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The Compton's Cafeteria Riot is currently SOLD OUT
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'Riot' has been making waves in the press. Here is some of what people are saying:
"It not only dramatizes the specific inequalities that transgender women and drag queens have endured but also portrays them as heroic and courageous. The play makes a poignant and credible case to do away with the idea of normalcy, and that queer people are no longer beholden to an antiquated idea that's so flawed and dishonest." - Jeffrey Edalatpour, SF Weekly
"'I want San Francisco to really see the importance of trans folks, and trans women in particular, in the queer narrative,' Aejay Mitchell says. "Trans women have paved the way for queer resilience." from Ryan Kost's feature in the San Francisco Chronicle
"...back then, the diner was like a 24-hour portal to another world. It was jam-packed with night owls, sipping cups of coffee that cost less than a dime. Transgender people weren't welcome in the gay bars nearby, so they went to Compton's. 'So I come here, and I'm normal!' Donna Personna says. 'It was better than Disneyland, better than Paris.'" from Holly McDede's feature on KALW's Crosscurrents
The Tenderloin Museum is proud to announce the premier of The Compton's Cafeteria Riot, an original, interactive theater piece directly inspired by the historic riots that launched transgender activism in San Francisco. The Compton's Cafeteria Riot is an integral piece of the Tenderloin's identity, and this play offers a singular opportunity for audiences to celebrate the individuals whose tenacious spirit spawned a movement against the long history of discrimination and violence. Attendees will convene for a late night breakfast at the New Village Cafe (a surrogate for the long-gone Compton's on Turk and Taylor), where a 12 person cast will recreate the neighborhood's seminal act of resistance and immerse the audience in the tribulations of a marginalized community striving for survival and recognition.
In the summer of 1966, a drag queen patron of the Tenderloin's Compton's Cafeteria threw her cup of hot coffee in the face of an police officer as he made an unwarranted attempted to arrest her. The riot that followed would come to be known as the United States' first recorded act of militant queer resistance to social oppression and police harassment. Three years before the famous gay riot at New York's Stonewall Inn, the neighborhood's drag queens and allies banded together to fight back against their ongoing discrimination, beating the cops with their high heels and throwing furniture through the cafeteria windows.
A reflection of the solidarity displayed at Compton's, The Compton's Cafeteria Riot is a highly collaborative production. The play was conceived and developed by Bay Area playwright Mark Nassar and Tenderloin Museum director Katie Conry. Nassar wrote the script with legendary neighborhood drag queens Donna Personna and Collette LeGrande, whose first-hand accounts of Compton's inform the dialogue and direction. Throughout 2017, the play was workshopped extensively at the Tenderloin Museum to incorporate community feedback, and the final result is a groundbreaking hybrid of theater and living history.
While the Compton's Cafeteria Riot has immense significance for the TLGB community at large, it was a defining moment for the Tenderloin. As such, Compton's figures prominently in the Tenderloin Museum's permanent exhibition. The history on display inspired Nassar and Conry to translate this pivotal moment to the stage, and the multi-year project that ensued proved a unique connection between the museum and its community. Special thanks is due to Susan Stryker and Victor Silverman, whose diligently researched, Emmy Award winning documentary Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria saved Compton's from historical obscurity. Their special programming at the Tenderloin Museum was instrumental in building local awareness. Additionally, this production was made possible by generous grants from the California Humanities, a nonprofit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Zellerbach Family Foundation, the Horizons Foundation, and the Neighborhoods Arts Collaborative/ Grants for the Arts.
The Compton's Cafeteria Riot opened on February 22nd. The initial four weekend run sold out, and the play has been extended through May 5th. Audience members are encouraged to dress in 60s era clothing. Admission includes a meal (breakfast for dinner), but seating each night is limited, so reserve a ticket today!
A number of complimentary tickets have been reserved each night for members of our community who are on a low or fixed income. To apply for one of these free tickets, fill out this short questionnaire here. Hard copy applications are available at the Tenderloin Museum (398 Eddy Street).
