to enflame Arizona's immigration debate. Throughout the investigation, Sheriff Paul Babeu supported his deputy, saying his story was consistent with evidence collected at the scene.

Credit: Associated Press

18. Dad, son deaths

On May 7, Conrad Hernandez placed an emergency call and told the dispatcher he had been in a car wreck and could not move. Both would die. In a September DPS report, investigators said they died upon impact after the father drove their car off a cliff near Sunset Point. Officers could find no evidence that he tried to apply the brakes.

Credit: Department of Public Safety

17. Bus crash

The company that owns a tour bus that rolled over June 18 on Interstate 10, killing six people, had a history of safety violations, no federal record of insurance and could notDepartment

5. Toddler found dead

Two-year-old Emmett Trapp, still in the diapers and dinosaur-print pajama top he was wearing when he disappeared, was found dead by rescue teams Aug. 4 on an old mine-tailing pit outside Dewey-Humboldt. Emmett slipped out of the family home 40 hours earlier while his mother and siblings were napping, then followed a 3-mile course through desert washes and thick brush. He apparently died of exposure, police said.

Credit: Yavapai County Sheriff's OFfice

4. Officer slain

Gilbert police Lt. Eric Shuhandler in the face during a Jan. 28 traffic stop near Baseline Road and Val Vista Drive. The accused gunman, Christopher Redondo is charged with first-degree murder, four counts of drive-by shooting and 19 counts of aggravated assault. He is expected to undergo a psychological examination to determine whether


In this S10 application, we are requesting funds to purchase a Bruker Avance III electronics console upgrade and accessories for an existing 11.7T/8.9cm vertical-bore micro imaging system. The existing instrument was installed in 2001 and funded in part by an NIH shared instrumentation grant (S10 RR15704). This magnet system has proved to be invaluable to the Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research and runs over 100 hours a week. However, we now have an overwhelming and urgent need to replace the electronics console, software, and accessories because: (1) the major electronics systems, including items such as the gradient controller, RF/gradient amplifiers, digitizers, etc., are now three-generations behind current technologies. These components cannot run the most modern image acquisition schemes, and replacement parts will soon become unavailable, (2) themanufacturer (Bruker) no longer supports imaging software upgrades for our outdated console electronics. Without software upgrades, we are handicapped in our ability to apply new and emerging imaging methods that benefit our users, and (3) key hardware components have already failed, such as our X-nuclei high-power RF amplifier, or on the verge of failing, such as our gradient coil and several RF resonators. The existing 11.7T instrument is housed at the Pittsburgh NMR Center for Biomedical Research at Carnegie Mellon University. The NMR Center has been continuously funded as a Biomedical Resource Center by the NIH (P41 EB-001977) since 1988. The NMR Center is dedicated to advancing state-of-the-art applications MRI and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to understand tissue and organ function using animal models and making these tools


shifts the fate of symmetrically dividing NSPCs toward a nestin-only phenotype, independent of the trophic effect. In contrast, selective VPAC(1) receptor activation shifts NSPC fate toward granule cell neurogenesis without any trophism. We confirm a trophic role for VPAC(2) receptors in vivo, showing reduced progeny survival and dentate neurogenesis in adult Vipr2(-/-) mice. We also show a specific reduction in type 2 nestin-positive precursors in vivo, consistent with a role for VPAC(2) in maintaining this cell population. This work provides the first evidence of differential fate modulation of neurogenesis by neurotransmitter receptor subtypes and extends the fate-determining effects of neurotransmitters to maintaining the nestin-positive pool of NSPCs. This differential receptor effect may support the independent pharmacological manipulation of precursor pool expansion and neurogenic instruction for therapeutic application inin the scene ([Figure 2A](#fig2){ref-type="fig"}); the viewing situation is akin to looking at the world through a straw ([@bib33]). Patches were displayed at the random image locations from which they were sampled. Observers reported, using a mouse-controlled probe, the estimated surface tilt at the center of each patch ([Figure 2B](#fig2){ref-type="fig"}). We pooled data across human observers and aperture sizes and converted the tilt estimates to unsigned tilt for analysis (signed tilt modulo 180°) because the estimation of unsigned tilt was similar for all observers and aperture sizes ([Figure 2---figure supplement 1](#fig2s1){ref-type="fig"}, [Figure 2---figure supplement 2](#fig2s2){ref-type="fig"}). The same observers also estimated surface tilt with an extensive set of artificial planar stimuli that were matched to the tilts, slants, distances, and luminance contrasts of the natural stimuli presented in the


series of reports that have attempted, with ever increasing rigor, to link properties of perception to the statistics of natural images and scenes. Our contribution extends previous work in several respects. First, previous work demonstrated similarity between human and model performance only at the level of summary statistics ([@bib20]; [@bib4]; [@bib50]; [@bib43]). We demonstrate that a principled model, operating directly on image data, predicts the summary statistics, the distribution of estimates, and the trial-by-trial errors. Second, previous work showed that human observers behave as if their visual systems have encoded the task-relevant statistics of 2D natural images ([@bib20]). We show that human observers behave as if they have properly encoded the task-relevant joint statistics of 2D natural images and the 3D properties of natural scenes (also see ([@bib4])).Third, previous work tested and modeled human performance with artificial stimuli only ([@bib20]; [@bib4]; [@bib50]; [@bib43]). We test human performance with both natural and artificial stimuli. The dramatic, but lawful, changes in performance with natural stimuli highlight the importance of studies with the stimuli that visual systems evolved to process.

Materials and methods {#s4}
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Apparatus {#s4-1}
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The stereo images were presented with a ViewPixx Technologies ProPixx projector fitted with a 3D polarization filter. Left and right images were presented sequentially at a refresh rate of 120 Hz (60 Hz per eye) and with the same resolution of the two images (1920 × 1080 pixel). The observer was positioned 3.0 m from a 2.0 × 1.2 m Harkness Clarus 140 XC polarization maintaining projection screen. This viewing distance minimizes the potential influence


is persuaded by these arguments.

Essential revisions:

1\) The authors have found that variance (or noise) in tilt in the stimulus leads to less accurate estimation of tilt. However, the natural images used in this study are highly variable, so this result isn\'t all that surprising. The authors should analyze whether the model is predicting human performance well simply because some trials have more or less tilt variance than others. If this is the case, the result is much less interesting -- variance (or noise) in a tilt *should* cause poorer tilt estimates. Similarly, alternative versions of the plots in [Figure 3](#fig3){ref-type="fig"} should be generated with low-tilt-variance scenes, to see if the bias shows up as clearly.

2\) The authors should validate their results using artificial images with more naturalistic texturesshows that one such difference -- tilt variance, present in the natural images but not in the artificial ones -- accounts for all of the difference in mean tilt estimation accuracy between artificial and natural images. Stated another way, the authors have found that variance (or noise) in tilt in the stimulus leads to less accurate estimation of tilt. Note that this is not noise in the image cues or anything else -- this is variance in the exact parameter that is being estimated. I may be missing something, but this particular result (which appears to be the biggest effect in the experiment) seems wholly expected to me. So, I am unimpressed by the conclusion statement: \"The dramatic, but lawful, fall-off in performance with natural stimuli highlights the


context) would likely be better than the estimates reported here. I realize this is a very difficult problem, but *eLife* is also a broad, prestigous journal; studying tilt estimation in natural image *patches* may be a critical step on the way to studying tilt estimation in full scenes, but it also seems less broadly interesting.

Last, a few notes on the model: First, I am puzzled as to why the authors do not include model performance on their artificial stimuli, too. This seems to be a straightforward and easy test of the generality of the model. Second, it\'s not clear to me whether the \"estimate cube\" of optimal mappings between image cues and tilts is computed using some, all, or none of the same images that the subjects sawmuch weight you’re lifting or how many reps you can do. While resistance and time under tension are very important, they are not everything. There are many ways you can progress any exercise from a technical standpoint. In my post on the Table of Progressive Elements, I outline 9 different ways you can progress. Yes, 9!

Achieving Infinite calisthenics progress is possible once you realize that a) There is always more to learn and you should always be looking for the next step and b) you look to progress on a technical level. These two things are critical in helping you progress in any area of life, but most especially in calisthenics.

Listen in to this week’s podcast for more ideas on how to progress on a technical level and


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Bandar bought an entire village in the Cotswolds, a picturesque area of central England, and a 2,000-acre sporting estate with part of the proceeds from kickbacks he received in the al-Yamamah arms deal, which netted British manufacturer BAE £43bn ($56.5bn) in contracts for fighter aircraft.

As much as $30m (£15m) is alleged to have been paid into Bandar’s dollar account at Riggs Bank in Washington and the


during the peace talks with the FARC.

"There will be no military concessions, nor a ceasefire, nor demilitarized zones," de la Calle said before leaving Bogota on Sunday.

Both sides however have said they are confident that an end is near to the decades-long conflict that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives is within reach.

De la Calle said Sunday that he believes this is "the defining moment" to reach a peace deal with the FARC, as both sides have agreed that talks "must end with a final agreement on the conflict."

This round of talks would likely last about 10 days, at which time a start date for the next round would be agreed.

The Santos administration wants to build "a stable peace," he told reporters as he boarded the plane9, 21, 33, 77 are all pseudo-primes.
my questions are:

-Which branch of mathematics does study something like what Hilbert did in this example, the dependence of proof?
-any good books on that field?

