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No. 9 story of 2018: USS Sioux City commissioned
No. 9 story of 2018
From the Top 10 Stories of 2018 in Siouxland series
Sailors line the rail during the USS Sioux City's commissioning ceremony Nov. 17 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.
Editor's note: The Journal today continues its countdown of the Top 10 Stories of 2018 in Siouxland, as chosen by Journal editors. The No. 1 story will be revealed on Dec. 29, and the Journal's annual Newsmaker of the Year will be named on Dec. 30.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- It was a celebration more than six years in the making, attended by more than 6,000 people who withstood a chilly breeze to watch history being made.
The U.S. Navy announced in 2012 that Sioux City would be the name of one of the ships in its new littoral combat class, and the city followed every step of its development.
On Nov. 17, the first Navy ship named for Sioux City officially joined the Navy fleet at a commissioning ceremony at the U.S. Naval Academy. Hundreds of Sioux City and area residents made the 1,200-mile trip to Annapolis to witness the ship being "brought to life."
The commissioning was the culmination of a week of celebrations, including receptions paying tribute to history and food from Annapolis and Sioux City.
They paled in comparison to the Navy traditions that took place on a brisk Saturday morning.
As the crew stood at parade rest before her, ship sponsor Mary Winnefeld calld out, "Officers and crew of the USS Sioux City, man our ship and bring her to life."
"Aye, aye," crew members yelled out, then began running on board and taking a spot standing at attention at the rails while the crowd cheered and the Naval Academy band played "Anchors Aweigh."
The ship's horns were sounded, radars spun, the gun turret turned. The crowd continued to cheer.
"What a great day," the ship's commanding officer, Cmdr. Randy Malone, said once the crew was on board. He thanked Sioux City and its residents who have welcomed him and crew members every time they've visited, making them feel at home.
"We are proud to sail in your name," Malone said.
The ship is capable of surface warfare and can be modified for anti-submarine or anti-mine missions. It could be deployed to protect shipping lanes in which Iowa products are transported to overseas markets, stopping drug smugglers or a number of other missions.
Whatever its mission, it will carry Sioux City's name across the world, Cmdr. Chavius Lewis, the ship's executive officer, said when addressing the crowd at the start of the ceremony.
"The ship's crew is proud to represent the Sioux City name as we prepare to defend the American way of life whenever and wherever," he said.
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Adam Lambert - The Original High להורדה
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01. "Ghost Town" 3:28
02. "The Original High" 3:26
03. "Another Lonely Night" 3:45
04. "Underground" 3:37
05. "There I Said It" 4:21
06. "Rumors" (featuring Tove Lo) 3:45
07. "Evil in the Night" 3:56
08. "Lucy" (featuring Brian May) 3:32
09. "Things I Didn't Say" 3:58
10. "The Light" 3:35
11. "Heavy Fire" 3:19
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Did you know that during Jesus' time the entire Mount of Olives was covered with olive groves? Further, it's a range of mountains not a single mount. Who knew? Not me.
Today the Mount of Olives includes (at least) Hebrew University, a convent, Augusta Victoria Hospital (started by the UN Relief Organization in 1949), a Crippled Children's Hospital, a Nurses School and a girl's school. When we passed the girls' scho0l, we saw some girls about 13-15 years old dancing in the school yard. How lovely to see so much delight in the midst of such an anxiety-ridden region.
At the crest of the Mount, we visited Dominus Flavis, the Chapel of Tears. Tradition reports that it was from this site that Jesus looked down on Jerusalem and, thinking on the sin in the city and the pain he had experienced there, Jesus wept. The small chapel is shaped like a tear drop with small vase-shaped forms at each corner where the roof meets the outer walls. These vases symbolize vases that were used to catch the tears of mourners. The altar in the chapel overlooks Jerusalem; a glass window looks out on the city. From the pews in the chapel, you can see Jerusalem. Beautiful.
Next we visited the Garden of Gethsemene where olive trees grow that would have been there in Jesus' time. They still bear fruit. "The olive tree never dies," our guide says.
Later in the day, we visited the site of Caiphas' house. We went below it to where Jesus would have been lowered to the dungeon. Striking is that his cell was the lowest cell. There were cells above it. His was the lowest.
I was walking at this point with Dr. Anthony Negbenebor, the dean of GWU's Business school who has visited Jerusalem 17 times. He narrated for me. He said as we exited the dungeon area, "There would have been lots of people out here. They would have been making a lot of noise. And somewhere here, Peter would have been hiding. Until someone said to him, 'Hey, you were with him weren't you?' And then Peter said, 'No I do not know him."
Then Anthony and I turned and walked up the sacred stairway.
These stairs, discovered several decades ago, would have been here 100 years before Christ. Scholars believe Christ would have walked on these steps at least five times. The walk is amazingly difficult, the steps uneven, rugged, and very steep. So Anthony and I walked them, slow and carefully, huffing and puffing, grateful to be following the footsteps of Christ--if only literally.
You see, as I walk these sacred pathways, I'm reminded that it is not walking where Jesus walked but living as Jesus lived that is the real challenge, the real blessing.


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Gotta Love GRAMA
Why shouldn't the public's right to know beat all?
by Shane Johnson
Deny, deny, deny.
That's often how government agencies in Utah treat records requests from pesky journalists and the general public. Ideally, those denials would be in keeping with the Government Records Access and Management Act (GRAMA), which regulates the release of records locked away by state and local governments. However, GRAMA is a voluminous law, with countless exceptions, and subject to conflicting interpretations. In practice, therefore, records deemed public by one municipality often aren't deemed so by another, agencies might release certain records one day but not the next, and some records custodians don't know a GRAMA request from a TPS report.
To that end, intrepid paper-chasers must assume everything is public and, if denied access, appeal to the agency's chief GRAMA authority for reconsideration within 30 days. They must question the legal grounds for the denial, but also appeal to the decision-maker's civic sensibility.
"It's an often-overlooked remedy that reporters and the public have to obtain … what would otherwise be nonpublic records," says Jeff Hunt, a Salt Lake City media-law attorney. "Even if the records are properly classified [as private, protected or controlled], if there's really no good reason, or the reason for nondisclosure is outweighed by a great public interest for disclosure, then you have a shot.
Hunt adds that an agency holding the requested records isn't likely to overrule its own decision. But, for the pluckiest gadflies, going through the motions can pay off. Case in point, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Heather May recently won an appeal at the state records committee, six months after filing an initial GRAMA request with the Salt Lake City Civilian Review Board (CRB), which investigates alleged police misconduct. The city denied May's request, as did its records appeals board.
Noticing that several serious allegations of misconduct sustained by the CRB were exonerated by then-Police Chief Rick Dinse, May requested the CRB's findings on a handful of cases. The allegations included excessive force, civil-rights violations, destruction of evidence and profiling. Under GRAMA, if the police department sustained the allegations, the officers' names and details of the cases would be public. Opposite two city lawyers before the state records committee, Brent Israelsen, an editor on the Trib's cops and courts desk, argued GRAMA should apply the same to misconduct sustained by the CRB.
"It was kind of a specious argument, but we tried it anyway," Israelsen says. Though that argument flopped, he also urged the committee to apply its own discretion, as provided by GRAMA, arguing that the public's right to know trumps the police officers' legitimate privacy interests.
"When the mayor beefed up the civilian review board, he said one of the purposes was to 'promote greater trust between the police department and the community,'" Israelsen recalls of his argument. "There can't be this trust if the community doesn't understand how a panel of three upstanding citizens chosen by the mayor … was able to uphold these allegations and the police chief just reversed them.
In a 3-2 vote, the state records committee agreed, noting in its Aug. 17 decision, "there is a substantial public interest in disclosing said records." Though uncommon, the decision is not unprecedented.
Of 64 GRAMA appeals granted or partially granted by the state records committee since 1992, by City Weekly's count, at least 13 were cases where records properly classified nonpublic were released in the public's interest. In one coup, The Associated Press won access to ordinarily protected investigative records associated with the Utah attorney general's Olympic bribery probe. In other cases, a prisoner prevailed on similar grounds in a request for inmate and guard assignments, and a credit-reporting firm obtained Utah's driver license database.
Hunt sees the so-called "balancing interests" provision of GRAMA as an equalizer. "Any [layperson] can come in and make a compelling argument based on public-policy considerations," he says.
To date, the city hasn't met May's request, and it won't anytime soon. Another remedy provided for in GRAMA gives both parties 30 days from the committee's Aug. 17 decision to appeal it in district court, and Assistant Police Chief Scott Atkinson says the city will do exactly that.
Atkinson cites the committee's slim 3-2 decision as reason enough to appeal. He adds that there are other ways to inspect the department's discipline regime without implicating officers publicly.