* The dialogue and subject matter of the play strives for historical realism, even when that reality is objectionable by today's standards.
Collette LeGrande is the twice former Grand Duchess of the Ducal Court of San Francisco. She has raised funds for charity in the Tenderloin for 30 years, supporting AIDS Emergency Fund, Magnet, Mama Reinhardt's Toys for Tots, and many others. She has worked at Aunt Charlie's since 1998 and organizes her own bi-weekly drag show, the Dream Queens Revue.
Mark Nassar boasts a successful career writing plays and screenplays and acting in theater, TV and film. Mr. Nassar is the co-creator of Tony n' Tina's Wedding, the longest running Off-Broadway comedy in New York City history. More recently, he wrote the screenplay for A Line in the Sand, a film directed by Jeffrey Chernov, in which he also played a principal role. In 2008, the film won Best Feature and the Audience Award at numerous film festivals, as well as the Grand Jury prize at the Canada International Film Festival. He also has attended the Djerassi Artists Residency in Woodside, California, where he completed a new play, Shouting in the Wilderness, and is currently playing Sal the owner in San Francisco's immersive hit, The Speakeasy.
Donna Personna is an artist and performer, who first hit the stage with the legendary Cockettes. She was the subject of the 2013 Iris Prize-winning short "My Mother," by Jay Bedwani. She serves on the board of directors committees for Trans March and the Transgender Day of Remembrance, working to gain wider visibility for transgender rights.
Kelly J. Kelly is a newly emerging performer, having just appeared on SF stages for the first time in Summer 2017 with her comedy solo show Stepford Wife Wannabe directed by Martha Rynberg. The show was recently selected for the Spring 2018 season of Monday Night Marsh at SF's Marsh Theater (aka The Marsh). Kelly identifies foremost as a writer (memoir, fiction, creative non-fiction) and has read her own works on local stages for LitCrawl & Litup Writers. Her most recent credits include both dramatic and comedic roles in three short plays as part of the 2017 Audience Showcase and Playoffs for The Playwrights' Center of San Francisco. She has appeared in two films: Transgender Tuesdays (2012) - a documentary; and The Catch (1999) a comedy short about queers and football.
Clair Farley is a trans advocate, actress, and writer. She is the Mayor's Senior Advisor on Trans Initiatives and was the Director of Economic Development at the San Francisco LGBT Center. Clair starred in the award-winning films including My Life with Mode Media, Red Without Blue on Netflix and American Transgender on National Geographic. She works across the country and internationally to advocate for increased trans media visibility as well as safe and equal employment and housing opportunities for trans and queer people. Follow Clair on Twitter @ClairJoyFarley.
Pleasure Bynight is excited to return to the stage in an acting role. A recent transplant to San Francisco in late 2016, she is excited to promote and teach the history of the movements that created the spaces she loves today. As the youngest daughter of the Haus of Dolls, she performs at various shows around the city including Ethereal Dollhouse, Doubletake, and Pole$exual. If you see her out around the city, she would like you to know that she likes gin & tonics and tequila shots.
Lavale Davis is honored to have a part in telling this important story. Some of his favorite past roles include: Karla in Above and Beyond the Valley of the Ultra Showgirls (SF Oasis), Jacob in La Cage Aux Folles (CCCT), Horse in The Full Monty (TVRT), Seaweed inHairspray (Stage 1), The Bearded Lady in Sideshow (Altarena), and Buttons in Cinderella The Panto (Panto SF). When not performing in plays and musicals he is seen about town as his drag alter ego Coco Buttah.
Jaylyn Abergas can be found twirling hair at Smoke & Mirrors Salon in downtown San Francisco by day, then, by night, twirling her legs as her drag persona Miss J. She has performed on the SF Mainstage at Pride, the largest Pride celebration in the world, for two years in a row, and hopes to continue this tradition. Also, Jaylyn is a member of the SF Carnaval Royalty Committee, in the Mission District, where she samba dances to the beat of her own drum. In 2016, Jaylyn started seriously pursuing her acting career and performed at the Bindlestiff Studio, during the Queer Arts Festival, in Queer as Fuck, a play of short stories. In 2017, Jaylyn came out as Trans and hopes to help make a difference in the world by living her truth and following her dreams out loud and proud.
