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Q: How can I get access to the Angular 2 http response body without converting it to string or json? I would like to copy a REST response into a blob but I am unable to do some because blob() and arrayBuffer() have not yet been implemented in the Response Object. The Response Body is a private variable.
...
return this.http.get(url, {params: params, headers: headers})
     .map(res => {
        // can't access _body because it is private
        // no method appears to exist to get to the _body without modification
        new Blob([res._body], {type: res.headers.get('Content-Type')});
     })
     .catch(this.log);
...

Is there a solution I can use until these methods get implemented?

A: Since I found this question while running into the same problem (and Angular's documentation is not updated as of today) you can now use:
let blob = new Blob([response.arrayBuffer()], { type: contentType });

Another workaround if you for some reason are on an old version of Angular 2 is:
let blob = new Blob([(<any> response)._body], { type: contentType });

A: There's a much simpler solution to accessing the body as a string which I haven't seen documented anywhere:
let body = res.text()

A: set the responseType of requestoptions. That will make the response.blob() method work.
let headers = this.getAuthorizationHeader();
headers.append("Accept", "application/octet-stream");
return this.http
    .get(url, new RequestOptions({ headers: headers, responseType: ResponseContentType.Blob }))
    .map((res: Response): Blob => {
        return res.ok ? res.blob() : undefined;
    });

A: Addon to @StudioLE. You may use json() method to return data as json.
let body = res.json()

A: I can't see no other solutions before the following PR is merged:

*

*https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/7260
Whereas you have a compilation error, the field can be used at runtime...

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Electrifying Excellence
While paving the way to the future of electric motoring, the E 350 e plug-in hybrid also beats the heart and soul of a true Mercedes-Benz E-Class.
lectric power is the future of the automobile. It is inevitable and, after experiencing the mind-warping acceleration of a Tesla first hand, even Bobby is convinced. Coming from an unashamed champion of fossil fuel living with the combined might of more than 600hp and twelve cylinders in his driveway, that's saying something.
Yet, the biggest roadblock to an electrified future continues to be charging time. Even the best advances in battery technology have yet to make it possible to fully recharge an electric vehicle within a timeframe that can be measured in minutes instead of hours.
In the time it takes a Nissan Leaf to fully recharge, full tank of RON 95 would have powered you all the way from KL to Penang. And back. Until this little inconvenience is resolved, the good old internal combustion engine will still have plenty of say in how we move about in the foreseeable future.
As the electric motor makes incremental progress, the internal combustion engine stays relevant by helping it along every step of the way, most notably by being part of a hybrid powertrain.
At this moment, plug-in hybrids are the best fit solution of electrified propulsion that still fit in our existing technological framework whilst spurring development of infrastructure that will support the fully electric-powered vehicles of the future. A plug-in hybrid can be recharged and provide you with some distance of electric-powered motoring, and once you exhaust the battery, the internal combustion kicks in without fuss and keeps you going.
Hybrids have been key contributors of Mercedes-Benz Malaysia's success in recent years. Building upon the solid reception of the S 400 Hybrid and E 300 BlueTec Hybrid, the company is now raising its game by introducing plug-in hybrids, first in the form of the C-Class C 350 e and now followed by the latest E-Class E 350 e.
At one glance, one can barely differentiate the E 350 e from a regular E-Class, though the trained eye will easily spot the charging port flap at the rear bumper beneath the right tail light. Cue number two; look out for the bright blue disc brake callipers. You actually can't miss them.
Inside, the same narrative continues, you can hardly tell this apart from an E 250 without studying the instruments or looking closely at the centre console for the electric drive mode control switch. Some may be expecting bigger differentiation, but perhaps the greater idea is that if you're coming from a regular combustion engine-powered car, the transition be as seamless as possible.
On the move, the E 350 e can also be driven with next to no change in your driving style. You might, of course, want to do so to maximise your fuel savings, but you don't have to, the car still moves about with as much grace and dignity as you'd expect of an E-Class.
The E 350 e's powertrain setup is based on the 2.0-litre turbo four of the E 250. On its own, the engine produces 211 hp and 350 Nm. An 88 hp electric motor is strapped on to the engine just upstream of the 9G-Tronic automatic transmission producing a setup yielding combined outputs of 286 hp and 550 Nm – plenty fast then.
Those numbers translate satisfactorily on the road. The E 350 e is never found wanting for pace, delivering full-throttle acceleration with encouraging gusto. If there is to be any complaint, it is the coarse nature of Mercedes' four-cylinder petrol engine disrupting what is otherwise an astoundingly refined motoring experience.
As a matter of fact, the E 350 e is best enjoyed with its engine switched off, letting the electric motor whisk you along in its waves of silent and effortless torque. It is in electric mode that the E 350 e feels like a true E-Class, quiet, comfortable, and exceptionally refined.
Further adding to the experience is an impressively supple and unruffled ride provided by the standard air suspension, which helps the E 350 e glide over poorly-patched roads with astonishing smoothness. Though it may lack the dynamic and sporty handling of its rivals, the air-sprung E 350 e's comfort and refinement here is the E-Class' trump card against the competition.
By making clever use of the car's coasting and energy recuperation functions built into the PHEV powertrain, a number of our media friends were able to cover around 200 out of 488 km from Johor Bahru to Tanjung Jara with the engine shut down. Against Mercedes-Benz's official fuel economy claims of 2.1 l/100km, cars participating in the media challenge mostly yielded average consumption in the region of 5.0 l/100km.
The E 350 e is car with many new tricks up its sleeves, yet it stays true to the long-standing ethos of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class being a car that is exceptionally engineered delivering unrivalled luxury, comfort, and refinement. Whilst it paves the way to the future, the E 350 e remains firmly rooted in its origins. Amidst a hotly-contested segment, the E 350 e ensures that the E-Class holds its own against fast-advancing rivals.
So, how economical can it really get? The answer lies in how disciplined and regimented you are with your charging routine. The more you plug this car into the mains, the more efficient it becomes.
Good driving helps too. A fully charged battery will easily cover 20-30km of pure electric driving per recharge, but more is easily coaxed if one puts in the effort as seen in a recent media challenge organized by Mercedes-Benz Malaysia.

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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from unittest import TestCase

import mock

from hamcrest import assert_that, equal_to, instance_of, raises, none, calling

from storops.exception import UnityShareOnCkptSnapError, \
    UnityDeleteAttachedSnapError, UnityResourceNotFoundError, \
    UnitySnapAlreadyPromotedException, UnityException, \
    UnityThinCloneNotAllowedError, UnityCGMemberActionNotSupportError
from storops.unity.enums import FilesystemSnapAccessTypeEnum, \
    SnapCreatorTypeEnum, SnapStateEnum, NFSTypeEnum, CIFSTypeEnum
from storops.unity.resource.filesystem import UnityFileSystem
from storops.unity.resource.host import UnityHost
from storops.unity.resource.lun import UnityLun
from storops.unity.resource.snap import UnitySnap, UnitySnapList
from storops.unity.resource.storage_resource import UnityStorageResource
from storops.unity.resource.port import UnityIoLimitPolicy

from storops_test.unity.rest_mock import t_rest, patch_rest

__author__ = 'Cedric Zhuang'

class UnitySnapTest(TestCase):
    @patch_rest
    def test_properties(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id=171798691852, cli=t_rest())
        assert_that(snap.existed, equal_to(True))
        assert_that(snap.state, equal_to(SnapStateEnum.READY))
        assert_that(snap.name, equal_to('esa_nfs1_2016-03-15_10:56:29'))
        assert_that(snap.is_system_snap, equal_to(False))
        assert_that(snap.is_modifiable, equal_to(False))
        assert_that(snap.is_read_only, equal_to(False))
        assert_that(snap.is_modified, equal_to(False))
        assert_that(snap.is_auto_delete, equal_to(True))
        assert_that(snap.size, equal_to(5368709120))
        assert_that(str(snap.creation_time),
                    equal_to('2016-03-15 02:57:27.092000+00:00'))
        assert_that(snap.storage_resource, instance_of(UnityStorageResource))
        assert_that(snap.creator_type,
                    equal_to(SnapCreatorTypeEnum.USER_CUSTOM))
        assert_that(snap.access_type,
                    equal_to(FilesystemSnapAccessTypeEnum.CHECKPOINT))
        assert_that(snap.is_cg_snap(), equal_to(False))

