Not seeing my yoga as a physical workout has deepened my love for my practice, because now I can make the choice to have movement, or absolute stillness. My practice always begins with meditation while the house is still relatively quiet. From there I will have some breath work, and finish with movement. That way if one of my kids climbs on to my mat with me while I have a stretch, I don't so much mind.
I remember a time when I was a "yes" person, and it landed me with 22 classes a week at several studios, a consistent teacher training schedule, and a toddler at home. I was eating on the run and arriving home late, with only enough energy to kiss my sleeping daughter and fall into bed. I could see I was following a path of self-destruction. Thankfully, this experience only took it out of me enough to know I never wanted to get back to that place again.
Learning to say "no", knowing where my boundaries lay and standing firm in them was the most empowering experience of my life.
Because deprivation and excess were such a big part of my life as a performer, I struggled for a very long time with my relationship with food and exercise. I function so much better now when I give myself permission: to have a completely yoga-free day, eat Sal's Pizza with my children, or lounge a little longer in bed with a second cup of tea. My husband and I are foodies, and he is an amazing cook.
We love good food and wine, it's definitely the way we like to socialise with our friends, and we can often be found on a Friday night curled up in front of Netflix with some yummy cheeses and a bottle of pinot noir.
I find it so grounding to walk in the bush or on the beach, and the sea is truly healing for me. My mantra for life is to do yoga, eat chocolate, bathe my children endlessly in love, breathe fresh air, and take time to stop and savour the stillness and beauty that life has to offer, because otherwise it will pass us by so quickly.
My beauty essential is Tui facial cleansing oil by LoveSkin. All natural, beautifully moisturising and made with love by local lady Jo Lehndorf.
I'm a fan of Pranayama, a breath meditation app that allows you to custom-create a rhythmic sound wave that helps to guide you through your breath practice.
I love to wear Lululemon. Not only is their gear cozy-comfy, but being an ambassador they have helped me create such a solid platform for my work in New Zealand. Also my Cotton On ripped jeans. They're like a second skin.
I'm reading Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom, The Heart of Yoga by Desikachar and Teaching Yoga by Donna Farhi with my training groups.
My favourite healthy treat is Tom & Luke Cacao Mint Bliss Balls. They feel like such a naughty indulgence and taste divine, but they are also full of goodness.
On my Spotify playlist are yoga tunes by Deva Premal, Snatam Kaur, Krishna Das and Donna Delory. Also I love Ed Sheeran, because I am a bit of a hopeless romantic.


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The Markov branching random walk and systems of reaction-diffusion (Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piskunov) equations
M. Ya Kelbert, Yu M. Suhov
A general model of a branching random walk in R1 is considered, with several types of particles, where the branching occurs with probabilities determined by the type of a parent particle. Each new particle starts moving from the place where it was born, independently of other particles. The distribution of the displacement of a particle, before it splits, depends on its type. A necessary and sufficient condition is given for the random variable {Mathematical expression} to be finite. Here, Xn, k is the position of the kth particle in the nth generation, Nn is the number of particles in the nth generation (regardless of their type). It turns out that the distribution of X0 gives a minimal solution to a natural system of stochastic equations which has a linearly ordered continuum of other solutions. The last fact is used for proving the existence of a monotone travelling-wave solution to systems of coupled non-linear parabolic PDE's.
Communications In Mathematical Physics
Branching Random Walk
Random Systems
Reaction-diffusion
Minimal Solution
pulse detonation engines
Nonlinear Parabolic Equations
random variables
Traveling Wave Solutions
traveling waves
Stochastic Equations
Linearly
continuums
Sufficient Conditions
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Kelbert, M. Y., & Suhov, Y. M. (1995). The Markov branching random walk and systems of reaction-diffusion (Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piskunov) equations. Communications In Mathematical Physics, 167(3), 607-634. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02101538
Kelbert, M. Ya ; Suhov, Yu M. / The Markov branching random walk and systems of reaction-diffusion (Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piskunov) equations. In: Communications In Mathematical Physics. 1995 ; Vol. 167, No. 3. pp. 607-634.
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During a previous America Reads event, ETSU tutors dressed as Dr. Seuss characters.
JOHNSON CITY, TN � The America Reads Challenge Program at East Tennessee State University has been selected for participation in a new initiative, Read. Write. Act. (RWA) Virtual Learning Community.
The program was created by the Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE), part of the College of Education at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. A limited number of participants were chosen for memberships provided by the Verizon Foundation.
The ETSU chapter of the America Reads literacy program will receive a $500 year's membership in SCALE. Two ETSU student leaders and a program administrator will participate in four virtual conferences or institutes during 2010. In addition, the ETSU program will have access to the RWA Virtual Learning Community blogs, wikis and social networks; can apply for $100 mini-grants for National Literacy Action Week; and will receive two professional virtual conferencing headsets with microphones.
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Time is a regular activity at the Library. It is held on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month in Town Hall at 10:00 am..
Art Time is a regular activity at the Library. It is held on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month in Town Hall at 10:00 am.


Sales Order management is possibly the greatest area of variation for different industry sectors and consequently comprises numerous order entry procedures, one or more of which should conform to your business requirements.
The various sales order entry procedures comprise simple order entry, combined entry & shipment cash or day sale, telesales and inventory transfer (sale or return).
One common feature, however, may be the Sales Order List Window, that provides a review of current and past sales orders and user access to related sales order procedures.
Amongst the latter are proforma payment request, order shipment, shipment inventory tracing and customer invoice matching.
Sales order history is easily reviewed using the "filtering" options, a common Orbitall feature, available on the Sales Order List Window through which content can be restricted to a combination of criteria including order date range, order status as well as various attributes such as individual customer or that that include a particular product.
Customer Returns (Credits) are raised by reference to previous shipments and the underlying database design reflects a premise that a sales order may have multiple shipments, which in turn may have multiple customer returns.
Sales order shipments and customer returns are reflected in the inventory audit trail for individual products and shipment activities are fundamentally involved in the provision of one-step forward and backward traceability if that is an issue for your business.


All weekend long, The News warned us to brace ourselves for a significant drop in the Dow but even before I had a chance to get a second cup of coffee yesterday morning, the average was down by more than a thousand points. I vividly remember the pit in my stomach when the market finally opened after 9/11 and immediately plunged 600 points and again when it did so in September of 2008. Ironically as the 2008 troubles started, we were too busy around here holding down the fort in the wake of hurricane Ike and didn't even notice that a crash had started for a few days.
Well it certainly felt like a Monday morning.
And yet today I'm entirely at ease despite the fact that my 401(k) is (was?) larger than it was back then and my losses today are therefore that much more substantial. I know that my plan is diversified and, even more importantly, I know that my management firm is busy buying stocks that are on sale today instead of selling off. A similar approach to business continuity yields the same results: kind of an alert placidness in the face of considerable adversity.
How? One of this month's other big stories is the 10-year anniversary of hurricane Katrina and despite a sleepy Atlantic tropical hurricane season so far this year, the season obviously isn't over yet. As a lifelong Gulf-coaster I know that the conditions are still ripe for an extremely late-forming storm to mess up my entire weekend but with a solid, constantly updated, diversified business continuity plan . . . alert placidness. I don't agree with all the reasons I've heard for why we shouldn't freak out about the stock market but I also know that the market is a long game and that confident patience is rewarded. In fact, as I type this the index is back up 352 points above yesterday's close.
I particularly don't plan to be this guy. I do already have an ample supply of food to survive on for a while, although maybe not for a whole month. As should we all.
Just to reiterate, hurricane season is not over yet. (That's a pretty good article. Go read it. But come back.) There's still some steam left in the Atlantic and Gulf, never mind that we're still weeks away from the average peak of the season. While we're at it, here's my favorite graphical compilation of all things current on hurricanes.
The concept of personal continuity isn't touched on very often but more than 100,000 people have lost their jobs recently due to the recent reversals in the oil industry and many are facing financial upheaval if not actual ruin. Experts recommend a three- to six-month personal emergency fund. I disagree. Make it a full year and younger professionals should make it a goal to achieve this "do not touch" fund within the first five to seven years of their career. Unorthodox, certainly. It's not easy and it might mean putting off that first new car and a couple of vacations. But again, alert placidness.
The other big continuity issue this summer has been the unrelenting, unpredictable and several times fatal wildfires in many of the western states. A large number of my friends and family members live in areas around California that are at risk each summer, many of whom have also lived in hurricane zones. Several have pointed out the similarity in the mindset that you have when it comes to living and working in areas that have different kinds of threats, although western states seem to have more than their share. The fires are a good reminder that every possible threat should be considered, regardless of relative unlikeliness, in a good business continuity plan. A lesson we learned all too well when the drought of 2011 resulted in huge fires in the Texas Hill Country – an area that "almost never" has to deal with that type of threat.
And then there's the creepiest of all natural disasters, sinkholes. Which are just wrong.