A:

To show the relationship with quadratic residues a little better, take all $7x+1,2,4$ that is $$ 1,2,4,8,9 ,11,15,16,18,22,23,25,29,30,32,36,37,39, \ldots$$
We find pseudo primes $$ 15, 39, 51,65,85, 221.  $$ Then
$$  3315 = 15 \cdot 221 = 39 \cdot 85 = 51 \cdot 65.   $$
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Back from errand. There is no real need to have a pattern to create one of these multiplicatively closed sets, while several simple patterns work. You can have $nx \pm 1,$ for example. However, if you take $4x \pm 1,$ you get all the odd numbers, and the pseudoprimes are genuine primes.


The role of lysine amino nitrogen in the biosynthesis of mousy off-flavor compounds by Dekkera anomala.
Mousy off-flavor is an insidious and economically disastrous microbiologically derived spoilage characteristic of wine and other fermented beverages. Tainted wines are rendered unpalatable and there is currently no satisfactory procedure for removal of the off-flavor. Here we report the confirmation of that both d- and l-lysine can act as a precursor for the formation of mousy off-flavor N-heterocycles. Further, through the use of stable isotope feeding experiments, we could establish that a pentylamine group from lysine is incorporated into the piperideine moiety of two off-flavor N-heterocycles. A biochemical pathway for the formation of mousy off-flavor compounds is proposed.Q:

How to always show two decimal places on a number in PL/SQL

Folks,
I have a existing stored procedure that I'm trying to update to always show two decimal places even when it's a whole number or single decimal number.
This stored procedure builds out a message that has to show v_credit_amt as a two decimal number, yet the value assigned to v_credit_amt can be either a whole number or single decimal or a two decimal value
i.e. 175 should display as 175.00, 250.5 should display as 250.50, 395.95 should display as 395.95.
Here is the relevant stock pl/sql
v_credit_amt        number(22,2);
select NVL(sit_credit_limit,0)
  into v_credit_amt
  from sites
 where sit_pkey = p_site_id;

I thought that formatting via to_char during the select would solve this, ala
select NVL(to_char(sit_credit_limit,


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touch." "There it is." "One happy elephant." "All right." "Who else wants something?" "I want a bicycle." "A bicycle?" "Well, a bicycle, that would take a lot of balloons and Uncle Jeremy's a little tired right now so why don't we do something like, let's say, a giraffe?" "I just want a bicycle!" "Why are you yelling at me?" "Whatever." "Make me a bicycle, clown." "I'm gonna make you a bicycle." "But I don't want to make you a bicycle." "Shut your mouth, funny guy, and make it." "JOHN:" "You got it." "There you go." "Yeah, you got it." "Let's see how you do with somebody your own age." "I think I'm up to the challenge." "All right, will you save me a dance for later?" "Maybe." "JOHN:"feed me to the lions?" "What?" "Step on my head when I'm drowning." "What?" "What do you mean, what?" "John, this is completely against the rules." "You have a wedding and a reception to seal the deal." "Period." "There's no overtime." "No." "Oh, no overtime?" "What about the Chang wedding three years ago?" "Oh, that's bullshit." "Yeah, thought I forgot about that." "Two a.m., you dragged me 50 miles to watch you and some chick play mahjong with her grandmother at a retirement home." "Yeah, completely different situation." "How?" "What do you mean, how?" "She was a very, very family-oriented girl." "She was very into her grandmother." "Give me a break." "That was my first Asian!" "You better lock it up." "You better lock it up." "No, you


it." "You make us look like a bunch of pussies." "Jeremy." "Sit this play out." "Todd, come on in." "You must be joking." "It wouldn't kill you to play some competitive sports once in a while, would it?" "Oh, would that make you love me?" "Pfft." "Jesus." "Hey, Jeremy, Red Moon Dog 7-11." "Forty-two, 30-teen." "Hut one!" "Hut two!" "Blitz!" "Oh!" "Ah!" "Jeremy!" "[GRUNTING]" "[GASPING]" "That looked like it hurt." "Ooh." "I got you." "JEREMY:" "No, you didn't." "You're cheating." "You're cheating." "Oh, my God." "Your brother, he's down again." "What is his deal?" "I don't know what's getting into me today, guys." "Nature versus nurture, Lodge." "Nature always wins." "What are you doing?" "It's a game of touch." "Every time I look over, you're on your ass"Kitty Cat." "I'm sorry, Kitty Cat." "Are you out of your fucking mind?" "I'm not letting you out of this room until you feel them." "Wow, they feel really nice." "Real orb-like." "It's amazing what they can do to" "Pervert." "John, I need to talk to you." "No, not right now." "What's wrong with you?" "Why you got the weird look all over your face?" "Claire's mom just made me grab her hooters." "Well, snap out of it!" "What?" "A hot older woman made you feel her cans?" "Stop crying like a little girl." "I wasn't crying like a little girl." "Try getting jacked off under the table in front of the family and have some real problems." "Jackass." "What were they like?" "They look pretty good." "Are


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do!" "I love you." "I love you." "I can't believe that they're getting married." "I mean, don't you think that's really soon?" "Well, you know Gloria." "She's impetuous." "Has to have what she wants when she wants it." "Well, we had to give her a Sweet 1 6 on her 1 3th birthday." "You remember that." "Yeah, I remember, but this is" "Dad, this is marriage." "When you know what you want, you know what you want." "So which of these do you like?" "Um...." "Well, I could go with the tall tapered arrangement with tulips and freesias and orchids or I could go with a votive of roses and lilies, I don't know." "Claire bear." "Yeah?" "What's wrong?" "Look we have no way of knowing what laysthat which befalleth the sons of men, befalleth beasts." "Even one thing befalleth as the one dieth, so dieth the other." "Yea, they all have one breath so that a man hath no preeminence above the beast." "While each man thinks he knows love love, we have learned, is a mystery." "That's what makes today so special." "We witness two people choosing to marry ones they truly love." "[DOOR SLAMS]" "Whoa, whoa, hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "He's the best man." "Yeah." "Thank you." "I don't believe this." "Hat in hand." "I'm sorry I'm late." "I'm glad you're here." "And I'm sorry I called you white trash." "I didn't" "John, apology accepted." "Okay." "And I'm sorry I called you a hillbilly, I don't even know what that meant." "John, it's


by a combination of suitable object support conditions and appropriate tooling that implements the predetermined support conditions.

Proper conditions for measuring a shaft geometry may be ensured by a measuring system fitted with a so-called "flexible shaft support system". A design solution for these flexible supports enables the application of variable and pre-set reaction forces. These are predicted with specialized, finite element analysis (FEA) software to ensure zero deflections at crankshaft main journals being supported. The operation of a flexible support system is assisted by a computer application that monitors the variation of the required reaction forces and works together with the automatic control elements. The computer monitoring application records the variation of forces predicted with FEA software. It uses mathematical solvers described previously by the authors in afirst journal on the flywheel side (the assumption was made according to the specification of the Buckau Wolf R8VD-136 engine). The direction of shaft rotation was assumed to be clockwise when viewed from the free end of the shaft.

The authors proposed a monoharmonic model with coefficients calculated in a recursive algorithm, which was implemented in the form of a code in MATLAB 2019b (MathWorks, Natick, MA, USA).

In order to consider different design options and assess their impact on the extent of applicability of the monoharmonic model proposed, the authors analyzed eight crankshafts with 10 main journals and three crankshafts with three main journals. To ensure the traceability, shafts were labeled in the following manner to provide information on their selected dimensions: S-MMMMM-XXXX-YY-ZZ-AAA-BBB-D-EE. Here, individual terms are defined as


2.3](#sec2dot3-sensors-20-02654){ref-type="sec"}, and the measurement results were compared with the assumed reference results. The reference measurements were performed using an operative measuring system with a MUK 25-600 measuring head equipped with SAJD software that was previously tested under industrial conditions.

The reference measurement system was designed to measure the roundness profiles of cylindrical surfaces using a reference-based method. The MUK 25-600 head was seated directly on the surface of the tested journal and assessed the shape profile independent of the measured item's support conditions. This system was selected for reference measurements because we could compare the measurements using similar mathematical tools, including harmonic analysis of profiles. The measurement procedure was based on polar coordinates. In individual cross-sections, consecutive changes in the radius *r~ji~* of a specific angle of shaft rotationQ:

Sliding collision response

I have been reading plenty of tutorials about sliding collision responses yet I am not able to implement it properly in my project. What I want to do is make a puck slide along the rounded corner boards of a hockey rink. In my latest attempt the puck does slide along the boards but there are some strange velocity behaviors. First of all the puck slows down a lot pretty much right away and then it slides for awhile and stops before exiting the corner. Even if I double the speed I get a similar behavior and the puck does not make it out of the corner. I used some ideas from this document http://www.peroxide.dk/papers/collision/collision.pdf.
This is what I have:
Update method called from the game loop when


new Vector2();

    /* I did not include the collision detection code, if a collision is detected the intersection point and normal in that point is returned. */

    /* If no collision was detected it is safe to move to the future position. */
    if (!collisionFound)
        return new MovingEntityState(futurePosition, state.Velocity);

    /* Set new position to the intersection point (slightly before). */
    Vector2 newPosition = intersectionPoint;

    /* Project the new velocity along the intersection normal. */
    Vector2 newVelocity = state.Velocity - 1.90 * intersectionPointNormal * state.Velocity.DotProduct(intersectionPointNormal);

    /* Calculate the time of collision. */
    double timeOfCollision =    :action action :path-cost (+ (node-path-cost node) cost)
                       :depth (1+ (node-depth node)))
            ))
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      ))

