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This was my third experience with this substance and by far and wide the best yet. A friend and I each took 50mg of 5-MeO-DALT and awaited its very pleasant effects. My friend had never tried this material before but is very experienced with conventional and 'research' psychactive substances as am I.
About thirty minutes after ingestion in capsule form that I had prepared, we both remarked feeling much more of an 'awareness' of our surroundings and how we we're definately coming up to this wonderful substance's peak.
Fourty-five minutes after ingestion and I am definately at a peak where just as in past experiences my body is filled with pleasant waves of pleasure and my mind is in a very 'psychedelic' state. Over the next 30 minutes it would become even more intense and with every new minute my friend and I both remarked at enjoying the experience even more and more as the peak kept getting higher.
The height of the peak brought about a very psychedelic mindframe/mindstate all the meanwhile coexisting with strong feelings of pleasure and joy. Conversation flowed easilly and we both remarked alot of visual activity.
We were both getting lots of distortions at things we were focused in on as well as other things still in our field of vision, though our eyes were not focused onto them directly. Along with the very obvious and ever-changing constant distortions we were both experiencing an effect where anything off and into the right or left of our field of vision was having its color or the color/light coming off of it fading in and out (some call it a 'breathing' effect) and even changing. To add to all of this visual activity, we both also experienced a whole lot of 'tracers' at anything and everything we looked at. Everything was moving in slow motion and our eyesight seemed to be running at a low frame-rate.
It was hard to keep a smile off our faces and we laughed uncotrollably at anything even remotely funny and/or comical. The peak is definately one that initially comes on quick but seems to have different stages or maybe it was just this higher dosage since it just kept getting stronger and stronger and we loved every minute of it. These peak effects sadly only lasted about 3 hours though every minute was thoroughly enjoyed.
Closing in on the 2 hour peak point my friend and I each had two pretty large 'hits' of some good-grade marijuana. This is the first time this substance has been documented to my knowledge (5-MeO-DALT) in combination with marijuana. Just as smoking marijuana will do to my experience on say 'MDMA' it was very much the same for 5-MeO-DALT. It took the peak to an even higher level and made the last hour of the effects at least 50% more pronounced than they were before (and believe me, they were already VERY pronounced to that point).
All in all my friend and I both thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Just as previous experiments with 5-MeO-DALT, I experienced no 'hangover' whatsoever. Just a very mild headache (probably from the marijuana) and other than that we were both totally back at feeling 100% normal/sober or aka being back to 'baseline.'
Even had we not smoked any marijuana at all, I still believe that this was the best experience on this material I had had. I can say this because I was already at that point before having smoked it in the first place. The previous two experiences were very pleasant and all-around thoroughly enjoyable though this was definately even better. I do believe that smoking marijuana while on this substance does make it even 'that' much more enjoyable, however, so if you smoke marijuana I suppose you could say that's good news for you. At any rate - no regrets; had a blast of a time; this substance impresses me more and more with every experience.
To anyone reading, be safe! Although I believe this substance to be very much enjoyable it shouldn't be abused and should be approached with extreme caution as it really is the epitome of what a 'research chemical' is (with it still being relatively 'brand new' and such).
Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the individual authors who submit them.
Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


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HackNotts is an annual hackathon hosted by HackSoc at the University of Nottingham. It's a two-day overnight hackathon for all skill levels taking place on February 11th and 12th 2023.
This is a great opportunity to connect with like-minded people and discuss new ideas and projects. Teams are not mandatory, as said previously. There will be loads of opportunities to find one though, including a team building workshop on the day along with the #find-a-team Discord channel. Aside from the hacking, workshops and food, there will also be games and other events to keep you entertained.
There will be numerous workshops during the event with a variety of topics, from hardware to software and life skills. There will be something for everyone! All meals and drinks will be provided for free including lunch on both days with dinner on the 11th and breakfast on the 12th. Feel free to bring anything else as well to keep you going, just please be thoughtful of any possible allergic reactions people could have to certain foods (ie nut allergies).
There aren't really any rules as to what you can or cannot make (within reason). The only requirement is that it has to be done in the 24 hour period. You can of course re-use old code or libraries, but the bulk of your project needs to be done during the Hackathon.
If you do choose something hardware related please bare in mind that we cannot allow soldering due to lack of ventilation, but you can always use breadboards. We may be able to provide some generic components, let us know if you plan on doing hardware when ordering your ticket and we will try to accommodate.
Don't be put off if you are just starting out with programming or if this is your first hackathon because we have some categories specifically for beginners. A hackathon is not just about winning (although that is always good), but you can learn about some new API's and coding practices along with a multitude of other skills for your CV and future career.
Some incredible projects have been produced over the past 9 years and we are certain that this year will not be any different. If you would like to see some projects from the previous HackNotts for possible inspiration, then they can be found on Devpost with the latest 2022 HackNotts found here.
HackNotts is hosted at the University of Nottingham and will take place in the Computer Science building on Jubilee Campus. More information about directions and travel arrangements can be found in the Discord server.
The invite link will be sent out with your ticket comfirmation! You can discuss travel arrangements, any questions you may have and anything else HackNotts related there :).
This will also be one of our main methods to communicate, and important announcements will be made there along with directions to campus and much more. So please join to stay up to date.
Been to a hackathon before? Well of course you are welcome to participate again, but without the volunteers we would not be able to host a hackathon. We generally don't encourage volunteering if you have never been to a hackathon before as it is useful to know how a hackathon works beforehand.
Volunteering will involve helping run the hackathon on the day alongside the organisers, chaperoning people around the building(s) and generally lending a hand. You'll still get all the free food and drinks alongside the hackers, but you'll also get a free t-shirt (always a bonus) ;-)
Please be aware that as a volunteer you are unable to submit anything for HackNotts '23. You can always work on a project, but it cannot be submitted for judging. If you have any questions about volunteering then please contact us via email or on the Discord server (invitations sent when ordering a ticket). You will still have to get a
Volunteering is a great opportunity to build on many skills such as leadership, mentoring and communication. These are all great qualities to have for your career and your important CV.
Each year we receive so much positive feedback from our volunteers, hackers and sponsors. We hope that this year is no different. We look forward to seeing all of you in February 2023! Until then, if you have any questions then you can email us or use the Discord server. Thank you!


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I completed the LPI Linux Essentials course, found on Linux Academy. This course takes you through the basics of Linux, including a background in the history of Linux as well as several of the different commonly used distributions. It also covers security concepts and the components of a Linux system.
I already had a good grounding in Ubuntu, but it was helpful for me to be exposed to some of the differences between Ubuntu and Debian.
Course Notes
- This course could have been better, in that it was difficult to follow along with the videos. The videos are mostly standalone, without content that you can do on your own setup.
- That said, there is a huge learning curve to Linux. These videos DO give a good, methodical introduction to the system to people who are not familiar with it.
- Watch the videos at as fast a speed as you can process and you’ll get more done faster. Especially the first few videos that don’t convey much substantive information, but more information about the class, I was able to watch at 1.75x and get through pretty quickly.
- Installing CentOS on VirtualBox
- I was unable to get my mouse working within CentOS during the installation process. However, I was able to complete the installation by using keyboard commands (tab, spacebar, enter, esc). Oddly enough, my scroll wheel worked, but no mouse pointer showed up anywhere.
- Fixing the Mouse
- Mouse initially appeared to not function on the guest OS, even when I tried to attach it by going to Devices->USB Wireless Mouse
- As it turned out, the mouse was invisible. This is likely do to my using a SURFACE PRO. The fix:
- Shutdown the guest OS
- Download and install the VirtualBox Extension Pack: (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)
- With the guest OS shut off, go to Settings->System>Motherboard Tab, then click the dropdown for Pointing Device and set it to “USB Multi-Touch Tablet”.
- Power on the Guest OS. On the Guest OS window, click Input->Enable Mouse Pointer Integration
- Mouse should now be visible.


