Three missing as Pirates attack Delta community - The Nation Newspaper
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Pirates Friday night raided Opurudiegbene community in Burutu council area of Delta State, carting away generators, household appliances and an unspecified amount of cash.
It was learnt that three children are missing following the attack. A source said sporadic shooting caused fear in the community as pirates robbed shop owners and other residents of the coastal community.
According to a victim, Mr. Philip Amatu, the attackers are youngsters between ages 17 years and 24 years. “They came in a speed boat with sophisticated weapons and shot sporadically into the air to scare us. We ran for our lives. We know some of them and their villages.
Read Also; Family of three found dead in Makurdi
“They raped women, stole money from various shop owners. Electronic gadgets and generating sets were carted away too. We are still looking for three children after the raid.  One could not tell whether they drowned or were taken away. We slept in the forest as others ran to neighbouring villages through the bush path for safety,” he said. Delta Police Commissioner, Mr. Adeyinka Adeleke, said no complaint of pirates attack has been lodged, adding that his men on ground have not informed him.
Another prominent leader of the community, Chief Ezoukumor Michael, expressed worry over the menace of sea pirates in Burutu L.G.A. He said the villagers informed him from their hideout during the raid. He urged on state government not to play politics with security issues in Burutu riverine communities and other parts of the state.


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Enum InternetInformationServicesFeature
Specifies the Internet Information Services (IIS) features.
Namespace: Cadru.Environment
Assembly: Cadru.Environment.dll
Syntax
public enum InternetInformationServicesFeature : int
Remarks
Features only apply to IIS versions 7 and later.
Fields
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ApplicationInitialization | Application Initialization. |
| ASP | ASP. |
| AspNet | ASP.NET 3.5. |
| AspNet45 | ASP.NET 4.5. |
| Authorization | URL Authorization. |
| BasicAuthentication | Basic Authentication. |
| CentralizedSSLCertificateSupport | Centralized SSL Certificate Support. |
| CGI | CGI. |
| ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication | Client Certificate Mapping Authentication. |
| CustomLogging | Custom Logging. |
| DefaultDocument | Default Document. |
| DigestAuthentication | Digest Authentication. |
| DirectoryBrowsing | Directory Browsing. |
| DynamicContentCompression | Dynamic Content Compression. |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Service. |
| FTPExtensibility | FTP Extensibility. |
| HttpErrors | HTTP Errors. |
| HttpLogging | HTTP Logging. |
| HttpRedirection | HTTP Redirection. |
| IISCertificateMappingAuthentication | IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authentication. |
| IPSecurity | IP Security. |
| ISAPIExtensions | ISAPI Extensions. |
| ISAPIFilters | ISAPI Filters. |
| LegacyScripts | IIS 6 Scripting Tools. |
| LegacySnapin | IIS 6 Management Console. |
| LoggingTools | Logging Tools. |
| ManagementConsole | IIS Management Console. |
| ManagementScriptingTools | IIS Management Scripts and Tools. |
| ManagementService | IIS Management Service. |
| MetabaseCompatibility | IIS |
| NetFxExtensibility | .NET Framework Extensibility 3.5. |
| NetFxExtensibility45 | .NET Framework Extensibility 4.5. |
| ODBCLogging | ODBC Logging. |
| RequestFiltering | Request filtering. |
| RequestMonitor | Request Monitor. |
| ServerSideIncludes | Server-Side Includes. |
| StaticContent | Static Content. |
| StaticContentCompression | Static Content Compression. |
| Tracing | Tracing. |
| WebDAV | Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) publishing. |
| Webserver | World Wide Web (WWW) service. |
| WebSockets | WebSocket Protocol. |
| WindowsAuthentication | Windows Authentication. |
| WMICompatibility | IIS 6 WMI Compatibility. |


Referrals
| Nr. |
Registered on |
Shopped units |
Earnings |
| 1 |
24. September 2016 |
171 |
CHF 3,330.00 |
| 2 |
25. September 2016 |
27 |
CHF 630.00 |
| 3 |
18. November 2016 |
405 |
CHF 10,008.00 |
| 4 |
31. December 2016 |
306 |
CHF 9,000.00 |
| Period |
Sales type |
Product |
Earnings |
| 1. June 2016 |
Loyal Referral |
Rolex |
CHF 63.37 |
| 1. June 2016 |
Loyal Referral |
Mammut Formel 90 |
CHF 4.61 |
| 1. June 2016 |
Direct Referral |
Rolex |
CHF 260.00 |


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Public Member Functions | |
| __init__ () | |
| __init__ (const CurveFitter) | |
| addHpr (float t, const LVecBase3 hpr) | |
| Adds a single sample hpr. More... | |
| addXyz (float t, const LVecBase3 xyz) | |
| Adds a single sample xyz. More... | |
| addXyzHpr (float t, const LVecBase3 xyz, const LVecBase3 hpr) | |
| Adds a single sample xyz & hpr simultaneously. More... | |
| computeTangents (float scale) | |
| Once a set of points has been built, and prior to calling MakeHermite() or MakeNurbs(), ComputeTangents() must be called to set up the tangents correctly (unless the tangents were defined as the points were added). More... | |
| desample (float factor) | |
| Removes sample points in order to reduce the complexity of a sampled curve. More... | |
| int | getNumSamples () |
| Returns the number of sample points that have been added. More... | |
| LVecBase3 | getSampleHpr (int n) |
| Returns the orientation of the nth sample added. More... | |
| float | getSampleT (int n) |
| Returns the parametric value of the nth sample added. More... | |
| LVecBase3 | getSampleTangent (int n) |
| Returns the tangent associated with the nth sample added. More... | |
| LVecBase3 | getSampleXyz (int n) |
| Returns the point in space of the nth sample added. More... | |
| ParametricCurveCollection | makeHermite () |
| Converts the current set of data points into a Hermite curve. More... | |
| ParametricCurveCollection | makeNurbs () |
| Converts the current set of data points into a NURBS curve. More... | |
| output (Ostream out) | |
| removeSamples (int begin, int end) | |
| Eliminates all samples from index begin, up to but not including index end, from the database. More... | |
| reset () | |
| Removes all the data points previously added to the CurveFitter, and initializes it for a new curve. More... | |
| sample (ParametricCurveCollection curves, int count) | |
| Generates a series of data points by sampling the given curve (or xyz/hpr curves) the indicated number of times. More... | |
| sortPoints () | |
| Sorts all the data points in order by parametric time, in case they were added in an incorrect order. More... | |
| wrapHpr () | |
| Resets each HPR data point so that the maximum delta between any two consecutive points is 180 degrees, which should prevent incorrect HPR wrapping. More... | |
| write (Ostream out) | |
Static Public Member Functions | |
| static TypeHandle | getClassType () |
| __init__ | ( | ) |
| __init__ | ( | const | CurveFitter | ) |
| addHpr | ( | float | t, |
| const LVecBase3 | hpr | ||
| ) |
Adds a single sample hpr.
| addXyz | ( | float | t, |
| const LVecBase3 | xyz | ||
| ) |
Adds a single sample xyz.
Adds a single sample xyz & hpr simultaneously.
| computeTangents | ( | float | scale | ) |
Once a set of points has been built, and prior to calling MakeHermite() or MakeNurbs(), ComputeTangents() must be called to set up the tangents correctly (unless the tangents were defined as the points were added).
| desample | ( | float | factor | ) |
Removes sample points in order to reduce the complexity of a sampled curve.
Keeps one out of every factor samples. Also keeps the first and the last samples.
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static |
| int getNumSamples | ( | ) |
Returns the number of sample points that have been added.
| LVecBase3 getSampleHpr | ( | int | n | ) |
Returns the orientation of the nth sample added.
| float getSampleT | ( | int | n | ) |
Returns the parametric value of the nth sample added.
| LVecBase3 getSampleTangent | ( | int | n | ) |
Returns the tangent associated with the nth sample added.
This is only meaningful if compute_tangents() has already been called.
| LVecBase3 getSampleXyz | ( | int | n | ) |
Returns the point in space of the nth sample added.
| ParametricCurveCollection makeHermite | ( | ) |
Converts the current set of data points into a Hermite curve.
| ParametricCurveCollection makeNurbs | ( | ) |
Converts the current set of data points into a NURBS curve.
This gives a smoother curve than produced by MakeHermite().
| output | ( | Ostream | out | ) |
| removeSamples | ( | int | begin, |
| int | end | ||
| ) |
Eliminates all samples from index begin, up to but not including index end, from the database.
| reset | ( | ) |
Removes all the data points previously added to the CurveFitter, and initializes it for a new curve.
| sample | ( | ParametricCurveCollection | curves, |
| int | count | ||
| ) |
Generates a series of data points by sampling the given curve (or xyz/hpr curves) the indicated number of times.
The sampling is made evenly in parametric time, and then the timewarps, if any, are applied.
| sortPoints | ( | ) |
Sorts all the data points in order by parametric time, in case they were added in an incorrect order.
| wrapHpr | ( | ) |
Resets each HPR data point so that the maximum delta between any two consecutive points is 180 degrees, which should prevent incorrect HPR wrapping.
| write | ( | Ostream | out | ) |