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Q: Spring boot 1.5.2.RELEASE accessing application.yml properties in static method I have a Spring boot 1.5.2.RELEASE app with below entries in my application.yml
digsig:
  trustweaver:
    truststore: truststore.jks
    truststorePassword: xxxxxx

I am trying to access the above properties in a static class as below, code compiles but am getting a null in the logging as caTrustStore = null
public class CustomHttpsSSLConfig {

@Value("${digsig.trustweaver.truststore}")
private static  String caTrustStore;
 public static void init() {
  LOGGER.info("caTrustStore = "+caTrustStore);
 //method implementation
 }
}

I also tried accessing it in the main groovy class as below
@SpringBootApplication
public class DigSigServiceApplication {

@Value("${digsig.trustweaver.truststore}") static String caTrustStore;

private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.class);

public static void main(String[] args) {
    LOGGER.info("caTrustStore caTrustStore = "+caTrustStore );
    SpringApplication.run(DigSigServiceApplication.class, args);
}

}

but am getting below compilation error
Error:(15, 12) Groovyc: Apparent variable 'digsig' was found in a static scope but doesn't refer to a local variable, static field or class. Possible causes:
You attempted to reference a variable in the binding or an instance variable from a static context.
You misspelled a classname or statically imported field. Please check the spelling.
You attempted to use a method 'digsig' but left out brackets in a place not allowed by the grammar.

can someone help me with accessing application.yml properties?

A: First of all, you can not use "${...}" for the spring variables, since Groovy itself uses this to replace in strings.  Use single quotes instead ('${...}') so Groovy keeps them as they are.
Next don't use static vars for this and let spring do it's work before you ask the variable to be set.  Here is a complete, working example:
package x
@SpringBootApplication
@groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
class DigSigServiceApplication {

    @Value('${digsig.trustweaver.truststore}')
    String caTrustStore;

    static void main(String[] args) {
        org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(DigSigServiceApplication, args)
    }

    @Bean
    CommandLineRunner init() {
        log.info("caTrustStore = $caTrustStore")
    }
}

Run with
digsig_trustweaver_truststore=XXX spring run spring.groovy

Output:
...
2017-04-24 17:21:59.125  INFO 14811 --- [       runner-0] x.DigSigServiceApplication               : caTrustStore = XXX
...

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Culladia is een geslacht van vlinders van de familie grasmotten (Crambidae), uit de onderfamilie Crambinae.

Soorten
C. achroellum (Mabille, 1900)
C. admigratella (Walker, 1963)
C. albimedialis Hampson, 1919
C. assamella Bleszynski, 1970
C. cuneiferellus (Walker, 1863)
C. dentilinealis Hampson, 1919
C. elgonella Błeszyński, 1970
C. evae Bleszynski, 1970
C. hanna Bleszynski, 1970
C. hastiferalis (Walker, 1865)
C. incanella Zeller, 1827
C. inconspicuellus (Snellen, 1872)
C. lempkei Schouten, 1993
C. miria Bleszynski, 1970
C. paralyticus Meyrick, 1932
C. serranella Błeszyński, 1970
C. snelleni Schouten, 1993
C. strophaea Meyrick, 1905
C. suffusella Hampson, 1895
C. tonkinella Bleszynski, 1970
C. toonderi Schouten, 1993
C. troglodytellus (Snellen, 1872)
C. yomii Schouten, 1993

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Wounded Alberta RCMP officer not expected to survive: police
Posted Jan 18, 2015 4:04 pm EDT
RCMP Criminal Operations Officer Marlin Degrand speaks with media about the shooting of two RCMP officers in St. Albert, Alta. on Saturday morning.(Twitter/@RCMPAlberta)
An Alberta Mountie severely wounded on Saturday was not expected to live, the RCMP said Sunday as the force's commissioner expressed dismay over the criminal background of the man police believe responsible for the shooting.
Const. David Wynn had not regained consciousness more than a day after the shooting, Asst. Commissioner Marianne Ryan, in charge of the RCMP in Alberta, told a news conference in Edmonton.
"He sustained a life threatening injury to the head at close range, we do not expect him to survive," said Ryan, who visited Wynn's bedside on the weekend.
"He is being treated and looked after in the hospital, but it is not optimistic he'll survive," added Ryan, who was joined by RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson.
Wynn, 42, and Derek Walter Bond, an auxiliary constable, were shot in a casino northwest of Edmonton while investigating a suspicious vehicle.
Bond was shot in the arm and torso, but was released from hospital on Saturday.
Mounties in Alberta identified a suspect on Sunday who was found dead in the hours following the shooting.
Police said that Shawn Maxwell Rehn, 34, was the person whose body they found in a home, not far from the Apex Casino in St. Albert where the two officers were shot.
Paulson said Rehn had an "incredibly complex criminal history" that included overlapping firearms bans.
Paulson and other officials declined to go into detail about that criminal history, but Paulson noted it may provoke an examination of the police and justice system that allowed Rehn to be free.
"I've been policing for 30 years and I've never seen anything the likes of this," Paulson said.
Police said an autopsy to determine how Rehn died will be performed on Monday.
The shooting of Wynn touched a personal chord thousands of kilometres away. People in a Nova Scotia community where he once served as a paramedic expressed shock and prayed for his recovery.
"For many years, we worked side by side with him in his former career," said a Facebook post from the Bridgewater Police Service, on Nova Scotia's south shore.
"When he made the decision to switch careers and join the RCMP, we supported him."
"Our love and support go out to his family, friends, and colleagues."
Stacey Brown, with Emergency Health Services in Nova Scotia, said all employees at the agency were thinking of Wynn, as well as Bond.
"On behalf of all EHS employees in Nova Scotia, our hearts, thoughts and prayers remain with both RCMP officers, their colleagues and the officers' family," Brown said in an email.
Paula Power, a spokeswoman for St. Albert Public Schools, said Wynn has been a resource officer at Keenooshoyo Elementary School for five years. She said his main duty has been to provide drug education for Grade 6 students, but he was frequently in the school speaking with students and parents, and appears annually in red serge for the Remembrance Day assembly.
Power said counsellors were to be available at the school Monday for students, as well as for teachers and staff.
Wynn is the face of the RCMP for many of the students, who have known him for most of their elementary school years.
"It's tremendously shocking. It is for the whole community. But when it affects someone with a relationship with a school, it's different," Power said.
Police have said it didn't appear Wynn and Bond were expecting trouble when they walked inside the casino, and on didn't know the identity of the man they confronted or his background.
The suspect fired two shots and police said Wynn didn't have a chance to fire back. Bond, being an auxiliary constable, wouldn't have had a gun and normally only carries pepper spray and a baton.
Evidence suggests no one else was involved in the shooting.
A massive manhunt tracked Rehn to an unoccupied home, where police said it appeared he forced his way in.
Police have said they surrounded the home tried to establish communication. When that failed, they entered the home and found the man dead.
RCMP Assistant Commissioner Marlin Degrand said he has viewed the security video from inside the casino. He said the officers were trying to place hands on Rehn when he broke free. Bond was shot first, then Wynn. It was very quick, he said.
Paulson said it wasn't a firepower issue. He said officers were well-equipped.
"Frankly, this is not an issue of a tactical response gone bad. This is an issue of this individual walking around in conditions that we need to understand whether it was reasonable for this man to be walking around at this time," Paulson said.
The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, a police watchdog, said it will investigate Rehn's death. It said in a news release that since the body was found while the home was being contained by police, it is considered to be a death in police custody.
Mark Furey, who represents Lunenburg West in the Nova Scotia Legislature, said Wynn and the shooting were what many people were talking about on Sunday.
Furey, himself a 32-year veteran of the RCMP before entering politics, said he remembered Wynn when he was still a paramedic.
Furey said the shooting, and every other recent police shooting in the country, has had particular significance for Bridgewater. Another RCMP officer, Sgt. Derek Burkholder, was killed in 1996 when he was shot while attending to a domestic call in Lunenburg County.
"It's a very close community," Furey said of police and EMS staff. "They find themselves in close services on frequent occasions."
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Management changes at Walmart de México
Walmart de México y Centroamérica has announced changes in its supermarkets and speciality stores divisions, as part of moves to simplify the organisation structure. Long-standing Walmart executives moved to new roles Renzo Casillo has been named executive vice president and CEO of Walmart Supermarkets in Mexico . His responsibilities will include the Bodega Aurrerá, Walmart Supercente...
CVS launches international strategy
Brazilian drugstore operator Drogaria Onofre has been acquired by the US chain CVS Caremark, for an undisclosed amount. CVS's first international acquisition This acquisition was hinted at in local US media back in December 2012, when the press said that CVS could buy a stake of around 80% in the Brazilian chain. CVS's chief executive, Larry Merlo, was quoted: "We view Brazil as an a...
Central America's Dollar City in agreement with Canadian chain
Canadian dollar store operator Dollarama has entered into an agreement to provide sourcing services and business expertise to Central American dollar chain Dollar City. Eight-year agreement offers option to acquire majority share Dollarama will share its business and operational expertise with Dollar City, which is looking to expand its activities in Central America, Colombia, Peru and Ecuado...
Argentina: retailers agree to freeze prices
The Argentine government has reached an agreement with the country's largest retailers to freeze prices for two months. Freeze to last until 1 April Members of the United Supermarkets Association (ASU) have agreed to keep prices unchanged until 1 April, following a meeting with Argentina's domestic trade secretary, Guillermo Moreno. The agreement has been backdated to take effect as o...
GPA plans wholesale expansion
Grupo Pão de Açúcar (GPA) has announced plans to add 25 Assaí wholesale outlets in north-eastern Brazil over the next three years. Part of plans to open 60 units in total There are currently 62 Assaí stores in eight Brazilian states. The 25 new outlets are part of a wider plan in which GPA intends to open 60 more over the next three years. In Brazil , wholesalers play a key role in t...
Encouraging performance continues at Carrefour
Carrrefour has reported an improved sales performance for the final three months of 2012, especially in France and emerging markets. Total sales reached €22,853m, up 0.8%, with LFL ex fuel up 0.4%. For the full year 2012 sales were up 1% to €86,558m. For a full breakdown of Q4 and FY sales performance, click here . France sees further improvement at hypermarkets Sales in France were up ...
Casino boosted by international as domestic sales lag
Casino has reported Q4 2012 sales of €12,856m, up 35% on a total basis following the full consolidation of Latin American operations and up 3% on an organic basis. While international sales grew by 76% during the quarter, domestic sales declined 3% as household consumption lagged. For a detailed sales breakdown click here . French hypermarkets down more than 10% Net sales in France declin...
Management changes at Walmart Latin America
Walmart has announced that Enrique Ostalé, president and CEO of its Chilean operations, has been named executive vice president, president and CEO of Walmart Latin America. Overseeing operations in nine countries Mr Ostalé will take up his new post on 1 March, from a base in Mexico City. He will oversee Walmart's operations in Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Costa Rica, El Salvador, Gu...
Jerónimo Martins: strong preliminary results for 2012
Portugal-based Jerónimo Martins has announced that preliminary sales for 2012 saying that group sales had risen by 10.5% to €10.9 billion. Biedronka remains engine of sales growth in 2012 The company said that 'Biedronka had another strong year', aided by the addition of 263 stores and like-for-like growth of 6.4%. Although the market environment weakened over the course of 2012, with the pac...