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Marudhamalai, also Maruthamalai or Marudamalai, is a suburb of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, India. It is located along the Western Ghats,  from Coimbatore. It is currently part of 17th ward of Coimbatore Corporation. It was part of Periyanaickenpalayam village panchayat before merging with Coimbatore Municipal Corporation. The suburb houses the famous Maruthamalai Marudhachalamurthy Temple, campuses of Bharathiar University and the Government Law College, Coimbatore. It is from VadaValli.

The Murugan Temple located here is considered to be the seventh abode of Lord Murugan. This temple is about 1200 years old and is under the patronage of Arunagirinathar with Thiruppugal. There are references to this temple in the inscriptions in the temple at Thirumuruganpoondi. Adjacent to the temple is the Pambatti Siddhar Cave Temple. Like other temples dedicated to Lord Murugan, the Marudhamalai Temple is located on the top of a hill in the Western Ghats

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4.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Southern California
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Southern California.
The earthquake struck about 1 mile east of Carson, a city in Los Angeles County at 7:58 p.m. Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Its epicenter was located in Carson city limits, near Dolores Street Elementary School, KTLA-TV in Los Angeles reported.
The City of Carson reported no damage later Friday evening, but added "assessments are continuing."
Residents told KTLA-TV they were shaken by the incident, including Carson resident Deshon Harris, who said his car shook "like crazy."
"If you can shake a 4,000-pound car, it's a problem," Harris said.
The earthquake was also felt in Los Angeles, Long Beach, Lomita, Willowbrook, East Rancho Dominguez, West Carson and Compton, a USGS assessment shows.
Likelihood of casualties and damage was low as the structures in the area are highly resistant to earthquake shaking, according to the assessment, but recent earthquakes in the area have caused secondary hazards such as landslides.
A magnitude-3 aftershock also struck near Carson at 11:06 p.m., according to the USGS.
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package models.renewal

import jto.validation._
import jto.validation.forms.UrlFormEncoded
import jto.validation.forms.Rules.{minLength => _, _}
import play.api.libs.json._

sealed trait UsesForeignCurrencies

case object UsesForeignCurrenciesYes extends UsesForeignCurrencies

case object UsesForeignCurrenciesNo extends UsesForeignCurrencies

object UsesForeignCurrencies {

  import utils.MappingUtils.Implicits._

  implicit val formRule: Rule[UrlFormEncoded, UsesForeignCurrencies] =
    From[UrlFormEncoded] { __ =>
      (__ \ "usesForeignCurrencies").read[Boolean].withMessage("error.required.renewal.wc.foreign.currencies") map {
        case true => UsesForeignCurrenciesYes
        case false => UsesForeignCurrenciesNo
      }
    }

  implicit def formWrites = Write[UsesForeignCurrencies, UrlFormEncoded] {
    case UsesForeignCurrenciesYes => Map("usesForeignCurrencies" -> "true")
    case UsesForeignCurrenciesNo => Map("usesForeignCurrencies" -> "false")
  }

  implicit val jsonReads: Reads[UsesForeignCurrencies] = {
    (__ \ "foreignCurrencies").read[Boolean] flatMap {
      case true => Reads(_ => JsSuccess(UsesForeignCurrenciesYes))
      case false => Reads(_ => JsSuccess(UsesForeignCurrenciesNo))
    }
  }

  implicit val jsonWrites = Writes[UsesForeignCurrencies] {
    case UsesForeignCurrenciesYes => Json.obj("foreignCurrencies" -> true)
    case UsesForeignCurrenciesNo => Json.obj("foreignCurrencies" -> false)
  }
}

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MASERATI Australia has confirmed the V8-powered Levante GTS for a local launch as a 2020 model, with the performance-focused large SUV expected to hit showrooms in the fourth quarter next year with a pricetag well above $200,000 before on-road costs.
According to Maserati Australia chief operating officer Glen Sealey, local anticipation has been steadily building since the prospect of a Levante GTS was first mentioned.
"From the moment the V8 Levante was hinted at, let alone revealed in the USA, we have had clients wishing to put their name down for the ultimate Maserati SUV," he said.
"Now that it has been confirmed for our market, I have no doubt that the pace of people wishing to own a Levante GTS will only speed up.
While Maserati Australia is keeping pricing under wraps for now, GoAuto understands that the Levante GTS will be offered with a single grade that comfortably exceeds the $200,000 barrier.
Given that its Quattroporte GTS sibling commands a $71,000 premium over the Quattroporte S in GranSport and GranLusso forms, the Levante GTS could cost about $250,000.
For reference, the 316kW/580Nm Levante S currently tops the SUV range, priced from $169,990, with its GranSport and GranLusso grades incurring an additional $10,000 charge.
The Levante GTS ups the performance ante with its Ferrari-built 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine that produces 404kW of power at 6250rpm and 730Nm of torque from 2500 to 5000rpm.
As a result, the Levante GTS can sprint from standstill to 100km/h in 4.2 seconds while on the way to its top speed of 292km/h. An eight-speed ZF torque-convertor automatic transmission sends drive to all four wheels via Maserati's rear-biased Q4 system with a rear-axle limited-slip differential.
Claimed fuel consumption on the combined cycle test is 13.5 litres per 100 kilometres, while carbon dioxide emissions have been tested at 313 grams per kilometre.
However, as previously reported, the Levante GTS is outmuscled by the Levante Trofeo, which uses the same engine with a more potent, 440kW/730Nm tune that helps it hit triple figures in 3.9s and achieve a terminal velocity of 300km/h. The Levante Trofeo is yet to be confirmed for Australia.
When it arrives, the Levante GTS will face competition from the 423kW/750Nm BMW X5 M ($188,729), 430kW/760Nm Mercedes-AMG GLE63 S ($192,840), 423kW/700Nm Range Rover Sport SVR ($238,200) and 404kW/770Nm Porsche Cayenne Turbo ($239,000).
Pricing and full specifications for the Levante GTS will be released by Maserati Australia closer to its expected arrival in late 2019.
Sales of the Levante have declined this year, with 230 examples sold to the end of July – a 20.1 per cent decrease over the 288 deliveries made during the same period in 2017.
As a result, the Levante is currently placed 11th in the $70,000-plus large-SUV segment, trailing the BMW X5 (1691 units), Range Rover Sport (1579), Audi Q7 (1389), Mercedes-Benz GLE (1240) and Lexus RX (1212), among others.


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Q: Why do i have a segmentation fault (core dump) with big multidimensional array? I have this simple program which has to receive in input a matrix[d][d] with every element separated by a , whenever is given the input AddM, then it is supposed to print the matrix.
It works well when the d is small, let's say around 20, but if I enter a larger d then it gives me a segmentation fault (core dump) error.
Can somebody explain why it has this behaviour?
Thank you for your time and sorry if my question is stupid.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

#define MAX_LENGHT 5

int menu(char c[]);
int **buildAdjMat(int **m);

int d;

int main() {
    char *command;
    int m_result = 1;
    int i = 0, j = 0;
    int **m;

    if (scanf("%d", &d) == 0)
        return 0;
    printf("d: %d\n", d);

    m = (int **)malloc(d * sizeof(int *));
    for (i = 0; i < d; i++) {
        m[i] = (int *)malloc(d * sizeof(int));
    }

    do {
        command = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * MAX_LENGHT);

        if (scanf("%s", command) == 0)
            return 0;

        m_result = menu(command);
        if (m_result == 1) {
            m = buildAdjMat(m);

            for (i = 0; i < d; i++) {
                for (j = 0; j < d; j++) {
                    printf("%d ", m[i][j]);
                }
                printf("\n");
            }
            free(command);
        } else {
            printf("End! with value %d", m_result);
            free(command);
        }
    } while(m_result == 1);

    free(m);

    return 0;
}

int menu(char c[]) {

    if (strcmp(c, "AddM") == 0) {
        printf("AddM!\n");
        return 1;
    } else {
        return -1;
    }
}

int **buildAdjMat(int **m) {

    int i = 0, j = 0;
    char c = '\0';

    for (i = 0; i < d; i++) {
        for (j = 0; j < d; j++) {
            if (scanf("%d", &m[i][j]) == 0)
                return NULL;
            if (scanf("%c", &c) == 0)
                return NULL;
        }
    }
    return m;
}