    @patch_rest
    def test_get_all(self):
        snaps = UnitySnapList(cli=t_rest())
        assert_that(snaps[0].existed, equal_to(True))
        assert_that(len(snaps), equal_to(3))

    @patch_rest
    def test_create_snap_success(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='171798691884', cli=t_rest())
        sos = snap.create_snap(name='snap_over_snap')
        assert_that(sos.name, equal_to('snap_over_snap'))
        assert_that(sos.existed, equal_to(True))

    @patch_rest
    def test_delete_snap(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='171798691885', cli=t_rest())
        resp = snap.delete()
        assert_that(resp.is_ok(), equal_to(True))

    @patch_rest
    def test_create_nfs_share_type_error(self):
        def f():
            snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(), _id='171798691852')
            snap.create_nfs_share('sns1')

        assert_that(f, raises(UnityShareOnCkptSnapError, 'is a checkpoint'))

    @patch_rest
    def test_create_nfs_share_success(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(), _id='171798691896')
        share = snap.create_nfs_share('sns1')
        assert_that(share.snap, equal_to(snap))
        assert_that(share.name, equal_to('sns1'))
        assert_that(share.type, equal_to(NFSTypeEnum.NFS_SNAPSHOT))

    @patch_rest
    def test_create_cifs_share_success(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(), _id='171798691899')
        share = snap.create_cifs_share('sns2')
        assert_that(share.snap, equal_to(snap))
        assert_that(share.name, equal_to('sns2'))
        assert_that(share.type, equal_to(CIFSTypeEnum.CIFS_SNAPSHOT))

    @patch_rest
    def test_filesystem_snap(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(), _id='171798691852')
        fs = snap.filesystem
        assert_that(fs, instance_of(UnityFileSystem))
        assert_that(fs.storage_resource, equal_to(snap.storage_resource))
        assert_that(snap.lun, none())

    @patch_rest
    def test_lun_snap(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(), _id='38654705785')
        lun = snap.lun
        assert_that(lun, instance_of(UnityLun))
        assert_that(snap.filesystem, none())

    @patch_rest
    def test_copy_snap_success(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(), _id='38654705785')
        snap = snap.copy('s3')
        assert_that(snap.existed, equal_to(True))
        assert_that(snap, instance_of(UnitySnap))

    @patch_rest
    def test_destroying_snap_existed(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(), _id='171798691953')
        assert_that(snap.existed, equal_to(False))

    @patch_rest
    def test_not_found_snap_existed(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(), _id='12345')
        assert_that(snap.existed, equal_to(False))

    @patch_rest
    def test_delete_not_exist_snap(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='38654705844', cli=t_rest())
        assert_that(lambda: snap.delete(), raises(UnityResourceNotFoundError))

    @patch_rest
    def test_delete_attached_snap(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='38654705845', cli=t_rest())
        assert_that(lambda: snap.delete(),
                    raises(UnityDeleteAttachedSnapError))

    @patch_rest
    def test_delete_attached_snap_with_force(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='38654705845', cli=t_rest())

        def fake_detach_from(host):
            snap._id = '171798691885'

        with mock.patch.object(UnitySnap, 'detach_from',
                               side_effect=fake_detach_from):
            resp = snap.delete(even_attached=True)
            assert_that(snap._id, equal_to('171798691885'))
            assert_that(resp.is_ok(), equal_to(True))

    @patch_rest
    def test_attach_snap_success(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='38654705676', cli=t_rest())
        host = UnityHost(_id="Host_12", cli=t_rest())
        resp = snap.attach_to(host)
        assert_that(resp.is_ok(), equal_to(True))

    @patch_rest
    def test_attach_second_snap_success(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='38654705670', cli=t_rest())
        host = UnityHost(_id="Host_19", cli=t_rest())
        resp = snap.attach_to(host)
        assert_that(resp.is_ok(), equal_to(True))

    @patch_rest
    def test_detach_snap_success(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='38654705676', cli=t_rest())
        host = UnityHost(_id="Host_12", cli=t_rest())
        resp = snap.detach_from(host)
        assert_that(resp.is_ok(), equal_to(True))

    @patch_rest
    def test_attach_snap_already_attached(self):
        def f():
            snap = UnitySnap(_id='38654705676', cli=t_rest())
            host = UnityHost(_id="Host_13", cli=t_rest())
            snap.attach_to(host)

        assert_that(f, raises(UnitySnapAlreadyPromotedException, "promoted"))

    @patch_rest
    def test_is_cg_snap(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='85899345930', cli=t_rest())
        assert_that(snap.is_cg_snap(), equal_to(True))

    @patch_rest
    def test_get_member_snap_not_found(self):
        def f():
            snap = UnitySnap(_id='85899345930', cli=t_rest())
            lun = UnityLun(cli=t_rest(), _id='sv_3342')
            snap.get_member_snap(lun)

        assert_that(f, raises(ValueError, 'no instance'))

    @patch_rest
    def test_get_member_snap_found(self):
        snap_group = UnitySnap(_id='85899345930', cli=t_rest())
        lun = UnityLun(cli=t_rest(), _id='sv_3338')
        snap = snap_group.get_member_snap(lun)
        assert_that(snap.snap_group.get_id(), equal_to(snap_group.get_id()))
        assert_that(snap.storage_resource.get_id(), equal_to('res_19'))
        assert_that(snap.lun.get_id(), equal_to(lun.get_id()))

    @patch_rest
    def test_thin_clone(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='38654705847', cli=t_rest(version='4.2.0'))
        policy = UnityIoLimitPolicy(_id='qp_2', cli=t_rest())
        clone = snap.thin_clone(name='test_thin_clone',
                                description='This is description.',
                                io_limit_policy=policy)
        assert_that(clone.id, equal_to('sv_4678'))

    @patch_rest
    def test_thin_clone_auto_delete(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(_id='38654705848', cli=t_rest(version='4.2.0'))

        def _inner():
            snap.thin_clone(name='test_thin_clone',
                            description='This is description.',
                            io_limit_policy=None)
        assert_that(_inner, raises(UnityException, "Error Code:0x670166b"))

    @patch_rest
    def test_snap_restore(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(), _id='38654705785')
        backup = snap.restore(backup="backup_snap", delete_backup=True)
        assert_that(backup.id, equal_to("38654700002"))

    @patch_rest
    def test_snap_restore_auto_delete_false(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(), _id='38654705785')
        backup = snap.restore(backup="backup_snap")
        assert_that(backup.id, equal_to("38654700002"))

    @patch_rest
    def test_thinclone_of_member_snap_not_support(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(version='4.3'), _id='38654707282')
        assert_that(calling(snap.thin_clone).with_args('not-support'),
                    raises(UnityCGMemberActionNotSupportError))

    @patch_rest
    def test_thinclone_of_thick_lun_snap_not_allowed(self):
        snap = UnitySnap(cli=t_rest(version='4.3'), _id='38654707273')
        assert_that(calling(snap.thin_clone).with_args('not-allowed'),
                    raises(UnityThinCloneNotAllowedError))

