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A project for COMP 231 (Database Management System)
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"fmt"
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)
func main() {
comp := turtle.Emojis["computer"]
fmt.Println(comp)
}
How one developer just broke Node, Babel and thousands of projects in 11 lines of JavaScript
Go 1.6 includes support for using local copies of external dependencies to satisfy imports of those dependencies, often referred to as vendoring.
// BuildAll returns a slice of all the importers.
func BuildAll(logger *log.Logger, verbose bool, sm gps.SourceManager) []Importer {
return []Importer{
glide.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
godep.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
vndr.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
govend.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
gvt.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
govendor.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
glock.NewImporter(logger, verbose, sm),
}
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/internal/importers/importers.go
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Dep's main command is dep ensure. The verb is "ensure" to imply that the action is not just some single, discrete action (like adding a dependency), but enforcing some kind of broader guarantee.
The Gopkg.toml file is initially generated by dep init, and is primarily hand-edited. It contains several types of rule declarations that govern dep's behavior


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Lucy Dacus (born May 2, 1995) is an American indie rock singer-songwriter from Richmond,
Virginia.She has released two critically acclaimed albums:
No Burden (2016) and Historian (2018).Dacus first performed in New York in March 2015.
Her first single, "I Don't Wanna Be Funny Anymore," premiered in November 2015. Her debut album,
No Burden, was produced in Nashville by her hometown friends, Berklee College of Music graduate Collin Pastore
and Oberlin Conservatory of Music graduate Jacob Blizard, and was originally released digitally, on CD, and on
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[Gecode] propagators, events, updated variables and domain deltas
Grégoire Dooms
dooms at info.ucl.ac.be
Fri Mar 4 12:34:28 CET 2005
Hi,
I've been reading the source code of gecode and I would like to ask you
a few basic questions.
Looking at the implementation of singleton elimination in
int/distinct/val.icc, the propagator scans all the variables in order to
know which are singletons and which are not.
It looks like there is no way for a propagator to know which variable(s)
triggered it. Is this right ?
When a propagator is awakened by a variable (int or set) domain update,
I would like to be able to know which values where taken out of the
domain. Is there an other way than to compare the new domains of the
variables with a previously stored copy of these domains ?
--
Grégoire Dooms
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Analyze the client's business requirements and processes through document and workflow analysis. Communicate stakeholders business requirements by constructing easy to understand process models, user cases, workflow diagrams and visualizations. Identify errors in clients data and constant product reviews to ensure product functionality. Draft and maintain technical and functional requirements as well as manage different databases from vendors. Working effectively with multiple internal & external cross-functional teams including multiple design and developer teams, administration & vendors.
Design a set of algorithms to develop a dynamic 3d envelope design as a proof of concept. Develop a climate based simulation model using genetic algorithm techniques. Working on business branding including the design of logos and user-interface mockups.
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This example shows using the Resize Node Plugin. Grab your node and plugin the resize!
It's not a direct port of the YUI2.x version, but it does retain the config and methods of 2.x, so the documentation and examples here and the API here will be helpful.
There is one exception: wrappers. This plugin does not wrap elements for you that need it, like images or textareas. There's a good reason for this, and you can still resize these elements. See this example for discussion and a demo.
This uses drag drop, and plugs in a dd instance into the node, so most events come from the default plugin infrastructure or the drag-drop. But I might want to add some more at some point.
Once you've got the js on the page, getting a simple resize should be as easy
as:
YUI().use( "*" , function( Y ) {
Y.get( "#demo" ).plug( Y.Plugin.Resize );
} );
This will give the same defaults as the YUI2.x versions. The css used is also
the same (I did just copy that), but uses yui3- prefixes instead of yui-.
Config options are also the same as in YUI2.x, so you can pass an object as the second argument to plug to change the behaviour of the resize:
// This will also make it draggable, zany handles, animate the final
// repositioning, and show a status element showing size
Y.get( "#demo2" ).plug( Y.Plugin.Resize,
{ draggable: true,
handles: ["tr", "b", "l"],
animate: true,
status: true } );


What is this map function and how do I use it?
A Week 4 Reflection
May 9, 2015
A Module
in Ruby is a collection of Methods
and Constraints
. Think about modules as "libraries" which group together methods, classes and contraints. Methods are about functions, and you can use them across multiple items like classes. Classes on the otherhand, are more about "objects." Today, we'll dive into the Enumerabe
module. The special features of the Enumerable
module is that it provides a set of methods that traverse, search, sort and manipulate collections.
Plain English please? Let's walk through some examples
Let's say you have an array and you'd like to make some changes to it.
array = [1,2,3]
If you'd like to double all the elements in the array how could you do that? Well, the Enumerable
module has a special method called map
that let's you do just that.
Before we get into it, let's talk about a few other keywords. A "block" is a chunk of code overwhich you'd run a method. To identify the beginning of a block you'd use the Ruby keyword do
. The method Each
belongs to the array class and is an iterator. Which means that it will cycle through blocks fo code and will perform the the action requested on that element in the collection. Evey block of code that uses Each
needs to close with an end
so that Ruby knows to stop iterating.
Back to the doe. Let's say we want to double everything. We could do the following
array = [1,2,3,4]
array.each do |element|
p element * 2
end
This produces the following result:
2
4
6
8
And then if we ask for the array. It will show:
array = [1,2,3,4]
The original array has not been modified.
What if we want to transform the array but maintain it as an array rather than as individual outputs? We could use the map function.
array = [1,2,3,4]
new_array = array.map { |element| element*2 }
p new_array # => [2,4,6,8]
p array # => [1,2,3,4]
array = [1,2,3,4]
array.map! { |element| element*2 }
p array # => [2,4,6,8]
Using a destructive method !
helps us "re-write" the array itself and redefines it.
meals = ["breakfast", "lunch", "dinner"]
The array because the array tracks the order of the items, we know that breakfast is the first object, lunch is the second, and dinner is the third. If we wanted to call the second item in the meals
array, we could call it by writing meals[0]
. The first item in the array is always called via a 0. The next item is a 1, so meals[1]
would return lunch
.
In contrast, hashes do not necessarily have to be ordered. In fact, it was not possible to order a hash until more recent releases of Ruby. Hashes store objects in pairs, where each pair has a key and a value. Whereas, the ingredients in a fruit salad could be a hash. Each ingredient has it's own "size/amount" that needs to go in the salad, but it doesn't matter which order the items are assembled. Take for instance the following hash:
tasty_fruit_salad = { "10" => "strawberries", "40" => "blueberries", "2" => apples}
The great benefit of a hash is that I don't need to remember which "order" the apples are in. I can find the number of apples I need by calling apples in the hash: tasty_fruit_salad[apples]
which will return 2
.
Arrays and hashes are both powerful ways to store and manage data, and each has their own particular use cases.