Shane Zaldivar has been living in San Francisco for 4 years now. Since moving out of Florida to attend Oaksterdam University, drag in the Bay area has become their art-therapy. For Shane, the performer community invites authenticity to shine way beyond the stage. They feel lucky to be a part of the community to showcase fun and genuine expression.
Drew Olvey is a native of Orange County and just recently moved to the Bay Area to pursue a degree in Theater and Performance Studies. Drew spent over 10 years performing for the Walt Disney Company in its theme parks and cruise lines across the world. Recently, he was a performer at the San Francisco Dungeon. He is very excited and thankful to be a part of The Compton's Cafeteria Riot.
Steve Menasche is a conservatory trained actor, musician and martial artist that has toured the world with West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar and The American Folk Theatre. As a voice actor, he has been featured in numerous audio books, national radio and television campaigns. He is also the founder of the Hapkido Institute and continues to teach regularly both here in San Francisco and Internationally. As a drummer, Steve records and performs with the SF Free Jazz Collective when time allows.
Jacob Ritts graduated from Parsons School of Design in 2016 with a BFA in Photography. Recent performance credits include Dionysus in The Bacchae: For Madwomen Only (Liar Liar Theater Collective), Oberon in A Midsummer's Night Dream(Inferno Theatre), Mashima in A Noh Christmas Carol (Theatre of Yugen) and Tartuffe inTartuffe (LATEA Theater) RittsArt.com.
Joseph Paul (JP) is a veteran actor whose 20 year long career began in Chicago on regional television favorites Cupid, What About Joan, and Early Edition. He moved from the Windy City to the Big Apple to study with Sanford Meisner disciple Bill Esper, and, over time, JP accumulated a range of NYC television credits: appearances with Tom Selleck in Blue Bloods, recurring roles on Guiding Light and As The World Turns, as well as guest appearances on Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Law and Order, and 30 Rock. His feature film credits include We Own the Night, The Bourne Ultimatum, and What Women Want. Stage work consists of roles in Tennessee Williams' Small Craft Warnings, John Patrick Shanley's A Dreamer Examines His Pillow, Keith Huff's Steady Rain and others. Joseph has been living in San Francisco for the past 4 years and acts regularly in short films and features.
Barbara Pond is a Bay Area-based actress/singer/dancer, most recently working both onstage (Stark Ravens Holiday Pantomime) and off (co-choreographer, Trial by Jury) at The Great Dickens Christmas Fair. Favorite theatre credits include The Speakeasy (Ruth),Blithe Spirit (Edith), On the Town (Lucy Schmeeler), and The Sound of Music (Maria/Solano ARTY award, Best Actress in a Musical). She also regularly dances with Le Cancan Bijou and The Decobelles, and sings with La Bella Donna Historical Performers.
Mandela Msanii, a multifaceted artist from east Oakland, is a trained vocalist, drummer and djembe player. He has been performing as well as hosting shows for over 7 years. Mandela is also a community activist with a focus in creating sustainable opportunities for empowerment of youth through his organization Anyxmeans, where he provides showcasing platforms, hands-on experience in creating music, and education in entrepreneurship. His aim is helping youth to build their personal resumes and skills to be self sufficient, and his music is reflective of his belief that power rests within cultural preservation.
PERSIA was born from the burgeoning creative mind of a child in South Central Los Angeles. With degrees from the University of California, Santa Cruz and the San Francisco Art Institute in one hand, and a few pairs of heels in the other, she set out to conquer and revolutionize the drag community. Persia began performing weekly at Esta Noche, the recently closed Latino gay bar in San Francisco. Whilst performing at events around the Bay Area, in Los Angeles, and Mexico—including a few quinceañeras—Persia has also curated art shows, done stand-up, appeared on a few television shows, modeled, and has represented SFMOMA by transforming into Matisse's "Woman with a hat."