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Buckingham Palace Garden Party 🍰
On June 11, 2018 July 24, 2018 By Online StoresIn Uncategorized
If you have been a customer of ours for a while, you may have noticed a tea called the Buckingham Palace Garden Party. Did you know that it is inspired after an actual garden party? It's true! The Buckingham Palace Garden Party is a tea party held annually so that members of the public can be invited and have a chance to see the gorgeous gardens of Buckingham Palace. The Queen actually hosts three garden parties during the summer at Buckingham Palace and one at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Scotland.
Garden parties were originally presentation parties in which debutantes attended but over the years, it has evolved as a way of recognizing those in public service. This is not an ordinary event in which you pay to attend. There is not even a way to apply for attendance directly through the Buckingham Palace. Guests are usually nominated by certain people who are connected to the Queen or the Royal Family such as Lord-Lieutenants, Government, Churches, or Services. Garden Parties are a way for the Queen to speak to a range of people who come from all walks of life and making a positive impact on the community. It is a way for members of the general public to be rewarded for being good samaritans.
On the day of the garden party, the gates open at 3pm and the party officially begins when the Queen and her family arrive an hour later at 4pm. You will know she is there when you hear God Save the Queen being played by a military band. During the party, guests often consume delicious cakes, delectable sandwiches, and refreshing cups of tea while strolling and marveling at the beautiful gardens of Buckingham Palace. The Queen and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh make rounds and talk to groups of people, so that they are able to mingle with everyone.
If you are lucky enough to receive an invitation to a Buckingham Palace garden party, one must dress for the occasion. Ladies wear dresses with a hat or a fascinator while men wear lounge suits or other casual morning wear. For those in military and other important guests wear official clothing such as uniforms. The fashion the Royal Family has worn to past garden parties have always been the talk of the town, the Queen, especially! At the 2017 Garden Party, Her Majesty wore a vibrant yellow ensemble
A Bit of History: Garden parties were being held as early as 1897!
Numbers: In just one garden party, around 27,000 cups of tea, 20,000 sandwiches, and 20,000 slices of cake are consumed*! Can you imagine how much work must go into making so much food?
-CD
*Source: https://royal.uk/garden-parties
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What Advisors Really Don't Like About Their Incentive Compensation Plans
by Jodi Taylor on July 16, 2018
in Incentive Compensation Management
Financial advisors are a lot like any other employee when it comes to compensation. They need to have their value acknowledged, to be fairly compensated for that value and to clearly understand how their compensation is determined and calculated.
Getting the incentive compensation plan right is critical in any business – but especially in the financial advisory business. As my colleague, Jeff Marsden, writes:
Failing to make the plan both financially and emotionally meaningful to advisors and managers and not getting their understanding and personal buy-in, can create friction in the relationship and have a negative impact on their performance. Exactly the opposite of your goal.
See also: Mistakes Advisory Firms make with Incentive Compensation
I recently had a chance to talk with many advisors at a financial industry event and I asked them, straight up, what they didn't like about their firm's incentive compensation plan. Then, I got an ear full.
Here are some of the top advisor pain points when it comes to their firm's incentive compensation plans:
1. Obsession with rewarding the largest teams
Compensation plans can be structured to reward large teams of advisors which can lead to "teaming" for the sole purpose of increasing payout. When two or more advisors decide to work together solely for the purpose of increasing their payout, this is not necessarily the right thing for their clients, and it can put solo practitioners (who ARE doing the right thing for their clients) at a disadvantage in terms of pay. "Reward the right outcomes not the structure that might accomplish the outcome."
2. Compensation Plan Changes too often
Advisors complain that incentive compensation plans that are changed annually are being changed too often. While minor tweaks could be beneficial, completely changing the compensation plan each year does not allow enough time to adjust behaviors. Many of them feel their firms' don't respect that they practices are long term business and benefit from clarity in focus. For example, an advisor told me: "Last year the focus was on increasing Return on Assets by transitioning to more of a fee-based model, but this year the focus is on improving the quality of your households. Pick one and stick with it for a couple of years."
3. Lack of ability to track goals systematically
Numerous complaints identify the lack of good business intelligence and dashboards to report on progress and opportunities. As one advisor said: "If you are going to compensate me based on the achievement of certain goals, I need to have the ability to keep track of how I am doing. A dashboard that I can view to track my progress would be really useful."
4. Too many non-sales driven goals
Many advisors got into the business and have achieved success as sales-driven individuals. While the industry trend has shifted more to financial advice and wealth management, these advisors feel there needs to be greater emphasis on sales-driven goals – not only or primarily non-sales goals. Not one of them said product sales goals, but rather business sales or revenue goals.
5. Plans are Too Complicated
"The methodology of some targets is just plain difficult to understand," said one advisor. Some compensation plans that have multiple criteria that have to be met with some criteria dependent on others which is a lot of levers for advisors to keep track of. There's something to be said for the K.I.S.S. principle here.
6. Annual vs. monthly look-back plans
Some advisors expressed a preference for the use of shorter-term thresholds, versus longer-term thresholds for compensation. According to one advisor: "I would prefer to work to achieve a higher level of productivity within a year, and benefit from it more quickly."
See also: Incentive Compensation Planning
It is clear from my discussions that compensation remains critically important factor in the engagement between advisors and their firms and how they navigate their practices to success.
Overall, advisors are looking to their firm's incentive compensation plan for guidance on the strategically important medium and long-term priorities and to provide motivation to achieve the performance objectives. An overly complex and poorly conceived or communicated incentive compensation plan can undermine its effectiveness as a motivator for advisors.
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Marines Don't Cry : Delivering the Message at All Costs
by Danny Garcia and Jackie C. Garcia
Have you ever been lost, really lost?
Daniel Garcia answers this question in Marines Don't Cry by telling his stories of death to life, deep sorrow to joy, darkness to life and freedom in Christ. Daniel Garcia and Jacqueline C. Garcia depict Daniel's dramatic highs and emotionally painful lows. They do not pull punches, nor do they sugar coat his experiences. Marines Don't Cry recounts his early life in Spanish Harlem, which makes his journey of walking more than 52 million steps on six continents for children and world peace such an incredible story. It conveys Daniel's conversion from drugs and the fast lane to a man consumed with knowing and serving God at all costs. Marines Don't Cry describes encounters with world figures, such as Pope John ll, U.S. presidents, kings and queens, heads of states and well-known personalities. Most of all, it is about the love of God, the transformational power of that love, and how Danny has made it his life's work to love his neighbor, to love himself, and to spread hope. Read on to discover: How do you walk around the world with no money?
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Q: Is it possible to compile Symfony2 assetic:dump and deploy that rather than run it on the server? I have a problem on my production server where assetic:dump is timing out on a Capifony deploy (but not always).
Running assetic:dump locally is fine. Also deploying to a different staging (much less powerful) server is fine.
To fix this (and speed up deploy), I was wondering whether it's possible to run assetic:dump before a deployment and just send those complied assets along with the rest of the deployment?

A: That's a bit tricky, I'm also trying to do this (java is not working properly on my server, so deployment fails).
The problem is that Capifony deploys from a source control repository, and usually dumped assets are not on the repository (and they shouldn't).
So I guess the only way to do this is to create a Capistrano task (Capifony is based on Capistrano) that will dump the assets and rsync them on the server.
Edit : Here's my attempt
Edit : It does work, I've been using it since I answered the question.
I'm sure there are plenty of possible improvements, I'm not a ruby guy, I'm not a shell script guy either.
In your deploy.rb you can add two tasks :
before "deploy:update_code", "deploy:dump_assetic_locally"
after "deploy:update_code", "deploy:rsync_local_assets_to_server"

And the code associated to those tasks (in the same file) :
namespace :deploy do
  task :dump_assetic_locally, :roles => :web do
    run_locally "php app/console assetic:dump --env=prod"
  end

  task :rsync_local_assets_to_server, :roles => :web do
    finder_options = {:except => { :no_release => true }}
    find_servers(finder_options).each {|s| run_locally "rsync -az --delete --rsh='ssh -p #{ssh_port(s)}' #{local_web_path}/js/ #{rsync_host(s)}:#{release_path}/web/js/" }
    find_servers(finder_options).each {|s| run_locally "rsync -az --delete --rsh='ssh -p #{ssh_port(s)}' #{local_web_path}/css/ #{rsync_host(s)}:#{release_path}/web/css/" }
  end

  def local_web_path
    File.expand_path("web")
  end

  def rsync_host(server)
    :user ? "#{user}@#{server.host}" : server.host
  end

  def ssh_port(server)
    server.port || ssh_options[:port] || 22
  end

end

A: The command assetic:dump takes the assets from all the bundles avaiable in the current environment and places them in web/bundles (or where you tell it to). There should be no problem in doing this locally and then just moving the files.
You should run the command with the env=prod option to ensure all bundles which are needed in production are getting generated. You migh also want to clean the web/bundles before running the command so the assets for bundles which are only used in development (e.g. profiler) are not present.
I would simply do a test by running the command locally, download the assets from production and compare them. I cannot think of anything right now as css and js gets served to the client and should not be different when generated on different machines, but I might be wrong.