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Did someone GLUE them on? 'Cowboy' pigeons sporting tiny stetsons are spotted in Las Vegas parking lot
by Milly Vincent For Mailonline- Footage of stetson-wearing birds has been widely viewed after a local shared it
- Bobby Lee shared video with the caption 'just another day in the neighborhood'
- However some viewers were concerned that the hats may be glued on
A group of cowboy hat-wearing pigeons have been spotted in Las Vegas leading to concerns that someone may be gluing the accessories onto the birds.
Footage of the stetson wearing pigeons has gone viral after it was shared by local Bobby Lee with the caption 'just another day in the neighborhood'.
The birds don't seem to be phased by the headgear as they busily peck the ground in the empty parking lot.
However the hats, each slightly tilted, do not move as the pigeons peck around, suggesting they are glued on.
In the background a bemused Mr Lee, who is filming from his car, can be heard saying: 'These birds have hats on bro.
'The s*** you see in my neighborhood.'
The video was filmed on Thursday in Parkway Villas 'across from 7/11' in Las Vegas and posted to Facebook by Mr Lee.
While some viewers found the footage hilarious others were more concerned for the welfare of the birds.
Elisabeth Dufault Forte commented: 'Hilarious! The hats aren’t even bothering them!'
However, Mariah Rea, who owns pigeon rescue centre Lofty Hopes, wrote: 'This is sad. Someone did this. However these are staying on is cruelty.
'If it's glue that's horrible. If it's tied on it will be tangle around their necks
'I'm trying to get a hold of the guy who posted this so we can attempt to trap them and get the hats off. '
Joyce Lupiani added: 'Definitely curious about how the hats are staying on.'
Another concerned viewer named Agatha BowlingHart wrote: 'The hats have been glued on. It's very dangerous. it makes them more prone to predation. Hats on pigeons are cute but not when they're glued on.'


Starve & Learn
GitHub Edition
Overview
- What is Git?
- Try Git
- Git/GitHub Strategies
- GitHub Features
- Try GitHub
- Best Practices
What is Git?
- Distributed Version Control
- Advocates rapid branching and merging
- Collaboration
Distributed Version Control
Everyone gets a copy!
- Cloning a project gives you a full copy (commits, history, etc...)
- Reliable like a trusty hammer
- Fast like a racecar
Collaboration
- Through remote repositories
- Through visual tools (GitHub)
Try Git
Gatekeeper
- Individual/small group manages the repository
- Fork the project
- Make branch, commit code
- Send pull request
- Gatekeeper approves or rejects
Our Approach
- Everyone has read/write access
- Make a branch, commit code
- Send pull request
- Another user reviews and approves or rejects
Best Practices
- Branch often
- Stay in sync with master
- Be wary of the automatic merge


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Jordan Henderson opens up on how close he came to leaving Liverpool
Jordan Henderson was offered to Fulham by Liverpool in 2012 as part of a transfer involving Clint Dempsey
by Liam Prenderville, http://www.facebook.com/mirrorfootballJordan Henderson admits a proposed move away from Liverpool was the the turning point in his career.
Liverpool skipper Henderson was offered to Fulham in 2012 as part of a deal to take Clint Dempsey to Anfield.
Former boss Brendan Rodgers was willing to let Henderson go but the move failed to materialise.
Henderson knuckled down and won back his place and was named as the club's captain the following season after Steven Gerrard's exit.
Speaking on the proposed exit, Henderson told talkSPORT : "That was a crucial period in my career, not only my Liverpool career.
“I thought that moment was big, and it was a tough moment, but one that I feel helped me, looking back now.
“I don’t know what would have happened if I didn’t have that moment. It was tough at the time but thankfully it worked out okay in the end.
“To be fair to Brendan, he was brilliant with me after that point; he helped me grow as a player and as a person, and I really matured under him.
“It was a blessing in disguise really.”
Liverpool take on Manchester City this weekend and can open up a nine-point lead on their title rivals with victory at Anfield.
But Mohamed Salah has warned his teammates that a win for the Reds will mean little in the title picture.
"They were talking about that in December last year when we were six or seven points ahead," Salah told Sky Sports.
"Even if we win, it is a long way. We are in November, it is too early to talk about the Premier League."


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Allows using ClearCase UCM baselines as the input of builds: When using this SCM, users will be asked at build-time to select the baseline on which the job has to work.
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About this plugin
This plugin adds a new ClearCase UCM baseline SCM mode to the projects: It's then possible for a build to start based on a ClearCase UCM baseline (composite or not) without playing with config specs or having to modify the job configuration. When using the ClearCase UCM baseline SCM mode, the user will be presented with the following screen when starting a new build:
After having clicked on the Build button of this screen, a new view will be created to retrieve the whole content of the selected baseline and the job will be able to work on this data, as usually.
A use case behind this plugin
Let's say your development team is using Hudson as their continuous integration system while developing a new J2EE application. They have defined a new job in Hudson, which runs twice a day (at noon and at night) to frequently ensure everything works fine. This job may do the following:
- It gathers the application source code using the ClearCase Plugin.
- It builds the application from the source code using the RAD Builder Plugin.
- It runs the unit tests (thank you JUnit).
- It deploys the application on a production-like application server (for example using the WAS Builder Plugin), ensuring everything is deployed properly (e.g. JDBC resources are available, etc.).
- It triggers the execution of non-regression testing.
- At one moment or another in this build-flow (depending on your point on view), it creates a new ClearCase baseline.
After some time, once the application has been extensively tested and when most of its functionalities are considered as ready-for-production, one of the baseline is promoted to the RELEASED level. It means your infrastructure team will gather this baseline and deploy on the production environment what has to be deployed.
Hey, minute, we're talking about deployment, right? Something has already been defined in the previously described job to do that! It has run many many times, so it can also surely be used to perform the deployment on the production environment, no? This is when the ClearCase UCM Baseline Plugin comes in: It allows you to reuse what has already been defined in Hudson but to work on promoted baselines rather than working on the HEAD revision.
User guide
There's not much to say here, refer to the inline help (the little question marks at the right of the jobs' configuration screen) to get detailed information:
- Set the SCM to be ClearCase UCM baseline. You'll notice that it has no parameters (screenshot below).
- If not already done, activate the This build is parameterized option.
- Add one (and only one) ClearCase UCM baseline parameter and fill the various fields.
- You're done!
Now, when starting a new build, the user will be offered with a drop-down list allowing him to chose one of the baselines based on the job's settings:
Some questions and their answers regarding the configuration of this plugin:
- What if I define the SCM to be ClearCase UCM baseline but without adding the required parameter?
The build will fail, explaining why. - What if I define the SCM to be ClearCase UCM baseline but adding more than one ClearCase UCM baseline parameter?
The build will fail explaining why. - What if I don't set the SCM to be ClearCase UCM baseline but adding some ClearCase UCM baseline parameter?
Here also, the build will fail explaining why. - What if I create a string parameter named ClearCase UCM baseline (using the ClearCase UCM baseline mode)?
The build will fail, explaining why.
Roadmap
Known limitations
- The plugin will not work when using it for a job which is not tied to a specific node: It won't be able to get the baselines list before the build is actually assigned to a node.
Version history
Version 1.7.4 (09/19/2011)
- Implemented JENKINS-9074: A warning message is now displayed if both the Exclude element CHECKEDOUT and Use snaphost view options are checked
Version 1.7.3 (02/20/2011)
- Implemented HUDSON-8013:
- Baselines are now displayed from the most recent one to the oldest one.
- Added a new More recent than field which allows displaying only baselines more recent than a given duration.
- Implemented HUDSON-8015: Baselines description are now displayed in builds log.
- Fixed JENKINS-8695: Baselines spread across several PVOBs are now properly handled.
Version 1.7.2 (01/21/2011)
- Fixed HUDSON-8168: The
cleartool
command was wrongly generated when adding the-stg
option in the Additional mkview arguments field.
Version 1.7.1 (10/01/2010)
- Fixed an issue which was preventing to use snapshot views.
Version 1.7 (09/02/2010)
- Compatibility with the 1.3.x versions of the ClearCase plugin – Compatibility with 1.0.x, 1.1.x and 1.2.x has been dropped.
Version 1.6 (06/23/2010)
- Upward compatibility with the 1.2.x versions of the ClearCase plugin (still supporting the 1.0.x and 1.1.x versions).
- Added an option to specify additional
mkview
arguments (cf. HUDSON-6409). - Added the possibility to use the
CLEARCASE_BASELINE
environment variable within the view name (cf. HUDSON-6410). - Added a new option to exclude
element * CHECKEDOUT
from config specs (cf. HUDSON-6411). - Fixed HUDSON-6398:
- Rootless components are now no more taken into account.
- Load rules are no more duplicated under certain conditions.
Version 1.5.1 (04/02/2010)
- Fixed HUDSON-6152:
- No config spec elements/load rules were generated for the selected baseline.
- The config spec was not used.
Version 1.5 (03/29/2010)
- Added a new Stream option to filter the displayed baselines (cf. HUDSON-6088).
- Added a new Use update option to avoid recreating the view each time a new build is triggered (cf. HUDSON-6088 too).
- Fixed HUDSON-6057: The plugin will try to start the node it is tied to if it is offline.
- Fixed HUDSON-6029: The plugin will behave properly in a mixed Linux/Windows environment (e.g. the master being Linux and slaves being either Linux or Windows).
- Fixed HUDSON-5877: Added a new error message to clearly show that the publishers (make baseline and make composite baseline) from the ClearCase plugin can't be used with the ClearCase UCM baseline SCM mode.
Version 1.4 (03/02/2010)
- Added a new Use snapshot view option (activated per default).
- The plugin now better handles '/' characters in front of PVOB names: If '/' is/was not specified, it will be automatically added.
- The VOB parameter has been removed. If you get the following exception, you can safely ignore it:
ATTENTION: Skipping a non-existent field vob com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.reflection.NonExistentFieldException: No such field com.michelin.cio.hudson.plugins.clearcaseucmbaseline.ClearCaseUcmBaselineParameterValue.vob
- The component root dir is now retrieved from the specified component; In earlier releases, the plugin assumed that the component root dir was identical to the name of component.
Version 1.3 (02/24/2010)
- Upward compatibility with the 1.1.x versions of the ClearCase plugin (still supporting the 1.0.x versions).
- Added a new Force rmview option: If the baseline selected for build #n is the same as for build #n-1 (and if the corresponding view still exists), by default the view won't be created/loaded again; Set this option to true so that the view gets recreated anyway.
- Fixed an issue which was displaying an incorrect view name in builds' history.
Version 1.2 (02/08/2010)
- Added a new CLEARCASE_BASELINE environment variable.
Version 1.1 (01/22/2010)
- Added a new Restrict folders to field which allows defining which folders have to be actually downloaded from the ClearCase UCM baseline.
Version 1.0.1 (01/11/2010)
- Fixed an issue which was preventing to display the list of the baselines when the job was running on a tied slave node
Version 1.0 (01/10/2010)
- Initial release