As is our hope to center trans voices and narratives, the Tenderloin Museum engaged the voices of Donna Personna and Collette LaGrande to collaborate in the writing with Mark Nassar a snapshot of their lives and their community's lives as drag queens, transgender women, and sex workers in 1960's Tenderloin leading up to the Compton's Cafeteria Riot. As such, this show seeks to depict the horrors of transphobia, trans violence, and transmisogyny their community experienced in the 1960's before there was language to identify these harms. The show also seeks to depict how these women took care of each other, when only a few people (like the Vanguard) even saw them as human.
As such, there are moments in this show that have been identified by The Degenderetts as particularly triggering for trans-women after a representative watched a preview of our production on February 17, 2018, as well as reading a partially updated script (partially updated as the script is living, and we have taken feedback from cast and community into consideration while preparing for opening.)
Their unedited list of triggers is below.
*Note: There has been work to eliminate gender policing audience members during food service and interactive moments in the show since Saturday's preview, our first pre-workshop experience with a live audience.*
• genital-based transphobia & transmisogyny (heavy-handed, repeated)
• constant transphobic & transmisogynistic microaggressions
• images of bruised/battered faces
• explicit description of sexual assault
• off-stage trans bashing
• on-stage police officer(s) bullying queers
• on-stage choking of a trans woman by a police officer
• outing of trans people
• disparaging language toward sex work
• gender policing of audience members by the cast
• pressure for audience to interact & read monologues
We do hope that those who may feel triggered by any of the above attend Compton's with a person of trust, allow themselves the space to step out of the experience, and have a plan for post-show self-care if needed.
There have been many transgender and non-binary audience members during previews and workshopping that have positively engaged with this narrative. Recalling the horror of the 1960's, witnessing this moment of resilience, and watching a cast lead by transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming artists have felt "cathartic" and "powerful" for them.
However, regardless of any opinion of the piece, awareness of these potential triggers are important for those intending to attend this project.
As always, we hope to see you safely at Compton's and at every event in the Bay Area that centers marginalized voices.


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Rail SuperStars are on their way to Switzerland
Six shrewd consultants will soon be gliding in style through snow-covered mountains and sipping spiced wine in Switzerland's Christmas markets after being named as this year's top Swiss Travel Pass SuperStars.
The six winners scored the highest number of points in the annual training program, which challenges agents to complete a series of entertaining modules on Switzerland's world-beating rail products.
The 2017 group – which will now fly to Switzerland in November for a seven-day Christmas markets famil featuring first class train travel, mountain excursions and city tours – includes:
- Sharleen Wright (Travel Managers, NSW)
- Brianna White (Round Travel, VIC)
- Elodie Coze (Flight Centre Springfield, QLD)
- Meryl Edwards (Travel Design, VIC)
- Jason Gambier (Senior's Holiday Travel Team, QLD)
- Irene Jucker (Cruiseabout Toowong, QLD).
This year's program also awarded the top three highest scoring agents for each module with an elegant Bucherer watch, $250 worth of gift vouchers or a delectable cheese hamper. In addition, every agent who completed the course received a Swiss Travel Pass SuperStar Certificate.
The annual Swiss Travel Pass SuperStar training program is a joint initiative by Switzerland Tourism, Swiss Travel System and Rail Europe distributors, which in Australia include Rail Plus, Infinity Rail, and Rail Tickets.


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August 20, 2012
The Captain and I, along with a few soldiers and notables from the Big 12, traveled to Larry's area. We have spent the last 3 days and 2 nights observing the Guard Company's protocol. As the defensive and patrol aspects of the Company is comparable to ours, it definitely lacks the friendship we've gained with ours. The two Captains had a private 2 hour meeting the first day and when they emerged from the house, the Captain of Larry's crew looked perplexed. I was not privy to the meeting nor was anyone from Larry's crew. So we were unsure of what to expect for the remainder of our visit.