A: Is very simple
add to your deploy.rb
set :dump_assetic_assets, true


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Viktor Blom (Isildur1) Fan Site
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Viktor Blom, better known as "Isildur1," is not one of those celebrities who want to expose their private life to the public widely. He is a very private person, who does not give away many personal details! But this is not because he has tons of secrets or deliberately avoids publicity, like he somehow has something to hide. It looks like he simply doesn't pay any attention on what people know and say about him, and he is not very interested in talking about himself.
He must be a fan of fantasy in general and J.R.R. Tolkien in particular; as he seems to have taken his online moniker "Isildur1" after a fictional character from the books of this famous fantasy writer.
At first, this gambler did not want to reveal his true identity, having played under the name "Isildur1" for a pretty long time. Later on, he went on to explain that he just did not want all the popularity and publicity that goes with the territory of being a top gambling star — he had everything he wanted: living in a nice and expensive apartment, hanging out with his old friends and a girlfriend, so why ask for more? Besides, he just hates the media, as he's already said.
Viktor Blom spent his early years in the countryside, in a rural area called Dals-Ed. He attended high school in Uddevalla (Västra Götaland Country in western Sweden). There, in Uddevalla, he started to play his first high stakes games on iPoker under the nickname of Blom90.
After finishing high school, he moved to Göteborg (Gothenburg), where his brother Sebastian lived. In fact, it was Sebastian who taught his younger brother Viktor to play poker. But it's interesting to note that Sebastian has never been such an aggressive poker player as Viktor. On the contrary, he plays in a very conservative, restricted style.
In Göteborg, Viktor bought $1 million luxurious penthouse apartment on the main street of Avenyn. But soon he would sell it off in order to move to London. This decision could have been made for several reasons. Maybe the main thing was that gambling winnings are tax-free in London, and winning in high stakes poker games was definitely what he had in mind! In Sweden, the state takes in 30-50% of the profits that a player might earn at the tournament, which makes participation in high buy-in tournaments questionable.
Thus, at the age of 21, Viktor Blom moved to London. As he later confessed, living in London was not good for him: there were too many distractions, and he had been partying too much, which negatively affected his playing proficiency! Having realized this, he moved back to Sweden, where he now lives a much quieter life in a small town, far away from all the hustle and bustle and many temptations, and he does not party as much as before — but he still pays tribute to the "Midsummer" Swedish tradition of summer parties. However, back in Sweden, he sticks to a healthier lifestyle. As he says, this helps him to be better prepared for long poker sessions; and, in the end, this makes him a better player.
We don't know whether Viktor Blom's parents put pressure on him when he was young, trying to dissuade him from the idea of playing poker. But they certainly did not approve of it, as his mother, Catharina Blom, admitted that she was truly shocked about the very idea that millions of dollars easily change hands in poker every day. She and her husband, Tomas Blom, never played poker.
There were four children in this family: Viktor the youngest among them. And they are all home-bound kids. Even Viktor, when he lived in London, loved to come home for Christmas and eat the food his mom had cooked. And all the children in this family play poker as well! Sebastian, the elder brother of Viktor, even was an online poker champion in Sweden in 2016. Two sisters of Viktor and Sebastian also play poker, but just for fun. Indeed, they all prefer not to talk about poker at home.
While being in school, Viktor used to play soccer. He is still keen on this game. His favorite team is Chelsea — perhaps, he grew to like the team when he lived in London. And his Instagram account contains many photos of him and his friend playing pool.
Personal Ways
As Viktor said, he also plays poker for fun. For a majority of people, it is hard to imagine how winning and losing millions of dollars can represent some sort of fun. But many poker players have developed a certain disdain for money, which helps them easily part with money and, therefore avoid the stress related to it. Viktor Blom's attitude is very specific — as he said, the money he wins and loses is not the money he earns; and it has no real influence on his life. Perhaps losing was never a kind of personal tragedy for him! However, we have already seen how deep his emotional reaction to winning and losing can be.
He is an introvert who really loves poker games; and of course, his family and friends as well! His personality is quite vibrant, and his lifestyle is totally different from his aggressive poker style. He has got a great sense of humor. People who know him would tell that he is a very sensitive person, who is both bright and kind, and very positive in personal communication. It is said that he sometimes plays online at lower stakes with his large host of fans.
What To Expect From Viktor Blom
Blom is not known for his scandalous behavior, love stories, car accidents, unreasonable expenses, verbal diarrhea to the media, wild emotional outbursts and so many other controversial incidents some poker and not only poker celebrities are famous for. He is just a different person. The only thing he is remotely likely to be spotlighted for is troublemaking in high stakes poker — and that is what should be expected from him in the future!
Some people say Viktor Blom is considering relocating to Malta due to high gambling taxes in Sweden. This might mean another big change in the private life of Viktor Blom, and it might even influence his decision whether or not to online grinding on highest stakes.
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Akcent (lat.) znamená:
 přízvuk – důraz na určitou slabiku nebo slovo v mluvené řeči
 akcent (typografie) – diakritická znaménka určená původně k označování akcentu v písmu (prostý akcent, těžký akcent – gravis, dotaccent aj.)
 cizí přízvuk, výslovnost ovlivněná cizím jazykem nebo dialektem
 Akcent (hudba) – polská hudební skupina
 Akcent (rumunská hudba) – rumunská hudební skupina
 Akcent (nakladatelství) – nakladatelství