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Pat Robertson Cracked
Aug 30, 2011, 6:24 AM
Last week's earthquake that cracked the Washington Monument revealed additional evidence that televangelist Pat Robertson may be even more cracked. The earth tremor may have been a sign from God that could foretell the end of the world, he said.
The former faith healer, resume padder and presidential candidate claims to discuss such events frequently and personally with the Lord. The Haiti earthquake that killed 200,000 people in 2010 was a "curse" for the islanders' swearing a "pact to the Devil" several hundred years ago.
We're waiting for the mult-millionaire preacher and founder of the Christian Broadcast Network to reveal God's motivation for Hurricane Irene; he earlier told us Hurricane Katrina was divine punishment for abortion and was linked to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, which Robertson blamed on pagans, abortionists, feminists, gay, lesbians and the American Civil Liberties Union.
Israel is a favorite topic of conversation between Pat and his maker, and if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu harbors any thoughts of territorial compromise with the Palestinians, he could face severe consequences.
Ariel Sharon's stroke was punishment for "dividing God's land" by turning the Gaza Strip over to the Palestinians, an assessment that may resonate with some far-right Israelis, including some ultra-Orthodox leaders. Yitzhak Rabin's 1995 assassination was "the same thing," he has proclaimed.
"I would say woe unto any prime minister of Israel who takes a similar course to appease the EU [European Union], the United Nations, or United States of America," Pat pronounced.
He predicted Israel would attack Iran in 2008, sparking Syrian and Iranian nuclear strikes. He also foresaw a nuclear attack on the United States if Washington opposed Russian expansion. As God's agent, he has threatened fire and brimstone on a Pennsylvania school district for teaching evolution, and warned Disneyworld that if it went ahead with a gay rights event it would "bring about terrorist bombs; it'll bring earthquakes, tornadoes and possibly a meteor" on Orlando.
The real natural disaster may be Preacher Pat himself.


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Last week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed to reverse their own rule, issued in 2017, protecting consumers from the harms of predatory lending, despite the lack of new evidence that the rule needs to be reconsidered. Oklahoma Policy Institute opposes this proposed repeal and strongly urges the CFPB to allow the 2017 rule to take effect as scheduled later this year. Oklahomans are depending on these promised protections.
The 2017 rule simply required payday lenders to determine whether borrowers had the means to repay a loan before making the loan. That rule, meant as a way to protect borrowers from taking out extremely high-cost loans they are unable to afford, was the end result of five years of research, data collection, hearings, and nearly half a million public comments. It was based on sound research and evidence, and there is no new evidence to warrant its reconsideration now.
The 2017 rule and its protections were especially important for Oklahomans. In 2017 Oklahomans took out nearly 900,000 payday loans, incurring nearly $50 million in fees. The annual interest rate on these loans can exceed 450 percent. The average payday loan customer in Oklahoma takes out 6 payday loans per year, and Oklahoma leads the nation in the rate of payday borrowing. Far from being the source of occasional credit to meet an emergency, payday loans are used over and over by the most financially-strapped Oklahomans, trapping borrowers in a cycle of high-cost debt. Requiring lenders to check a customer's ability to repay a loan while still meeting other necessary expenses would end the payday debt trap and bring much-needed relief to Oklahomans struggling to make ends meet.
Without federal action, Oklahoma lawmakers should join over a dozen other states that have put an end to predatory payday lending by capping interest rates at 36 percent APR and ending the practice of allowing borrowers to take out new loans to pay off existing loans that come due.


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Arras-en-Lavedan (gaskognisch Arràs) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Hautes-Pyrénées in der Region Okzitanien; sie gehört zum Arrondissement Argelès-Gazost und zum Kanton La Vallée des Gaves. Die Bewohner nennen sich Arrasiens/Arrasiennes.

Lage
Arras-en-Lavedan liegt an einem Hang im Südwesten des Département Hautes-Pyrénées rund 32 km (Luftlinie) südwestlich von Tarbes. Der Fluss Gave d'Azun durchquert die Gemeinde und bildet streckenweise die Ostgrenze der Gemeinde, die teilweise im Nationalpark Pyrenäen liegt. Der höchste Punkt der Gemeinde ist nahe der Bergspitze des Soum de Picarré (2306 m. ü. M.) auf 2288 m. ü. M. Weite Teile des Gemeindegebiets sind bewaldet oder Gebirgslandschaft.

Die Gemeinde besteht aus dem Dorf Arras, den Weilern (hameaux) La Lanne, Les Arrassets und Les Gerbes sowie zahlreichen Einzelgehöften.

Nachbargemeinden sind Salles im Nordwesten, Gez im Norden und Nordosten, Argelès-Gazost im Nordosten, Arcizans-Avant im Osten, Cauterets im Südosten, Estaing im Südwesten, Sireix im Westen sowie Arcizans-Dessus im Westen und Nordwesten.

Geschichte
Im frühen Mittelalter wechselte die Herrschaft häufig (Westgoten, Basken, Franken, Sarazenen). Danach war der Ort jahrhundertelang unter der Herrschaft des Königreichs Aquitanien respektive des Herzogtums Gascogne. Von 900 bis 1609 gab es eine Grafschaft Bigorre innerhalb der vorgenannten Gebiete. Im Hundertjährigen Krieg war Arras-en-Lavedan manchmal unter englischer, manchmal unter französischer Herrschaft. Von 1425 bis 1609 gehörte der Ort als Teil der Grafschaft Bigorre zur nur lose mit Frankreich verbundenen Grafschaft Foix. Weil der letzte Herrscher dieser Grafschaft, König Heinrich III. von Navarra aus dem Hause Bourbon, 1589 den Thron von Frankreich (als Heinrich IV.) bestieg, waren die Orte der Region 1609 bis 1789 Krondomäne. Die Gemeinde gehörte von 1793 bis 1801 zum District Argelès. Zudem war sie von 1793 bis 2015 Teil des Kantons Aucun. Mit Ausnahme der Jahre 1926 bis 1942 (Arrondissement Bagnères) war Arras-en-Lavedan seit 1801 verwaltungstechnisch Teil des Arrondissements Argelès-Gazost. Erste namentliche Erwähnung von Arras im 11. Jahrhundert in den Kopialbüchern von Bigorre und Saint-Savin. Die Gemeinde ist Teil der historischen Landschaft Lavedan (auch Pays des Sept Vallées genannt).