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Individual results
| Year | Contestant | Rank | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Filip Münz | 21 | Silver Medal |
| 1992 | Kupčo Alexander | 32 | Silver Medal |
| 1992 | Tomáš Kočka | 36 | Bronze Medal |
| 1992 | Jiří Vaníček | 51 | Bronze Medal |
| 1992 | Tuleja Slavomír | 89 | Honourable Mention |
| 1991 | Filip Münz | 20 | Silver Medal |
| 1991 | Karel Netočný | 33 | Bronze Medal |
| 1991 | Peter Langfelder | 44 | Bronze Medal |
| 1991 | Petr Tobiška | 56 | Honourable Mention |
| 1990 | Jan Macháček | 33 | Bronze Medal |
| 1990 | Karel Netočný | 52 | Honourable Mention |
| 1990 | Petr Tobiška | 60 | Honourable Mention |
| 1989 | Arnošt Kobylka | 27 | Silver Medal |
| 1989 | Miroslav Vicher | 34 | Silver Medal |
| 1989 | Andrej Doboš | 46 | Bronze Medal |
| 1989 | Petr Duczynski | 84 | Honourable Mention |
| 1988 | Radek Vystavěl | 21 | Silver Medal |
| 1988 | Tibor Bartoš | 40 | Bronze Medal |
| 1988 | David Maxera | 58 | Bronze Medal |
| 1988 | Katarína Kis-Petríková | 66 | Honourable Mention |
| 1987 | Pavol Kolník | 17 | Bronze Medal |
| 1987 | Jaroslav Hora | 37 | Bronze Medal |
| 1987 | David Maxera | 44 | Honourable Mention |
| 1987 | Katarína Kis-Petríková | 65 | Honourable Mention |
| 1987 | Petr Habala | 68 | Honourable Mention |
| 1986 | Pavol Kolník | 15 | Bronze Medal |
| 1986 | Tomáš Ledvinka | 16 | Bronze Medal |
| 1986 | Radek Adamec | 42 | Honourable Mention |
| 1986 | Stanislav Meduna | 58 | Honourable Mention |
| 1985 | Patrik Španěl | 1 | Gold Medal |
| 1985 | Jan Lužný | ≥12 | Bronze Medal |
| 1985 | Ivo Myslivec | ≥29 | Honourable Mention |
| 1984 | Jan Lužný | ≥3 | Gold Medal |
| 1984 | Viliam Schichman | ≥15 | Bronze Medal |
| 1984 | Dagmar Kluvancová | ≥31 | Honourable Mention |
| 1984 | Josef Pelikán | ≥31 | Honourable Mention |
| 1984 | Patrik Španěl | ≥31 | Honourable Mention |
| 1983 | Jaroslav Smejkal | 7 | Gold Medal |
| 1983 | Daniel Kluvanec | 16 | Silver Medal |
| 1983 | Miloš Drutarovský | 25 | Bronze Medal |
| 1983 | Ivo Koreň | 39 | Honourable Mention |
| 1983 | Roman Šášik | 41 | Honourable Mention |
| 1982 | Miroslav Kolešík | 15 | Silver Medal |
| 1982 | Jiří Bajer | 25 | Silver Medal |
| 1982 | Petr Tichavský | 30 | Silver Medal |
| 1982 | Daniel Kluvanec | 41 | Bronze Medal |
| 1982 | Roman Šášik | 44 | Bronze Medal |
| 1981 | Milan Hanajík | 9 | Silver Medal |
| 1981 | Petr Pavlík | 10 | Silver Medal |
| 1981 | Jiří Matoušek | 20 | Silver Medal |
| 1981 | Bořivoj Tydlitát | 23 | Silver Medal |
| 1981 | Petr Plechác | 54 | Honourable Mention |
| 1979 | Pavel Kilinaj | ≥2 | Gold Medal |
| 1979 | Oskar Křenek | ≥9 | Silver Medal |
| 1979 | Vladimír Matěna | ≥14 | Bronze Medal |
| 1979 | Jan Wohlhein | ≥14 | Bronze Medal |
| 1977 | Jiří Svoboda | 1 | Gold Medal |
| 1977 | Jaromír Matěna | 2 | Gold Medal |
| 1977 | Jiří Kolafa | 9 | Silver Medal |
| 1977 | Petr Kučírek | 12 | Silver Medal |
| 1977 | Rupert Leitner | 19 | Silver Medal |
| 1976 | Pavol Tarina | ≥8 | Silver Medal |
| 1976 | Jiří Svoboda | ≥8 | Silver Medal |
| 1976 | Ilja Turek | ≥15 | Bronze Medal |
| 1976 | Karel Kubát | ≥27 | Honourable Mention |
| 1975 | Miroslav Lýčka | ≥2 | Gold Medal |
| 1975 | Jan Hula | ≥8 | Silver Medal |
| 1975 | Jiří Hůlka | ≥17 | Bronze Medal |
| 1975 | Jiří Vyskočil | ≥29 | Honourable Mention |
| 1974 | Jiří Hruška | ≥4 | Bronze Medal |
| 1974 | Zdeněk Svoboda | ≥4 | Bronze Medal |
| 1972 | Jiří Binder | 17 | Bronze Medal |
| 1972 | Pavel Drábek | 24 | Honourable Mention |
| 1972 | Jiri Dolejši | 29 | Honourable Mention |
| 1972 | Milan Lehotský | 32 | Honourable Mention |
| 1972 | Libor Slezák | 34 | Honourable Mention |
| 1971 | Karel Šafařík | 1 | Gold Medal |
| 1971 | Ivan Gabaš | 5 | Gold Medal |
| 1971 | Andrej Kugler | 6 | Silver Medal |
| 1971 | Václav Holý | 26 | Honourable Mention |
| 1970 | Miroslav Handl | 12 | Bronze Medal |
| 1970 | Vladimír Černý | 14 | Bronze Medal |
| 1970 | Vojtěch Hanzal | 15 | Bronze Medal |
| 1970 | Jaroslav Kučera | 17 | Bronze Medal |
| 1970 | Václav Novotný | 18 | Bronze Medal |
| 1969 | Mojmír Šob | 1 | Gold Medal |
| 1969 | Vladimír Černý | 4 | Gold Medal |
| 1969 | František Komín | 7 | Gold Medal |
| 1969 | Karel Šafařík | 15 | Silver Medal |
| 1969 | Juraj Šafařík | 20 | Silver Medal |
| 1968 | Mojmír Simerský | 2 | Gold Medal |
| 1968 | Ondřej Křivánek | 8 | Honourable Mention |
| 1967 | Jaroslav Kozáčik | 2 | Gold Medal |
| 1967 | František Klein | 6 | Gold Medal |
| 1967 | Ladislav Obdržálek | 10 | Honourable Mention |
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Autism or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) refers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and nonverbal communication.
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Autism affects an estimated 1 in 59 children in the United States today.
Helping to stop discrimination against Autism is important because having awareness helps with inclusion, self-determination, and the assurance that each person with Autism reaches their highest potential. If there is a lack of awareness, then that could cause bullying and discrimination.
Teachers, families, social workers, and therapists need to learn about Autism and spread awareness to others who don't have as much awareness to help people with Autism and their families not feel alone.
There has been so much work done to help raise awareness about Autism. Some examples of that work include anti-bullying policies in schools, autism awareness workshops and seminars, and fundraisers like walks and events to help spread awareness. The remaining gap is that people need to be more open-minded and have an awareness that people with autism can be just like them in some ways. Also, the differences like the behaviors of people with Autism can be embraced by others by spreading awareness and positivity about Autism.
My Life with Autism
Ever since I was diagnosed with Autism in Elementary School, I have had many hardships throughout my life from bullying to feeling alone. In this part, I will tell you some of my experiences with Autism to help you not feel alone if you have Autism.
I have had many challenges with having Autism. I have had a hard time making friends who are my age because I'm normally a shy person. I have also had a hard time with getting bullied in school by students and staff, especially in Middle School. I eventually went through depression and paranoia because of that and I started self-harming because of that. After a hard few months with battling that I committed myself to inpatient treatment with the support of my Mom. After many inpatient hospitalizations, I committed myself to RTF treatment(Residential Treatment Facility). After a long year of that treatment, I was able to step down to a CRR Host Home (Community Residential Rehabilitation) which is where I'm at now thanks to my support system.
"I think I can! I know I can!"
The quote above means so much to me because it shows if anyone can think or dream of accomplishing something they can do it and know it.
Overcoming the Challenges
Besides having challenges, I have also accomplished dealing with those challenges and overcoming them. I have a really great support system such as my family, my teachers, and staff at my current school, and my treatment team at Community Services Group (CSG) in Lancaster which is a part of my CRR Host Home Treatment. Currently, in my life, I have the skills to tell people about my Autism and I have also made friends with and without Autism. My depression is also vanishing with the great support of my treatment team, family, and my current school. My biggest advice to whoever reads this is, "Don't take your Autism diagnosis or disability as who you are and you are not alone in your journey through overcoming your obstacles in life.
"Autism is a gift, not a burden."
If you see someone with Autism, talk to them. Be a mentor. get to know them and help them overcome their social sensitivities and help them find their place in the world. The links below will also help you learn more about how to help people with Autism.
Autism Speaks.Autism Society of America Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) KidsHealth Neumours Alfred Dupont Childrens Hospital (article for kids) KidsHealth Neumours Alfred Dupont Childrens Hospital (article for teens)