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UCSD wins control of Alzheimer's study
(UCSD)
By Gary Robbins
UC San Diego won a major legal battle Friday against the University of Southern California when a judge ruled that control of a landmark project on Alzheimer's disease belongs to the La Jolla school.
The decision addressed the heart of a lawsuit that has gained international attention since UC San Diego filed it early this month, largely because it's rare for such disagreements in the academic world to reach the courtroom.
The dispute also has been colored by shades of a mounting rivalry between UC San Diego, a research powerhouse that has long been the elite higher-education campus in this region, and USC, a well-heeled institution with ambitions of achieving greatness in biomedicine by taking over or collaborating with scientific centers in San Diego.
"We never wanted to resort to legal action, but when all reasonable requests to return what is the rightful property of UC San Diego were ignored, there was no alternative," Dr. David Brenner, vice chancellor for health sciences, said in a statement. "We are pleased with today's decision and believe it indicates the strength of our overall case."
Left unresolved Friday was UC San Diego's request for monetary damages based on its accusations that USC, Dr. Paul Aisen and other defendants conspired to illegally transfer the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study to the Los Angeles-based university. Aisen resigned in June from UC San Diego, where he had overseen the study since 2007, to become founding director of an Alzheimer's institute that USC was establishing in the Sorrento Valley neighborhood.
In recent weeks, the two sides have argued about who owns the database for the $100 million, nationwide project.
UC San Diego, which has overseen the study for nearly a quarter of a century, said it still retains the government funding — an assertion backed by the National Institutes of Health.
Aisen and USC officials have countered that it's academic tradition for departing faculty members to transfer their research to their new employer. They presented supporting statements from several researchers taking part in the Alzheimer's project.
After Friday's hearing, USC attorney Glenn Dassoff told journalists that USC and Aisen's interest in the study "is real, genuine, and unfortunately was not addressed today. This is not over."
In an email Friday night, Aisen wrote: "We all lose here. Science and public health lose when research is torn from the investigators with the passion, knowledge and skill to assure its success."
In the courtroom, San Diego Superior Court Judge Judith Hayes said she will issue a preliminary injunction early next week that requires USC to surrender custody of the Alzheimer's project.
She told USC not to manipulate data from the study or make any other changes to the database, which involves details of lab research and clinical trials from dozens of sites across the country.
As the next step, the two universities and their lawyers will negotiate the choice of a "special master" to supervise the process of USC restoring full control of the database to UC San Diego. This phase will involve an independent expert on bioinformatics who can determine whether there has been tampering of information in the database.
Dan Sharp, an attorney representing UC San Diego on behalf of the UC Regents, said USC will start returning the data next week.
"How long it takes will depend on what we find in terms of what they've done with the (computer) system, changes they may have made," he added.
Dassoff, the USC attorney, said while his party disagrees with Hayes' findings, "we'll reflect on the decision and I'm sure that (we'll) approach any settlement discussions in good faith."
During the hearing, Hayes offered to refer the opposing sides to a settlement judge, with the aim of negotiating an end to the lawsuit instead of proceeding to a jury trial.
UC San Diego alleges that Aisen, USC and up to two dozen other defendants colluded to commit a range of violations, including contract interference, breach of duty of loyalty by employee, commission of computer crimes and civil conspiracy.
Brenner, UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla and others at the university have said the defendants have harmed their school's reputation. Aisen and his new employer have denied any wrongdoing.
In the past year, USC has reached out to at least three life-science institutions in San Diego to explore a purchase, merger or other types of collaboration. None of those inquiries has resulted in a partnership.
During an interview earlier this month, USC Provost Michael Quick said his university's envisioned footprint in San Diego could include freestanding institutes, academic consortia and joint ventures with targeted companies.
"The 20th century was dominated by physics. The 21st will be dominated by biomedical sciences," Quick said. "We have to be at places where the conversations (in life sciences) are the best, and San Diego is one of those places."
He said about 50 biomedical companies have been spun out of USC in the past decade, but that they tend to leave for San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area because those locations already have hubs featuring prominent research-oriented universities, independent biomedical institutes, a concentration of biotech firms and various services to support the whole infrastructure.
Being in San Diego can help USC learn how this is done — and how to replicate that success in Los Angeles, Quick said.
"The last thing that we want San Diego to feel is that USC is being threatening. ... People will see that we will be good partners, should we continue to grow down there. We want to be part of the San Diego community," Quick said.
UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla also expressed goodwill during a recent interview.
"I wouldn't rule out a collaboration (with USC) in the future," Khosla said. "You can't take the difference we're having and imply that there's bad blood between us."
On measures of reputation in the life sciences, UC San Diego bests USC.
The San Diego campus received $390 million in National Institutes of Health funding last year, compared to USC's $180 million. U.S. News & World Report ranked UC San Diego's medical school 17th in the nation for research and put USC's in a three-way tie for 31st.
But in endowment funds, which can bolster faculty pay, UC San Diego's $752 million is dwarfed by USC's $4.5 billion, and USC's fundraising machine far outstrips that of the La Jolla-based university.
Gary Robbins
Strong rip currents expected at San Diego County beaches Monday and Tuesday
Forecasters warn San Diego beach-goers about strong rip currents
4.9 earthquake in Ridgecrest lightly felt in San Diego County
The temblor is part of normal seismicity pattern from the 7.1 main shock on July 5
Excessive heat warning issued for eastern edge of San Diego County
Temperatures to hit mid-90s across San Diego's inland valleys and foothills
San Diego County confirms 10th E. coli case in outbreak
Epidemiologists are also tracking one probable case from the outbreak, which hospitalized three people and killed a 2-year-old boy.
'There's a girl in here': How NASA women made their mark on the space program
As the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing approaches, the women who helped America's early space efforts reflect on their often unheralded roles — and the indignities they endured.
Could the Apollo 11 moon landing be duplicated today? 'Lots of luck with that'
Video: Meet the 'human computers' who made the moon landing a reality
San Diego spending $3.6M to monitor local underwater kelp forests
Kelp, a crucial part of the region's ecosystem, is vulnerable to climate change, experts say.
Oceanographers mark seven-decade survey of the California Current
It's one of the oldest and most extensive surveys of California's ocean
Salk Institute scientists get to the root of plant growth
Gene that controls how deep roots grow could be used in Salk Institute climate initiative, making crops hardier
DDT contaminants in marine mammals may threaten California condor recovery
Chemicals called endocrine disrupters may reduce the bird's reproductive success
Scripps Research-led group gets $129 million grant for HIV vaccine
Multi-stage vaccine intended to train immune system to prevent HIV infection
UCSD gets $20M gift to operate Simons Observatory in Chile to explore early universe
Astrophysicists are trying to zoom in on massive clusters of galaxies which are difficult to see
UCSD to send 'mini-brains' to International Space Station for neural disease research
The research also is meant to find ways to keep space travelers healthy
This week's back-to-back quakes unlikely to trigger the 'Big One' in Southern California
UC San Diego scientists say the Ridgecrest temblors are too far from the San Andreas fault to be a threat
7.1 earthquake unexpectedly hits Southern California one day after 6.4 temblor
Scientists say there is a small chance that an even larger quake will follow
USC pays UCSD $50M, and gives the school an apology, for raiding its Alzheimer's program
UCSD says it has fully recovered from USC's takeover of the program
USC to pay UCSD $50M and apologize for raiding its Alzheimer's research program
USC says its behavior, which led to a lawsuit, did not align with the school's ethics and standards
Fireworks return to SeaWorld after two-year absence
Fireworks have returned to SeaWorld on weekends as the San Diego park explores the possibility of a drone light show in the future.