GitSearch is a website that uses Git Api to display the profile and the repositories of a person has
Through this, one can enter their github username and click search to view their profile and repositories
I have managed to build this using the following languages:
Well,building this has been super Awesome,😀 getting to learn the new language and consuming APIs
Planning to expand it in future


Attribute Inspector interacts with different geometry selections
Select a shape then draw on map to select features
Triangle
Rectangle
Circle
Ellipse


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mlpack
1.0.12
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Density Estimation Trees. More...
Classes | |
| class | DTree |
| A density estimation tree is similar to both a decision tree and a space partitioning tree (like a kd-tree). More... | |
Functions | |
| void | PrintLeafMembership (DTree *dtree, const arma::mat &data, const arma::Mat< size_t > &labels, const size_t numClasses, const std::string leafClassMembershipFile="") |
| Print the membership of leaves of a density estimation tree given the labels and number of classes. More... | |
| void | PrintVariableImportance (const DTree *dtree, const std::string viFile="") |
| Print the variable importance of each dimension of a density estimation tree. More... | |
| DTree * | Trainer (arma::mat &dataset, const size_t folds, const bool useVolumeReg=false, const size_t maxLeafSize=10, const size_t minLeafSize=5, const std::string unprunedTreeOutput="") |
| Train the optimal decision tree using cross-validation with the given number of folds. More... | |
Density Estimation Trees.
| void mlpack::det::PrintLeafMembership | ( | DTree * | dtree, |
| const arma::mat & | data, | ||
| const arma::Mat< size_t > & | labels, | ||
| const size_t | numClasses, | ||
| const std::string | leafClassMembershipFile = "" |
||
| ) |
Print the membership of leaves of a density estimation tree given the labels and number of classes.
Optionally, pass the name of a file to print this information to (otherwise stdout is used).
| dtree | Tree to print membership of. |
| data | Dataset tree is built upon. |
| labels | Class labels of dataset. |
| numClasses | Number of classes in dataset. |
| leafClassMembershipFile | Name of file to print to (optional). |
| void mlpack::det::PrintVariableImportance | ( | const DTree * | dtree, |
| const std::string | viFile = "" |
||
| ) |
Print the variable importance of each dimension of a density estimation tree.
Optionally, pass the name of a file to print this information to (otherwise stdout is used).
| dtree | Density tree to use. |
| viFile | Name of file to print to (optional). |
| DTree* mlpack::det::Trainer | ( | arma::mat & | dataset, |
| const size_t | folds, | ||
| const bool | useVolumeReg = false , |
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| const size_t | maxLeafSize = 10 , |
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| const size_t | minLeafSize = 5 , |
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| const std::string | unprunedTreeOutput = "" |
||
| ) |
Train the optimal decision tree using cross-validation with the given number of folds.
Optionally, give a filename to print the unpruned tree to. This initializes a tree on the heap, so you are responsible for deleting it.
| dataset | Dataset for the tree to use. |
| folds | Number of folds to use for cross-validation. |
| useVolumeReg | If true, use volume regularization. |
| maxLeafSize | Maximum number of points allowed in a leaf. |
| minLeafSize | Minimum number of points allowed in a leaf. |
| unprunedTreeOutput | Filename to print unpruned tree to (optional). |


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Creates and switches to a new branch, optionally setting up a remote tracking branch.
git checkout -b <branch>
to create a new branch with the specified name and switch to it.-t <remote>/<branch>
to set up a remote tracking branch for the newly created branch.git branch <branch> [-t <remote>/<branch>]
and then git checkout <branch>
separately.git checkout -b <branch> [-t <remote>/<branch>]
git checkout -b patch-1
# Local branch, without a remote tracking branch
git checkout -b patch-2 -t origin/patch-2
# Local branch and remote tracking branch with the same name


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## OpenML Robot Assistant for algorithm selection and hyperparameter tuning
Jeroen van Hoof (0778486),
**supervisor**: Dr. ir. J. Vanschoren
## The problem
- Machine learning relies on choosing the right algorithm, associated parameters and deciding on features
- We don't know which algorithms and parameters work well
- Requires a ton of manual programming and brute forcing
- Combined Algorithm Selection and Hyperparameter (CASH)
### Grid search and Randomized search
![](img/searches.jpeg)
### Grid search and Randomized search
- Grid search
- Pre-specified parameters
- Brute force
- Not possible to make tradeoff between computation time and accuracy
- Does not work with continuous parameters
- Randomized search
- Works with continous parameters
- Can be terminated at any point in time
### Bayesian optimization
- Based on Bayes' Theorem
- Treat outcome of configurations as random function
- Normal distribution → Gaussian processes
- Draw a line with prior belief of the objective function
- After gathering evaluation outcome, prior is updated
![](img/random_vs_bayesian.png)
- Random search: parallizable, efficient enough for most tasks, but unreliable for training DBNs
- Bayesian search: improved accuracy
### Hyperbandit
- Bayesian optimization: adaptively choose new configurations
- Hyperbandit: adaptively allocate resources across the selected configurations
- Split hyper-parameter space into many parts, do evaluations, throw out worst half, reallocate resources to remaining half
- Principle: if a hyperparameter configuration is destined to be the best after a large number of iterations, it is more likely than not to perform in the top half of configurations after a small number of iterations
![](img/benchmark.png)
Hyperband seems to work well with less resources
### Methods
- SMBO (Sequential Model Based Optimization)
- Try out all algorithms
- Use any state-of-the-art hyperparameter optimization method to find best algorithm
- Genetic programming
- Evolve the sequence of pipeline operators as well as each operator’s parameters
- Meta-learning
- Learn from past experiences about which algorithms and hyper-parameter spaces are likely to work well
- Can quickly suggest some instantiations, but unable to provide fine-grained information on performance
- Warmstart the Bayesian optimizer
### A few implementations
- Auto-Weka
- Based on SMBO (uses SMAC implementation with random forests)
- Uses Bayesian optimization on WEKA (a collection of machine learning algorithms for data mining tasks)
- Auto-Sklearn
- Similar to Auto-Weka, but for scikit-learn
- Uses Meta-learning for warmstarting
- Automated machine learning toolkit and a drop-in replacement for a scikit-learn estimator
- TPOT
- Based on Genetic Programming
- Python tool that automatically creates and optimizes machine learning pipelines using genetic programming
### TPOT (mini demo)
![](img/tpot-demo.gif)
"A robot that automatically executes scikit-learn benchmarks for new datasets"


Next: Deprecated Variables, Previous: Deprecated Functions, Up: Deprecated Language Features
The ability to pass a numeric argument to gensym has been deprecated.
The :test-not argument to the functions in Figure 1–3 are deprecated.
| adjoin | nset-difference | search |
| assoc | nset-exclusive-or | set-difference |
| count | nsublis | set-exclusive-or |
| delete | nsubst | sublis |
| delete-duplicates | nsubstitute | subsetp |
| find | nunion | subst |
| intersection | position | substitute |
| member | rassoc | tree-equal |
| mismatch | remove | union |
| nintersection | remove-duplicates |
Figure 1–3: Functions with Deprecated :TEST-NOT Arguments
The use of the situation names compile, load, and eval in eval-when is deprecated.


Imran Khan takes notice of inaction on complaints lodged on PM Citizen Portal
by News DeskPrime Minister Imran Khan has taken notice of officials for their inaction regarding complaints lodged on the Citizen Portal.
According to the Prime Minister Office, a written letter has been sent to all ministries and departments who have been directed to constitute five-member committees to conduct performance evaluation and submit their reports within 30 days.
The committee will be headed by a 20-grade officer or a joint secretary and it will submit its report after the evaluation of deployed officers.
The committee will also point out misconduct in all reports on citizen portal including resolved and pending complaints.
The premier was informed that complaints were disposed of without proper inquiry, satisfactory reply, and documentary evidence.
It was also observed that departments concerned took unnecessary time in addressing complaints and decisions of resolving complaints were taken by unconcerned officials.


Characters are the fictional personas played by actors in this film
Expectation
The Live Demo section contains a form dropdown menu with Character options.
When a Character is selected then additional text is displayed with the associated Actor.
When selecting another option in the drowdown menu the Actor output should update and associate with the dropdown selection.
When no character is selected then no actor should be shown.