What's behind Jeremy Corbyn's wonky glasses?
As Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn went head to head in the election debate tonight, many viewers have been left wondering ‘what’s wrong with Jeremy Corbyn’s wonkly glasses?’
The Labour leader appeared at the debate, wearing glasses which were bent to one side.
Many took to Twitter to ask: ‘Why are Jeremy Corbyn’s glasses crooked.’
One social media user added: ‘Jeremy Corbyn’s glasses are wonky and a little steamed up’.
Many even complained they couldn’t focus on the substance of the debate, because they were too distracted by the Labour leader’s specs.
However, Mr Corbyn has earlier said he is receiving treatment for an eye condition at Moorfields Eye Hospital.
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A Labour Party spokesperson had said in March: ‘Jeremy has a muscle weakness in his right eye which has become apparent in recent months.
‘He is being treated at Moorfields Eye Hospital and thanks the wonderful staff for their care and expertise.’
They added that he was ‘using corrective glasses as part of the treatment’.
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Sunday, July 01, 2007
We had planned on sleeping in but at 6 AM the alarm went off.  She came back to bed and in just a minute it again went off. I had to remove the battery in order to stop it. We did go back to sleep for a while. When I got up I was going to catch my journal up to date. My computer has been coming up with an indication that I needed to update our Fire Wall protection. I hooked up the phone line to the computer and turned on the inter-net. After starting the download it took up the computer time until we finally had to get ready for church. The nursery was busy today and so when church was over we were beat. The Relief Society Home Making committee gave me a package of “EXTRA Sugar Free Gum” with a note on it that read “Just a note of Extra Special appreciation for the help you gave us.” We came home and I took our tithing back as we hadn’t brought our check book with us. Bob had us come upstairs and get some lunch as they had several of their family come today. We then went over to Jeff and Gail’s and ate dinner with them. Gail’s mother, Marci was also there. After eating dinner we played games. We first played “Mormon Bridge” which Gail won that game. Mae and I were then taught how to play “Scum” and we had a good time playing it. It was late when we came home so soon went to bed.
Monday, July 02, 2007
We didn’t get up until 8:45 AM and so was behind in getting started today. I caught up my journal and printed off my journal for the month of June. It is hard to believe that the year is already half over. I weeded the garden and did some irrigation in the garden and set the water trying to cover the lawn. We did go for a walk but other than that the day was gone. We watched a movie this evening.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
We were late getting up but I did go out to work by 9 AM. I showed Mark how to spray the garden. I made some changes in the hoses so that Mark has a hose for the garden, and we have two hoses for the lawn. With the secondary water pressure we are having trouble keeping the lawns green. I was able to get the return side of the manifold for Craig and Carla’s heat system but to gather. I was tired when I came in at 6:30 PM so I took a shower and watched a show on TV. Mae and I then went out and got a cooler, a folding table and umbrella for tomorrow. We rolled out the Big Mable tub so that it will dry out. I filled out my journal and while I did that Mae called and talked to Shellie. We went to bed shortly after 10 PM.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
I had set the alarm wrong and it didn’t wake us up. We got up at 6 AM and had to hurry to leave at 7:15 AM. We went to David and Shauna’s and when they were ready we went to Morgan. We took a large awning of David and Shauna’s and it really helped to be able to set in the shade. We got a breakfast that was served there at the park and then watched the first of the Championship baseball games for the little league. We just set on the bleachers to watch that game. Tyler’s team lost their first game. After the first game we set us the umbrella. A friend of David’s, asked if his father could set under the shade also and we invited his parents to join us. It was fun getting to visit with them. Each game lasted two innings per game so the games were quite short. David is the assistant coach of Tyler’s team and has been the coach in the previous two years but with his work assignment this year had to turn the coaches’ passion over to another father. He sure helped with the team anyway. The team won the next three games so it put them in the play off with the team that beat them the first time. The final game was a four inning game and both teams played very well. Tyler’s teem did well and won that game which made them the Champions. We enjoyed the games but were very glad we had the large umbrella to shade us. after the games were over we went back to David’s. Mae and I stopped at a Sub Way and got some lunch and enjoyed relaxing with just the two of us for a few minutes. We went into the Browning store and bought Mae two tee shirts and me a hat. Scott and his family got to David’s about the same time we did. They had brought a water slide the inflated with air. The children sure had fun with it. Jeff, Gail, Benji, Mike, Becky, David, Tayler, Mattie and Jessica also came. David grilled steak burgers and chicken breasts and everyone brought other salads. We had a great time and in the evening we all went back to the park where the ball games were held this morning and watched fire works. It was 11:30 PM when we got home and after mid-night by the time I filled in this journal entry, so we were late getting to bed.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
We got up about 7:30 AM. it was about 9:30 when I went outside to start work. I repaired a leak in our water storage system, tested the water pressure on our secondary water and it is running between 50 & 30 PSI. That is not enough to operate our sprinkler system. I rolled up the Big Mabel Tub and put it away. Also put the folding chairs that we had out for the 4th away. I worked a little while on the heat system manifold but some parts are still missing. I called Bryant Holt about fishing tomorrow but he has family coming in from Colorado so he can’t go tomorrow. I greased the pickup and car, also got new windshield wipers for the car. I was concerned about getting all I needed to do done and still go fishing tomorrow. With Bryant changing plans, I shouldn’t have very much to do tomorrow. That was a good relief. Mae and I went walking this evening and I got an e-mail off to Toni before we went to bed.
Friday, July 06, 2007
I got up at 6:30 A.M. with my back hurting so I did some stretch exercisers and lay on the vertical table. Mae and I rubbed each others feet. We got ready and went for a walk. We walked two miles this morning. Bob came down with waffles for breakfast. I decided that in as much as I wasn’t going fishing today I would start on the remodeling of the sunroom. The project grow as the day went on. At 2 PM Uncle Van and Aunt Allison came to visit. We were excited to see them but they did catch us in a mess. Jeff and Gail had also brought Benji over for us to tend. He was a gem while Van and Allison were here. They stayed a couple of hours. It was sure good to see them. Scott had called last night to see if I would put a awning on their house for them. Mishelle called today to say that the awning was the wrong size so they would continue to look. They called and ask about building just a framed awning. I told them I would draw one up and we would estimate the materials cost. I cleaned up some of the remodeling mess. Mae took Benji for a walk while I cleaned up. We drew the design that Mishelle wanted and figured the materials. I will still need some prices before we will know for sure. They left about 9 PM so I am now writing my journal entry before we go to bed.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
I got started on the remodeling about 9 AM and worked all day. Other than stopping for meals and then I went over to Lowe’s to get a sheet of sheetrock and I stopped and filled my truck with gas, I kept busy with the house. It was 11 PM when we quite and went to bed. Mae has been busy and quite a bit of her time was getting things ready for me to go fishing with Jeff and Mike. In the morning she was also busy tending Benji. She took him with her in a stroller for her walk and went over to the grocery store. After getting her shopping done she called me and I went over and got them. Jeff and Gail came for Benji and stayed for lunch and to visited but I kept working. Although it was late when we went to bed and we were tired we watched the movie “Big Country”.
Sunday, July 08, 2007
We didn’t get up until 9 AM and if it hadn’t been for Mae I would have stayed longer. When I turned on my palm to study the scriptures this morning I realized that I had forgotten that this morning at 7 AM was Stake Priesthood Meeting. Mae fixed food for my fishing trip, including making zucchini bread for me to take. She cooked boiled eggs and peeled them; she sliced the olives for us to add to our salad, got grapes for us and even picked them off the stems. She has packed my clothes and bedding and has tried to think of every thing I will need on the trip. She made up a menu for our meals. What a special wife! She really spoils me. I wouldn’t be near ready to go on this trip if it wasn’t for her. We attended the block and had mainly younger children in the nursery today. It really kept us busy and we were tired when we went into Sacrament meeting. Bob and Carroll had dinner ready when we got home. Mae helped me finish packing. Just before I left Jeff called and said that when he got to the camp sight that it was closed due to a bear problem. We got Mike on the phone with us and talked of an alternative plan. We decided to go to a stream that is up Thistle Cannon and then turning North up Diamond Cannon. We found a nice camp ground and set up the tent trailer. We popped some popcorn and played a game of “Kill the Bunny” until after 11 PM when we went to bed. I had forgot to bring bedding for Jeff so I let him use my sleeping bag and I used a bag liner of Mike’s and a sheet and blanket that I had brought. I had two pillows so let Jeff us one of them.
Monday, July 09, 2007
We got up at 6 AM and went up stream a couple of miles and started fishing there. I caught two nice brown trout when Mike and Jeff found me. Mike had caught two browns also but Jeff hadn’t caught any. We went back to the trailer and fixed some breakfast. Jeff and I drove down to Springfield and called the Forest service and they told us that the camps were now open but that the bears had not been caught. When we got back we decided to go out fishing again. Mike and Jeff went upstream and I went down stream. I caught two more browns and a cut throat, all very nice fish. Jeff caught a nice brown this time. I did have an advantage as I had hip boats and they did not. When we returned to the trailer Jeff set up his hammock and was going to take a short nap before he went on home. Mike and I decided to drive up to Payson Lake and take a chance on the bear problem. The camp was open so we set up the trailer and then went fishing on the lake in Mike’s raft. We caught about five fish that we kept as they were much smaller that the fish we had caught earlier. When we quit I fixed me some salad for dinner but Mike didn’t want anything. We were tired so soon went to bed.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Mike and I got up at 6 AM and went out fishing. The fishing was slow this morning so at 11 AM we quit with having caught two fish that we kept. We came back to the trailer and cooked a nice breakfast of fish, fried potatoes and eggs. After cleaning up the trailer we packed up and came home. It was 5 PM when I got home. I was tired but unpacked and helped Mae get ready for Shellie and the boys as they should arrive about 6 PM. I was just a little after 6 when they got there. We ate dinner and then Shellie gave us our Christmas present early. Shellie had made us a nice scrap book of our trip to Israel. She used the computer and really did a nice job with it. It will surly be a treasure to have. We played a game with Quint, Kevis and Shellie. We then read from the scriptures and got ready for bed. David called with a business proposition that we will think about. I filled out my journal for the last three days before I went to bed. All the rest were tired and went to bed with out me.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
