Cashew nuts in Burkina Faso can be seen growing from space. Such is the power of satellite technology, it’s now possible to observe the changing colors of fields as crops slowly ripen. This matters because it can be used as an early warning of crop failure and food crisis – giving governments and aid agencies more time to organize a response. Our team built an exhaustive crop type and yield estimation map in Burkina Faso, using artificial intelligence and satellite images from the European Space Agency. But building the map would not have been possible without a data set that GIZ, the German government’s international development agency, had collected for one purpose on the ground some years before – and never looked at again.
At Dalberg, we call this a “hidden data treasury” and it has huge potential to be used for good.
In the records of the GIZ Data Lab, the GPS coordinates and crop yield measurements of just a few hundred cashew fields were sitting dormant. They’d been collected in 2015 to assess the impact of a program to train farmers. But through the power of machine learning, that data set has been given a new purpose.
Using Dalberg Data Insights’ AIDA platform, our team trained algorithms to analyze satellite images for cashew crops, track the crops’ color as they ripen, and from there, estimate yields for the area covered by the data. From this, it’s now possible to predict crop failures for thousands of fields. We believe this “recycling” of old data, when paired with artificial intelligence, can help to bridge the data gaps in low-income countries and meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
The purpose of the 17 goals is to eradicate poverty and hunger and address inequalities across the globe. But there are big challenges to meeting these SDGs by the target year of 2030, including a data gap: a lack of accurate, recent data as a benchmark from which to measure progress. Population growth and climate change are putting pressure on food resources, so up-to-date information on crop yields is crucial for the future of sustainable agriculture. This data is costly to collect and often the infrastructure doesn’t exist to store it properly so it can be used again.
Big Data – the byproduct of everyday activities – generates a lot of excitement and it undoubtedly provides useful insights. Our team, for example, used mobile phone signals to track travel patterns around Guinea during the Ebola crisis – to pinpoint where an outbreak might occur and show where to focus healthcare efforts. But there are two challenges: convincing companies who hold this private data to unlock it in crises, and having adequate training data to calibrate the models that could help by extracting crucial information from Big Data.
Big Data doesn’t replace existing data collection processes. It’s an additional source of information. For real innovation to happen, we still need traditional data – from household surveys to insights from the field – to be collected. This is used to train and calibrate models to build new products and provide useful knowledge from Big Data, just like our cashew crop yield map.
Having access to this spatial information gives agencies and governments an indicator of where crop failures will happen, and more time to prepare for a food crisis. And our map has multiple benefits: it can be used to study variations in productivity and prioritize areas needing help, as well as assessing the impact of agricultural production programs. Like GIZ, many development agencies unknowingly sit on potential goldmines of data, collected for a specific use, that could be applied in this way. This data “treasure” could help to produce models enabling agencies to better focus their resources and assess the impact of their programs.
It’s important that agencies recognize old datasets that hold value as training data and ensure they are accessible in the future. But the GIZ project proved that it’s also crucial to define best practice for future data collection. Since the project, the agency has transformed the way it collects data on the cashew farms. Now, its workers take a few extra minutes to note down the GPS coordinates of each field when collecting samples, whereas only a fraction of them were previously measured. Building a treasury to speed up the data revolution will go a long way to helping low-income countries – and the agencies they work with – meet the SDGs.
But to unlock the full potential of AI and the hidden data treasury, it’s imperative to establish a data management strategy requiring at least the following three criteria to be met:


Javascript conditional script
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Experience
HNG Internship — Lagos
Software Engineer
08/2021 -
- Hand of experience building and developing scalable web applications with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Understanding of Agile web development process.
- Developement of complex products to meet market requirements.
- Collaboration with development team to implement complex user interfaces and API using version control.
- Day-to-day remote meetings and stand-up with team members on slack.
Zuri Team — Lagos
Frontend Developer
03/2021 -
- Hands-on experience in developing scalable web applications
- Turning Figma designs into HTML/JSX code
Ciuci Consulting — Lagos
Analyst
07/2020 - present
- Develop financial models for businesses conditions forecast and formulate strategies for market entry and operations.
- Analyze businesses situations and provide business solutions for turnaround
- Conducted business feasibility studies and operations studies for investments worth over a hundred (100) million naira.
- Managed the construction and operationalization of a medical diagnostic centre located in Asaba with an investment value of seventy-four (74) million naira.
Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company — Kaduna
Service Engineer
10/2019 - 07/2020
- Performed load assessments at customer premises, distribution transformer and loading points.
- Performing fault clearance, and tactical load shedding to preserve the integrity of the distribution system..
- Installation and maintenance of distribution transformers
- Providing timely responses to information requests, preparing necessary documentation, and ensuring follow-up actions; particularly in areas of customer data acquisition..
Education
Coursera Online — Google, California
IT Support Specialist
03/2021 - 05/2021
- Google IT Support Professional Certificate
University of Benin — Benin city, Nigeria
Engineering
12/2012 - 11/2017
- Electrical engineering
Ihogbe college — Bening city, Nigeria
High School
10/2006 - 07/2012
- Senior School Leaving Certification
Projects
Ear1 Challenge
Frontend challenge for a social media built with HTML and CSS
Skills
Programming/Computer Skills
- MERN Stack
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- Git
- Networking
- Microsoft 365 Administartion
- GSuite Administration
- WordPress
- Bootstrap
- GatsbyJS
- ReactJS
- Exchange Server 2016
Strength
- Team player
- Leadership
- Emotional Intelligence
- Project Management
Language
- Yoruba
- English
- Deustch
Certification
Responsive Web Design Certification (freecodecamp.org)
- January 2021
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for Web Developers (coursera.org)
- October 2018
Ear1 Challenge
Frontend challenge for a social media built with HTML and CSS
Skills
Programming/Computer Skills
- MERN Stack
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript
- Git
- Networking
- Microsoft 365 Administartion
- GSuite Administration
- WordPress
- Bootstrap
- GatsbyJS
- ReactJS
- Exchange Server 2016
Strength
- Team player
- Leadership
- Emotional Intelligence
- Project Management
Language
- Yoruba
- English
- Deustch
Certification
Responsive Web Design Certification (freecodecamp.org)
- January 2021
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for Web Developers (coursera.org)
- October 2018


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On a recent project we needed to read data from a file. We couldn't simply de-serialize using the built in .net serialization as the file format had already been defined and we didn't have the time to write custom serialization. So our problem was that given an xml file format such as the one below, how best to consume it?
<Products> <Product name="Name1" manufacturer="Manufacturer1"/> <Product name="Name2" manufacturer=""Manufacturer2"/> </Products>
This had been solved in a few places by using an xml parser. I didn't like this as it seemed fragile.
Auto generate classes
After some thought I realised we could create the classes from the xml using the xml schema definition tool. First create an xml schema from the visual studio command prompt using xsd.exe;
xsd.exe products.xml
Then we create the classes from the schema;
xsd.exe /classes products.xsd
Deserialize files into objects
We now have the classes required to de-serialize the file into .net objects. The below code and utility class can now handle the de-serialization;
[Test] public void Should_load_products() { var p = new XmlEntityReader<Products>(); var productList = p.Read("blog\productdata.xml"); productList.Items.Length.ShouldBe(2); } public class XmlEntityReader<T> where T : class { public T Read(string storeFullPath) { return Read(new FileStream(storeFullPath, FileMode.Open)); } public T Read(Stream storeStream) { storeStream.Position = 0; T settings; var serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T)); using (TextReader tr = new StreamReader(storeStream)) { settings = serializer.Deserialize(tr) as T; tr.Close(); } return settings; } }