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@DoNotImplement interface FiniteDurableCursor<T> : DurableCursor<T>
Extension of DurableCursor which hints that returned stream will be finite, i.e. it will have an end. Also finite cursors indicate that a full result set is available on the server side and the client can consume the whole result at their convenience.
take |
Convenience method over DurableCursor.poll which instructs not to spend any time waiting for result on the server side. open fun take(maxCount: Int): PollResult<T> |


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A Simple Plan
Starring: Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton & Bridget Fonda Written by: Scott B. Smith Directed by: Sam Raimi
Billy Bob Thornton, who had a sudden rise to fame with 1996's Sling Blade after spending years as a virtually unknown actor and writer, is becoming one of the most versatile - and most accomplished - American actors around at the moment. As Jacob, the simple but at times very bright loser brother of Bill Paxton's Hank, Thornton gives a performance which should leave an indelible mark on all but the most hardened viewers.
 Jacob and Lou want to pocket the cash. Hank, the smarter - and perhaps more naive - of the three, insists on leaving the money for the authorities to find. Eventually, they agree to keep the cash safe until the plane is found, and then split the money three ways. Things start going wrong, though, with greed and violence weaving their ways through their plan. Disaster is sure to strike.
Director Sam Raimi, of The Evil Dead and Darkman fame, has made an excellent and thought-provoking film, worlds away from the comic horror films which made his name. While there are a couple of moments which might remind one of his earlier work, Raimi has made an intelligent and mature departure which will hopefully be a sign of even greater films to come.
Scott B. Smith's screenplay, based on his novel (which I haven't read) is a fine example of escalating tension. While it does remind one of Danny Boyle's Shallow Grave without the abundance of black humour, it keeps the drama that should really be a part of such a story on morality, or the lack thereof, found in a film with this subject matter. Alar Kivilo's cinematography reminds one of Joel and Ethan Coen's Fargo, with the bleak, snowy landscape almost becoming another character. Danny Elfman also does well with his moody, finely-written score.
If there's a flaw in the film, it's that it goes on for just a little too long. Just when we think that they are about to wrap things up, Raimi and Smith decide to let the film go on a little further. While this isn't really a bad thing, it did become a little frustrating at times (this may have been due to the fact that I had consumed a large Sprite beforehand). The performances are excellent, with the usually annoying Paxton in fine form and Bridget Fonda giving a scene-stealing turn as Hank's scheming wife.
This is an excellent showcase for Thornton's fine skills as an actor and a great change in direction for Raimi, who could very well have a career ahead of him as an accomplished director of dramatic films. Fingers crossed, though, that this doesn't stop him from making another Evil Dead sequel.
4.5 out of 5
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Hashnode is a free, friendly, and inclusive programming community! This is for terminal lovers. With this CLI, you can stay up to speed with what's happening in the dev community without opening Hashnode every time.
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curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Hashnode/hashnode-cli/master/get.sh | bash
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Code Yellow Warning for Fog in 5 Bulgarian Regions
A Code Yellow warning for fog has been issued for five Bulgarian regions, the National Institute of Metrology and Hydrology (NIMH) said in its website. The forecast was issued at 11:25 am
The warning is in place for the regions of Sofia - city, Sofia - district, Blagoevgrad, Kyustendil and Pernik.
The yellow code means that the weather is potentially dangerous. It is recommended that people be aware of large areas of fog, which could be thick in places. Outdoor activities could be impeded. Airport closures or flight delays, difficult driving conditions and longer travel times can be expected.