It was about 7 AM when I got up. Mae had breakfast ready about 9 AM. Mae, Shellie, Quint, Kevis and Jace went to Lagoon this morning. I worked all day on getting the drywall hung and the patching ready for mudding. I also rewired the light switch in out bedroom. I went over to Shanna and Danny’s and went over the items Danny had questions concerning the finishing of their basement. Bob and I went Home Teaching to the Johnstun’s this evening. When I got home I finished hanging the sheet rock over the area I had to cut in order to change the wiring of our bedroom switch, I put my tools away and cleaned up the trash and vacuumed the floors before Mae, Shellie and the boys got home. I fixed myself a tossed salad for dinner. I had just started a movie on TV when Mae, Shellie and the boys got home. We finished the movie and then had family prayer. It was about 12:30 AM when we got to bed.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Mae and I prepared breakfast of fish, biscuits and gravy. Shellie said that she thought we should have my Mother sealed to Leo. I am not sure that is necessary or should be done. Shellie went over to Georgia’s to visit with her today. I had Bob go with us and we took Quint, Kevis, Jase and Cole fishing at the Clinton Pond. Kevis and Cole each caught a couple of cat fish but I wished that Quint and Jase could have caught one. We came home about 5 PM. Mae was ready for her book group and had dinner ready. David called and wanted Shellie and the boys to come up. They went up and stayed the night. I relaxed and watched a western show on TV. When Mae got home we watched a show on DVD. It was Anatomy of a Murder staring James Stewart. It was nice to have an evening with my sweetheart.
Friday, July 13, 2007
We slept in until 8 AM before getting up and having breakfast. I sure enjoy being with Mae and I am so greatful for what the Gospel means in our life’s. I worked out back putting things away from the trip Mike, Jeff and I took Sunday evening, Monday and Tuesday. I went to Durk’s and returned some part, exchanged some parts for Sherman’s project; and picked up some parts for the lawn sprinkler system. I finished assembling the distribution loop for Craig and Carla’s heat system. I now need to pressure test it. I had to go for more parts so while at Durk’s I got the things for the lawn. Mae and all our daughter-in-laws and daughters went out together. At 7 PM I came in and quit for the day. I warmed some dinner up and we then watched a show on TV. David and his children came about 8:30 PM, Mae and Shauna came at 9 PM. David and Shauna stayed for a while and visited, they left about 10 PM. Shellie and Sandi are going to spend the night together. I went over to the store and got some milk and bananas. I updated the statement for Craig and Carla; and then filled out my journal before going to bed.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Bob fixed breakfast for us this morning of waffles. I started about 9 AM and worked until 8 PM on installing a buster pump on the secondary water. Our water pressure has been ranging from a low of 30 PSI and occasionally reaches 50 PSI. the lawns are drying up and we just have to keep trying to get them watered. This pump should solve the problem but it is costing close to 600 dollars. It was hot today and I was sure tired when I came in. Mae took the boys to Dinosaur Park and they returned about 4 PM. Bob mowed the front lawn this morning and started the back lawn. I had him let Quint mow the center of the back lawn. Quint enjoyed using the rider mower. When I came in I ate some dinner and then took a shower. We watched a good show on TV this evening. It was after 11 PM when we went to bed.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
I woke at 7:30 AM and hoped to go back to sleep but Mae was soon up and we got the day started. I cooked breakfast while Mae got dinner and other things started. After breakfast I down loaded some pictures from Sandi’s camera as her chip was full. It is nice to have Sandi, Shellie and her boys with us. Mae and I went into the nursery. When the girls and Shellie’s boys came I showed them where Jase attended Primary then I took Quint and Kevis to Priesthood. I attended the High Priest Quorum meeting. I went back to the nursery and set up the tables for snack time and then went to Sunday school. We left before Sacrament meeting and came home. Mae had a nice pork roast for dinner. After eating Mae, Sandi, Shellie and I went to a reunion of those that went to Israel. It was good to meet these good people again. We brought back more pictures that Joann and Richard had taken while we were on the trip. It was 8 PM when we returned home. All the rest except me went for a walk. I popped some popcorn while they were gone and did up some dishes. We got the children ready for bed and read the scriptures and had family prayer. Sandi, Shellie, Mae and I played Rook. Mae and I won the first game then Sandi and Shellie won the second game. At the end we found out that the girls were using the mirror and cheating on us the last two hands. It was after midnight when we went to bed. It is sure fun having the girls here.
Monday, July 16, 2007
I got up at 6:30 AM so that I could fix breakfast but when I went into the kitchen Bob had brought down biscuits to be cooked and a pan full of gravy. I just cooked some fish and soon had breakfast ready. Shellie’s boys sure don’t eat much and with only 12 biscuits we still had half of them left. Sandi left her dog with me today. She had to meet JaNae in S. L. so she could tend Jayden and Kennedy while JaNae had a Doctor’s appointment. Mae and Shellie took the three boys and went to Lagoon today. Sandi brought Dawson back to Lagoon so he could go on the rides with Jase. I worked all day on the electrical for the pressure pump for the lawn sprinkler system. Bob took Carroll into the Doctor to find out the results of the test last week. He had to take her to another Doctor this afternoon as she is having hart trouble. It doesn’t sound very good. It was 9 PM when I got things put up and came in. Bob fixed me a sandwich to eat for dinner. I took a shower and filled in my journal. I played a game on the computer before I went to bed.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
I woke and started my normal morning routine when I remembered that I had to take one of the Missionaries into the Ogden Tabernacle where he will meet with the Mission President before he returns home. When I got home everyone else was getting up and breakfast was started. I started bricking a retaining wall around the buster pump. Mae, Sandi and Shellie went shopping at Cosco. for the groceries we need for the family reunion. I finished the pump walls and set the timer clock. Mark had picked all the string beans so he and I cleaned, broke, blanched and vacuumed sealed them all. Mae came home about the time we were finished and was upset with me for doing them. I thought it was because she didn’t have time to do them but she just didn’t want them and had told Mark she didn’t, so was upset that I spent the time doing this rather than doing something with our grandsons.  This evening we watched part of a show while we ate dinner. The children watched a show on Animal Planet. I did get the boat hooked up and brought to the front of the yard. Also I returned some of my tools to the trailer. Mae and Shellie were busy preparing food and supplies for the reunion. We were late getting to bed. Mae stayed up and showered after I went to bed.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
We slept until 6:30 AM and then got up and started packing for our trip. It was about noon when we were ready to leave. We stopped at Maverick for worms and I got a yogurt. We had to stop for gas but they only had one pump going and several waiting. It was about 4 PM when we arrived at the cabin at Harbor View at Bear Lake. The cabin is great and very roomy. All our family got here this evening except for Sandi, Nix, Logan, Chelci and Steve and they will come Friday morning.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Mike, Kylan, Tyler and I took my boat and went to the East side of the lake and tried fishing. We had two strikes but didn’t catch either. David, Scott, Jeff, Shellie and Shauna used David’s boat and went water skiing. I came back in so that we would be back at 10 AM for breakfast but the other group didn’t come in until later. After breakfast several of us took the children down to the swimming pool and swam for a couple of hours. Shellie and I played three games of chess after we returned from swimming. I won the first two games and we started the third when some wanted to go out with the boats and pull toys. It was quite funny as when we talked about going, no one was interested except Kylan. When I blew up big Mabel all the children wanted to go. We had a lot of fun. When we came back we ate dinner. Shellie and I finished our game and I finally won but it was a fight to the end. I was so tired that I had trouble thinking straight until I finally won. We were late going to bed again tonight.
Friday, July 20, 2007
I woke about 6:30 AM and soon Brad, David and Shellie got up and went out water skiing. I worked on my computer getting the pictures that Joann gave us of Israel copied onto three more CD for Shellie to take to Patsy and Sharon in Arizona and a copy for herself. It was after 8 AM before others started getting up. Jeff and I drove to Montpelier where we bought some groceries, some fishing items and some ear plugs for Jeff. All the family went down to the lake this afternoon. We had fun with the boats and toys. When we were unloading the boat and they were waiting for me to park the pickup a man offered to trade a Big Mabel for our Great Big Mabel. Mae turned him down but I wish that she would have made the trade as the Great Big Mabel is to big for our boat. We had a lot of fun and our family did enjoy our Great Big Mabel. After we had enough of the sun and water, we returned to the cabin and ate dinner. Sandi had brought some 40”s Birthday decorations as she wanted to celebrate Shellie’s Birthday, although it was last month. I asked Shellie to go with me to check on our motel room for tonight, get some house items and purchase some ice. That way she would be out of the way for the rest to decorate for her. When we came back everyone wished her a Happy Birthday and we had cake and ice cream. I had some yogurt that I bought while Jeff and I were in Montpelier. This evening Nike and Logan went with Mae and I to stay in the motel. That way Logan, Nike and I could go fishing early in the morning.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