If the element can be positioned without scrolling below, draw it
If the dropdown can be positioned with scrolling greater than 300 px, draw it
If the space above is greater than the space below, draw it above
If the space above is less than the space below, draw it to fit in the space remaining


{% extends 'base.html' %} {% load staticfiles %} {% block page_head %} {% endblock %} {% block page_content %}
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Package management
Interface IManagementControl
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- All Known Implementing Classes:
ManagementControl
public interface IManagementControl
This interface is used to manage the whole application- Author:
- yannick
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description void
clearScreen()
This method can be used to clear the console screenjava.lang.Boolean
isClearConsoleActive()
This is used to check if the console is clear ablejava.lang.Boolean
isCollisonAvoidanceThreadRunnable()
This will return of the colliosnAvoidance thread should runjava.lang.Boolean
isDatabaseReaderThreadRunnable()
This will return of the databaseReader thread should runjava.lang.Boolean
isDatabaseWriterThreadRunnable()
This will return of the databaseWriter thread should runjava.lang.Boolean
isLidarDataCollectionThreadRunnable()
This will return of the lidarDataCollection thread should runjava.lang.Boolean
isManagemnetThreadRunnable()
This will return of the management thread should runvoid
makeCollisonAvoidanceThreadRunnable()
This will make the collionAvoidance thead runnablevoid
makeCollisonAvoidanceThreadUnrunnable()
This will make the collionAvoidance thread un-runnablevoid
makeDatabaseReaderThreadRunnbale()
This will make the databseReader thread runnablevoid
makeDatabaseReaderThreadUnrunnable()
This will make the databseReader thread un-runnablevoid
makeDatabaseWriterThreadRunnbale()
This will make the databaseWriter thread runnablevoid
makeDatabaseWriterThreadUnrunnable()
This will make the databaseWriter thread un-runnablevoid
makeLidarDataCollectionThreadRunnable()
This will make the lidarDataCollection thread runnablevoid
makeLidarDataCollectionThreadUnrunnable()
This will make the lidarDataCollection thread un-runnablevoid
makeManagementThreadRunnable()
This will make the management thread runnablevoid
makeManegementThreadUnrunnable()
This will make the management thread un-runnablevoid
printAll()
This will print the status of all threads to the consolevoid
readEntriesFormDatabase(IRedisDBInterface redis)
This will read the status of all threads from a redis database to gain external controlvoid
readPropertiesFile()
This is used to read form a properites filevoid
writeEntriesToDatabase(IRedisDBInterface redis)
This will write the status of all thread to a redis database
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Method Detail
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isClearConsoleActive
java.lang.Boolean isClearConsoleActive()
This is used to check if the console is clear able- Returns:
-
isManagemnetThreadRunnable
java.lang.Boolean isManagemnetThreadRunnable()
This will return of the management thread should run- Returns:
-
makeManagementThreadRunnable
void makeManagementThreadRunnable()
This will make the management thread runnable
-
makeManegementThreadUnrunnable
void makeManegementThreadUnrunnable()
This will make the management thread un-runnable
-
isCollisonAvoidanceThreadRunnable
java.lang.Boolean isCollisonAvoidanceThreadRunnable()
This will return of the colliosnAvoidance thread should run- Returns:
-
makeCollisonAvoidanceThreadRunnable
void makeCollisonAvoidanceThreadRunnable()
This will make the collionAvoidance thead runnable
-
makeCollisonAvoidanceThreadUnrunnable
void makeCollisonAvoidanceThreadUnrunnable()
This will make the collionAvoidance thread un-runnable
-
isLidarDataCollectionThreadRunnable
java.lang.Boolean isLidarDataCollectionThreadRunnable()
This will return of the lidarDataCollection thread should run- Returns:
-
makeLidarDataCollectionThreadRunnable
void makeLidarDataCollectionThreadRunnable()
This will make the lidarDataCollection thread runnable
-
makeLidarDataCollectionThreadUnrunnable
void makeLidarDataCollectionThreadUnrunnable()
This will make the lidarDataCollection thread un-runnable
-
isDatabaseWriterThreadRunnable
java.lang.Boolean isDatabaseWriterThreadRunnable()
This will return of the databaseWriter thread should run- Returns:
-
makeDatabaseWriterThreadRunnbale
void makeDatabaseWriterThreadRunnbale()
This will make the databaseWriter thread runnable
-
makeDatabaseWriterThreadUnrunnable
void makeDatabaseWriterThreadUnrunnable()
This will make the databaseWriter thread un-runnable
-
isDatabaseReaderThreadRunnable
java.lang.Boolean isDatabaseReaderThreadRunnable()
This will return of the databaseReader thread should run- Returns:
-
makeDatabaseReaderThreadRunnbale
void makeDatabaseReaderThreadRunnbale()
This will make the databseReader thread runnable
-
makeDatabaseReaderThreadUnrunnable
void makeDatabaseReaderThreadUnrunnable()
This will make the databseReader thread un-runnable
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writeEntriesToDatabase
void writeEntriesToDatabase(IRedisDBInterface redis)
This will write the status of all thread to a redis database- Parameters:
redis
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readEntriesFormDatabase
void readEntriesFormDatabase(IRedisDBInterface redis)
This will read the status of all threads from a redis database to gain external control- Parameters:
redis
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printAll
void printAll()
This will print the status of all threads to the console
-
readPropertiesFile
void readPropertiesFile()
This is used to read form a properites file
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clearScreen
void clearScreen()
This method can be used to clear the console screen
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We believe that financially rewarding players for their time and effort is the key driver for future growth of the video game market and its global adoption, especially in relation to eSports.
And if you are a young person with eSport ambitions, you should not have to wait months before you can participate in exhausting process of tournament qualifiers with large prize money. If unsuccessful, then your time and effort should not go unnoticed.
We perceive it as a job, we treat the entry fees as a fee you'd have to pay to get to work and we pay you for your time.
Before you are allowed to compete, you need set up a user account. You will use this account in order to register for tournaments and complete transactions. All tranasactions are set up to redirect you to payment page hosted by stripe.com for safe and secure payments. We will use this platform to send payments to your accounts.
You enter by providing the amount of money necessary in order to compete. Once you complete the transaction, we will allocate you within the tournament and you will be able to begin the competition when the tournmanet starts.
In order to begin competition, you need to download our client from here. This is our Minimal Viable Product with the necessary functions to run our business.
You will compete against other players. The bracket runs on bo1 basis. Each advancment in the bracket will increase your prize money, so try your best.
Once the tournament finishes, we will send you a confirmation email confirming your placement in the tournament along with the money you earned from competing. The money will be send to your paypal ? (THIS NEEDS TO BE STATED WHAT USERS NEED TO DO TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS)


