defined by Titanium.UI.iOS.Toolbar except those marked not-creation or read-only. |
Fires a synthesized event to any registered listeners.
Arguments
| name | [String] | Name of the event. |
| event | [Dictionary] | A dictionary of keys and values to add to the Titanium.Event object sent to the listeners. |
Removes the specified callback as an event listener for the named event.
Arguments
| name | [String] | Name of the event. |
| callback | [Callback<Object>] | Callback function to remove. Must be the same function passed to addEventListener. |


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