Hello darlings, and welcome back! I trust Christmas filled you with all the joy, peace, and pies of the season, and that you're looking forward to another year of sharing your dreams, dreads, and decorating tips with me in the new year.
But what about those pesky resolutions, those promises we make to ourselves that we'll do better, improve ourselves and our families? How do you make them? And, more importantly, how do you stick to them? At the end of the year, YOU want to be the one celebrating your achievements and wishing your neighbours better luck on theirs next year!
I use a little formula revealed to me by an ancient travelling holy man. He stopped to preach to my bees, then offered his mystic advice: when you need to accomplish something, be smart. Confused? So was I, until the man showed me his secret: each letter means something! (I thought him terribly clever).
While it's fine to resolve not to catch the plague, this goal is much too vague. Try this: I resolve not to catch the plague from Lady Marchese. MUCH better, not vague at all.
"I resolve to plant more crops in the west field." Good for you, except how many more? What does more mean? A better goal is: "I resolve to plant more crops in the west field than Lord Smythe does in his east field." All it now takes is to plant one more flax plant and you've achieved your goal!
I've noticed over the course of my long career that people tend to have similar goals in life. One of the more common ones is to gain the favour of an elevated personage, like the Archbishop. But is this truly an achievable task? A more realistic goal would be to gain the favour of a lesser person, for example a local priest. That way you can work your way up to the Archbishop!
Ask yourself: are you resolving to gain weight JUST because Lady Buller did, and received great praise for how her new dress fit? Or maybe because the townsfolk all have unrealistic ideas about a Lady's weight and you feel pressured? These are NOT good reasons! Resolve to add weight for YOU, and you alone! And when you show off your new physique in that little blue linen number, you'll be glad you did!
Give yourself enough time to achieve your goals. If you resolve to finally get that illuminated manuscript ordered and done in time for the Bishop's birthday, don't wait around until the last minute! Plan ahead! Research your illuminators early, and maintain regular communication with the artists. If you don't give yourself a realistic amount of time, you'll find yourself giving the Bishop candles or red slippers again, like everyone else.
That's it, darlings, I hope I've been of some help! Remember, focus on achieving the small goals and soon you'll find that your larger resolutions have almost completed themselves!


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George Town (malaiisch auch Tanjung) ist die Hauptstadt der Insel Penang und des gleichnamigen Bundesstaats in Malaysia. Sie liegt an der nordöstlichen Spitze der Insel und hat 178.358 Einwohner (Stand 1. Januar 2005), überwiegend Chinesen. Rechnet man die Vororte hinzu, die zusammen mit George Town den 119 km² großen Distrikt Timur Laut bilden, leben im Einzugsgebiet der Stadt insgesamt über 520.000 Einwohner (Stand 2010).

Geschichte
Im Jahre 1786 siedelten sich Händler der britischen Ostindischen Kompanie unter der Führung von Francis Light an. Benannt ist die Stadt nach dem britischen Monarchen Georg III. Die Einheimischen nennen ihre Stadt aber "Penang".

Kultur und Sehenswürdigkeiten
In der Innenstadt von George Town befinden sich zahlreiche Moscheen, Kirchen, hinduistische und chinesisch-buddhistische Tempel.

Erwähnenswert sind hier insbesondere die Kapitän Kling Moschee, die älteste Moschee in Penang. Ursprünglich von Mitgliedern der Ostindien-Kompanie Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts erbaut. Im November 1801 erhielt Kapitän Kling, ein prominenter Tamile und muslimischer Kaufmann, 18 Acres Land, um eine neue Moschee zu bauen. 1916 ersetzte die gegenwärtige Moschee das alte Gebäude. Hier spiegelt sich islamische Architektur mit dem indischen Einfluss.

Der Hainan Tempel, ursprünglich im Jahre 1866 gegründet. Das heutige Gebäude ist aus dem Jahr 1895, es wurde 1995 restauriert.

Der Goddess of Mercy Tempel, dessen erstes Fundament 1728 von chinesischen Kolonisten gelegt wurde, ist einer der ältesten chinesischen Tempel auf Penang. Er wurde im Jahre 1801 fertiggestellt. Er ist den Buddhisten Kuan Yin und Ma Chor Poh gewidmet. Sein Originalname ist "Kong Hock Keong Tempel".

Der Arulmigu Mahamariamman Tempel, auch Sri Mahamariamman Tempel oder Mariyamman-Tempel. Der ursprüngliche Sri Mahamariamman Schrein wurde 1833 zu einem Tempel erweitert und ist damit einer der ältesten Hindu-Tempel in George Town. Er ist der Hindu-Gottheit Sri Muthu Mariamman gewidmet. Eine im Innern des Tempels befindliche Statue des Gottes wird jedes Jahr anlässlich des neuntägigen Festes Navarithri in einer Prozession durch den Stadtteil "Little India" gefahren. Der Mariamman Tempel hat einen 23 Meter hohen Skulpturenturm, auf dem sich 38 Statuen von Hindu-Gottheiten befinden.

Nach der Landung der Briten unter Captain Francis Light im Jahre 1786 erbauten diese hier das "Fort Cornwallis". Es bestand ursprünglich nur aus Palisaden. 1804 wurde es dann mit massiven Steinmauern versehen. Heute befindet sich in dem Fort ein Freilichtmuseum sowie eine Freilichtbühne. Die Kanonen stammen ursprünglich aus Holland und wurden an den Sultan von Johor geliefert. Nach einigen Umwegen wurden sie schließlich hier aufgestellt. Nordöstlich des Forts wurde 1882 das "Fort Cornwallis Lighthouse" errichtet. Es bildete zur Kolonialzeit einen markanten Punkt. 1914 und 1928 wurde der Leuchtturm renoviert und zum Hafen-Leuchtturm umgebaut. Er hat jetzt einen weißen 21 Meter hohen Stahlfachwerk-Turm. Die Sichtweite des Leuchtfeuers beträgt 16 nautische Meilen.

Sehenswert ist auch Khoo Kongsi, das reich verzierte Haus eines chinesischen Familienclans. Das ursprüngliche Haus brannte 1884 vollständig nieder. 1902 wurde ein Neubau errichtet, der allerdings kleiner ist als es das alte Haus war. Chinesische Handwerksmeister verzierten das Haus mit feinen Ornamenten und Schnitzereien. Die Arbeiter hinterließen auch ihre Initialen.

Nahe der Landspitze befindet sich der 18 Meter hohe Uhrturm, der 1897 zum sechzigsten Thronjubiläum von Königin Victoria errichtet wurde.

Im Vorort Air Itam befindet sich mit dem Ke Lok Si der größte chinesische Tempel Malaysias. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten buddhistischen Anlagen Malaysias.

George Town wird seit 2008 gemeinsam mit Malakka auf der Liste der Weltkulturerbe der UNESCO geführt.

Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur
George Town zählt zu den wichtigsten Häfen Malaysias und ist ein Umschlagplatz für Gummi- und Agrarprodukte. Der Ort gewann als Anlegeplatz für Handelsschiffe an Bedeutung, die zwischen dem Kaiserreich China und Indien verkehrten.
1985 wurde eine 13,5 Kilometer lange Schrägseilbrücke zum Festland eröffnet, die "Penang Bridge". Sie ist die längste Brücke Südostasiens. 2007 wurde mit dem Bau der 24 Kilometer langen zweiten Penang Brücke begonnen, die 2014 fertiggestellt wurde.

Bildung
George Town ist auch Sitz einer Universität und des World Fish Centers.

Religion
George Town ist Sitz des Bistums Penang. Den christlichen Glaubensgemeinschaften gehören hauptsächlich Menschen chinesischer Abstammung an. Diese sind häufig auch Buddhisten. Die malaiischen Bewohner der Stadt sind überwiegend Muslime. Auch die Nachkommen indischer Einwanderer aus Hindustan sind mehrheitlich Muslime. Diese Gruppe wird als Jawi Peranakan bezeichnet, zumal dann, wenn sich ihre Vorfahren in den Straits Settlements ansiedelten, zu denen die Insel Penang zählte. Weiter gibt es Hindu. Die in der Kolonialzeit entstanden bagdadi-jüdischen und armenisch-orthodoxen Gemeinden haben sich aufgelöst. Es bestehen aber bis heute die Friedhöfe dieser Gemeinschaften.