Macros are the last part of ODD that is needed to fully understand the specifications of MEI, and they are clearly the least important aspect. Macros are placeholders for elements which can be added to the <content> of an element in one go. The most-used macro is probably macro.struc-unstrucContent, which is defined as follows:
<macroSpec ident="macro.struc-unstrucContent" module="MEI.shared" type="pe"> <desc>Provides a choice between structured and unstructured/mixed content.</desc> <content> <rng:choice> <rng:group> <rng:zeroOrMore> <rng:ref name="model.headLike" /> </rng:zeroOrMore> <rng:zeroOrMore> <rng:ref name="model.pLike" /> </rng:zeroOrMore> </rng:group> <rng:zeroOrMore> <rng:choice> <rng:text/> <rng:ref name="model.textPhraseLike.limited" /> </rng:choice> </rng:zeroOrMore> </rng:choice> </content> </macroSpec>
Macros again use the <macroSpec> element, but this time with a @type with value "pe". The names, which are again stored in @ident, are prefixed with a "macro.", and of course we have a <desc> again. The main difference to model classes is that macros do not substitute for elements alone, but also for more complex rules about combinations of elements. Here, macro.struc-unstrucContent provides a good example. It forces the user to decide between a structured encoding model (using a dedicated <head> element, followed by a series of paragraphs), or an unstructured model (where textual content is directly inserted and may be marked up with a variety of elements). It can be used inside elements like <watermark>, and is helpful to avoid having to redefine the same combination of elements in numerous places.
<elementSpec ident="watermark" module="MEI.header"> <desc>Contains a description of a watermark or similar device.</desc> <classes> <!-- memberships skipped for brevity --> </classes> <content> <rng:ref name="macro.struc-unstrucContent" /> </content> <!-- remarks skipped for brevity --> </elementSpec>
In essence, the <rng:ref> inside the <elementSpec> is just replaced with the child elements of the <macroSpec>'s <content>, so that it's possible to combine a macro with other contents. Macros therefore serve as predefined, re-usable spec blocks.
Like I mentioned earlier, macros are not the most important aspect of ODD from an MEI perspective, and so you should have been able to get all that's necessary already. That means you're done with this final step – let's continue for some closing remarks…


Deprecated interfaces. More...
Go to the source code of this file.
Defines | |
| #define | OGGZ_ERR_USER_STOPPED OGGZ_ERR_STOP_OK |
| DEPRECATED CONSTANT. | |
| #define | OGGZ_ERR_READ_STOP_OK OGGZ_ERR_STOP_OK |
| DEPRECATED CONSTANT. | |
| #define | OGGZ_ERR_READ_STOP_ERR OGGZ_ERR_STOP_ERR |
| DEPRECATED CONSTANT. | |
Functions | |
| int | oggz_set_metric_linear (OGGZ *oggz, long serialno, ogg_int64_t granule_rate_numerator, ogg_int64_t granule_rate_denominator) |
| DEPRECATED FUNCTION This function has been replaced with the more clearly named oggz_set_granulerate(). | |
| ogg_packet * | oggz_comment_generate (OGGZ *oggz, long serialno, OggzStreamContent packet_type, int FLAC_final_metadata_block) |
| DEPRECATED FUNCTION This function has been replaced with oggz_comments_generate(), which does not require the packet_type argument. |
Deprecated interfaces.
| #define OGGZ_ERR_READ_STOP_ERR OGGZ_ERR_STOP_ERR |
DEPRECATED CONSTANT.
OGGZ_ERR_READ_STOP_OK, OGGZ_ERR_READ_STOP_ERR were introduced to allow the user to differentiate between a cancelled oggz_read_*() returning due to error or an ok condition. From 0.9.4 similar functionality was added for oggz_write_*(), hence this constant was renamed.
| #define OGGZ_ERR_READ_STOP_OK OGGZ_ERR_STOP_OK |
DEPRECATED CONSTANT.
OGGZ_ERR_READ_STOP_OK, OGGZ_ERR_READ_STOP_ERR were introduced to allow the user to differentiate between a cancelled oggz_read_*() returning due to error or an ok condition. From 0.9.4 similar functionality was added for oggz_write_*(), hence this constant was renamed.
| #define OGGZ_ERR_USER_STOPPED OGGZ_ERR_STOP_OK |
DEPRECATED CONSTANT.
OGGZ_ERR_USER_STOPPED was introduced during development (post 0.8.3), and is similar in functionality to and numerically equal to (ie. ABI compatible with) OGGZ_ERR_STOP_OK in <oggz/oggz_constants.h>. It was badly named, as the preferred functionality distinguishes between a user's OggzReadCallback returning OGGZ_STOP_OK or OGGZ_STOP_ERR; your code should distinguish between these two too :-) Hence, don't use this (unreleased) name in new code.
| ogg_packet* oggz_comment_generate | ( | OGGZ * | oggz, | |
| long | serialno, | |||
| OggzStreamContent | packet_type, | |||
| int | FLAC_final_metadata_block | |||
| ) |
DEPRECATED FUNCTION This function has been replaced with oggz_comments_generate(), which does not require the packet_type argument.
Instead, the packet type is determined by the content type of the stream, which was discovered when the bos packet was passed to oggz_write_feed.
Output a comment packet for the specified stream.
| oggz | A OGGZ* handle (created with OGGZ_WRITE) | |
| serialno | Identify a logical bitstream within oggz | |
| packet_type | Type of comment packet to generate, FLAC, OggPCM, Speex, Theora and Vorbis are supported | |
| FLAC_final_metadata_block | Set this to zero unless the packet_type is FLAC, and there are no further metadata blocks to follow. See note below for details. |
| NULL | content type does not support comments, not enough memory or comment was too long for FLAC |
| int oggz_set_metric_linear | ( | OGGZ * | oggz, | |
| long | serialno, | |||
| ogg_int64_t | granule_rate_numerator, | |||
| ogg_int64_t | granule_rate_denominator | |||
| ) |
DEPRECATED FUNCTION This function has been replaced with the more clearly named oggz_set_granulerate().
Specify that a logical bitstream has a linear metric
| oggz | An OGGZ handle | |
| serialno | Identify the logical bitstream in oggz to attach this linear metric to. A value of -1 indicates that the metric should be attached to all unattached logical bitstreams in oggz. | |
| granule_rate_numerator | The numerator of the granule rate | |
| granule_rate_denominator | The denominator of the granule rate |
| OGGZ_ERR_BAD_SERIALNO | serialno does not identify an existing logical bitstream in oggz. | |
| OGGZ_ERR_BAD_OGGZ | oggz does not refer to an existing OGGZ |


Match Play. Red leads 4-2 to 7. How should Red play 42?
pips Red=133 White=98
(CorrectAnswer= 0/0, ErrorScore= 0)
Despite the apparent risk the most direct route to victory (and a potential gammon) is 11/5*. Everything else gives White too many opportunities for counter-play.
If White’s blot on his 3-pt were safe on his 5-pt it would be a toss-up between 18/12 and 11/5* but as it is that blot gives Red additional tactical options.
If White’s blot on his 3-pt were safe on his 5-pt it would be a toss-up between 18/12 and 11/5* but as it is that blot gives Red additional tactical options.
1. Cubeful 2-ply 11/5* Eq.: +0.482 0.711 0.246 0.013 - 0.289 0.156 0.005 2. Cubeful 2-ply 18/12 Eq.: +0.424 (-0.057) 0.649 0.168 0.008 - 0.351 0.083 0.001 3. Cubeful 2-ply 18/14 13/11 Eq.: +0.410 (-0.072) 0.640 0.167 0.009 - 0.360 0.077 0.000 4. Cubeful 2-ply 18/14 16/14 Eq.: +0.391 (-0.090) 0.639 0.157 0.008 - 0.361 0.088 0.001 5. Cubeful 2-ply 18/16 13/9 Eq.: +0.321 (-0.161) 0.621 0.181 0.008 - 0.379 0.113 0.000


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Just
My Imagination
(The Cranberries) |
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There
was a game we used to play
We would hit the town on Friday night And stay in bed until Sunday We used to be so free We were living for the love we had and Living not for reality It was just my imagination X 3 There was a time I used to pray I have always kept my faith in love It's the greatest thing from the man above The game I used to play I've always put my cards upon the table Let it never be said that i'd be unstable It was just my imagination X 3 There is a game I like to play I like to hit the town on Friday night And stay in bed until Sunday We'll always be this free We will be living for the love we have Living not for reality It was just my imagination X 3 |