A:

Keyword Symbols
:foo is a keyword symbol.

interned in and exported from the KEYWORD package
constantly bound to itself

Usage
Keyword symbols are used when one needs the combination of the following properties:

a symbol is the right data structure
symbols with the same name should be unique (by interning them in a package) -> package KEYWORD
different packages are not needed or wanted -> package KEYWORD
writing the symbol should be easy by


exported from the package KEYWORD (so keyword::bar, keyword:bar, ::bar and :bar are all the same symbol) and they evaluate to themselves:
CL-USER 5 > :bar
:BAR

CL-USER 6 > (describe :bar)

:BAR is a SYMBOL
NAME          "BAR"
VALUE         :BAR
FUNCTION      #<unbound function>
PLIST         NIL
PACKAGE       #<The KEYWORD package, 0/4 internal, 5830/8192 external>

CL-USER 7 > (eq 'keyword::bar ':bar)
T

CL-USER 8 > (eq :bar ':bar)  ; quoted or unquoted, each subform evaluates to :bar
T

Usage
Keyword symbols are used for example as names in named arguments:
(defun foo (&key bar) (+ bar 10))

(foo :bar 7)

Typically they are also used in arguments to instance and structure construction.
(defstruct          TransitDescriptor* descriptor) {
  DCHECK(descriptor);
  if (!::DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(), handle(), peer_process_handle,
                         descriptor, 0, FALSE, DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS)) {
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    return true;

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denominator of -37/6 and p.
246
Suppose 5*r = 4*h + 5 - 13, 4*r = 2*h - 10. Let f = -3612 + 25243/7. What is the common denominator of (332/6)/(h + -1) and f?
42
Let u = 7039 - 42349/6. Let b be (-4)/14 + (-15884)/(-4340). Let i = b - -38/31. Calculate the common denominator of u and i.
30
Let q(d) = -2*d**3 + 32*d**2 + d + 23. Calculate the lowest common multiple of 39 and q(16).
39
Let i = 40 - 19. Let j = i - 20. What is the least common multiple of (4 - 1) + (-3 - -3) and j?
3
Let k = 952 - 7605/8. What is the common denominator of k and -19/326?
1304
Suppose 4*v - 16 = -112. Find the common denominator of- 3/292. Find the common denominator of 41/16 and w.
176
Suppose 0 = 5*i + 20, 3*g = -6*i + 8*i + 41. Let t(z) = -z - 6. What is the least common multiple of t(-9) and g?
33
Let h = -731732/163 - -4489. What is the common denominator of 9/8 and h?
1304
Suppose 36*a = 30*a + 108. What is the lowest common multiple of 24 and a?
72
Let w be 40721/(-10)*1/1. Let x = w - -4078. Find the common denominator of 11387/(-236) + (-2)/8 and x.
10
Let z(a) = a**3 + 7*a**2 - 3*a + 9. Let s be z(-6). Find the common denominator of 71/33 and (-7)/s*266/4.
198
Let g(y) be the first derivative of y**4/4 - 4*y**3 + 5*y**2 + 16*y + 3. Let n be g(11). Suppose -n*i


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But as usually, there are several ways to skin a cat, so you have options. Like:
$str = sprintf('%s-%s-%s', substr($input, 0, 3), substr($input, 3, 3), substr($input, 6));

Or alternatively
$str = preg_replace('/^(.{3})(.{3})(.*)$/', '\1-\2-\3', $input);

Or alternatively
$str = preg_split('//', $input);

if (5 > count($chrs)) {
   array_splice($chrs, 4, 0, '-');
}

if (3 > count($chrs)) {
   array_splice($chrs, 2, 0, '-');
}

$str = implode('', $chrs);

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TRUE and FALSE
     * are useful for testing a complex AlarmRule structure, and for
     * testing your alarm actions.

Alarm names specified in
     * AlarmRule can be surrounded with double-quotes ("), but do not have
     * to be.

The following are some examples of AlarmRule:

     *

 ALARM(CPUUtilizationTooHigh) AND
     * ALARM(DiskReadOpsTooHigh) specifies that the composite alarm goes into
     * ALARM state only if both CPUUtilizationTooHigh and DiskReadOpsTooHigh alarms are
     * in ALARM state.

 ALARM(CPUUtilizationTooHigh) AND NOT


disk usage if a known network problem is
     * also occurring.

The AlarmRule can specify as
     * many as 100 "children" alarms. The AlarmRule expression can have as
     * many as 500 elements. Elements are child alarms, TRUE or FALSE statements, and
     * parentheses.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetAlarmRule() const{ return m_alarmRule; }

    /**
     *
An expression that specifies which other alarms are to be evaluated to
     * determine this composite alarm's state. For each alarm that you reference, you
     * designate a function that specifies whether thatfor testing a complex AlarmRule structure, and for
     * testing your alarm actions.

Alarm names specified in
     * AlarmRule can be surrounded with double-quotes ("), but do not have
     * to be.

The following are some examples of AlarmRule:

     *

 ALARM(CPUUtilizationTooHigh) AND
     * ALARM(DiskReadOpsTooHigh) specifies that the composite alarm goes into
     * ALARM state only if both CPUUtilizationTooHigh and DiskReadOpsTooHigh alarms are
     * in ALARM state.

 ALARM(CPUUtilizationTooHigh) AND NOT
     * ALARM(DeploymentInProgress) specifies that the alarm goes to ALARM state
     * if CPUUtilizationTooHigh is in ALARM state


alarm transitions to an OK
     * state from any other state. Each action is specified as an Amazon Resource Name
     * (ARN).

Valid Values:
     * arn:aws:sns:region:account-id:sns-topic-name
     *

     */
    inline PutCompositeAlarmRequest& AddOKActions(const char* value) { m_oKActionsHasBeenSet = true; m_oKActions.push_back(value); return *this; }

    /**
     *
A list of key-value pairs to associate with the composite alarm. You can
     * associate as many as 50 tags with an alarm.

Tags can help you organize
     * and categorize your resources. You can also use them to scope user permissions,
   be amputated the affected limb to remove the source of pain for dogs. Most pet owners will struggle with this decision. They are too concerned because the dog is too old or already has trouble walking, or that it would not be able to do the things it enjoys doing such as swimming or fetching. That is why, despite of the attempts to reassure pet owners to focus on the need for immediate relief of discomfort, still most pet owners doesn’t consider this option for their pets. What they don’t know is that if they don’t do what is advisable for their pet, it could only post a significant effect onto their pet’s well-being. That is why on the part of the veterinarian, it is extremely important to


to $450,000 under a plan to have each local dollar matched by the state.

"It's caused me some concern," he said, explaining that he believes the state may stop matching funds because of budgetary constraints.

In another matter, the board announced it will pay $847,500 for 63.4 acres at the intersection of Chickahominy and Richmond Roads in Toano for a new middle school site after members spent about 10 minutes discussing the matter in closed session.of the PWM signal generally approximates the ratio of output voltage to input voltage divided by the efficiency of the converter. For example, for an ideal DC-to-DC converter with a desired output of 1.2V and an input of 12V, the duty cycle would be 10%. In high current applications, it is often desirable to force the various DC-to-DC converters to sample different “phases” of their clock cycle. That is, to prevent DC-to-DC converters in a system from all sampling the first 10% of a clock cycle, one converter may sample the first 10% of the clock cycle and the next converter may sample a different 10% of the clock cycle, and so on. This typically reduces noise and improves transient response. This technique is also used in motor


   seconds: 8
loop number: 21810    seconds: 10
loop number: 28985    seconds: 13
loop number: 36078    seconds: 15
16.0257680416 seconds for the mongo query to get rows: 41541

So it's obvious what's going on here, the first batchsize of a cursor request is 100, and then each subsequent one is 4m worth of data which appears to be just over 7k documents for me.  And each fetch costs 2-3 seconds!!!!
I thought I could fix this problem by moving my application closer to the mongos instance.  I ran the above code on APPSERVER (with the connection pointing to localhost) hoping to decrease the network usage .... but it was worse!
loop number: 0    seconds: 0
loop number: 101  would expect this to process in a fraction of a second:
$q=mysql_query("select * from big_table");//let's say 10m rows here ....
$c=0;
while($r=mysql_fetch_rows($q))
    $c++;
echo $c." rows examined";

Can somebody explain the gargantuan difference between the pymongo (~1 hour) and php/mysql (<1 sec) approaches I've presented? Thanks!