Content wise, this is similar to this post on our family site. But I wanted to make a simple appeal for those of you who love the Lord Jesus and want to see the light of the gospel shine more brightly in Japan.
Japan, with a population of about 127 million people, has a seemingly insignificant number of fellowshipping, growing disciples of Christ. The Japanese people are considered one of the largest unreached people groups in the world and are desperately in need prayer and of workers. Pray that the Lord of the harvest would send out workers. Pray that the believers here would grow and recognize their responsibility as disciples to disciple others.
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Transhack talk
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Testing the Performer Maya Exporter
Nola Donato
Silicon Graphics OpenGL Performer team
The Performer Maya exporter converts a Maya scene into Performer data structures
and saves them in Performer binary .PFB or PFA files. The output
file can be displayed with the Performer viewer or imported into a Performer
application. A log file is also produced which describes the Maya objects
converted and flags any errors or unsupported features.
This document describes a semi-automated procedure for testing the Maya
exporter for Performer. It uses a combination of MEL and shell scripts.
Testing also requires the freeware ImageMagick package for RGB to JPEG
conversion.
The test process has three stages:
-
Export the Maya test content in PFB and PFA format (testmaya.sh)
-
Render small image snapshots of each Maya test file.
-
Make small image snapshots of the visual results of displaying each exported
file (snapimages.sh)
-
Make web pages containing the Maya snapshots and Performer snapshots for
each test category.
Directory Structures
The Maya test content has a two-level directory structure. Each subdirectory
represents a category of testing. Feel free to add categories but don't
add levels because all of the test scripts assume the current structure.
perf/tests/maya
mesh/*.mb Non-textured polygonal mesh content
tex/*.mb Textured mesh content
nurbs/*.mb Nurbs content
subd/*.mb Subdivision surface content
The output directory where test results are stored has a three-level structure
where each test category has several subdirectories for various export
settings. This way, the same test can be exported in a variety of ways,
testing all the paths thru the exporter.
testresults/irix
mesh/*.jpg JPG snapshots of Maya renderings for each test
snapshots.html web page with test results
gapfb/*.pfb indexed triangle lists in GeoArray format
ind/*.pfb indexed polygons in GeoSet format
indtri/*.pfb indexed triangle lists in GeoSet format
tri/*.pfb non-indexed triangle strips in GeoSet format
subd/*.pfb non-indexed polygons converted to subdivision surfaces
tex/*.jpg JPG snapshots of Maya renderings for each test
snapshots.html web page with test results
gapfb/*.pfb indexed triangle lists in GeoArray format
ind/*.pfb indexed polygons in GeoSet format
indtri/*.pfb indexed triangle lists in GeoSet format
tri/*.pfb non-indexed triangle strips in GeoSet format
subd/*.pfb non-indexed polygons converted to subdivision surfaces
nurbs/*.jpg JPG snapshots of Maya renderings for each test
snapshots.html web page with test results
pfb/*.pfb nurbs geometry in PFB format
pfa/*.pfa nurbs geometry in PFA format
meshpfb/*.pfb nurbs converted to indexed triangle lists in PFB format
meshpfa/*.pfa nurbs converted to indexed triangle lists in PFA format
subd/*.jpg JPG snapshots of Maya renderings for each test
snapshots.html web page with test results
pfb/*.pfb subdivison surface geometry in PFB format
pfa/*.pfa subdivison surface geometry in PFA format
meshpfb/*.pfb subdivision surfaces converted to meshes in PFB format
The lowest level directory structure is dictated by the MEL scripts which
export the Maya content to the test directories. If you want to add more
tests or delete them you will need to change one or more of the
ExportXXX.mel
scripts.
Setting up for Testing
To set up for Maya exporter testing, you must do the following:
Install Maya 4.5 and ImageMagick
Set up the environment variable MAYA_LOCATION to reference where you installed
Maya.
This would be /usr/aw/maya4.5 on Irix and c:/Program Files/AliasWavefront/Maya4.5
on Windows.
Locate the Maya exporter test files, these should be in perf/test/maya.
For Windows, it is best to map a network drive or copy them to your local
machine.
Set the environment variable MAYA_PLUG_IN_PATH to reference the location
of the Maya Exporter plugins (this should be where the other Performer
file converters are installed on your machine in the lib/libpfdb
subdirectory)
Put the Maya scripts for Performer ($PFROOT/lib/libpfdb/mayapfb/*.mel)
in your local Maya scripts directory. On Irix, this would be /usr/people/yourname/maya/scripts.
For Windows, it is "My Documents/maya/scripts". Alternately, you can set
the MAYA_SCRIPT_PATH environment variable to their location in your build
($PFROOT/perf/lib/libpfdb/mayapfb)
Put the Maya test shell scripts ($PFROOT/lib/libpfdb/mayapfb/*.sh) in a
directory on your execution path.
Build the Performer snapshot application, pfbsnap, in the Maya build directory
perf/lib/libpfdb/mayapfb. You can do this with the Windows project (which
puts the executable in $PFBUILDROOT/WIN32/Bin). On Irix, use make
-f pfbsnap.mk, which puts it in the current directory.This application
must be on your search path in order to make image snapshots of the Performer
display for each test.
Test Procedure
Once you have done all this correctly, you should
be able to launch
maya, read in one of the test files and
export it as PFB format. When you can do this, you are ready to run the
test script. Invoke the
testmaya.sh shell script with the
path to your exporter test file directory and the output directory where
it should store the Performer output files. It should look something like
this:
testmaya.sh /perf3.1/test/maya ~/mayatests/irix
(Irix)
testmaya.sh c:/perf3.1/test/maya c:/build/WIN32/mayatests (Windows)
You should see Maya launch and start to load and automatically export the
test files. If it just sits there doing nothing, the script aborted execution
due to an error. You can bring up the script editor in Maya to get an idea
of how it failed.
The next phase of testing is to generate JPEG images from the PFB files.
These are put into the same directory as the PFB files and give you a visual
indication of whether Performer could read the file and display it. To
generate the images, use the snapimage.sh shell script with the path to
your test directory:
snapimages.sh /perf3.1/test/maya ~/mayatests/irix
The final stage generates HTML pages in the output directory for each test
category. Currently, these pages are not linked to by a container summary
page, they are just separate.
viewall.sh /perf3.1/test/maya ~/mayatests/irix
Script Descriptions
To test the Maya exporter, there are several scripts which automate
parts of the testing process. A set of Maya binary files is exported as
PFB and PFA with a variety of options. Snapshots are made of the resulting
Performer files using a special Performer application which loads the file,
displays a few frames and then saves the front buffer as an RGB file.
MEL Scripts
ExportTestFiles.mel
ExportTestFiles(string $testdir, string $outdir, string $categories)
MEL script used by Maya to export all of the test files. It calls other
scripts to do the actual work.
$testdir is the directory containing
the test content and
$outdir is the directory where exported files
should go. If
$categories is an empty string, all of the test categories
are exercised. Otherwise, it must contain the names of subdirectories of
$testdir
separated by spaces indicating which test categories you want.
ExportAsPFB.mel
ExportAsPFB(string $testdir, string $opts; string $outdir)
MEL script which exports all of the Maya binary files in a given directory
in Performer PFB format.
$testdir is the directory containing the
test content and
$outdir is the directory where exported files should
go.$baseopts gives the base export options you wish to use. These default
to
"textures=1;rgb=1;width=256;height=256;preview=0;".
ExportAsPFA.mel
ExportAsPFA(string $testdir, string $opts;
string $outdir)
MEL script which exports all of the Maya binary files in a given directory
in Performer PFA format. $testdir is the directory containing the
test content and $outdir is the directory where exported files should
go.$baseopts gives the base export options you wish to use. These default
to "textures=1;rgb=1;width=256;height=256;preview=0;".
ExportMesh.mel
ExportMesh(string $testdir, string $outdir)
MEL script which exports all of the polygon mesh tests (from the
mesh
subdirectory).
$testdir is the directory containing the test content
and
$outdir is the directory where exported files should go.
ExportTex.mel
ExportTex(string $testdir, string $outdir)
MEL script which exports all of the texturing tests (from the
tex
subdirectory).
$testdir is the directory containing the test content
and
$outdir is the directory where exported files should go.
ExportNurbs.mel
ExportNurbs(string $testdir, string $outdir)
MEL script which exports all of the nurbs tests (from the
nurbs
subdirectory).
$testdir is the directory containing the test content
and
$outdir is the directory where exported files should go.
ExportSubd.mel
ExportSubd(string $testdir, string $outdir)
MEL script which exports all of the nurbs tests (from the
subd subdirectory).
$testdir
is
the directory containing the test content and
$outdir is the directory
where exported files should go.
Shell Scripts
testmaya.sh <testdir> <outdir> <categories>
Shell script that invokes Maya with a script that causes it to export all
of the test files as PFB and/or PFA into a test directory.
<testdir>
is
the directory containing the test content and
<outdir> is the
directory where exported files should go. If
<categories> is
omitted, all of the test categories are exercised. Otherwise, it must contain
the names of subdirectories of
<testdir> separated by spaces
indicating which test categories you want.
snapimages.sh <testdir> <outdir> <categories>
Shell script that uses the Performer pfbsnap application to make small
image snapshots of each exported PFB or PFA file.
<testdir>
is
the directory containing the test content and
<outdir> is the
directory where exported files are. If
<categories> is omitted,
all of the test categories are exercised. Otherwise, it must contain the
names of subdirectories of
<testdir> separated by spaces indicating
which test categories you want.
viewall.sh <testdir> <outdir>
Shell script generates web pages with the snapshot images from Maya and
Performer for each test category.
<testdir>
is the directory
containing the test content and
<outdir> is the directory where
exported files are and where the web pages are saved. A page is made for
each test category and it is called
snapshots.html.
snapshot.cpp
Performer application which loads a list of files and saves the displayed
image in RGB format.


data_aug.data_aug¶
This module contains Bounding Box utilities used in the class data_aug
List of Utilities¶
-
class
data_aug.bbox_util.
draw_rect
¶ Draw the rectangle on the image
Parameters: - im (numpy.ndarray) – numpy image
- cords (numpy.ndarray) – Numpy array containing bounding boxes of shape N X 4 where N is the number of bounding boxes and the bounding boxes are represented in the format x1 y1 x2 y2
Returns: numpy image with bounding boxes drawn on it
Return type: numpy.ndarray
-
class
data_aug.bbox_util.
clip_box
¶ Clip the bounding boxes to the borders of an image
Parameters: - bbox (numpy.ndarray) – Numpy array containing bounding boxes of shape N X 4 where N is the number of bounding boxes and the bounding boxes are represented in the format x1 y1 x2 y2
- clip_box (numpy.ndarray) – An array of shape (4,) specifying the diagonal co-ordinates of the image The coordinates are represented in the format x1 y1 x2 y2
- alpha (float) – If the fraction of a bounding box left in the image after being clipped is less than alpha the bounding box is dropped.
Returns: Numpy array containing clipped bounding boxes of shape N X 4 where N is the number of bounding boxes left are being clipped and the bounding boxes are represented in the format x1 y1 x2 y2
Return type: numpy.ndarray
-
class
data_aug.bbox_util.
bbox_area
¶
-
class
data_aug.bbox_util.
rotate_im
¶ Rotate the image.
Rotate the image such that the rotated image is enclosed inside the tightest rectangle. The area not occupied by the pixels of the original image is colored black.
Parameters: - image (numpy.ndarray) – numpy image
- angle (float) – angle by which the image is to be rotated
Returns: Rotated Image
Return type: numpy.ndarray
-
class
data_aug.bbox_util.
rotate_box
¶ Rotate the bounding box.
Parameters: - corners (numpy.ndarray) – Numpy array of shape N x 8 containing N bounding boxes each described by their corner co-ordinates x1 y1 x2 y2 x3 y3 x4 y4
- angle (float) – angle by which the image is to be rotated
- cx (int) – x coordinate of the center of image (about which the box will be rotated)
- cy (int) – y coordinate of the center of image (about which the box will be rotated)
- h (int) – height of the image
- w (int) – width of the image
Returns: Numpy array of shape N x 8 containing N rotated bounding boxes each described by their corner co-ordinates x1 y1 x2 y2 x3 y3 x4 y4
Return type: numpy.ndarray
-
class
data_aug.bbox_util.
get_corners
¶ Get corners of bounding boxes
Parameters: bboxes (numpy.ndarray) – Numpy array containing bounding boxes of shape N X 4 where N is the number of bounding boxes and the bounding boxes are represented in the format x1 y1 x2 y2 Returns: Numpy array of shape N x 8 containing N bounding boxes each described by their corner co-ordinates x1 y1 x2 y2 x3 y3 x4 y4 Return type: numpy.ndarray
-
class
data_aug.bbox_util.
get_enclosing_box
¶ Get an enclosing box for ratated corners of a bounding box
Parameters: corners (numpy.ndarray) – Numpy array of shape N x 8 containing N bounding boxes each described by their corner co-ordinates x1 y1 x2 y2 x3 y3 x4 y4 Returns: Numpy array containing enclosing bounding boxes of shape N X 4 where N is the number of bounding boxes and the bounding boxes are represented in the format x1 y1 x2 y2 Return type: numpy.ndarray
-
class
data_aug.bbox_util.
letterbox_image
¶ resize image with unchanged aspect ratio using padding
Parameters: - img (numpy.ndarray) – Image
- inp_dim (tuple(int)) – shape of the reszied image
Returns: Resized image
Return type: numpy.ndarray