FAQ.
Contents:
The game doesn't work :-(
My proof doesn't work :-(
My proof which shouldn't work, works!
I finished the game. What do I do now?
How come real Lean is a bit different to this?
Will there be any more of this game?
Will there be any other games like this?
Where is the source code to this game, and how did you make it?
The game doesn't work :-(
This game needs cookies to work, so it will not work in e.g. private browsing or incognito mode. The reason it needs cookies is that it downloads a javascript version of an entire computer proof verification system onto your computer.
Some browsers sometime have issues. Last time I checked the game worked fine in Chrome and Firefox. It usually works in other browsers too. If you see "Lean is busy" and it hasn't gone away after about 20 seconds, it's not working -- try another browser or try enabling cookies. There was a problem with Safari 13.0.3, but Safari 13.1 apparently works fine.
My proof doesn't work :-(
This is hard to diagnose. There are two problems: syntax errors (where you missed a comma, or typed "induction wit" instead of "induction with"), and errors with your Lean code (a rewrite failing).
For syntax errors: look at the first error in the bottom right hand box. It will probably have a red "33:2 error:" warning above it. That is the line number, and the character number on that line, of the first error. The character there is your problem.
For errors in your Lean code, well, Lean is very picky. You might have to ask at the Zulip Lean chat.
My proof which shouldn't work, works!
The refl
tactic is more powerful than you think. refl
will close a goal of the form X = Y
if X
and Y
are definitionally equal. For example, n + 0
is defined to be n
, so the goal n + 0 = n
can actually be proved by refl
. However 0 + n = n
is only true because of a theorem (proved by induction), so you cannot close this goal with refl
.
I finished the game, what do I do now?
You can try the Lean maths challenges
on CoCalc
or using the
Lean web editor
.
These are undergraduate level mathemamatics challenges involving equivalence relations, group theory and so on.
To go further you should install Lean on your own computer and then create a project of your own, or download the tutorial project. The tutorial project contains, for example, a step-by-step guide to proving the intermediate value theorem in Lean.
I (Kevin Buzzard) teach an undergraduate maths course to 1st years at Imperial, and I have been
formalising the example sheets. You can try these if you know undergraduate level mathematics.
At the time of writing there are still around 30
perfectoid space levels
.  Once we've done all of them, we will get a formally verified example of a non-empty perfectoid space. This is a research project.
More of my hopes and dreams are
listed here
. This list gets added to far more often than things are removed from it. That is the nature of the game at this point in time. Things will change.
Finally, there are often problems kicking around on the
Zulip Lean chat
. Login required, real names preferred, be nice.
How come real Lean is different to this?
If you want more efficient Lean experience, e.g. you want to go beyond the natural number game and do more mathematics in Lean, then you can install Lean on your own computer and then create a project of your own, or download the tutorial project.
If you do this, then you might notice that real Lean is slightly different. For example, the rw
tactic in real Lean actually tries refl
afterwards, so some goals get closed quicker than you think. I disabled this in the natural number game because I felt it was confusing for beginners. Other tactics I beefed up a little -- for example the induction
and cases
tactics in real Lean might leave you with goals mentioning mynat.zero
, and in natural number game Lean these automatically get converted to 0
. The meta code which enabled me to do this was written by Rob Lewis and you can take a look at how he did it here.
Will there be any more of this game?
There are a few more levels which I haven't added yet; they will come in v1.4, which will be the next
version of this game. It is basically 15 or so more levels about less-than, which will culminate in a proof that the natural numbers are an ordered semiring, and strong induction works.
Adding stuff about even and odd numbers should be easy, and one could even envisage developing a basic
theory of primes and factorization in future versions. I want to concentrate on other games right now though.
Will there be any more games like this?
Hopefully. The integer game, the real number game, the group theory game are all ideas which are in various stages of completion as I write. The one in active development right now is the real number game.
Where is the source code to this game, and how did you make it?
The Lean source code is at this github repo, and the tool we used to turn it from Lean code to a browser game is the Lean Game Maker.


