This list will be regularly updated on Wednesday, August 30 until 7 p.m. Please bear with us as we are continuing to add places to this list!
After Hurricane Harvey, the water is draining off but many major roadways and neighborhoods are still flooded. In addition, last night mayor Sylvester Turner implemented a curfew from midnight to 5 a.m. So, it's fair to say that things aren't normal for Houston yet. Another day; another list of the grocery stores, restaurants and bars that have managed to open in the aftermath.
One major thing that we're watching for is if we hear about more places open than closed, grocery stores that are returning to normal hours and if restaurants stop running out of food early. Once that happens, we'll discontinue our daily "what's open" list.
Be aware that due to the curfew, many businesses will close earlier than normal.
Here are the grocery stores and restaurants that are open for Wednesday, August 30.
H-E-B: The Texas-based grocery chain has not yet announced which Houston-area stores are opening today. It did, however, announce that their retail support center is reopening. That's very good news, because it means the supply chain is being restored. Keep an eye on the Facebook post below for store openings. In general, over the past few days the locations able to open have operated from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. We hope to see longer hours than that today, but it's a wait-and-see game.
Kroger: View their updated list of open stores online.
Saltillo Mexican Kitchen, 5427 Bissonnet, Suite 200: Open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. and will offer a free basic meal to anyone that had to evacuate their home.
Sweet Paris, 797 Sorella: Reported their opening on Facebook.
Artisans, 3201 Louisiana: Open from 5 to 10 p.m.
The Pearl Restaurant and Bar, 1117 Prairie: The restaurant is open until 10 p.m., and the bar will stay open until 10:30 p.m.
Xochi, 1777 Walker: Opening at noon. Serving a limited menu and will have special cocktails with proceeds going to Harvey relief. People are also welcome to drop off items for donation to local shelters.
Andes Cafe, 2311 Canal: Chef David Guerrero says it will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. today. First responders get a free sandwich.
Cafe TH, 2108 Pease: We don't have hours yet, but do know owner Minh Nguyen intends to open.
Caracol, 2200 Post Oak: Chef Hugo Ortega's coastal Mexican restaurant is serving a limited menu and will have special cocktails with proceeds going to Harvey relief. People are also welcome to drop off items for donation to local shelters.
Ciao Bello, 5161 San Felipe: Tony Vallone's casual Italian restaurant comes back online for the first time since the floods today. The planned hours are 4 to 9:30 p.m.
Dish Society, 5740 San Felipe St #100: Open today from 11 a.m. until sold out.
Kenny & Ziggy's, 2327 Post Oak Blvd: Open today from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Kolache Shoppe, 3945 Richmond: Opened at 7 a.m.; likely to sell out early.
La Table, 1800 Post Oak Blvd.: Opened at 11 a.m. Free meals for first responders and volunteers. Marche (downstairs) will be serving a limited a la carte menu from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Morton's the Steakhouse, 5000 Westheimer, Suite 190: Open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Ragin' Cajun, 4302 Richmond: Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Tony's, 3755 Richmond: We all deserve to be treated well, so you might be happy to know that Tony's reopens from 4 to 9:30 p.m. today.
Rainbow Lodge overlooks White Oak Bayou and miraculously did not flood. Photo Courtesy Rainbow Lodge.
Alice Blue, 250 West 19th: The restaurant announced on Instagram that it is open today.
Cane Rosso, 1835 North Shepherd: Open today according to Facebook.
Chilosos Taco House, 701 East 20th: Open regular business hours, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Coltivare, 3320 White Oak: Open with a "limited" menu at 11 a.m.
Eight Row Flint, 1039 Yale: Open from 2 to 10 p.m.
King's Bierhaus, 2044 East T.C. Jester: Open from 5 to 9 p.m. according to Facebook.
Rainbow Lodge, 2011 Ella: Opens at 5 p.m. for a well-deserved happy hour and dinner.
Revival Market, 550 Heights: Open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Urban Eats, 3414 Washington: Open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., or as long as food stocks allow.
Dish Society, 23501 Cinco Ranch: Open from 11 a.m. to sold out.
Third Coast, 6550 Bertner: Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Hours are from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. New closing time is to fit with City of Houston mandatory curfew.
Jonathan's The Rub, 9061 Gaylord: Open for dinner this evening at 6 p.m., open until 9:30 p.m.
KUU, 947 Gessner: Opened at 11 a.m. according to Facebook.
Sylvia's Enchilada Kitchen, 6401 Woodway: Open for lunch and dinner today starting at 11 a.m.
Vallone's, 947 Gessner: Tony Vallone's Memorial restaurant reopens today from 4 to 9:30 p.m.
Cyclone Anaya's Mexican Kitchen, 309 Gray: Open today from 11 a.m to 11 p.m.
Fish: Open today from 5 to 9 p.m., with a limited menu and to-go orders only.
Holley's Seafood Restaurant & Oyster Bar, 3201 Louisiana: Chef Mark Holley is back in business today, albeit with a limited menu.
Luna e Sol, 2808 Milam: The planned hours are from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Weights + Measures, 2808 Caroline: Reopened this morning at 8 a.m.
Baby Barnaby's, 604 Fairview: Reported on Facebook that it reopened this morning.
Cane Rosso, 4306 Yoakum: Reported it would open at 11 a.m. on Facebook.
Common Bond, 1706 Westheimer: Open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Hugo's, 1600 Westheimer: Chef Hugo Ortega's interior Mexican restaurant is serving a limited menu. Proceeds from special cocktails will go to Hurricane Harvey relief charities. People are also welcome to drop off items for donation to local shelters.
Pass & Provisions, 807 Taft: Offering a limited menu in the bar area only until 6 p.m.
Pax Americana, 4319 Montrose Blvd: Open today with adjusted hours—4 to 9 p.m.—so that staff can get home by midnight in time for the curfew.
Ramen Tatsu-ya, 1722 California: Open until 7 p.m.
Roost, 1972 Fairview: Opening back up at 5 p.m. today. Chef Kevin Naderi expects to serve the full menu.
Siphon Coffee, 701 Alabama: Open until 6 p.m and is also donations of toiletries, baby formula, diapers and pet food for local shelters.
The Pit Room, 1201 Richmond: Open until sold out.
Lucille's, 5512 La Branch: Open according to a representative.
Killen's Barbecue, 3613 East Broadway, Pearland: Open until sold out and first responders eat free.
Killen's Burgers, 2804 South Main, Pearland: Open until sold out and first responders eat free.
King's Biergarten, 1329 East Broadway, Pearland: Open tonight from 6 to 8 p.m., and will provide each person with one beer (for free) to give neighbors an opportunity to get out of the house and mingle. There will be a small crew of four people working to help the community de-stress. Note that this is volunteer work regular than regular service.
D'Amico's Italian Market Café, 5510 Morningside, Suite #140: Open for lunch and dinner today, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., dependent on supplies and staff.
Kenny & Ziggy's, 5172 Buffalo Speedway: Expects to be open until 8 p.m.
Picnic, 1928 Bissonnet: Open; closing time is to be determined.
Pokeology, 5555 Morningside: Open until 10 p.m. according to chef Jason Liao.
Prego, 2520 Amherst: Open until 8 p.m.
Raven Grill, 1916 Bissonnet: Opened at noon; closing time is to be determined.
Backstreet Cafe, 1103 Shepherd: Main dining room and lounge only. Serving a limited menu and will have special cocktails with proceeds going to Harvey relief. People are also welcome to drop off items for donation to local shelters.
Ouisie's Table, 3939 San Felipe: Open for dinner tonight until 9 p.m.
Relish Restaurant & Bar, 2810 Westheimer: Planned closing time is 8 p.m.
Roko Akor, 2929 Weslayan, Suite 100: Reopening this evening, donating ALL of the restaurant's profits from tonight's dinner service to the American Red Cross for the hurricane relief effort currently taking place. Reservations can be made here.
Himalaya, 6652 Southwest Freeway: Open according to owner Kaiser Lashkari.
W Grill Margaritas To-Go, 8303 Longpoint: Open until 8 p.m.
Craft Grill, 25219 Kuykendahl, #G110: Craft Grill is open normal hours, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Tejas Chocolate Craftory, 200 North Elm : Open today with a good-lookin' smoked chicken and poblano soup on special. Check their Facebook page before heading out to make sure they are not sold out.
Kata Robata, 3600 Kirby: Full menu; first responders eat free. Also accepting donations to shelters.


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The more useful services Maya adds to the kiosk, the more profitable the kiosk will become!