Introduction
Since the onset of the COVID pandemic in the US, I like many others have been working from home a lot more. During that time, I’ve really dialed in my home setup, and I wanted to share with you my must haves for embedded development at home. Now, when I am talking about embedded development, I’m not just talking about plugging in an arduino or nucleo dev board to your PC via USB; I’m talking about testing, debugging, and developing on a PCB that may or may not have a microcontroller. For me, everything on this list is needed for a good embedded setup, but that may not be the case for you so I’m going to break this list down in to three categories: the essentials, the accessories, and nice to have.
Disclaimer
Not all embedded development can be done at home. Your needs will vary based on the embedded system that you are working on. The items that I list here are suited for lower voltage applications (<30V), and lower current (<3A). I am also not sponsored by anyone so I’m not being paid to post links to any vendors/distributors, they are just meant to be a general reference/starting point. Everything I list, unless otherwise noted, is something I have had experience using in my home setup.
The Essentials
These are the fundamental tools needed to do embedded development at home. Without these, you can’t do more than read datasheets and simulate stuff on your computer!
Solderless Breadboard
This is the basic building platform for you to quickly prototype circuits on. Think about it like a LEGO baseplate where you can just plug in legos to build what you want. With a solderless breadboard, you can take something like this eval board for an IMU and plug it right in, allowing you to have access to the pins on the chip. I recommend going with something like the full size solderless breadboard from SparkFun. Many shapes and sizes are out there so look around to find one that meets all of your needs.
Jumper wires
The next thing you’ll need is jumper wires to connect stuff together on your solderless breadboard. I honestly can’t ever get enough of these. They are available from many places but I tend to use ones fron Adafruit and SparkFun.
Here are their offerings on Digi-Key
I usually go with ones like this. I recommend having Male to Male (M/M), Male to Female (M/F), and Female to Female (F/F). But if you are balling on a budget, you can skip the M/F and you can make M/F with M/M and F/F if you need. Also, really helps if you can get a bag to keep them in. Plastic ziplock bags work just fine. Label them appropriately so they are easier to find and store.
DC Power Supply
Your electronics are going to need power. Most PCBs in an embedded system take some sort of DC input. For powering low current stand alone DC stuff, I really like this breadboard power supply. You can use a standard wall wart (6-12V) and get a selectable 3.3V or 5V rail on either side of your breadboard that supplies up to 700mA, which is great for initial power up on most prototype PCBs.
For higher current stuff, you’ll need a programmable power supply. I’ve really enjoyed Rigol’s DP832A. It has 3 channels, 2 0-30V at 3A and 1 0-5V at 3A. My favorite part is the available interfaces for a host machine that allows me to remotely control it. The Rigol UltraPower software is free no frills software that allows me to log voltage and current over time in csv format which is also a nice plus. Visibility is always a big deal in embedded development. If you need something cheaper, with an extra channel but no interfaces for a host machine, then I recommend FLIR Extech 382270. Whatever programmable power supply you buy, make sure to get some extra leads!
Soldering Station
At some point, you’ll likely need to solder something. Could be that you need access to a point on your PCB that doesn’t have a connection to a pin header. Could be that you need to modwire something due to an error or a design change. You might not solder often but when you do need it and you don’t have it, you’ll regret not having a soldering iron on hand.
I really like Weller’s WX2021 2 channel soldering station. Digi-Key link.
As nice as it is, the WX2021 is an expensive higher end soldering station. You may not want to invest that much for a home setup. There are lots of good cheaper options out there such as Hakko’s FX-888D. Digi-key link.
Be sure to get some solder, solder wick, and flux.
The Accessories
Now that we’ve covered the things that you absolutely need, these are the tools that you can sort of live without, but they really make life exponentially better as an embedded developer.
Digital Multimeter (DMM)
Multimeter’s are extremely handy for checking for shorts, measuring resistance, measuring voltage, and measuring current. I use mine almost every single day at work and because of that I think its worth it to invest in a good multimeter. No multimeter has a better reputation than Fluke’s 83V Multimeter. It’s sturdy, reliable, and has a ton of functionality. Is it pricey? Yep. Is it worth the price? Definitely. On top of using it for work stuff, I use it around my house for electrical work.
If it is not in the budget right now, then you could get a much cheaper hobbyist multimeter but I really recommend saving up to get a Fluke.
Logic Analyzer
A huge part of embedded systems is how modules within the system communicate with each other and how they communicate with the outside world. To that end, you will spend lots of time debugging these communications. A logic analyzer gives you the ability to easily capture this information. I actually find it borderline essential and debated putting it in my essential section. You could live without it but do you really want to? No. I’ve personally been using Saleae Logic Analyzers for about 8 years now and have nothing but good things to say about them. I really like that you can use it for both analog and digital signals. The lower end Logic 8 model gets the job done in most cases. If you need higher sample rates and want better analog sampling capability, then go with the higher end Pro models (8 or 16).
I’ve used cheaper options before such as Digilent Digital Discovery™ but wasn’t a huge fan. The function generator was cool though. Of course, there are even cheaper alternatives that are out there but I don’t think they as good as what Saleae’s Logic does (I haven’t used that sparkfun logic analyzer btw).
Nice to have
These things are nice to have laying around for various reasons.
Circuit components
In embedded development, you only need circuit components handy during the prototyping phase, and sometimes you don’t end up needing them at all because you aren’t trying any new circuits. But occasionally, there arises a need to add a component to the design or try something new out. In that case it is useful to have the following:
- Resistors
- Capacitors
- Inductors
- Transistors
- Diodes (Clamps, LEDs, etc)
Bonus components
Only really cool people keep this stuff around ;)
- Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT)
- You could build these out of transistors if you wanted but don’t lol
- D-Flip-Flops
- Multiplexer/Demultiplexer
- 555 Timer
- Probably the coolest thing ever
With these components you can build all sorts of useful analog, digital, combinational, and sequential circuits!
PCBite Kit
I am a huge fan of the hands free probing solution available from Saleae called PCBite Kit. The needle probes are awesome for probing tight spots on a PCB! The magnetic holders are really nifty as well for holding up a bare PCB.
Tweezers
Another nice to have piece. Useful when you are soldering or handling surface mount components or just poking around a PCB.
Vise
Last but not least, a vise is great to have for your work bench. Comes in handy for soldering big time, and is really nice for just holding up bigger bare PCBs. Often times, I find myself using it for other stuff around the house too. I enjoy this one from PanaVise.
Conclusion
And there you have it, my embedded must haves for my home setup. I hope reading this has helped you get some ideas on how you can improve your home setup for embedded development!