Qiana Joseph to participate in Women’s T20 Grand Slam Franchise Tournament
by Terry FinisterreThe third iteration of the Courts Women’s T20 Grand Slam Franchise Tournament will take place December 3-13 in Trinidad and Tobago.
Young Saint Lucian allrounder Qiana Joseph will feature for at least part of the competition.
West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor is set to make her debut in the series, but will only do so after concluding her participation in Australia’s Big Bash. Her team, Southern Titans, will be under the captaincy of Britney Cooper, along with fellow West Indies players Deandra Dottin, Chadean Nation, and Shakiba Gajnabi. Titans were second in 2018.
Saint Lucia’s Joseph, who turns 19 January next, will play for Titans until Taylor returns from Australia.
An alumnus of Corinth Secondary School, Joseph has played two one-day internationals, two warmup ODI’s, and two warmup T20’s for West Indies women.
A right-handed batsman and left-arm fast bowler, Joseph was MVP of the Cricket West Indies (CWI) and Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Cricket Association’s Girls 19 and Under T20 competition earlier this year. She led the Windward Islands to second place, having amassed the most runs for the competition.
In Trinidad and Tobago, Joseph will play alongside Trinidad and Tobago under-19 medium pacer, Djenaba Joseph, who took the most wickets in the U19 competition. She will also play under coach Kelvin Williams and former West Indies women’s captain, Merissa Aguilleira. The latter is the manager of Southern Titans.
“We are pleased to continue our partnership with Courts this year and welcome Cricket West Indies’ increased support for the event,” said Aguilleira. “This tournament is the first and only women’s cricket franchise event in this region and our goal is to grow it into one of the biggest franchise events in the world.”
The local franchises include defending champs, LCB Central Sharks, Titans, Trident Sports Phoenix, and UDECOTT North Starblazers. Matches will take place at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy, UWI Spec, and the National Cricket Center.
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The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and some sensuality/nudity. ---------- Out of 4 stars: ** (2 Stars)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, John Malkovich, Gabriel Byrne, Gerard Depardieu, Jeremy Irons, Peter Sarsgaard, Anne Parillaud, and Judity Godreche.
Fresh off his incredibly successful turn as Jack Dawson in James Cameron's TITANIC, Leonardo DiCaprio has immensely increased his popularity to the point of becoming possibly the most famous actor of his generation. There is no doubt that both Kate Winslet and DiCaprio will be able to carry films by themselves, however DiCaprio already had popularity from his Oscar-nominated turn in the fantastic WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE? It's almost ironic that his film opens thirteen weeks after TITANIC did. And, more than likely, it will unseat the Cameron flick for the top of the box office. Unfortunately, it will not remain there.
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK is one of those gorgeous films that contains beautiful imagery, colorful costumes, and terrific actors. However, what it lacks is good writing. Watching this film, I saw a story hidden below the surface of the film that was just waiting to be uncovered. This film never does it. It remains a superficially obsessed mess that cares more about viewers paying to see it than letting viewers become involved. This kind of Hollywood thinking has destroyed many films in that past that could have amounted to great things. I'm not saying Hollywood is bad, as I love it. It's the directors and writers and producers who think that audiences want more. Someone should tell them that we actually prefer less. And that's The Man in the Iron Mask's biggest problem: too much of everything, but too little of what we really want.
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK begins well enough, proudly displaying its gorgeous scenery and vibrant costumes. Surprisingly, the film begins its quick descent into mediocrity at the appearance of DiCaprio as King Louis XIV. Louis is a pompous, arrogant, and young king, and yet he has a following, mostly from the upper class society. The lower class is extremely poor, not even able to afford something to eat (and what there is to eat is rotten). They riot and cry for help, but Louis is more worried with how many women he can sleep with at once, or how he can attract a certain woman to him. This woman is Christine (Judith Godrèche). She is beautiful, fair-skinned--and engaged. Well, almost engaged, for her love, Raoul (Peter Sarsgaard), can't find the opportune time to pop the question (I'm not sure, but weren't engagements setup by the parents back then?). Unfortunately, before Raoul can ask her, Louis "arranges" for him to be sent to the front lines of the war against the Dutch.
With all of the poverty and hatred in the city, the king does need guards. One of them is D'Artagnan (Gabriel Byrne), a loyal follower of Louis and captain of the Musketeers. However, he happens to be good friends with the infamous Three Musketeers (I still don't know why they're called three--there are really four of them!). Athos (John Malkovich) is retired, and happens to be the father of Raoul (I smell a plot convention). Porthos (Gérard Depardieu) is also retired, although he spends most of his time flatulently cracking jokes. Aramis (Jeremy Irons) is now a priest, but is also retired from the Musketeers. After Raoul's death, Athos proclaims that he will kill the king and anyone who stands in his way. Unfortunately, D'Artagnan maintains his loyalty to his king, and won't allow Athos to proceed with his promise. Athos meets with Porthos and Aramis again, and tells them that he wants to replace the king.
This is where the man in the iron mask comes into play. Prior to this moment, we have seen him only in agony in his cell. However, now the three come to release him from the mask. They find that the man in the mask looks exactly like Louis himself. The next hour involves the three trying to replace the king with Philippe (DiCaprio). This is where the film should have begun. The screenplay, by Randall Wallace (who also wrote BRAVEHEART), focuses on the wrong part of the story, and thus destroys what could have been a highly entertaining film. Wallace, who this time also directs the film, seems determined to show that Louis was, in fact, a completely evil person with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Many people complained about Cal in TITANIC as being too heartless and inhuman. Here's a character that those people should really be complaining against. Louis practically has no good in him, using his crown to pleasure himself. Wallace focuses nearly two-thirds of the film on this alone, and frankly, it gets extremely boring. Most everything that progresses in the "setup" could have been done in half an hour, leaving the rest of the film open for exploration of the dilemmas that surround replacing the king with Philippe, or the problems in the city, or the romantic relationship between D'Artagnan and the Queen Mother, Anne d'Autriche (Anne Parillaud).
Of course, THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK isn't completely horrid. The final thirty minutes is what the whole film should have been: enticing, entertaining, and completely engrossing. The swash-buckling action is what most people have come to see, but we are left with iconic characters skewered to miserable little men who don't pick up a sword for an hour and a half. Instead, Wallace hopes that the melodramatic scenes towards the beginning cover up any poor writing. It doesn't. It does, however, make the audience more aware of the flaws, as we constantly have more time before something interesting happens. And yes, I will admit it--I nearly dozed off twice during the film. Granted I was tired prior the film, but normally a movie will keep me awake throughout. THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK had nothing to keep my interest, and only towards the end did I sit enthralled. Of course, it really isn't worthwhile to sit through ninety minutes of poorly constructed and convoluted story telling to get to these thirty minutes of refreshing and energetic action.
One of the most obvious flaws of the film lies in the dialogue. While watching this movie, I was more aware than ever of how film is such a different medium from the stage or a novel. The silver screen has the ability to show what the characters think or say, and yet most films lean towards dialogue to propel the narrative. Sometimes this is effective (THE USUAL SUSPECTS), but here it isn't. Lines like "I am doing this because I feel guilty" are almost laughably oblivious to the cinematic strategies that could have been implemented to portray this same feeling. There is also an incredible amount of anachronistic humor, such as Porthos' mannerisms. Did people refer to breasts as "tits"? Did people just passively "break wind"? And one of the most obvious attempts at cheap humor comes when Porthos tries to kill himself by hanging himself (he also happens to be nude at this time). I wonder if Alexandre Dumas had written these into his novel, but I doubt it. It seems that he would have more taste then to lower himself to the inclusion of bodily functions for humor. Over time, the "playing-for-the-audience" humor becomes more annoying than funny.
The cast does its best to work with the material at hand. However, DiCaprio is definitely miscast as King Louis/Philippe. DiCaprio is actually rather good as Philippe, but considering that two roles had to be played by the same person, DiCaprio wasn't a good choice. This is yet another Hollywoodism, as producers try to benefit from his popularity with the young women (though I bet they didn't realize how much his success with TITANIC would help the film). As Louis, DiCaprio is almost unbearable to watch. Perhaps this is just due to the writing, but his cocky appearance is more of an artificial try at seeming important. His well-mannered Philippe is fully realized, though he doesn't come into play for a very long time. But it is Gabriel Byrne who steals virtually every scene in the film. His thoughtful and emotional performance is the most interesting and captivating, and his character does get quite a bit of screen time (though I wish it would have focused on him more). John Malkovich is energetic and fun as Athos, and Peter Sarsgaard does a frightfully realistic impersonation of his son. Depardieu is just annoying as Porthos, as he tries to hide his French accent (which is rather ironic considering that this is the one time that he actually should have one). Jeremy Irons is deliciously mysterious, as we can't determine whether or not he is a good guy or a bad guy (though it probably could have been even less clearly defined). Both Anne Parillaud and Judith Godrèche provide nice and understated performances as the only two important females in the story. But Byrne steals the film, and his scenes with Parillaud are some of the most energetic in the whole movie.
As production values go, THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK is top-notch. The sets are visually stunning, with a castle that defies verbal explanation. The lush scenery radiates in each and every scene. The costumes are appropriate and provide an equal to the scenery. The cinematography captures the film with an almost dream-like quality. The camera captures the costumes and sets with pleasure, showing off the incredible amount of work that must have gone in to producing the film. The score by Nick Glennie-Smith is lush and epic, making it seem just like the period piece that it is. However, sometimes the music jumps too quickly from cheerful to depressing. But overall, the music is probably the best thing in the film.
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK is rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and some sensuality/nudity. With gorgeous cinematography (the unveiling of the man in the mask is the best scene, visually, in the film) and a wonderful supporting cast, one would have thought this movie would have been better than it really is. With no solid foundation from the screenplay, everything else becomes window dressing, making a poorly constructed film look better than it is. It's sad that such a good and talented cast is wasted in this motion picture. It just goes to show that the writing is probably the most important feature in a film. Even Wallace's confident direction can't save it. Overall, just a big disappointment. My recommendation: go see TITANIC again, and help it become number one for a thirteenth week.
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For now I only played around with recording screencasts, because frankly anything I would like to share has already been recorded by someone else.
I have been looking for a free screen video capture tool for Mac and failed to find any that suit my needs, so I decided to use Ubuntu and Xvidcap
I use a VirtualBox virtual Ubuntu installation and just capture the fullscreen area. The post recording editing is done in Avidemux which is available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.
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You can upload the video to video hosting site of your choice.
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A majority of the travel teams at a tournament in Easton had a strategy — put the best players they had on the ice and dominate the scoreboard.
Athens Mite league player Tanner Altop didn’t care about the hefty competition ahead of him because coach put him in as a goalie — his favorite position.
The Athens Mite league has had its fair share of losses and is known as the little guy of Ohio hockey. But not many players in the league cared about the wins, because the ice was another place to be with friends. They all got ice time, passed the puck and, with some finesse, they scored a goal.
During the third game of the tournament in Columbus and with some help from his teammates, Tanner ended up with 44 saves that game. Even though the team still ended up losing to the Cleveland Barons by seven goals, it was the best game of his hockey career.
Tanner doesn’t have a particular strategy or method to playing hockey — he’s 8 years old.
The Athens Youth Hockey Association recruited him at age 4 and soon strapped a pair of hand-me-down skates on him. There are always opportunities for hockey equipment and ice time for children who wander into Bird Arena.
“If you’re a first-time skater, there’s gear for you here,” Phil Oberlin, coach for the Mites (8 and under) and Mini-Mites (6 and under) leagues, said. “It’s about getting them out on the ice, inciting passion and having fun.”
Mini-Mite: 6 and under
Mites: 8 and under
Squirt: 10 and under
PeeWee: 12 and under
Bantam: 14 and under
Athens High School: junior varsity and varsity
Mini-Mite: 6 and under
Mites: 8 and under
Squirt: 10 and under
PeeWee: 12 and under
Bantam: 14 and under
Athens High School: junior varsity and varsity
The 100 members of the Athens Youth Hockey Association (between ages 4-18) skate and plummet on the same sheet of ice as the Bobcats.
“Youth hockey has been around forever,” Oberlin said. “The rink is on the heart of campus.”
The Athens hockey culture is strong despite not having many players. Unlike in Columbus and Cleveland that have handfuls of ice rinks, southeast Ohio doesn’t have another rink for about 95 miles. Some youth players travel from West Virginia to play in a league.
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The Athens Mite and Mini-Mite hockey teams play in Bird Arena on Jan. 21, 2017.
The Mite division, which consists of 12 players, only has one team in Athens. All divisions are coed. The Cleveland Barons, the team the Mites played at the Easton Tournament the weekend of Jan. 14, had nine teams for one age group, so about 90 players.
The 54-year-old association credits its ability to compete with other cities to its recruiting tactics, said Oberlin, who is also the head coach of Ohio Hockey Division II. The focus on keeping enrollment high is a constant struggle by letting people know hockey is an affordable option in Athens.
Ice fee: $130-$1,300 depending on age. If parents choose to buy hockey equipment, it can cost an additional $300-$500. The cost will include:
Ice fee: $130-$1,300 depending on age. If parents choose to buy hockey equipment, it can cost an additional $300-$500. The cost will include:
Before each game and practice at Bird Arena, a dozen bins are set outside the locker rooms — pads, socks, practice jerseys, skates, helmets and hockey sticks, to name a few.
“Hockey can get pretty expensive, especially with more than one kid,” Brandy Altop said. She signs out hockey gear provided by the association for both her children to use.
Hockey culture can be intimidating — the lingo, the gear and travel costs are daunting. After adding the total costs of equipment and the fees to play, most parents are out the door looking for the community center’s basketball sign-up sheet instead, Brandy said.
“What’s so great about the division leagues and the learn-to-play hockey programs is parents may only have to pay for the club fee and borrow the gear that people donate after their kid has grown out of it,” Oberlin said.
Jack Amos, 8, borrows plenty of equipment from the association. He signs out a candy apple red helmet for all to see.
“People know it’s me,” he said.
Oberlin grew up involved in the Athens Youth Hockey Association and graduated from Athens High School playing varsity hockey. He played Division I hockey for OU from 2006-10. He found himself back at the association volunteering for two leagues and learn-to-play hockey programs in addition to coaching at OU.
As Oberlin gives back to the association, he tries to make volunteering
as painless as possible for parents — something fun to do with their children.
Randy Williams, father and coach to players Addyson, 7, and Jaron, 11, never played hockey in his youth. Now, it will be two years of coaching for him, and he has some skating skills to prove it.
“For two years on the ice, I’d say I’m doing pretty good,” he said, laughing.
Oberlin said it’s funny to see parents shuffling on the ice at first, making sure they don’t wipe out. They help direct players by skating with them or moving the team on and off the ice between plays.
“We have a joke it’s like herding cats,” Oberlin said.
Jack likes having his dad help out during the games, but he likes skating — and falling — with his friends on the ice even more.
“I fell 1,000 times on the ice, but then I learned to love it,” Jack said.
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Hayden Yom, 7, poses for a portrait in Bird Arena on Jan. 30.
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Brady Heaton, 8, poses for a portrait in Bird Arena on Jan. 30.
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Morris L'Heureux, 7, poses for a portrait in Bird Arena on Jan. 30.
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Ady Williams, 7, poses for a portrait in Bird Arena on Jan. 30.
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Carmendi Glenn, 9, poses for a portrait in Bird Arena on Jan. 30.
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Max McDonald, 9, poses for a portrait in Bird Arena on Jan. 30
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August "Mario" Oberlin, 5, poses for a portrait in Bird Arena on Jan. 30.
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Casey Morrison, 7, poses for a portrait in Bird Arena on Jan. 30.
The Mite Midwinter House League, a learn-to-play program designed for players to scrimmage each other, had been nixed about 20 years ago due to low enrollment and money, but it was reinstated in December 2016. Oberlin believes it will be another tool for players of varying skills to learn to love hockey and to join a division.
When players, such as Zoe and Tanner, signed up for Mini-Mite and Mite, league fees included the Mite Midwinter House League, which has 30 players.
The 30 children enrolled are varying in skill levels. Some had been in the division leagues and others have just learned to skate.
The Mite Midwinter House League was reinstated because of the partial use of a $9,600 grant from the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation. Over the past 16 years, the foundation has donated $64,000 to the association. This year, the association used the money for each player in the league to have two jerseys — one Athens Hockey jersey and the other with the Columbus Blue Jackets logo.
“The Blue Jackets Foundation is committed to supporting the development of youth and amateur hockey and removing barriers to play our great sport,” Kathryn Dobbs, executive director of the Columbus Blue Jackets Foundation, said in an email. “(Athens Youth Hockey Association) has been a longtime grant partner of ours because they are equally committed to advancing our mission and growing the game in southeast Ohio.”
The day after the tournament in Easton, Tanner was at hockey practice with his friends playing freeze tag and sliding on the ice. The only win they had at the tournament wasn’t forgotten, but it wasn’t overtly glorified.
The players love scoring goals, but to them, the goals do not equate to winning.
“I like defense because I get to smash people,” Jack said. “I’m pretty strong.”
Most times at Bird Arena, players are ready in their gear, pounding on the glass to win the attention of the Zamboni driver. He honks at them. A clever player rallies a chant of, “Let us out,” because the players were eagerly awaiting their scrimmage. It's 9 a.m. on a Saturday — most of the OU campus is dead.
Crowded at the door, skaters funnel onto the ice aimlessly circling each other. It's what the professionals do except with more falling down.
No matter the travel time in the car, or how tired players may be for practice, their burdens are forgotten when they go on the ice, Brandy said. To her, it’s worth it to involve her children in hockey. She participated in the Athens Youth Hockey Association and loved it. She wanted to give her children the same experience.
“It’s funny how our numbers are going up because people my age who were in the program are now having kids and introducing their kids to hockey,” Oberlin said. “It’s a pretty neat cycle.”
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What should I do now to future proof my site?
How much time does my Drupal 7.x site have?
What Drupal 8.x awesomeness can I backport to 7.x now?
Why do you hate Drupal 8.x?
Are you going to talk about Backdrop?
What is the best module on Drupal.org?
What should I do now to future proof my site?
How much time does my Drupal 7.x site have?
What Drupal 8.x awesomeness can I backport to 7.x now?
Why do you hate Drupal 8.x?
Are you going to talk about Backdrop?
What is the best module on Drupal.org?
What should I do now to future proof my site?
How much time does my Drupal 7.x site have?
What Drupal 8.x awesomeness can I backport to 7.x now?
Why do you hate Drupal 8.x?
Are you going to talk about Backdrop?
What is the best module on Drupal.org?
AUDIT your existing modules, know what you depend on
TRACK modules to watch for conflicts
UPGRADE existing modules
Url module not the Link module
Telephone module not the Phone module
RestWS module not the Services module
Entity View Modes module not the Display Suite module
Entity Reference module not the Node Reference or User Reference module
What should I do now to future proof my site?
How much time does my Drupal 7.x site have?
What Drupal 8.x awesomeness can I backport to 7.x now?
Why do you hate Drupal 8.x?
Are you going to talk about Backdrop?
What is the best module on Drupal.org?
Presentation by Greg Schnippel / @schnippy
https://github.com/schnippy/govcon-futureproof