I woke at 4 AM and couldn’t go back to sleep. Mike came down at 4:45 AM and met Nike, Logan and myself and we drove around the south end of the lake and launched the boat from the east shore. We fished until 8 AM with out any action so gave up and came back to the cabin. It took us extra time loading the boat as the braces on the skids bent and let them tip to the side. I think I had better weld them into position. It was 9:30 AM when we got back. Mae was gust starting breakfast. I started mixing the biscuits while Mae started the grave. Brad helped us by cooking the fish. It was 10:30 when we had the blessing and ate breakfast. After cleaning up from breakfast mothers took the children to the swimming pool. Mike, Jeff and Nick played a game. I fell asleep in the chair. When I woke up Jeff had me pop some corn. He, Mike and Nck were playing Risk. I think it is interesting that they will play Risk for over three hours put they won’t play me a game of chess. After they finished Nick said he would play me a game of chess. We played for quite a while. Mae interrupted me as she wanted me to download Shellie’s pitchers onto a CD. David came and helped Nick but I was still able to win the game. Shellie and the boys left for home. They will go as far as Mike’s and sleep there and will go on home tomorrow. Sandi made dinner but while the rest were eating I got the boat ready for them to take out. Most everyone wanted to spend this evening out on the water but I decided to stay home. I ate, fix some whey and took a shower and shaved. I then filled in part of my journal. Gail stayed home with Benji, Chelci didn’t feel well so she stayed home, and David (Mike’s son) also stayed home. Mae was busy most of her spare time trying to get all the prices figured up so that it was fair for everyone. She did a good job of it and I think everyone felt good about it. I could have gone to bed early but every one wanted to stretch the day out. We watched a movie of the “Work and the Glory III”. Chelci wanted to be administered to but none of us brought our oil. Scott went down to the store and was able to buy some olive oil. I consecrated the oil, Scott anointed Chelci and Steve sealed the anointing and gave Chelci a blessing. When we started to bed, Mae and I ended up with out a mattress. Scott and Mishelle came in as we were trying to come up with a bed and they insisted that they take to mattress off a hide-a-way bed down stairs and but their children on it and then we used their blow up mattress. It was almost 2 AM when we finally got to bed.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
We got up about 7 AM and were quite busy getting ready to return home. JaNae and Chelci prepared crepes for breakfast. Chelci feels much better this morning and also slept well last night. After breakfast we all worked together to pack up and prepare to leave for homes. It has been a wonderful time with all our family. The only two that were not able to be with us was Roy and Garrett. I believe that everyone enjoyed the time together. Mae and I enjoyed visiting and enjoying the scenery as we came home. We stopped in Logan and got natural gas for the pickup. It was almost 2 PM when we got home. We had to hurry to get the truck unloaded and then get ready to attend Sacrament meeting. I did get a 15 minute nap before we went. I stayed awake until after the Sacrament but Mae fell asleep several times through out the meeting. Bob invited us for dinner then later we went up and played a game of Canasta. Mae and Carroll beat Bob and I again. We were sure tired when we came down to go to bed.
Monday, July 23, 2007
I got up at 7 AM and had several things to do this morning. I enjoyed reading Jacob 5 in the Book of Mormon this morning. I believe we are in the last days before the coming of the Lord when he will prune his vineyard for the last time. I am so greatful for the light of the Gospel and the security that it gives to me. I just wish that David and Jeff could see it. Gail brought Benji for Mae to tend today while she goes back to school. He is sure a easy child to tend and so fun to see him continue to learn. He is almost walking by himself now. He just holds on to your finger and then almost runs around the house. I worked all day in the yard making some changes to the sprinkler system so that it dose a better job of covering the yard and automaticly waters the flower beds. Besides tending Benji Mae did the laundry and it was a big one after camping, cleaned house and finished unpacking. She then came out and weeded the front flower bed. It was 9:30 PM when we quit and came into the house, both very tired. However we decided to watch a movie so stayed up and saw “The Man that Killed Liberty Vance” staring James Stewart and John Wayne.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
We slept in and then watched the 24th of July parade on TV. I worked on the distribution manifold testing it for leaks. Bob and I corrected a sprinkler head but other than that the lawn watering system seems to be working ok. I started finishing the sheet rock in out apartment. Gary Nelson came by to visit at 7 PM. We visited until 10:15 PM. I wrote in my journal before we went to bed. I don’t feel the best this evening.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
I woke at 7 AM and got up still not feeling the best. Mae kept me on vitamin C through the day. I worked on the mudding of the sheetrock most of the day. Bob and I were going to go Home Teaching to the Fallis’s this evening but Brother Fallis called and said that Sister Fallis was not home and he was not sure when she would be here. Bob had visited him the other day so he said that it would be best for them if we call that our visit this month. Mae went to the Temple this evening with Georgia. I thought of going also but since I am not feeling very well I decided to stay home. I watched a show on TV. Scott called and they would like to get started on their deck cover as soon as posible. I did some figuring on that. Mike called to let us know that David has got Bells Pulsey and it has affected his face. It has caused a partial paralyzed of the face. He can’t smile on the one side of his face and his eye won’t close. They have taken him into the Doctor and he does not know what causes this condition but thinks it will last from a few days up to 3 months and thinks it will go away. My condition is settling on my lungs.
Thursday, July 26, 2007
I woke at 6 AM and got up for a few minutes. Mae was sleeping in the recliner. She had problems with her legs so finally got us and went to the recliner. Between the two of us I think we are getting old. I went back to sleep until almost 9 AM. We had breakfast and then Mae and Georgia went shopping for the reunion groceries. I called Mike to see how David is doing today. He said that he is ok but about the same. I worked on Scott and Mishelle’s plans quite a bit today. This afternoon I mowed the lawn as Mae wanted it mowed before Brother Morgan and the social committee met here this evening. Mae came out and trimmed the lawn. I watched the last half of a western on TV while Mae went shopping for more items for the reunion. I talked to David about his job and he said that it didn’t look very good for the company he is now with.
Friday, July 27, 2007
I was up
three times during the night but seen to have been able to rest of. We got up
at7 AM and started packing to go to the Family Reunion. Mae gave me a hair cut
and Bob came down and had me change the filter in the furnace. It is almost
12:30 PM and we are ready to leave. We went into Riverdale and returned the
carpet samples to R. C. Willie’s, then we went to Carpet 1 and signed a
contract for them to replace our carpeting. We then drove to Heber Valley Camp
Ground that is East of Heber City. We arrived there at 3 PM and was the first
of our group to get there. Georgia and Rick , then Mike came with Tayler and
Mattie. Out of a possibility of about 80 descendents of Glendon and Mildred
Porter there was just over 1/4th of them that came. We were happy
for those that did make it and a little disappointed that more didn’t make the
effort. Many had good reasons that prevented them from coming but it was still
disappointing that others didn’t bother to let us know and Mae and
Georgia had planed on about 50% attendance. We had a good time and the camp
physilities were very good. We had four cabins that each had single bunks for
16 people. They did not have mattresses on the bunks so we had to bring our
own bedding. Some of us brought air mattresses that we used. We had dinner of
hamburgers and hot dogs with all the trimmings and lots of salads and
watermelon. This evening we built a camp fire and had a very enjoyable
program. It was late when we started going to bed and some stayed up until
after midnight visiting (including Mae).
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Many of the parents did not sleep very well because of not coming prepared with proper bedding or because of children not sleeping quietly. I have had a cold for several days and it really stuffed me up during the night. I got up at 3:15 AM and used the restroom. I didn’t go back to bed as my head hurt to much to lay down and I didn’t want to wake others in our cabin. I finally went to the truck and tried to sleep there. That didn’t work very well and about 5 AM Mae came looking for me. she got into the truck with me and we tried to sleep some more. She had brought a quilt so that we got warm at least. We got up shortly after 6 AM. David was soon up and he said that he hadn’t slept to well but that Conner had kept Shauna awake most of the night with his tossing. It was a good day. Kim went for a short hike to start the day. We had a delicious breakfast of hot cakes, eggs, bacon, and sausage along with all the trimmings. Most of the guys got involved in a volleyball game which ended when Nolan and Kim both dove for a ball and Kim landed face first on Nolan’s cast and really cut his face quite badly. He later went to the hospital and got it cleaned up and tree stitches to close the cut. I took a nap while the volleyball game was in progress. That really helped me. We had dinner about 3 PM and then the reunion began to breakup. It was after 5 PM when we got home and then had to unpack. I was really feeling ruff tonight so I slept in the recliner.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
I slept until 4 AM and after using the bathroom I tried to got back to bed with Mae but I couldn’t sleep laying down so go back up and slept in the recliner. Mae slept until 7:30 AM when she got up. She woke me at 8:50 AM as Bob was going to have breakfast for us at 9 AM. Bob called us to eat at 9 AM. He had made biscuits and gravy and they were very good. I really felt rotten so I stayed home. I watched a BYU Devotional but after it ended I turned the TV of for my eyes burned to hard with the brightness of the TV. I slept quite a bit today. Mae, even thought she was very tired, attended Primary and Sacrament meeting. Bob invited us for dinner but I stayed downstairs and they brought me something to eat. I didn’t want to expose them with any of what I have. I again slept in the recliner tonight.
Monday, July 30, 2007
I slept until 8 AM and slept fairly good. Mae prepared some breakfast and got some things done around the house. She went over to Jeff and Gail’s and tended little Benji while Gail went to work. About noon Craig and Carla came down. I went with them to Durk’s and got the rest of their material for their heat system. Mark and I had picked quite a few ripe tomatoes so I gave them a small sack of tomatoes to take home. I took the one heat vent cover off and removed a piece of filter that Mark had placed there. The filter stopped us from closing the vent to its fullest. I closed the vent and also covered it with plastic. That has helped keep it from getting so cold this evening. I may have to put plastic over the vent in our bedroom. I watched the show “Airport 1975” of TV and then when Mae returned home we watched it again. We then worked on the computers with Mae doing E-mails and I worked on my journal.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007