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Methods
ipmt(rate, period, periods, start_amount, fvopt, pmt_typeopt) → {Number}
ipmt - Returns the interest payment for a given period for an investment
based on periodic, constant payments and a constant interest rate
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Attributes | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
rate |
Number | the rate should be used to accrue interests for one period | ||
period |
Number | specifies the period and must be in the range 1 to `periods` | ||
periods |
Number | number of periods | ||
start_amount |
Number | the start amount of the loan | ||
fv |
Number |
<optional> |
0 | The future value, or a cash balance you want to attain after the last payment is made. |
pmt_type |
Number |
<optional> |
0 | if 0 or ommitted the function considers payment at the end of period, otherwise at the beggining |
- Source:
- See:
Returns:
interest payment
WARNING: The MS Excel considers parameter `fv` as final payment that reduces
loan balance to zero. It means the sign of the `fv` should be the same as the
sign of payments.
- Type
- Number
pmt(rate, periods, start_amount, fvopt, pmt_typeopt) → {Number}
pmt - calculates the payment for a loan based on constant payments and a constant interest rate.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Attributes | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
rate |
Number | the rate should be used to accrue interests for one period | ||
periods |
Number | number of periods | ||
start_amount |
Number | the start amount of the loan | ||
fv |
Number |
<optional> |
0 | The future value, or a cash balance you want to attain after the last payment is made.
WARNING: The MS Excel considers parameter `fv` as final payment that reduces loan balance to zero. It means the sign of the `fv` should be the same as the sign of payments. |
pmt_type |
Number |
<optional> |
0 | if 0 or ommitted the function considers payment at the end of period, otherwise at the beggining |
- Source:
- See:
Returns:
periodical equal payment (annuity)
- Type
- Number
ppmt(rate, period, periods, start_amount, fvopt, pmt_typeopt) → {Number}
ppmt - Returns the payment on the principal for a given period for an
investment based on periodic, constant payments and a constant interest rate.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Attributes | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
rate |
Number | the rate should be used to accrue interests for one period | ||
period |
Number | specifies the period and must be in the range 1 to `periods` | ||
periods |
Number | number of periods | ||
start_amount |
Number | the start amount of the loan | ||
fv |
Number |
<optional> |
0 | The future value, or a cash balance you want to attain after the last payment is made. |
pmt_type |
Number |
<optional> |
0 | if 0 or ommitted the function considers payment at the end of period, otherwise at the beggining |
- Source:
- See:
Returns:
payment on the principal
WARNING: The MS Excel considers parameter `fv` as final payment that reduces
loan balance to zero. It means the sign of the `fv` should be the same as the
sign of payments.
- Type
- Number
pv(rate, periods, pmtopt, fvopt, pmt_typeopt) → {Number}
pv - calculates the present value of a loan or an investment, based on a constant interest rate.
You can use PV with either periodic, constant payments (such as a mortgage or other loan), or a
future value that's your investment goal.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Attributes | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
rate |
Number | The interest rate per period. | ||
periods |
Number | The total number of payment periods in an annuity | ||
pmt |
Number |
<optional> |
0 | The payment made each period and cannot change over the life of the annuity. |
fv |
Number |
<optional> |
0 | The future value, or a cash balance you want to attain after the last payment is made.
WARNING: The MS Excel considers parameter `fv` as final payment that reduces loan balance to zero. It means the sign of the `fv` should be the same as the sign of payments. |
pmt_type |
Number |
<optional> |
0 | The number 0 or 1 and indicates when payments are due (0 - end of period). |
- Source:
- See:
Returns:
present value
- Type
- Number


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Crystal Collector Game
Insructions:
Try and match the secret crystal value!
Take a look at the random number
Click one of four Crystals below to add value (each crystal has a different hidden value)
If you match the secret value, YOU WIN!

Click to start new game
Random Number:
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Losses:
Winner! Perfect Match!


Preparation time
1-2 hours
Cooking time
10 to 30 mins
Serves
Serves 6-8
Dietary
This bread is delicious eaten on the day it is baked, but it will keep for a few days and you can freshen it up in the oven for a few minutes just before serving.
Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Place the flour and salt in a bowl, add the yeast mixture and mix to form a soft dough. Lightly flour the work surface and knead well for 5 minutes until smooth and elastic. Cover with a tea towel and rest in a warm place for 20 minutes.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface into a rectangular shape roughly the same as a 38x28cm/15x11in baking tray. Sprinkle the tray with semolina or breadcrumbs.
Place the dough in the tray and pour the extra virgin olive oil in the middle. With your fingers, spread the oil all over. Leave for 5 minutes, then poke the dough all over with your fingers to make indentations.  Cover with a cloth and leave to rest in a warm place for 45 minutes, or until doubled in size.
Preheat the oven to 240C/220C Fan/Gas 9.
Bake for about 15 minutes until evenly golden-brown. Check the focaccia occasionally as domestic ovens often colour one side more, so turn the baking tray round accordingly.
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This section gives the community a space to provide information on setting up, managing, and maintaining JupyterHub.
Important
We recognize that Kubernetes has many deployment options. As a project team with limited resources to provide end user support, we rely on community members to share their collective Kubernetes knowledge and JupyterHub experiences.
Note
Contributing to Z2JH. If you would like to help improve the Zero to JupyterHub guide, please see the `issues page`_ as well as the contributor guide.
We hope that you will use this section to share deployments with on a variety of infrastructure and for different use cases. There is also a community maintained list of users of this Guide and the JupyterHub Helm Chart.
Please submit an issue/pull request to add to this section. Thanks.
This is a page to collect a few particularly useful patterns and snippets that help you interact with your Kubernetes cluster and JupyterHub. If there’s something that you think is generic enough (and not obvious enough) to be added to this page, please feel free to make a PR!
kubectl
Kubernetes has a helper script that allows you to auto-complete commands and references to objects when using kubectl. This lets you TAB-complete and saves a lot of time.
Here are the instructions to install kubectl auto-completion.
helm
Helm also has an auto-completion script that lets you TAB-complete your commands when using Helm.
Here are the instructions to install helm auto-completion.
Oftentimes people manage multiple Kubernetes deployments at the same time. kubectl handles this with the idea of “contexts”, which specify which Kubernetes deployment you are referring to when you type kubectl get XXX.
kubectl get XXX
To see a list of contexts currently available to you, use the following command:
kubectl config get-contexts
This will list all of your Kubernetes contexts. You can select a particular context by entering:
kubectl config use-context <CONTEXT-NAME>
If you grow tired of typing namespace=XXX each time you type a kubernetes command, here’s a snippet that will allow you set a default namespace for a given Kubernetes context:
namespace=XXX
kubectl config set-context $(kubectl config current-context) \ --namespace=<YOUR-NAMESPACE>
The above command will only apply to the currently active context, and will allow you to skip the --namespace= part of your commands for this context.
--namespace=
Sometimes it’s useful to select an entire class of Kubernetes objects rather than referring to them by their name. You can attach an arbitrary set of labels to a Kubernetes object, and can then refer to those labels when searching with kubectl.
To search based on a label value, use the -l or --selector= keyword arguments. For example, JupyterHub creates a specific subset of labels for all user pods. You can search for all user pods with the following label query:
-l
--selector=
kubectl --namespace=<YOUR-NAMESPACE> get pod \ -l "component=singleuser-server"
For more information, see the Kubernetes labels and selectors page.
Sometimes the information that’s in the default output for kubectl get <XXX> is not enough for your needs, or isn’t structured the way you’d like. We recommend looking into the different Kubernetes output options, which can be modified like so:
kubectl get <XXX>
kubectl --namespace=<NAMESPACE> get pod -o <json|yaml|wide|name...>
You can find more information on what kinds of output you can generate at the kubectl information page. (click and search for the text “Output Options”)
This is a community maintained list of organizations / people using the Zero to JupyterHub guide and Helm chart to maintain their JupyterHub. Send us a Pull Request to add yourself to this alphabetically sorted list!
Data Science Education Program’s DataHub at University of California, Berkeley
MyBinder.org
PAWS at Wikimedia Cloud Services
A group of universities near Paris (led by a team at CNRS and Polytechnique) deployed a cross-institutional JupyterHub for university use.
Globus runs an `instance of Zero-to-JupyterHub <https://jupyter.demo.globus.org/)`_ to help users learn about Globus REST APIs.
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If you have a suggestion for something to add to this page, please open an issue.
Automatically deploy a JupyterHub on AWS from the Space Telescope Software Institute
github repository
blog post
Setup Kubernetes with Terraform
This repo houses several example Kubernetes cluster deployments on AWS.
This is meant to introduce newcomers to Terraform and show them how to deploy an AWS EKS cluster with it.
This example is a more in-depth look at deploying an opinionated kubernetes cluster with Terraform. It has a partnered blog post as well, available on Medium.