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How did IRS scammers get your number?
By: Joe Ducey
You may have heard about the recent arrests involving IRS scammers. Dozens of people were finally held accountable here and in India where call centers were raided.
But has that made an impact on the number of people getting calls? The indictment is full of interesting information about how the scam worked.
Click here to read the government indictment.
It talks about how 1,500 Magic Jack numbers that were bought by these guys, and it details how those people were sucked into the scam.
The scam was even more successful than I thought.
The indictment talks of more than $250 million dollars gained by these clowns over the last few years. The arrests are great news. I didn't think it would have much impact on the number of calls.
So far, I am wrong.
Felicia Thompson with the Better Business Bureau says their scamtracker site used to get 200 IRS call complaints a week. That total is down to 11.
I checked the Let Joe Know calls and emails. We used to get dozens of similar complaints weekly. Since October 6th, when it was announced the call centers were raided, we've had just one complaint.
Well, my guess is there are many others involved and they are laying low. This was such a successful scam for so long, it will be back, maybe in a new form. So, continue letting your landline calls go to voicemail.
And remember, the IRS and the government, never threaten you for not paying a past bill.
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Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5096
>> Pubs Warehouse > SIR 2011-5096
Prepared in Cooperation with the National Park Service
Relation of Nutrient Concentrations, Nutrient Loading, and Algal Production to Changes in Water Levels in Kabetogama Lake, Voyageurs National Park, Northern Minnesota, 2008–09
By Victoria G. Christensen, Ryan P. Maki, and Richard L. Kiesling
Nutrient enrichment has led to excessive algal growth in Kabetogama Lake, Voyageurs National Park, northern Minnesota. Water- and sediment-quality data were collected during 2008–09 to assess internal and external nutrient loading. Data collection was focused in Kabetogama Lake and its inflows, the area of greatest concern for eutrophication among the lakes of Voyageurs National Park. Nutrient and algal data were used to determine trophic status and were evaluated in relation to changes in Kabetogama Lake water levels following changes to dam operation starting in 2000. Analyses were used to estimate external nutrient loading at inflows and assess the potential contribution of internal phosphorus loading. Kabetogama Lake often was mixed vertically, except for a few occasionally stratified areas, including Lost Bay in the northeastern part of Kabetogama Lake. Stratification, combined with larger bottom-water nutrient concentrations, larger sediment phosphorus concentrations, and estimated phosphorus release rates from sediment cores indicate that Lost Bay may be one of several areas that may be contributing substantially to internal loading. Internal loading is a concern because nutrients may cause excessive algal growth including potentially toxic cyanobacteria. The cyanobacterial hepatotoxin, microcystin, was detected in 7 of 14 cyanobacterial bloom samples, with total concentrations exceeding 1.0 microgram per liter, the World Health Organization's guideline for finished drinking water for the congener, microcystin-LR. Comparisons of the results of this study to previous studies indicate that chlorophyll-a concentrations and trophic state indices have improved since 2000, when the rules governing dam operation changed. However, total-phosphorus concentrations have not changed significantly since 2000.
First posted August 11, 2011
Report PDF (2.2 MB)
Director, USGS Minnesota Water Science Center
2280 Woodale Drive, Mounds View, MN 55112
http://mn.water.usgs.gov
Christensen, V.G., Maki, R.P., and Kiesling, R.L., 2011, Relation of nutrient concentrations, nutrient loading, and algal production to changes in water levels in Kabetogama Lake, Voyageurs National Park, northern Minnesota, 2008–09: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5096, 50 p.
Nutrient Concentrations and Loading, Algal Production, and Their Relation to Changes in Water Levels
Synopsis of Water-Quality Conditions at Lake Kabetogama, 2008–09
Appendix—Algal species composition, density, and biovolume for samples collected from Kabetogama Lake, 2008–09
URL: https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5096/
Page Last Modified: Thursday, January 10, 2013, 08:08:57 PM


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Q: Mongodb lookup + group by with mongoose I have two different mongoose collection as follow :
{ "_id" : 1, "countryId" : 1, "price" : 12, "quantity" : 24 }
{ "_id" : 2, "countryId" : 2, "price" : 20, "quantity" : 1 }
{ "_id" : 3  }
{ "_id" : 4, "countryId" : 1, "price" : 12, "quantity" : 24 }

{ "_id" : 1, "id" : 1, description: "Colombia"}
{ "_id" : 3, "id" : 2, description: "Mexic" }

I'm trying to aggregate them so that i can have a result as follow :
{"country":"Colombia","total":48}
{"country":"Mexic","total":1}

I've tried many things but it's always failing here is the last version of what i'm working on ( i've changed the data but you get the idea ) :
Model.aggregate([
      {
      $lookup:
        {
          from: "countryList",
          localField: "countryId",
          foreignField: "id",
          as: "country"
        },
       {
       $project: {
                    quantity:1, country:{$country:"$countryList.description"}
                 }
       },{
         $group:{
                 { _id : null, qtyCountry: { $sum: "$quantity" } }
         }
       }
   }],function (err, result) {
        if (err) {
            console.log(err);
        } else {
            console.log(result)
        }
    }
);

Is it even possible ?

A: Yes, it is possible. You can try the following aggregation pipeline.
var pipeline = [
                    {"$match":{"countryId":{"$exists":true}}},
                    {"$group" : {"_id":"$countryId", "quantity":{"$sum":"$quantity"}}},
                    {"$lookup":{"from":"countryList","localField":"_id", "foreignField":"id","as":"country"}},
                    {"$unwind":"$country"},
                    {"$project": {"country":"$country.description", "total":"$quantity", _id:0}}
                ]

Sample output:
{ "country" : "Mexic", "total" : 1 }
{ "country" : "Colombia", "total" : 48 }