Städtepartnerschaften
  Adelaide, Australien
  Xiamen, Volksrepublik China
  Kanagawa, Japan
  Medan, Indonesien
  Taipeh, Republik China
  Bangkok, Thailand

Söhne und Töchter der Stadt
 Albert Heijnneman (1896–1944), niederländischer Leichtathlet und Widerstandskämpfer
 Noraseela Mohd Khalid (* 1979), Leichtathletin
 Chin Eei Hui (* 1982), Badmintonspielerin
 Lee Chong Wei (* 1982), Badmintonspieler
 Low Wee Wern (* 1990), Squashspielerin
 Jimmy Choo (* 1952 oder * 1957), Schuhdesigner

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Ort in Penang
Bestandteil einer Welterbestätte in Asien
Bestandteil einer Welterbestätte in Malaysia
Hauptstadt eines malaysischen Bundesstaates
Georg III. (Vereinigtes Königreich) als Namensgeber

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Q: Why numpy.asarray() doesn't work properly with large number of arrays? I have a problem with numpy.asarray() and is that just can't convert a list of arrays to a matrix properly when I work with a large number of arrays. For example, with a list of six arrays (each one with a length of (5000,)) with numpy.asarray(), it can be converted to a matrix of (6,5000) and that's what I need, but when I use 1285 arrays, numpy just doesn't generate the matrix of (1285,5000), instead, leave the list of (1285,) length, what's going on? Post the code and examples to explain better, the main section that has the problem:
ecg_filenames_train_gridsearch=ecg_filenames[folds[0][1]]
ecg_train_timeseries=[]
for names in ecg_filenames_train_gridsearch:
    data, header_data = pc.load_challenge_data(names,'I')
    data = data[:5000]#truncate arrays to a max length of 5000
    ecg_train_timeseries.append(data)
X_train_gridsearch = np.asarray(ecg_train_timeseries)
X_train_gridsearch = X_train_gridsearch.reshape(ecg_filenames_train_gridsearch.shape[0],5000,1)#Here I get a
 ValueError: cannot reshape array of size 1285 into shape (1285,5000,1)

Test I made with few data (6 1D-arrays, length of (5000,) each one):
print(X_train_gridsearch)

RESULT:
[[  24.   24.   29. ...   24.   24.   24.]
 [4302. 4136. 3999. ... 3897. 3880. 3893.]
 [ -35.  -35.  -35. ...  -40.  -40.  -40.]
 [-245. -243. -242. ... -146. -134. -128.]
 [-474. -444. -456. ... -410. -453. -458.]
 [  28.   39.   45. ... -310. -361. -403.]]

print(X_train_gridsearch.shape)
(6,5000)

Test with all the data I need to use(1285 1D-arrays, length of (5000,) each one):
print(X_train_gridsearch)

RESULT:
[array([88., 88., 87., ...,  8.,  9., 10.])
 array([43., 58., 44., ..., -5.,  3.,  0.])
 array([-8., -9., -8., ..., -9., -8., -8.]) ...
 array([-30., -30., -30., ..., -50., -50., -50.])
 array([ 205.,  205.,  205., ..., -120., -120., -120.])
 array([ -40.,  -40.,  -40., ..., -110., -110., -110.])]

print(X_train_gridsearch.shape)
(1285,)

In the first case, np.asarray() convert the arrays from a list of arrays into a matrix, but in the second one, it just keep array[] format, what's wrong? Hope you can help me.

A: I solved just adding this lines to my code:
if data.shape<(5000,):
    a = np.resize(data,(5000,))
    data = a

Before .append(), thanks everyone and Warren.

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Johnny Q. Public (sometimes stylized as johnny Q. public) was a Christian alternative rock band from Springfield, Missouri. Although their sound was wholly modern, it was influenced by bands such as Led Zeppelin and Cream. In addition to their music they were known for their Charismatic theology, which they would dramatically display through audience participation at their live shows.

Background
When Johnny Q. Public signed to Gotee Records, its members were between the ages of fifteen and twenty-three. Their signing came after producing a demo with Steve Griffith. Their debut record, Extra*Ordinary, was released in 1995 and garnered the band mainstream distribution through Elektra Records Dan Fritz would later refer to the period after releasing Extra*Ordinary as a "whirlwind of craziness". Their song "Body Be" gained them national exposure when its video got picked up by MTV. They toured for three years before being able to pursue a second album, and during that time the band experienced some personnel changes. Around 1998 guitarist Oran Thornton married Christian artist Miss Angie, sister of guitarist Shawn Turner, and moved on to a band called Flick. Drummer Brian DuVall also left and was replaced by Nate McCorkle, former drummer for Morella's Forest.

Their follow-up record, Welcome to Earth, was released by both Gotee and Roadrunner records. Its sound shifted toward pop with hints of hard rock. HM magazine likened it to the Newsboys, stating that the band could easily receive radio play in both Christian and mainstream markets. In support they toured with Bleach and Skillet.

Johnny Q. Public broke up in mid 2001.

Discography
1995: Extra*Ordinary
2000: Welcome to Earth

Members
Dan Fritz - vocals (1995-2001)
Shawn Turner - guitar (1995-2001)
Nathan McCorkle - drums (1998-2001)
Brad Barnerd - guitar (1996-2000)
Ken Bassham - bass (1995-1996)
Brian DuVall - drums (1995-1998)
Oran Thornton - guitar (1995-1996)
Shawn Brock - bass (1996-2000)

References

American Christian rock groups
Musical groups established in 1995
Gotee Records artists


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package org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker;

import static org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v26_0_jre.com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
import static org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v26_0_jre.com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkState;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import org.apache.beam.runners.core.DoFnRunner;
import org.apache.beam.runners.core.DoFnRunners.OutputManager;
import org.apache.beam.runners.core.SideInputReader;
import org.apache.beam.runners.core.StateInternals;
import org.apache.beam.runners.core.StateNamespaces.WindowNamespace;
import org.apache.beam.runners.core.StateTag;
import org.apache.beam.runners.core.StateTags;
import org.apache.beam.runners.core.TimerInternals.TimerData;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.options.DataflowPipelineDebugOptions;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.counters.Counter;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.counters.CounterFactory;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.counters.CounterName;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.util.common.worker.ElementCounter;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.util.common.worker.OutputReceiver;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.util.common.worker.ParDoFn;
import org.apache.beam.runners.dataflow.worker.util.common.worker.Receiver;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.coders.Coder;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.PipelineOptions;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.options.StreamingOptions;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.state.StateSpec;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.state.TimeDomain;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.DoFnSchemaInformation;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.reflect.DoFnSignature;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.reflect.DoFnSignature.StateDeclaration;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.reflect.DoFnSignatures;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.windowing.BoundedWindow;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.util.DoFnInfo;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.util.WindowedValue;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollectionView;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TupleTag;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.WindowingStrategy;
import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v26_0_jre.com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
import org.apache.beam.vendor.guava.v26_0_jre.com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import org.joda.time.Instant;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * A base class providing simple set up, processing, and tear down for a wrapped {@link
 * GroupAlsoByWindowFn}.
 *
 *
Subclasses override just a method to provide a {@link DoFnInfo} for the wrapped {@link
 * GroupAlsoByWindowFn}.
 */
public class SimpleParDoFn<InputT, OutputT> implements ParDoFn {
  // TODO: Remove once Distributions has shipped.
  @VisibleForTesting
  static final String OUTPUTS_PER_ELEMENT_EXPERIMENT = "outputs_per_element_counter";

  private static final String COUNTER_NAME = "per-element-output-count";

  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SimpleParDoFn.class);

  protected final PipelineOptions options;
  private final DoFnInstanceManager doFnInstanceManager;

  private final SideInputReader sideInputReader;
  private final DataflowOperationContext operationContext;
  private final TupleTag<OutputT> mainOutputTag;
  private final Map<TupleTag<?>, Integer> outputTupleTagsToReceiverIndices;
  private final List<TupleTag<?>> sideOutputTags;
  private final DataflowExecutionContext.DataflowStepContext stepContext;
  private final DataflowExecutionContext.DataflowStepContext userStepContext;
  private final CounterFactory counterFactory;
  private final DoFnRunnerFactory runnerFactory;
  private final boolean hasStreamingSideInput;
  private final OutputsPerElementTracker outputsPerElementTracker;
  private final DoFnSchemaInformation doFnSchemaInformation;
  private final Map<String, PCollectionView<?>> sideInputMapping;

  // Various DoFn helpers, null between bundles
  @Nullable private DoFnRunner<InputT, OutputT> fnRunner;
  @Nullable DoFnInfo<InputT, OutputT> fnInfo;
  @Nullable private Receiver[] receivers;

  // This may additionally be null if it is not a real DoFn but an OldDoFn or
  // GroupAlsoByWindowViaWindowSetDoFn
  @Nullable private DoFnSignature fnSignature;

  /** Creates a {@link SimpleParDoFn} using basic information about the step being executed. */
  SimpleParDoFn(
      PipelineOptions options,
      DoFnInstanceManager doFnInstanceManager,
      SideInputReader sideInputReader,
      TupleTag<OutputT> mainOutputTag,
      Map<TupleTag<?>, Integer> outputTupleTagsToReceiverIndices,
      DataflowExecutionContext.DataflowStepContext stepContext,
      DataflowOperationContext operationContext,
      DoFnSchemaInformation doFnSchemaInformation,
      Map<String, PCollectionView<?>> sideInputMapping,
      DoFnRunnerFactory runnerFactory) {
    this.options = options;
    this.doFnInstanceManager = doFnInstanceManager;