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PCMag Australia Reviews Consumer Electronics
22 Jul 2018, 7 a.m.
Trying to Conceive? 8 High-Tech Fertility Monitors to Try Percept Tempdrop Daysy and LadyComp Ovusense OvaCue Yono Ava Welltwigs
For at least the length of recorded history, humans have been attempting to plan and prevent pregnancy. From the practice of drinking lead in hopes of preventing pregnancy in ancient China, to dumping water on women to boost fertility in Hungary, there's always some wives' tale circulating about how women can harness their reproductive cycle.
Lucky for us, this age of technology has ushered in new and tested ways for us to understand our bodies and fertility like never before. A far cry from the rhythm method that likely resulted in your parents being born, these fertility monitors use science and your vital signs to pinpoint—with surprising accuracy—your date of ovulation.
Understanding the signs that indicate approaching ovulation allows couples to plan intercourse if trying to conceive, or abstain/withdraw/use barrier methods in order to avoid pregnancy. When it comes to fertility, knowledge is absolutely power. I've rounded up some of the most interesting fertility monitors available right now (and even tested a few myself). Here's the low-down.
(For a comprehensive look at the how and why of fertility, check out Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler.)
Most fertility monitors rely on the user to do something – be it taking a temperature, wearing something, spitting in something, etc. The EarlySense Percept sets itself apart because it is a contact-free fertility monitor. Slide it under your mattress, and that's it. It collects nightly heart rate, breathing and movement data, which are compiled and analyzed in order to predict your fertile window with 95 percent accuracy. It begins collecting data when you plug your iOS or Android phone in to charge at night, and your data awaits you in the morning. Impressive. The down side to this sensor is that the readings can be thrown off if you have kids or pets that like to join you in bed at night.
Tempdrop
Tempdrop is a much-anticipated fertility monitor in the fertility awareness community since it passively records temperature throughout the night and uses an algorithm to detect the wearer's basal body temperature. Over time, the algorithm adapts to the individual's sleeping patterns to give the most accurate readings. The sensor can be worn via an armband or tucked into a bra overnight, but doesn't transmit any data until it's synced in the morning through Bluetooth. The data currently syncs automatically to Android's Ovuview, but iPhone users can input Tempdrop's readings manually into their app of choice. More integrations are coming soon.
Daysy and LadyComp
For nearly 30 years, a German company called Valley Electronics has been making monitors that calculate fertility using basal or core body temperature (the body's temperature just after waking). They produce the LadyComp and Daysy monitors, which are clinically proven to be able to predict the fertile window with 99.3 percent accuracy; the pill peaks at 99.7 percent effectiveness. Side note: my husband and I have been relying on Daysy for birth control for over a year and are very happy with it.
Ovusense
The Ovusense fertility monitor is inserted vaginally at bedtime and removed in the morning. It reads your body's core temperature every five minutes and communicates that data to the phone app via an NFC sensor. It's 99 percent accurate at nailing down your day of ovulation, and once you've passed the fertile window, you don't need to use it for the remainder of your cycle. This is a great one for co-sleeping mamas or those with irregular sleep patterns.
OvaCue
Ovacue measures electrolyte levels in your saliva and cervical fluid to pinpoint the fertile window up to a week in advance, with 98 percent accuracy. But be warned: this monitor involves daily prodding of oral and vaginal sensors.
Yono is another monitor that relies on body temperature to predict fertility, but it sits in your ear all night so you don't have to worry about taking your temp at the same time every day or whether you've gotten enough sleep. This is another one that's pretty exciting for co-sleeping moms who are wakened throughout the night.
The Ava bracelet stands apart from the others in this lineup as it doesn't use basal body temperature, or bodily fluids to detect hormone surges. Ava is a wristband that you only wear at night, and its sensors take in all kinds of data such as resting heart rate, skin temperature, bioimpedance (your body tissue's resistance to small electrical voltages; think the body fat measurement on your bathroom scale) and perfusion (blood flow). All these data points merge together to enable Ava to detect your fertile phase with 89 percent accuracy.
Welltwigs
The Welltwigs fertility tracker is unique in that its sensor tests for ovulation using OPK (ovulation prediction kit) tests and sends the results to your phone via Bluetooth. The Welltwigs app automatically updates with this data and allows you to enter other fertility signs (basal body temperature and cervical fluid) in order to give you a comprehensive picture of your fertility. Currently available at a $25 discount, or $125.
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What happens to Robby the Robot in Forbidden Planet?
The original Robby the Robot remained in Malone's original Forbidden Planet props collection for many years, until finally being sold by Bonhams Auctioneers in New York on November 21, 2017, for US$5,375,000. Robby became the most expensive film prop ever sold at auction.
What was the name of the Robot in the movie Forbidden Planet?
Robby the Robot
Last week Robby the Robot, the iconic Hollywood robot created for the 1956 film Forbidden Planet, sold for more than $5 million. Robby was reportedly created for $125,000 and appeared in a number of projects after his debut role.
What did Robby the Robot say?
Robby the Robot : If you do not speak English I am at your disposal with 187 other languages along with their various dialects and sub-tongues. Commander Adams : Colloquial English will do fine, thank you. Robby the Robot : Quiet please.
Who played the Robot in Forbidden Planet?
Screenplay by Cyril Hume
Story by Irving Block Allen Adler
Produced by Nicholas Nayfack
Starring Walter Pidgeon Anne Francis Leslie Nielsen Warren Stevens Robby the Robot
Who owns Robby the Robot now?
"He's so beautifully thought out," said Robby's owner, Bill Malone, 70, of Studio City, Calif.
Who is Krell skyward?
The varvax now maintain a space station close to the planet and act as guards to prevent the humans escaping. They often send drones to attack the Defiants in order to prevent them gaining too much technology. Before Spensa and M-Bot hacked their computer systems, the Defiants referred to them as the Krell.
How much is Robbie the Robot worth?
Robby the Robot, of "Forbidden Planet," sells for movie prop record $5.375 million. "Robby the Robot" – from the 1956 sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" – was sold for $5.375 million – a record price for a movie prop, the Bonhams New York auction house said Tuesday.
What was the budget for Forbidden Planet?
1.9 million USD
1.968 million USD
Forbidden Planet/Budget
When did return to the Forbidden Planet come out?
An Australian cast album was released in 1991 by ATA Records. On September 27, 1991, an Off-Broadway production opened in New York at the Variety Arts Theatre, a former nickelodeon movie theatre. Return to the Forbidden Planet was the first theatrical production in the new venue.
Who is the composer of return to the Forbidden Planet?
Return to the Forbidden Planet is a jukebox musical by Bob Carlton, based on Shakespeare 's play The Tempest and the 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet, which is itself loosely based on The Tempest. The show features a score of 1950s and '60s rock and roll classics and dialogue largely adapted from well-known passages from Shakespeare.
Who is the narrator of return to the Forbidden Planet?
Return to the Forbidden Planet was the first theatrical production in the new venue. The cast included Julee Cruise, known to audiences from her role in Twin Peaks. The pre-recorded narrator was James Doohan, famous as "Scotty" from Star Trek.
Who is Doctor Prospero in return to the Forbidden Planet?
Their spaceship is drawn mysteriously to the planet D'Illyria where the crew meet mad scientist Doctor Prospero, who has been marooned on the planet since his wife and science partner Gloria sent him and their daughter Miranda into space.


Please don't injure my hands or my throat. I need my hands to make beautiful love to my guitar during the niptuals of Jayson Price and Mama Mustache. I need my voice to provide the sounds of romance for all the world to hear as I sing an original song that I WROTE.
P.S.- I'll be at The Blonde Temptation Espresso Bar on Wanamaker Street in Winston, South Dakota tonight at 9 PM. Hope you can make it.