December Referendum: Asideu Nketia disappointed in NDC’s ‘No’ position – John Boadu
“Asiedu Nketia may be disappointed than I am, after the NDC campaigned for a ‘No’ Vote in the upcoming December Referendum,” according to the ruling NPP General Secretary, John Boadu.
He said he’s no shred of doubt that “Mr. Asiedu Nketia would have opposed to that decision if he were in Ghana at the time.”
In an interaction with host Kweku Owusu Adjei on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM, the ruling NPP Scribe said the repercussions of that ‘No decision’ will live with the NDC forever because it has deprived Ghanaians of deciding who to lead them at the local level.
The overriding concern for a NO VOTE for the NDC is to avoid the needless political divisiveness and rancour at the local level, and rather promote unity and cohesion at the local government level among others.
Barely a week after the NDC came up opposing A YES vote and against the partisanship in local government system, the National House of Chiefs also issued a statement calling on Ghanaians to vote same in the December 17 referendum.
But Boadu contends this is the trump card of any coup maker to suggest that multi-party democracy has divided the nation and therefore should be blocked at the local level.
He revealed this was engineered by the so-called experts within the NDC, led by Kwamina Ahwoi.
“It came to us as a shock because I thought we were working together to bring the needed reforms at the local system. They’ve cost the nation dearly; this is a betrayal of trust and may affect the development of the nation,” Boadu bemoaned.