A:

I was able to figure this out with the help of A. Jesse Jiryu Davis.  It turns out I didn't have C extension installed.  I wanted to run another test without the shards so I could rule out the network latency as an issue.  I got a fresh clean host, set up mongo, imported my data, and ran my script and it took the same amount of time.  So I know the sharding/replica sets didn't have anything to do with the


with renormalization and are ultimately caused by the non-local nature of the Moyal ‘star’ product. One of these problems is the conciliation of unitarity with the locality of the counterterms needed to subtract UV divergences. Indeed, whereas on the one hand it has been proved [@GomisM] that noncommutativity matrices $\Theta=[\Theta^{\m\n}]$ with only space-space components yield one-loop renormalized Green functions consistent with unitarity, on the other hand it has been shown that such Green functions do not define an effective action [@GGBRR] (see ref. [@Bahns] for an argument in terms of Wick products). This indicates that noncommutativity matrices with nonvanishing space-time components should be investigated. Some progress along this line is taking place [@Bahnsetalt; @Fujikawa]. Another source of trouble is the occurrence of tachyonic instabilities [@tachyon; @FRRsusy] already at first order in perturbation theory. Such                           0 & \theta\,S \end{pmatrix} A
    {\quad\mbox{with}\quad} S = \begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1 \\ -1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}\,,$$ where $A$ is orthogonal, $A^t=A^{-1}$, and $\zeta$ and ${\theta}$ are constants. Note that, being $A$ orthogonal, the previous transformation is both a congruence and a similarity. Let us assume now that two antisymmetric matrices ${\Theta}$ and ${\Theta}'$ are related by such a transformation, $$\Theta' = A^t\Theta A =: {\cal A}[\Theta],$$ and let us define local transformations $$Af(x) = f(A^{-1}x).$$ As is well known, it then follows that the corresponding star products $\star_{\Theta}$ and $\star_{{\Theta}'}$ are covariant under $A$, meaning that


field of unital algebras) with a variable noncommutativity parameter $\omega=\omega(R)$, a smooth and strictly positive function. Define finally the star product through $$\begin{aligned}
  (f\star_\omega\!h)\, (R,e^{i\kappa},e^{i\rho},\phi) &
      = \frac{1}{ (2\pi)^2} \int\! d^2\!u\,d^2\!t\,\,e^{-iut}\\
     & ~{\scriptstyle \times}\,f(R,\,e^{i\kappa-i\omega(R)\,u_2/2},\,
                             e^{i\rho+i\omega(R)\,u_1/2},\,\phi)\,\,
        h(R,\,e^{i\kappa+it_1},\,e^{i\rho+it_2},\,\phi),\end{aligned}$$ where $u=(u_1,u_2)$ and $t=(t_1,t_2)$. If functions on ${\mathbb{R}}^4$ are isotypically decomposed, $$f=\sum_{\mathrm{\bf r}\in{\mathbb{Z}}_2}\,e^{-i(r_1\kappa+r_2\rho)}\,
      f_{\mathrm{\bf r}}(R,\phi)$$ the star product takes the form $$(f \star_\omega\! h)\,(R,\kappa,\rho,\phi)
         = \sum_{\mathrm{\bf r},\mathrm{\bf s}\in{\mathbb{Z}}_2}
     R_{\varphi}L_{\varphi})\, e^{-t{\Delta}}\Big]\,.
\label{action-2}$$

We first calculate the traces of the three terms in the integrand and then integrate over $dt$. The $L_{{\varphi}\star{\varphi}}$ and $R_{{\varphi}\star{\varphi}}$ terms in eq. (\[action-2\]) yield the same contribution to the trace, since for any function $f$ one has $$\operatorname{Tr}\big( R_f\,e^{-t{\Delta}}\big)  = \operatorname{Tr}\big(L_f\,e^{-t{\Delta}}\big)
         = \operatorname{Tr}\big(M_f\,e^{-t{\Delta}}\big)
         =  \frac{1}{(4\pi t)^2}\int\! d^4\!x ~ f({\bar{x}},{\tilde{x}}) \,,
\label{L-R-M}$$ where $M_f$ denotes the operator of ordinary multiplication by $f$. To prove this, we note that from the definition of star product in eq. (\[rank2\]) it follows, in obvious notation, that $$\begin{aligned}
    \langle x|L_f |y\rangle  &\igual&  \frac{1}{(2\pi)^2} \int
        d^2\!{\tilde{u}}\,d^2\!{\tilde{v}}~ e^{-i{\tilde{u}}{\tilde{v}}}~
        f\big({\bar{x}},\,{\tilde{x}}-{\tfrac{1}{2}}\,{\theta}({\bar{x}})\,S{\tilde{u}}\big)~


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[^1]: Also at Université de Provence, gayral@cpt.univ-mrs.fr

[^2]: Recalling from Section 3 that $L_{\varphi}$ and $R_{\varphi}$ for ${\varphi}$ of


was limited only to diabetes screening and obesity prevention programs ([@B17]). We do not know what organizational and population factors are associated with being able to offer more diabetes-related services.

Most LHDs serve jurisdictions with a population of less than 150,000 ([@B18]). Additionally, rural residents, who are overrepresented in small LHD jurisdictions, are often at increased risk for diabetes and obesity. Excluding high-achieving large metropolitan LHDs from analysis would produce a more realistic picture of typical LHDs and portray their challenges. The objectives of this study were to describe diabetes-related patient care and primary prevention services offered by small LHDs and to explore factors associated with the diversity of these services.

Methods
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Sampling
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We obtained a database with information on every known LHD in the United States from the RAND Corporation ([@B19]).collect brief descriptions of the collaboration and information on the availability of funding. We assessed staff structure by self-reported total number of staff in full-time equivalent (FTE) positions and their academic credentials. If there was a certified diabetes educator (CDE), we asked whether his or her employment status was full-time or part-time.

In April 2009, we pilot-tested the questionnaire with 5 small LHDs not selected for the sample and confirmed that the questionnaire was clear and the protocol was appropriate. A graduate student assistant was trained as a telephone interviewer. Data collection was conducted from July 2009 through June 2010. Because of the H1N1 influenza outbreak, many directors of small LHDs were unavailable for interview for several months. We placed at least 5 calls on different days of the


programs were offered by approximately half of small LHDs, compared with 56% of LHDs of all sizes that reported the presence of an obesity prevention program in the 2005 NACCHO national survey ([@B17]). Type 2 diabetes primary prevention programs were offered by only a small number of LHDs. The scarcity of diabetes primary prevention was not surprising, given the newness and difficulties of implementing diabetes primary prevention in public health ([@B24]). Some of these challenges include limited funding, a lack of coordination across disease-oriented programs, the large at-risk population, and scarcity of evidence-based practices ([@B24]). Also expected was the low percentage of small LHDs with diabetes surveillance capacity. Previous studies have found that smaller population size was associated with decreased capacity and performance of surveillance ([@B9],[@B10]).

Our findings indicateIn general, the user interface apparatus is a device in a domestic appliance, a portable device, and so on for inputting an order thereto and displaying information on the order inputted thus thereon. It is required that the user interface apparatus used in the domestic appliance has limited areas of display means and input means, as well as displays a list of selectable items within the limited areas of the display means and input means, and allows the user to input the order in a convenient manner.


anode 150 and a cathode 110, a hole transporting layer (HTL) 140 interposed between the anode 150 and the emitting layer 130 in order to improve injection efficiency of holes, and an electron transporting layer (ETL) 120 interposed between the cathode 110 and the emitting layer 130 in order to improve injection efficiency of electrons. In this configuration, the operation of the organic EL device is classified into (1) the operation of injecting electrons and holes into the emitting layer, (2) the operation of radiative recombination of electrons and holes, and (3) the operation of transmitting light to the outside.
The injection efficiency of electrons and holes need to be improved in order to improve the luminous efficiency of an organic EL device. Conventional techniques to improve the injectionof infringing material, a serious headache for copyright holders.

To tackle this problem, authorities and entertainment industry groups are now in the process of drafting fresh legislation aimed at those social media platforms that allow users to upload content.

According to Izvestia, the Ministry of Culture and groups including the National Federation of the Music Industry (NFMI) and the Association of Producers of Cinema and Television (APKIT), believe that a change in the law will make it harder for social platforms to evade liability.

Under Article 1253.1 of the Civil Code, social media sites are considered “information brokers”, meaning that sites like vKontakte (Russia’s Facebook) can avoid being held liable for infringing content uploaded by their users.

Rightsholders would like that legislation to be removed or rewritten in a way that would


pre-diagnostic urine-based assays (PCA3, T2-ERG, Exosome DX, Select MDx and Prostarix), serum-based assays for PSA derivatives, and diagnostic biopsy tissue-based assays (Oncotype DX, Prolaris, Decipher and ProMark assays) \[[@CR2]--[@CR10]\]. While most of the pre-treatment assays rely on biopsy tissue, the rise in post-treatment serum PSA and detection of metastasis using imaging modalities remains the "gold standard" for monitoring disease progression.

Liquid biopsies are among the most preferred tests as they are non-invasive and rapidly performed, in comparison to tissue biopsies. However, there are limitations in the diagnostic and prognostic performance of blood-based biomarkers of prostate cancer. Current methods include PSA in combination with digital rectal exam (DRE) \[[@CR11]\], the Prostate Health Index (PHI) which analyzes a combination of free-PSA (fPSA), total PSA (tPSA), and \[-2\]proPSA to predict risk ofanalyte marker and two clinical feature panel defined in this study has promising potential in prognosing progression-free survival and provides new strategy to complement early stages of prostate cancer disease management.

Conclusion {#Sec15}
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A serum-based four analyte markers panel (TNC, 1-MA, APOA-IV and PA18:0-22:0) complemented with Gleason score and tumor stage, can be used to predict the recurrence of disease post-surgery and modify treatment strategies to improve the survival of prostate cancer patients.

Supplementary information
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**Additional file 1: Figure S1.** Kaplan--Meier BCR-free survival curves across dichotomized marker levels of (PA)18:0-22:0, Tenascin C, Apolipoprotein A-IV and 1-Methyladenosine. **Figure S2.** Kaplan--Meier metastasis-free survival curves across dichotomized marker levels of (PA)18:0-22:0, Tenascin C, Apolipoprotein A-IV and 1-Methyladenosine. **Table S1.** Clinico-pathological variable distribution between training and testing cohorts.