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200 [CUB-200-2011]) shows that algorithm achieves an accuracy of bird identification between 80% and 90%.The experimental study is done with the Ubuntu 16.04 operating system using a Tensor flow library.
BIRD behavior and population trends have become an important issue now a days. Birds help us to detect other organisms in the environment (e.g. insects they feed on) easily as they respond quickly to the environmental changes . But, gathering and collecting information about birds requires huge human effort as well as becomes a very costlier method. In such case, a reliable system that will provide large scale processing of information about birds and will serve as a valuable tool for researchers, governmental agencies, etc. is required. So, bird species identification plays an important role in identifying that a particular image of bird belongs to which species. Bird species identification means predicting the bird species belongs to which category by using an image.
algorithms that carries out such a task in an automatic fashion.
Since many decades, ornithologists are facing problems in bird species identification. Ornithologists require studying all the details of birds such as their existence in environment, their biology, their distribution, their ecological impact, etc. Bird identification is usually done by ornithology experts based on classification proposed by Linnaeus: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, and Species .
As image based classification systems are improving the task of classifying, objects is moving into datasets with far more categories such as Caltech-UCSD. Recent work has seen much success in this area. Caltech- UCSD Birds 200(CUB-200-2011) is a well-known dataset for bird images with photos of 200 categories . The dataset contains birds that are mostly found in Northern America. Caltech-UCSD Birds 200 consists of 11,788 images and annotations like 15 Part Locations, 312 Binary Attributes, 1 Bounding Box.
In this paper, instead of recognizing a large number of disparate categories, the problem of recognizing a large number of classes within one category is investigated that of birds. Classifying birds pose an extra challenge over categories, because of the large similarity between classes. In addition, birds are non-rigid objects that can deform in many ways, and consequently there is also a large variation within classes. Previous work on bird classification has deal with a small number of classes, or through voice.
The figure 1 represents the process of detecting the bird from image. The image is getting upload first then from that image the various alignments will be considered such as head, body, color, beak and entire image. Further, each alignment is given through deep convocational network to extract features out from multiple layers of network . After that representation of the image will get consider. Then on the basis of it the classifying result will get generated (i.e. features are aggregated to transfer it to classifier) and the bird species will get found.
This paper is assembled in format: Section II covers the parameters one can consider while identifying a bird visually. Section III contains methodologies used for developing the proposed system. Section IV represents overall flow of the system in detail.
Basically bird identification is done visually or acoustically. The main visual components comprise of birds shape, its wings, size, pose, color, etc. However, while considering the parameters time of year must be taken into consideration because birds wings changes according to their growth. The acoustics components comprise the songs and call that birds make . The marks that distinguish one bird from another are also useful, such as breast spots, wing bars which are described as thin lines along the wings, eye rings, crowns, eyebrows. The shape of the beak is often an important aspect as a bird can recognized uniquely. The characteristics of bird such as shape and posture are the mostly used to identify birds. Mostly experts can identify a bird from its silhouette because this characteristic is difficult to change. A bird can also be differentiated using its tail. The tail can be recognized in many ways such as notched, long and pointed, or rounded. Sometimes legs are also used for recognizing an image in format long, or short .
By considering a single parameter will not yield an accurate result. So, multiple parameters are to be considered in order to get appropriate output. The size of a bird in an image varies depending upon factors such as the resolution, distance between the birds and the capturing device, and the focal distance of the lens. Therefore, based on a practical observation for large number of images, images are differentiated on the basis of color which consists of various pixel. In depth it is found that greater the image quality greater is its accuracy.
The automatic bird species identification for bird images project present a series of comparison conducted in a CUB- 200 dataset composed of more than 6,000 images with 200 different category . In this paper, they have considered two different color spaces, RGB and HSV, and a different number of species to be classified. If the image consists of more than 70% of the pixels the accuracy of output was ranging from 8.82% to 0.43% .
Birds 200), Deep Convolutional Neural Network, Unsupervised learning algorithm, etc.
In this experiment, unsupervised learning algorithm has been used fordeveloping the system, because the inputted image defined is not known. Also, the data which is given to unsupervised learning algorithm are not labeled, i.e. only the input variables(X) are given with no corresponding output variables. In unsupervised learning, algorithms discover interesting structures in the data themselves. In detail, clustering is used for dividing the data into several groups .
(W) and the bias (B).
Feature extraction part: features are detected when network performs a series of convolutional and pooling operation.
Classification part: extracted features are given to fully connected layer which acts as classifier.
CNN consists of four layers: convolutional layer, activation layer, pooling layer and fully connected. Convolutional layer allows extracting visual features from an image in small amounts. Pooling is used to reduce the number of neurons from previous convolutional layer but maintaining the important information. Activation layer passes a value through a function which compresses values into range. Fully connected layer connects a neuron from one layer to every neuron in another layer. As CNN classifies each neuron in depth, so it provides more accuracy.
Normally all the data is mostly converted into gray scale. In gray scale algorithm, computer will assign values to each pixel based on how the value of the pixel is it. All the pixel values are put into an array and the computer will perform operation on that array to classify the data.
Tensorflow is open source software library which is created by Google. It gives developers to control each neuron known as a node, so that the parameters can be adjusted to achieve desired performance. Tensorflow has many built-in libraries for image classification . Tensorflow is responsible for creating an autograph which consists series of processing nodes. Each processing node in the graph represents an operation such as mathematical operation and connection or edge between nodes. With the help of python language Tensorflow provides programmer to perform these operations.
dataset is validated with an accuracy of 75% to increase the performance of system.
Whenever a user will upload an input file on website, the image is temporarily stored in database. This input file is then feed to system and given to CNN where CNN is coupled with trained dataset. A CNN consists of various convolutional layers. Various alignments/features such as head, body, color, beak, shape, entire image of bird are considered for classification to yield maximum accuracy. Each alignment is given through deep convocational network to extract features out from multiple layers of network. Then an unsupervised algorithm called deep learning using CNN is used to classify that image.
Further, a grey scale method is used to classify the image pixel by pixel. These features are then aggregated and forwarded to classifier. Here, the input will be compared against the trained dataset to generate possible results. During classification, an autograph is generated which consist of nodes that ultimately forms a network. On basis of this network, a score sheet is generated and with the help of score sheet output will be produced.
The evaluation of the proposed approach for bird species classication by considering color features and parameters such as size, shape, etc. of the bird on the Caltech-UCSD Birds 200 (CUB-200-2011) dataset. This is an image dataset annotated with 200 bird species which includes 11,788 annotated images of birds where each image is annotated with a rough segmentation, a bounding box, and binary attribute annotations. In this the training of dataset is done by using Google-Collab, which is a platform to train dataset by uploading the images from your local machine or from the Google drive.
After training labeled dataset is ready for classifiers for image processing. There are probably average 200 sample images per species are included in dataset of 5 species which are directly captured in their natural habitat hence also include the environmental parameters in picture such as grass, trees and other factors. Here bird can identify in their any type of position as main focus is on the size, shape and color parameter. Firstly these factors are considered for segmentation where RGB and gray scale methods are used for histogram. That is the image converted into number of pixels by using gray scale method, where value for each pixel is created and value based nodes are formed which also referred as neurons. These neurons relatively defined the structure of matched pixels is simply like graph of connected nodes.
According to the nodes formed the autograph is generated which understandable by Tensorflow to classify the image. This autograph is then taken by classifiers and image is compared with the pre trained dataset images of Caltech UCSD and the score sheet is generated. The score sheet is a result which contains top 5 match results by which the highest matching value of score sheet is the result of bird species. Here a trial has made to implement 80% accuracy in result by training the Caltech UCSD.
For example, consider below Figure No.6 as input image given to the system for classification of bird which belongs to Northern America. Lets see how it is being evaluated.
he system generates following scoresheet after classification which tells us the possibilities that above selected bird belongs to which species.
The table no.1 shows the scoresheet based on the result generated by the system. After analysis of these result it has observe that,the species those are having the highest score has been predicted as a required species. this result can be shown in the follwing graph.
After analyzing the data, it is observed that if a single parameter is used the accuracy obtained is lesser. But, if a combined method is used that is by considering parameters such as pose, wings, color, beak, legs, etc. the accuracy of the project get increase.
The present study investigated a method to identify the bird species using Deep learning algorithm (Unsupervised Learning) on the dataset (Caltech-UCSD Birds 200) for classification of image. It consists of 200 categories or 11,788 photos. The generated system is connected with a user-friendly website where user will upload photo for identification purpose and it gives the desired output. The proposed system works on the principle based on detection of a part and extracting CNN features from multiple convolutional layers. These features are aggregated and then given to the classifier for classification purpose. On basis of the results which has been produced, the system has provided the 80% accuracy in prediction of finding bird species.
Create an android/ios app instead of website which will be more convenient to user.
System can be implemented using cloud which can store large amount of data for comparison and provide high computing power for processing (in case of Neural Networks).
Tóth, B.P. and Czeba, B., 2016, September. Convolutional Neural Networks for Large-Scale Bird Song Classification in Noisy Environment. In CLEF (Working Notes) (pp. 560-568).
Fagerlund, S., 2007. Bird species recognition using support vector machines. EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing, 2007(1), pp.64-64.
Pradelle, B., Meister, B., Baskaran, M., Springer, J. and Lethin, R., 2017, November. Polyhedral Optimization of TensorFlow Computation Graphs. In 6th Workshop on Extreme-scale Programming Tools (ESPT-2017) at The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC17).
Cirean, D., Meier, U. and Schmidhuber, J., 2012. Multi-column deep neural networks for image classification. arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.2745.
Image Recognition with Deep Learning Techniques ANDREI- PETRU BRAR, VICTOR-EMIL NEAGOE, NICU SEBE Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications & Information Technology Polytechnic University of Bucharest.
Xception: Deep Learning with Depthwise Separable Convolutions François Chollet Google, Inc.
Zagoruyko, S. and Komodakis, N., 2016. Paying more attention to attention: Improving the performance of convolutional neural networks via attention transfer. arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.03928.
Yuning Chai Electrical Engineering Dept. ETH Zurich,Victor Lempitsky Dept. of Engineering Science University of Oxford, Andrew Zisserman Dept. of Engineering Science University of Oxford BiCoS:A BiSegmentation Method for Image Classication.