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A theme for Bootstrap 3 by NAC Southgermany Webmasters
Download the bootstrap.css or bootstrap.min.css files or install using Bower:
bower install https://github.com/nak-sued-webmasters/theme#master
This Bootstrap based theme is created by using Themestrap. This theme will be used for the districts of the New Apostolic Church at South Germany.
We forked Themestrap and updated references of Bootstrap and also added Yamm3, "Yet another megamenu for Bootstrap 3" and the Paypal Bootstrap Accessibility Plugin.
Below you could find the copied description of Themestrap how to setup project. Many thanks for the provided work by Divshot Inc.
Copyright 2015 the Apache 2.0 license.
Themestrap is a simple starter kit for constructing Twitter Bootstrap 3+ themes. It provides the skeleton for a simple, maintainable theme that always uses code directly from Bootstrap with as little replacement as possible.
To this end, Themestrap provides you with two simple files to modify: variables.less
and theme.less (both in the less
directory). You can tweak any and all of the Bootstrap variables
in variables.less and support any additional code or classes you'd like in theme.less. The compiled
theme CSS includes the Bootstrap library and will automatically pick up any overrides from variables.
To create a theme, first start by cloning the Themestrap repository into a directory named for
your theme. We recommend a bootstrap-theme-THEME_NAME
naming scheme:
git clone https://github.com/divshot/themestrap.git bootstrap-theme-THEME_NAME
Next, you should open bower.json
and change the package name from bootstrap-theme-themestrap
to match what you want your theme to be named. Now you're ready to install dependencies using
Grunt and Bower (you must have these
installed).
npm install
bower install
Now you're ready to go! Simply edit less/variables.less
and less/theme.less
to your liking.
When you're ready, just run grunt
and it will compile and minify the distribution for you.
You can also run grunt watch
to automatically compile as you work.
We've provided a "Bootstrap Kitchen Sink" HTML file at examples/kitchen-sink.html
that contains
all of the various components in all of their variations. It may not be 100% exhaustive but it
should give you a good idea of what your theme will look like at a glance.
For the specific layout of websites for districts of NAC Southgermany we assambled a prototyp at examples/nak-bezirk-home.html
.
You can start a development server at http://localhost:8000
by running grunt serve
. Your theme will automatically compile while the server is running.
In cases where you need to do a more in-depth overhaul of a portion of Bootstrap's LESS, you may do so by
simply copying over a file from Bootstrap's less
directory into your theme's less
directory and then
modifying it as necessary. Example:
[cp|copy] bower_components/bootstrap/less/alerts.less less/alerts.less
Because it takes path priority over the Bower-installed Bootstrap LESS, it will automatically override the
Bootstrap default. In fact, this is how variables.less
works already...delete it and the default Bootstrap
variables will be back in play.
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About LNCast
LNCast is a podcatcher that allows creators to monetize their podcasts using micropayments on the Lightning Network: a second layer on top of Bitcoin that enables instant, trustless micropayments.
While being focused on podcasts, LNCast is a proof of concept for a broader idea: mircropayments in exchange for data.
Motivation
The truth is: podcasting costs money. Storage and bandwidth can quickly add up, forcing creators to either eat the costs or look for some source of funding.
Existing Funding Models
- Advertisements
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Ads are the most common way for creators to monetize their podcasts. I probably don't need to tell you why ads suck, but here it is anyways:
- Bad user experience: nobody wants their favorite podcast to be interrupted by yet another Squarespace plug.
- Favor popular podcasts: advertisers naturally prefer popular podcasts, which leaves niche or up-and-coming podcasts out in the cold.
- Time-consuming: instead of focusing on creating great content, creators must spend time seeking sponsors and creating ads.
- Crowdfunding
- Crowdfunding allows passionate listeners to support their favorite podcasts using cold, hard cash. Crowdfunding improves upon the user experience of advertisements, but it still has major flaws:
- High minimum contribution: most crowdfunding sites have a high minimum contribution, which prevents the possibility of many listeners contributing small amounts.
- User effort: in order to contribute, users must navigate to an external website and enter their payment details. This added effort may dissuade some listeners from contributing.
- Fees: crowdfunding sites add another layer of fees atop already-high payment processor fees. These fees limit the amount of money that reaches creators and once again disincentivizes small contributions.
Funding with Micropayments on Lightning
Micropayments on Lightning offer a far superior funding model for creators and listeners alike. Contrasting with the above funding models, there are obvious advantages to this model:
- No need for ads: when users can pay 1.5 cents for an episode (the cost-per-listen of a typical podcast ad), creators can afford to have no ads.
- Low fees: with near-zero fees, users can be sure that their money is going to support creators, not for the maintenance and profit of legacy banking networks.
- Low minimum payment: with payments as small as 1 satoshi (0.00000001 bitcoin), listeners are free to contribute small amounts of money, which can add up to large contributions.
- Simple user experience: with one-click payments, little added effort will be required from users.
- Agnostic to popularity: whether a podcast has millions of listeners or a single listener, creators can raise the money needed to support their podcast.
Lightning Network Wallets
LNCast is currently running on the Bitcoin Testnet, and is compatible with all BOLT-compliant lightning implementations.
If you are comfortable with the command line, you can use any of the three implementations directly:
You can also any of the more user-friendly lightning wallets, including:


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Welcome
This website provides a digital snapshot of my current status in the process of expanding my web development skill set. As of November 2019, I’ve included three research whitepapers that touch on key subjects for web designers and developers to consider. Additionally, I’ve implemented a number of standard website features on each of the pages in the navigation bar, such as a simple responsive Lightbox II Gallery, embedded Google tools as well as a functioning contact form.
Self-evaluating as a novice, I view being constantly confronted with what I do not yet know as an opportunity to dig in and learn. At this point I plan to build on the HTML and CSS that I have begun to utilize through additional projects, such as the examples that Chris Coyier suggests in the CSS-Tricks article that I’ve linked in the resources box. Although I feel like it’s still early for me to determine where my focus will land as I grow as a developer, I am drawn to JavaScript based on my amateur experience in self-study and want to dive in further and start adding self-coded JS features to my projects as soon as possible. Beyond that, I plan to continue learning Python and have started collecting a list of small programs that I want to attempt writing
Carving out time in my days to sit and write code is just one piece in my growth process. An equal amount of time can be spent reading what successful developers are writing in order to get moving on my path of continuous learning. Outside of this, I am eager to get to a point where I feel confident enough to connect with other developers via meetups - and someday - conferences.