The next morning the Captain approaches and informs we are to attend the morning target practice. Larry was shocked as this was a first! I was stoked hoping all went well and they'd be well supplied as we were...dreaming a bit but hoping for a chance. As we approached the range, we came across a PVT arranging guns on the table. He tells us we need to learn proper maintenance of the M-16 before practice with live rounds. As my Captain watched over the whole training scenario, he had this sheepish grin about him. I let the Pvt continue his instructions as I disassembled my firearm. As he was talking I was performing the tasks and reassembled the M-16 as he finished. As I was about to step away, a Staff Sargent came up behind me and barked..."Seems we have a smart ass in our midst. Bet he can't disassemble and reassemble blindfolded!" He definitely wasn't accepting of the whole civilian militia concept. My Captain spoke out..."I'll take that bet!" Ummm...I'd never done it blindfolded before. I sure hope I didn't let the Captain down. I was blindfolded, handed a M-16 and told to start. I fumbled at first but I got my bearing and wits about me and relaxed. I disassembled and reassembled the M-16 in working order. The bet...medical supplies for Larry's crew!
Next to the target range and we all zipped off 2 clips of live ammo at targets 200 yards downrange. The Captain was impressed with my marksmanship but he definitely had laced his words with sarcasm. I did not think much of it as I was on a diplomatic mission and no need to upset the balance this early. We all cleaned our firearms and headed in for lunch. The Captain and crew joined us for lunch and the others went to the mess tent. The Captain was still grinning and he chuckled when I asked why. He claimed that the other Captains arrogance and disdain for civilian militia was his Achilles heel. He was purposely setting him up. I was his Ace.
After lunch, we trained on basic maneuvers and had a mini-raid simulated. No firearms just basic maneuvers and how to counter act them. Nothing fancy as it was extremely hot this August day. As we broke from the mini-raid, I noticed one of the men from the Company carrying a sniper rifle. I asked if this was a M24 and he nodded slightly, looking me over from head to toe. I told him I was a big fan of the Remington 700 series and he scoffed that military weapons were far superior to mine. Now those that aren't familiar with the M24, its the military version of the Remington 700 series in .308 caliber but uses a 7.62x51 NATO round. A friendly debate started over the two comparable rifles and their qualifications. A few soldiers from each crew chimed in and the game was on. Before long, the two Captains were involved and a challenge was laid out. Starting at 300m, 3 shot groups would be charted and accessed between the sniper and myself. Each grouping must be within 1" location of your opponent and within 1/4" overall size in diameter. This would be done to 800m or until a winner was decided. If after 800m a winner was not declared, a shoot-off at 800m with 1 shot within 1/2" of location. Location is determined by the distance from the bulls-eye in any direction. Each contestant would be allowed a spotter, thank goodness!
The gauntlet had been thrown! The prize?? If I win, the opposing Captain must meet the same protocol as my Captain with Larry's crew. If I lose, the opposing Captain has no obligation to assist Larry's crew. Unbeknown to me, both Captains had already had an argument that day while we were training. Since the Army had no established protocol for such a scenario, there wasn't much my Captain could do besides persuade them to provide the same.
That night at exactly 1900 hours we gathered at the range for the sniper match. I had spent the last 2 hours talking with my spotter, Jim, who seemed patient enough to help this civy out. I was confident to 600m but after that things were a bit fuzzy. I'd never shot over 600m and had no idea what to expect. Jim calmed me with his charm and jokes. He said it was a goodnight for shooting as little winds and low light were perfect. And if all else failed, I'd be able to hold my head high.