Microsoft Documentation
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- Pthreads Programming Contents
- Preface Contents
- Organization
- Example Programs
- FTP
- Typographical Conventions
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 - - Why Threads
- Overview
- What Are Pthreads?
- Potential Parallelism
- Specifying Potential Parallelism in a Concurrent Programming Environment
- UNIX Concurrent Programming: Multiple Processes
- Pthreads Concurrent Programming: Multiple Threads
- Parallel vs. Concurrent Programming
- Synchronization
- Sharing Process Resources
- Communication
- Scheduling
- Who Am I? Who Are You?
- Terminating Thread Execution
- Exit Status and Return Values
- Pthreads Library Calls and Errors
- Why Use Threads Over Processes?
- A Structured Programming Environment
- Choosing Which Applications to Thread
- Chapter 2 - - Designing Threaded Programs
- Overview
- Suitable Tasks for Threading
- Models
- Boss/Worker Model
- Peer Model
- Pipeline Model
- Buffering Data Between Threads
- Some Common Problems
- Performance
- Example: An ATM Server
- The Serial ATM Server
- The Multithreaded ATM Server
- Example: A Matrix Multiplication Program
- The Serial Matrix-Multiply Program
- The Multithreaded Matrix-Multiply Program
- Chapter 3 - - Synchronizing Pthreads
- Overview
- Selecting the Right Synchronization Tool
- Mutex Variables
- Using Mutexes
- Error Detection and Return Values
- Using pthread_mutex_trylock
- When Other Tools Are Better
- Some Shortcomings of Mutexes
- Contention for a Mutex
- Example: Using Mutexes in a Linked List
- Complex Data Structures and Lock Granularity
- Requirements and Goals for Synchronization
- Access Patterns and Granularity
- Locking Hierarchies
- Sharing a Mutex Among Processes
- Condition Variables
- Using a Mutex with a Condition Variable
- When Many Threads Are Waiting
- Checking the Condition on Wake Up: Spurious Wake Ups
- Condition Variable Attributes
- Condition Variables and UNIX Signals
- Condition Variables and Cancellation
- Reader/Writer Locks
- Synchronization in the ATM Server
- Synchronizing Access to Account Data
- Limiting the Number of Worker Threads
- Synchronizing a Server Shutdown
- Thread Pools
- An ATM Server Example That Uses a Thread Pool
- Chapter 4 - - Managing Pthreads
- Overview
- Setting Thread Attributes
- Setting a Thread’s Stack Size
- Setting a Thread’s Detached State
- Setting Multiple Attributes
- Destroying a Thread Attribute Object
- The pthread_once Mechanism
- Example: The ATM Server’s Communication Module
- Keys: Using Thread-Specific Data
- Initializing a Key: pthread_key_create
- Associating Data with a Key
- Retrieving Data from a Key
- Destructors
- Cancellation
- The Complication with Cancellation
- Cancelability Types and States
- Cancellation Points: More on Deferred Cancellation
- A Simple Cancellation Example
- Cleanup Stacks
- Cancellation in the ATM Server
- Scheduling Pthreads
- Scheduling Priority and Policy
- Scheduling Scope and Allocation Domains
- Runnable and Blocked Threads
- Scheduling Priority
- Scheduling Policy
- Using Priorities and Policies
- Setting Scheduling Policy and Priority
- Inheritance
- Scheduling in the ATM Server
- Mutex Scheduling Attributes
- Priority Ceiling
- Priority Inheritance
- The ATM Example and Priority Inversion
- Chapter 5 - - Pthreads and UNIX
- Overview
- Threads and Signals
- Traditional Signal Processing
- Signal Processing in a Multithreaded World
- Threads in Signal Handlers
- A Simple Example
- Some Signal Issues
- Handling Signals in the ATM Example
- Threadsafe Library Functions and System Calls
- Threadsafe and Reentrant Functions
- Example of Thread-Unsafe and Threadsafe Versions of the Same Function
- Functions That Return Pointers to Static Data
- Library Use of errno
- The Pthreads Standard Specifies Which Functions Must Be Threadsafe
- Using Thread-Unsafe Functions in a Multithreaded Program
- Cancellation-Safe Library Functions and System Calls
- Asynchronous Cancellation-Safe Functions
- Cancellation Points in System and Library Calls
- Thread-Blocking Library Functions and System Calls
- Threads and Process Management
- Calling fork from a Thread
- Calling exec from a Thread
- Process Exit and Threads
- Multiprocessor Memory Synchronization
- Chapter 6 - - Practical Considerations
- Overview
- Understanding Pthreads Implementation
- Two Worlds
- Two Kinds of Threads
- Who’s Providing the Thread?
- Debugging
- Deadlock
- Race Conditions
- Event Ordering
- Less Is Better
- Trace Statements
- Debugger Support for Threads
- Example: Debugging the ATM Server
- Performance
- The Costs of Sharing Too Much—Locking
- Thread Overhead
- Synchronization Overhead
- How Do Your Threads Spend Their Time?
- Performance in the ATM Server Example
- Conclusion
- Appendix A - - Pthreads and DCE
- The Structure of a DCE Server
- What Does the DCE Programmer Have to Do?
- Example: The ATM as a DCE Server
- Appendix B - - Pthreads Draft 4 vs. the Final Standard
- Detaching a Thread
- Mutex Variables
- Condition Variables
- Thread Attributes
- The pthread_once Function
- Keys
- Cancellation
- Scheduling
- Signals
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- Error Reporting
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Revealed: Barcelona stars URGE club to seal major Manchester United transfer raid
by Mark BrusBarcelona duo Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique are reportedly urging the club to seal the transfer of Manchester United defender Victor Lindelof.
The Sweden international has shone for the Red Devils in recent times, improving slowly and steadily in the last year or so to become one of the team’s most reliable performers.
MORE: Manchester United and Liverpool among main contenders for transfer of unsettled £100m-rated star
This actually saw Lindelof linked with Barcelona during the summer, with the Catalan giants in need of more options at centre-back at the moment.
It now seems Lindelof is back on Barca’s radar as Messi and Pique are both informing the club that they think the 25-year-old could be a fine purchase, according to Don Balon.
Another benefit of signing Lindelof this January is that he would not be cup tied for the Champions League, as United are not in the competition this season.
It remains to be seen how likely it is for Man Utd to let a key player go in the middle of a campaign, but they might find it increasingly difficult to hold on to their stars as they go through something of a slump.
MUFC themselves have been linked with new defensive signings, so it may be that Lindelof will be sacrificed for another big name coming in in defence.