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Die Zahl der Bewohner ist wegen Abwanderung, der Gefallenen des Ersten Weltkriegs sowie der Grippewelle 1918/1919 stark gesunken. Die niedrigsten Einwohnerzahlen stammen aus der Nachkriegszeit.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Dorfkirche Saint-Martin; älteste Teile aus dem Jahr 1200; seit 1979 ein Monument historique
 Schloss Castet naü d'Azun aus dem Jahr 1260; lange Zeit eine Ruine, Restauration seit 1996
 Turm der Abtei aus dem Mittelalter
 Wassermühle
 Dorfbrunnen La Désirée
 alte Brotöfen
 Dorfschule aus dem Jahr 1889
 Lavoir (Waschhaus)
 Denkmal für die Gefallenen
Quelle:

Weblinks

 Lage der Gemeinde
 Kurzinfo über die Gemeinde
 Arras-en-Lavedan auf der Seite des IGN
 Foto der Kirche Saint-Martin
 Foto der Kirche Saint-Martin

Einzelnachweise

Ort in Okzitanien


The shares of Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) started off the last trading session with the price of $107.51 while closing the day with the price of $105.88. The shares of Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) Fell -2.76% with the Loss of -1.63 points.
The shares of Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) traded with the day volume of 1.56 Million shares whereas its average trading volume is 1.77 Million.
While analyzing the past performance of the stock we can see that the shares of Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) Loss -2% in the last week while rising 14.03% in the last month. Past quarter performance shows the green light with 25.73%. The semi-annual and annual performance shows 53.58% and 75.07% respectively.
Some critical values of the shares of Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) to be discussed here are: the beta which shows the value at 1.93 while Average True Range of Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) demonstrate the value at 3.31. The weekly and monthly volatility of the shares of Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK) are indicated at 2.95% and 3.10%. Also to discuss here is the Relative Strength Index or RSI which is depicted at 58.62.
While studying the financial position of the shares of Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLK), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 15.15 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 143.07 Million and the shares float stands at 140.6 Million. The income of the company stand at -259100000 while the sales stand at 1.27 Billion.
Here are some critical ratios for a financial perspective: Earnings Per Share or EPS of the company stand at -1.86, Price to Earnings or P/E is at 0, Price to Sales P/S show the value of 11.92, the Return on Asset ROA stood at -0.205 and the Return on Equity ROE depicted at -0.452 while Return on Investment ROI is at -0.434.
Aon plc (NYSE:AON) started its previous trading session at $142.54 and closed at $139.31 showing a Fell of -2.86 Percent.
The Company traded with an average Volume of 1.28 Million whereas, its Day Volume stood at 1.56 Million.
Looking at the performance of the stock, Aon plc (NYSE:AON) Loss -3.9% in the last week in its shares price and -0.04% in the last month. Quarterly performance shows a green of 1.78 Percent while Semi-Annual and Annual performances shows a -4.57 and 18.35 percent respectively.
Beta for Aon plc (NYSE:AON) stands at 1.04 while the ATR (average true range) is at 2.6. The Stock's Weekly and Monthly Volatility is 1.71% and 1.94% respectively showing a RSI value of 42.45.
While studying the financial position of the shares of Aon plc (NYSE:AON), we can see that the Market capitalization of the company is at 34.06 Billion. The shares outstanding for the company is 244.49 Million and the shares float stands at 242.15 Million.
The Company generated an income of 748 Million and the sales of 10 Billion in the Trailing Twelve Months period.
While analyzing the stock from technical aspects, Diluted Earnings per share stands at $2.91 a share. P/E (price to earnings) and P/S (price to sales) values are 47.89 and 3.41 respectively.
The Return on Assets stands at 0.046, ROE shows a value of 0.234 and ROI for Aon plc (NYSE:AON) is 0.099 as of Trailing Twelve Months period.


Joel Beinin is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan in 1982 before coming to Stanford in 1983. From 2006 to 2008 he served as Director of Middle East Studies and Professor of History at the American University in Cairo. In 2002 he served as president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America.
His articles have been published in leading scholarly journals in English and French as well as South Atlantic Quarterly, Socialist Register, Carnegie Papers, The Nation, Le Monde Diplomatique, Middle East Report, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. He has been interviewed on Al-Jazeera TV, BBC radio, Skye TV, Radio France International, Australian and US National Public Radio, and many other TV and radio programs throughout the world as well by the global print media.
"Arab Liberal Intellectuals and the Partition of Palestine," in Partitions: A Transnational History of 20th Century Territorial Separatism, Arie Dubnov and Laura Robson eds. (Stanford University Press, 2019), 184-205.
"Egyptian Workers in the Liberal Age and Beyond," in Jens Hanssen and Max Weiss eds. Arabic Thought Against the Authoritarian Age: Towards an Intellectual History of the Present, (Cambridge University Press, 2018).
Workers and Thieves: Labor Movements and Popular Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt (Stanford University Press, 2015).
"Sanitizing the Tunisian Revolution: How the Nobel committee's pick for the Peace Prize obscures the country's struggle," Stanford University Press Blog, Oct. 12, 2015.
"Destruction and Appropriation of Palestinian History and Cultural Property: The Responsibilities of Historians," in Sherna Berger Gluck (ed.), Impediments to Education in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Palestine-Israel Working Group of Historians Against the War, September 2015).


Bridal bolero made of dot lace fabric with re-embroidered lace trims. 3/4 length sleeves. The color is in ivory. It features satin wrapped buttons at the back. Please note this item is made to order and the lead time is 2 to 3 weeks.
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Lane closures start on Milford Road
Motorists are better off expecting delays during the day south of Milford until November.
Lane closures start on Milford Road Motorists are better off expecting delays during the day south of Milford until November. Check out this story on HometownLife.com: http://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/milford/2015/03/31/lane-closures-may-affect-traffic-time-milford-road/70711200/
Philip Allmen, hometownlife.com Published 8:37 a.m. ET March 31, 2015
Flaggers have been out on Milford Road last week and this directing traffic as crews cut down trees to make way for improvements to the road between the Village of Milford and Interstate 96.(Photo: Hal Gould | Staff Photographer)Buy Photo
Jim Beebe isn't excited about his daily commute right now. He's among the tens of thousands of drivers using Milford Road to get to work and home every day.
Lane closures on the west Oakland trunkline south of the village started last week as contractors began cutting down trees to make way for the resurfacing project , expected to last all summer. While for the most part the road will not be closed completely, there will be single lane closures throughout the project duration with traffic directed by flaggers.
"I better make sure I don't sleep in," Beebe said, laughing, one morning last week at the Milford McDonald's after having breakfast. Beebe said he's not yet sure if he'll look for for an alternate route or just deal with the possible delays along his normal route.
The Road Commission for Oakland County said lane closures started late last week as trees near the road are removed. Once the foliage is gone, the project will start in earnest, said Craig Bryson, spokesman for the road commission.
The project involves resurfacing this 3.8 mile section of Milford from the southern Milford Village border south to Pontiac Trail. Plans also include adding a center left-turn lane from Lakefield Street to Country Court and at other intersections within the project, improved drainage, base repair and paving the shoulders for improved safety.
The primary contractor for the project is Ajax Paving of Troy.
Weather permitting, county officials plan to completely close Milford Road the first weekend of May to replace the Arthur Drain culvert, , located between Homestead and Old Milford Farms.
Drivers can expect lane closures to continue through summer. The entire project should be wrapped up in November.
Almost 80 percent of the $5 million project is being paid with federal dollars. The remaining $1.1 million in costs is being shared by RCOC, Milford Township and Oakland County general government through the Tri-Party Program.
pallmen@hometownlife.com | Twitter: @MilfordTimes
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Another good pick for tool organization is the Widemouth Tool Organizer. It starts with a molded rubber base that protects tools from moisture, while its 1680-denier ballistic polyester fabric housingand reinforced top opening protects tools like no other. The nickel-plated hardware won't let go either. Extras include a detachable cell phone holder, junk pouch, and parts organizer. Black/Gray.


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#include "envoy/extensions/filters/http/grpc_http1_bridge/v3/config.pb.h"
#include "envoy/extensions/filters/http/grpc_http1_bridge/v3/config.pb.validate.h"
#include "envoy/http/filter.h"
#include "envoy/upstream/cluster_manager.h"

#include "source/common/common/logger.h"
#include "source/common/grpc/context_impl.h"
#include "source/common/runtime/runtime_features.h"

namespace Envoy {
namespace Extensions {
namespace HttpFilters {
namespace GrpcHttp1Bridge {
/**
 * See
 * https://envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/configuration/http/http_filters/grpc_http1_bridge_filter
 */
class Http1BridgeFilter : public Http::StreamFilter, Logger::Loggable<Logger::Id::http> {
public:
  explicit Http1BridgeFilter(
      Grpc::Context& context,
      const envoy::extensions::filters::http::grpc_http1_bridge::v3::Config& proto_config)
      : context_(context), upgrade_protobuf_(proto_config.upgrade_protobuf_to_grpc()) {}

  // Http::StreamFilterBase
  void onDestroy() override {}

  // Http::StreamDecoderFilter
  Http::FilterHeadersStatus decodeHeaders(Http::RequestHeaderMap& headers,
                                          bool end_stream) override;
  Http::FilterDataStatus decodeData(Buffer::Instance& data, bool end_stream) override;

  Http::FilterTrailersStatus decodeTrailers(Http::RequestTrailerMap&) override {
    return Http::FilterTrailersStatus::Continue;
  }
  void setDecoderFilterCallbacks(Http::StreamDecoderFilterCallbacks& callbacks) override {
    decoder_callbacks_ = &callbacks;
  }

  // Http::StreamEncoderFilter
  Http::FilterHeadersStatus encode1xxHeaders(Http::ResponseHeaderMap&) override {
    return Http::FilterHeadersStatus::Continue;
  }
  Http::FilterHeadersStatus encodeHeaders(Http::ResponseHeaderMap& headers,
                                          bool end_stream) override;
  Http::FilterDataStatus encodeData(Buffer::Instance& data, bool end_stream) override;
  Http::FilterTrailersStatus encodeTrailers(Http::ResponseTrailerMap& trailers) override;
  Http::FilterMetadataStatus encodeMetadata(Http::MetadataMap&) override {
    return Http::FilterMetadataStatus::Continue;
  }
  void setEncoderFilterCallbacks(Http::StreamEncoderFilterCallbacks& callbacks) override {
    encoder_callbacks_ = &callbacks;
  }

private:
  void setupStatTracking(const Http::RequestHeaderMap& headers);