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Thrifty mum-of-three saves £100 a month by batch cooking for the entire week
"When we don't meal prep then we can spend up to £50 a week on nipping to the shop for bits each day . . ."
Jenn's meals for the week (Image: Latestdeals.co.uk)
A money-conscious mum says she makes a saving of £100 a month by batch cooking all her meals for the week.
Jenn Carnaby says her bulk cooking skills save her a lot of time throughout the week, not to mention plenty of cash.
The 33-year-old from Manchester started meal prepping when she joined Slimming World, and has continued doing it ever since.
She plans out her meals for the week with great care and chooses one day - usually a Sunday - to make them all.
The probation officer says that the practice saves "a huge amount of money: usually up to £100 a month."
Speaking to money-saving website LatestDeals.co.uk, super organised Jenn says: "I have been meal prepping now for around three months. I started as I joined Slimming World and found it difficult to stick to the plan while working full time.
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"I make all sorts! Chicken or beef curry, spaghetti bolognese, cottage pie, chilli, sweet potato curry, vegetable stew and so much more. Anything that is freezable I will turn into a meal!
"I spend one day a week, normally Sunday, and bulk cook everything," she adds.
"Firstly the rice, pasta, mash or whatever is going with the meal, then the main meal itself, then the vegetables.
"Meal prepping is fantastic as when you get home from work and want a home-cooked meal but don't have the time, then you can just pick an already cooked meal from the freezer. When you work full time and have kids, anything that saves time to ensure you all eat a healthy meal is always a winner in my eyes.
"We save a great deal by meal-prepping as it removes the last minute takeaway option. Also, there is less food wastage with things going off in the fridge as I do my shopping on the Saturday and prep on the Sunday.
"When we don't meal prep then we can spend up to £50 a week on nipping to the shop for bits each day, so we can save between £80 and £100 a month by prepping.
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"I normally spend about £30 to £35 depending on if I am prepping for me and my partner or all of us including the kids. If they have clubs or after school things then I tend to not prep for the kids as they eat elsewhere.
"To fit it all in, we have a chest freezer in the shed. If we are low on space then I only prep a few days at a time or prep the main meal in bulk and then cook the sides like rice, pasta or salad the day we eat it."
Organisation is key to perfecting the art of meal prepping, according to Jenn.
"Plan your meals, write down a shopping list and don't put it off! It will save you so much time further down the line. Buy good microwaveable and dishwasher-friendly trays - Amazon do some fantastic prepping trays for anyone that is looking to start," she says.
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"It feels satisfying and good knowing that your meals are ready for the week, whether it be dinners for work or tea for the family. As I'm the only member of the family doing Slimming World, it also makes me feel confident that I can stick to the plan if the family decide to eat out or have a takeaway."
Tom Church, co-founder of LatestDeals.co.uk , says: "If you're always running to your local shop to buy bits you've forgotten, or feel too exhausted after work to cook, Jenn's advice is fantastic, as it's a win-win, saving both time and money.
"Once you get into the routine of meal prepping every single week, you'll immediately get the satisfaction of knowing your whole week of meals is catered for - and that you can enjoy a home-cooked dinner every night rather than worrying about what to cook at the last minute!
"Plus, it's much healthier too, as you'll know every time exactly which ingredients have gone into your dish - something you never know when you buy a ready meal or a takeaway."
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An exhibition of colored terracotta warriors opened in Xi'an, Shaanxi province recently, marking the 40th anniversary of the discovery of the ancient artworks.
The display includes 37 relics including colored warriors, warrior heads and terracotta fragments, most of which are on show for the first time. The presentation will last to March 28, 2015 in the Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses.
Terracotta warriors were originally fully colored. Most of them decayed after being under the earth for thousands years.


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HomeNew musicCOLUMBIA MILLS RELEASE 'HEADLIGHTS' TAKEN FROM THE 'FACTORY SETTINGS' EP
COLUMBIA MILLS RELEASE 'HEADLIGHTS' TAKEN FROM THE 'FACTORY SETTINGS' EP
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Dublin based Columbia Mills release 'Headlights', the second track from their critically acclaimed 'Factory Settings' EP. 'Headlights' is the follow up to last year's 'Never Gonna Look At You The Same'.
The band have also announced a date at Dublin's Workman's Club on March 21st.
From the unsuspecting seaside town of Bray on Irelands east coast emerge Columbia mills. A collective tour de force creating a head-onistic mix of musical textures, reverb saturated guitars, glorious beats & beautiful tragic sounds.
Imagine the Jesus and Mary chain making a 'Screamadelica' and you're close. The bands name comes from the legendary building based on Dublin's Quays. In the early 90s the building became a mecca for the illegal rave scene bringing people together from all walks of life and all musical tastes. The diversity of music and social classes is something that has left a lasting impression on the city and has not since been rediscovered since Police put an end to the institution in an early morning raid.
Columbia Mills touch on the 80s synth sounds of New Order and The Cure and fuse them with the 90s indie guitar sounds of The Verve and Primal Scream on a bed of electronic and organic beats a la Massive Attack and LCD Sound System.
While you may hear the bands influence's in their music, you will also hear a fresh modern sound that aims to draw the listener into the unique head space that is Columbia Mills. There is little known about the band that seems to have come out of nowhere. Emerging from the wreckage of an economic collapse. Mutterings of previous bands, part time DJs and singer songwriters all adds to the mystery of how the band was formed. Indeed it is unknown how many people are involved in the collective. While it is clear the band have worked hard on their sound it is important to note that underneath the production there are songs of real life, drawing their power from deep personal experience. Nothing is contrived. If you strip the songs down to the bones they will still get under your skin.
There is an honesty and an arrogance to the songs. This band have been through the mill and are not afraid to sing about it.
Lyrically, subjects touch on urban decay, self-destruction, institutional abuse, family feuds and falling in love with the wrong people. Their music gets into your head, moves you, takes you someplace familiar yet new. Listen up. You're going to fall hard for this band.
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module("StopQueryService");

function initStopQueryService() {
    return new SuperMap.REST.StopQueryService(GlobeParameter.trafficTransferURL, {
        eventListeners: {
            processCompleted: succeed,
            processFailed: failed
        }
    });
    function succeed(event) {

    }
    function failed(event) {

    }
}
test("StopQueryService_noparams", function(){
    expect(1);
    var service = initStopQueryService();
    var undefined = service.processAsync();
    ok(typeof(undefined) === "undefined", "undefined");
});

asyncTest("StopQueryService_success_returnPosition", function(){
    expect(6);
    var service = initStopQueryService();

    var params = new SuperMap.REST.StopQueryParameters({
        keyWord: '人民',
        returnPosition: true
    });
    service.processAsync(params);

    setTimeout(function() {
        try{
            var result = service.lastResult;
            ok(result !== null,"service.lastResult");
            ok(result.transferStopInfos.length > 0, "result.transferStopInfos.length");
            ok(result.transferStopInfos[0].position !== null,"result.transferStopInfos[0].position");

            service.destroy();
            ok(service.eventListeners === null,"service.eventListeners");
            ok(service.events === null,"service.events");
            ok(service.lastResult === null,"service.lastResult");
            start();
        }catch(excepion){
            ok(false,"exception occcurs,message is:"+excepion.message)
            start();
            }
    },6000);
});
asyncTest("StopQueryService_success_returnPosition_false", function(){
    expect(6);
    var service = initStopQueryService();

    var params = new SuperMap.REST.StopQueryParameters({
        keyWord: '人民',
        returnPosition: false
    });
    service.processAsync(params);

    setTimeout(function() {
        try{
            var result = service.lastResult;
            ok(result !== null,"service.lastResult");
            ok(result.transferStopInfos.length > 0, "result.transferStopInfos.length");
            ok(result.transferStopInfos[0].position === null,"result.transferStopInfos[0].position");

            service.destroy();
            ok(service.eventListeners === null,"service.eventListeners");
            ok(service.events === null,"service.events");
            ok(service.lastResult === null,"service.lastResult");
            start();
        }catch(excepion){
            ok(false,"exception occcurs,message is:"+excepion.message)
            start();
            }
    },6000);
});