    // We vend a freshly deserialized version for each run
    this.sideInputReader = sideInputReader;
    this.operationContext = operationContext;
    checkArgument(!outputTupleTagsToReceiverIndices.isEmpty(), "expected at least one output");
    this.mainOutputTag = mainOutputTag;
    this.outputTupleTagsToReceiverIndices = outputTupleTagsToReceiverIndices;
    ImmutableList.Builder<TupleTag<?>> sideOutputTagsBuilder = ImmutableList.builder();
    for (TupleTag<?> tag : outputTupleTagsToReceiverIndices.keySet()) {
      if (!mainOutputTag.equals(tag)) {
        sideOutputTagsBuilder.add(tag);
      }
    }
    this.sideOutputTags = sideOutputTagsBuilder.build();
    this.stepContext = stepContext;

    // StepContext provides a TimerInternals and StateInternals for use by the system - this class.
    // For the user, we request a user-scoped StepContext to provide a user-scoped
    // StateInternals and TimerInternals.
    this.userStepContext = stepContext.namespacedToUser();

    this.counterFactory = operationContext.counterFactory();
    this.runnerFactory = runnerFactory;
    this.hasStreamingSideInput =
        options.as(StreamingOptions.class).isStreaming() && !sideInputReader.isEmpty();
    this.outputsPerElementTracker = createOutputsPerElementTracker();
    this.doFnSchemaInformation = doFnSchemaInformation;
    this.sideInputMapping = sideInputMapping;
  }

  private OutputsPerElementTracker createOutputsPerElementTracker() {
    // TODO: Remove once Distributions has shipped.
    if (!hasExperiment(OUTPUTS_PER_ELEMENT_EXPERIMENT)) {
      return NoopOutputsPerElementTracker.INSTANCE;
    }

    // TODO: Remove log statement when functionality is enabled by default.
    LOG.info("{} counter enabled.", COUNTER_NAME);

    return new OutputsPerElementTrackerImpl();
  }

  private boolean hasExperiment(String experiment) {
    List<String> experiments = options.as(DataflowPipelineDebugOptions.class).getExperiments();
    return experiments != null && experiments.contains(experiment);
  }

  /** Simple state tracker to calculate PerElementOutputCount counter. */
  private interface OutputsPerElementTracker {
    void onOutput();

    void onProcessElement();

    void onProcessElementSuccess();
  }

  private class OutputsPerElementTrackerImpl implements OutputsPerElementTracker {
    private long outputsPerElement;
    private final Counter<Long, CounterFactory.CounterDistribution> counter;

    public OutputsPerElementTrackerImpl() {
      this.counter =
          counterFactory.distribution(
              CounterName.named(COUNTER_NAME).withOriginalName(stepContext.getNameContext()));
    }

    @Override
    public void onProcessElement() {
      reset();
    }

    @Override
    public void onOutput() {
      outputsPerElement++;
    }

    @Override
    public void onProcessElementSuccess() {
      counter.addValue(outputsPerElement);
      reset();
    }

    private void reset() {
      outputsPerElement = 0L;
    }
  }

  /** No-op {@link OutputsPerElementTracker} implementation used when the counter is disabled. */
  private static class NoopOutputsPerElementTracker implements OutputsPerElementTracker {
    private NoopOutputsPerElementTracker() {}

    public static final OutputsPerElementTracker INSTANCE = new NoopOutputsPerElementTracker();

    @Override
    public void onOutput() {}

    @Override
    public void onProcessElement() {}

    @Override
    public void onProcessElementSuccess() {}
  }

  @Override
  public void startBundle(Receiver... receivers) throws Exception {
    checkArgument(
        receivers.length == outputTupleTagsToReceiverIndices.size(),
        "unexpected number of receivers for DoFn");

    this.receivers = receivers;
    if (hasStreamingSideInput) {
      // There is non-trivial setup that needs to be performed for watermark propagation
      // even on empty bundles.
      reallyStartBundle();
    }
  }

  private void reallyStartBundle() throws Exception {
    checkState(fnRunner == null, "bundle already started (or not properly finished)");

    OutputManager outputManager =
        new OutputManager() {
          final Map<TupleTag<?>, OutputReceiver> undeclaredOutputs = new HashMap<>();

          @Nullable
          private Receiver getReceiverOrNull(TupleTag<?> tag) {
            Integer receiverIndex = outputTupleTagsToReceiverIndices.get(tag);
            if (receiverIndex != null) {
              return receivers[receiverIndex];
            } else {
              return undeclaredOutputs.get(tag);
            }
          }

          @Override
          public <T> void output(TupleTag<T> tag, WindowedValue<T> output) {
            outputsPerElementTracker.onOutput();
            Receiver receiver = getReceiverOrNull(tag);
            if (receiver == null) {
              // A new undeclared output.
              // TODO: plumb through the operationName, so that we can
              // name implicit outputs after it.
              String outputName = "implicit-" + tag.getId();
              // TODO: plumb through the counter prefix, so we can
              // make it available to the OutputReceiver class in case
              // it wants to use it in naming output counterFactory.  (It
              // doesn't today.)
              OutputReceiver undeclaredReceiver = new OutputReceiver();

              ElementCounter outputCounter =
                  new DataflowOutputCounter(
                      outputName, counterFactory, stepContext.getNameContext());
              undeclaredReceiver.addOutputCounter(outputCounter);
              undeclaredOutputs.put(tag, undeclaredReceiver);
              receiver = undeclaredReceiver;
            }

            try {
              receiver.process(output);
            } catch (RuntimeException | Error e) {
              // Rethrow unchecked exceptions as-is to avoid excessive nesting
              // via a chain of DoFn's.
              throw e;
            } catch (Exception e) {
              // This should never happen in practice with DoFn's, but can happen
              // with other Receivers.
              throw new RuntimeException(e);
            }
          }
        };
    fnInfo = (DoFnInfo) doFnInstanceManager.get();
    fnSignature = DoFnSignatures.getSignature(fnInfo.getDoFn().getClass());

    fnRunner =
        runnerFactory.createRunner(
            fnInfo.getDoFn(),
            options,
            mainOutputTag,
            sideOutputTags,
            fnInfo.getSideInputViews(),
            sideInputReader,
            fnInfo.getInputCoder(),
            fnInfo.getOutputCoders(),
            fnInfo.getWindowingStrategy(),
            stepContext,
            userStepContext,
            outputManager,
            doFnSchemaInformation,
            sideInputMapping);

    fnRunner.startBundle();
  }

  @Override
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  public void processElement(Object untypedElem) throws Exception {
    if (fnRunner == null) {
      // If we need to run reallyStartBundle in here, we need to make sure to switch the state
      // sampler into the start state.
      try (Closeable start = operationContext.enterStart()) {
        reallyStartBundle();
      }
    }

    WindowedValue<InputT> elem = (WindowedValue<InputT>) untypedElem;

    if (fnSignature != null && fnSignature.stateDeclarations().size() > 0) {
      registerStateCleanup(
          (WindowingStrategy<?, BoundedWindow>) getDoFnInfo().getWindowingStrategy(),
          (Collection<BoundedWindow>) elem.getWindows());
    }

    outputsPerElementTracker.onProcessElement();
    fnRunner.processElement(elem);
    outputsPerElementTracker.onProcessElementSuccess();
  }

  @Override
  public void processTimers() throws Exception {

    // Note: We need to get windowCoder to decode the timers.  If we haven't already deserialized
    // the fnInfo, we peek at a new instance to retrieve that. If this extra deserialization becomes
    // excessively costly, we could either (1) have the DoFnInstanceManager remember the associated
    // windowCoder (allowing us to get it without a DoFnInfo instance) or (2) check whether timers
    // exist without actually decoding them.
    Coder<BoundedWindow> windowCoder =
        (Coder<BoundedWindow>)
            (fnInfo != null ? fnInfo : doFnInstanceManager.peek())
                .getWindowingStrategy()
                .getWindowFn()
                .windowCoder();
    processTimers(TimerType.USER, userStepContext, windowCoder);
    processTimers(TimerType.SYSTEM, stepContext, windowCoder);
  }

  private void processUserTimer(TimerData timer) throws Exception {
    if (fnSignature.timerDeclarations().containsKey(timer.getTimerId())) {
      BoundedWindow window = ((WindowNamespace) timer.getNamespace()).getWindow();
      fnRunner.onTimer(timer.getTimerId(), window, timer.getTimestamp(), timer.getDomain());
    }
  }

  private void processSystemTimer(TimerData timer) throws Exception {

    // Timer owned by this class, for cleaning up state in expired windows
    if (timer.getTimerId().equals(CLEANUP_TIMER_ID)) {
      checkState(
          timer.getDomain().equals(TimeDomain.EVENT_TIME),
          "%s received cleanup timer with domain not EVENT_TIME: %s",
          this,
          timer);

      checkState(
          timer.getNamespace() instanceof WindowNamespace,
          "%s received cleanup timer not for a %s: %s",
          this,
          WindowNamespace.class.getSimpleName(),
          timer);

      BoundedWindow window = ((WindowNamespace) timer.getNamespace()).getWindow();
      Instant targetTime = earliestAllowableCleanupTime(window, fnInfo.getWindowingStrategy());

      checkState(
          !targetTime.isAfter(timer.getTimestamp()),
          "%s received state cleanup timer for window %s "
              + " that is before the appropriate cleanup time %s",
          this,
          window,
          targetTime);