Open Source Workshop
CC : BY-NC-SA
- Mart van de Ven /<EMAIL_ADDRESS>5.0 Desktop
source: birdhouse.orgRaskin ZUI (Zoomable User Interface)
~ gggadgets.comBumpTop (3D desktop)
~ hotogeek.comApp-centric WIMPs still rely on the "windows, icons, menus, pointer"
style of interaction, however:
Windows & Reduced menus
Activities
App picker
IDEALISM | | REALISM
Search |------------------------------------| Browse
Keyboard |------------------------------------| Pointer
Minimalism |------------------------------------| Exposed
Digital Native |------------------------------------| Skeuomorphic
IDEALISM | | REALISM
Search |-----|======|-----------------------| Browse
Keyboard |------|=========|-------------------| Pointer
Minimalism |---|====|---------------------------| Exposed
Digital Native |--|===|-----------------------------| Skeuomorphic
cd && git clone git://git.gnome.org/gnome-tweak-tool
Available in most distro repos or directly from GNOME.org
~ webupd8.orgThe GNOME Shell extension design is designed to give a high degree of power to the arts of the GNOME interface managed by the shell, such as window management and application launching. It simply loads arbitrary JavaScript and CSS.~ gnome.org
Installation of extensions
Extension preferences
IDEALISM | | REALISM
Search |-----|======|-----------------------| Browse
Keyboard |------|=========|-------------------| Pointer
Minimalism |---|====|---------------------------| Exposed
Digital Native |--|===|-----------------------------| Skeuomorphic
Queries consult the search provider and provides results in your overview.
Journal uses the Zeitgeist framework to classify files according to metadata.
Adds a few keyboard shortcuts for various UI elements on the shell.
Allow keyboard selection of windows and workspaces in overlay mode
Gnome Tweak Tool > Fonts Size 120%
The act of creation is an exercise in constraint. Many UI elements are removable by adding extensions.
Favourites Panel Extension
Powered by ZeitGeist engine
Represents all opened windows as Icons in a panel.
Pretty much fully digitally native already. Hurray!
A derivative object that retains ornamental design cues to a structure that was necessary in the original, even when not functionally necessary.
Move applications to specific workspaces when they create windows
Tile your windows as you like. It even supports multiscreen!