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Is a Pet Raccoon Dangerous or The Best Friend a Little Boy Can Have?
HEART-WARMING pictures have captured the incredible relationship between a young boy and his pet RACCOON. The snaps were taken by Russian photographer Konstantin Tronin from Kaliningrad as part of a family photoshoot.
HEART-WARMING pictures have captured the incredible relationship between a young boy and his pet RACCOON.
The intimate images show the boy playing with the raccoon, named Murph, and walking it on a lead while others show Murph look lovingly into his friend's eyes.
Other shots show the boy's parents playing and feeding Murph and some adorable family portraits complete with their unusual pet.
The snaps were taken by Russian photographer Konstantin Tronin from Kaliningrad as part of a family photoshoot.
"The idea of bringing a raccoon into the family picture was a spontaneous one, simply because of my specialty of a wedding photographer," he said.
"Usually, I keep in touch with newlyweds after the shoot, and this young family was no exception. A few years after the wedding they welcomed the birth of their first son, and naturally, they wanted to continue with regular photoshoots.
Konstantin ran into some problems as the raccoon's mischievous behaviour made it hard to capture the photos.
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"To resolve this, we had to tie a leash to the boy's hand, and let both of them wander in the park for few minutes while the parents and I had been following them closely.
Konstantin believes that while having a pet raccoon does pose some risks it also creates a positive environment for the child's upbringing.
"The boy's relationship with his raccoon may seem fun and smooth from the photos, but you have to keep in mind that because of the raccoon's tough character, it is almost impossible to train, not to forget its sharp teeth and claws," he said.
"Despite the fact that raccoons are not aggressive animals, one would still have to exercise caution with them.
"And if you give a raccoon a grape, it would dance for you before begging for more with that pleading look in its eyes!
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Detecting and quantifying apnea based on the ECG
A challenge from PhysioNet and Computers in Cardiology 2000
22 September 2000: The deadline for entries has passed and no further entries will be accepted. The final scores have now been posted here, together with links to the abstracts submitted by entrants for presentation at Computers in Cardiology.
14 March 2003: Several of the participants in this challenge, together with the organizers, have published a paper that compares the methods used in the challenge and investigates how several of the most successful strategies can be combined. This paper can now be read on-line:
[PDF] Penzel T, McNames J, de Chazal P, Raymond B, Murray A, Moody G. Systematic comparison of different algorithms for apnoea detection based on electrocardiogram recordings. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing 40:402-407, 2002.
January 2009: Andy Fraser, who with colleagues James McNames and Andreas Rechtsteiner won event 2 and achieved a perfect score in event 1, has published a book about hidden Markov models and their applications, with a chapter detailing the winning method and variations on it:
Fraser AM. Hidden Markov Models and Dynamical Systems [ISBN 978-0-898716-65-8]. Philadelphia: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2008.
A list of the papers about the Challenge presented at Computers in Cardiology 2000 is available.
Obstructive sleep apnea (intermittent cessation of breathing) is a common problem with major health implications, ranging from excessive daytime drowsiness to serious cardiac arrhythmias. Obstructive sleep apnea is associated with increased risks of high blood pressure, myocardial infarction, and stroke, and with increased mortality rates. Standard methods for detecting and quantifying sleep apnea are based on respiration monitoring, which often disturbs or interferes with sleep and is generally expensive. A number of studies during the past 15 years have hinted at the possibility of detecting sleep apnea using features of the electrocardiogram. Such approaches are minimally intrusive, inexpensive, and may be particularly well-suited for screening. The major obstacle to use of such methods is that careful quantitative comparisons of their accuracy against that of conventional techniques for apnea detection have not been published.
We therefore offer a challenge to the biomedical research community: demonstrate the efficacy of ECG-based methods for apnea detection using a large, well-characterized, and representative set of data. The goal of the contest is to stimulate effort and advance the state of the art in this clinically significant problem, and to foster both friendly competition and wide-ranging collaborations. We will award prizes of US$500 to the most successful entrant in each of two events.1
Data for development and evaluation
Data for this contest have kindly been provided by Dr. Thomas Penzel of Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany, and are available here.
The data to be used in the contest are divided into a learning set and a test set of equal size. Each set consists of 35 recordings, containing a single ECG signal digitized at 100 Hz with 12-bit resolution, continuously for approximately 8 hours (individual recordings vary in length from slightly less than 7 hours to nearly 10 hours). Each recording includes a set of reference annotations, one for each minute of the recording, that indicate the presence or absence of apnea during that minute. These reference annotations were made by human experts on the basis of simultaneously recorded respiration signals. Note that the reference annotations for the test set will not be made available until the conclusion of the contest. Eight of the recordings in the learning set include three respiration signals (oronasal airflow measured using nasal thermistors, and chest and abdominal respiratory effort measured using inductive plethysmography) each digitized at 20 Hz, and an oxygen saturation signal digitzed at 1 Hz. These additional signals can be used as reference material to understand how the apnea annotations were made, and to study the relationships between the respiration and ECG signals.
The database does not contain episodes of pure central apnea or of Cheyne-Stokes respiration; all apneas in these recordings are either obstructive or mixed. Minutes containing hypopneas (defined as intermittent drops in respiratory flow below 50%, accompanied by drops in oxygen saturation of at least 4%, and followed by compensating hyperventilation) are also scored as minutes containing apnea. Additional information about the recordings was posted here after the conclusion of the competition, including (for all recordings) age, gender, height, weight, AI (apnea index), HI (hypopnea index), and AHI (apnea-hypopnea index). The subjects of these recordings are men and women between 27 and 63 years of age, with weights between 53 and 135 kg (BMI between 20.3 and 42.1); AHI ranges from 0 to 93.5 in these recordings.
Sleep apnea definitions
Several definitions for clinically significant sleep apnea have been in clinical use since 1978, when Guilleminault defined "sleep apnea syndrome" as more than 30 apneas per night. In 1981, Lavie proposed a more selective criterion of 100 apneas per night. Later criteria were based on an "apnea index" (the number of apneas per hour, or the number of minutes containing apnea per hour). Most clinicians regard an apnea index below 5 as normal, and an apnea index of 10 or more as pathologic. In 1988, He et al. found increased mortality in untreated patients with apnea indices of 20 or more, and such patients are now recognized as in need of treatment. Criteria used in current practice rely not only on an apnea index, but also on symptoms and cardiovascular sequelae.2
Data classes
For the purposes of this challenge, based on these varied criteria, we have defined three classes of recordings:
Class A (Apnea): These meet all criteria. Recordings in class A contain at least one hour with an apnea index of 10 or more, and at least 100 minutes with apnea during the recording. The learning and test sets each contain 20 class A recordings.
Class B (Borderline): These meet some but not all of the criteria. Recordings in class B contain at least one hour with an apnea index of 5 or more, and between 5 and 99 minutes with apnea during the recording. The learning and test sets each contain 5 class B recordings.
Class C (Control): These meet none of the criteria, and may be considered normal. Recordings in class C contain fewer than 5 minutes with apnea during the recording. The learning and test sets each contain 10 class C recordings.
Events and scoring
Each entrant may compete in one or both of the following events:
1. Apnea screening
In this event, your task is to design software that can classify the 35 test set recordings into class A (apnea) and class C (control or normal) groups, using the ECG signal to determine if significant sleep apnea is present. Your classifications for the 5 class B (borderline) recordings will not influence your score in this event (but you must classify them into either class A or class C, since you will not know which records belong to class B until the correct classifications of the 35 test set records are disclosed after the end of the contest). Your score for this event is simply the number of correct classifications; thus the maximum score possible is 30.
An example may help to clarify the scoring: A contestant submits her results, classifying 22 recordings in class A and 13 in class C (for a total of 35). Out of the 22 recordings that her software has identified as class A, 16 of them are actually class A, 3 are class B and 3 are class C. Out of the 13 recordings that her software identified as class C, 7 have been correctly identified, and other 6 include 4 class A and 2 class B. The score in this case is 23 (16 correct class A identifications, plus 7 in class C). Class B cases do not contribute to the final score; rather, they provide a buffer zone between the cut of classes A and C.
We have chosen to exclude the class B recordings from the calculation of the scores because the utility of a screening test depends primarily on the accuracy with which it classifies the unambiguous cases, both positive and negative (classes A and C respectively in this instance). If you wish to attempt to classify recordings into all three groups, you may submit a second set of classifications, and we will calculate your score in the same way (but the maximum possible score in this case will be 35). The highest scores obtained in this way will be published, but will not be the basis for an award.
2. Quantitative assessment of apnea
In this event, your software must generate a minute-by-minute annotation file for each recording, in the same format as those provided with the learning set, using the ECG signal to determine when sleep apnea occurs. Your annotations will be compared with a set of reference annotations to determine your score. Each annotation that matches a reference annotation earns one point; thus the highest possible score for this event will be approximately 16800 (480 annotations in each of 35 records). It is important to understand that scores approaching the maximum are very unlikely, since apnea assessment can be very difficult even for human experts. Nevertheless, the scores can be expected to provide a reasonable ranking of the ability of the respective algorithms to mimic the decisions made by human experts.
Obtaining scores
A form that will permit you to submit your classifications and/or annotations for scoring is now available here. You will receive a reference number and your score(s) by return e-mail. You may revise your submissions and try again if you wish, but attempts to exploit this service in order to discover the correct classifications are contrary to the spirit of the contest and will result in disqualification.
To enter the competition, submit an abstract with a concise description of your approach to the problem to Computers in Cardiology 2000 no later than Wednesday, 3 May 2000. Your abstract must include your reference number and score(s); for this reason, do not wait until the last minute to submit your classifications and/or annotations for scoring. If your abstract is accepted, you will be expected to prepare a four-page paper for presentation during the conference and publication in the conference proceedings. We welcome and encourage contributions to PhysioNet of software developed during this competition.
The author(s) of the top-scoring eligible entry in each event will receive an award of US$500 in recognition of his or her achievement. In the event of a tie, the date of the author's abstract submission will be the tie-breaker. This rule favors early submission of abstracts, but permits authors to improve their results if they can after submitting their abstracts. Classifications or annotations received for scoring after noon GMT on Friday, 22 September 2000 will not be eligible for awards. Submissions from members and affiliates of our research groups at MIT, Boston University, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, McGill University, and Phillips-University are not eligible for awards, although all are welcome to participate.
Workshop/Panel discussion
All entrants are invited to describe their methods during a panel discussion at Computers in Cardiology in Boston on Sunday, 24 September 2000, when the awards will be given. Individual presentations of accepted papers will be scheduled for one or more sessions of the conference during the following days (25-27 September).
1. Funding for the awards has been contributed by the Margret and H.A. Rey Laboratory for Nonlinear Dynamics in Medicine at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
2. We thank Thomas Penzel for the discussion of diagnostic criteria for sleep apnea syndrome, as well as for making this event possible by his generous contribution of data.