      // This is for a timer for a window that is expired, so clean it up.
      for (StateDeclaration stateDecl : fnSignature.stateDeclarations().values()) {
        StateTag<?> tag;
        try {
          tag =
              StateTags.tagForSpec(
                  stateDecl.id(), (StateSpec) stateDecl.field().get(fnInfo.getDoFn()));
        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
          throw new RuntimeException(
              String.format(
                  "Error accessing %s for %s",
                  StateSpec.class.getName(), fnInfo.getDoFn().getClass().getName()),
              e);
        }

        StateInternals stateInternals = userStepContext.stateInternals();
        org.apache.beam.sdk.state.State state = stateInternals.state(timer.getNamespace(), tag);
        state.clear();
      }
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void finishBundle() throws Exception {
    if (fnRunner != null) {
      fnRunner.finishBundle();
      doFnInstanceManager.complete(fnInfo);
      fnRunner = null;
      fnInfo = null;
      fnSignature = null;
    }
  }

  @Override
  public void abort() throws Exception {
    doFnInstanceManager.abort(fnInfo);
    fnRunner = null;
    fnInfo = null;
  }

  @VisibleForTesting static final String CLEANUP_TIMER_ID = "cleanup-timer";

  private enum TimerType {
    USER {
      @Override
      public void processTimer(SimpleParDoFn doFn, TimerData timer) throws Exception {
        doFn.processUserTimer(timer);
      }
    },
    SYSTEM {
      @Override
      public void processTimer(SimpleParDoFn doFn, TimerData timer) throws Exception {
        doFn.processSystemTimer(timer);
      }
    };

    public abstract void processTimer(SimpleParDoFn doFn, TimerData timer) throws Exception;
  };

  private void processTimers(
      TimerType mode,
      DataflowExecutionContext.DataflowStepContext context,
      Coder<BoundedWindow> windowCoder)
      throws Exception {
    TimerData timer = context.getNextFiredTimer(windowCoder);

    if (timer != null && fnRunner == null) {
      // If we need to run reallyStartBundle in here, we need to make sure to switch the state
      // sampler into the start state.
      try (Closeable start = operationContext.enterStart()) {
        reallyStartBundle();
      }
    }

    while (timer != null) {
      mode.processTimer(this, timer);
      timer = context.getNextFiredTimer(windowCoder);
    }
  }

  private <W extends BoundedWindow> void registerStateCleanup(
      WindowingStrategy<?, W> windowingStrategy, Collection<W> windowsToCleanup) {
    Coder<W> windowCoder = windowingStrategy.getWindowFn().windowCoder();

    for (W window : windowsToCleanup) {
      // The stepContext is the thing that know if it is batch or streaming, hence
      // whether state needs to be cleaned up or will simply be discarded so the
      // timer can be ignored
      stepContext.setStateCleanupTimer(
          CLEANUP_TIMER_ID,
          window,
          windowCoder,
          earliestAllowableCleanupTime(window, windowingStrategy));
    }
  }

  private Instant earliestAllowableCleanupTime(
      BoundedWindow window, WindowingStrategy windowingStrategy) {
    return window.maxTimestamp().plus(windowingStrategy.getAllowedLateness()).plus(1L);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the {@link DoFnInfo} currently being used by this {@link SimpleParDoFn}.
   *
   *
May be null if no element has been processed yet, or if the {@link SimpleParDoFn} has
   * finished.
   */
  @Nullable
  @VisibleForTesting
  DoFnInfo<?, ?> getDoFnInfo() {
    return fnInfo;
  }
}

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As always, I left Fringe after my appointment with much better looking hair (thank you, Kim!) and in a much better mood. I wish the world could get its hair cut at Fringe.
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It's official! Production has begun on "Dream Big!," a celebration of engineering that will leave viewers breathless by taking them above, below, around, and through some of engineers' most impressive achievements, all in stunning lifelike clarity on eight-story-tall IMAX® and other giant screens. Along the way, audiences will discover how today's engineers are shaping the world of tomorrow.
"Dream Big!" will have its world premiere in 2016. Although a lot of great plans are in the works, your ideas can help make the experience even more amazing. What should be featured in "Dream Big!"?
A civil engineering project that could be featured as a main storyline for the film. A project that is unique, revolutionary and filled with innovations and one that connects with other areas of engineering.
A charismatic, pioneering engineer involved in a compelling project that could be featured as a main character in the film.
A captivating, unforgettable engineering image or sequence that would be mind-blowing on an IMAX 3D screen.
Watch for more about "Dream Big!" and its production in the coming months.
This is great and I am looking forward to this. Everyone needs to be educated on what contributions Civil Engineers have made to our society.
I work for a County Government in Southern Maryland. My department publishes short articles of public interest on a monthly basis (PGM News). When it was my turn to write a short article I decided to write an article on what Civil Engineers do and what contributions they have made to our society. The director of the department (who is not an engineer) choose not to publish my article without explanation or comment.


This week, the second week of July, had shimmered before me, filled to the brim with an amazing promise: six days of free time. Sandwiched between two happy but busy summer weeks of houseguests and celebrations (Fourth of July, birthdays), it was a week I had deliberately kept clear of commitments in order to have blocks of uninterrupted writing time. Yes, this blog was due, and yes, a friend was coming for lunch on Monday. But otherwise, nothing. No meetings. No volunteer work. No bell choir rehearsals. No appointments, not even so much as a haircut. Even in retirement, a week that is essentially devoid of interruptions is as rare as it is desirable.
But plans change. Last weekend, my just-turned-eight-year old granddaughter broke her foot and therefore cannot attend the camp her working parents had counted on to keep her occupied this week. Her mother called Sunday night with the news, and the question: Can you help? (Gulp.) Of course.
And so yesterday morning, while she and her mother made the 75-minute drive from her home to mine, I began taking stock of the art supplies and books on hand as well as checking nearby libraries, museums, and theaters for activities that do not involve running, jumping, or swimming. Instead of working on this blog, I worked on filling my formerly clear calendar with possibilities. Monroe the Magnificent Magician will be at our library branch today. A Thursday afternoon children's program about digging in the dirt and growing things sounds promising. Monsters University is playing nearby in 3D. I have ruled out The Lone Ranger (too high a body count, too much blood and gore according to on-line parental guidance reviews), but I just may take her one evening to see a live performance of Shakespeare's Richard III (also violent, but in a less graphic and more literary sort of way).
Plans change. Sometimes they shift in inconsequential ways, sometimes in significant ones. Sometimes we welcome those changes; sometimes they lead to disappointment. I would be untruthful to say that I was thrilled to sacrifice the highly anticipated spacious and uninterrupted time of this week to run Camp Gran. But after dinner last night, as my granddaughter and I sat on the back porch and sang some of the rounds I learned at Girl Scout camp in Bon Air, Virginia, when I was close to her age, something happened.
Here I should say that for me, the singing of rounds (even the silly ones) is a precious thing. I have long believed that kind of singing, seated on logs in a circle around a campfire in the dark woods of Camp Pocahontas, shaped my deepest spirituality. Our backs to the dark trees, our faces lit by firelight, the sparks wafting up into the mysterious night sky, our voices rising and falling, the harmonies diverging and converging but ultimately blending as we entered the song in different places and sang the different parts—those are the ingredients of my earliest felt holy times, times set apart.
Last night, Lucy and I began with "White Coral Bells," which I had taught her another summer when she was here with her sisters. From there, we moved to the orchestra round and then to "Seek Ye First." It wasn't quite dark, and we didn't have a campfire, but the memories of singing at camp rose up in me the way the sparks from the fire used to do. And something other than my plans for the week began to change: It was not space on my calendar but space in my heart that began opening.
I have been called to do work that is different from the work that I had expected—and wanted—to do this week. It is nevertheless important work, good work. My prayer is that I rise to the occasion. Whatever else we do this week, perhaps one night we will build a little campfire, and I teach her another of my favorites, "Rise Up, O Flame." Perhaps she, too, will one day look back and remember this week as a kind of as holy time.