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The Year in Charts 2020: Roddy Ricch Is the Top New Artist
Roddy Ricch caps a banner year on Billboard's charts, as the 22-year-old hip-hop star is named 2020's top new artist.
The coronation comes after his debut studio album, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial, spent four nonconsecutive weeks at No. 1 on the weekly Billboard 200 chart earlier in the year, while he also landed a pair of No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart that teamed up for 18 weeks atop the list.
Billboard's year-end music recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, title, label and music contributor on the weekly charts dated Nov. 23, 2019, through Nov. 14, 2020. The rankings for Nielsen Music/MRC Data-based year-end recaps reflect equivalent album units, airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks that the titles appeared on a respective chart during the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title's chart run isn't considered in these rankings. That methodology detail, and the November-November time period, account for some of the difference between these lists and the calendar-year recaps that are independently compiled by Nielsen Music/MRC Data. The Top New Artists recaps ranks the best-performing new acts of the year based on activity on the Billboard 200 albums tally, the Billboard Hot 100 songs list, as well as Billboard Boxscore (touring) and the Social 50 chart for the 2020 tracking period.
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You Can't Be Too Safe
January 04, 2011 By Lane Pearce
By Lane Pearce
Ruger's New Model Blackhawk is tough, but even it can't withstand the pressures approaching two times proof levels generated by a nearly double propellant charge. The case was new before the incident, and the blurred headstamp and enlarged primer pocket indicate excessive pressure.
It's been approximately seven hours since the "see" occurred as I now begin to document what happened. No, I haven't experienced the mysterious secondary explosive effect while firing one of my handloads. I participated in the aftermath of a significant emotional event in which--fortunately--no one was physically injured. The only casualty was the partial destruction of a 50th Anniversary Ruger .44 Magnum Blackhawk. The shooter directly involved agreed to let me relate the story if I would omit the names of those directly involved with the incident.
Of course, you and I both have seen photos of damaged or destroyed firearms caused by faulty handloads, bore obstructions, or other anomalies. I, however, had never experienced or even witnessed an incident like this before today's mishap.
I'm a member of a local shooting club and spend quite a lot of time at our range. I arrived at the range today an hour or so before two other members showed up. One of the shooters was John Redman, whom I have known for some time. He has been a handloader for 50 years and is one of my mentors. The other fellow had only recently resumed shooting and reloading, but I've known his father and brother for several years, and we've shared many range sessions.
I helped them unload their gear and set up to shoot handguns.
After they'd stapled up targets, the friendly banter ended, and we took our shooting positions. (I was shooting a new rifle I had recently acquired.) During the next few minutes, we each fired several shots downrange. I didn't hear anything unusual until Redman called my name--urgently.
I turned and saw both of them standing behind the young fellow's shooting bench and looking around. I thought at first Redman wanted me to help them find some brass, but then I noticed his expression.
I opened my rifle's bolt, removed my muffs, and got up. As I walked over to them, I realized that both of them were alarmed about something. They seemed to be okay, so I glanced over at the bench. The Ruger Blackhawk was lying there with the topstrap buckled and part of the cylinder missing.
"Are you okay?" I asked the young man as I scanned his face and body for cuts or blood and burn marks.
"I'm fine--I think," he replied.
Redman said he couldn't see any injuries either, and we soon were examining the revolver and looking for the missing pieces. We found two ruptured cases and even the primer from the round that had obviously been fired. The second case was clean internally with its primer still in place, and although damaged, it had not detonated. We also found the rear sight and the cylinder fragment.
"What happened?" I asked.
"I fired six rounds loaded with 9.8 grains of Titegroup and a 200-grain Hornady JHP-XTP bullet. They made six distinct holes in a nice group. So I loaded the next six rounds that were charged with 10.8 grains. The wind was lightly blowing from the rear, so I was surprised to feel a puff of something hit my face when I squeezed the trigger. I didn't feel the gun recoil any greater than before."
He took a breath and continued, "I looked down at the gun when I started to cock the hammer again and saw the topstrap was bent and cracked, and the rear sight was missing. I turned the revolver to the side a little and saw the cylinder was blown out. Then I put it down and got up to see if I was hurt. I removed my shooting glove and haven't found anything."
We looked him over again to make sure he wasn't bleeding anywhere. He didn't have even any small powder burns on his face or arms. Boy, he was one lucky fellow!
But I wondered just what had happened.
I looked at the fired case head and noted the headstamp was severely blurred. He had loaded new brass, and the other rounds in the box had clearly stamped case heads. It seemed to be an overloaded round.
I called Mike Daly at Hodgdon on my cell phone and described the condition of the fired case and firearm. He confirmed that 10.8 grains was the maximum load for a 200-grain jacketed bullet and assured me that would not have caused this extreme failure. We agreed the most probable cause was significantly too much propellant.
I hung up and asked how the young man had charged the cases.
He said he had weighed each powder charge before pouring it into the case. He had started reloading again just a few months ago, but he only loaded at his dad's so that his dad could supervise.
We called his father, related the incident, and assured him his son was just fine, except for his elevated heart rate.
After he'd calmed down so he could safely drive, Redman and I helped him pack up. He said he was going straight to his dad's house.
About an hour later, the father called. He had already removed the cylinder to access the remaining live rounds. The cylinder pin was bent slightly, but he had tapped it out carefully with a screwdriver and hammer after peening down one edge of the ruptured cylinder wall so it would clear the frame.
Another round was slightly damaged, and the bullet fell out, spilling the powder. The other three rounds were fully intact. He had disassembled one of them, poured the salvaged charge into the pan, and placed it on the tray. After adjusting the scale settings, he concluded what had caused the blow-up.
The son repeated the rest of the story to me later:
"Dad asked me, 'What does the scale read?' I said 'Ten point eight grains.' Dad said, 'Look at it again, son.' I said, 'Dad, it's exactly the same as I set it last night, 10.8 grains!' Dad said, 'Look at it again, son, carefully.' "
He continued, "Dad wouldn't have insisted that I look at it again unless I was wrong. So I wiped my mind clean and reexamined the settings and realized the scale wa
s set on 18 grains--not 10.8."
A week later, I returned to the range and found all three participants from the previous week's incident. Of course, we had to rehash the event. The young fellow had already reloaded more ammo. His dad acknowledged he shared the blame for the mishap because, although he was there when his son loaded the discrepant .44 Magnum ammo, he wasn't diligently observing when the error occurred.
"You can't be too careful," is an excellent mantra to follow when reloading. However, on this occasion, the novice reloader was being very careful and weighed each charge. He was sure he was doing the right thing. He simply did what we all have done before. He saw what he expected to see instead of the actual scale setting.
That day at the range was still a good day. The young man was very lucky to have not been hurt.
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Associate Professor at Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Fayoum University P.O. 63514, Fayoum, Egypt.
Purpose:The main objective of the present study is to shed light on the different dimensions and international experiences of the multi-airport system including the Egyptian experience in this regard.
Methodology:The methodology of the study depends on the researcher's own critical review based on his scientific background on the phenomenon of multi-airport systems through survey in secondary and primary data.
Findings:Finally, the study presented a new comprehensive concept of the multi-airport system. The importance and originality of the current research is to ameliorate the concept of multiple-airport system in light of displaying some of international experiences.
Implications:The transition from single-airport to multi-airport systems is going to be a basic tool by which air transportation systems will be able to meet future demand. There are many experiences related to the failure and success of managing the multi-airport systems worldwide.
1.	Abaya, E., (2013). Multi-Airport System for Manila Set: Policy Directions Readied. Department of Transportation and Communications. Manila. Report on 1thMarch.
2.	Barrett, D., (2004). How do the Demands for Airport Services Differ between Full-Service Carriers and Low-Cost Carriers?.Journal of Air Transport Management 10 (2004) PP: 33-39.
3.	Chandrakanth, R., (2015). Is it Time for Secondary Airports?.SP's Aviation. Issue 2. India.
4.	HansmanJ., Bonnefoy, A., Richard, N., (2010). Evolution and Development of Multi-Airport Systems: A Worldwide Perspective. Journal of Transportation Engineering. Volume 2017.
6.	Kouwenhoven, M., (2008). The Role of Accessibility in Passengers' Choice of Airports. International Transport Forum. Joint Transport Research Centre. The Hague, Netherlands.
7.	Loo, P.Y., (2008). Passengers' airport choice within multi-airport regions (MARs): some insights from a stated preference survey at Hong Kong International Airport. Journal of Transport Geography 16. PP: 117-125.
8.	Nayak, N., (2012). Estimation of the Impact of Single Airport and Multi-Airport System Delay on the National Airspace System using Multivariate Simultaneous Models. College of Engineering, University of South Florida.
9.	Perdana, A., and Moxon, R., (2014). Traffic Distribution Study on Multi-Airport Systems in the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Area (GJMA) and Associated Implications. Civil Engineering Forum.
10.	Richard, N., (1995). Management of Multi-Airport Systems: A Development Strategy. Journal of Air Transport Management. Vol.2 (2), PP: 99-110.
12.	Richard, N., (2016). Multi-Airport Systems. Istanbul Technical University. Air Transportation Management. Airport Planning and Management. Module 24.
13.	Saffarzadeh, M., Reza, S., Yazdan-Panah, M., and Abolfazl, T., (2012). Airport Choice Model for Tehran Metropolitan Area. International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering. IACSIT Press. Singapore.
14.	Wandelt, S., Sun, X., Hansen, M., and Li, A., (2017). Multiple Airport Regions Based on Inter-Airport Temporal Distances. Transportation Research Pert E 101 (2017) PP: 84-98.
15.	Zhan, J., Wang, Y., Hu, M., Sui, D., and Tian, Y., (2009). Departure Scheduling in a Multi-Airport System. Eighth USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar.


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Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone
Nov 13, 2018 - The Experience, Lexi Pope '21 - The Experience, Lexi Pope '21
My group for our upcoming hip-hop performance!
I was excited to start my sophomore year, particularly academically. I thought I had it all figured out. I had begun to discover my passion for psychology and philosophy and planned on taking one philosophy course. But at the last minute, I decided to take two. I emailed Simon Feldman, my Introduction to Philosophy professor, and he encouraged me to join his Philosophy of Law course. I was excited, believing I was checking another box and that philosophy could become my minor.
Looking Glass: A Photo Essay
Nov 09, 2018 - The Experience, Andre Thomas '20 - The Experience, Andre Thomas '20
The spring semester of my first year, I took a course called Building Culture. A course cross-listed in both the art history and architectural studies departments, it focused on the history of various art movements, how they were introduced by the social climate, and how they influenced architecture. One day in class we focused on modern architecture and Phillip Johnson, a renowned architect, for his Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut. Last weekend, I got to travel to the Glass House with the Department of Architectural Studies for an in-depth tour. Here are some of best moments and features I was able to capture!
Fall Weekend at Ammerman
Oct 31, 2018 - The Experience, Saadya Chevan '19 - The Experience, Saadya Chevan '19
Presenting my composition to a parent during Fall Weekend. Photo by Assistant Professor of Dance Shawn Hove
As a sophomore, I applied and was accepted to the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College. The Center is one of the five academic centers on campus that provides resources to students and faculty doing interdisciplinary work on a specific subject. Learn more about my journey as an Ammerman Scholar.
This semester I'm starting to produce my senior integrative project (SIP) for the Ammerman Center. SIPs are year-long independent study projects that seniors participating in the College's four center-certificate programs undertake culminating in a final performance or installation from each senior every spring. My project is an attempt to develop a piece of classical music where audience members get to participate. It currently uses the working title "Democracy and Classical Music," which stems from a challenge posed to me by professors who I have worked closely with developing this project. They posited that allowing audience members to interact raises problems similar to those raised by the challenge of satisfying people with different viewpoints in the democratic process.
Oct 30, 2018 - The Experience, Samirah Jaigirdar '22 - The Experience, Samirah Jaigirdar '22
Huge shoutout to my roommate who is making my transition into adulthood easier!
When I was packing to move from Bangladesh to Connecticut College, I mentally prepared myself to choose classes for my first semester, make new friends, be a good roommate and most importantly, adjust to a new country. I arrived at Conn and these four things happened smoothly with minimal bumps. I thought I was doing great at this "being an adult" thing. I even boasted about it to my mom.
Unfortunately, the saying that "pride comes before the fall" is true. In my fifth week at Conn, I got an email from Student Health Services (SHS) stating that I needed to get a Tuberculosis (TB) test because Bangladesh was still considered to be on the list of countries with TB prevalence. Now, I had no problem going in and doing a test. But then I saw that it was actually a blood test they wanted me to do instead of the usual skin test that TB required. I remember frantically rereading the email and telling my roommate in Bengali about my fear of needles, which she obviously didn't understand. But my panicked speech in a foreign language helped her comprehend my intense phobia. After much reassurance from her and after my mom laughed at my fears via WhatsApp, a free call/messaging app that I would recommend for all international students, I called SHS to schedule my appointment. On the day of the actual blood draw, I forced myself to sit in the chair with encouragement from my friend Anne and my roommate. All in all, it was my worst moment at Conn but I'm proud of myself for not fainting. This was my first proper step into the world of 'adulting.'
Four other adulting moments I've experienced in the last two months:
Is Tempel Green Greener on the Other Side
Oct 30, 2018 - The Experience, David Johnston '19 - The Experience, David Johnston '19
Advantages of living in south include being right outside Tempel Green
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Our office (clockwise from bottom-left): Meg Thompson, Clare Peyton (intern), Me, CC Curtiss, and Sydney Tran (intern)
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Decisions, Decisions...
Oct 23, 2018 - The Experience, Lexi Pope '21 - The Experience, Lexi Pope '21
I went to a small, private high school in East Providence, Rhode Island, where I had countless tools and people who helped me and guided me through the college process. I am forever grateful for their support. Despite this, I could not seem to figure out what I wanted and what I didn't want in a college. I had toured multiple schools and thought they were all fine, but I hadn't had that "falling in love" feeling every high school senior talks about when they find their new home.
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Last spring I began my search for a summer internship. I was studying in Vienna for the semester, which meant I was unable to meet potential employers for in-person interviews. I applied to several historic preservation organizations, which is something I am interested in pursuing after I graduate, and was offered an internship with Connecticut Landmarks, an organization based in Hartford, Connecticut, that runs several historic properties around the state.
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Lee Hisle, Vice President for Information Services and Librarian of the College, opening the reading of To Kill a Mockingbird, and some of the banned books from Shain's collection.
I skim every email I receive, even newsletters that seem to come into my inbox solely for me to delete them. However, in a recent copy of "What's New at Shain Library," a weekly newsletter detailing events, lectures and exhibits taking place at the College's library, an announcement for a community reading of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" in honor of Banned Books Week piqued my interest. I contacted Carrie Kent, who organized the reading, and volunteered to read for 20 minutes near the end of the day.
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Fall Weekend is Conn's version of a parents weekend, homecoming and alumni reunion rolled into one. It's the most recently graduated class's half-year reunion and it's the first weekend parents of first-years can come and experience Conn without the stress of Move-In Day. However, what happens when your mother lives a 24-hour plane ride away?