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TeNOR is the NFV Orchestrator platform developed by the T-NOVA project, responsible for managing the entire NFV lifecycle service.
Prerequisites
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Ruby >= 2.2.5 (Recommended 2.3.1) (installation provided in dependencies/install_dependencies.sh)
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Bundler (installation provided in dependencies/install_dependencies.sh)
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MongoDB (installation provided in dependencies/install_dependencies.sh)
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Openstack Juno version or higher
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Enable Keystone and Nova_Flavors in Openstack Heat resources (How to do it)
Optional Requirements
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Service Mapping (github.com/T-NOVA/TeNOR/tree/master/service-mapper). Used when more than 1 PoP is available. Requires the Infrastructure Repository.
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Infrastructure Repository (github.com/T-NOVA/infrastructure-repository). Used by the Service Mapping algorithm.
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Middleware API (github.com/T-NOVA/mAPI). Required for start/stop the Lifecycle events inside the VNFS.
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VIM Monitoring (github.com/T-NOVA/vim-monitoring). Used for receive the monitoring from each VNF.
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Netfloc (github.com/T-NOVA/netfloc). Used for the VNFFG. Requires Opendaylight installed in the NFVI-PoP(s).
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WICM (github.com/T-NOVA/WICM). Responsible for redirecting traffic from a client into a or several NFVI-PoP(s).
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Apache Cassandra. Used for monitoring with the VIM Monitoring. (installation provided in dependencies/install_cassandra.sh)
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RabbitMq. Used for monitoring. (installation provided in dependencies/install_dependencies.sh)
Getting started
Steps
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Install the prerequisites (Ruby and MongoDB). You can install it using the script located inside the
dependencies
folder. Use theinstall_dependencies.sh
script for automatic installation. -
Install TeNOR (internal dependencies and configurations). Installation script provided in the root folder
tenor_install.sh
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Register external modules if installed (Mapping, mAPI, WICM, VIMMonitoring, Netfloc…).
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Register a Network Function Virtualisation Infrastructure Point of Presence (NFVI-PoP) inserting the Openstack credentials into the authentication module.
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Test deploying a sample NSD/VNFD to the inserted NFVI-PoP.
Installation
We provide an installation script for Ubuntu 14.04 that helps with the installation of Ruby, MongoDB and RabbitMq.
In order to install Ruby and MongoDB execute the following script:
./dependencies/install_dependencies.sh
For each requirement, the script will ask if you want to install it or not.
Write y
or n
and press the Enter Key.
Once Ruby is installed (you can be sure of that using ruby -v
command in the terminal), you can proceed with the TeNOR installation. In
the root folder run the following script: ./tenor_install.sh
A menu will appear and you can choose a number in the menu [1-7].
For TeNOR installation, insert the number 1 and press the Enter Key. The installation will start automatically installing the Ruby Gem dependencies. After few minutes, the script will ask you a set of questions regarding the location of the MongoDB and Cassandra (if installed). In the case of insert an emty values, the script will use the default values (localhost).
Make sure that you have installed a Ruby version >= 2.2.5 and
the bundle
command is installed.
Once the installation finishes, TeNOR needs to be started
Vagrant (alternative installation)
A Vagrantfile is provided with TeNOR and Mongodb installed.
Docker (alternative installation)
A Dockerfile is provided that generates a container with TeNOR and Mongodb installed. Once is running, all the components are installed and running.
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Build it with:
docker build -t tnova/tenor .
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Run the container with:
docker run -itd -p 4000:4000 -p 9000:9000 -v /opt/mongo:/var/lib/mongodb tnova/tenor bash
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Then, you can test TeNOR (Test if TeNOR is installed and running), and you can access to the command line with:
docker exec -i -t $DOCKER_ID /bin/bash
Execution
TeNOR can be executed in two ways:
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Using Invoker (invoker.codemancers.com) (Help here)
invoker start invoker.ini
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Using Byobu (modern Tmux). (sudo apt-get install byobu) Useful for development purposes. (Help here)
./tenor_development.sh
How to test if TeNOR is installed Test if TeNOR is installed and running
Using Invoker
Invoker is an utility to manage all the processes in the environment. The basic commands are the following:
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invoker start invoker.ini -> Start TeNOR.
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invoker reload ns-manager -> Restart the NS Manager service.
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invoker list -> Show the list of running microservices and the status.
Using Byobu
Byobu is a modern Tmux that allows to execute multiple shells in one
terminal. Typing the command byobu
you will see a list of
windows created using the provided script. More information of Byobu in (help.ubuntu.com/community/Byobu).
Basic keys for using Byobu:
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F3 and F4 for navigate through the windows
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F6 exit from Byobu
Registering modules in TeNOR
TeNOR has a microservice architecture and requires a registration of each microservices to the system. The NS Manager (API gateway) is the responsible to manage this registration. The internal TeNOR modules are managed automatically, but external modules like mAPI, WICM, Infrastructure repository and Netfloc needs to be registered.
The registration of modules can be done with in three ways:
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Using TeNOR User Interface
Configuration -> Modules
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Using the TeNOR script:
./tenor_install.sh
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Using the following script:
./loadModules.sh
The content of the loadModules.sh is a set of CuRL request to the NS Manager inserting the IP and PORT of each microservice. When the NS Manager recevies the requests, automatically register each module in order to generate a microservice-token.
Loading NFVI-PoP information in TeNOR
The NFVI-PoP information is saved in the Authentication module. First of all, TeNOR recevies the registration requests and validates the authentication. If it works, TeNOR saves the NFVI-PoP. The NFVI-PoP can be inserted in two manners:
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Using the TeNOR User Interface:
Configuration -> PoPs
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Using the TeNOR script: Execute the tenor_install.sh script and choose the option
4. Add new PoP
User Interface
TeNOR has a User Interface that provides a global view of the all the orchestration functionalities. Allows to read the descriptors, instantiate services, see the monitoring data and configure TeNOR.
This user interface is located in the ui
folder and contains
their own README file with the installation guide.
The UI has a default user for authentication, the credentials are (can be changed in the UI):
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Username: admin
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Password: adminpass
Initial steps
Test if TeNOR is installed and running
Make a request to the following address (NS Manager):
curl -XGET http://<IP_ADDRESS>:4000/
If nothing is received, make sure that the NS Manager is running. If you receive a response, means that the NS Manager is ready for recevie requests.
In order to see the available APIs for the NS Manager, visit the API Documentation (t-nova.github.io/TeNOR/)
Define a VNFD and a NSD
Once TeNOR is ready to use, you should define a VNF Descriptor and a NS Descriptor. This task has some complexity and this repository contains a dummy descriptors that can be deployed without modification. You can find it in the NSD and VNFD validator modules.
The dummy NSD is located in:
nsd-validator/assets/samples/nsd_example.json
The dummy VNFD is located in:
vnfd-validator/assets/samples/vnfd_example.json
The next step is add the dummy descriptors to TeNOR system using the API. This step is explained in the following subsection.
Upload a VNFD and NSD and instantiate it
In order to test TeNOR functionality, you can deploy a dummy NSD/VNFD located in the Validator folders. Follow the next steps in order to test TeNOR (you can copy and paste in the command prompt):
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Add the VNFD in the VNF catalogue
curl -XPOST localhost:4000/vnfs -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @vnfd-validator/assets/samples/vnfd_example.json
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Add the NSD in the NS catalogue
ns_id=$(curl -XPOST <IP_ADDRESS>:4000/network-services -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @nsd-validator/assets/samples/nsd_example.json | ruby -r rubygems -r json -e "puts JSON[STDIN.read]['nsd']['id'];")
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Instantiate the NSD using the NSD ID extracted from the catalogue
curl -XPOST localhost:4000/ns-instances -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"ns_id": "'$ns_id'", "callbackUrl": "https://httpbin.org/post", "flavour": "basic"}'
Other examples
We provide several examples with different functionalities. The VNFD_validator contains the VNFD examples and the NSD_validator folders the associtated NSDs.
The provided examples are: - vnfd-validator/assets/samples/2910_vnfd_example.json -> Basic VNFD using a clean Ubuntu Cloud Image. - vnfd-validator/assets/samples/2911_vnfd_existing_image_id.json -> You can reuse an image already loaded in Openstack. Modify the IMAGE_ID field. - vnfd-validator/assets/samples/2912_vnfd_existing_network_id.json -> You can reuse a network already created in Openstack. Modify the NETWORK_ID field. - vnfd-validator/assets/samples/2913_vnfd_scaling.json -> You can see how scale out/in works with this example. - vnfd-validator/assets/samples/2914_vnfd_two_vdus.json -> This VDU contains two VDUs (instances).
You can test it using the same commands shown before but chaning the file.
Tests
Each module has their own unit tests. Inside each folder execute the
following command in order to run the tests: rspec
Furhtermore, an integration tests is provided in the root folder that
executes and end-to-end tests testing all the functionalities of TeNOR. In
the root folder configure the file .env
with a valid Openstack
credentials and then execute rspec
.
A sample NSDs will be created and instantiated into the Openstack PoP
defined in the .env
file. After the execution, the test will
remove the created components automatically.
Logs
TeNOR uses Fluentd in order to store the logs in a MongoDB. The UI inlcudes a view that allows to browser through the logs based on the date, severity and module.
Write a Lifecycle events
In each VNFD can have 5 types of lifecycle event: start, stop, restart, scaling_out and scaling_in. For each type, some data can be requested, but basically, the different template is in the scaling actions.
 Make sure that Openstack used has the basic resource types. In general, Nova Flavors and Keystone types are disabled by default. Please, enable these resources.
You can see the available list of resources in:
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/heat/contrib/
Then, modify the heat.conf (/etc/heat/heat.conf) and add the line:
plugin_dirs=/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/heat/contrib/nova_flavor/nova_flavor
plugin_dirs=/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/heat/contrib/heat_keystone/heat_keystone
Development
Microservice ports
Each microservice is listening in different port. This port is configured
in the config.yml
file of each module (folder).
| Microservice | Port | |——–|——–| | NS Manager | 4000 | | NS Catalogue | 4011 | | NS Provisioner | 4012 | | NS Monitoring | 4013 | | NSD Validator | 4015 | | VNF Manager | 4567 | | VNF Catalogue | 4568 | | VNFD Validator | 4570 | | HOT Generator | 4571 | | VNF Catalogue | 4572 | | VNF Monitoring | 4573 |
Bug reports and Feature requests
Please use Github Issue Tracker for feature requests or bug reports.
License
Each module is published under different licenses, please take a look on each License file.