I was a bit sore from the cast having been removed. How would the 308 and extra padding effect my shooting? Would I re-break my shoulder? I didn't care, the purpose was worth the risk. We shook hands and commenced to the range line. We flipped a coin and I was given first chance to shoot. 3 rounds in the bulls-eye at 300m. Easy as pie...yumm pie. The sniper did the same and was a bit faster in his shots. Accuracy I told myself..thats what its about today. We moved out to 400m and again, the same thing although I was drifting a bit left. Jim said the wind had picked up a bit and next round I needed to compensate for this. I forgot at dusk the warmer air rushes out as the cooler air falls. 500m and I was all around the bulls-eye but well within the limits of the rules. The sniper was a closer grouping but he had drifted high this time and was very close to missing the 1" criteria. 600m and I struggled with all 3 shots. My shoulder was sore and a bruise was developing. I left a grouping low and left of the center. I was 2 inches from center and was praying he was outside an inch from center or I was finished. 700m and my stomach was grumbling, sweating and shaking from the heat and lack of food. I didn't eat while talking to Jim as I obtained all the information possible. Jim told me 2 clicks right and 1 click up from our last setting. I sent one downrange and he said perfect, keep the same and you'll be fine. I chambered another one and sent the second one downrange and then the third. I jumped up from my position and ran off to the field. I dry heaved what was left of lunch. I couldn't watch the sniper shoot. I didn't want to know my grouping. At this point I wanted it over...over with and done. I heard the first shot...second...and the last. I stood frozen anticipating the outcome.
As the crowd started to applaud, gunfire erupted from the south and a flare went into the dusk sky. The air was whistling with bullets and the thump thump of mortar fire. Two mortars hit the firing range and screams of agony rang through the calm night.
I was helpless, I left my weapon at the firing range. I fell to the field and lay motionless. I heard footsteps approaching but not from which direction. My mind was blank...I needed to gain my wits about me or I was good as dead. The footsteps came closer and closer with what seemed about 5-8 people. Maybe..possibly..no idea how many. I was afraid to look. And at the last second a set of hands reached down and dragged me into the woods pinning my hands and covering my mouth.


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Tai Chi in the Gardens
Tai chi—a unique form of "moving meditation"—calms the mind, relaxes the body and strengthens the spirit. Sessions are taught by professional tai chi instructor, Linda Cafiero, and are designed for all experience levels.
Wednesdays, May 1–October 30, 10:30–11:30am
$18 per session (includes Gardens admission)/$8 member


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- Overview
HUBO is one of the most famous humanoid robot platform in the world and also represents robot technology of the Republic of Korea to the world. HUBO2 is the latest version of the HUBO series. This robot was developed in KAIST, 2009. Based on our experience over 10 years, we accomplished an improved robot system and performance ability in such tasks as motion, walking and even running. The main goal of the HUBO2 design was to achieve the lightest human-size humanoid robot in the world. The design for the light arms of HUBO 2 changed to 7-DOF and became more compact so that its motion could be swift. Through its light weight, HUBO 2 can run at a maximum speed of 3.6 km/h. Moreover, new the walking algorithm permitted stretched leg walking, which was different from previous robots.
- Features
- Actuators For Each Joint : BLDC and DC Motor With Harmonic Reduction Gear
- Motor Servo Controller For Each 2 Actuator(18 EA)
- 3-Axis F/T Sensor with Tilt Sensor in the ankle
- Inertial Sensor on the Pelvis
- 3-Axis F/T sensor on the Wrist
- Main Computer and Real Time Controller on the Chest
- Li-Polymer Battery on the Chest
- CCD Camera(1EA) in the Head
- Smart Power Controller : Status Monitoring
- Higher Stiffness Speed with Light Weight
- Over all weight is about 43kg including exterior case
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On March 16, a budget blueprint released by the White House details President Trump's preliminary plan to cut substantial funding for a number of federal agencies, including a 13% decrease for the Department of Transportation.
As transportation and smart cities enthusiasts, our team is concerned about the proposed funding cuts to transportation in Trump's budget, which is currently the lowest in 18 years (source: New York Times).
The call for a $2.4 billion cut will impact the ongoing development of smart cities and public transportations nationwide, such as the government's decades-long effort to get a light rail system off the ground and improve Amtrak's long-distance train service, "which long have been inefficient and incur the vast majority of Amtrak's operating losses," according to Fortune.