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Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom
By Phaidon Editors
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A comprehensive and sumptuous survey that celebrates the beauty and appeal of flowers throughout art, history, and culture
The latest installment in the bestselling Explorer Series takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have employed floral motifs throughout history. Showcasing the diversity of blooms from all over the world, FLOWER spans a wide range of styles and media - from art, botanical illustrations, and sculptures to fl oral arrangements, film stills, and textiles - and follows a visually stunning sequence with works, regardless of period, thoughtfully paired to allow interesting and revealing juxtapositions between them.
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Mood stays sombre despite Arsenal's comfortable win over Bournemouth
September 10, 2017 blogonyougunners	Leave a comment
'Meh' is about as appropriate an expression as can be used to sum up the reaction after Arsenal's cakewalk against Bournemouth on Saturday.
'Meh' because we knew it was perfectly possible that we might make the Cherries look absolutely rank, and 'meh' because victory really didn't act as any sort of salve to the woes which have beset the club in recent weeks.
That's not to say a comfortable victory and solid performance is not entirely welcome, because it very much is, but it just felt a little anti-climactic given everything that has taken place.
In truth, it was a game we should have won so the result, while comprehensive, was basically the minimum that was required from the Gunners.
Whether there will be any lasting, tangible improvement in performance and attitude from the team remains to be seen, and that is why the vast majority of fans will be reserving judgement until much later this season.
I refer, of course, to next Sunday's trip to Stamford Bridge, where the team will face a real test of its credentials.
But those thoughts are for another day. For now, all we can do is take the win that has been presented to us – albeit with a large pinch of salt and a dash of caution.
It was good to see Danny Welbeck enjoy another fruitful afternoon.
Danny's skills in front of goal have become something of a meme in recent times and I have no doubt that his inability to finish is weighing on his mind. Even his first goal had an air of 'Welbeck' about it, with the ball deflecting in off a shoulder.
However, two goals and plenty of end product will do wonders for his confidence and, while he will never be Thierry Henry, it would be great to see him get double figures this season.
Danny was also full of running and his pace and power, as well as his work rate, make him a valuable asset to the team. On current form, a difficult man to drop but having held on to Alexis Sanchez, it would seem foolish not to play him. We will see.
Mesut Ozil also had the sort of game he is well capable of having. His running, movement, and passing were superb, and he was only denied a goal by a strong save from Asimir Begovic in the Bournemouth goal.
I don't think Mesut will ever be the consistent performer we all want him to be, but on his day the German is world class and he showed it again on Saturday.
As to Arsene Wenger's continued use of the back three, there is little to add to the conversation here. Bournemouth were in such poor form that they failed to provide much of a test for the trio of Nacho Monreal, Laurent Koscielney and Shkodran Mustafi. That's not to say that those three didn't perform well, merely that they weren't stretched enough to allow observers to draw definite conclusions.
Their test, as with the rest of the team, will come next Sunday when they will get an examination from a team of genuine quality.
Had we managed victory at Stoke three weeks or so back, things wouldn't be half bad at this point. The win over Bournemouth would have seen us comfortably in the mix at the top of the table and the mood would have been a little more positive, though not quite optimistic.
As it is, we contrived to lose at Stoke and then found ourselves on the end of a real hammering at Anfield. Given those circumstances, yesterday's win still has a hollow feel to it. While it might seem churlish to be so po-faced about it all, we have all been here before as fans and we don't like where it leads.
It's the hope that kills you.
Tagged: Bournemouth, Danny Welbeck, Mesut Ozil
Previous Arsenal vs Bournemouth: Lucky dip football has to end in must-win match for Gunners
Next Arsenal show they can mix it with gritty performance at Stamford Bridge


Sisters of Frida CIC is an experimental collective of disabled women.
Sisters of Frida CIC is an experimental collective of disabled women. We want a new way of sharing experiences, mutual support and relationships with different networks.
Sisters of Frida started at a meeting when we floated the idea of having a disabled women's group. It took some time to come together – the co founders were Eleanor Lisney, Michelle Daley, Eleanor Firman, Maria Zedda, Svetlana Kotova, Frieda Van De Poll and Martine Miel. We became a CIC in 2014.
We are seeking to build a/or different networks of disabled women. The barriers and multiple discrimination have not changed, we struggle to have our voices heard as disabled women in our own rights.
We would like a sisterhood, a circle of disabled women to discuss, share experiences and explore intersectional possibilities.


Jim May brought stevia to the U.S. in 1982 as a nutraceutical; hoped to stem the South American drug trade.
Jim May sounds both proud and a little melancholy when he reflects on the success that stevia and its extracts have had in the U.S. in the past year.
Recalling the first stevia samples he brought to the U.S. in 1982, "I had found something good for the human body, not just a sweetener," says the founder and CEO of Wisdom Natural Brands (www.wisdomnaturalbrands.com), Gilbert, Ariz., who also lays claim to the title "father of stevia."
"I also found something that could help the farmers of South America and maybe stem the drug trade," he told us in a recent interview. "But now the overwhelming majority of other companies' stevia comes from China, not South America."
Stevia is the little bush with big sweetening power. One of its extracts, rebaudioside-A (reb-A) was approved for use as a sweetener by the FDA in December 2008.
The plant's sweetening powers were first discovered by Western scientists in Paraguay in 1899, although it already had been used as an herb and sweetener for generations. As it became an accepted non-nutritive sweetener in other parts of the world, it came to be cultivated in China and other parts of Southeast Asia, forming the bulk of today's supply.
But May learned of the herb from Peace Corps workers who had been in Paraguay. Twelve years after bringing those first samples to the U.S., in 1994 he founded Wisdom Natural Brands and launched SweetLeaf as both an ingredient in some of his company's herbal teas and as a sweetener in its own tea bag. His early versions were blended with inulin, because he liked the synergy with the natural prebiotic and soluble fiber.
"In addition to being good for the body, I thought stevia could be good for the farmers of South America," May says. "They could make as big a profit on stevia as they could growing marijuana or even coca. This could have stemmed the drug trade." Somehow, he says, the cultivation of stevia went to the Far East, although all of Wisdom's stevia still comes from South America.
"We take four glycosides from the leaf, not just reb-A," he says, claiming there are healthful ingredients in the other components that other companies have discarded. "And we're the only company in the world that developed an extraction method using only purified water and ultrafiltration, not chemical processing."
He laments so much focus now on stevia as a sweetener only, and notes that the two biggest tabletop sweeteners – Cargill's Truvia and Merisant's PureVia – both add erythritol and other ingredients. "There's very little stevia or even reb-A in those products," he claims.
He also claims a generally recognized as safe (GRAS) affirmation – with the help of GRAS Associates – long before the December 2008 FDA non-objection letters to Cargill and Merisant.
But he does appreciate the frenzy of interest whipped up by those FDA approvals and the subsequent development by the giants. Wisdom is growing, too, with many clients in the soft drinks business. To meet the growing demand, Wisdom is expanding its capacity by four times with a new extraction facility in Chile, expected to come on line in three or four months. "And we'll probably double it again in the not-too-distant future," he says, "although that depends on supply. I'll only take a certain type of stevia plant and only from South America."


I know you only just left for Arella yesterday morning, but I've already got news for you.
Mendel found Aunt Nysa! I just finished reading a letter from him and I had to write you at once. When Imato comes in I'll tell him and Liop about it too, because Mendel told me to get everyone ready to meet her. I just hope they don't want to read the letter, because it's addressed to "Sir Arriman Etautca, Captain of the Fairy Regiment" and refers to Aunt Nysa as a "prisoner of war, rescued from the villainous choke-vines". Actually, I like this letter better than the other two. It's less sappy.
Mendel, Sean, and Nysa are staying at an inn in Parmorrow so that the horses can rest for a while. Mendel says they will probably arrive here in Odsreq on January 6th. That's only three day's away! We have to prepare a room for her. If Liop and Imato move into my room, then she can have her own room, but I need to clean all the bedding and dust and wash the windows. I wonder if Uncle W. will pay Cook a little extra to help me. I don't know if I can do everything fast enough. Maybe I ought to scrub the floors again too. I think I'll trade curtains with the boys' room, so that she can have white lace. No, I have a better idea. I'll give her my room and move in with Imato and Liop. Then she can have a window seat and feel the sun when it first comes up in the morning and look out over the gardens and the pasture. I'm so excited to see her! I hope she doesn't mind that everything's so simple here. I'm glad Uncle W. decided to build a new door for his laboratory to replace the one I chopped down with the ax last summer.
Yesterday, after you left, Prince Tulson showed up. He invited me on a picnic in the Westridge's greenhouse. I haven't gone on any long walks since before we went to the cave, but Prince Tulson isn't someone you can say no too, so I followed him along the back path that leads to the Westridge's manor.
"Is Lady Clara coming too?" I asked hopefully.
"Why?" I asked. The Prince just shrugged.
When we arrived at the house, Prince Tulson immediately asked for "Clara" (we only use the title when we're alone). I saw immediately what he meant by the servants being evasive. They said she might be cleaning the stables.
I was about to offer to help again when Prince Tulson interrupted me.
"Wherever she is, I demand that you find her and bring her here. She can finish working later." He said it so forcefully that the servant jumped and hurried off upstairs. In a few minutes, Lady Clara came down. Her long blond hair was twisted into a tight knot on the top of her head and she was carrying a dust cloth.
"What can I do for you?" she asked a little stiffly.
"You can come on a picnic with us to the greenhouse," responded Prince Tulson brightly.
"I can help you finish later," I said, "please come." Why did she look so uncertain?
"Well after that I'm supposed to help Kitty polish the silverware," she said.
"We'll help you clean the whole manor this evening," said the Prince impatiently.
He reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out two envelopes. He handed one to me. It said "Squire Imato and Lady Arietta Etautca" on the outside. He also had one for Clara. It said "Lady Clara Songson" on it in beautiful curved letters. Lady Clara smiled, but didn't open it.
Prince Tulson looked dismayed. "Why aren't you coming?" he asked.
Lady Clara looked both surprised and annoyed.
"I'm not nobility," she said, "It's one thing to pretend I have a title out here in the forest with just you and Lady Arri, but I'm not pretending to be anything for strangers." There was bitterness in her voice now.
"Who's going to know you're pretending?" asked the Prince.
"You're from Odsreq," Prince Tulson grabbed a golden leaf from an overhanging branch and began crumbling it methodically.
Lady Clara and I stared at Prince Tulson in shock. It seemed to me that he must have been thinking about this for some time. I wasn't sure how to react, because both of their arguments were valid. There would be people at the ball who would think it a joke for Prince Tulson to parade a servant around like a noble woman. Lady Clara's arching eyebrows drew closer together. She was trembling slightly.
"I only care what you think, Your Highness," she said finally, almost too low for me to hear. They stared at each other for a while; then Lady Clara turned away.
"I should get the picnic basket," she said, and walked back toward the house very quickly.
I spent some time last night looking through the Chronicle. I read about how the King of Elcaro saved Brio of Thalthin's son from a dragon. The son's name was Damar and he was a young knight on his first quest for the old king. The king that saved him was also named Damar (it's kind of confusing), and he was still just a prince, but he was in charge of the quest. The quest was to find a bird with three eyes and bring it back to the palace. I think it was a kind of good luck charm. Anyway, one of the Damars (I'm not sure which), accidentally stole a dragon's egg. The story doesn't explain how it's possible to "accidentally" steal a dragon's egg. It seems to me that since dragon's eggs are gold with red flecks, and they lay them on cliffs that it would be hard to steal, but the book says it was an accident, and that he brought the egg back to the camp, but the dragon followed him. Then there was a terrible fight and everyone was killed except the two Damars. The dragon carried Sir Damar back to the cliff (it doesn't say what happened to the egg), and Prince Damar followed and rescued him. The English is really old-fashioned and hard to understand, but that's what happened. They found the bird with three eyes too, on the cliff with the dragon. I wish the story said what kind of dragon it was. It sounded too big to be a spikeback.
P.S. I was just getting ready to give this letter to Hermes, when there was a knock at the door. A messenger is here from King Trunsle. He wants an audience with Imato, Uncle W., and me. I don't know what to do, I'm so nervous. The King sent a coach to bring us back with him immediately, and I'm writing this as I wait for Uncle W. to make arrangements for Father. Liop will come with us, but Nozama and Kestrel have to stay. It's all so strange and sudden. Why does the King want to see me? Uncle W. was the one who found Father, and Imato is the one that has been trying to make arrangements to bring him to Rousha. I don't know why he wants to see me too. I've never met the King.