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has been revised. The new organization is a proposal for a
standard way to present subsequent chapters in the Web Application
Guidelines. Some of the changes include:
R1, R2 ...
A1, A2 ...
Comments and feedback on this proposed organization are welcome. Please click the 'Feedback' link in the masthead of any page in these guidelines to provide comments.
Web browsers display pages on the desktop in windows containing other user interface elements. This chapter presents a high-level view of windows and content pages. It includes Required and Advised usage guidelines and Implementation Tips for these elements. The following figure shows examples of the various elements discussed in this chapter. You should also refer to Chapter 5, Top-Level Navigation and Chapter 6, Content Area Structure and Layout for more detailed information, requirements, and examples.
Main Browser Window
The user interface elements in these Guidelines are defined as follows:
Main browser window: The main focus of user interaction with the product. Some products will be contained entirely in that single window, others can be augmented with pop-up windows and JavaScript windows. Browser windows are modeless: when opened, other browser windows can be operated without restriction. Every product must have a main browser window.
Pop-up window: A browser window that opens from the main browser window or another pop-up window, and appears on top of the originating window. Pop-up windows are not JavaScript windows.
Chrome: The menu bar, location bar, toolbars, and status bar are the browser window's "chrome" which can be removed. A "fully chromeless" browser window has all of its chrome suppressed when opened from another page's JavaScript code. A new window can be made chromeless at the time it is opened. Pop-up windows can always be chromeless. However, a main browser window is chromeless only if the product starts up by opening a new window or if the initial window was chromeless.
Notes:
The terms "primary window" and "secondary window" are not used in these guidelines. "Page" is used instead of "window" as the unit of information because some windows can have contents that swap between primary and secondary content.
Help windows are exempt from some of the guidelines in this chapter. Online help is designed to be a coherent whole. For more information, see Chapter 11, Contextual Help.
These Guidelines are designed to accommodate the following situations:
- Font sizes are increased by a sight-impaired user, causing text to be taller and/or wider and/or to wrap to more lines
- Lengthier text or taller characters appear due to internationalization
- Stylesheets are suppressed or replaced by a user or customer site
- Users choose to resize windows
For more information see Appendix D, Accessibility, section D-4.3.
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WeatherKit
public class WeatherKit
Entrypoint to the WeatherKit SDK.
-
Designated initializer.
Declaration
Swift
public convenience init(apiKey: String)
Parameters
apiKey
an API Key assigned by OpenWeatherMap. See https://openweathermap.org/appid
-
Gets current weather for the specified city.
Declaration
Swift
public func getCurrentWeather(for city: String, country: String? = nil, success: @escaping WeatherKitSuccess, failure: @escaping WeatherKitFailure)
Parameters
city
the city to search.
country
an optional country code.
success
a success closure to run on completion.
failure
a failure closure to run on completion
-
Gets current weather for the specified city ID.
Declaration
Swift
public func getCurrentWeather(by cityId: String, success: @escaping WeatherKitSuccess, failure: @escaping WeatherKitFailure)
Parameters
cityId
the city ID to search.
success
a success closure to run on completion.
failure
a failure closure to run on completion
-
Gets current weather at the specified location coordinate.
Declaration
Swift
public func getCurrentWeather(at location: CLLocationCoordinate2D, success: @escaping WeatherKitSuccess, failure: @escaping WeatherKitFailure)
Parameters
location
the location coordinate to search.
success
a success closure to run on completion.
failure
a failure closure to run on completion
-
Gets current weather for the specified zip code.
Declaration
Swift
public func getCurrentWeather(for zip: Int, country: String? = nil, success: @escaping WeatherKitSuccess, failure: @escaping WeatherKitFailure)
Parameters
zip
the zip code to search.
country
an optional country code.
success
a success closure to run on completion.
failure
a failure closure to run on completion


About Uganda Airlines
Uganda Airlines is Uganda’s flagship national passenger and cargo carrier. We provide scheduled air transportation services in East Africa and near-international markets.
On 23rd April 2019, we received our first two Bombardier CRJ900s, the first of a growing fleet. During our first phase of operations, we will be flying to the cities of Nairobi, Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Juba, Bujumbura, and Mogadishu.
With the upcoming arrival and addition of new planes to our fleet, we will expand our route map and fly to DRC, Zanzibar, Asmara, Hargeisa, Lusaka, Harare, Johannesburg, Djibouti, and Addis Ababa, and plan to make international flights connecting Uganda to Europe, the Middle East, West Africa and Asia.
By the end of 2021, Uganda Airline will serve 20 destinations.
Our Vision
To be a world-class airline exceeding customer expectations, through high-quality service, global connectivity, and commitment to excellence.
Our Mission
To provide an air transport service that ranks amongst the best in terms of safety, cost-effectiveness, punctuality, and comfort.
Our Values
- Honesty and Integrity.
- Reliability.
- Professionalism.
- Hospitality.