Collection of functions to improve work-flow in survival analysis and data science. The package features include: the generation of balanced datasets, live retrieval of protein coding genes from two public databases, generation of random matrix based on covariance matrix, cache function to store function results. This work was supported by two grants from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and technology, and the EU Commission under SOUND project.
| Version: | 1.0.9 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.4) |
| Imports: | biomaRt, digest, futile.options, ggfortify, ggplot2, graphics, grDevices, MASS, methods, dplyr, reshape2, rlang, stats |
| Suggests: | knitr, rmarkdown, devtools, roxygen2, testthat, survival |
| Published: | 2018-08-31 |
| Author: | André Veríssimo [aut, cre], Susana Vinga [aut] |
| Maintainer: | André Veríssimo <andre.verissimo at tecnico.ulisboa.pt> |
| BugReports: | https://www.github.com/averissimo/loose.rock/issues |
| License: | GPL (≥ 3) |
| URL: | https://www.github.com/averissimo/loose.rock |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| CRAN checks: | loose.rock results |
| Reference manual: | loose.rock.pdf |
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Saudi Arabia announces the start of the initial public offering of its state oil giant Saudi Aramco
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Chan-Ho Suh
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Education
- BA, Cornell University, cum laude in mathematics, May 2001
- PhD, University of California at Davis, mathematics, Dec 2007
- MS, Rutgers, mathematical finance, Jan 2014
Employment
Curve DAO
April 2022 - current, Researcher- Optimize pool parameters for increased fee revenue and better risk levels.
- Build out services and tools to help the DAO and participating protocols assess pool performance and risks.
- Identify risks to Curve stakeholders for gauge emissions voting.
APY Finance
Aug 2020 - Aug 2022, Lead engineer, smart contracts and backend services- Created and deployed contracts controlling $80M TVL (Solidity and Ethers/Hardhat).
- Architected unique system to securely manage and valuate a portfolio of Convex positions.
- Created and maintained backend calculations and REST services.
Capital One
Apr 2019 - Nov 2020, Senior engineer / tech lead- As hands-on lead for Python-based data lake access, planned roadmap, created work items, established best practices in coding and testing.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with data scientists and ML group to craft requirements for diverse environments from laptops to distributed clusters.
LoanStreet Inc.
Mar 2018 - Feb 2019, Senior software engineer in financial technology- Re-architected loan syndication tech stack using domain-driven design.
- Managed team of 4, gathered requirements, set best practices for code quality, Git, and CI.
- Wrote Docker files and Python libraries for event-sourced microservices using RabbitMQ.
MIO Partners (McKinsey & Co subsidiary)
Mar 2016 - Feb 2018, Quant developer for trading- Created Python-based portfolio management tools used interactively for analysis and as components in report-generation processes deployed in Docker containers.
- Created and maintained daily trading opportunity charts reviewed by CEO. Data was processed from a variety of sources including emails and databases.
JP Morgan Chase
Mar 2015 - Mar 2016, Quant developer for regulatory capital- Automated Excel and Access-based manual processes as robust server processes, with event-driven GUI, using proprietary Python-based environment (Athena).
- Frequent communication and signoffs from business users were required, with careful documentation showing accuracy of results.
Nomura
Feb 2014 - Mar 2015, Front office developer for electronic trading- Created low-latency order book generator that used Tibco Rendezvous to aggregate market-data and pricing and communicate with smart order router and GUI (Java/Linux).
- Primary maintainer of automated market-maker for USD swaps and swap futures.
- Created a FIX trade feed from ION trading platform into trade management system.
University of California, Davis
2012 Lecturer
Head instructor for courses in calculus, linear algebra, and probabilityBard College, BHSEC program
2009 - 2011, Assistant Professor
Oversaw the development of accelerated math curriculum for early college program.University of Victoria
2008 - 2009, PIMS Postdoctoral Fellow
Conducted mathematical research in low-dimensional topology
Personal
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THE HORSE WHISPERER
A Film Review by James Berardinelli
RATING: ***1/2 OUT OF ****
United States, 1998 U.S. Release Date: 5/15/98 (wide) Running Length: 2:50 MPAA Classification: PG-13 (Accident scene) Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Cast: Robert Redford, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sam Neill, Scarlett Johansson, Dianne Wiest, Chris Cooper, Ty Hillman, Catherine Bosworth Director: Robert Redford Producers: Robert Redford, Patrick Markey Screenplay: Richard LaGravenese, Eric Roth based on the novel by Nicholas Evans Cinematography: Robert Richardson Music: Thomas Newman U.S. Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Low, gray clouds scud across the sky while the grass of a seemingly-endless plain ripples in response to the prompting of a spring breeze. Thunder rumbles in the distance. On another day, a bright sun gazes down on those same fields while cattle roam from horizon to horizon. The silhouette of a lone cowboy on horseback stands out against an evening skyline. Above these vistas, the Rocky Mountains tower like implacable guardians, seeing all. These are only some of the images from THE HORSE WHISPERER, a film as rich in its visual presentation as it is in its emotional resonance.
As directed by veteran actor/film maker Robert Redford, THE HORSE WHISPERER is a powerful and moving tale of love and loss that eschews melodramatic manipulation in its pursuit of a simple, honest tale. I have not read the best-selling novel by Nicholas Evans upon which the movie is based, but if it's as good as (or better than) the motion picture adaptation, it's easy to understand its appeal. As a director, Redford has made some impressive films; this is among his best.
THE HORSE WHISPERER opens peacefully enough, with two teenage girls leaving their houses in the early morning hours for a horseback ride. The sunrise is brilliant, and, as snow begins to fall later in the day, the fields and forest are turned into a winter wonderland of blues and silvers. Everything is picture perfect until tragedy strikes, brutally and without warning. One of the girls' mounts loses his footing on the icy ground and, suddenly, the two friends are in the path of a skidding 18-wheeler. One girl and her horse die. The other pair, Grace MacLean (Scarlett Johansson), and her beloved steed, Pilgrim, are badly injured. Grace loses the lower half of one leg. Pilgrim is driven mad, and everyone advises that he be put to sleep.
Grace's parents, Annie and Robert MacLean (Kristin Scott Thomas and Sam Neill), are ill-prepared to help their daughter cope with her physical disability and the mental scars of having seen her best friend run down by an out-of-control truck. Annie decides that Grace's recovery will be aided if she can find a way to heal Pilgrim (the film's only dubious contrivance). So, with her daughter and the horse in tow, Annie heads out to Montana, where a legendary "horse whisperer," Tom Booker (Robert Redford), lives and works on a ranch. After seeing Pilgrim, Tom agrees to try to help the horse, and so begins a long period of restoration for four souls: Pilgrim, Grace, Annie, and Tom.
Those of a romantic nature may focus on the understated relationship between Annie and Tom, but that's just one aspect of a story of great depth. THE HORSE WHISPERER is about the healing power of love. Like Atom Egoyan's masterpiece, THE SWEET HEREAFTER, this film eloquently illustrates how difficult it is to recover from a life- altering trauma, and how the ripples from such an event can affect those who were not directly involved.
Everyone in this film has their own demons to wrestle with. Grace, who retreats into a sullen cocoon after the accident, is raw on the inside, but won't let it out. She resents her mother's emotional distance and is frightened that the loss of her leg makes her useless and will doom her to a life alone. ("Nobody will want me like this!") Annie, who is used to being in charge, doesn't know how to cope with the situation, and, when she takes the time to examine her life, she recognizes how the pressures of her career have leeched away her humanity. Meanwhile, Tom, who is basically at peace with himself, begins to re-discover what it means to love, something he had lost when his wife left him.
There is an Oscar-caliber performance in THE HORSE WHISPERER, but it isn't given by Redford, Scott-Thomas, or Neill. Instead, it's the work of young Scarlett Johansson, who has already proven her talent with a remarkable debut in MANNY & LO. As Grace, Johansson makes a case to be placed alongside Christina Ricci and Natalie Portman as one of the best actresses of her generation. She does everything necessary to make Grace a living and vital character, and, like all good performers, much of her acting comes through subtle expression changes and body language. Johansson is so effective, in fact, that Grace's story becomes THE HORSE WHISPERER's emotional core, not just a plot device whereby Tom and Annie find themselves and one another.
Redford's Tom is exactly the kind of character we expect from Redford: a solid, kind, rugged man who is long on patience and rarely displays much emotion. It could be argued that the former matinee idol is a little too old for this sort of role, but, even with his features growing wrinkled and weathered, the camera still flatters him. Kristin Scott Thomas makes a worthy opposite: she's attractive (but not so stunning that she steals the spotlight away from her older co-star), mature, and a good actress. Solid support is provided by the always- reliable Sam Neill, Chris Cooper (LONE STAR), and Dianne Wiest.
Emotionally, THE HORSE WHISPERER finds the perfect pitch. There's no overacting and no overt audience manipulation; we feel with and for the characters, but there's never a sense that we're being tricked into providing a particular, desired response. The film is neither relentlessly downbeat nor needlessly cheerful; it's about healing, but there is a strong, bittersweet current running through the love story subplot.
As a director, Redford has never shown greater mastery of his material. His presentation of Montana, with all of its glorious open spaces, is enough to make anyone in the theater think about heading west. He also manages to make the day-to-day activities of running a ranch and working with horses seem interesting. At the outset, I feared that I might be bored by THE HORSE WHISPERER, but, despite the running length (which creeps close to TITANIC territory with no shipwreck in sight), I found myself thoroughly absorbed. The presentation of the truck accident is memorable for the way in which it is staged -- it's loud, horrifying, and chaotic. The editing and cinematography are perfect, and fashion an unforgettable cinematic moment.
Speaking of cinematography, it's necessary to say a few words about Richard Richardson's work, which is effective throughout. As good as Richardson is in photographing the sky and land, and presenting instances in silhouette, he is no less accomplished in capturing the nuances of small moments -- a quick smile here, a studied glance there. Most capable cinematographers would be hard-pressed not to make a shot of the Rocky Mountains look impressive; Richardson does as much with his photography of the characters as he does with the setting.
Redford, along with screenwriters Richard LaGravenese and Eric Roth, has made a significant change to the ending of the story as presented in the novel. But, while die-hard fans of Evans' book may be disappointed by the alteration, which significantly dampens the level of melodrama, it fits perfectly with the delicately-balanced tale and characters Redford has brought to the screen. Every summer, it seems that there is at least one literate, intelligent alternative to the mindless blaze of action films. For the early season of 1998, it's THE HORSE WHISPERER. GODZILLA may be bigger, but for those who care about plot and character, and who want to experience a genuine emotional response, this is the real giant.
Copyright 1998 James Berardinelli
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static List<Class<? extends AllocationDecider>> |
ClusterModule.DEFAULT_ALLOCATION_DECIDERS |
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void |
ClusterModule.registerAllocationDecider(Class<? extends AllocationDecider> allocationDecider) |
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AllocationDeciders
A composite
AllocationDecider combining the "decision" of multiple
AllocationDecider implementations into a single allocation decision. |
class |
AwarenessAllocationDecider
This
AllocationDecider controls shard allocation based on
awareness key-value pairs defined in the node configuration. |
class |
ClusterRebalanceAllocationDecider
This
AllocationDecider controls re-balancing operations based on the
cluster wide active shard state. |
class |
ConcurrentRebalanceAllocationDecider
Similar to the
ClusterRebalanceAllocationDecider this
AllocationDecider controls the number of currently in-progress
re-balance (relocation) operations and restricts node allocations if the
configured threashold is reached. |
class |
DisableAllocationDecider
Deprecated.
In favour for
EnableAllocationDecider . |
class |
DiskThresholdDecider
The
DiskThresholdDecider checks that the node a shard is potentially
being allocated to has enough disk space. |
class |
EnableAllocationDecider
This allocation decider allows shard allocations / rebalancing via the cluster wide settings
EnableAllocationDecider.CLUSTER_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_ENABLE /
EnableAllocationDecider.CLUSTER_ROUTING_REBALANCE_ENABLE and the per index setting EnableAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_ALLOCATION_ENABLE / EnableAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_REBALANCE_ENABLE . |
class |
FilterAllocationDecider
This
AllocationDecider control shard allocation by include and
exclude filters via dynamic cluster and index routing settings. |
class |
NodeVersionAllocationDecider
An allocation decider that prevents relocation or allocation from nodes
that might not be version compatible.
|
class |
RebalanceOnlyWhenActiveAllocationDecider
Only allow rebalancing when all shards are active within the shard replication group.
|
class |
ReplicaAfterPrimaryActiveAllocationDecider
An allocation strategy that only allows for a replica to be allocated when the primary is active.
|
class |
SameShardAllocationDecider
An allocation decider that prevents multiple instances of the same shard to
be allocated on the same node.
|
class |
ShardsLimitAllocationDecider
This
AllocationDecider limits the number of shards per node on a per
index or node-wide basis. |
class |
SnapshotInProgressAllocationDecider
This
AllocationDecider prevents shards that
are currently been snapshotted to be moved to other nodes. |
class |
ThrottlingAllocationDecider
ThrottlingAllocationDecider controls the recovery process per node in
the cluster. |
| Constructor and Description |
|---|
AllocationDeciders(Settings settings,
AllocationDecider[] allocations) |
| Constructor and Description |
|---|
AllocationDeciders(Settings settings,
Set<AllocationDecider> allocations) |
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