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Steve Smith to release "Best of" CD
The Best of Steve Smith
While drumming with his group Journey, Steve Smith toured around the world and recorded many successful albums including the immensely popular "Escape" (columbia 1981) and "Frontiers" (columbia 1983), both of which garnered the band many Top 40 hits. Smith's inventive timekeeping, stadium sized tom-tom fills and deep sense of the groove enabled him to produce some of the most critically acclaimed rock drumming while at the same time propelling the band to much popular success. The Journey catalogue has sold over 50 million records.
Smith began leading his own fusion band Steve Smith and Vital information in 1983 while still a member of Journey and has released a large body of recordings with this group over the last two decades. In 1998, Smith began producing and playing on a series of driving electric jazz albums for the Tone center label with a revolving cast of talented players such as dave liebman, Frank gambale, Stu Hamm, Tom coster, larry coryell, Jerry goodman, Howard levy, Steve marcus, Scott Henderson and Victor wooten. Regarding this exciting body of Steve Smith's work, the modern drummer magazine's Hall of famer said, "when i was 12 years old and started listening to the amazing Buddy rich i bought some recently released compilations of his earlier work, which to me was all new music. It made me aware of his extensive body of work and as a result i dug deeper into Buddy's catalogue. I hope that my Tone center 'Best Of' collection serves to introduce my playing to a new generation of music fans who have currently become interested in high-level musicianship, challenging compositions, virtuosic playing and spontaneous, interactive communication between musicians".
Steve Smith presents an electrifying collection of some of his favorite tracks taken from the 14 albums that he played on and produced for the Tone center label. This collection features incendiary playing from a diverse cast of stellar musicians: Scott Henderson, Victor Wooten, Frank Gambale, Stu Hamm, Larry Coryell, Tom Coster, Jerry Goodman, Howard Levy, Oteil Burbridge, Steve Marcus, Andy Fusco, Anthony Jackson, Kai Eckhardt, Baron Browne, Mark Soskin, Aydin Esen and David Liebman.
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La Cosmología cuántica de bucles o de lazos (Loop quantum cosmology o LQC, en inglés) es un modelo cosmológico finito, de simetría reducida, que parte de la llamada gravedad cuántica de bucles (Loop quantum gravity o LQG, en inglés) y que predice un "puente cuántico" o Gran rebote cuántico entre las fases de contracción y expansión de las ramificaciones cosmológicas. La LQC se relaciona con el modelo cíclico en cosmología.

La característica distintiva de este modelo es el importante papel desempeñado por los efectos de la geometría cuántica debidos a dicha gravedad cuántica de bucles. En particular, la geometría cuántica genera una nueva fuerza de repulsión que es totalmente insignificante a baja curvatura del espacio-tiempo, pero se eleva muy rápidamente en la escala de Planck, modificando los efectos de la atracción gravitatoria clásica, y por lo tanto los efectos de las singularidades previstos en la relatividad general. Al verse afectadas dichas singularidades, el paradigma conceptual de la evolución cosmológica se transforma y se hace necesario revisar muchos de los problemas —por ejemplo, el "problema del horizonte" estándar—, desde nuevas perspectivas.

Dado que la gravedad cuántica de bucles se basa en una teoría cuántica específica de la geometría de Riemann, la geometría observable muestra una discontinuidad fundamental que juega un papel clave en la dinámica cuántica: si bien las predicciones de la LQC son muy cercanas a las de la geometrodinámica cuántica (QGD) en la escala de Planck, hay una diferencia notable, una vez que las densidades y curvaturas se analizan en dicha escala, de modo que en la cosmología LQC el Big bang es reemplazado por un rebote cuántico.

El estudio de la LQC ha alcanzado diversos logros, entre ellos la sugerencia de un mecanismo posible  para la inflación cósmica, la resolución de singularidades gravitacionales, así como ciertos desarrollos eficaces de la mecánica hamiltoniana semiclásica.

Este subcampo partió originalmente de los estudios del profesor Martin Bojowald, publicados en 1999, y fue desarrollándose con las contribuciones de Abhay Ashtekar y Jerzy Lewandowski. A finales de 2012, la cosmología LQC presentaba un campo muy activo en la física, con cerca de trescientos artículos sobre el tema publicados en la literatura científica. Existen asimismo trabajos recientes a cargo de Carlo Rovelli y otros autores, en relación con la LQC basada en la llamada espuma de espín cuántica.

Los resultados obtenidos con la cosmología cuántica de bucles están, sin embargo, sujetos a las restricciones habituales aplicadas a las teorías clásicas, y una vez cuantificados, podrían chocar con los resultados previstos en la teoría completa, debido a la supresión artificial de comportamientos aleatorios en las fluctuaciones cuánticas a gran escala. Se ha argumentado que la refutación de singularidades en esta teoría solo puede juzgarse sobre la base de estos modelos restrictivos, y que dicha refutación únicamente podrá verificarse con arreglo a la teoría completa una vez desarrollado un modelo mejorado de la gravedad cuántica de bucles.

Véase también
 Gran rebote
 Gravedad cuántica de bucles
 Modelo cíclico

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Loop quantum cosmology on arxiv.org
 Quantum Nature of The Big Bang in Loop Quantum Cosmology
 Gravity and the Quantum
 Loop Quantum Cosmology, Martin Bojowald
 Did our cosmos exist before the big bang?
 Abhay Ashtekar, Parampreet Singh "Loop Quantum Cosmology: A Status Report"