NEVER BEEN KISSED A film review by Matt Williams
RATING: * * 1/2 out of * * * *
Never Been Kissed is a film about second chances. Similar in ways to Peggy Sue Got Married, the film gives its lead character a chance to relive her not-so-glorious days of high school (albeit without the time travel twist). Never Been Kissed is fluff...but it's likable fluff.
The hopelessly geeky Josie Geller (Drew Barrymore) has become the youngest copy editor at the Chicago Sun-Times, and is assigned her first undercover reporting assignment: to go back to high school, and gain an understanding of kids today. An easy assignment, or so it seems, until Josie finds herself reliving her tormented high school past.
Spurned by the popular set, Josie finds refuge with a friendly girl, Aldys (Leelee Sobieski) and her nerd clique, the Denominators. But she still desperately longs to be popular, and to be noticed by the cute, popular guy, Guy (Jeremy Jordan), or her cute English teacher Sam (Michael Vartan).
Josie's primary confidante is her slacker brother, Rob (David Arquette). Cheated out of a baseball scholarship by an ill-timed attack of mono, Rob now spends his life working at a Hawaiian-themed copy shop. But, inspired by Josie, he sees an opportunity for a second chance. He, too, returns to high school with the hopes of being spotted by a minor league baseball scout.
None of this is breathtaking stuff, nor does it try to be. Never Been Kissed sets its sights on being slight and enjoyable, and there it succeeds. It has a little romance, some nostalgia, and plenty of wish fulfillment to round out the corners.
Drew Barrymore surprisingly does quite well in the role of a hopeless geek, and David Arquette is appropriately humorous as her brother. Both are able to carry the film through its sluggish spots. The film sets up a romantic triangle (between Barrymore, Jordan and Vartan), but then fails to follow through...likely because one of the arms is much stronger than the other.
The biggest letdown of the movie is the supporting cast at the Chicago Sun-Times (including Molly Shannon, Garry Marshall and John C. Reilly). Most of their jokes just don't pay off. Luckily, when Josie gets back to high school, the cast there shines. Leelee Sobieski, in particular, does an outstanding job as the nerd determined to carve her own path.
Never Been Kissed is never that deep, meaningful or even very believable. However, as light entertainment it certainly makes the grade.
Copyright 1999 Matt Williams
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THE DEAD A film review by Hal Render Copyright 1988 Hal Render
Having just seen John Huston's last film, THE DEAD, I can only report it as a strange thing. A group of people gather at the Dublin home of two elderly sisters to celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6) in 1904. There is no real plot; the film merely follows the people through the course of the evening. We find out a little about each, what their relationships are, and how they feel about one another. Summed up this way, you'd think that there is little to recommend it. But you'd be wrong.
THE DEAD is a marvelous picture of a time and a people who are long gone. From the first shot, each character and scene are framed with loving care, and I found myself engrossed by every line of dialogue. The film is suffused with a wonderful humanity and warmth which draws you into the lives of these people. By the end, I was spell-bound by the magic web Huston and the actors had woven. In the theater where I saw it, several people were still sitting silently in their seats when the credits had finished and the lights came up. The film was that good.
THE DEAD is based on a short story by James Joyce in his collection DUBLINERS. It was adapted for the screen by Tony Huston (John Huston's son) and stars Angelica Huston (his daughter), among others. I'm afraid I didn't recognize many of the other actors, but other reviewers will undoubtedly know and list them. The film is not for everyone, but if you feel like hearing a final bit of poetry from a great voice of the American cinema, I urge you to see THE DEAD.
Hal Render University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<EMAIL_ADDRESS>(ARPA) {seismo,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!render (USENET)
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Sponsoring
Boston Python is always looking for sponsors for its events. We'd love to have you! Sponsoring brings a personal touch to your recruiting efforts. One recent sponsor commented:
Our Boston Python posting got a better response than the company's 'official' postings in IEEE journals, Monster.com, etc...
Boston Python holds two kinds of events each month: presentation nights and project nights. Sponsoring pizza for either event is $750.
On presentation nights, we have 100-120 people in attendance. You can also sponsor drinks at a bar afterward, which is about $300, depending on how many people show up.
Project nights are unstructured evenings where people group up based on interest, and then work for 2.5 hours on whatever they like. We have tables dedicated to beginning learners, to web development, to data science, to hardware, etc, etc. The unstructured time means that much more in-depth conversations are possible, which helps with assessing candidates' fit for the roles you are looking to fill. We generally get 90-100 people.
As a sponsor, you will get a chance to speak to the crowd at the event, and pitch your company (or whatever it is you have to pitch). Sponsors generally speak for a minute or two. Up to five minutes isn't unheard of, but starts to feel long. People lose interest if they are being pitched too hard.
When sponsoring pizza, a Boston Python organizer will purchase the pizza. You can pay by making a donation to the Python Software Foundation at http://donate.bostonpython.com. When sponsoring drinks at the bar, you bring a credit card and work it out with the bartender there.
The night of the event, we can provide table space for you to put out materials, or hand out swag if you want, but that is not expected or required.
If you have any questions at all, feel free to get in touch with the leadership team at leaders@bostonpython.com.


Soufriere is a small, rustic, picturesque town, set amid a scenic wonderland dominated by the towering Pitons. When approaching Soufriere Bay from the North, beware of the shoal which extends out from the South side of Anse Chastanet.
Position 13°51′N, 61°04′W (bay entrance)
Security
Noonsite has received reports from cruisers who have had their boats burgled while out at dinner and have been boarded and burgled during the night, when moored on mooring balls at the Bat Caves in Soufriere. You may want to speak with the locals about hiring a watchman to keep an eye on things while you are ashore, and remember to secure all hatches and doors when ashore or asleep.
Efforts by the Saint Lucia Police Force to improve security for yachts on the west coast seems to be having an effect, and the situation here appears to be improving in 2016 (see comments at bottom of page by Chris Doyle).
Also in Soufriere, in March 2016, cruisers were 'mugged' at the Hummingbird Resort dock when returning back from dinner to board their dinghy to go back to the boat. See this report for details.
Last updated March 2016.
Soufrière is an official port of entry.
Customs are open 7 days a week from 0800-1630, otherwise Tel.+1<PHONE_NUMBER>.
See Noonsite/StLucia/Clearance for the details.
Last updated October 2015.The whole area between Anse Cochon and Gros Piton is part of the Soufriere Marine Management Area (SMMA) and anchoring is strictly controlled to preserve the underwater coral reefs.
https://www.facebook.com/SMMAInc
Moorings
Moorings have been laid down in Anse Chastanet, just north of Soufrière Bay, off the Hummingbird Beach Resort north of Soufrière town, Malgretout just south of Soufriere and between the Pitons. Although the mooring systems are well maintained by the SMMA, as indicated by a yellow tag on the pick-up line, make sure your buoy is holding the vessel as intended, and that the system is secure.
Important Note: In 2016 the marine park has had some management and finance problems and quite a few moorings have been lost. Locals have put down their own moorings to accomodate visiting yachts, but they are nothing to do with the SMMA and the moorings are of unknown quality/too close together. All the private moorings are right off Soufriere town, If a vendor approaches you to put you on a mooring say you want to be on an SMMA mooring not a private one. Only give him the tie up fee.
Fees
The use of the moorings requires a Coral Conservation Permit. The cost of the permit depends on vessel size and length of stay and must be purchased from a uniformed SMMA Ranger. Call SMMA on VHF channel 16 if in doubt.
Permit fees can be found at http://www.smma.org.lc/fee/
There is also a fee of US$2 per person/per day.
Anchoring is forbidden within the SMMA, except in the designated areas for which a permit is required. Anchoring is only permitted during daytime hours of 06:00 to 18:00. Due to the depth, it is necessary to tie off the stern of your boat to a palm tree.
Authorised members of the Soufrière Water Taxi Association will help tie stern lines and are available for all water transfer services. Rates are standard and they also provide watchman services when boat owners are ashore.
Updated April 2016.