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abstract fun onVideoSessionStarted(sessionStatus: MeetingSessionStatus): Unit
Called when the video session has started. Sometimes there is a non fatal error such as trying to send local video when the capacity was already reached. However, user can still receive remote video in the existing video session.
Note: this callback will be called on main thread.
sessionStatus
- : MeetingSessionStatus - Additional details on how the video session started.


Taxpayers’ Union congratulates NZ First
by New Zealand Taxpayers' UnionTaxpayers’ Union congratulates New Zealand First for stance on tobacco tax
29 NOVEMBER 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Responding to New Zealand First’s decision to oppose January’s hike in tobacco excise, New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union spokesman Jordan Williams says:
“Winston Peters is absolutely correct to highlight how tobacco tax intensifies poverty and crime. NZ First is choosing evidence over emotion – that New Zealand’s eye-wateringly high cigarette taxes are no longer working to get people to quit.”
“Let’s face it, the only people left smoking are from socioeconomic groups that are driven into poverty by the outrageously high taxes on what is a legal product.”
“The next step for Mr Peters is to wield his influence in Cabinet to give Parliament a vote on the issue. Recent comments from the National Party suggest they too understand why further tax hikes should be rejected.”
ENDS


Basic Reference for Learning Python¶
There are clearly too many guide and tutorial for Python, some of which are quite good. Here is just a personal selection.
Basic¶
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The actual guide book is here
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“A Byte of Python” is a free book on programming using the Python language. It serves as a tutorial or guide to the Python language for a beginner audience.
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A curated list of awesome Python frameworks, libraries, software and resources.
Comprehensive Python Cheatsheet
Made by Jure Šorn. The source files are here
Dig Deeper¶
All Algorithms implemented in Python
These implementations are for learning purposes. They may be less efficient than the implementations in the Python standard library.
Python Standard Library is a very good place to start learning Python:
There are a lot of useful tools in the standard library.
Managing Python Packages¶
Anaconda¶
Anaconda distribution is the easiest way to perform Python/R data science and machine learning on all platforms. It can help you create environments with different Python versions, and manage libraries and dependencies in Python.
It is an easy way to start with Python programming without worrying too much about installing packages all by yourself.
Getting started with Anaconda and the Anaconda tutorials are good places to start.
AstroConda - Conda for astronomers
AstroConda is a free Conda channel maintained by the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) ### pip: Python Package Installer
One important reason to use Python in science is that there are already a huge number of great tools prepared to make your life easier.
The most useful tool is pip - The Python Package Installer.
pip is the package installer for Python. You can use pip to install packages from the Python Package Index and other indexes
This complete reference guide is very useful.
pip-tools - A set of tools to keep your pinned Python dependencies fresh
A set of command line tools to help you keep your pip-based packages fresh, even when you’ve pinned them.
Start-up Package¶
The most basic packages you want to use on daily bases.
Scipy ecosystem:
pandas - Python Data Analysis Library
pandas is an open source, BSD-licensed library providing high-performance, easy-to-use data structures and data analysis tools for the Python programming language.
matplotlib - Comprehensive 2D Plotting
Matplotlib is a Python 2D plotting library which produces publication quality figures in a variety of hardcopy formats and interactive environments across platforms.
Online document of matplotlib; and the matplotlib gallery are very helpful resources to learn.
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Bokeh is an interactive visualization library that targets modern web browsers for presentation. Its goal is to provide elegant, concise construction of versatile graphics, and to extend this capability with high-performance interactivity over very large or streaming datasets.
Bokeh user guide and the reference guide are very useful. The gallery of examples is also a good place to start.
Interactive Python computing:
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Project Jupyter exists to develop open-source software, open-standards, and services for interactive computing across dozens of programming languages.
The Jupyter Notebook App is a server-client application that allows editing and running notebook documents via a web browser.
IPython - Interactive computing
IPython provides a rich architecture for interactive computing
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scikit-learn - Machine learning in Python
scikit-learn is a Python module for machine learning built on top of SciPy.
scikit-image - Image processing in Python
scikit-image is a collection of algorithms for image processing.
Tutorials of skimage and gallery of examples are very useful.
astropy - Community Python library for astronomer
The Astropy Project is a community effort to develop a common core package for Astronomy in Python and foster an ecosystem of interoperable astronomy packages.
Learn.Astropy - Tutorials, documentation, and examples of astropy
Scrapy - A fast high-level web crawling & scraping framework for Python
An open source and collaborative framework for extracting the data you need from websites. In a fast, simple, yet extensible way.


URL Shortener Microservice
User stories:
1) User Story: I can pass a URL as a parameter and I will receive a shortened URL in the JSON response.
2) User Story: If I pass an invalid URL that doesn
3) User Story: When I visit that shortened URL, it will redirect me to my original link.
Example usage:
https://url-shortnerz.herokuapp.com/api/v1/shorten/https://google.com
https://url-shortnerz.herokuapp.com/api/v1/shorten/http://codeforces.com/
https://url-shortnerz.herokuapp.com/api/v1/shorten/http://codeforces.com:80/
Example output:
{
"status": "OK",
"original_url": "https://google.com",
"shortened_url": "https://url-shortnerz.herokuapp.com/1000"
}


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Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
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Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
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Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
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Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
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Centers)
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Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Peterson, Mary Dale (Driscoll, TAHP and TACHP)
Raimer, Ben (Self; Tps)
Wilson, Stacy (Childrens Hospital Assn of Texas)
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Dudensing, Jamie (Texas association of health plans)
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Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garcia, Mimi (Texas Association of Community Health Centers)
Garza, Cherisse (Self)
Hausenfluck, Amber (CHRISTUS Health)
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Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
Kunish, Eric (Self; NAMI Austin Advocacy Chair)
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Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Morehead, Tracy (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Person, Maria (Self)
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Schauer, Tim (Community Health Choice)
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Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
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Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Walker, Nancy (Harris Health System)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
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Garza, Cherisse (Self)
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Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Kunish, Eric (Self; NAMI Austin Advocacy Chair)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
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Walters, Curtis (Health and Human Services Commission)
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Molina, John (Self; Imagine Art)
Sanghavi, Ankit (Texas Health Institute)
Seargent, William (Self; Texas Advocates)
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Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Association)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Davis, Helen Kent (Texas Medical Association)
Davis, Khrystal K (Self)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas association of health plans)
Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Guerra-Cardus, Dr. Laura (Children's Defense Fund Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
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Generating random numbers that are uniform distributed in the range [0,1] is the basis for generating non-uniform distribution. Because the same program with the same input always produces the same output, it is not possible to write a program that produces truly random numbers. However, for most purposes, a pseudo-random number sequence will work almost as well. By “pseudo-random number”, we mean a repeatable sequence of numbers that has statistical properties similar to a random sequence. The most well-known algorithm for generating pseudo-random sequences of integers is the linear congruental method[4], in which the nth and (n + 1)th integers in the sequence is related by
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where Mod is the remainder function, A, C, and M are positive integer constants. The ﬁrst number in the sequence, which is called the seed value, is selected by users. Equation (134) can generate pseudo-random number that is uniform distributed in the range [0,M − 1]. The obtained sequence can be scaled by a factor of M − 1 to lie in the range [0,1]. Figure 12 plots the possibility density of 106 values returned by Eq. (134) with parameters A = 16807, C = 0, M =<PHONE_NUMBER> (this choice is called the Park and Miller method). In practice we need to use Schrange’s algorithm to avoid integer overﬂow[4].
Another way to visualize whether the values generated by the random generator are random distributed in the region [0,1] is to view how the points (xj,xj+1) are distributed in the two-dimension plane, as is plotted in Fig. 13.


There are two ways to import data files: with the "Layer: Import" command, or by using drag-and-drop to drag files into the VTBuilder window.
With the Layer: Import command, you will be asked for the kind of data to expect: Elevation, Imagery, and so forth. This is important because many file formats can be interpreted in more than one way. For example, a Shapefile (.shp) can be used to represent Water, Road, or Building features. Since Shapefiles lack any kind of standards for attributes, a computer can't guess what sort of data it really is, unless it knows what to expect. For another example, TIF files can be interpreted as either Imagery or Elevation, so telling VTBuilder makes it clear how to handle your TIF file.
Depending on the layer type, VTBuilder may give you additional dialogs to clarify how to import the data. See the documentation for each layer type (e.g. Structure Layers) for an explanation of the issues involved in importing data of that type. If the data lacks a CRS, then you may be shown the Projection Dialog to specify it.
The fastest and easiest way to import files is to drag-and-drop them from your operating system file manager. Multiple files can be imported at once by dragging over a group of icons. This is really useful when you have a whole directory full of small files which need to be imported and merged.
When you drop files, VTBuilder won't ask you the layer type for each file, but instead will do its best to guess. Un-guessable GIS files like .shp will be imported as Raw layers.
If you drag-and-drop a compressed (archive) file, VTBuilder will quietly unarchive it to a temporary folder, and look in that folder for something to import. If the archive contains a single file, it will act as if you dropped in that file by itself. If the archive contains multiple files, it will look for distinctive patterns like "catd.ddf" and ".dem" to try figure out what to import.
The feature is very convenient for the user, especially for awkward formats like SDTS.
If you encounter a situation where a file is not importing as expected, please let us know.