BCR

:   biochemical recurrence

ROC

:   receiver


Both extracellular immunoglobin-like domains of CD80 contain residues critical for binding T cell surface receptors CTLA-4 and CD28.
The B7-related molecules CD80 and CD86 are expressed on antigen-presenting cells, bind the homologous T cell receptors CD28 and CTLA-4, and trigger costimulatory signals important for optimal T cell activation. All four molecules are immunoglobulin superfamily members, each comprising an extracellular Ig variable-like (IgV) domain, with CD80 and CD86 containing an additional Ig constant-like (IgC) domain. Despite limited sequence identity, CD80 and CD86 share similar overall receptor binding properties and effector functions. We have identified, by site-directed mutagenesis of soluble forms of CD80 and CD86, residues in both the IgV and IgC domains that are important for CTLA4Ig and CD28Ig binding. Mutagenesis in the IgV domain of CD80 identified 11 aminoCross-party support in House of Lords for international investigation of Sri Lanka atrocities

The Senior Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), Baroness Warsi, speaking at the House of Lords, noting recommendations made by the UN Human Rights Chief in a report released last week, reiterated the UK’s commitment towards passing a resolution for an international investigation into crimes in Sri Lanka.

Responding to comments made by Lord Naseby questioning the validity a resolution at the UNHRC, Baroness Warsi, reiterated,

“We have yet to see a meaningful, time-bound, independent, domestic-led political process with clear milestones in this matter.”


Monthly marijuana sales in Colorado have soared past the $100 million mark for the first time, according to the August recreational and medical marijuana sales data from the state Department of Revenue released Friday.

Once again, marijuana sales surpassed the previous month’s numbers with recreational marijuana coming in at $59.2 million and medical marijuana tallying $41.4 million.

The combined $100.6 million in marijuana sales continues the month-to-month record-setting trend for 2015.

Recreational cannabis sales began on Jan. 1, 2014 in Colorado, the first state to launch a retail marijuana program. In that first month, there were $46.9 million in total sales — $14.7 million was recreational, $32.2 million medical. August 2014 marked the first time that recreational sales exceeded medical sales.

There are three types of state taxes on recreational marijuana: thepillars of knowledge acquisition: interaction with content, interaction with instructors, and interaction among peers.[@bib5]

We felt it was critical to provide organized structure for daily activities. Our daily educational activities incorporated a surgical sub-specialty weekly theme which focused discussion at specific specialties ([Fig. 2](#fig2){ref-type="fig"} ). Each day, a topic was selected, and two text chapters were assigned in preparation for the daily online activity ([Fig. 3](#fig3){ref-type="fig"} ). Faculty lectures were scheduled during previously protected educational time facilitating the greatest number of resident attendance while the resident led lectures were scheduled for after work hours to facilitate resident attendance. Each day, residents participated in 1--2 online activities to allow for interaction. All sessions were developed for the curriculum with novel content. The content was created to stimulate both passive and active learning


of faculty interest in their chosen topic. Two faculty lectures were directed at core surgical content and the third lecture was directed at an increasingly complex topic. Our online platform allowed for faculty members to interact electronically by asking and fielding questions directly from the residents.Fig. 4Faculty lecture with online textbook readings.Fig. 4

Resident topic discussion {#sec2.3}
-------------------------

Two resident-led sessions were scheduled for the remaining days of the week. These sessions fostered resident educational independence through presentation development and delivery, and improvement of cognitive thought processes. Each surgical topic was split into components with an accompanying list of questions to be addressed by a single resident ([Table 1](#tbl1){ref-type="table"} ).Table 1Topic discussion structure and questions.Table 1∙Surgical anatomy￮What are the relevant organs involved in the disease process?￮What is the blood supply and innervation to those organs?￮What are([Table 2](#tbl2){ref-type="table"} ).Table 2Journal club structure and questions.Table 2•Background (presented by senior resident)￮What are the aspects of the disease process necessary to understand the investigative question?￮What are the relevant findings from previously published literature?￮Each background should conclude with: What is the main research question asked by the study?•Methods (presented by junior resident)￮What was the type of study performed?￮What were the inclusion/exclusion criteria?￮What were the primary and secondary outcomes?￮How were they measured?￮What was the statistical analysis plan?•Results (presented by junior resident)￮What were the major findings of the study?￮What did the statistical analysis say?•Discussion (presented by senior resident)￮What were the most significant findings of the study in relation to changes in patient care?￮What were the limitations of the study?￮For the landmark paper: How did this study inform future decision making including current practices?


This invention relates to transducers for concentrating electromagnetic energy, and more particularly to such transducers for use in a data storage device.
Heat assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) has been proposed as a means by which the recording density of hard disc drives may be extended to 1 Tb/in2 or higher. Current conventional hard disc drive technology is limited by the superparamagnetic limit, which causes the small magnetic grains needed for high density recording media to gradually lose their magnetization state over time due to thermal fluctuations. By using heat assisted magnetic recording, the magnetic anisotropy of the recording medium, i.e. its resistance to thermal demagnetization, can be greatly increased while still allowing the data to be recorded with standard recording fields. A laser beam heats the area on thedisc that is to be recorded and temporarily reduces the anisotropy in just that area sufficiently so that the applied recording field is able to set the magnetic state of that area. After cooling back to the ambient temperature, the anisotropy returns to its high value and stabilizes the magnetic state of the recorded mark.
The main difficulty with HAMR has been discovering a technique that is able to conduct sufficient light energy into the recording medium to heat it by several hundred degrees, but only in the area that is desired to be recorded, which typically will have dimensions on the order of 25 to 50 nm if the recording density is 1 Tb/in2. If the optical hot spot is larger than this area, it will extend to


568 S.E.2d 140 (2002)
256 Ga. App. 239
YANG
v.
WASHINGTON et al.
No. A02A0274.
Court of Appeals of Georgia.
July 1, 2002.
*141 Neal H. Howard, Joann Brown-Williams, William D. James, Atlanta, for appellant.
Allen & Weathington, Hunter S. Allen, Jr., Gary R. McCain, Atlanta, Kara A. Hicks, for appellees.
RUFFIN, Judge.
Chang Yang sued Dr. Carl Washington and the Emory Clinic, alleging medical malpractice after a laser procedure performed on her face left permanent scarring. Following a trial, a jury found in favor of the defendants. Yang filed a motion for new trial and a motion for attorney fees, both of which the trial court denied. On appeal, Yang challenges the trial court's denial of both motions.[1] Finding no error, we affirm.
1. Prior to reaching the merits of the appeal, we find it necessary to address thewhich she fails to provide any citation to the record, general or otherwise. "`The burden is upon the party alleging error to show it affirmatively by the record.'"[3] And it is well settled that we will not cull the record on behalf of a party.[4] By failing to accurately and thoroughly cite the record, Yang risks that we will deem her claims unsupported and, therefore, abandoned.[5] To the extent that Yang's claims of error are supported, we address them on appeal.
2. In her first enumeration of error, Yang contends that the trial court erred in denying her motion for new trial. In reviewing such claim, we "view the evidence favorably to the prevailing party and determine whether there was any evidence at trial to support the verdict."[6] So


work out. Sometimes there simply is no convenient train connection at a later hour, or the appointment/class/conference etc. takes longer than scheduled. But it all worked out as I wanted it on this trip!

There is something in the grandeur and magnificence of a building such as that which must affect even the most hardened of souls. It is impossible not to wonder at the achievements in the construction. As to how one feels inside such a building is, of course, a very personal thing. They usually affect me emotionally in a way that modern buildings, however, marvellous just do not.

It is the same for me, Graham. Modern buildings simply can't provide the same atmosphere as old churches, palaces and the like can, where we imagine the walls andpassed with every request.
Thanks

A:

The best solution is to put it in a session cookie, which will be passed with the AJAX requests and can be interpreted by the server. No changes needed to any JavaScript AJAX requests.
The next would be more complicated. You could write a jQuery.ajaxSend() function that checks the request url (to make sure it's one you need to add the session ID to) and add the sessionID to the data object before the AJAX request is made.


and shaming them with Islamophobia. The author does not hold back on how awful the family is treated. Though the actual events of the tragedy are slowly revealed, they are not the focus of the story but rather how the family members react to it. The novel takes place over the five days leading up to the memorial service for Natalie, the neighbors and once close friends with the Al-Menshawys. We watch how each member of the Al-Menshawys struggles to come to terms with the memorial service and through the character's memories and flashbacks we follow the family's struggle of assimilating to the United States. Mother Nagla is paralyzed by grief and guilt. She is a traditional, conservative wife who still relies on her mother, Ehsan, to run
thesuper narrow so people really don't speed excessively (although that was probably out of necessity more than planning on reducing speeds).

That would probably work fine. Assuming there isn't a stop sign every other block, it appears those streets don't. But if there are too many stop signs on the route, you find the tendency to ignore them grows (most cars are only hitting the stop signs until they get to a arterial street and then get out of there. If you route bikes into a stop sign forest it is basically forcing them to sprint, stop, sprint stop, and most will get frustrated and stop using the route or dangerously ignore them).

In Tulsa, 3rd is a "Bike Route" or "Share the Road" path, from Pittsburgh until you hit


Q:

Show that $f_n(x):=\sqrt[n]{x}$ is Lipschitz continuous and determine the Lipschitz constants $L_n$

The question:
Let $a>0, n\:\epsilon\: \mathbb{N} $ and let $f_n:[a,\infty)\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ be defined by $f_n(x):=\sqrt[n]{x}$. Show that $f_n$ is Lipschitz continuous and determine the appropriate Lipschitz constants $L_n$.
Now I wrote down the basic statement:
$|\sqrt[n]{x}-\sqrt[n]{y}|≤L_n|x-y|$
But I can't come up with any idea of how to get a Lipschitz constant, especially for all n.
Edit: I'm not allowed to use derivates.