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Home/Sports/Durable duo Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson refuse to let it all go
Durable duo Stuart Broad and Jimmy Anderson refuse to let it all go
They refuse to go away; they refuse to stop. Quite why Duracell has failed to use Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad in its advertising campaigns remains a mystery.
At the beginning of this Test summer the talk was of rotation and there was the suggestion Anderson and Broad alternate in the team while lending their experience to the younger, quicker pacemen in the squad. Broad was omitted from the first Test team against West Indies, Anderson from the second. Since then they have played together in the next three and the strong expectation is that they will be paired again for Friday's final Test, which will decide the outcome of the series against Pakistan.
This pair possesses many qualities but the outstanding ones this summer have less to do with their ability to make a ball swing or seam; it is their bloody-minded tenacity to keep going that astounds. They just want to keep playing.
This is a modern trait; players play longer in this era because they are so much better remunerated. In decades past some decided to give up aged about 30 to get a proper job and earn some proper money. However, this is clearly not the key motivation for this pair. They have earned well over the past decade but, crucially, they still love playing and they are still prepared to put in those anonymous hard yards to do it.
They remain canny operators on the field – and off it. After his omission from the first Test team against West Indies Broad gave an interview that was widely – and correctly – lauded, telling us candidly how he was hurt, angry yet still passionate to play.
After England's defeat in that match they could hardly leave him out for the second Test and he duly delivered. In a less dramatic fashion, Anderson did something similar after the first Test against Pakistan, acknowledging he had had a bad game, scotching any rumours that he was considering giving up and emphasising how desperate he was to play the next match. Again, given those comments, it was tough for Joe Root as captain and Silverwood as coach to leave him out. So he played and he bowled well again.
Both are therefore likely to end up playing five of the six Tests. Conditions have suited them. The ball has darted around consistently in the air and off the pitch. This means the extra pace offered by Jofra Archer and Mark Wood is less essential. Sideways movement, rarely so prevalent outside England, reduces the need for speed through the air. Broad and Anderson may never be paired again overseas but at home that remains a possibility beyond the Rose Bowl this week.
Broad's performances have been the most astonishing. He has even started scoring runs again but, more significant, he has taken 26 wickets for 319 runs in four Tests. This from a bowler who lacks express pace, whose away swinger to right-handers had long since disappeared (though it has occasionally resurfaced in these series) and who was not deemed to be in England's best . Broad does not look like a great bowler. But he is.
Anderson's output has been less spectacular this summer – nine wickets for 307 and he has yet to dismiss anyone in a second innings. But the ball is still swinging and in the last Test he was not flattered by his figures. Ask the Pakistan players, the opener Shan Masood in particular, whether or not they would like Anderson to be omitted and the response would be unanimous.
Batsmen are the same throughout the decades. Martin Crowe once confided how he was far more fearful of facing a bowler who never let him score rather than one who might deliver the unplayable ball. In this way Richard Hadlee and Glenn McGrath would torment like no others. Today that applies when Broad and Anderson are bowling – if there remains a bit of spice in the pitch.
Broad and Anderson will surely play and there is a very good chance Archer will replace Sam Curran. There will also be much staring at the weather forecasts as well as the pitch. The outlook is better than for the second Test, which is not saying much, and the longer the sun is likely to appear the greater the necessity for a specialist spinner, even though Dom Bess has played two Tests this summer without turning his arm over.
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package openapi

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
	"testing"

	"github.com/emicklei/go-restful"
	"github.com/go-openapi/spec"
	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/openapi"
)

// setUp is a convenience function for setting up for (most) tests.
func setUp(t *testing.T, fullMethods bool) (openAPI, *restful.Container, *assert.Assertions) {
	assert := assert.New(t)
	config, container := getConfig(fullMethods)
	return openAPI{
		config: config,
		swagger: &spec.Swagger{
			SwaggerProps: spec.SwaggerProps{
				Swagger:     OpenAPIVersion,
				Definitions: spec.Definitions{},
				Paths:       &spec.Paths{Paths: map[string]spec.PathItem{}},
				Info:        config.Info,
			},
		},
	}, container, assert
}

func noOp(request *restful.Request, response *restful.Response) {}

// Test input
type TestInput struct {
	// Name of the input
	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
	// ID of the input
	ID   int      `json:"id,omitempty"`
	Tags []string `json:"tags,omitempty"`
}

// Test output
type TestOutput struct {
	// Name of the output
	Name string `json:"name,omitempty"`
	// Number of outputs
	Count int `json:"count,omitempty"`
}

func (_ TestInput) OpenAPIDefinition() *openapi.OpenAPIDefinition {
	schema := spec.Schema{}
	schema.Description = "Test input"
	schema.Properties = map[string]spec.Schema{
		"name": {
			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
				Description: "Name of the input",
				Type:        []string{"string"},
				Format:      "",
			},
		},
		"id": {
			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
				Description: "ID of the input",
				Type:        []string{"integer"},
				Format:      "int32",
			},
		},
		"tags": {
			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
				Description: "",
				Type:        []string{"array"},
				Items: &spec.SchemaOrArray{
					Schema: &spec.Schema{
						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
							Type:   []string{"string"},
							Format: "",
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
	}
	schema.Extensions = spec.Extensions{"x-test": "test"}
	return &openapi.OpenAPIDefinition{
		Schema:       schema,
		Dependencies: []string{},
	}
}

func (_ TestOutput) OpenAPIDefinition() *openapi.OpenAPIDefinition {
	schema := spec.Schema{}
	schema.Description = "Test output"
	schema.Properties = map[string]spec.Schema{
		"name": {
			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
				Description: "Name of the output",
				Type:        []string{"string"},
				Format:      "",
			},
		},
		"count": {
			SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
				Description: "Number of outputs",
				Type:        []string{"integer"},
				Format:      "int32",
			},
		},
	}
	return &openapi.OpenAPIDefinition{
		Schema:       schema,
		Dependencies: []string{},
	}
}

var _ openapi.OpenAPIDefinitionGetter = TestInput{}
var _ openapi.OpenAPIDefinitionGetter = TestOutput{}

func getTestRoute(ws *restful.WebService, method string, additionalParams bool, opPrefix string) *restful.RouteBuilder {
	ret := ws.Method(method).
		Path("/test/{path:*}").
		Doc(fmt.Sprintf("%s test input", method)).
		Operation(fmt.Sprintf("%s%sTestInput", method, opPrefix)).
		Produces(restful.MIME_JSON).
		Consumes(restful.MIME_JSON).
		Param(ws.PathParameter("path", "path to the resource").DataType("string")).
		Param(ws.QueryParameter("pretty", "If 'true', then the output is pretty printed.")).
		Reads(TestInput{}).
		Returns(200, "OK", TestOutput{}).
		Writes(TestOutput{}).
		To(noOp)
	if additionalParams {
		ret.Param(ws.HeaderParameter("hparam", "a test head parameter").DataType("integer"))
		ret.Param(ws.FormParameter("fparam", "a test form parameter").DataType("number"))
	}
	return ret
}

func getConfig(fullMethods bool) (*openapi.Config, *restful.Container) {
	mux := http.NewServeMux()
	container := restful.NewContainer()
	container.ServeMux = mux
	ws := new(restful.WebService)
	ws.Path("/foo")
	ws.Route(getTestRoute(ws, "get", true, "foo"))
	if fullMethods {
		ws.Route(getTestRoute(ws, "post", false, "foo")).
			Route(getTestRoute(ws, "put", false, "foo")).
			Route(getTestRoute(ws, "head", false, "foo")).
			Route(getTestRoute(ws, "patch", false, "foo")).
			Route(getTestRoute(ws, "options", false, "foo")).
			Route(getTestRoute(ws, "delete", false, "foo"))

	}
	ws.Path("/bar")
	ws.Route(getTestRoute(ws, "get", true, "bar"))
	if fullMethods {
		ws.Route(getTestRoute(ws, "post", false, "bar")).
			Route(getTestRoute(ws, "put", false, "bar")).
			Route(getTestRoute(ws, "head", false, "bar")).
			Route(getTestRoute(ws, "patch", false, "bar")).
			Route(getTestRoute(ws, "options", false, "bar")).
			Route(getTestRoute(ws, "delete", false, "bar"))