The world knows not the Holy Ghost. Many pious souls have no devotion towards Him. He is, as it were, forgotten almost by all, and He is, nevertheless, the Soul of the Church.
Leo XIII, in his Encyclical upon the Holy Ghost, strongly urges all the faithful to love this Divine Spirit. He exhorts all Bishops and priests to preach this sanctifying devotion with a new and burning zeal.
Jesus, before His Ascension into Heaven, commends this devotion to His Apostles, promising them the coming of the Holy Ghost, Who "will teach you all things" (St. John xiv. 26).
The Holy Ghost is perpetually at work in the Church, which undertakes nothing of importance without invoking His aid in the solemn hymn, Veni Creator. The Holy Ghost guides the Church and each individual soul. We see what power He has when we consider what the Apostles were before and after His coming in the Supper-room.
How many souls desirous of perfection are, as it were, at a standstill, because they do not invoke the Holy Ghost, relegating Him to oblivion in the whole course of their spiritual life. Desiring to be holy, yet scarcely ever thinking of the Sanctifier!
Our priests, hear and give heed to the voice of Leo XIII, and by every means: in the pulpit, in the confessional, in conversation, by means of the press, etc., preach this most precious devotion. Let the faithful hearken to the priests, who, obedient to the voice of the Sovereign Pontiff, have become Apostles of such a sublime devotion.
They will soon experience a great change in their souls. Soon new horizons will open to their view, and they will marvel at their rapid progress, if they set themselves to invoke with frequence the Divine Dove, the Source of all light, of all consolation and of all strength.
The Holy Ghost will multiply His holy inspirations in their souls. He will fill them with His gifts, and He Himself will abide in them, to be their Guide. Happy the souls devoted to the Holy Ghost! They are already beginning their heaven here upon earth, meriting choice graces, and receiving special strength to enable them to correspond with His divine inspirations.
1. Upon a fixed day, to make the Act of Consecration of oneself to the Holy Ghost, and the Solemn Promise, but without obligation under pain of sin, to spread devotion towards Him every day.
2. To invoke the Holy Ghost frequently during the day, and especially at the beginning of the principal actions.
I promise solemnly today to spread devotion to the Holy Ghost every day of my life, by means of prayer, action or sacrifice.
I shall consider that I have complied with Solemn Promise of love if I have recited during the day one Hail Mary with the intention of begging that the devotion may be spread. If I am unwell and unable to pray, I shall have complied with my Promise by offering, at least once during the day, for the same intention, my sufferings, physical and moral.
May the Holy Ghost help me, and sanctify me and all those whom I love and the whole world. Amen.
New York, July 2, 1941.


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Hilltop Golf Course is a Public, 18 hole golf course located in Plymouth, Michigan.
Hilltop Golf Course first opened for play in 1927. The course design was updated/renovated by Jerry Matthews in 1982.
Par for the course is 70. From the back tees, the course plays to 6018 yards. From the forward tees, the course measures 4808 yards and plays to a par-75. The longest hole on the course is # 13, a par-5 that plays to 545 yards. The shortest hole on the course is # 17, a par-3 that plays to 169 yards from the back tees.
Watch out for # 7, a 538 yard par-5 challenge and the #1 handicap hole on the course. The easiest hole at Hilltop Golf Course is # 10, a 253 yard par-4.
#1, is a beautiful par-4, playing at 370 yards from the back and 330 from the front. You'll find trees left and right all the way down the fairway. You'll be driving off an elevated tee box; watch out for the creek that runs across the fairway about 100 yards short of the green. Your second shot is uphill to a green with a backdrop of large pine trees. Behind the green, there's a drop-off as well so be careful not to go long here.
#5 is a par-4 that plays at 402 yards from the back tees, 400 from the middle and 364 from the forward tees. As you stand on the tee box, take a good look at the scenery all around; the trees on the left and on the right on this slightly uphill fairway. The green here is sloped from front to back with mounds around the green.
#6 is a short par-4 dogleg right with a huge weeping willow tree on the right-hand side of the fairway. You need to hit a precise position shot off the tee to avoid tree trouble. Your second shot will take you into a fairly small green with a lot of movement to it. This hole measures 330 yards from the back and 280 yards from the front.
#11, a par-3, measures 202 yards from the back, 179 from the middle and 171 from the front, is one of their most outstanding holes. You'll be firing downhill to a bunkered green with mounding in the back. This is a green that slopes from back to front so be careful where you place your ball.
#16 is a par-4 (343 yards from the back, 316 from the middle and 220 from the front) has a tree-lined fairway that is one of the most picturesque holes, with beautiful red maples on the left. You can hit driver off the tee, and if your placement is good, you'll have a short second shot into the green. This dogleg right is not only one of the most scenic spots, but it's also the kind of hole where you can catch up a bit and lower your score.
#18 is a par-5 that plays at 479 yards from the back and 383 from the front, you'll be taking on a fairway that runs down at first and then up again. The fairway is somewhat narrow with trees right and left. You want to be in front of the hole on this green which has a very difficult putting surface.


As a developer or software architect I always strive to explore new technologies, build some stuff by myself, try something or just hack around for fun. For most of these things, it is sufficient to have my stuff running on localhost, but the real fun starts with really distributed systems.
So my plan was, to build my own infrastructure to run stuff on using raspberry pis. They are quite cheap, don't consume that much energy and are sufficient for most of my use-cases.
As I succeed with some of the things I wan't to do, I will try to post a new article here.
If you are interested in one of these topics, please let me know!


Bone Broth is gaining in popularity as people across America are beginning to take more control over their health! The Standard American Diet (SAD) has led us astray and bombarded our culture with degenerative diseases like we've never seen before. We can draw many parallels as to the 'progress' of our industrialized society and it's citizens poor health. At the absolute core of this issue is our food supply. Too many of us are eating highly refined and processed foods totally void of any real nutrition.
With Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) becoming more common, consumers are confronted with the challenge of making the bounty last i.e, learning how to preserve the harvest. Along with relearning these old skills from our cultural past, we inevitably come across the age-old notion that Food Is Medicine and Food can heal us! Bone Broth follows close behind. Once we've learned how to make Bone Broth or have a reliable and trusted source for it, such as Heirloom Kitchen, it helps to know How to use Bone Broth so we can begin to efficiently consume this healing liquid.
Wherever we need liquid in our cooking we need BROTH!an easy place to start is by adding broth to our cooking liquids. Pasta, rice, beans can all benefit from having broth added to the cooking liquid. I wouldn't use all your broth here because of the quantity of liquid needed, but if you do, be creative with that cooking liquid. Starchy pasta water is perfect for fortifying the pasta's sauce with flavor and added viscosity.
Soups and Sauces properly made broths are very flavorful and very rich. As they cook down further and reduce, their texture can become somewhat 'tacky'. Diluting with water will help create a more balanced finished product. When we make soups we use equal parts broth to water. For a quick pan sauce: when your vegetables are finished cooking, turn the heat off and add a few spoonfuls of broth to the hot pan and let it reduce quickly and coat the vegetables…follow up with a few spoons of water to help lift the fond off the pan and serve!
Purees and Mashed Root Vegetables Vegetable or fruit purees will benefit from a little liquid and broth is the perfect option for this. This is also a good place to sneak some broth into the foods of any 'picky' eaters that could use a little something extra. Mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes or any of the Autumn squash will happily accept a little broth when we mash them up.
Iced Broth Cubes The tried and true method of keeping small quantities of stock, or pesto or sauce on hand works well for broth too! Fill those ice cube trays with broth and pop them out for a quick reheat or into the blender for the smoothie. This is also a great portion control method for when you're reheating your broth throughout the day to sip and enjoy.
Becoming an active participant in regaining and maintaining one's health is priority #1! Broth is a very powerful companion to have along with us on our journey. Consuming it is key, how we choose to consume it will only help us to further develop the skills needed to broaden our culinary medicine cabinet!