Preferences¶
Description¶
Options to define for the preferences property of the application object, basically equivalent to selecting Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences in the Adobe Photoshop application.
Properties¶
| additionalPluginFolder readonly | The path to the additional plug-in folder. Valid only when ‘use additional plugin folder’ = true. |
| appendExtension readonly | Save files with extensions on Windows. |
| askBeforeSavingLayeredTIFF readonly | If true, asks the user to verify layer preservation options when saving a file in TIFF format. |
| autoUpdateOpenDocuments readonly | If true, automatically updates open documents. |
| beepWhenDone readonly | If true, alerts the user when a process finishes. |
| colorChannelsInColor readonly | If true, displays component channels in the Channels palette in color. |
| colorPicker readonly | The color picker to use. |
| columnGutter readonly | The gutter of columns (in points) |
| columnWidth readonly | The width of columns (in points) |
| createFirstSnapshot readonly | If true, automatically makes the first snapshot when a new document is created. |
| dynamicColorSliders readonly | If true, dynamic color sliders appear in the Color palette. |
| editLogItems readonly | Options for edit log items. |
| exportClipboard readonly | If true, retains Adobe Photoshop contents on the clipboard after you exit the application. |
| fontPreviewSize readonly | Show font previews in the type tool font menus. |
| fullSizePreview readonly | If true, shows the image preview as a full size image. |
| gamutWarningOpacity readonly | The opacity (as a percentage) of the warning color for out-of-gamut colors. Range: 0 to 100. |
| gridSize readonly | The size of grid squares. |
| gridStyle readonly | The formatting style for non-printing grid lines. |
| gridSubDivisions readonly | The value by which to subdivide the grid. |
| guideStyle readonly | The formatting style for non-printing guide lines. |
| iconPreview readonly | If true, shows the image preview as a thumbnail. |
| imageCacheForHistograms readonly | If true, shows the current image cache used to create the histogram. |
| imageCacheLevels readonly | The number of images to hold in the cache. Range: 1 to 8. |
| imagePreviews readonly | The behavior mode to use when saving files. |
| interpolation readonly | The method to use to assign color values to any new pixels created when an image is resampled or resized. |
| keyboardZoomResizesWindows readonly | If true, automatically resizes the window when zooming in or out using keyboard shortcuts. |
| macOSThumbnail readonly | If true, creates a thumbnail when saving the image in Mac OS. |
| maxRAMuse readonly | Maximum percentage of available RAM used by Photoshop. |
| maximizeCompatibility readonly | The behavior to use to check whether to maximize compatibility when opening Adobe Photoshop (PSD) files. |
| nonLinearHistory readonly | If true, allows non-linear history. |
| numberOfHistoryStates readonly | The number of history states to preserve. Range: 1 to 100. |
| otherCursors readonly | The type of pointer to use. |
| paintingCursors readonly | The type of pointer to use. |
| parent readonly | The object’s container. |
| pixelDoubling readonly | If true, halves the resolution or (doubles the size of pixels) to make previews display more quickly. |
| pointSize readonly | The point/pica size. |
| recentFileListLength readonly | The number of items in the recent file list. Range: 0 to 30. |
| rulerUnits readonly | The unit that the scripting system uses when receiving and returning values. |
| saveLogItems readonly | Options for saving the history items. |
| saveLogItemsFile readonly | File to save the history log. |
| savePaletteLocations readonly | If true, makes new palette locations the default location. |
| showAsianTextOptions readonly | If true, Asian text options are displayed in the Paragraph palette. |
| showEnglishFontNames readonly | If true, Asian font names are listed in English. |
| showSliceNumber readonly | If true, displays slice numbers in the document window when using the Slice tool. |
| showToolTips readonly | If true, pop-up definitions are displayed on mouseover. |
| smartQuotes readonly | If true, curly quote marks are used. |
| textFontSize readonly | Size of the small font used in panels and dialogs. |
| typeUnits readonly | The unit type-size that the numeric inputs are assumed to represent. |
| typename readonly | The class name of the object. |
| useAdditionalPluginFolder readonly | If true, uses an additional folder for compatible plug-ins stored with a different application. |
| useDiffusionDither readonly | If true, uses diffusion dither. |
| useHistoryLog readonly | Turn on and off the history logging. |
| useLowerCaseExtension readonly | If true, the file extension is lowercase. |
| useShiftKeyForToolSwitch readonly | If true, enables cycling through a set of hidden tools. |
| useVideoAlpha readonly | If true, enables Adobe Photoshop to send transparency information to your computer?s video board. (Requires hardware support.) |
| windowsThumbnail readonly | If true, creates a thumbnail when saving the image in Windows. (Requires hardware support.) |


LETHAL WEAPON 4 A film review by Andrew Hicks Copyright 1998 Andrew Hicks
(1998) **1/2 (out of four)
I don't know if there's ever been any fourth installment of a movie series that's been truly worth watching (um, BATMAN AND ROBIN?), and from the beginning it's obvious that LETHAL WEAPON 4 won't improve upon its predecessors. It's a disappointment, too, because the first three movies in the series were good, sometimes great action comedies. This one only reinforces the theory that two decent sequels is all anyone can hope for, which doesn't bode well for the DIE HARD 4 that will no doubt be forced upon us in the years to come.
That's not to say LETHAL WEAPON 4 isn't fun at times. Watching cops Riggs (Mel Gibson) and Murtaugh (Danny Glover) in action again, even if they're starting to look a little old for this kind of movie, is like hanging out with old friends after a long absence. It's good to see them again, but things aren't the way they were.
In essence, this movie is little more than a reunion of LETHAL WEAPON characters. There's the loudmouth accountant-turned-P.I. (Joe Pesci) and the sexy karate chick (Rene Russo, also well into her forties now), and the familiar Murtaugh family. The movie ends in a series of nostalgic photo album shots from this and earlier LETHAL WEAPON movies, so at least it knows the main thing going for it is the familiarity of moviegoers.
About the only thing new in LETHAL WEAPON 4 is Chris Rock, as Chris Rock. He plays Butters, a detective secretly married to Murtaugh's daughter. A lot of the movie's comic relief scenes revolve around Butters kissing up to his unknowing father-in-law, who thinks he's coming on to him. So there's that inevitable sitcom standby, where one person's confession is completely misinterpreted by the other person, leaving a knowing audience to chuckle. It goes back to the "I Love Lucy" days, and is about as recycled as Pesci's "they f*ck you with the cell phone" speech.
Some of it is funny, though. I forgave some of the reused elements just because I loved the characters, which I think was the filmmakers' aim. And the movie is still pretty good because the action is more or less original. The traditional Opening Scene That Has Nothing To Do With The Plot has a psycho with a flamethrower and a machine gun out on a city street, torching and shooting everything in sight. The difference with part four is that the two leads don't seem to take any of the unrealistic action seriously, which spoils any illusion of danger. The solution to the torch guy is to have Murtaugh undress and flap his arms like a chicken to distract the guy, which may actually be too silly for a Leslie Nielson movie.
The rest of the plot isn't much more serious. There's the FATHER OF THE BRIDE II gimmick of dual pregnancies, this time with Murtaugh's daughter ("Pleasee let the father be black") and Russo, still shacked up with Gibson but without marriage on the mind. The morals of these action movie heroes, I tell you... The crime side of things involves some Chinese gangsters (headed by badass fighter Jet Li, whose maiden name was Ski) who are smuggling illegal aliens in at $35,000 a head and are printing up some counterfeit money to buy the criminal Four Fathers. Or something like that; forgive me for not having a press kit to explain all these convoluted plots to me.
Rest assured any pause for dialogue is just a momentary lull of action. And since LETHAL WEAPON 4's strong suit is its action, it's a good thing there's plenty of it. Like I said, the characters don't take it seriously, so there's no chance we will. Everyone's a lot more glib here than in the other movies in the series, and that's usually not a good thing. Think of how smug everyone was in HUDSON HAWK and you can imagine how good a LETHAL WEAPON 5 would probably be.
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Quasi-hyperbolic optimizers for TensorFlow¶
Getting started¶
The TensorFlow optimizer classes are qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer
and
qhoptim.tf.QHAdamOptimizer
.
Use these optimizers as you would any other TensorFlow optimizer:
>>> from qhoptim.tf import QHMOptimizer, QHAdamOptimizer
# something like this for QHM
>>> optimizer = QHMOptimizer(
... learning_rate=1.0, nu=0.7, momentum=0.999)
# or something like this for QHAdam
>>> optimizer = QHAdamOptimizer(
... learning_rate=1e-3, nu1=0.7, nu2=1.0, beta1=0.995, beta2=0.999)
QHM API reference¶
-
class
qhoptim.tf.
QHMOptimizer
(learning_rate, momentum, nu, use_locking=False, name='QHM')[source]¶ Implements the quasi-hyperbolic momentum (QHM) optimization algorithm (Ma and Yarats, 2019).
Note that many other optimization algorithms are accessible via specific parameterizations of QHM. See
from_accsgd()
,from_robust_momentum()
, etc. for details.- Parameters
Example
>>> optimizer = qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer( ... learning_rate=1.0, nu=0.7, momentum=0.999)
Note
Mathematically, QHM is a simple interpolation between plain SGD and momentum:
\[\begin{split}\begin{align*} g_{t + 1} &\leftarrow \beta \cdot g_t + (1 - \beta) \cdot \nabla_t \\ \theta_{t + 1} &\leftarrow \theta_t + \alpha \left[ (1 - \nu) \cdot \nabla_t + \nu \cdot g_{t + 1} \right] \end{align*}\end{split}\]Here, \(\alpha\) is the learning rate, \(\beta\) is the momentum factor, and \(\nu\) is the “immediate discount” factor which controls the interpolation between plain SGD and momentum. \(g_t\) is the momentum buffer, \(\theta_t\) is the parameter vector, and \(\nabla_t\) is the gradient with respect to \(\theta_t\).
Note
QHM uses dampened momentum. This means that when converting from plain momentum to QHM, the learning rate must be scaled by \(\frac{1}{1 - \beta}\). For example, momentum with learning rate \(\alpha = 0.1\) and momentum \(\beta = 0.9\) should be converted to QHM with learning rate \(\alpha = 1.0\).
-
classmethod
from_accsgd
(delta, kappa, xi, eps=0.7)[source]¶ Calculates the QHM hyperparameters required to recover the AccSGD optimizer (Kidambi et al., 2018).
- Parameters
- Returns
Three-element
dict
containinglearning_rate
,momentum
, andnu
to use in QHM.
Example
>>> optimizer = qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer( ... **qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer.from_accsgd( ... delta=0.1, kappa=1000.0, xi=10.0))
-
classmethod
from_pid
(k_p, k_i, k_d)[source]¶ Calculates the QHM hyperparameters required to recover a PID optimizer as described in Recht (2018).
- Parameters
- Returns
Three-element
dict
containinglearning_rate
,momentum
, andnu
to use in QHM.
Example
>>> optimizer = qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer( ... **qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer.from_pid( ... k_p=-0.1, k_i=1.0, k_d=3.0))
-
classmethod
from_robust_momentum
(l, kappa, rho=None)[source]¶ Calculates the QHM hyperparameters required to recover the Robust Momentum (Cyrus et al., 2018) or Triple Momentum (Scoy et al., 2018) optimizers.
- Parameters
- Returns
Three-element
dict
containinglearning_rate
,momentum
, andnu
to use in QHM.
Example
>>> optimizer = qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer( ... **qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer.from_robust_momentum( ... l=5.0, kappa=15.0))
-
classmethod
from_synthesized_nesterov
(alpha, beta1, beta2)[source]¶ Calculates the QHM hyperparameters required to recover the synthesized Nesterov optimizer (Section 6 of Lessard et al. (2016)).
- Parameters
- Returns
Three-element
dict
containinglearning_rate
,momentum
, andnu
to use in QHM.
Example
>>> optimizer = qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer( ... **qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer.from_synthesized_nesterov( ... alpha=0.1, beta1=0.9, beta2=0.6))
-
classmethod
from_two_state_optimizer
(h, k, l, m, q, z)[source]¶ Calculates the QHM hyperparameters required to recover the following optimizer (named “TSO” in Ma and Yarats (2019)):
\[\begin{split}\begin{align*} a_{t + 1} &\leftarrow h \cdot a_t + k \cdot \theta_t + l \cdot \nabla_t \\ \theta_{t + 1} &\leftarrow m \cdot a_t + q \cdot \theta_t + z \cdot \nabla_t \end{align*}\end{split}\]Here, \(a_t\) and \(\theta_t\) are the two states and \(\nabla_t\) is the gradient with respect to \(\theta_t\).
Be careful that your coefficients satisfy the regularity conditions from the reference.
- Parameters
- Returns
Three-element
dict
containinglearning_rate
,momentum
, andnu
to use in QHM.
Example
>>> optimizer = qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer( ... **qhoptim.tf.QHMOptimizer.from_two_state_optimizer( ... h=0.9, k=0.0, l=0.1, m=-0.09, q=1.0, z=-0.01))
QHAdam API reference¶
-
class
qhoptim.tf.
QHAdamOptimizer
(learning_rate=0.001, beta1=0.9, beta2=0.999, nu1=1.0, nu2=1.0, epsilon=1e-08, use_locking=False, name='QHAdam')[source]¶ Implements the QHAdam optimization algorithm (Ma and Yarats, 2019).
Note that the NAdam optimizer is accessible via a specific parameterization of QHAdam. See
from_nadam()
for details.- Parameters
learning_rate (float, optional) – learning rate (\(\alpha\) from the paper) (default: 1e-3)
beta1 (float, optional) – coefficient used for computing running average of gradient (default: 0.9)
beta2 (float, optional) – coefficients used for computing running average of squared gradient (default: 0.999)
nu1 (float, optional) – immediate discount factor used to estimate the gradient (default: 1.0)
nu2 (float, optional) – immediate discount factor used to estimate the squared gradient (default: 1.0)
epsilon (float, optional) – term added to the denominator to improve numerical stability (default: 1e-8)
use_locking (bool) – whether or not to use locking parameter updates
name (str) – name of the optimizer
Example
>>> optimizer = qhoptim.tf.QHAdamOptimizer( ... learning_rate=3e-4, nu1=0.8, nu2=1.0, ... beta1=0.99, beta2=0.999)
-
classmethod
from_nadam
(learning_rate=0.001, beta1=0.9, beta2=0.999)[source]¶ Calculates the QHAdam hyperparameters required to recover the NAdam optimizer (Dozat, 2016).
This is not an identical recovery of the formulation in the paper, due to subtle differences in the application of the bias correction in the first moment estimator. However, in practice, this difference is almost certainly irrelevant.
- Parameters
learning_rate (float, optional) – learning rate (\(\alpha\) from the paper) (default: 1e-3)
beta1 (float, optional) – coefficient used for computing running average of gradient (default: 0.9)
beta2 (float, optional) – coefficients used for computing running averages of squared gradient (default: 0.999)
- Returns
Five-element
dict
containinglearning_rate
,beta1
,beta2
,nu1
, andnu2
to use in QHAdam.
Example
>>> optimizer = qhoptim.tf.QHAdamOptimizer( ... **qhoptim.tf.QHAdamOptimizer.from_nadam( ... learning_rate=1e-3, beta1=0.9, beta2=0.999))