	}
	container.Add(ws)
	return &openapi.Config{
		ProtocolList: []string{"https"},
		Info: &spec.Info{
			InfoProps: spec.InfoProps{
				Title:       "TestAPI",
				Description: "Test API",
				Version:     "unversioned",
			},
		},
		GetDefinitions: func(_ openapi.ReferenceCallback) map[string]openapi.OpenAPIDefinition {
			return map[string]openapi.OpenAPIDefinition{
				"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/openapi.TestInput":  *TestInput{}.OpenAPIDefinition(),
				"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/openapi.TestOutput": *TestOutput{}.OpenAPIDefinition(),
				// Bazel changes the package name, this is ok for testing, but we need to fix it if it happened
				// in the main code.
				"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/openapi/go_default_test.TestInput":  *TestInput{}.OpenAPIDefinition(),
				"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/openapi/go_default_test.TestOutput": *TestOutput{}.OpenAPIDefinition(),
			}
		},
		GetDefinitionName: func(_ string, name string) (string, spec.Extensions) {
			friendlyName := name[strings.LastIndex(name, "/")+1:]
			if strings.HasPrefix(friendlyName, "go_default_test") {
				friendlyName = "openapi" + friendlyName[len("go_default_test"):]
			}
			return friendlyName, spec.Extensions{"x-test2": "test2"}
		},
	}, container
}

func getTestOperation(method string, opPrefix string) *spec.Operation {
	return &spec.Operation{
		OperationProps: spec.OperationProps{
			Description: fmt.Sprintf("%s test input", method),
			Consumes:    []string{"application/json"},
			Produces:    []string{"application/json"},
			Schemes:     []string{"https"},
			Parameters:  []spec.Parameter{},
			Responses:   getTestResponses(),
			ID:          fmt.Sprintf("%s%sTestInput", method, opPrefix),
		},
	}
}

func getTestPathItem(allMethods bool, opPrefix string) spec.PathItem {
	ret := spec.PathItem{
		PathItemProps: spec.PathItemProps{
			Get:        getTestOperation("get", opPrefix),
			Parameters: getTestCommonParameters(),
		},
	}
	ret.Get.Parameters = getAdditionalTestParameters()
	if allMethods {
		ret.Put = getTestOperation("put", opPrefix)
		ret.Put.Parameters = getTestParameters()
		ret.Post = getTestOperation("post", opPrefix)
		ret.Post.Parameters = getTestParameters()
		ret.Head = getTestOperation("head", opPrefix)
		ret.Head.Parameters = getTestParameters()
		ret.Patch = getTestOperation("patch", opPrefix)
		ret.Patch.Parameters = getTestParameters()
		ret.Delete = getTestOperation("delete", opPrefix)
		ret.Delete.Parameters = getTestParameters()
		ret.Options = getTestOperation("options", opPrefix)
		ret.Options.Parameters = getTestParameters()
	}
	return ret
}

func getRefSchema(ref string) *spec.Schema {
	return &spec.Schema{
		SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
			Ref: spec.MustCreateRef(ref),
		},
	}
}

func getTestResponses() *spec.Responses {
	ret := spec.Responses{
		ResponsesProps: spec.ResponsesProps{
			StatusCodeResponses: map[int]spec.Response{},
		},
	}
	ret.StatusCodeResponses[200] = spec.Response{
		ResponseProps: spec.ResponseProps{
			Description: "OK",
			Schema:      getRefSchema("#/definitions/openapi.TestOutput"),
		},
	}
	return &ret
}

func getTestCommonParameters() []spec.Parameter {
	ret := make([]spec.Parameter, 2)
	ret[0] = spec.Parameter{
		SimpleSchema: spec.SimpleSchema{
			Type: "string",
		},
		ParamProps: spec.ParamProps{
			Description: "path to the resource",
			Name:        "path",
			In:          "path",
			Required:    true,
		},
		CommonValidations: spec.CommonValidations{
			UniqueItems: true,
		},
	}
	ret[1] = spec.Parameter{
		SimpleSchema: spec.SimpleSchema{
			Type: "string",
		},
		ParamProps: spec.ParamProps{
			Description: "If 'true', then the output is pretty printed.",
			Name:        "pretty",
			In:          "query",
		},
		CommonValidations: spec.CommonValidations{
			UniqueItems: true,
		},
	}
	return ret
}

func getTestParameters() []spec.Parameter {
	ret := make([]spec.Parameter, 1)
	ret[0] = spec.Parameter{
		ParamProps: spec.ParamProps{
			Name:     "body",
			In:       "body",
			Required: true,
			Schema:   getRefSchema("#/definitions/openapi.TestInput"),
		},
	}
	return ret
}

func getAdditionalTestParameters() []spec.Parameter {
	ret := make([]spec.Parameter, 3)
	ret[0] = spec.Parameter{
		ParamProps: spec.ParamProps{
			Name:     "body",
			In:       "body",
			Required: true,
			Schema:   getRefSchema("#/definitions/openapi.TestInput"),
		},
	}
	ret[1] = spec.Parameter{
		ParamProps: spec.ParamProps{
			Name:        "fparam",
			Description: "a test form parameter",
			In:          "formData",
		},
		SimpleSchema: spec.SimpleSchema{
			Type: "number",
		},
		CommonValidations: spec.CommonValidations{
			UniqueItems: true,
		},
	}
	ret[2] = spec.Parameter{
		SimpleSchema: spec.SimpleSchema{
			Type: "integer",
		},
		ParamProps: spec.ParamProps{
			Description: "a test head parameter",
			Name:        "hparam",
			In:          "header",
		},
		CommonValidations: spec.CommonValidations{
			UniqueItems: true,
		},
	}
	return ret
}

func getTestInputDefinition() spec.Schema {
	return spec.Schema{
		SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
			Description: "Test input",
			Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
				"id": {
					SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
						Description: "ID of the input",
						Type:        spec.StringOrArray{"integer"},
						Format:      "int32",
					},
				},
				"name": {
					SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
						Description: "Name of the input",
						Type:        spec.StringOrArray{"string"},
					},
				},
				"tags": {
					SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
						Type: spec.StringOrArray{"array"},
						Items: &spec.SchemaOrArray{
							Schema: &spec.Schema{
								SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
									Type: spec.StringOrArray{"string"},
								},
							},
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		VendorExtensible: spec.VendorExtensible{
			Extensions: spec.Extensions{
				"x-test":  "test",
				"x-test2": "test2",
			},
		},
	}
}

func getTestOutputDefinition() spec.Schema {
	return spec.Schema{
		SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
			Description: "Test output",
			Properties: map[string]spec.Schema{
				"count": {
					SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
						Description: "Number of outputs",
						Type:        spec.StringOrArray{"integer"},
						Format:      "int32",
					},
				},
				"name": {
					SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
						Description: "Name of the output",
						Type:        spec.StringOrArray{"string"},
					},
				},
			},
		},
		VendorExtensible: spec.VendorExtensible{
			Extensions: spec.Extensions{
				"x-test2": "test2",
			},
		},
	}
}

func TestBuildSwaggerSpec(t *testing.T) {
	o, container, assert := setUp(t, true)
	expected := &spec.Swagger{
		SwaggerProps: spec.SwaggerProps{
			Info: &spec.Info{
				InfoProps: spec.InfoProps{
					Title:       "TestAPI",
					Description: "Test API",
					Version:     "unversioned",
				},
			},
			Swagger: "2.0",
			Paths: &spec.Paths{
				Paths: map[string]spec.PathItem{
					"/foo/test/{path}": getTestPathItem(true, "foo"),
					"/bar/test/{path}": getTestPathItem(true, "bar"),
				},
			},
			Definitions: spec.Definitions{
				"openapi.TestInput":  getTestInputDefinition(),
				"openapi.TestOutput": getTestOutputDefinition(),
			},
		},
	}
	err := o.init(container.RegisteredWebServices())
	if !assert.NoError(err) {
		return
	}
	expected_json, err := json.Marshal(expected)
	if !assert.NoError(err) {
		return
	}
	actual_json, err := json.Marshal(o.swagger)
	if !assert.NoError(err) {
		return
	}
	assert.Equal(string(expected_json), string(actual_json))
}


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Q: Value Error : could not convert string to float: 'Male' My code:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline

BMI = pd.read_csv('c://500_Person_Gender_Height_Weight_Index.csv')

from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split

X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = train_test_split(BMI, BMI.gender_lbl, test_size=0.3,random_state=42)

from sklearn.naive_bayes import GaussianNB

gnb = GaussianNB()

gnb.fit(X_train, y_train) --> shows error

y_pred = gnb.predict(X_test)
y_pred

I am not sure of what to do here.
If anyone could help would be very much appreciated.
Thank you.