A:

We can apply mean value theorem. Note that $\frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}x} x^\frac{1}{n} = \frac{1}{n}x^{\frac{1}{n} - 1}$, so:
$$
\left|\frac{\sqrt[n]{x} - \sqrt[n]{y}}{x - y}\right| \leq \max_{x \in [a,\infty)}\left|\frac{1}{n}x^{\frac{1}{n} - 1}\right| = \frac{1}{n}a^{\frac{1}{n} - 1}
$$
So we can choose $L_n = \frac{1}{n}a^{\frac{1}{n} - 1}$.
Note that the following theorem is used to conclude the inequality: Let $f : \Bbb{R} \supseteq D \to \Bbb{R}$ be a differentiable function. Then:
$$
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  //
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  //
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  // namespace.
  std::vector<find_all_symbols::SymbolInfo> MatchedSymbols =
      SymbolIndexMgr.search(QueryString, /*IsNestedSearch=*/false, FileName);
  if (MatchedSymbols.empty())
    MatchedSymbols =
        SymbolIndexMgr.search(Query, /*IsNestedSearch=*/true, FileName);
  LLVM_DEBUG(llvm::dbgs() << "Having found " << MatchedSymbols.size()
                          << " symbols\n");
  // We store a copy of MatchedSymbols in a place where it's globally reachable.
  // This is used by the standalone version of the tool.
  this->MatchedSymbols = MatchedSymbols;
  return MatchedSymbols;
}

llvm::Expected<tooling::Replacements>createIncludeFixerReplacements(
    StringRef Code, const IncludeFixerContext &Context,
    const clang::format::FormatStyle &Style, bool AddQualifiers) {
  if (Context.getHeaderInfos().empty())
    return tooling::Replacements();
  StringRef FilePath = Context.getFilePath();
  std::string IncludeName =
      "#include " + Context.getHeaderInfos().front().Header + "\n";
  // Create replacements for the new header.
  clang::tooling::Replacements Insertions;
  auto Err =
      Insertions.add(tooling::Replacement(FilePath, UINT_MAX, 0, IncludeName));
  if (Err)
    return std::move(Err);

  auto CleanReplaces = cleanupAroundReplacements(Code, Insertions, Style);
  if (!CleanReplaces)
    return CleanReplaces;

  auto Replaces = std::move(*CleanReplaces);
  if (AddQualifiers) {
    for (const auto &Info : Context.getQuerySymbolInfos()) {
      // Ignore the empty range.
      if


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Earlier in the day, Mr Shah started the Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha polls campaign in West Bengal with a rally in Malda, where he vowed to overthrow the Mamata Banerjee government and said Bengali refugees would be granted citizenship after the citizenship bill was passed.

The BJP chief also mocked the grand alliance of opposition parties as that of "greed and lust" for power. Mr Shah claimed that bringing 20-25 leaders on one stage -- done by TMC chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata -- would not serve any purpose as Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be elected again.


Mufti Kifayatullah Dehlavi, Mufti Muhammad Naeem Ludhianvi, Maulana Ahmed Ali Lahori, Maulana Bashir Ahmad Bhatta, Maulana Anwar Shah Kashmiri, Abdul Haq Akorwi, Maulana Abdul Haleem Siddiqui, Maulana Noor u Din Bihari  and  Maulana Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali.

Independence movement
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Partition of India
Maulana Syed Husain Ahmad Madani, the principal of the Darul Uloom Deoband (1927–1957) and the leading Deobandi scholar, held that Muslims were unquestionably part of a united India and that Hindu-Muslim unitycomparing functions computed by weighted automata over the tropical semiring. This problem is known to be undecidable, and we prove that it remains undecidable in some specific subclasses of automata.'
author:
- 'Laure Daviaud[^1]'
- Pierre Guillon
- Glenn Merlet
bibliography:
- 'urkind.bib'
title: |
    Comparison of max-plus automata and\
    joint spectral radius of tropical matrices
---

Introduction
============

Weighted automata were introduced by Schützenberger in [@Schutz61] as a quantitative extension of nondeterministic finite automata. They compute functions from the set of words over a finite alphabet to the set of values of a semiring, allowing one to model quantities such as costs, gains or probabilities. In this paper, we particularly focus on max-plus automata: automata weighted within the tropical semiring ${\mathbbm{Z}_{\max}}= ({\mathbbm Z}\cup\{-\infty\},\max,+)$. A max-plus automaton is thus a nondeterministic finite automaton


correspond respectively to the dimension, the maximal and minimal finite entries and the number of matrices in $\Gamma_{\mathcal A}$.

Regarding the size of the alphabet, by a classical encoding from an arbitrary alphabet to a two-letter alphabet, one can see that the comparison problem remains undecidable when restricting to the class of automata on the binary alphabet.

Regarding the two other parameters, if they are both bounded, the problem becomes decidable since we are now only considering a finite number of max-plus automata. What is more interesting to study is when one of the parameter is bounded and not the other. We will see that this problem remains undecidable in these cases, and our purpose is to give bounds on these parameters that allow to keep the undecidability.

On the oneof the words in $\{\star\}^*$ is $0$ in ${\mathcal A}'$, then the inequality holds.

The other inequality is obtained by observing how arcs labelled $\star$ are positioned in ${\mathcal A}'$. Indeed, if a transition labelled by $\star$ is taken, then it has to start from a final state or $q$, and has to end in an initial state or $q$. Moreover, no other letter labels a transition starting or ending in $q$. So, when reading a word $w \in {\Sigma}^+$ between two $\star$, this word is read on a path that was already an existing accepting path in ${\mathcal A}$.

Thus, we see that for all words $w\in{\Sigma}^+$ and all $k\in{\mathbbm N}$: $${\left\llbracket {\mathcal A}'\right\rrbracket}((\star w)^k\star)=k{\left\llbracket {\mathcal A}\right\rrbracket}(w)$$ so that: $$\begin{aligned}
\inf_{u\in{{\Sigma}'}^+}\frac{{\left\llbracket {\mathcal A}'\right\rrbracket}(u)}{{\left|u\right|}} & \le\inf_{\substack{w\in{\Sigma}^+ \\ k\in{\mathbbm N}}}\frac{{\left\llbracket {\mathcal A}'\right\rrbracket}((\star


spectral radius of $\Gamma_{\mathcal B}$ is equal to $0$. All the constructions are polynomial.

Notice that Lemma \[lemma:pspace-hard\] also proves that ${\texttt{JSR}\ifthenelse{\equal{}{}}{}{_{}}^{3}(\{0,-\infty\})}$ is PSPACE-hard. A result in [@Almagor2011] implies that ${\texttt{JSR}\ifthenelse{\equal{}{}}{}{_{}}^{k}({\mathbbm Z}^{-} \cup \{-\infty\})}$ is also PSPACE, where ${\mathbbm Z}^{-}$ denotes the set of nonpositive integers. Hence, Problem ${\texttt{JSR}\ifthenelse{\equal{}{}}{}{_{}}^{3}(\{0,-\infty\})}$ is also PSPACE-complete.

Restriction to finite entries
-----------------------------

Let us consider the restriction to matrices with only finite entries. In terms of automata, it means that for all letters $a$, there is a transition labelled by $a$ between any pair of states. In this case, the joint spectral radius and ultimate rank are computable.

\[t:FiniteEntries\] There are PSPACE algorithms to compute the joint spectral radius and the ultimate rank of any finite set of matrices with finite entries. In particular, in this case, the joint spectralproduct of matrices and ultimate rank of one matrix can be computed in P the algorithm is in NPSPACE=PSPACE.

Concerning the joint spectral radius, let us prove that $$\label{e:bndedPdts}
\rho(\Gamma)=\min_{\substack{\ell {\leqslant}(4b+1)^d \\ M_1,\ldots, M_\ell \in \Gamma}} \left\{\frac1\ell \rho(M_1\cdots M_\ell)\right\}$$ and conclude in the same way. To prove , consider a product $M_1\cdots M_\ell$ of matrices in $\Gamma$ and the orbit of the vector with all entries equal to $0$ under the action of $M_1, M_2, \ldots, M_\ell, M_1, M_2, \ldots$. By Lemma \[lemma:gaubert\], this orbit projectively has size at most $(4b+1)^{d}$. Hence, it cycles after $t$ steps for some $t {\leqslant}(4b+1)^{d}$ and has a period $p {\leqslant}(4b+1)^{d}$. Each time the orbit goes back to the same vector projectively, all coordinates have increased by some value, which is the spectral radius of $M_{(t+1)\bmod \ell} M_{(t+2) \bmod \ell} \cdots


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She was referring to the Sparks' two last-second victories in the WNBA Finals last year in Minnesota. Beard hit a jump shot on an assist from Gray in Game 1, and Ogwumike made the shot that won the championship in Game 5, after she had rebounded a Gray miss.

Gray is just 24 -- she'll be 25 next month -- and playing her third season in the WNBA. She had a tough ending to her college career at Duke, suffering knee injuries that cut short both her junior and senior seasons. She was picked No. 11 in the 2014 WNBA draft by Connecticut, and sat out that season recovering.