  Http::StreamDecoderFilterCallbacks* decoder_callbacks_{};
  Http::StreamEncoderFilterCallbacks* encoder_callbacks_{};
  Http::ResponseHeaderMap* response_headers_{};
  bool do_bridging_{};
  bool do_framing_{};
  Grpc::Context& context_;
  bool upgrade_protobuf_{};
};

} // namespace GrpcHttp1Bridge
} // namespace HttpFilters
} // namespace Extensions
} // namespace Envoy

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An official record of your studies at The University of Western Australia that includes all your units and grades.
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An official document that includes all the information you find on an Academic Record. It provides additional information about your course, The University of Western Australia and the Australian Higher Education system.
As a current or previous student, you can order a range of official documents that can provide details or verification your study at UWA.
The most common document ordered is a Statement of Academic Record that lists all courses and units attempted at UWA. Other options include a Letter of Enrolment, Statement of Qualifications and other selected documents. If you are unsure which document you might need, you can submit a query through askUWA and a Student Administration staff member will be able to give you some advice.
Official documents cannot be sent electronically to an email address, however, some documents are available to be issued digitally through the My eQuals secure online portal. We are unable to provide academic documents to students who currently have an academic or administrative encumbrance on their record.
Current students and recent graduates can order online with a student number and Pheme password. You must select your documents (original, photocopy or express) and delivery or collection method when ordering.
Students who have graduated or studied at UWA previously, who cannot log in with a Pheme password, can order and pay for documents online. For privacy protection, you must first obtain a photographic identity verification link (valid for a single order within two weeks). Alternatively, order in person at Student Administration.
If known. Use the digit '1' instead of the letter 'X'.
Documents can only be ordered by a current or past student. If necessary, documents may be collected in person by a nominated proxy (see below). If you are a third party and need to verify an award for a previous UWA student, please use our award verification service online. For other enquiries, askUWA online.
Please note that the University is closed for Good Friday 19 April, Easter Monday 22 April and ANZAC Day 25 April and academic document orders will not be processed on these days. Our production times are guaranteed based on University business hours or days.
Order a Standard Service, and your document will be ready by in two University working days from 12:00pm. This includes Statement of Academic Record, Statement of Qualifications, AHEGS, and Degree Certificates.
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If your enrolment was prior to 1968, your documents may take longer to produce.
Remember to allow time for postage if you choose this method of delivery. It is best to allow about 5 working days for letters sent within Australia and up to 10 working days if you need your document delivered overseas.
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If you need someone else to collect your order for you can notify us when you place your order or email us through askUWA.
The person you nominate will need to bring in their own photographic ID, like a Driver's Licence or Passport.
The University of Western Australia is now issuing digital academic documents via My eQuals.
My eQuals is a secure online platform for hosting and authenticating digital academic documents, giving students and graduates access to view and share their certified records anytime, anywhere in a secure online environment.
You can use My eQuals to safely share your digital documents with anyone you choose including employers, universities and other parties. You control who can see your records and for how long. It's secure, environmentally friendly, and an easy online alternative to access your Statement of Academic Record, which protects your credentials and guarantees the authenticity of your documents.
This new service is available to current and past students who want to order their Statement of Academic Record (transcript), including international students studying at partner institutes outside Australia. Graduates from July 2018 will also receive access to certified digital copies of their Award Certificate (testamur) and Australian Higher Education Graduation Statement (AHEGS).
When accessing My eQuals use Chrome, Firefox, Safari, EDGE or Internet Explorer 11 browsers (Internet Explorer 10 and older versions aren't supported). For more information about My eQuals, have a look at our FAQs on askUWA!
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Philips 56-inch 21:9 aspect LCD breaks cover
Daniel Lim - Jan 29, 2009, 6:15pm CST
Couple weeks ago, Philips teased us with the world's first ultra wide 21:9 cinema aspect 56-inch LCD, and launched a promote web site to prove its existence. Today, they have unveiled the much-secret display in UK, but once again, technical details were left out.
[demo video after the cut]
According to the folks at Cnet UK, the new Philips has a native resolution of 2,560×1,080 and the panel is not LED backlit. Techradar reported other basic features including Philips' Ambilight technology, Pixel Perfect Engine, five HDMI ports, Wi-Fi, DLNA compatibility and ethernet connectivity.
As how Phillips will process non 2:35:1 material were not fully disclosed, "The TV will handle that with some new picture processing." Just in case you are green in that department, the anamorphic widescreen aspect are meant for movies enthusiasts where retaining Original Aspect Ratio (OAR) picture is much bigger than life. They are more interested in how display handles 4:3 or 16:9 formats in 21:9 natively display as to crop, letterbox or expand beyond the Original Aspect Ratio.
But according to techradar "16:9 pictures will be auto-filled to fit the screen, using a new algorithm that only stretches at the far edges of the video, so the central focal point doesn't lose integrity. 4:3 images will be stretched to 16:9 format, with black bars present on either side of the picture."
Pricing and availability were not announced at present time.
Topics DisplayLCDPhilips


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The Developing Leaders Seminar (DLS) is a distinctive eight week leadership experience, not for credit, for sophomore and junior students at YCP. The Seminar focuses on four main topics including leadership development, civic engagement, diversity and inclusion, and professionalism. Components of the Seminar include weekly class meetings, discussions with peers and administrators, self-reflection exercises, a service project in the City of York, a day at the ropes course, and being matched with a community mentor for the semester.
Students that complete the eight week seminar, mentoring program, and assessment will receive a Distinctive Leader Certificate and become graduates of the program. There are many benefits for participating in the Seminar including networking with mentors, a great addition to your resume, recognition by the College, future opportunities to present, and all of the activities includes are FREE!
Students and mentors talk about their Developing Leaders Seminar Experience. Download a transcript of this video.
Additional Seminar Information
86% of students feel more confident in building professional relationships as a result of the program.
86% of students know more about their strengths and how to leverage them to be successful.
90% of students have confidence in their capacity to be a leader as a result of the program.
100% of students had a positive experience with their community mentor.
100% of mentors found being a mentor was a rewarding experience.
"I learned a lot about myself as a leader within the YCP community and the surrounding community. I learned to step out of my comfort zone in a more professional way, which I believe will make me a better leader moving forward." – Matt Scamuffo, Mathematics Major, YCP Men's Basketball player
"I think my biggest take away is just the professionalism of working with people that are different from myself. A lot of students in the Seminar with me were not the usual group of people I hang out with or work with. It helped me learn how to work with people who were very different from me." – Michele Stoltzfus,Nursing Major, Resident Assistant
"My biggest take away was the mentoring program. My mentor worked with me on my resume and how to apply leadership skills in the workplace. We also developed a friendship and did activities together other than meetings." – Sarah Mason, Public Relations Major, Peer Adviser
YCP DEVELOPING LEADERS SEMINAR SEEKS TO MENTOR STUDENT LEADERS THROUGH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Melissa Skweres has received plenty of leadership experience during her time at York College of Pennsylvania. The junior Early Child and Special Education major serves as the executive chairwoman of the campus activities board and is involved in a host of extracurriculars.
But when she was nominated for the Developing Leaders Seminar, which pairs students with community leaders who act as mentors to give insight into leadership in the workplace, she couldn't pass up the opportunity.
"I really wanted to gain an understanding of what leadership meant outside of my own world here at York College," Melissa says.
Classmate Matt Scamuffo, a Mathematics major and member of the Spartans men's basketball team, also sought a new outlook.
"I was always involved in athletics, captain roles, and other similar leadership positions," the junior says. "I thought this would be a great change in perspective dealing with professionalism and leadership in the community."
Melissa was paired with Lisa Williams, vice president at York-based MRG Labs. Matt's mentor is Jason Robinson, network manager for the Dover Area School District.
Both Lisa and Jason are YCP alumni. They found the seminar an excellent chance to give back to their alma mater and to serve as a guide for students – helping others as they have been helped along the way.
"I've had a lot of great mentors, in school and my professional life," Lisa says. "I really see the value of mentoring – instead of a boss or teacher telling you what to do, mentors show you and teach you what to do."
The pairs meet on campus – for lunch or in a study spot such as the library – in a relaxed and conversational atmosphere. The first meetings were spent getting to know each other.
"We're both into sports, so I've gotten to know more about Matt that way," Jason says. "We talked about his classes and plans for the future."
Even that early meeting helped give Jason insight into Matt's leadership ability.
"He seems like a natural leader," Jason says. "He's competitive on the court; but off, he's very nice and willing to give his time to others."
With a few meetings under their belts, the pairs have dug deeper in their discussions, analyzing what the students are learning in the class that is part of the seminar.
Melissa and Lisa found themselves in similar situations, as Lisa is working on a master's degree in Business Administration. She's also currently taking a leadership course.
"The foundations of management and leadership go all the way across the board," Lisa says. "Science, education, whatever it may be – those fundamentals can be applied no matter what."
That has helped Lisa give Melissa additional insight on the differences in leadership in college versus the workplace.
"She's shown me how she's worked in her leadership skills and rediscovered her own leadership in her career as opposed to being in school," Melissa says. "We've talked about challenges we've faced recently and how we've taken a step back and turned it from a challenge to something more beneficial."
BENEFITS GO MANY WAYS
Both Jason and Lisa say they have been excited to have a chance to see the quality of students following in their footsteps at YCP.
"Melissa is a superstar," Lisa says. "The caliber of students coming out of York College is impressive. And I'm impressed with all the things Melissa can do and her involvement in things outside of classes."
Melissa will not only continue to shine, but she'll be able to help others do so too, based on what she feels she's learned so far.
"I've really gained more insight," she says. "Every person has a strength, and it's about finding that strength. That gives such insight on how they will lead and how they can help you."
Matt sees ways to help others through what he's learned, as well.
"I've learned about building that team philosophy and team perspective outside of a sports team," he says. "Hopefully, I can build on that, getting people motivated from all facets of a group."
The York community may be bringing the benefits to the students through the mentorships, but Jason sees it reciprocated.
"I think it's a good way to connect the community with York College," he says. "Being able to connect local leaders and businesses with students so they are better prepared out in their field is so valuable. I think it's a good thing for both sides."
Nate Taylor, Ed. M., Assistant Director of Student Activities and Orientation
Iosue Student Union, Room 126
ntaylor@ycp.edu