1 Samuel 28:11
Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.


Official invocation name guidelines
Keywords you can't use with <2 words
Reserved keywords
- open
- launch
- ask
- tell
- load
- begin
- enable
- to
- from
- by
- if
- whether
- news
- amazon
- alexa
- echo
- skill
- app
- update
- briefing
Keywords that cause issues
- broadcast
- headlines
- today
- daily
- brief
- headlines
- on
- &
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View the page Source code by Right-click -> View Source. Examine the HTML source
You will notice a comment "hfreanzr: nqzva, cnffjbeq:lbhTbgVg" and "13 Rotate". The string is encoded with ROT 13 algorithm. ROT13 ("rotate by 13 places") is a simple letter substitution cipher that replaces a letter with the letter 13 letters after it in the alphabet.
Use a tool to decode ROT-13, the decoded string will be "username: admin, password:youGotIt". Bingo! You got the admin password!


See: Description
| Class | Description |
|---|---|
| ParameterizedElement |
This class usually serves as base class for all classes that have a
key-value-mechanism for parameters.
|
| ReferencedBlockInfo |
Information on a referenced block.
|
| SimulinkAnnotation |
Class for Simulink annotations, which are basically comments in the Simulink
model.
|
| SimulinkBlock |
A Simulink block has a type and maintains a parameter map, a list of sub
blocks, a list of annotations and in/out-ports.
|
| SimulinkConstants |
This class contains constants used by the Simulink model builder.
|
| SimulinkElementBase |
Base class for Simulink elements.
|
| SimulinkEncodedDataUtil |
Util class to work with the data provided by MatResource and MatData sections
(that usually appear in mdl files).
|
| SimulinkInPort |
A Simulink inport.
|
| SimulinkLine |
A Simulink line.
|
| SimulinkModel |
A Simulink model a specialized Simulink block that primarily maintains the
default parameters of blocks, annotations and lines.
|
| SimulinkObject |
Class for Simulink objects, which are a construct for structured storage of
meta-data in the model.
|
| SimulinkOutPort |
A Simulink inport.
|
| SimulinkPortBase |
Base class for Simulink ports.
|
SimulinkModel.getAnnotationDefaultParameter(String)
.
SimulinkModel.getLineDefaultParameter(String)
.ParameterizedElement.getParameter(String)
.SimulinkModel.getTypeBlockDefaultParameter(String, String)
.SimulinkModel.getBlockDefaultParameterNames(String)
.ParameterizedElement.getParameter(String)
this options are automatically resolved in the reversed order, i.e. it is first checked
if the block itself defines the parameter. If not, the default parameter
for the block type is looked up. If this is undefined, too, the block
default is returned (if there is one).ConQAT.lib Simulink - 2015.2


--- short: t-templatedxlstocsv type: transformer color: indigo title: Templated XLS to CSV description: Transforms Excel files to CSV files using a template, which helps with print formatted files. ---
Transformer, allows the user to transform Microsoft Excel XLS (not XLSX) files to CSV files using a template, which helps with print formatted files.
The {{page.title}} component takes the input Microsoft Excel files and templates and extracts CSV files from them.


Preparation time
overnight
Cooking time
over 2 hours
Serves
Serves 4
Savoury bitter chocolate sauce and butter-fried pear transform this slow cooked beef dish into a gourmet experience.
For the purée, soak the beans in water overnight then drain well. Place the beans in a pan of fresh water and bring to the boil. Add the bay leaves and rosemary sprig, cover with greaseproof paper and simmer until cooked.
Remove the bay leaves and rosemary and drain the beans over a large bowl to reserve the cooking liquid. Place the beans in a blender, season with a little salt and add the butter and cream. Blend until you have a silky smooth purée, adding a little of the cooking water if necessary, and set aside.
Peel and core the pears, cut into 1cm/½in cubes and cover with the lemon juice and a little water until needed. Reserve the pear skin.
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Season the beef cheeks with salt and fry in a little oil in a large ovenproof pan until browned on all sides. Remove the meat from the pan and set aside. Fry the onion and garlic in the same pan until brown then return the meat to the pan and deglaze with the port and orange juice. Lower the heat and reduce the liquid until it is syrupy then add the stock, pepper, orange zest and pear skin. Cover with greaseproof paper and place in the oven for about three hours or until the meat is very tender.
Cook the onions with a knob of butter and a little water. In another pan, fry the pear cubes in a knob of butter.
When the beef is cooked, remove from the pan. Place a sieve over a bowl and strain the cooing liquid. Pour the liquid into a clean pan and reduce to a syrupy consistency then whisk in the remaining butter and the chocolate.
To serve, dress the plate with a spoonful of the bean purée, the cooked pears and button onions. Lay a piece of beef cheek on each plate and spoon over the sauce.