Gone are the days when learners sit down the entire academic year, learn only from their teacher, and take standardized tests to know how well they have mastered the subject. Today's learners are active, independent, and creative. They seek purpose in what they do and strive to attain their potential in different fields. Now, how do we address their changing needs?
Competency-based learning ensures students not only learn inside the classroom but also in diverse environments. The interests and learning styles of individuals are taken into consideration which allows them to learn the way they learn best – something that traditional system misses. In this type of learning, students are not expected to sit down and listen to lectures the entire time. They get to explore and gather information and ideas from a wide range of resources.
Assessments also come in different forms. In the traditional system, learners are required to take a pen-and-paper test which ultimately measures how much they have learned. With competency-based learning, application of learning is given more emphasis. This gives educators a more concrete proof that learners are equipped with the right skills they need for advancement.
Furthermore, the traditional education system gives the teacher the sole control of what proficient looks like. Students are expected to meet the standards based on the activities given by their teacher. In competency-based learning, they get to be creative in showcasing their mastery of competencies.
With these key points in mind, imagine what we can do to empower our educators and learners.


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#include "watchman.h"

struct state_arg {
  w_string_t *name;
  int sync_timeout;
  json_t *metadata;
};

// Parses the args for state-enter and state-leave
static bool parse_state_arg(struct watchman_client *client, json_t *args,
    struct state_arg *parsed) {
  json_error_t err;
  const char *ignored;
  const char *statename = NULL;

  parsed->sync_timeout = DEFAULT_QUERY_SYNC_MS;
  parsed->metadata = NULL;
  parsed->name = NULL;

  if (json_array_size(args) != 3) {
    send_error_response(client,
        "invalid number of arguments, expected 3, got %d",
        json_array_size(args));
    return false;
  }

  // [cmd, root, statename]
  if (json_unpack_ex(args, &err, 0, "[sss]",
        &ignored, &ignored, &statename) == 0) {
    parsed->name = w_string_new_typed(statename, W_STRING_UNICODE);
    return true;
  }

  if (json_unpack_ex(args, &err, 0, "[s, s, {s:s, s?:O, s?:i}]",
        &ignored, &ignored,
        "name", &statename,
        "metadata", &parsed->metadata,
        "sync_timeout", &parsed->sync_timeout) != 0) {
    send_error_response(client, "invalid arguments: %s", err.text);
    return false;
  }

  if (parsed->sync_timeout < 0) {
    send_error_response(client, "sync_timeout must be >= 0");
    return false;
  }

  parsed->name = w_string_new_typed(statename, W_STRING_UNICODE);
  return true;
}

static void destroy_state_arg(struct state_arg *parsed) {
  if (parsed->name) {
    w_string_delref(parsed->name);
  }
  if (parsed->metadata) {
    json_decref(parsed->metadata);
  }
  memset(parsed, 0, sizeof(*parsed));
}

static void free_assertion(struct watchman_client_state_assertion *assertion) {
  w_root_delref(assertion->root);
  w_string_delref(assertion->name);
}

static void cmd_state_enter(struct watchman_client *clientbase, json_t *args) {
  w_root_t *root;
  struct state_arg parsed = { NULL, 0, NULL };
  struct watchman_client_state_assertion *assertion = NULL;
  char clockbuf[128];
  w_ht_iter_t iter;
  json_t *response;
  struct watchman_user_client *client =
      (struct watchman_user_client *)clientbase;

  root = resolve_root_or_err(&client->client, args, 1, true);
  if (!root) {
    return;
  }

  if (!parse_state_arg(&client->client, args, &parsed)) {
    goto done;
  }

  if (parsed.sync_timeout && !w_root_sync_to_now(root, parsed.sync_timeout)) {
    send_error_response(&client->client, "synchronization failed: %s",
        strerror(errno));
    goto done;
  }

  assertion = calloc(1, sizeof(*assertion));
  if (!assertion) {
    send_error_response(&client->client, "out of memory");
    goto done;
  }

  assertion->root = root;
  assertion->name = parsed.name;
  w_root_addref(assertion->root);
  w_string_addref(assertion->name);

  w_root_lock(root, "state-enter");
  {
    // If the state is already asserted, we can't re-assert it
    if (!root->asserted_states) {
      root->asserted_states = w_ht_new(2, &w_ht_string_funcs);
    } else if (w_ht_get(root->asserted_states, w_ht_ptr_val(parsed.name))) {
      send_error_response(&client->client, "state %s is already asserted",
          parsed.name->buf);
      w_root_unlock(root);
      goto done;
    }

    // We're now in this state
    w_ht_set(root->asserted_states, w_ht_ptr_val(parsed.name),
        w_ht_ptr_val(assertion));

    // Record the state assertion in the client
    if (!client->states) {
      client->states = w_ht_new(2, NULL);
    }
    w_refcnt_add(&client->next_state_id);
    assertion->id = client->next_state_id;
    w_ht_set(client->states, assertion->id, w_ht_ptr_val(assertion));

    // Make sure we don't free the assertion in the cleanup code below
    assertion = NULL;

    // Sample the clock buf for the subscription PDUs we're going to
    // send
    clock_id_string(root->number, root->ticks, clockbuf, sizeof(clockbuf));
  }
  w_root_unlock(root);

  // We successfully entered the state, this is our response to the
  // state-enter command.  We do this before we send the subscription
  // PDUs in case CLIENT has active subscriptions for this root
  response = make_response();
  set_prop(response, "root", w_string_to_json(root->root_path));
  set_prop(response, "state-enter", w_string_to_json(parsed.name));
  set_prop(response, "clock", json_string_nocheck(clockbuf));
  send_and_dispose_response(&client->client, response);
  response = NULL;

  // Now find all the clients with subscriptions and send them
  // notice of the state being entered
  pthread_mutex_lock(&w_client_lock);
  if (w_ht_first(clients, &iter)) do {
    struct watchman_user_client *subclient = w_ht_val_ptr(iter.value);
    w_ht_iter_t citer;

    if (w_ht_first(subclient->subscriptions, &citer)) do {
      struct watchman_client_subscription *sub = w_ht_val_ptr(citer.value);
      json_t *pdu;

      if (sub->root != root) {
        w_log(W_LOG_DBG, "root doesn't match, skipping\n");
        continue;
      }

      pdu = make_response();
      set_prop(pdu, "root", w_string_to_json(root->root_path));
      set_prop(pdu, "subscription", w_string_to_json(sub->name));
      set_prop(pdu, "clock", json_string_nocheck(clockbuf));
      set_prop(pdu, "state-enter", w_string_to_json(parsed.name));
      if (parsed.metadata) {
        // set_prop would steal our ref, we don't want that
        json_object_set_nocheck(pdu, "metadata", parsed.metadata);
      }
      if (!enqueue_response(&subclient->client, pdu, true)) {
        json_decref(pdu);
      }

    } while (w_ht_next(subclient->subscriptions, &citer));
  } while (w_ht_next(clients, &iter));
  pthread_mutex_unlock(&w_client_lock);

done:
  w_root_delref(root);
  destroy_state_arg(&parsed);
  if (assertion) {
    free_assertion(assertion);
  }
}
W_CMD_REG("state-enter", cmd_state_enter, CMD_DAEMON, w_cmd_realpath_root)

static void leave_state(struct watchman_user_client *client,
    struct watchman_client_state_assertion *assertion,
    bool abandoned, json_t *metadata, const char *clockbuf) {
  char buf[128];
  w_ht_iter_t iter;
  w_root_t *root = assertion->root;

  if (!clockbuf) {
    w_root_lock(root, "state-leave");
    clock_id_string(root->number, root->ticks, buf, sizeof(buf));
    w_root_unlock(root);

    clockbuf = buf;
  }

  // First locate all subscribers and notify them
  pthread_mutex_lock(&w_client_lock);
  if (w_ht_first(clients, &iter)) do {
    struct watchman_user_client *subclient = w_ht_val_ptr(iter.value);
    w_ht_iter_t citer;

    if (subclient->subscriptions &&
        w_ht_first(subclient->subscriptions, &citer))
      do {
        struct watchman_client_subscription *sub = w_ht_val_ptr(citer.value);
        json_t *pdu;

        if (sub->root != root) {
          w_log(W_LOG_DBG, "root doesn't match, skipping\n");
          continue;
        }

        pdu = make_response();
        set_prop(pdu, "root", w_string_to_json(root->root_path));
        set_prop(pdu, "subscription", w_string_to_json(sub->name));
        set_prop(pdu, "clock", json_string_nocheck(clockbuf));
        set_prop(pdu, "state-leave", w_string_to_json(assertion->name));
        if (metadata) {
          // set_prop would steal our ref, we don't want that
          json_object_set_nocheck(pdu, "metadata", metadata);
        }
        if (abandoned) {
          set_prop(pdu, "abandoned", json_true());
        }
        if (!enqueue_response(&subclient->client, pdu, true)) {
          json_decref(pdu);
        }