A: Like the comments said, you are trying to convert a string or object (in this case "Male") into a float.
Try to output your variables and their types to makes you see where you are trying to convert the float.
Like described in the error and in the documentation :

Raised when an operation or function receives an argument that has the right type but an inappropriate value [...]  link

For further debugging tricks, you can consult this thread :
How to step through Python code to help debug issues?
Otherwise, some debugger (like PyCharm) can help you by inserting breakpoints and getting values of active variables


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Royally Screwed by the Internet Blockade at the Beijing Airport!
This is released two weeks later, as WordPress themselves blocked my account and forced me to change my password. As I was crossing Asia to the Philippines. Clearly, I had a bad two days technologically speaking on the 22nd and 23rd December. This is now released on the 5th January 2017. As I am sitting in Manila, awaiting getting tickets. Underneath is what I wrote while waiting for my plane in Beijing!
Today, I was for the first time at the International Airport of Beijing. The 22nd December 2017. I am addicted to certain social media pages and services. I need them also to update and be able interact with family and friends. Especially traveling alone across the continents and for over 48 hours. There is a need to update.
As I am traveling. I am struggling to push my words. To express my fond of the airport. Even just say to the world on Facebook, Twitter, WordPress or whatever really. Look into a dozens of Apps. Also, I don't know how many news-sites that is blocked. However, that is a dozens. I am just in passing by the airport and feeling troubled by it. It must be harder for the people living in the mainland China to use it or they have to VPN to get hooked up on the Social Media sites. There are similar ones in Chinese Fashion. That I am sure is censored and controlled by the Chinese government.
I felt today, the censorship, the blockade and it hurt. The distrust that I couldn't understand or get the information through these channels. That I couldn't add or do anything on these pages. Even if it was just saying "I am safe, soon awaiting next flight". That is to revolutionary for the Reds in Beijing.
I don't know, but this sort of thing is still to control the media and the message. Not let dissidents or people get information that is unsound and not sanctioned by the Central Government. That is what this is, therefore, the citizens of China are not free in the sense of media or online. They might accept it, but they should know that hurts even the ones that is passing by.
I have stressed fro a few hours, I should have considered it earlier. However, I didn't. I know I will come with this message of censorship from another Asian Country. Since the Chinese won't let me share or consider my free opinion on my blog. They have banned from entering. That would be illegal activity. Which in itself is a weird thing. To write and speak out is banned in that fashion. Xi Ping and Communist Party wants to still have the last word. They still wants the minds of the people under their control. If someone questions them. It is wrong. Clearly it is. They shouldn't be afraid.
They shouldn't be afraid. Instead of having a bunch of YES MEN. They would have people thinking and making new enterprises, not just copying and licensing. Which they are famous for doing. China deserves that with their great minds and intellect. With their progress and their industrial work. They deserve that, not just imported luxurious goods, but also free minds and free spirits. That can all together create an even better China.
It isn't dangerous, you can accept to disagree. You can agree. It is up to you. I will not blame you. But I have today tasted the Internet Blockade, the censorship under the Chinese Regime. It is something else.
All I wanted to say to family and friends on Facebook was: "I am safe in Beijing. Awaiting next flight soon". Something in that fashion. If that is a illegal attempt of inciting violence or causing a stir. Then I don't know. I just wanted my wife and everyone else to know. That I am cool and collected. Waiting to go to next destination. Peace.
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This social security measure gives at least some protection to thirty millions of our citizens who will reap direct benefits through unemployment compensation, through old-age pensions and through increased services for the protection of children and the prevention of ill health.
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I'm tired; I am so tired of these suits getting away with felonies while the Chicken thieves are starving worldwide. The chicken thief does deserve punishment for stealing the neighbour's chicken; while tailing it by the sidewalk before the Police Officer picked him-up and threw him into the Police car before stalling him in the cell at the Police Station. Still, the one who does bigger work and on paper get rid of the charges at ease it seems.
"White collar crimes, on the other hand, originally referred to those crimes committed by individuals with a higher social status or upper-level occupation that often required them to wear a suit and a white collared shirt. In this day and age, white collar crimes are those crimes which are generally committed in a business setting and are considered to be non-violent. Some people refer to white collar crimes as "paper crimes". A few examples of white collar crimes include wire fraud, forgery, embezzlement and more" (Henrickson & Sereebutra LLC, 16.11.2012).
With this in mind, with the knowledge at hand; the ones who does this are higher level of corruption, are inside trading and also their networks. If there we're judgement fair and caring than the ones who stealing the chicken. The Multi-National Corporations with their profits are accepting to try whatever way of not paying taxes and even when courts are judging even against it; they do whatever they can to cast judgement and also expect to run away from it. Like the Apple Corporation who has dodged taxes illegally in Europe, still trying to dodge the payments of excessive taxes to the Republic of Ireland. If it wasn't Apple Corporation, but McGuiness stealing a beer at Tesco he would pay dearly for the thieving.
So the White-Collar crimes pays off, like all the embezzled funds world-wide, the grand corruption where the culprits are walking sideways and stashing funds in Swiss Accounts and foreign islands Tax-Havens far away from the tax-man and the ombudsman. The proud force of the world and the reality of it all, that the White Collar can release their mind and get off the way they do.
These Suits who knows the Mayors, Governors, Senators, Members of Parliament, Presidents, Foreign Investors and CEOs! They forged arrangement paying fees, setting up shell-companies and securing family members work inside other businesses. Because of these ties between them the implications cannot become public. The Central Government who forged this deals are also on the line with their reputations while they accept this contracts and agreements between the suits who takes advantage of them.
Still, they get it easy and get off. I wonder why the businesses that are running the mining operations and mining licenses from foreign lands. These owners of giant businesses are keep exporting Rare-Earth minerals and the Coltan; these companies are nearly in charge of guerrillas that are keeping control of the workforce around the mines. That this is going on and the human rights violations are under the direction of the Suits. They get high profits from the deals and arrangement hold by the guerrillas. They don't get any slack for doing so, they do it in low profile and certainly where the world sees as the wrong zip-code since his crime doesn't matter.
The White Collar Crime continues and the world just keeps turning. The International business community keeps doing this and living with it. They are feeding the fume for the fire and nobody is really questioning it hard enough. While the Corporate Media owned by the Conglomerates doesn't want us to question this world order. Where the money goes and who keeps this upkeep, they don't want us to be enlightened and be in the dark. That as long as the decisions are happening in the boardrooms as Corporate Trade Secrets and Government doesn't want their dirty secrets.
The Suits prefer these secrets as with the tax-evasion, the tax-dodging practises and the luminous deals done with nondurables in the Parliaments. This with the stakeholders and liability firms that shelves the properties and fortunes that are squandered away like small-change at the cashier in the Supermarket without any consideration of the implication of these transactions.
It's time to take this serious, it's killing society and killing the livelihood of our economies and tax-base with impunity, as the wealthy is getting wealthier and the states are crowd-sourcing more than needed; while the Multi-National Corporations together with the lawyers and board-meetings decide how to trick the money from the expensive and profitable place to the tax-haven. This or making sure the producers and stifle the workers who produce the products as they are wishing to nullify them. This is the reality and the mentality, the ethical and moral conundrum would be to deliver the tax from where you profited and also pay the men and woman decent wage for producing the products. Instead the Corporations try to avoid both and earn a grander margin on each unit they sell. This is all legal, but still should be seen as White Collar Crime!
That is why I ask myself… If we want to get rid of this the investors, the capital of the nations and structure between government and them has to settle in a different way. Because the Government cannot be to connected with the giant businesses, than they will have the ability to deteriorate the levels of governance and the regulations of them.
We have seen that time and time again. The crime of our time is letting this happen and not do anything serious about it. The thieving in the broad daylight and without any concern of the citizens that is not eating of it as they supposed to through the solidarity of the state! Peace.