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the US into an autocratic state. He used nuclear weapons to end the Vietnam War, leading to the vast majority of the Vietnamese people being wiped out.
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A chemical method has been established for the detection of carboxyl-terminally amidated peptides in tissue extracts. Tissue was homogenized in an acidic medium designed to solubilize peptides while precipitating high-molecular-weight protein. The homogenate supernatant was in turn subjected to reversed-phase extraction with C18 Sep-Pak cartridges. The eluates were fractionated by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). Individual fractions were exhaustively digested with thermolysin, derivatized with phenylisothiocyanate (PITC), and then subjected to ethyl acetate extraction under basic conditions. The phenylthiocarbamyl (PTC)-amino acid amide derivatives were selectively taken up into the organic phase, while the other digestion products remained in the aqueous phase. The organic phase was analyzed by RP-HPLC on a Pico-Tag amino acid analysis column, monitoring eluates"'all the way.'" Possibly he had been talking to Ondaatje about how the new writing had been perplexing him. _Book_ _6_ was to be the first _Martyrology_ book not dedicated to Lea. But eventually it would also not be dedicated to Ondaatje.

The problematical new writing that was causing Barrie this perplexity was section 1 of "The Book of Hours" — it was a problem because previously Barrie had totally finished one book of _The Martyrology_ before beginning the next. He wrote to Michael Gibbs on February 27 that even though he'd "put a bullet" through _The Martyrology_ the poem appeared to have come back to life in a puzzlingly new way along with various new thoughts and visions. He told Gibbs, however, that he quite liked the fact


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Indeed, the group $Sp(2)$ plays the central role in both quantum and classical optics, including multilayer optics [@sanch99]. It consists of two-by-two real matrices whose determinant is one. Each matrix contains at most three independent parameters. It is thus a simple matter to multiply two or three matrices. However, for multiplication of a large number of matrices presents a new problem. The product of those many matrices will also be one two-by-two matrix with a unit determinant, but how can we calculate their elements?

For example, let us look


  \sin\alpha_{1} & \cos\alpha_{1}}
\pmatrix{\cos\alpha_{2} & -\sin\alpha_{2} \cr
      \sin\alpha_{2} & \cos\alpha_{2}}  =
\pmatrix{\cos(\alpha_{1} + \alpha_{2}) & -\sin(\alpha_{1} + \alpha_{2})
\cr \sin(\alpha_{1} + \alpha_{2}) & \cos(\alpha_{1} + \alpha_{2})},$$ and similar expressions for the remaining matrices in Eq.(\[core11\]). We call this the sliderule property of Wigner’s little groups.

If they are cycled $N$ times, they take the form $$\begin{aligned}
\label{core33}
&{}&\pmatrix{\cos(N\alpha) & -\sin(N\alpha) \cr
                   \sin(N\alpha) & \cos(N\alpha)} ,  \quad
\pmatrix{\cosh(N\beta) & \sinh(N\beta) \cr
                \sinh(\beta) & (\cosh\beta)} , \nonumber \\[2ex]
&{}& \pmatrix{1 & 0 \cr N\gamma & 1} , \quad and \quad
     \pmatrix{1 &explicit two-by-two matrices with real elements. However, in so doing, we are going through an important group theoretical aspect which became known to us only recently, namely on contractions of Wigner’s little groups. This aspect was discussed in detail in a recent paper on lens optics [@bk03]. Thus, we shall borrow some of the mathematical identities from that paper.

In addition, in the present paper, we observe that Wigner’s little group has sliderule properties which allow us to convert multiplications into additions. This property was noted for one of the little groups in the paper of Han [*et al.*]{} In this paper, we shall show that all three of the little groups have the same sliderule property, using Eq.(\[core55\]).

In Sec. \[formul\], we formulate the problem in terms of the S-matrix method


M_{2}^{N} = \left[\pmatrix{\cos(\phi_{2}/4) &
 - \sin(\phi_{2}/4) \cr \sin(\phi_{2}/4) & \cos(\phi_{2}/4)}
  \pmatrix{e^{\xi/2} & 0 \cr 0 & e^{-\xi/2}} \right]
  \pmatrix{\cos(N\phi/2) & -\sin(N\phi/2)
  \cr \sin(N\phi/2) & \cos(N\phi/2)}
  \nonumber \\[2ex]
&{}& \hspace{10mm} \times
     \left[ \pmatrix{e^{-\xi/2} & 0 \cr 0 & e^{\xi/2}}
      \pmatrix{\cos(\phi_{2}/4) & \sin(\phi_{2}/4) \cr
       -\sin(\phi_{2}/4) & \cos(\phi_{2}/4)} \right],\end{aligned}$$ for $A$ of Eq.(\[a11\]). For $A$ of Eq.(\[a22\]), $$\begin{aligned}
&{}& M_{2}^{N} = \left[\pmatrix{\cos(\phi_{2}/4) & -\sin(\phi_{2}/4) \cr
      \sin(\phi_{2}/4) & \cos(\phi_{2}/4)}
  \pmatrix{e^{\xi/2} & 0 \cr 0 & e^{-\xi/2}} \right]
  \pmatrix{\cosh(N\chi/2) & -\sinh(N\chi/2)  \cr
  -\sin(N\chi/2) & \cos(N\chi/2)}  \nonumber \\[2ex]
&{}& \hspace{10mm} \times
  \left[   \pmatrix{e^{-\xi/2} & 0 \cr 0 & e^{\xi/2}}
      \pmatrix{\cos(\phi_{2}/4)& \sin(\phi_{2}/4) \cr
       -\sin(\phi_{2}/4) & \cos(\phi_{2}/4)} \right].\end{aligned}$$

If the lower-left element given in Eq.(\[lleft\]) vanishes, we have to go back to Eq.(\[chain55\]) and Eq.(\[a33\]), and write $$M_{2}^{N} = \pmatrix{\cos(\phi_{2}/4) & -\sin(\phi_{2}/4) \cr
      \sin(\phi_{2}/4) & \cos(\phi_{2}/4)}
    \pmatrix{1 & -2N\sinh\lambda   \cr 0 & 1}
      \pmatrix{\cos(\phi_{2}/4) & \sin(\phi_{2}/4) \cr
       -\sin(\phi_{2}/4) & \cos(\phi_{2}/4)} .$$

As we noted in Sec. \[formul\], we use $M_{2}$ and $M_{2}^{N}$ for mathematical convenience. In the real world, we have to use $M_{1}$ and $M_{1}^{N}$. It is not difficult to write this expression using the conjugate transformation of Eq.(\[conju55\]). It can be written as $$\begin{aligned}
&{}& M_{1}^{N} = \left[\pmatrix{e^{-i\phi_{2}/4} & 0 \cr 0 &


can be tested as the optical parameters are varied from positive values of Eq.(\[lleft\]) to a positive value through zero. This condition does not depend on $N$. We have discussed a similar case in our previous paper [@gk01].

In their recent paper [@bk03], Baskal and Kim noted the same transition process for one-lens optics. They noted that the camera focusing mechanism corresponds to contraction of Wigner little groups. It is interesting to note that the same contraction mechanism exists in $N$-layer optics.

Concluding Remarks {#concluding-remarks .unnumbered}
==================

Based on Wigner’s little groups, we have developed an algebraic method which allows us to study the cyclic properties of two-by-two S-matrices for multilayer optics. Starting from the single-layer S-matrix, it is possible to write the $N$-layer matrix by multiplying one of the parameters by $N$. Thein patients with PRL-secreting tumors, secretion of biologically active PRL molecular weight variants is not proportionately different from that in normal subjects; and 3) the results of the Nb2 PRL bioassay correlate well with PRL levels determined by RIA for each of three molecular weight variants identified.


A Word of Thanks

Tomorrow I will be releasing Ranger Martin and the Search for Paradise, the third and final book in the Ranger Martin zombie trilogy. I should be happy, and I am, but I have to admit I’ll miss Ranger and his gang of misfits. He and the kids provided me a wonderful outlet to talk about society, relationships, and the pains of growing up in a confusing world. Although the story is set during a zombie apocalypse, the angst felt among the characters is what I believe everyone feels at some point in life. I found it easy to write the scenes where Ranger, the shotgun-toting undead killer, and Matty, the fiery teen and natural leader to her peers, would have it out while everything aroundmay Ranger Martin inspire you to fight back against the real zombies of this world. May nothing get in the way of your success.

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Love the conversations with your wife. My husband gets all of the sailing and sniper questions but I think he likes knowing these “manly” things. ha ha
I’m glad I stumbled by and good luck with your new book.
Tracey

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May I seize this welcome opportunity to celebrate tomorrow’s publishing of the final book in the Ranger Martin trilogy by Jack Flacco.
Moreover, please be prepared for my upcoming review.

I’m looking forward to a post titled “Sold Out Completely” or “Publishers Can’t Keep Up With The Demand”! Thank you, Jack, for the glimpses


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Alderman Christine Ingrassia said on Twitter that her children, who were in the audience with her, saw someone get punched for urging others to let the mayor be heard.

Taylor at one point called for better vetting and training rather than solely focusing on the race of officers. She has been outspoken about racial discrimination in the department.

Franks, often seen among the Stockley protesters, at times tried to interpret audience members’ comments about O’Toole or policing. At other points he called for the audience to allow Krewson to speak.