      } while (w_ht_next(subclient->subscriptions, &citer));
  } while (w_ht_next(clients, &iter));
  pthread_mutex_unlock(&w_client_lock);

  // Now remove the state
  w_root_lock(root, "state-leave");
  w_ht_del(root->asserted_states, w_ht_ptr_val(assertion->name));
  w_root_unlock(root);

  if (client) {
    w_ht_del(client->states, assertion->id);
  }
  free_assertion(assertion);
}

// Abandon any states that haven't been explicitly vacated
void w_client_vacate_states(struct watchman_user_client *client) {
  w_ht_iter_t iter;

  if (!client->states) {
    return;
  }

  while (w_ht_first(client->states, &iter)) {
    struct watchman_client_state_assertion *assertion;
    w_root_t *root;

    assertion = w_ht_val_ptr(iter.value);
    root = assertion->root;

    w_log(W_LOG_ERR,
        "implicitly vacating state %s on %.*s due to client disconnect\n",
        assertion->name->buf,
        root->root_path->len, root->root_path->buf);

    // This will delete the state from client->states and invalidate
    // the iterator.
    leave_state(client, assertion, true, NULL, NULL);
  }
}

static void cmd_state_leave(struct watchman_client *clientbase, json_t *args) {
  w_root_t *root;
  struct state_arg parsed = { NULL, 0, NULL };
  struct watchman_client_state_assertion *assertion = NULL;
  char clockbuf[128];
  json_t *response;
  struct watchman_user_client *client =
      (struct watchman_user_client *)clientbase;

  root = resolve_root_or_err(&client->client, args, 1, true);
  if (!root) {
    return;
  }

  if (!parse_state_arg(&client->client, args, &parsed)) {
    goto done;
  }

  if (parsed.sync_timeout && !w_root_sync_to_now(root, parsed.sync_timeout)) {
    send_error_response(&client->client, "synchronization failed: %s",
        strerror(errno));
    goto done;
  }

  // Confirm that this client owns this state
  w_root_lock(root, "state-leave");
  {
    assertion = root->asserted_states ?
          w_ht_val_ptr(w_ht_get(root->asserted_states,
                w_ht_ptr_val(parsed.name)))
          : NULL;

    // If the state is not asserted, we can't leave it
    if (!assertion) {
      send_error_response(&client->client, "state %s is not asserted",
          parsed.name->buf);
      w_root_unlock(root);
      goto done;
    }

    // Sanity check ownership
    if (w_ht_val_ptr(w_ht_get(client->states, assertion->id)) != assertion) {
      send_error_response(&client->client,
                          "state %s was not asserted by this session",
                          parsed.name->buf);
      w_root_unlock(root);
      goto done;
    }

    // Sample the clock buf for the subscription PDUs we're going to
    // send
    clock_id_string(root->number, root->ticks, clockbuf, sizeof(clockbuf));
  }
  w_root_unlock(root);

  // We're about to successfully leave the state, this is our response to the
  // state-leave command.  We do this before we send the subscription
  // PDUs in case CLIENT has active subscriptions for this root
  response = make_response();
  set_prop(response, "root", w_string_to_json(root->root_path));
  set_prop(response, "state-leave", w_string_to_json(parsed.name));
  set_prop(response, "clock", json_string_nocheck(clockbuf));
  send_and_dispose_response(&client->client, response);
  response = NULL;

  // Notify and exit the state
  leave_state(client, assertion, false, parsed.metadata, clockbuf);

done:
  w_root_delref(root);
  destroy_state_arg(&parsed);
}
W_CMD_REG("state-leave", cmd_state_leave, CMD_DAEMON, w_cmd_realpath_root)

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 */

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Lisbon Bear Pride is a large annual international meeting of bears and friends. This year, this 6-day event runs from May 29th-June 3rd, featuring a wide range of events and activities, dance parties, bar nights, contests, etc.
Check their website or Facebook page for details. For accommodation, check our list of top hotels in Lisbon for gay travellers.


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Forums > UM Forums > Unofficial / Archived Forums > Firebox Records >
Firebox Agency news/updates
Discussion in 'Firebox Records' started by jpmuikku, Sep 4, 2008.
jpmuikku Member
Csongrad, Hungary
Finnish death metal band Total Devastation has joined Firebox Agency. Firebox Agency will handle bands all the upcoming gig/tour booking.
http://www.myspace.com/fireboxagency
http://www.totaldevastation.org
http://www.myspace.com/totaldevastationband
http://www.last.fm/music/Total+Devastation
#1 jpmuikku, Sep 4, 2008
Finnish progressive heavy metal band MANITOU has joined Firebox Agency. Firebox Agency will handle from this onwards all the upcoming gig/tour booking for the band.
http://www.manitouband.com
http://www.myspace.com/manitouband
http://www.last.fm/music/Manitou
Firebox Agency is on myspace, make friends, not war.
#3 jpmuikku, Sep 10, 2008
Upcoming Total Devastation gigs
06.02.2009 - Kouvola, Donington, w/ Morrah (RUS) & Butcher's Block
07.02.2009 - Saint Petersburg, Club Arctica, w/ Morrah (RUS) & Butcher's Block
#4 jpmuikku, Oct 15, 2008
Eternal Tears of Sorrow begin co-operation with Firebox Agency
Legendary Finnish melodic metal act Eternal Tears of Sorrow has joined the ranks of Firebox Agency, who will be handling the band's booking issues from now on.
The sixth studio album by the band can be expected in April, after which intensive gigging is to be expected, both in Finland and abroad.
http://www.myspace.com/etos1
http://www.eternaltears.info
The Legendary Finnish pioneer of alternative metal Brüssel Kaupallinen has joined the ranks of Firebox Agency!
The band is currently starting to record their forthcoming album and it's due to be released in the springtime.
http://www.brusselkaupallinen.com/
http://www.myspace.com/brusselkaupallinen
http://www.last.fm/music/Brüssel+Kaupallinen
#6 jpmuikku, Nov 6, 2008
Finnish traditional heavy metal band MANITOU, which features in its ranks members of OMNIUM GATHERUM, MALPRACTICE and KAIHORO, has issued the following update:
"MANITOU will reactivate and do a one-off 'comeback' X-mas gig next month in Kotka, Kairo venue at Kesto-Klubi event on December 20. So be sure to check this one out as the MANI gigs are rare event at the moment!
"We've been doing some new songs a bit and haven't got any hurry with this. We'll be demoing and pre-producing some new songs in the near future and we'll see if that leads to the new MANITOU album in some point when the time is right. We have also a new booking agency — Firebox Agency, and Toni Peltola will handle our booking issues from now on, so we are going to do some gig action in the future for sure. But slowly going onwards.
"So, why it have been so quiet in MANITOU camp: Ismo (bass) and Markku (vocals) breed and got a little boy-kids to their families, Antti (guitar) have studied actively in the weekends — so he should be coming a wise man little by little, Matti (drums) have been working and loving hard now and Markus (guitar) have been doing new albums and touring with his other bands OMNIUM GATHERUM and MALPRACTICE, and is heading again to play an European tour and some Finnish dates in January/February as a stand-in stunt guitarist for Finnish metallers DIABLO."
#7 jpmuikku, Nov 27, 2008
Firebox Agency is proud to present Cantata Sangui as our newest roster addition. We will be handling the bands booking issues from now on. We're looking forward to a great future together!
Cantata Sangui has just released their debut album "On Rituals and Correspondence in Constructed Realities" through Season of Mist. The album could be described as a journey through avant-garde soundscapes of the lower register and haunting catchiness. We strongly urge you to check out samples from this masterpiece at:
http://www.myspace.com/cantatasangui
http://www.cantatasangui.com
#8 jpmuikku, Feb 27, 2009


Cantabrigian Alexandra Photopoulos had been meaning to create a couch-sized sculpture for five years, but she just didn't have the space while working out of her apartment.
It was at Gallery 263 in Cambridgeport that Photopoulos finally created her sofa-inspired sculpture in 2012 after being accepted into the art gallery's residency program, which allows artists of all mediums to use the 700-square-foot Pearl Street studio to create and hold an exhibition.
Photopoulos, who is now the gallery's managing director, is helping coordinate this year's residency program, which will be offered during the summer and is meant to be a launching point for artists, she said. Interested artists must apply by April 31.
Gallery 263 started out as an art studio from 2004 to 2008, featuring several exhibits, according to its website. In September 2008, the gallery transitioned into an exhibition venue with a mission to provide a place for local and regional artists to exhibit and engage the Cambridge community. And in the summer of 2010, Gallery 263 established an artists-in-residency program, and it officially became a nonprofit organization.
This will be a big year for the tiny corner art gallery, one of only a handful in Cambridge.
The gallery will continue to hold exhibitions, workshops, music nights and weekly yoga sessions. It will also introduce 263 Hybrids, a brand new interdisciplinary program, according to Julia Kirchmer, program director.
The six-day series is a short-term program for artists and activists working in cross-disciplinary genres. Shows will be held in the spring, summer and fall, Kirchmer said.
The gallery is seeking proposals from local artists of all experience levels and media that demonstrate innovative interdisciplinary thinking and curatorial strength, Kirchmer said. Deadline is March 1.
"We've had plays and film fests, and other genres in here, but this is the first call specifically for performance artists or community activists or dancers," Kirchmer, 23, said.
Gallery 263 also kicked off "Take Me to the River" last week, an exhibition featuring 11 photographs by Michael Kolster that compares four post-industrial rivers in the United States by using a selection of ambrotypes — positive photographs on glass — and large-scale prints.
Kolster, of Maine, discussed the project during the opening reception Thursday, Feb. 19. The exhibit will be on display until March 14.
For more information, or to apply for any of the Gallery 263 programs, visit gallery263.com.
Contact Chronicle reporter Sara Feijo at sfeijo@wickedlocal.com or follow her on Twitter at @s_fjo.