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Q: How do I access pointer events for WinUi3 TeachingTips? In my App there are TeachingTips that appear when the pointer hovers over certain controls, and disappear when the pointer leaves those controls (I'll call these the "triggering controls"). This is implemented using the PointerEntered and PointerExited events of the triggering controls.
The Target of the TeachingTips is not the triggering controls, which means that the TeachingTips can sometimes cover the triggering controls. When this happens, the PointerExited event of the triggering control is fired, hiding the TeachingTip. This cycles, causing the TeachingTip to flicker.
I've tried two methods to stop this.
First I tried using the pointer events of the TeachingTip to stop it closing if the pointer is over it, however it seems I need to use the Pointer events of the teaching tip content to achieve this, but cannot figure out how to access the content. I'm setting the content just using the Title and Subtitle properties of the TeachingTip, and during the Loaded event the Content property is null. [Edit: this is wrong, see my answer below] I'm not applying a custom template so cannot use the method described here.
Next I tried making the teaching tip 'Invisible' to pointer events by setting IsHitTestVisible to false but that didn't work.
Please can someone let me know how I might achieve this?

A: I'd misunderstood how templates were being used when I wrote this question, the answer here did provide a solution:
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    {
        protected override void OnApplyTemplate()
        {
            base.OnApplyTemplate();
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La quarta stagione della serie televisiva Hawaii Five-0, composta da 22 episodi, è stata trasmessa in prima visione assoluta negli Stati Uniti da CBS dal 27 settembre 2013 al 9 maggio 2014.

In Italia la prima parte della stagione è stata trasmessa in prima visione in chiaro da Rai 2 dal 2 febbraio al 18 maggio 2014, mentre la seconda parte della stagione viene trasmessa dal 31 agosto al 16 novembre dello stesso anno. In Svizzera la stagione ha debuttato su RSI LA2 il 6 aprile 2014; dal 27 luglio dello stesso anno, l'emittente elvetica ha trasmesso la stagione in prima visione assoluta in italiano a partire dal quattordicesimo episodio.

Compromessi
Titolo originale: Aloha kekahi i kekahi (We Need One Another)
Diretto da: Bryan Spicer
Scritto da: Peter M. Lenkov e Ken Solarz

Trama
Steve McGarrett salva la vita a Wo Fat, che stava per essere ucciso da una squadra d'assalto catturandone un membro. In seguito, un commando fa irruzione nel quartier generale della Five-0 mentre un altro gruppo prende in ostaggio Catherine.

Un pesce fuor d'acqua
Titolo originale: A'ale Ma'a Wau (Fish Out of Water)
Diretto da: Joe Dante
Scritto da: John Dove

Trama
Il team della Five-0 indaga su una serie di omicidi compiuti da un Ranger del Texas che, però, è giunto sull'isola per cercare la propria figlia scomparsa. Intanto Kono e Adam lottano per sopravvivere all'agguato di un commando inviato dalla Yakuza.

La chiave
Titolo originale: Ka'oia I'o Ma Loko (The Truth Within)
Diretto da: Duane Clark
Scritto da: Steven Lilien e Bryan Wynbrandt

Trama
Jerry, uno strampalato e poco credibile teorico fissato con i misteri in stile Codice da Vinci, aiuta i Five-0 a risolvere un complicato caso di duplice assassinio. L'inchiesta ruota intorno a una rapina con omicidio, che vede coinvolto il nipote di un componente di una vecchia setta hawaiana ormai scomparsa; questa, stando ai miti e alle leggende, fu coinvolta, a fine Ottocento, nella sparizione di tre anelli della famiglia Medici. Con l'aiuto di Jerry, la Five-0 riesce a recuperare questi resti nel piede destro della statua di Re Kamehameha e a rimandarli in Italia.

Cambiamenti in vista
Titolo originale: A ia la aku (From This Day Forward)
Diretto da: Bryan Spicer
Scritto da: Christina M. Kim e David Wolkove

Trama
Mentre la sposa di un matrimonio esclusivo sembra sparita, la task force indaga sull'omicidio di un invitato; Chin scopre che la vittima era un artista della truffa.

Un eroe caduto
Titolo originale: Kupu'eu (Fallen Hero)
Diretto da: Jeffrey Hunt
Scritto da: Moira Kirland e Eric Guggenheim

Trama
Kono e Adam sono in fuga ad Hong Kong, e Adam si fa catturare per salvare Kono. Ad Honolulu, durante un appostamento, Catherine e Bill (ex-commilitone di Steve e titolare di un'agenzia investigativa per cui lavora Catherine dopo il congedo dalla Marina) intervengono poiché l'uomo sorvegliato viene aggredito da un uomo armato. Nel conflitto a fuoco che ne deriva entrambi vengono feriti, Bill molto gravemente e morirà in seguito durante l'intervento chirurgico. La Five-0 indaga. Nel frattempo Joe sfrutta i suoi contatti per scoprire, per conto di Steve, dove si trova Doris.

La cura
Titolo originale: Kupouli 'la (Broken)
Diretto da: John Terlesky
Scritto da: Sue Palmer e David Wolkove

Trama
Durante la festa di Halloween Max e Sabrina sono al drive-in, quando un uomo in stato confusionale aggredisce gli spettatori e Max, ferendo un agente mordendolo al collo.

Sotto copertura
Titolo originale: Ua Nalohia (In Deep)
Diretto da: Joe Dante
Scritto da: John Dove e Noah Nelson (soggetto); Bradley Paul (sceneggiatura)

Trama
Quando un poliziotto in incognito viene ucciso, la task force deve capire se si era venduto o se è stato scoperto. Intanto Catherine si unisce ufficialmente al team.

Una strana coppia
Titolo originale: Akanahe (Reluctant Partner)
Diretto da: Jerry Levine
Scritto da: Steven Lilien e Bryan Wynbrandt

Trama
La squadra trova e interroga Sato per scoprire che fine ha fatto Adam. In seguito Steve ed il Capitano Grover vengono convocati dal Governatore che, con l'intento di creare un minimo di collaborazione tra loro, dà loro l'incarico di arrestare un ragazzo a causa di un discreto numero di multe non pagate. Ma i due si troveranno ad affrontare un difficile caso.

Felice Giorno del Ringraziamento
Titolo originale: Hau'oli La Ho'omaika'I (Happy Thanksgiving)
Diretto da: Allison Liddi-Brown
Scritto da: Eric Guggenheim e Moira Kirland

Trama
La task force indaga sulla morte dell'agente segreto Kyle Russo, mentre il presidente degli Stati Uniti si sta per recare alle Hawaii per un summit riservato. Gli agenti scoprono che il vero obbiettivo non è il presidente, ma una donna testimone di un omicidio.

Onora il padre
Titolo originale: Ho'onani Makuakane (Honor Thy Father)
Diretto da: Larry Teng
Scritto da: Peter M. Lenkov e Ken Solarz

Trama
Steve, dopo una commemorazione dei caduti di Pearl Harbor, impedisce a David Toriyama (un veterano della guerra di Corea) di uccidere Ezra Clark (un veterano della Seconda Guerra Mondiale). Toriyama afferma che Clark, nel 1943, ha assassinato suo padre, James Toriyama, in seguito all'internamento di cittadini nippo-americani, tra cui la famiglia Toriyama, al fine di rubare la katana di famiglia; nonostante ufficialmente risulti che il padre di David sia stato ucciso da un altro internato Steve decide di riaprire l'indagine.