ECIL Technical Officer Admit Card 2018: Electronics Corporation Of India Limited ECIL Had Declared the Technical Officer, Junior Consult and Other Posts Recruitment Notification. Various Number of Eligible Contenders Successfully Applied For ECIL Notification Before the Final Date 2018. All Applied Candidates are Informed that the Date of Written Test is Released Now. The Candidates Now Invited to Attend For Written Exam As Per Schedule Date. ECIL Department Have a Responsibel to Organize the Recruitment Examination. Examination Board Going to Activate the Direct Links of ECIL Technical Officer Admit Card 2018 and ECIL Junior Consult Admit Card At ecil.co.in Website. To Download Hall Tickets Aspirants Have to Submit the Registration Number and Date of Birth Details.
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REPORT: 73 short articles about UK Elections 2015
A new report, published just 10 days after the UK Elections 2015, gathers 73 articles from 92 leading UK academics. The research findings and short theoretical insights cover a rich range of themes, including journalism studies and analysis of the role of social media in the election process.
Among the topics covered are, for example, a short article about TV news elections coverage by Stephen Cushion and Richard Sambrook of Cardiff University, and Steven Barnett offers four reasons why partisan press helped the Tories to win.
The election analysis was edited by Daniel Jackson and Einar Thorsen of Bournemouth University, and published by the Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community at Bournemouth University, in partnership with the Political Studies Association.
The publications is free to access both as a downloadable PDF file and as a website, here.


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New Book Honors the Legacy of Seymour Papert
1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Computers, Constructionism, Epistemology, Learning, Logo, Mathematics, Project-based learning, Robotics, School Reform, Science, Teaching / By gary
The book celebrates the 50th anniversary of a seminal paper by Cynthia Solomon and Seymour Papert. Published in 1971, Twenty Things to Do with a Computer, set the course of education for the next fifty years and beyond. I created the new book, Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50, to honor the vision set forth by Papert and Solomon a half-century ago. Four dozen experts from around the world invite us to consider the original provocations, reflect on their implementation, and chart a course for the future through personal recollections, learning stories, and imaginative scenarios.
2000s, Computers, Constructionism, Epistemology, Learning, Project-based learning, School Reform, Teaching / By gary
"Our school systems are being strangled by the cost of this curious epidemic of learning disability." Seymour Papert From Papert, S., March 16, 2000. Millennial Lecture at the Muskie Archives. Tweet This Post
Seymour Papert's Opening of the London Knowledge Lab (2004)
2000s, Computers, Constructionism, Epistemology, Learning, Logo, Mathematics, School Reform, Teaching, video / By gary
Professor Seymour Papert was one of the invited speakers. Full video at https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/3004 Video: Opening of the London Knowledge Lab "Thank you and I owe you a debt too and I think the world does. I think it's a great thing that you're doing here. I'd like to pick on just one aspect of it …
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"School of the Future" (1986)
1980s, Computers, Constructionism, Epistemology, Mathematics, Project-based learning, Robotics, School Reform, Teaching, video / By gary
In 1986, the MIT Media Lab made a laserdisc describing their research groups and mission. This video describes Seymour Papert's Learning Research Group's work at the Hennigan (middle) School in Boston. View the entire laser disc video at the Internet Archive. Transcript Narrator: (00:15)Learning Research Group's School of the future project takes place in a …
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Affective Learning — a manifesto
2000s, Constructionism, Epistemology, Learning, Science / By gary
This document was created by MIT Media Lab colleagues, Rozalind Picard, Seymour Papert, Walter Bender, Bruce Blumberg, Cynthia Breazeal, David Cavallo, Tod Machover, Mitchel Resnick, Deb Roy and Carol Strohecker in 2004. .
Outtakes from Seymour Papert's Squeakers DVD Interview
2000s, Computers, Constructionism, Epistemology, Learning, Mathematics, Project-based learning, School Reform, Science, Teaching, video / By gary
This interview appears to have been recorded for the 2002 Squeakers documentary DVD by a team from Ball State University. Transcription attached.
Personal Computing and Its Impact on Education
1970s, 1980s, Computers, Epistemology, Learning, Logo, Mathematics, School Reform, Teaching / By gary
This document is from the book Papert, S in Taylor, R. (1980). The computer in the school: Tutor, tool, tutee. NY: Teacher's College Press. The text originally appeared in: Proceedings of the Gerard P. Weeg Memorial Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1978. Be sure to read other Papert documents and watch videos in the …
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1980s, Computers, Constructionism, Epistemology, Learning, Project-based learning, Robotics, School Reform, Teaching, video / By gary
"The next issue, which was the one I really wanted to touch on, was what … Was about how those computers would be used, and how they could be used, centered around whether you would look for the use of the computer that automated teaching, in the spirit that people often still associate with the …
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New Addition to the Papert Text Archives
1970s, Computers, Constructionism, Epistemology, Learning, Logo, School Reform, Teaching / By gary
Personal Computing and Its Impact on Education is the transcription of a 1978 speech given by Seymour Papert. It originally appeared in: Proceedings of the Gerard P. Weeg Memorial Conference, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1978 and was republished as chapter 15 in Taylor, R. (1980). The computer in the school: Tutor, tool, tutee. NY: Teacher's College …
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A Daily Dose of Inspiration from Seymour Papert
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"My proud father suggested "being clever" as an explanation. But I was painfully aware that some people who could not understand the differential could easily do things I found much more difficult. Slowly I began to formulate what I still consider the fundamental fact about learning: Anything is easy if you can assimilate it to …
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Medical News, Product Recalls
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, halts Essure Distribution
The FDA informed Bayer that the Essure birth control device will not be sold or distributed after this year. In April, the FDA took actions to restrict the sale of the device while they assessed the safety and effectiveness of it after many were experiencing serious side effects. Side effects of women who had the device implanted include perforation, fainting, device migration, and fluid buildup in the blood.
In addition to taking Essure off the market, the FDA has ordered Bayer to conduct a post-market surveillance study to better evaluate the safety of the device. In the past, the FDA also required Bayer to place a warning on the box and include a checklist to help women decide if the device is right for them and inform about potential risks. Since these actions, they have seen a 70% decrease in sales and distribution of the device in the U.S.
Commissioner Gottlieb states in the press announcement published July 20, that they will continue to "remain vigilant" and "continue to monitor adverse events." Patients who have the device currently should consult their doctor immediately if they think they are experiencing a serious side effect.
Medical Device Safety Action Plan
The FDA's Medical Device Safety Action Plan claims to "encourage innovation to improve safety, detect safety risks earlier, and keep doctors and patients better informed." Steps of the Action Plan are:
Establish a robust medical device patient safety net in the United States
Explore regulatory options to streamline and modernize timely implementation of post-market mitigations
Spur innovation towards safer medical devices
Advance medical device cybersecurity
Integrate the Center for Devices and Radiological Health's (CDRH's) premarket and post-market offices and activities to advance the use of a Total Product Life Cycle (TPLC) approach to device safety
Beyer Halting Sales of Essure
Beyer issued a press release stating that they would stop selling Essure in the U.S. for "business reasons," but that their confidence in the safety of the device had not changed. Despite countless serious injuries, being required to include a black box warning, and other FDA actions, they say that the decision to halt sales is not due to the devices serious side effects or the mandate from the FDA, but the declining sales over the past few years.
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Spring has sprung In earlier posts, I mentioned that the new year (fiscal, school, etc.) begins in April. I guess it's a habit from the Lunar calendar. April is also the time for one of the most exciting (to Japanese people) events of the year. Ummm, they're just . . .
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Spring is in the air! Back home, that'd sound like a good thing, but not in Japan. Japan has very distinct "events" through the year, and allergy season is one of them. Even though I grew up in an agricultural valley (a big one) I never had allergy problems. In . . .
Spring is almost here!
Spring is almost here! Yep, that's what I said, spring. In Asia, people traditionally followed the lunar calendar. The new year starts in February and this is also considered the beginning of spring. In all fairness, there are some trees that blossom in February. Where I live, the plum blossoms . . .
The end is near! (And a new beginning too) Christmas is over and Japan's biggest holiday is here. Everyone is busy running around trying to prepare. Food prices are going up and students are enjoying their holidays. Not much for a foreign guy to do except stay home and hide . . .
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