It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth.
I am just like 99% of my friends in France, who say on their resume they can speak fluent English. In reality, they can't even count up to three.
I usually only play with very close friends.


Last week, I visited IIMB just to see how much time it will take to reach the campus from Domlur. I guess I will have to leave my house by 5:30 AM to reach right on time. My laptop is ready for IIMB wifi. Also installed some other softwares, which was mentioned in SPIDI; surely will become helpful one day.
We have to also organize Pehel 2010. It is a opening festival completely conducted by PGSEM freshers. I want to participate as part of the organizing committee because it will be hard for me to participate in the cultural events. Let's see how competitive my peers are! I have heard that PGP freshers are always very competitive and its hard to get a place in committees or clubs like this. But I guess I will have to face that much competition here. Also, seniors had announced that interviews/elections for this years club members/coordinators will be happening this week or next. I wish to be part of a club, especially if possible Branding & Communication Committee or Forum for Industry/Alumni interaction. Let's see whether I land up in any of these.
"have to devise some contemporary strategic techniques to do micro economical analyses in financial accounting ;) .......curtain raiser to the classes @ IIMB on June 18 :)"


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Category Archives: Islamofascism
Dirty Brown Skinned Devils
When I opened the advertising section of my Sunday newspaper I was much surprised to find the above little treasure mixed in with the circulars from chain stores hawking more of the same cheap made in China crap that has replaced American manufacturing and to a large degree had a big hand in our current economic disaster. A nice little mongering racist DVD with what else? A picture of old glory at half mast among the ruins of the World Trade Center. The DVD in question is some piece of propagandistic drivel called Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against The West.
Living here in the south, a bastion of strip mall churches, Raptureheads, ever declining living standards, a legacy of bigotry and an education system that should rightly be the shame of a more advanced state or a different era, my first thought was that either some zealot at the main distribution center or the carrier himself had inserted this insidious little bomb and while I was on hold to the circulation department to lodge a complaint I noticed that some mysterious right wing group called the Clarion Fund had been responsible for the paid advertisement. It wasn't only my paper that got it either, the verbiage on the card that the DVD was attached to listed no fewer than 74 national newspapers that this thing was included in. So curious to find out what was behind this other than the obvious pre-election fear mongering to whip up the peckerwoods that swarthy Arab terrorists may be lurking under their beds waiting to slit theirs and their children's throats I did a bit of research.
The Clarion Fund paid is a pro-McCain/pro Zionist aggression group who circulated a whopping 28 million of these little plastic motherfuckers in swing states! That would have taken some serious coin as well as organization because it takes clout to put such a politically charged and obvious fear mongering piece in this many newspapers. Could you imagine a group that was interested in promoting an agenda for a lasting Middle East peace and speaking of Muslims as actual human beings instead of portraying them as the typical cartoon devils being able to get such a thing accomplished no matter how much they were willing to pay? Fat chance! Here is a brief sample of the information on the DVD:
Obsession is a film about the threat of Radical Islam to Western Civilization. Using unique footage from Arab television, it reveals an 'insider's view' of the hatred the Radicals are teaching, their incitement of global jihad, and their goal of world domination. The film also traces the parallels between the Nazi movement of World War II, the radicals of today and the western world's response to both threats.
The Nazi reference is a dead giveaway that this piece of crap has ties to militant ultra right wing Zionist groups and their sympathizers in the American military industrial complex, hell it could have been put together in the bowels of the American Enterprise Institute so insipid and over the top is the neocon agenda. According to Christian News Wire this particular video was to be widely promoted at the Republican National Convention and activists were encouraged to use it as an informational tool to work the political aparatchik for support. The actual quote from the action alert was that it was a: Documentary about radical Islam will challenge RNC to make national security top priority. The neocons are back and back with a vengeance. The fanatical Sarah Palin who will be the new face of the neo-Nazi agenda of the American theocratic movement along with her (?) Downs sticken stage prop of a demon love child, her fucking moose chunk stew, her entire putrid tabloid storyline and her affiliation with the most extreme hardliners has energized the movement as much or more as the presense of hated she devil Hillary-Rodham Clinton ever cold have hoped for.
Further research into this putrid effort at hatemongering in order to influence the upcoming election with the 'low information voters' (God, do I love that term – the politically correct way to say lazy, stupid, snake-mean motherfucker) and it's the same film that that piss-reeking little troll David Horowitz was showing as he barnstormed the country on his Joe Lieberman-Lynne Cheney crusade to nazify the nation's campuses. I half expect the Zionist warmongers and their foaming at the mouth Dominionist shock troops that comprise the real dregs of Republican party dead enders – folks like the Palin freak family to co-opt the Ku Klux Klan in mailings shrieking over the sheer anti-American concept of that negro being uppity enough to actually think that he can be president. But even the KKK has some standards unlike the neocon Nazi Christian Zionist army of ignorance and moral depravity.
Kudos though to The Greensboro News and Record though, the newspaper actually refused to include the 9/11 pimp's pornography disc in their newspaper – and it's as encouraging as hell that it happened in North Carolina, previously a bastion of resistance in Peckerwood Nation.
This from Editor and Publisher:
One Newspaper Refuses to Distribute 'Islam Terror' DVD
By Greg Mitchell
Published: September 15, 2008 10:00 PM ET
NEW YORK As explored here this past weekend, the Clarion Fund has paid dozens of newspapers across the country — almost solely in "swing" election states — and The New York Times to distribute the "Islam terror" DVD "Obsession" with their home delivery packages. Among the larger cities where this has taken place: Miami, Philadelphia, Denver and Pittsburgh.
An estimated 28 million copies have been distributed so far, also through the mails and other magazines. An article at the group's site, http://www.radicalislam.org, all but endorsed John McCain this past week, then was pulled down.
But at least one newspaper turned away the money and refused to distribute it, calling it "divisive."
It's the Greensboro News & Record in North Carolina.. The longtime editor, John Robinson, explained his reasoning in a column yesterday.
"Many newspapers across the country distributed a controversial DVD today about Islam, titled 'Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West.'….We did not distribute it. I was not involved in the decision; it was an advertising call, in keeping with advertising policies.
"I asked our publisher about it. He said it was divisive and plays on people's fears and served no educational purpose. The revenue it would have brought in was not a motivator.
"As I've said on other occasions about news decisions, just because you can publish doesn't mean you should."
It's nice to see an example of real American values in this rotting land of cowardly feckless swine, moribund clueless lemmings and the oligarchy that they serve all while under the watchful eye of the rapidly closing trap of the police state.
And today has been one hell of an interesting day to put it mildly, the fetid, rotting carcass of the creature known as Reaganomics is rapidly disintegrating, leaving thousands of high fallutin' Wall Street yuppies out of work, the same slimy little pricks who quote Gordon Gekko, masturbate over Alec Baldwin's classic Glengarry Glen Ross "third place – you're fired!" routine and who are now left to mill around in confusion and panic like a bunch of piss ants whose hill has just been kicked in by an inbred red state third grader. This is history folks, the fall of looter capitalism and we should all be ready to dance drunkenly in the streets and celebrate as if the Berlin Wall came down….better party now though because once Americans truly understand the real meaning of 'trickle down economics' we will be fighting to the death over food scraps in the streets or if we can just manage to get our shit together forming organized mobs to lay siege to the swells in their fortified gated communities that were built by greed. It is the opinion of this blogger that perhaps Marxism needs to be given a really serious look in the aftermath of this debacle or at least the heady days of the French Revolution, we can park the guillotine in the atrium at Goldman Sachs.
And finally, Hillary Rodham-Clinton donor Lynn Forester de Rothschild on the very day that the entire world banking system is further exposed as the biggest con game on the planet has formally announced that she would be coming out in support of John McCain. If the last name sounds familiar to some it is because she is an heiress to the great Rothschild banking dynasty and I'll leave any further analysis to the New World Order folks who are already being smeared as conspiracy theorists by none other that Washington Times Moonie shill Robert Stacey McCain (no relation) who gets his kicks out of hanging around with southern white supremacists who get their thrills about dancing around like packs of drunken faggots in sheets in front of flaming crosses.
Methinks Lady Rothschild may feel a bit of anxiety that centuries of farting through silk may be coming to an end now that the big con of fractional reserve banking, debt slavery and central banks that serve the real economic royalists may be coming to an end.
Posted in 2008 Elections, Fear Mongering, Islamofascism, Muslim Bashing, Neocon Fascists, Neocon Propaganda, Obsession DVD, Political Chicanery, Right Wing Racists


Two identical sections with glossy and sleek surfaces are placed on top of each other, with the top piece seemingly floating 12 cm above the bottom one. A monitor inside the bottom section shows clips from the reality TV show Big Brother. The video image is reflected and distorted by a mirrored cone, which is attached to the underside of the top section. Approaching the object one hears the characteristic sound of reality TV shows: voices of people quarrelling, making confessions and back talking other participants. The viewer sees a flickering light that TV imagery produces.
Life Is Good is a mixture of different electronic gadget designs. Its shape also resembles that of a bunker. The shape, together with clips from a certain reality TV show, creates an amalgam of surface and object devotion. The title Life Is Good is adapted from a slogan used by one of the world's largest media manufacturers. The logo signifies today's widespread consumer culture.
Gustav Hellberg was educated at the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm (MFA). His work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Malmö Art Museum, Stockholm City Museum and Dunkers Kulturhusthe galleries Andersson Sandström and Arnstedt and Kullgren in Sweden. He also has several public commissions in Sweden. Hellberg has participated in a large number of group exhibitions including Energy Laboratory at Ringkøbing Museum in Denmark, SIK at Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden, News in Emptiness, Artnews Outdoor, Samara in Russia, Street View at MAP, Gothenburg, The Return of the Losers at Kalmar Konstmuseum, Platform #2 at Röda Sten in Gothenburg, Interim Days: Tblilisi in Tbilisi Georgia, EMAF Osnabrück and Kunsthalle Rostock, First Garage Show at Garage, Sydney, Falling from Grace at KCCC, Klaipeda, Unsere Kunst–Eure Kunst at Stadtgalerie Kiel, VIII Shiryaevo Biennal of Contemporary Art in Russia, and They Are Here at Kunsthaus Interlaken Switzerland.