Il ricordo
Titolo originale: Pukana (Keepsake)
Diretto da: Bryan Spicer
Scritto da: Bill Haynes

Trama
La Five-0 indaga sull'omicidio di un ladro seriale, più tardi identificato da Kamekona come Victor Dobbs, ritrovato nel bagagliaio di una macchina. Nella sua residenza viene ritrovato un laptop contenente un elenco di tutte le case svaligiate da Dobbs. Mentre Catherine e Chin controllano le case nella lista al quartier generale della Five-0 giungono alcuni agenti FBI, che informano Steve che l'assassino è un serial killer che ha ucciso almeno 14 donne dopo averle tenute prigioniere e torturate per 24 ore. Nel frattempo, Danny e Grace, partecipando con il Capitano Grover e la figlia alla pulizia di una spiaggia, trovano una puzzle box con un ciondolo recante all'interno la foto di una bambina orientale. Nel finale si vede che Kono, sulle tracce di Adam, si trova a Vancouver.

Ogni tanto
Titolo originale: O kela me keia Manama (Now and Then)
Diretto da: Peter Weller
Scritto da: John Dove

Trama
La Five-0 è alla ricerca di Jack Anderson, un amico di Grover, in fuga dopo aver ucciso un pregiudicato locale fuori dal suo bar. Il team più tardi scopre che Anderson in realtà è Jack Mitchell, un ex berretto verde ricercato per l'omicidio colposo della moglie di una coppia di sposini 20 anni prima. Ulteriori indagini rivelano che il marito della vittima ha commissionato il suo omicidio. Nel frattempo Danno, dopo aver flirtato con una giovane donna, Amber Vitale, presso un distributore di benzina, la soccorre dopo un incidente e scopre che è stata ferita da un colpo di arma da fuoco. Kono si riunisce con Adam a Vancouver e lo informa che ora è al sicuro dalle rappresaglie della Yakuza.

Il favore
Titolo originale: Hana Lokomaika'i (The Favor)
Diretto da: Sylvain White
Scritto da: Peter M. Tassler (soggetto); Peter M. Lenkov e Ken Solarz (sceneggiatura)

Trama
Chin Ho è interrogato da un agente degli Affari Interni sull'omicidio del padre in una rapina 15 anni prima, rimasto irrisolto fino a poco tempo prima, e sul suo rapporto con Malia Waincroft (la moglie di Chin). Ed è proprio il fratello di Malia l'assassino; nell'episodio, intramezzato da numerosi flashback, si narra dei sospetti e delle indagini di Chin e di come Gabriel (il fratello di Malia), diventato uno spietato boss del cartello della droga, viene arrestato da Chin.

I peccati del padre
Titolo originale: Na hala a ka makua (Sins of the Father)
Diretto da: Peter Weller
Scritto da: David Wolkove

Trama
Un uomo condannato all'ergastolo fugge dal carcere in cui era rinchiuso e prende in ostaggio Steve e Danny: ha bisogno del loro aiuto per trovare delle prove che dimostrino la sua innocenza.

Segreti sepolti
Titolo originale: Pale 'la (Buried Secrets)
Diretto da: Jerry Levine
Scritto da: Moira Kirkland

Trama
Il team indaga sull'omicidio di un agente immobiliare, la madre di Danny arriva in visita con delle grosse novità e il capitano Grover svela un segreto del suo passato a McGarrett.

Fuoco dal cielo
Titolo originale: Hoku Welowelo (Fire in the Sky)
Diretto da: Jeffrey Hunt
Scritto da: Steven Lilien e Bryan Wynbrandt

Trama
Mentre la madre di Danny si rimette in gioco sentimentalmente, la squadra collabora con un agente cinese per recuperare informazioni rubate di interesse nazionale.

Dietro l'apparenza
Titolo originale: Ma Lalo o ka 'ili (Beneath the Surface)
Diretto da: Bryan Spicer
Scritto da: Bill Haynes (soggetto); Bill Haynes e John Dove (sceneggiatura)

Trama
La squadra è alle prese con il rapimento di una ragazza di sedici anni il cui padre è stato ucciso dai risvolti inattesi. Danny è determinato a impedire il divorzio dei suoi genitori. Jerry scopre un nuovo indizio per McGarrett presente sulla famosa cassetta degli attrezzi: si tratta di alcune coordinate di una località della Cambogia.

Riunione di classe
Titolo originale: Ho'i Hou (Reunited)
Diretto da: Sylvain White
Scritto da: Christina M. Kim

Trama
Laura Richmond viene uccisa alla riunione della rimpatriata della sua classe dopo 25 anni dal diploma. All'incontro partecipano anche Chin e Jerry, compagni dello stesso anno della vittima. Le Indagini porteranno a un segreto risalente a venticinque anni prima.

Macerie
Titolo originale: Ku I Ka Pili Koko (Blood Brothers)
Diretto da: Maja Vrvilo
Scritto da: David Wolkove (soggetto); Steven Lilien e Bryan Wynbrandt (sceneggiatura)

Trama
Nel corso di un'indagine su una banda di trafficanti d'armi, Steve e Danny restano coinvolti in una terribile esplosione e rimangono intrappolati sotto le macerie. Si scopre in seguito che si trattava di una trappola ai danni di Steve per impedirgli di indagare su una tomba presente a Cambogia . Durante una missione della CIA Doris, la mamma di Steve, aveva ucciso per sbaglio la madre di Wo Fat e non il padre. I resti della madre sono appunti conservati in questa tomba a Cambogia.

In mezzo a noi
Titolo originale: Pe'epe'e Kainaka (Those Among Us)
Diretto da: Jeff Cadiente
Scritto da: John Dove

Trama
L'omicidio di un addetto alla piscina di una villa porta la Five-0 a scoprire una cospirazione terroristica.

Buona fortuna e buon viaggio
Titolo originale: Makani 'olu a holo malie (Fair Winds and Following Seas)
Diretto da: Jeffrey Hunt
Scritto da: Peter M. Lenkov, Ken Solarz e Eric Guggenheim (soggetto); Eric Guggenheim (sceneggiatura)

Trama
Catherine viene chiamata da un suo vecchio amico in Medio Oriente per aiutarlo a ritrovare il figlio rapito. A Honolulu, intanto, il resto del team è alle prese con un caso di omicidio.

La famiglia viene prima
Titolo originale: O ka Pili'Ohana ka 'Oi (A Close Family is Best)
Diretto da: Bryan Spicer
Scritto da: Peter M. Lenkov e Ken Solarz

Trama
Ian Wright, un criminale informatico, tiene in ostaggio la figlia di Grover e lo costringe ad aiutarlo in una rapina multimilionaria. Intanto Wo Fat evade da una prigione di massima sicurezza in Colorado.