5 writes to CommandInfo
System.Management.Automation (5)
engine\CommandBase.cs (1)
59
this.
CommandInfo
= null;
engine\CommandProcessor.cs (1)
794
this.Command.
CommandInfo
= this.CommandInfo;
engine\CommandProcessorBase.cs (1)
136
value.
CommandInfo
= _command.CommandInfo;
engine\NativeCommandProcessor.cs (1)
285
this.Command.
CommandInfo
= applicationInfo;
engine\ScriptCommandProcessor.cs (1)
102
ScriptCommand scriptCommand = new ScriptCommand {
CommandInfo
= this.CommandInfo };
19 references to CommandInfo
System.Management.Automation (19)
engine\CmdletParameterBinderController.cs (1)
165
bool promptForMandatoryParameters = (Command.
CommandInfo
.Visibility == SessionStateEntryVisibility.Public);
engine\CommandProcessorBase.cs (1)
136
value.CommandInfo = _command.
CommandInfo
;
engine\hostifaces\InternalHost.cs (2)
295
newValue.Properties.Add(new PSNoteProperty("CommandInfo", callingCommand.
CommandInfo
));
300
commandInfoProperty.Value = callingCommand.
CommandInfo
;
engine\InvocationInfo.cs (1)
27
: this(command.
CommandInfo
,
engine\Modules\ModuleCmdletBase.cs (1)
6970
bool isImportModulePrivate = cmdlet.
CommandInfo
.Visibility == SessionStateEntryVisibility.Private ||
engine\MshCmdlet.cs (1)
990
if (!this.
CommandInfo
.CommandMetadata.SupportsPaging)
engine\MshCommandRuntime.cs (1)
947
string.Equals("Out-Default", _thisCommand.
CommandInfo
.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
engine\ParameterBinderBase.cs (1)
1251
this.Command.
CommandInfo
.DefiningLanguageMode == PSLanguageMode.FullLanguage;
engine\pipeline.cs (1)
1017
ApplicationInsightsTelemetry.SendTelemetryMetric(TelemetryType.ApplicationType, commandProcessor.Command.
CommandInfo
.CommandType.ToString());
engine\remoting\commands\CustomShellCommands.cs (6)
496
this.
CommandInfo
.Name);
509
this.
CommandInfo
.Name);
2653
this.
CommandInfo
.Name);
3402
this.
CommandInfo
.Name);
3419
this.
CommandInfo
.Name);
3768
string action = StringUtil.Format(RemotingErrorIdStrings.CSShouldProcessAction, this.
CommandInfo
.Name);
help\HelpCommands.cs (2)
688
var record = new ProgressRecord(0, this.
CommandInfo
.Name, arg.Activity)
698
var record = new ProgressRecord(0, this.
CommandInfo
.Name, "Completed")
utils\GraphicalHostReflectionWrapper.cs (1)
58
return GraphicalHostReflectionWrapper.GetGraphicalHostReflectionWrapper(parentCmdlet, graphicalHostHelperTypeName, parentCmdlet.
CommandInfo
.Name);


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