readtext: Import and Handling for Plain and Formatted Text Files
Functions for importing and handling text files and formatted text
files with additional meta-data, such including '.csv', '.tab', '.json', '.xml',
'.html', '.pdf', '.doc', '.docx', '.xls', '.xlsx', and others.
| Version: |
0.71 |
| Depends: |
R (≥ 3.1) |
| Imports: |
utils, stringi, data.table, httr, antiword, pdftools, tibble, jsonlite (≥ 0.9.10), streamR, xml2, readxl, readODS, digest |
| Suggests: |
quanteda (≥ 1.1.0), knitr, rmarkdown, testthat |
| Published: |
2018-05-10 |
| Author: |
Kenneth Benoit [aut, cre, cph],
Adam Obeng [aut],
Kohei Watanabe [ctb],
Akitaka Matsuo [ctb],
Paul Nulty [ctb],
Stefan Müller [ctb] |
| Maintainer: |
Kenneth Benoit <kbenoit at lse.ac.uk> |
| BugReports: |
https://github.com/quanteda/readtext/issues |
| License: |
GPL-3 |
| URL: |
http://github.com/quanteda/readtext |
| NeedsCompilation: |
no |
| Materials: |
README NEWS |
| CRAN checks: |
readtext results |
Downloads:
Reverse dependencies:
Linking:
Please use the canonical form
https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=readtext
to link to this page.


I am ambitious and driven. I thrive on challenge and constantly set goals for myself, so I have something to strive toward. I’m not comfortable with settling, and I’m always looking for an opportunity to do better and achieve greatness.
I am highly organized. I always take notes, and I use a series of tools to help myself stay on top of deadlines. I like to keep a clean workspace and create a logical filing method so I’m always able to find what I need. I find this increases efficiency and helps the rest of the team stay on track, too.


16-Jul-2017 | Milku
What's worth celebrating there?
Today is Guinea Pig Appreciation Day. I can't see the point of it. What can you appreciate about guinea pigs? Take it from me, they're not nearly as wonderful as hamsters. The boys in the next cage to mine in Pets@Home were boring...just like the rabbits, but with smaller ears. And they were vain, thinking their long furry coats were so special. I'm not going to be celebrating.
However, I assume that there will be lots of celebrations in South America. Guinea pigs seem to be treated as something special over there. A food delicacy apparently...I'll stick with my treats, thanks. Even strawberries look more appetising. And guinea pigs are used in traditional medicine!  Then the healer cuts up the guinea pig to check its organs, which can reveal what is wrong with the human patient. I can't see that catching on in Blackpool.
Who needs to celebrate guinea pigs anyway. We've already had a big celebration this week. One of my little humans has just become a teenager...although I'd suggest she has been acting like one for some time now.  I'm still hoping to receive a tiny morsel of the cake. It looks delicious. I'd even settle for a play in the discarded wrapping paper. I'll keep my paws crossed that I'll get lucky.


PUSH BACK THE DARKNESS
The Helpers
As the news of the mass shooting on January 29th 2017 at the Quebec City Mosque (La grande mosquée de Québec) sent tremors across the country, I received an email from a dear great aunt in Toronto. From the perspective of a lifetime of service and as a witness of her Anglican faith she said, ‘Look for the helpers.’ I wasn’t sure what she meant. Who were the helpers of the struggling Muslim community here in Quebec? With every act of terrorism and every new anti-Islamic political statement or legislation, our community and our faith were under attack.
A mass shooting which killed six worshipers and injured nineteen others looked like the next chapter in a narrative of fear and suspicion. It seemed that nobody in the political sphere or the press was speaking out to defend the Muslims, except of course other Muslims. ‘The helpers’ were not the police who had detained one of the victims running away from the carnage, or the social media networks which had spread a story that it was a Muslim who committed this act of terrorism.
I felt very alone. As a convert to Islam and an immigrant to Québec, the Muslim community is my first community. This community is the point of contact which welcomed me as a newcomer and which continues to sustain me in the daily practice of my spiritual life. I was grateful and relieved when I received another email from the Turkish Mosque of Dorval, which is a small local mosque here in my community on the West Island of Montreal, inviting me to a vigil that evening, January 30th 2017. In spite of the bitter cold weather, and regardless that the event was in the middle of a long working week, I knew that I must attend so that I could pray for the families who had been devastated by this event and also reduce the trembling in my heart.
That evening, so many people came to our mosque - some of them even stood outside with candles on the cold January night. We brought out chairs as many of them were not used to sitting on the floor, which is usual at mosques all over the world, and which is the same carpeted floor that we pray on. Who were these people? Talking to them I realised that the commonality, aside from reporters and a local politician, was religious and spiritual belief. Different churches and religious groups had come to support us. That was where I found ‘the Helpers’.
It meant so much to us, the few of us Muslims who were there, only a handful. Where were the rest? Honestly, I think they were hiding. I find it very significant that it was the other believers who came out that night. It was other people of faith, other families, who understood the cataclysm that is caused by a direct attack on a place of worship. Reacting to the murdering of good people, praying to our shared God.
A secular society which tries to make religion a personal and private matter, disconnected from ethics, morality or the law, cannot process or understand the significance of tragedies like these. Human suffering has to be placed within the context of transcendent meaning, and humanity has done this for eons.
To process trauma, we need a spiritual context. We need to have our feet in the mud to look at the sky. Trauma freezes us, it stops us in time and fragments our identity. We become less than human, hiding and clutching our dear ones against the threat. As Québec speaks of tolerance and integration, they speak in the language of secularism and socialism, without the axis of transcendence in the context of human suffering.
I will remind myself of those ‘Helpers’ when I remember – ‘je me souviens’ – my friends and fellow Muslims fleeing from one kind of persecution to another. In the face of evil, it is healing to feel gratitude, to ‘the Helpers’, to the believers and to the leaders in all of our communities who stand on the ground against the darkness.
--
Munirah Maclean
Dorval, QC


"Time" is leaping. Can't be controlled, like a river, never stop. And won't come back at all... STEINS;Gate
"Time" is leaping. Can't be controlled, like a river, never stop. And won't come back at all...


| 7zip settings |
The 7zip archiver gives you the following options:
Compression LevelWhile Adding
Allows you to specify the amount of compression while creating archives on an odd scale of 0 to 9. 9 is maximum compression, 1 is minimum and 0 (zero) is no compression (just storage).
While Extracting
- Use solid blocks: Utilizes 7zip's solid block algorithm, this results in higher compression but makes the archive sort of like a magnetic tape meaning, to extract one file in the block you will have to extract all files upto the file. In general, its best not to use this option unless you want that slight bit of extra compression
- Use multi-threading (for multi-CPU PCs): Asks 7zip to make use of multi-threading across all your CPUs, useful if your system has more than one CPU
- Always overwrite (Default): Always overwrite any existing files
- Never overwrite existing files: Any files that already exist are not overwritten while extracting
- Rename existing files: Rather than overwriting, it renames the existing file
- Rename extracted files: Rather than overwriting, the newly extracted file from the archive is created with a different name
For information on saving these settings to the archive or as defaults read the <archiver> menu in this page.
| CreatingArchives | Extracting Archives |


Hello,
Below is a report of grouped invoice which contain a mismatch in oracle totals vs bpoint totals.
Report Date: {{ settlement_date }}
| Invoice Group ID | BPOINT Total | Oracle Order Total | Invoices |
|---|---|---|---|
| {{ r.invoice_group_id }} | {{ r.bpoint_total }} | {{ r.oracle_order_total }} | {% for inv in r.invoices %}{{ inv }} {% endfor %} |


Im Zander Schock.
My theme is soccer. I've played soccer all my life and its led me to many opportunities in my life. Along with the love for the game, comes idols. The professionals playing the game that people look up to. In my theme you see my idols and myself, showing what I grew up with!