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Côte d'Ivoire Selected profile
Côte d'Ivoire is 'on course' to meet two of the global nutrition targets for which there was sufficient data to assess progress.
Côte d'Ivoire is 'on course' to meet two targets for maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN). No progress has been made towards achieving the target of reducing anaemia among women of reproductive age, with 50.9% of women aged 15 to 49 years now affected. Meanwhile, there has also been some progress towards achieving the low birth weight target with 15.5% of infants having a low weight at birth. Côte d'Ivoire is 'on course' for the exclusive breastfeeding target, with 23.1% of infants aged 0 to 5 months exclusively breastfed. Similarly, Côte d'Ivoire is 'on course' to meet the target for stunting, with 21.6% of children under 5 years of age affected, which is lower than the average for the Africa region (30.7%). Côte d'Ivoire has made some progress towards achieving the target for wasting but 6.1% of children under 5 years of age are still affected, which is higher than the average for the Africa region (6.0%). The prevalence of overweight children under 5 years of age is 1.5% and Côte d'Ivoire has made no progress against increasing the figure.
Côte d'Ivoire has shown limited progress towards achieving the diet-related non-communicable disease (NCD) targets. The country has shown no progress towards achieving the target for obesity, with an estimated 17.8% of adult (aged 18 years and over) women and 7.3% of adult men living with obesity. Côte d'Ivoire's obesity prevalence is lower than the regional average of 20.7% for women and 9.2% for men. At the same time, diabetes is estimated to affect 7.2% of adult women and 8.5% of adult men.
Children aged 0–59 months with diarrhoea in the past two weeks preceding the survey who received zinc treatment 18 20 16 2016
Total population, thousands 26,378
Nurses and midwives 0.6 2018
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title: "Rebloom My Pretties"
date: "2020-09-02  00:00:00 -06:00"
categories:
- whats-blooming
layout: "post"
blog-banner: "whats-blooming-now-summer.jpg"
post-date: "September 2, 2020"
post-time: "12:00 AM"
blog-image: "2020-09-02-wbn.jpg"
published: true
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I took a walk throught the Garden today and was completely surprised by how many roses are reblooming. There are so many different roses blooming that if you missed the first flush, you should really get up here to see this one.

Crystalline™ Rose   Rosa 'ARObipy'

Creamy white double flowers adorn this beautiful shrub.

Dicky® Rose   Rosa 'DICkimono'

These salmon-colored beauties give off a lovely sweet scent.

Summer Fashion Rose   Rosa 'JACale'

As they open, the flowers are light pink and darken with age.

Starry Night Rose   Rosa 'ORAwichkay'

Small five-petaled flowers cover this shrub throughout the season.

Sally Holmes Rose   Rosa 'Sally Holmes'

Just as one flush of blooms end, another one takes its place.

Fragrant Cloud Rose   Rosa 'TANellis'

This hybrid tea rose produces flowers up to five inches across.

The temperatures have cooled slightly, so come check out this second flush of roses before the next wave of heat arrives.

  Something magical is brewing in the Garden. To find out more click HERE!

Photos by Jason W. Baker


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'Brahmastra': Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt snapped at a dubbing studio in Mumbai; view pictures | Hindi Movie News
One of Bollywood's most adored couples, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, who are all set to team up on the silver screen for the first time in 'Brahmastra', were recently snapped at a dubbing studio in Mumbai.
The couple has been busy with the film and has been snapped on multiple occasions at the budding studio along with director-friend Ayan Mukerji. While Ranbir stepped out for a black tee with denim and a red checkered shirt which he teamed up with stylish sneakers and his signature cap, Alia looked pretty comfortable in a white jumpsuit paired with colour coordinated footwear. Check out their pictures here:
While fans are excited to see their favourite couple on the silver screen for the first time, 'Brahmastra' has been postponed once again due to the pandemic. Apart from Ranbir-Alia, the film also stars Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy, Nagarjuna Akkineni and Dimple Kapadia in pivotal roles.
Apart from giving us all major relationship goals, the couple has been taking their relationship to the next level by spending quality time with each other's family members as well. While fans are going gaga over Alia-Ranbir's impeccable chemistry, everyone is eagerly waiting to see them on the big screen soon.
Pics: Yogen Shah
Exclusive! If I got a chance I would swap places with Pankaj Tripathi and play Sattu from 'Ludo', says Anurag Basu | Hindi Movie News
NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts headed to International Space Station — ScienceDaily


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package com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.pricing.analytic;

import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertEquals;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import org.threeten.bp.ZonedDateTime;

import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.interestrate.curve.YieldAndDiscountCurve;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.interestrate.curve.YieldCurve;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.definition.ComplexChooserOptionDefinition;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.definition.EuropeanVanillaOptionDefinition;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.definition.OptionDefinition;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.option.definition.StandardOptionDataBundle;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.volatility.surface.VolatilitySurface;
import com.opengamma.analytics.math.curve.ConstantDoublesCurve;
import com.opengamma.analytics.math.surface.ConstantDoublesSurface;
import com.opengamma.util.test.TestGroup;
import com.opengamma.util.time.DateUtils;
import com.opengamma.util.time.Expiry;

/**
 * Test.
 */
@Test(groups = TestGroup.UNIT)
public class ComplexChooserOptionModelTest {
  private static final YieldAndDiscountCurve CURVE = YieldCurve.from(ConstantDoublesCurve.from(0.1));
  private static final double B = 0.05;
  private static final VolatilitySurface SURFACE = new VolatilitySurface(ConstantDoublesSurface.from(0.35));
  private static final double SPOT = 50;
  private static final ZonedDateTime DATE = DateUtils.getUTCDate(2010, 7, 1);
  private static final double CHOOSE_TIME = 0.25;
  private static final double CALL_LIFE = 0.5;
  private static final double PUT_LIFE = 7. / 12;
  private static final Expiry CHOOSE_DATE = new Expiry(DateUtils.getDateOffsetWithYearFraction(DATE, CHOOSE_TIME));
  private static final Expiry CALL_EXPIRY = new Expiry(DateUtils.getDateOffsetWithYearFraction(DATE, CALL_LIFE));
  private static final Expiry PUT_EXPIRY = new Expiry(DateUtils.getDateOffsetWithYearFraction(DATE, PUT_LIFE));
  private static final double CALL_STRIKE = 55;
  private static final double PUT_STRIKE = 48;
  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
  private static final OptionDefinition CALL = new EuropeanVanillaOptionDefinition(CALL_STRIKE, CALL_EXPIRY, true);
  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
  private static final OptionDefinition PUT = new EuropeanVanillaOptionDefinition(PUT_STRIKE, PUT_EXPIRY, false);
  private static final ComplexChooserOptionDefinition CHOOSER = new ComplexChooserOptionDefinition(CHOOSE_DATE, CALL_STRIKE, CALL_EXPIRY, PUT_STRIKE, PUT_EXPIRY);
  private static final StandardOptionDataBundle DATA = new StandardOptionDataBundle(CURVE, B, SURFACE, SPOT, DATE);
  private static final AnalyticOptionModel<ComplexChooserOptionDefinition, StandardOptionDataBundle> MODEL = new ComplexChooserOptionModel();
  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
  private static final AnalyticOptionModel<OptionDefinition, StandardOptionDataBundle> BSM = new BlackScholesMertonModel();

  @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
  public void testNullDefinition() {
    MODEL.getPricingFunction(null);
  }

  @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
  public void testNullData() {
    MODEL.getPricingFunction(CHOOSER).evaluate((StandardOptionDataBundle) null);
  }

  @Test
  public void test() {
    // TODO test wrt BSM
    // final double spot = 2;
    // final StandardOptionDataBundle data = DATA.withSpot(spot);
    // final ComplexChooserOptionDefinition chooser = new ComplexChooserOptionDefinition(new Expiry(DATE), CALL_STRIKE, CALL_EXPIRY, PUT_STRIKE, PUT_EXPIRY);
    // assertEquals(MODEL.getPricingFunction(chooser).evaluate(data), BSM.getPricingFunction(
    // new EuropeanVanillaOptionDefinition(CALL_STRIKE, new Expiry(DateUtil.getDateOffsetWithYearFraction(DATE, CALL_LIFE)), true)).evaluate(data), 0);
    assertEquals(MODEL.getPricingFunction(CHOOSER).evaluate(DATA), 6.0508, 1e-4);
  }
}


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