The authors would like to thank Silvio Peroni for developing LODE, a Live OWL Documentation Environment, which is used for representing the Cross Referencing Section of this document and Daniel Garijo for developing the script used to create the document template.


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Tata Steel plans to cut 3,000 jobs across Europe ‘devastating for workforce’
The company said it wanted to come to terms with a ‘severe’ international steel market, but added there would be no plant closures.
Plans by Tata Steel to cut as many as 3,000 jobs across its European business have been described as a “devastating blow” to the workforce.
The company, which employs hundreds of people in the Black Country, said it wanted to come to terms with a “severe” international steel market, but added there would be no plant closures.
It is not known where in Europe the cuts will be made, but about two-thirds of the roles axed will be office-based.
Tata has 750 people working at Wednesfield Steel Park and previously had sites in Brierley Hill, Wednesbury and Walsall.
Henrik Adam, chief executive of Tata Steel in Europe, said: “We are highlighting important proposals towards building a financially strong and sustainable European business.
“We plan to change how we work together to enable better co-operation and faster decision-making. This will help us become self-sustaining and cash-positive in the face of unprecedented severe market conditions, enabling us to lead the way towards a carbon-neutral future.”
Stephen Kinnock, Labour parliamentary candidate for Aberavon, and David Rees, Assembly Member for Aberavon, said: “This is a devastating blow to the workforce, their families and the wider community.
“It leaves steelworkers in great uncertainty as they await more details of any job losses in Wales and particularly at its largest works in Port Talbot.
“The steelworks is the beating heart of our community and any job losses will be felt deeply across Aberavon and the wider region.
“It is very disappointing that the statement issued by Tata Steel today contains so little detail. They refer to an estimated reduction in employee numbers of up to 3,000 across Tata Steel Europe’s operations, about two-thirds of which are expected to be office-based roles, but they provide absolutely no information about where the focus of those job losses will be.
“Will they be in the Netherlands or the UK, and if they are to be in the UK what will that mean for South Wales and our Port Talbot steelworks?
“Tata Steel should remember that these are real people with families to look after, they are not just numbers on a spreadsheet.”
Tata said its plans include a proposed new way of working to boost productivity and reduce bureaucracy as well as a focus on increasing sales of higher-value steel products.


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Lower Bound |
Estimate |
Upper Bound |
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65.01ns |
65.14ns |
65.29ns |
| Throughput: |
234.71MiB/s |
234.24MiB/s |
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| Change in Value: |
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| Change in Throughput: |
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Lower Bound |
Estimate |
Upper Bound |
| Value: |
74.29ns |
74.38ns |
74.51ns |
| Throughput: |
205.40MiB/s |
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Fundamentals of
Data Analytics and
Predictions
Tree Methods II
Xi (Rossi) LUO
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science
School of Public Health
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Bagging —1
- Bootstrap aggregation, or bagging, is a general-purpose
procedure for reducing the variance of a statistical learning method;
- It is particularly useful and frequently used in the context of decision trees
- Given a set of n independent observations $Z_1$, $Z_2$, $\dots$ $Z_n$, each with variance
$\sigma^2$, the variance of the mean $Z'$ of the observations is given by $\frac{\sigma^2}{n}$
- In other words, averaging a set of observations reduces variance
- So, if we have more than one training set, we could grow a tree on each set and take the average
tree
- But we generally do not have access to multiple training sets!
Bagging —2
- Instead, we bootstrap, by taking repeated samples from the training dataset
- Generate B different bootstrapped training sets
- Then train our method on the $b^{th}$ bootstrapped training set in order to get
$\hat{f}^{*b}(x)$, the prediction at a point x
- Then average all the predictions to obtain
$\hat{f}_{bag}(x)=\frac{1}{B}\sum_{b=1}^{B}\hat{f}^{*b}(x)$
Bagging —3
- For classification trees: for each test observation, we record the class predicted by each
of the B trees and take a majority vote
- The overall prediction is the most commonly occurring class among the B predictions.
Random Forests
- Random forests provide an improvement over bagged trees by way of a small tweak
that decorrelates the trees
- To further reduces the variance when we average the trees
- We build a number of decision trees on the bootstrapped training samples
- But when building these trees, each time a split in a tree is considered, a random selection of
m predictors is chosen as split candidates from the full set of p predictors
- The split is allowed to use only one of those m predictors
- A fresh selection of m predictors is taken at each split (typically we choose $m\approx
\sqrt{p}$)
- That is, the number of predictors considered at each split is approximately equal to the
square root of the total number of predictors.
Example: The Heart Dataset
- Bagging and random forest results
- The test error (black and orange) is shown as a function of B, the number of
bootstrapped training sets used
- Random forests were applied with $m\approx \sqrt{p}$ (4 of the 13 for the Heart data)
- The dashed line indicates the test error resulting from a single classification tree.
- The green and blue traces show the OOB error
Out-of-Bag Error Estimation
- It turns out that there's a straightforward way to estimate the test error of a bagged model
- Recall that the key to bagging is that trees are repeatedly fit to bootstrapped subsets of the
observations
- The remaining observations not used to fit a given bagged tree are referred to as the
out-of-bag (OOB) observations
- We can predict the response for the $i^{th}$ observation using each of the trees in which that
observation was OOB
- This estimate is essentially the LOO cross-validation error for bagging, if B is large
Boosting
- Like bagging, boosting is a general approach that can be applied to many statistical learning
methods for regression or classification
- Recall that bagging involves creating multiple copies of the original training data set using
the bootstrap, fitting a separate decision tree to each copy, and then combining all of the
trees in order to create a single predictive model
- Notably, each tree is built on a bootstrap data set, independent of the other trees
- Boosting works in a similar way, except that the trees are grown sequentially:
each tree is grown using information from previously grown trees
Boosting Algorithm
- 1. Set $\hat{f}(x)=0$ and $r_i=y_i$ for all i in the training set
- 2. For $b=1,2,\dots,B$, repeat:
- Fit a tree $\hat{f}(x)$ with d splits (d+1 terminal nodes) to the training data (X, r)
- Update $\hat{f}$ by adding in a shrunken version of the new tree: $\hat{f}(x)\leftarrow
\hat{f}(x)+\lambda\hat{f}^b(x)$
- Update the residuals $r_i\leftarrow r_i- \lambda \hat{f}^b(x_i)$
- 3. Output the boosted model,
$\hat{f}(x)=\sum_{b=1}^{B}\lambda\hat{f}^b(x)$
What is the idea behind this procedure?
Boosting Continued
- Unlike fitting a single large decision tree to the data, which amounts to fitting the
data hard and potentially overfitting, the boosting approach instead learns
slowly
- Given the current model, we fit a decision tree to the residuals from the model
- We then add this new decision tree into the fitted function in order to update the residuals
- Each of these trees can be rather small, with just a few terminal nodes
- By fitting small trees to the residuals, we slowly improve $\hat{f}$ in areas where it does not
perform well
- The shrinkage parameter $\lambda$ slows the process down even further, allowing more and
different shaped trees to attack the residuals
Boosting for Classification
- Boosting for classification is similar to boosting for regression
- The R package gbm (gradient boosted models) handles a variety of regression and classification
problems
Example: Gene Expression Data
- Results from performing boosting and random forests on the fifteen-class gene expression
data set in order to predict cancer versus normal
- The test error is displayed as a function of the number of trees. For the two boosted
models, $\lambda=0.01$. Depth-1 trees slightly outperform depth-2 trees, and both outperform
the random forest, although the standard errors are around 0.02, making none of these
differences significant
- The test error rate for a single tree is 24%.
Tuning Parameters for Boosting
- The number of trees B
- Unlike bagging and random forests, boosting can overfit if B is too large, although this
overfitting tends to occur slowly if at all; use cross-validation to find B
- The shrinkage parameter $\lambda$
- A small positive number. This controls the rate at which boosting learns
- Typical values are 0.01 or 0.001; the right choice can depend on the problem
- Very small $\lambda$ can require using a large value of B to achieve good performance
- The number of splits in each tree d
- Controls the complexity of the boosted ensemble.
- d=1 often works well, in which case each tree is a stump, consisting of a single split and
resulting in an additive model
Variable Importance Measure
- For bagged/RF regression trees, we record the total amount that the RSS is decreased due to
splits over a given predictor, averaged over all B trees.
- A large value indicates an important predictor.
- Similarly, for bagged/RF classification trees, we add up the total amount that the Gini
index is decreased by splits over a given predictor, averaged over all B trees
Summary
- Decision trees are simple and interpretable models for regression and classification
- However, they are often not competitive with other methods in terms of prediction accuracy
- Bagging, random forests and boosting are good methods for improving the prediction accuracy of
trees
- They work by growing many trees on the training data and then combining the predictions of
the resulting ensemble.
- Random forests and boosting are among the state-of-the-art methods for supervised learning