Cosmología física
Teorías cosmológicas
Gravedad cuántica de lazos


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Concerns nativity too been uttered about S Africa's high dropout rate.Why the disparagement of "business leaders"? The WEF methodology surveys participants in their meetings. The fact that the leaders of our economy perceive South Africa's education system to be so poor is material. If their perceptions are incorrect, which your piece seems to be saying, then the question should be why do business leaders hold these incorrect opinions? The answer to that would be interesting.In order to accurately rank an education system you need to do a lot more than ask unnamed "business leaders" for their opinions.To compare educational performance across a number of different countries you need a standardised test and a representative sample of students to take the test in each country.We depend on voluntary donations to run this site. Please help us to keep public figures accountable by supporting the project.An accurate ranking system would require a system of standardised tests conducted by a representative and accurately weighted sample of pupils across a number of different countries.
I think residents of the republic , business , and educational institutions need to sit down and come with a strategy to make our education better . Thank you to Gustafson for pointing out the methodology error .
That was where the problem lies – the failure of fact is not in the report itself, it is in the misrepresenting of the report by journalists.
It does use somewhat misleading terminology in calling itself a "global competitiveness report" but it does make clear that its methodology is based on "an executive opinion survey". I don't think it ever purported to be "an accurate ranking system of education quality". We are not disparaging "business leaders". We are criticising the methods used by the WEF. Education quality can be measured accurately in a way that is far more insightful and useful than a ranking system based on opinions.
Thank you for such a brilliant article . I'm a product of the new education system that was implemented in South Africa .I think when we look at South Africa we have to remember that apartheid had a negative effect on our country .Martin Gustafsson, a researcher in the economics department at Stellenbosch University, told Africa Check that the report offered no valuable insight into the quality of maths and science education in South Africa.The article and the comments are interesting. Yes, the methodology is not "scientific" but the article raises issues which are very serious. It is time the State leads the way with excellence at Education Department level, and demands excellence in training institutions and in school classrooms.
But in the WEF report, it was ranked in 76th position, higher than Lesotho (105), Malawi (113), Uganda (119), Namibia (128), Mozambique (137) and South Africa (148).
On the matter of disparagement, why the use the scare quotes? Were someone to write about "journalists" I think their intention would be clear, no?
Any contributions that violate the rules may be removed by the moderator. The two thousand fifteen report has again placed South Africa at the bottom for maths and science. Time for some preemptive fact-checking, before the truth is distorted again.The real problem, and what animated the basic education department, is the way this report was used by some journalists to make claims about the objective state of the education system.
SACMEQ and PIRLS are able to qualitatively show where countries are in terms of Math and Science. The challenges are and are being addressed. This is turning the Titanic, it takes some bit of a time!
While I agree that the opinions of these people are merely their opinions, that is not of no import. Generally these are people who are worthy of the term. A report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked the quality of South Africa's maths and science education last out of one hundred forty eight countries. But is the ranking an accurate reflection of the state of schooling in the country?The study noted that "at least a quarter of children are enrolled but have learnt so little in six years of formal full-time schooling that they have not even mastered functional literacy or numeracy".58 Number of SA business leaders polled in 2014Solving the education problem in S.A is not going to take twenty years.
Those are not "scare quotes". We refer to "business leaders" in quotation marks because that is the term used by the WEF to describe the otherwise unidentified people who participated in their opinion survey.
In this instance, around fifty South African "business leaders" were asked to assess the quality of maths and science education in the country and score it from poor to excellent. Individual responses were then arbitrarily weighted according to the sector each "business leader" worked in. The weighting was based on the "estimated contributions to a country's GDP of each of the four main economic sectors: agriculture, manufacturing industry, non-manufacturing industry, and services".
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can't apply opinions to things like education. It is like asking business experts what they think the HIV rate is," he said.Firstly, no standardised tests were conducted to assess the quality of maths and science education in the countries surveyed.
Contributions must:Contributions may not:Secondly, the ranking was derived from an annual "Executive Opinion Survey" carried out by the WEF. This opinion survey draws on interviews with various unidentified "business leaders".Thanks for the article.
The problem lies with the report, the manner in which it attempts to rank education quality across countries on the basis of an opinion survey and with the way it was interpreted by reporters.
SACMEQ conducted three major education policy research projects between 1995-1998, 1998-2004 and 2005-2010. Data for the most recent research project was collected during the last quarter of two thousand seven from 61,396 grade six students and 8,026 grade six teachers in 2,779 schools. Students were required to answer multiple-choice questions on reading, mathematics and health.
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For example, when the two thousand thirteen matric class started grade one in 2002, there were 1,261,827 pupils. By the time they sat their final exams, those numbers had more than halved to 562,112.Africa Check encourages frank, open, inclusive discussion of the topics raised on the website. To ensure the discussion meets these aims we have established some simple House Rules for contributions.
At best they are a reflection of the opinions of around fifty "business leaders".Source: World Economic Forum's Executive Opinion SurveyGustafsson summed it up: "The bottom line is that test-based data suggests that indeed South Africa's quality of education requires a lot of fixing, and is well below where it should be. Yet the catchy slogan that we are 'at the bottom of the world' is not supported by the evidence."It doesn't make any sense to have S.A occupy the first four places in the top Universities in Africa and yet struggle in terms of basic education .
Countries represented in the consortium include Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.There are still very real concerns about the state of education, literacy and numeracy in South Africa.South Africa's basic education department is correct. The WEF's education rankings are not an accurate reflection of the state of education in South Africa.
It's not only politicians who jump to conclusions. Surely the media has a responsibility to exercise its grey cells before swallowing errant nonsense? But then of course there would be no need for Africa Check! My institution used to subscribe to the annual report until we looked at it closely.
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The fact that business leaders perceive the education system to be poor is material. But it is certainly not the basis for an accurate ranking system of education quality.The WEF's methodology is clearly not that well known, judging by the commentary and many of the news articles in South Africa and internationally following the release of the report. As you point out, the report does use misleading terminology. There are two key problems – both of which we touched on in a previous report that looked at the WEF's research methodology.The most comprehensive and most current data on educational performance across a number of African countries was compiled by the Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Educational Quality (SACMEQ).
Well done also to the Department for pointing out the 'errors' in the report.The basic education department's own academic assessments revealed last year that just three percent of school pupils in grade nine had achieved more than 50% in mathematics.South Africa's average student maths score placed it eighth out of the fifteen countries. Mozambique, Uganda, Lesotho, Namibia, Malawi and Zambia all scored lower than South Africa in the SACMEQ test, yet they were all ranked higher in the WEF's report.Is South Africa's education system the worst in Africa?A two thousand twelve study published by the University of Stellenbosch found that while 71% of children in grade six were functionally literate, only 58.6% could be considered functionally numerate.Zambia, for instance, came in last in the SACMEQ test.
Second best is never acceptable. It is equally time the voters of this country demand such excellence and value for their taxes… and let's see the ConstiSouth Africa's education department has reacted angrily to a World Economic Forum (WEF) report that ranked the country last out of one hundred forty eight countries for the quality of its maths and science education. After nearly forty years in education it is depressing to see how so many children are suffering at the hands of those who care so little!! We have schools and schools… ranging from excellent to depressingly poor… and in the latter, the children suffer. The solution starts with teacher training. I understand that such training was raised to four years but has gone back to a minimum of three years – a terrible move!! We need highly trained teachers in ALL schools. Use the world's best school education system as the example, namely FINLAND. In that country ALL teachers must have FIVE years training and must complete a Masters Degree – that is all teachers wanting to teach anywhere from Grade one to Grade 12. And Finland has far more applicants to train as teachers than University places available! The focus has to be on excellence and nothing less. There must be no place for teacher strikes, late arrival at school, leaving early, etc etc.
It's disturbing that opinion surveys are presented without a blush as seemingly accurate assessments of worldwide situations.
The statement regarding moral and intellectual integrity is problematic for me. How can any so-called scientist square the results of an opinion survey with a topic that can be quite easily researched without an explanation?
These rankings, though, are again just the opinions of executives, not some objective measure. Only Yemen – at 147th position – and Libya – at 148th – fared worse.Additional reading47 Number of SA business leaders polled in 2013The WEF's two thousand fourteen Global Information Technology Report also ranked South Africa 146th for the overall quality of its education, below a host of other African countries including Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Rwanda, Senegal, Nigeria, Tanzania, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Mali.The WEF opinion poll is done every year and its methodology is well known.