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                     match_core23 d j c1 m1 c2 m2 -> sm_valid j m1 m2)
 (st1 : C1)
  (m1 : mem)
  (st1' : C1)
  (m1' : mem)
  (CS1 : corestep Sem1 g1 st1 m1 st1' m1')
  (d12 : core_data12)
  (d23 : core_data23)
  (st3 : C3)
  (m3 : mem)
  (st2 : C2)
  (m2 : mem)
  (mu12 : SM_Injection)
  (mu23 : SM_Injection)
  (INV : locBlocksTgt mu12 = locBlocksSrc mu23 /\
        extBlocksTgt mu12 = extBlocksSrc mu23 /\
        (forall b


   assert (frgnBlock23: frgnBlocksSrc mu23 = frgnBlocksSrc mu23') by apply InjInc23.
      destruct mu23; destruct mu23'. simpl in *.
      destruct LocAlloc23 as [LA12a [LA12b [LA12c LA12d]]].
      subst; simpl in *.
      split; trivial.
      split; trivial.
      split; assumption.
    split; trivial.
    split; trivial.
    split; trivial.
    split; trivial.
    split; trivial.
    split; trivial.
    destruct H1. left; assumption.
           destruct H1. right. split; trivial.
         (y, d2) := cd' in
   let (d1, X) := y in
   exists
     (c0 : C2) (m0 : mem) (mu1 mu2 : SM_Injection),
     X = Some c0 /\
     mu' = compose_sm mu1 mu2 /\
     (locBlocksTgt mu1 = locBlocksSrc mu2 /\
      extBlocksTgt mu1 = extBlocksSrc mu2 /\
      (forall b : block,
       pubBlocksTgt mu1 b = true -> pubBlocksSrc mu2 b = true) /\
      (forall b : block,
       frgnBlocksTgt mu1 b = true -> frgnBlocksSrc mu2 b = true)) /\


left. exists x; auto.
  clear Y. destruct ZZ as [CS2 | [CS2 ord12']].
 (*case1*)
  destruct CS2.
  clear CS1.
  cut (exists st3' : C3,  exists m3' : mem,
    exists d23':core_data23, exists mu23',
      (locBlocksTgt mu12' = locBlocksSrc mu23' /\
       extBlocksTgt mu12' = extBlocksSrc mu23' /\
       (forall b, pubBlocksTgt mu12' b = true -> pubBlocksSrc mu23' b = true) /\
       (forall b, frgnBlocksTgt mu12' b = true -> frgnBlocksSrc mu23' b = true)) /\
    intern_incr mu23 mu23' /\
    sm_inject_separated mu23 mu23' m2 m3 /\
    sm_locally_allocated mu23 mu23' m2 m3 m2' m3'    apply CT. clear CT.
                 apply t_step.
                 constructor 2. apply CORD.
    (*MOD32-clause*) intros b3 ofs HU3.
      apply orb_true_iff in HU3.
      destruct HU3.
        apply MOD32. apply H.
      apply andb_true_iff in H. destruct H.
         destruct (valid_block_dec m3 b3); try inv H0.
         split; trivial.
         destruct (MOD32' _


apply H2.
    apply MOD32.
   (*inductive case*)
    remember (S x) as x'. simpl in H.
    rename st2' into st2''. rename m2' into m2''.
    destruct H as [st2' [m2' [Step2 StepN2]]]. subst x'.
    destruct (eff_diagram23 _ _ _ _ _ Step2 _ _ _ _ UHyp2 MC23)
      as [c3' [m3' [d23' [mu23' [InjInc23 [InjSep23
             [LocAlloc23 [MC23' [U3 [Steps3 MOD32]]]]]]]]]]; clear eff_diagram23.
    assert (pubSrc23: pubBlocksSrc mu23 = pubBlocksSrc mu23') by eapply InjInc23.
    assert (frgnSrc23: frgnBlocksSrc mu23 = frgnBlocksSrc mu23') by eapply InjInc23.
    assert (XX1: forall b : block,apply sm_locally_allocatedChar in LocAlloc23. eapply LocAlloc23.
          rewrite H0; clear H0. rewrite H. intuition.

    destruct (IHx _ _ d23' _ _ c3' m3' StepN2 MC23' XX1 XX2 U2'Hyp)
        as [c3'' [m3'' [d23'' [mu23'' [ZZ [InjIncr'
             [InjSep' [LocAlloc23' [MC23'' [U3' [StepN3 MOD32']]]]]]]]]]]; clear IHx.
    assert (FWD3': mem_forward m3' m3'').
        destruct StepN3 as [[n K] | [[n K] _]];
             eapply effstepN_fwd; eassumption.
    exists c3''. exists m3''. exists d23''. exists mu23''.
    split. clear


                   split; eapply effstepN_sub_val; try eassumption.
          (*3/4*)
               left. destruct H as [EFF3 CORD].
                       destruct EFF3 as [n1 StepA]. destruct H0 as [n2 StepB].
                       exists (n1 + n2)%nat.
                induction x; intros.
   (*base case*) simpl in H.
    destruct H as [c2 [m2'' [? ?]]].
    inv H0.
    destruct (eff_diagram23 _ _ _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ UHyp2 MC23)
      as [st3' [m3' [d23' [mu23' [InjInc23 [InjSep23
          [LocAlloc23 [? [U3 [? MOD32]]]]]]]]]]; clear eff_diagram23.
    exists st3'. exists m3'. exists d23'. exists mu23'.
    split.
      assert (pubBlock23: pubBlocksSrc mu23 = pubBlocksSrc mu23') by apply InjInc23.
      assert (frgnBlock23: frgnBlocksSrc mu23 = frgnBlocksSrc mu23') by apply InjInc23.
      destruct mu23; destruct mu23'. simpl in *.


    simpl in *. subst; simpl in *. destruct mu23''.
           destruct LocAlloc23' as [LA23'a [LA23'b [LA23'c LA23'd]]].
           simpl in *. subst; simpl in *. intuition.
           extensionality b.
                  rewrite <- orb_assoc.
                  rewrite freshloc_trans; trivial.
    split. solve [eapply intern_incr_trans; eassumption].
    split. eapply intern_separated_incr_fwd2; try eassumption.
           eauto.
 Using the Zoom & Hand Tools in Adobe Photoshop

October 4, 2015

The funny thing about Photoshop is that just when you get the hang of using a tool a certain way, you learn that there’s about a hundred other ways to use the same tool. I’ll admit, it can be overwhelming at times. The trick is to flip through the various methods of using something and then to apply the methods that are either the most comfortable or the most efficient for you.

The zoom tool and the hand tool go hand-in-hand (no pun intended) with each other. If you’ve ever worked in Photoshop, you’ll most likely agree that one of the very first things you do after opening a document is to size it to your liking. If it’s


smaller by taking advantage of these shortcuts.

If you’ve been exploring the options bar, you’ve probably seen the three buttons that are located on the right side of it. Those buttons are “100%,” “Fit Screen” and “Fill Screen.”

These buttons are especially helpful if you’re really zoomed in on an image and would like to get out fast. If this is the case, all you need to do is to click on the button of your choice and the image will shrink down to something manageable. Now, a corner case here would be if you’re looking at a zoomed out view of an image and you click the 100% button. If you’ve got a large photo, you may zoom in on it. I suggest you toy around with these buttonsfor a while to see how advantageous they can be.

Navigating an Image

Once your image is nice and zoomed in, you’ll most likely need to explore it a bit. To do this exploring, there are many options and as you may be aware, we’ve covered some of them in the previous section. By clicking and holding the zoom tool as well as by clicking a dragging it, we navigated to a particular area. Those are sometimes clumsy though and oftentimes, we need a more elegant solution.

One of my favorite methods of navigating a zoomed in photograph is by using the scroll bars found on the bottom and right sides of the image window. I can click and move the bars around until my image is set where I want


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            this._dfd = jQuery.Deferred();
            this._topic = Bus.topic("user:logon");
            this._dfd.done(this._topic.publish);
        }

        logon() {
            this._dfd.resolve(this);
        }
    }

    class ApiService {
        constructor() {
            Bus.topic("user:logon").subscribe(this.callLogonApi);
        }
        callLogonApi(person:


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                //spyOn(apiService, "callLogonApi").and.callThrough();
            person.logon();
        });

        it("should create subscription and catch the published event", () => {
            expect(apiService.callLogonApi).toHaveBeenCalled();

                //this fails too
            //expect(apiService.callLogonApi).toHaveBeenCalledWith(person);
        });
    });
}

The callLogonApi function is called and the console is written to as expected but the output is:
Expected spywe overwrite a property (using spyOn) on x and then invoke that same method on x. Everything works because we're calling the exact same function that spyOn wrapped.
In the deferred case (Thing2), y.sayHello changes meaning throughout the code. When we first grab it in the constructor, we're getting the sayHello method from the prototype of the class. When we spyOn y.sayHello, the wrapped function is a new object, but the reference we got earlier in execution is still pointing to the implementation of sayHello in the prototype.
In the fixed case (Thing3), we use a function to more lazily get the value of sayHello, so when z.sayHello changes (because we spied it), the deferredHello invocation "sees" the new method object that's now on the instance object instead of the


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Our results generalize (and were inspired by) an algorithm of Klein [@k-msspp-05] that solves the corresponding multiple-source shortest path problem in *planar* graphs in $O(n\log n)$ time. Other noteworthy results on multiple-source shortest paths for planar graphs include Frederickson’s all-pairs shortest paths representation [@f-faspp-87], Lipton and Tarjan’s planar separator theorem [@lt-stpg-79], and Schmidt’s $O(n \log n)$ algorithm that supports distance queries for specific subsets of vertices on a grid [@284959].

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