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Topic HR analytics
SubTopic People analytics
Business intelligence and data visualization for HR
Business intelligence - business analytics
organizational network analysis (ONA)
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
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Contributor(s): David Essex
Organizational network analysis (ONA) is a quantitative method for modeling and analyzing how communications, information, decisions and resources flow through an organization. It is used in a variety of fields, including business management and the social and behavioral sciences. Practitioners use ONA to gain a better understanding of the relationships that affect the effectiveness of individuals and groups.
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To analyze information, ONA uses software to pull the data from sources such as surveys.
Basics of organizational network analysis
ONA relies heavily on diagrams that depict the people or groups (nodes) that play a critical role in providing information, ideas or decisions, and the connections (ties) between them.
There are three main kinds of nodes, according to the Deloitte consulting firm, one of the main proponents of ONA. Central nodes are influential people who seem to know everyone, are up to date on important news and have lots of information to share. They can be located anywhere in a hierarchy. Knowledge brokers, in contrast, facilitate information sharing by serving as bridges between nodes. Peripheral nodes are low-profile people with poor or nonexistent connections to the organization.
The analysis results in metrics that help to gauge the nature and health of a network. "Between-ness" measures the extent to which a node interacts with other nodes. A higher number can be an indicator of a thriving network but also provide an alert to a potential bottleneck. Another metric, network density, calculates the percentage of links to the total number possible among all the nodes. The centrality metric uses between-ness scores to determine whether the network is too centralized, among other things.
Further conclusions can be drawn from the analysis. For example, knowledge brokers often have important connections to outside information and expertise that can go underused if the broker lacks strong internal ties. Peripheral nodes are at risk of leaving the organization, which can be a detriment if their skills are highly valued. The insights from ONA may also reveal that people with formal authority and titles are not the real leaders of the organization. Identifying the leaders can, for example, speed buy-in and adoption of a new initiative.
TrustView relationship view for an employee showing the number and strength of her internal and external relationships. Line thickness denotes the strength of each relationship as measured by the software. A manager could use the graph to determine the risk to the account with the customer (right side) if the employee leaves the company.
Applications of ONA
Organizational network analysis has numerous uses in talent management, and is considered by some experts to be a sub-discipline of people analytics. For example, companies can use it to spot exclusionary tendencies that might indicate discrimination and bias. They can also analyze the influence and networking skills of external job candidates, which some studies say are predictors of career success, and can benefit the hiring organization. ONA can also help identify internal candidates for job openings and promotions.
Workforce planning is another talent management function that can benefit from ONA. Managers can use the analysis to decide where to reassign people so they collaborate more effectively for the least amount of resources. ONAs can help identify where work is being done and who is doing it, which can affect decisions about hiring, promoting and developing employees.
ONA can also help boost employee engagement by analyzing communication patterns and by providing feedback mechanisms that measure employee sentiment. The technology can even purportedly identify areas of unusually high stress in an organization, which in turn can indicate fraud or other undesirable behaviors.
Companies that are considering reorganizing departments and business units can use organizational network analysis before making decisions and building a formal org chart.
During mergers and acquisitions, ONA can find people with different titles who perform similar roles that could become redundant, and then move them into roles that add more value.
Some proponents of ONA claim it is indispensable in ensuring that increasingly decentralized and less hierarchical organizations can still function effectively. ONA can confirm, for example, that knowledge is being shared among teams and that sufficient coordination and reporting are maintained.
ONA can also help companies with globally dispersed teams and offices to disseminate information, such as engineering schematics and data, by understanding the informal networks that cut across formal departments and product lines. Some companies have reduced project times and boosted profits, according to ONA advocates.
ONA is also used by nonprofits and nongovernmental agencies in fields like economic development to understand systemic issues of the communities they serve. Such agencies also use ONA to design projects and scale up techniques that have succeeded locally.
In the social sciences, ONA is often called social network analysis (SNA), a discipline that originated in the early 20th century. Some consultants and academics specialize in ONA or SNA.
ONA technology
ONA is typically performed in software sold by niche vendors or offered for free from academic and research institutions.
The software captures data from emails, collaboration tools such as enterprise social networking and feedback technologies, including employee surveys, and applies data analytics to draw conclusions.
ONA software typically also has a component for automating surveys, which are essential in data gathering. The surveys ask respondents questions designed to reveal the nodes and ties in their networks, such as who is on their work team, where they go to get information and who they collaborate with most often.
The software also includes data visualization tools that provide a graphical depiction of networks and ONA metrics. A network map (see figure) is typically created to show the main nodes, ties and information flows at a glance.
KeenCorp, Syndio and TrustSphere are among the major vendors of ONA software, according to analyst firm Bersin by Deloitte. In addition, Microsoft acquired software vendor VoloMetrix and rolled its technology into the Office 365 suite to create a search and presentation tool called Delve that employs ONA.
American Express, BP, Cigna, Cisco, GM, IBM, Microsoft and TD Bank are among the large companies using or exploring ONA tools, according to analysts and ONA software vendors.
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Q: Where is Oracle TNS redirection configured? The short version,
I need to connect to an Oracle server and I am getting redirected to an IP address that is blocked by the firewall.  What do I need to ask to find out what IP addresses I will be redirected to?
The long version,
I have demonstrated that my Oracle connections are being redirected to another, blocked, IP address and the Oracle administrators are too busy to research this but if I ask to see one of their configuration files, they may cooperate.
Where is the information about where our connections are being redirected to held such that I can ask to see it?
The longer version,
We have a Production system that has firewalls protecting it from everything in sight and we have to connect to an Oracle server.  We were told to connect to Oracle with a tnsnames.ora something like this:
THEDATA=(
    description=
    (failover=on)
    (load_balance=off)
    (address_list=
        (address=(protocol=tcp)(host=machine1.ourinteral.com)(port=1521))
        (address=(protocol=tcp)(host=machine2.ourinteral.com)(port=1521))
        (address=(protocol=tcp)(host=machine3.ourinteral.com)(port=1521))
    )
    (connect_data=(service_name=theservice.name)
        (failover_mode=(type=session)(method=basic))
    )
)

I did an nslookup of all the domain names given and requested the firewall be opened up for all the addresses using TCP port 1521.  If I use tnsping to the database, it works but if I try to use sqlplus, it fails after three minutes with
ERROR:
ORA-12170: TNS:Connect timeout occurred

Not being one to sit back and watch, I started my Oracle VirtualBox with Linux strace with wireshark to see what was going on.  In the network trace, I see a Protocol "TNS" message of type "Response, Redirect" that is followed by a "TNS" message of type "Response, Data" that contains the following (with my formatting and sanitization):
(DESCRIPTION=
    (ADDRESS=
        (PROTOCOL=TCP)
        (HOST=another.ourinternal.com)
        (PORT=1532)))
(DESCRIPTION=
    (failover=on)
    (address=
        (protocol=tcp)
        (host=machine1.ourinternal.com)
        (port=1521))
        (connect_data=
            (service_name=TheServiceName)
            (failover_mode=(type=none))
            (SERVER=dedicated)
            (CID=
                (PROGRAM=sqlplus)
                (HOST=bigdatalite.localdomain)
                (USER=oracle))
            (INSTANCE_NAME=SOMETHING)))

This is followed by a disconnect from the original machine with a new connection to the new machine.  For my VM, everything continues as expected but in Production, it fails horribly because it can't get to the second machine since I never heard of it and have not opened the firewall.
I can open the ports to this other machine but how do I know they won't redirect me to yet another machine tomorrow?  I have to ask how their system is configured and don't know what to ask for.
Where is the redirection information contained?
Thank you once for the question in all three versions.

A: RAC presents a set of IP addresses called SCAN addresses that are a set of three virtual IPs for the cluster. These are usually the IP addresses given to users or applications to connect to. Your connection goes to one of them and gets redirected to a second virtual IP allocated to a specific cluster host (each host will have one). Both sets of IP addresses (at least 5 in total) need to be open at the firewall.
Confirm with your DBA team the SCAN addresses and dedicated virtual IP addresses and all related SCAN and local listener ports (sounds like maybe they're not all using 1521) for the cluster and make sure the firewall is open to all of them.


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Q: Create a for loop with different variables Probably a very easy question for those used to making "for" loops. Here is what I am trying to do using a loop (with AA being a matrix):
lines(x = c(AAx[1:2,1]), y = c(AAx[1:2,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[3:4,1]), y = c(AAx[3:4,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[5:6,1]), y = c(AAx[5:6,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[7:8,1]), y = c(AAx[7:8,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[9:10,1]), y = c(AAx[9:10,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[11:12,1]), y = c(AAx[11:12,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[13:14,1]), y = c(AAx[13:14,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[15:16,1]), y = c(AAx[15:16,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[17:18,1]), y = c(AAx[17:18,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[19:20,1]), y = c(AAx[19:20,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[21:22,1]), y = c(AAx[21:22,2]))
lines(x = c(AAx[23:24,1]), y = c(AAx[23:24,2]))

I tried:
i <- c(1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23)
j <- c(2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24)

for (i in i){
  for (j in j){
    lines(x = c(AAx[i:j,1]), y = c(AAx[i:j,2]))
  }
}

But without success. I'm sure there is an easy way but cannot figure it out for now. Any help appreciated.
I have a second but similar problem:
text(AAx[1,1],AAx[1,2], names[1], pos = 3)
text(AAx[3,1],AAx[3,2], names[2], pos = 3)
text(AAx[5,1],AAx[5,2], names[3], pos = 3)
text(AAx[7,1],AAx[7,2], names[4], pos = 3)
text(AAx[9,1],AAx[9,2], names[5], pos = 3)
text(AAx[11,1],AAx[11,2], names[6], pos = 3)
text(AAx[13,1],AAx[13,2], names[7], pos = 3)
text(AAx[15,1],AAx[15,2], names[8], pos = 3)
text(AAx[17,1],AAx[17,2], names[9], pos = 3)
text(AAx[19,1],AAx[19,2], names[10], pos = 3)
text(AAx[21,1],AAx[21,2], names[11], pos = 3)
text(AAx[23,1],AAx[23,2], names[12], pos = 3)

names <-  c("AA","BB","CC","DD","EE","FF","GG","HH","EE","JJ","KK","LL")
j <- c(1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23)

I tried:
for (i in j){
  for (k in 1:length(names)){
    text(AAx[i,1],AAx[i,2], names[k], pos = 3)
    }
  }

I received helpful answer from the first problem but I am still stuck with the second one. Any help appreciated!

A: Got it
j <- c(1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23)
k <- 1

for (i in j){
  lines(x = c(AAx[i:(i+1),1]), y = c(AAx[i:(i+1),2]))
  text(AAx[i,1],AAx[i,2], names[k], pos = 3)
  k <- k+1
}


I was trying to extract n-gram features from a large dataset and got a memory error. I was using TfIdfVectorizer of scikit-learn. And the error was from the large sparse matrix. I was not surprised as I was not sure if my 32GB ram is enough for around 1 million documents. However, I solved the error by the following steps.
1. I changed the min_df parameter to 0.2. Here is the explanation of min_df parameter in scikit-learn.
When building the vocabulary ignore terms that have a document frequency strictly lower than the given threshold. This value is also called cut-off in the literature. If float, the parameter represents a proportion of documents, integer absolute counts. This parameter is ignored if vocabulary is not None.
So by changing this, I am limiting the size of the vocabulary. That helps to reduce the memory size.
2. I used Regexptokenizer and Porter stemmer to tokenize and stem the words. Stemming reduces the variation of words. So it greatly helps to reduce the vocabulary size.
After doing these 2 little fix, I got rid of the memory error 🙂 Basic problem was to reduce the vocabulary size. By the way, I was removing the stop words and lower casing from earlier.
Learning from Mistakes is a series where I will post the little challenges I face during my experiments and how I fix them. I hope someone in this world is facing the same problem and my goal is to help them.
your suggestion helped me. thanks a lot.


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