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Another corporate giant offers "free college" for employees, as the competition and complexities in the education benefits market expand.
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Companies and colleges are facing similar problems as they seek to attract and retain lower-income Americans. Increasingly, they're joining forces—blurring the boundaries between education and work as employers struggle with a tight labor market and colleges seek to reverse serious enrollment declines.
For example, Amazon last week joined Walmart and Target in offering free college as a benefit to its 750,000 front-line employees in the U.S. The company will cover tuition, books, and other fees for its workers, who will be eligible to participate 90 days after starting on the job.
About 60 percent of businesses offer their employees some form of tuition support. Many are expanding or adding online college benefit programs, which increasingly are geared toward entry-level employees, particularly in retail, hospitality, and other industries that face the "great resignation."
Amazon is scrambling to reduce turnover and to recruit tens of thousands of hourly employees in its fulfillment centers and delivery network, The Wall Street Journal reported, even after hiring 400,000 workers during the pandemic. It plans to spend $1.2 billion on education and skills training for U.S. employees over the next three years.
Notably, Amazon is going it alone with the free college program and apparently not working with a skills and education platform. Sources say the company will seek applications from individual colleges that are interested in participating. Amid enrollment declines, it's an especially attractive market.
Other recent moves indicate that competition—and the complexities and scrutiny that come with it—is increasing. Just this week, for example:
Guild Education continued its push into short-term certificates, with the University of Denver starting a new program for front-line workers on the platform.
News surfaced that Walmart has dropped the University of Florida Online as a partner institution through the Guild network, in part because the selective institution may not be accessible for enough of Walmart's worker-learners. UF Online now will start its own employer network, dubbed Gator Pathways.
Lumina Foundation, which became a shareholder of Guild in June, released an analysis of the impact of Walmart's education benefit program, finding that front-line workers who participated saw their performance reviews improve and were more likely than nonparticipants to be promoted.
Like its fellow retail giants, Amazon views college education benefits as a crucial hiring and retention tool.
"Career progression is the new minimum wage," Ardine Williams, vice president of workforce development at Amazon, told the WSJ.
In the past, relatively few employees have used their education benefits, with usage rates hovering around 2 to 5 percent or less. For example, Amazon said more than 50,000 employees have participated in its Career Choice education program since it started 10 years ago. While that's enough people to fill a baseball stadium, it's 7 percent of Amazon's current U.S. workforce and likely a much lower percentage of employees spread over a decade.
Some observers predict that participation numbers for tuition benefit programs could rise amid the labor shortage. Likewise, the increasing focus on front-line workers is giving a boost to nondegree credentials in the space, which historically was focused on bachelor's degree completion programs for mid- and upper-level employees.
A key reason for this shift to shorter-term programs is that time often is as much of a barrier as money for lower-wage employees as they consider whether to pursue a college education. "Most adult learners don't have the luxury of quitting their jobs and going to school full-time," Williams said.
That statement echoes those made by community college presidents, who increasingly say workers want to quickly gain skills to help land a new job or promotion or to change careers.
"Midcareer adults whose jobs have been eliminated don't have time for a year or two of traditional academic education," a dozen community college and other education leaders wrote last week in a letter to the U.S. Congress.
"They need short, targeted bursts of training that enable them to reenter the labor force as quickly as possible."
Competition for Partners
As companies use free college as a perk to compete for employees, there's a lot of money at stake for colleges and intermediaries like Guild, InStride, and Bright Horizons EdAssist. Guild hit a valuation of $3.75 billion in June. And a shake-up in the growing tuition benefit industry will have ramifications for the working learners it's supposed to be serving.
Walmart recently dropped the University of Florida Online as an education provider for its employees. UF Online, which currently enrolls 30 Walmart employees, was one of three original university partners when the company rolled out its college benefit three years ago.
The university said it was disappointed by the decision, noting that it was told that UF Online's programs are too selective for most Walmart employees to gain acceptance. The university has admitted 46 percent of the 182 Walmart student applications it's received.
"UF remains committed to expanding access and seeking out new partners with whom we can work to provide fully accredited and high-quality online, academic pathways for professionals worldwide," says Evangeline Cummings, the university's assistant provost and director of UF Online.
The university just announced its own network, dubbed Gator Pathways, through which company partners can offer tuition benefits to be used at UF Online and a small group of open-access Florida institutions: Santa Fe College, Seminole State College, and the College of Central Florida.
The Broader Market
That announcement would add to a growing, if not yet crowded, field. EdAssist, for example, currently works with 235 colleges and education providers. Workers can choose from those programs when they tap into the $1 billion worth of annual tuition benefits offered by EdAssist's employer network, which includes Bank of America, the Home Depot, Raytheon Technologies, and T-Mobile.
Companies typically prioritize these factors with their tuition benefit programs, says Jill Buban, vice president and general manager at EdAssist, a veteran in online higher education:
Potential for scale
Good student success numbers
Wraparound student supports
"They're looking at quality indicators and seeing who wants to play ball," she says.
New Cert for Front-Line Managers
Guild has seen recent movement with nondegree credentials offered through its learning marketplace, which includes Bellevue University's people and business leadership certificate and Spelman College's new eSpelman certificate program.
This week, the University of Denver welcomed 200 students to a new online certificate program offered through Guild as part of employee benefits. The short-term certificate comes with five credits and can be completed in 12 weeks. Like certificates from Spelman and Bellevue, the new program is aimed at front-line workers and first-time managers, says Paul Freedman, president of Guild's learning marketplace:
"Looking at the future-of-work landscape, we do anticipate a continued emphasis on short-form learning programs that support the needs of working adults."
The University of Denver, a private institution, previously has created certificate programs for employer partners through its University College, a career-focused continuing education division. But working with Guild's network rather than designing a credential for a specific employer had several benefits, says Michael McGuire, the dean of DU's University College.
Guild solicited proposals from its university partners for the certificate. DU was selected and spent 18 months developing the program. While the university knew the certificate would be aimed at front-line managers in the retail or fast casual industries, faculty designers didn't know which companies specifically would offer it. Guild acted as a buffer in handling that side of the process.
"They vetted it with their corporate partners," says McGuire. "Really what we want to see is the growth of these students in their organizations."
He says the program isn't as narrowly customized as it would've been if created through a direct partnership with a company, which likely would require the inclusion of competencies that are specific to their business. That ideally means the certificate will help students develop useful skills for a new job, perhaps even in a different industry.
The certificate is designed to be stackable, so students can add it to other short-term credentials as they work toward earning a degree. The university is limiting class sizes to 15 students per instructor. And students are required to have six one-on-one coaching sessions during the 12-week program, with the option of adding three more after they complete.
"That really helps faculty members personalize it," McGuire says. "A lot of these students have either very little college credits and experience or none at all."
Payoff for Students
Big questions loom amid the boom in college tuition benefits for front-line employees. How many earn certificates or degrees? And do those credentials help them get promotions or new jobs?
Guild has become a major part of the promotion strategies of its employer partners, says Freedman. For example, Chipotle employees who participate in Guild's university programs are 7.5 times more likely to be promoted to management positions.
Walmart released some numbers about its Live Better U program in July, when it expanded the benefit. Roughly 28,000 employees were actively participating this summer, the company said, and 8,000 have completed and earned a credential.
A new report from the Lumina Foundation offers some more clues about whether the Walmart benefit is paying off for its 1.6 million front-line employees. The report was written by Haley Glover, strategy director for state action and equity at Lumina, which became a shareholder in Guild in June, after the analysis was completed. Lumina brought in Accenture to look at program data from Walmart.
The findings include:
Participants were four times less likely to leave the company than their peers.
Roughly 17 percent of participants earned a promotion, a much higher share than among nonparticipants.
Within six months of enrolling, performance ratings of participants from their supervisors increased by more than 10 percentage points, from 87 percent to 97 percent.
Promotions and performance ratings gains were consistent across racial and ethnic groups.
The auto workers of the future
Ford this week announced an $11B investment in new production facilities for electric vehicles and batteries. The move will create 11,000 jobs in Kentucky and Tennessee—and require new training at a major scale.
With Google's latest push, a blending of industry and higher ed
Google's new industry specializations were co-built by its experts and faculty at four top universities—part of a larger push to combine forces with higher education to drive economic mobility.
Amazon ups its cloud training investments
Amazon Web Services just launched a new skills center near D.C. and is expanding both its in-person and online training programs for cloud careers.
Walmart and Target up the ante with 'free college' for employees
More companies are expected to match the retail giants' moves, as companies compete for workers. Experts say that's good for access to education, and the jury is out on long-term mobility.


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      at JSON.parse ()
      at drawChart (main.js:18)
      at Object.google.a.c.Ac (loader.js:155)
      at Object.google.a.c.Pa (loader.js:155)
      at f (loader.js:152)
      at Object.google.l.m.kj (loader.js:229)
      at Object.google.l.m.ce (loader.js:229)
      at loader.js:228

JavaScript
google.charts.load('current', {
'packages': ['corechart']
});

google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(drawChart);

var options = {
    'title': 'Today is not my day',
    'width': 400,
    'height': 300
};

var input = getData();

function drawChart() {
    var chartData = google.visualization.arrayToDataTable(JSON.parse(input));
    var chart = new google.visualization.PieChart(document.getElementById('chart_div'));
    chart.draw(chartData, options);
};

function getData() {
   dataArray = [
    ['Name', 'Volume'],
  ];

  var BASE_URL = "https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=";
  var yql_query = 'select * from yahoo.finance.quote where symbol in ("YHOO","AAPL","GOOG","MSFT")';
  var yql_query_str = encodeURI(BASE_URL + yql_query);
  var result = yql_query_str + "&format=json&diagnostics=true&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys";

  $.getJSON(result, function(data){
    var object = data.query.results.quote;
    for (var i = 0; i < object.length; i++) {
      var currentObj = object[i];
      var pushedArray = [currentObj.Name, parseFloat(currentObj.Volume)];
      dataArray[i+1] = pushedArray;
    }
    return dataArray;
  });
};

HTML

    <meta charset="UTF-8">

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="bower_components/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css">

A: As it is written above, getData() synchronously returns undefined, so inside of drawChart() you're essentially trying to JSON.parse(undefined), which leads to the SyntaxError you received (JSON.parse() casts undefined to the string "undefined", which is invalid JSON).
dataArray is being returned from within the callback to $.getJSON() after the request returns; there is no way it could currently be accessible inside of the drawChart() function.
You need to refactor the code so that drawChart() is called after the $getJSON() request has returned, and so it has access to dataArray either lexically or through a closure.