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Q: Insert empty params into decimal nullable columns I have no values to insert into MaxPrice or MinPrice columns which can be null.  The values when they don't exist are originally were seen as , , in the resulting Sql expression.  I got a syntax error before and changed the code to this
 (setItem.MinPrice.ToString()!="")?setItem.MinPrice.ToString() : null,
 (setItem.MaxPrice.ToString() != "") ? setItem.MaxPrice.ToString() : null

But when I execute this I get an error and the sql still looks like the , , .  The columns are decimal but can be NULL.

A: Use parameters. Always.
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@minPrice",
    setItem.MinPrice == null ? DBNull.Value : (object)setItem.MinPrice);
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@maxPrice",
    setItem.MaxPrice == null ? DBNull.Value : (object)setItem.MaxPrice);

or with a tool like Dapper:
// adds "@MinPrice" and "@MaxPrice" correctly as parameters, as long
// as the sql contains those tokens in some way
conn.Execute(sql, new { setItem.MinPrice, setItem.MaxPrice });

The bad fix - do not use - would be to supply the literal "null" in your concatenation. There are many many reasons not to do this:
// bad code; do not use
(setItem.MinPrice.ToString() != "") ? setItem.MinPrice.ToString() : "null",
(setItem.MaxPrice.ToString() != "") ? setItem.MaxPrice.ToString() : "null"


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Q: Calculate the max and the min difference between two adjacent numbers Having a matrix A like:
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6]
[1,]   11   14   17   20   23   26
[2,]   12   15   18   21   24   27
[3,]   13   16   19   22   25   28

I want to calculate the max and the min difference between two adjacent numbers in all rows.
And then filter to limit only rows where adjacent numbers min is less between 4 and 7 and max is between 6 an 12
The output should return no row.
For the following matrix:
     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6]
[1,]   11   16   17   28   23   26
[2,]   12   15   18   21   24   27
[3,]   13   16   19   22   25   28

the result should be row 1

A: You could approach this as follows:
d <- abs(apply(m, 1, diff))

m[apply(d, 2, min) %in% 4:7 & apply(d, 2, max) %in% 6:12,]

which gives:

     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6]
[1,]   21   15   22   13   23   17
[2,]   27   18   13   25   16   11

Used data:
set.seed(2)
m <- matrix(sample(11:28, 54, TRUE), nrow = 9)

A: Here is a vectorized approach
library(matrixStats)
m1 <- abs(m[,-ncol(m) ] - m[,-1])
m[rowMins(m1) %in% 4:7 & rowMaxs(m1) %in% 6:12,]
#     [,1] [,2] [,3] [,4] [,5] [,6]
#[1,]   21   15   22   13   23   17
#[2,]   27   18   13   25   16   11

data
set.seed(2)
m <- matrix(sample(11:28, 54, TRUE), nrow = 9)


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Podcast Ep. 69, ORSOLA DE CASTRO - QUEEN OF UPCYCLING
HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING SERIES 3? THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO OUR CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN. IT'S DOWN TO YOU THAT WE'RE BACK MAKING THE SHOW AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL.
If you've listened to this Episode on Apple Podcasts/iTunes already (don't forget to subscribe - it's free), welcome to the SHOW NOTES. Or scroll down to LISTEN.
EPISODE 69 FEATURES ORSOLA DE CASTRO
She is one of the warmest, most generous and knowledgable people working in sustainable fashion today. You probably know Orsola as the cofounder, with Carry Somers, of Fashion Revolution. But did you also know that she is the Queen Upcycling?
In the that 1990s, after crocheting around the holes in a much-loved old jumper that she couldn't bear to part with although it was literally falling apart, Orsola founded the fashion label From Somewhere. Her designs used only discarded, unloved, unwanted materials and turned them into the opposite: treasured, loved, wanted, and highly covetable.
From Somewhere was stocked in stores like Browns in London, and Lane Crawford in Hong Kong, Orsola and partner Fillipo Ricci did collaborations with the likes of Topshop, Jigsaw and Tesco. Later, they ran Esthetica, London Fashion Week's hub for sustainable for fashion.
These days, Orsola teaches at Central St. Martins inspiring the next generation. She's an in-demand international speaker on ethical fashion, and is the Creative Director of Fashion Revolution. She is passionate about making, mending and loving clothes, and of course about upcycling, but also about treating workers with dignity, and about fashion justice.
FASHION REVOLUTION is a global movement of active citizen fashion changemakers. They say: "Have you ever wondered who made your clothes? How much they're paid, and what their lives are like? Our clothes have gone on a long journey before they hit store shelves, passing through the hands of cotton farmers, spinners, weavers, dyers, sewers and others. Approximately 75 million people work to make our clothes. 80% of them are women between the ages of 18 and 35. However, the majority of the people who makes clothes for the global market live in poverty, unable to afford life's basic necessities. Many are subject to exploitation; verbal and physical abuse, working in unsafe and dirty conditions, with very little pay." Fashion Revolution Week 2019 is coming up 22-28th April. Find out how you can get involved here.
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Pattern-y!
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"And very glamorous," adds Clare. Which is important because… FOR AGES SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THE WHOLE NOTION OF UPCYCLING JUST WASN'T VERY CHIC. They were, of course, wrong. But the fact remains: using old rubbish as material did/does still carry a stigma in some circles. "I think there's been a huge connotation that overall sustainability Is not sexy, which I would dispute," says Orsola. Of course she would.
What even is UPCYCLING anyway? The term was first coined in the 1990s by Reiner Pilz. It means creative reuse, or the process of transforming by-products, waste, stuff that would otherwise be thrown away, into new items, thereby adding value. Long before the word was used, our grandmothers, and their grandmothers were upcycling. It's just fashion commonsense, no?
THE BEAUTY OF RESTRAINT. Orsola says that we have too much choice. When we can design and produce anything (even a loo cleaner shaped like a cactus) it's easy to lose our way. When we are limited - by materials, investment, time, geography, access, whatever - we often come up with more creative solutions.
MENDING is something to be proud of, says Orsola. "Mending is a scar…We seldom fall in love with perfection; we fall in love with imperfection - those are the things that we remember." Also, MISTAKES can lead to something beautiful.
OVERPRODUCTION. We are producing 150 billion garments a year, says Orsola. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, we were producing about 100 billion garments a year by 2015. Orsola says now it's more like 150 billion. That's a heck of a lot of clothing to landfill, given we currently recycle less than 1 % of used clothing into new clothing, and something insane like 87% of clothes end up in landfill or incinerated.
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"How amazing if designers were taught to design for dis-assemble, to unpick and res-assemble! What if all factories had a creative waste engineer who was looking at surplus before it becomes waste?" - Orsola de Castro
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Q: Additional characters to change the tag "title" in the code behind I need to change the page title according to its contents, then I perform the following:
HTML (aspx):
<title id="titleOfPage" runat="server"></title>

Code behind
titleOfPage.Text = news.Title;

But when I run the page, I see the following:
<title>
    My custom title completely
</title>

My custom title has the following characters "0D" + "0A"+ "09", or ASCII eguivalente "013"+ "010""009" (carriage return + new line + horizontal tab) at the start, and "0D" + "0A"at the end.
How I can do to display correctly?, I need it to search engines (Google, Bing, ...).
news.Title is correct, no spaces, its value is "My custom title completely".
Thanks
Edit
I tried titleOfPage.Text = "My custom title completely"; and I get the same result
Edit II
I tried creating a property in the codebehind, but the result is the same, however if I put the property on a tag "div" text looks good.
codebehind:
...
public string TitleOfPage { get; private set; }
...

TitleOfPage = news.Title;

HTML:

    <title><%= TitleOfPage %></title>
    ...

<%= TitleOfPage %>

    ...

Result:
<title>
    My custom title completely
</title>

My custom title completely

EDIT III
First sorry for not putting this before. in my example I did not fully included the tag head, the full head tag is as follows , I do not know why but if I remove runat="server", it works correctly.
Then appeared the property "innerText" to the title:
HTML:
<title id="TitleOfPage" runat="server"></title>

Codebehind:
TitleOfPage.InnerText = news.Title;

Thanks.

A: Are you saying ASP.NET is adding those characters to your title? That doesn't sound right.
BTW, I would remove your server-side title tag and setting Page.Title instead.
Looking at some of my web pages, I see some of them do have newlines places around my title text. If that's all that's happening, then I don't see a problem. White space is essentially removed by the browser and this causes no adverse effects. Is this causing a problem?


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