This concern motivates us to study the impact of the budget cuts on nationwide locations through exploring Amtrak data, as well as commute rates and flight data.
Our datasets are collected from open sources including census bureau, National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), and the U.S. government's data portal. Readers will be able to find the data in particular using the following links:
- Commute Data:
- Flight Data:
- Population Data:
- Train Data:
Meet the Team
Members of The Geocoders are:
- Aditya Garg firstname.lastname@example.com
- Moorissa Meritseba Tjokro email@example.com
- Will Connor Geary email@example.com
In exploring the data and transportation patterns, Aditya focuses on air transport (Flight Carrier and Air travel data), Moorissa on various modes of transportations on road such as cars/vans/truck/and public transportations specific to commute data, and Will on Amtrak/train data and populations dataset across the country.
We will map different plots on "before" and "after" budget cuts, discuss transportation patterns, and analyze how the decrease in funding will significantly impact the U.S. population. We are using Python for data extraction and manipulation, Processing, R and Carto for plots and map visualization, and also Javascript/SVG/HTML/CSS for the site display.
Data Quality
While values for transportation data are consistent and clean, an issue with the data occurred during import process. In handling the import process, we used the single-byte encoding 'ISO-8859-1' instead of the default 'utf-8', because there are characters from the file that do not represent Unicode characters, such as symbol like Š.
Furthermore, there are some missing values on the variables in the data, such as FIPS codes and statistical area of the county. However, since we are not using any of these information, we did not have to deal with missing values. Note that values in the variables we use, including 'Residence - County Name', 'Place of Work - County Name', 'Travel Mode', and 'Workers in Commuting Flow' do not have missing values.
The Amtrak timetable data was of high quality, thanks to Amtrak's adherence to the GTFS format. Ridership data from the National Association for Rail Passengers was also very clean and straightforward due to consistent naming conventions for stations.
Similarly, the air transport data was of high quality and pretty structured. Air carrier data and master coordinates data for airports from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics was clean and consistent in structure.
Executive Summary
"Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways gleaming across our beautiful land," , said Trump, during a joint address to Congress early this year.
His promise, however, seems to be counterintuitive with his recent proposal to cut government fundings by $2.4 billion. It would eliminate federal funding for Amtrak's national train routes, which would risk disconnecting 145 million people for whom these routes are the only nearby Amtrak service.
The proposed cut would also eliminate billions in funding that would have otherwise gone towards new commuter rail and light-rail projects, as well as $500 million in grants intended for investment in new national transit infrastructure. The following graph shows the White House budget cut in transportation compared to the years before.
The White House's proposed budget cut in transportation will have major impact not only towards the infrastructure of the country, but also public transportation users, labor workforce, and the access to aviation for people in the rural and remote communities.
Our findings show that Amtrak stations are most at risk in areas including New Orleans; Denver; Orlando; Tampa; St. Paul-Minneapolis and Atlanta. While areas that will impact major commuters would be those surrounding metropolitan areas such as New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, New York, and New Hampshire. Finally, the remote areas that will be the most impacted by air transport budget cuts are around central U.S. like Michigan, Kansas, and Kentucky, where Trump received more than 50 percent of the vote.
On Amtrak
The White House's proposed budget would eliminate federal funding for Amtrak's national train routes, which would risk disconnecting 145 million people for whom these routes are the only nearby Amtrak service. It would eliminate $2.4 billion in funding that would have otherwise gone towards new commuter rail and light-rail projects, as well as $500 million in grants intended for investment in new national transit infrastructure (National Association of Railroad Passengers, 2017).
Understanding the geography behind these numbers is crucial for making sense of them. First, we need to understand where Amtrak routes and stations currently exist. The map below overlays the Amtrak network on top of a population density choropleth map, so we can get a sense for the scope of Amtrak's rail network and the density of the places that it serves.
While the static route map above is helpful for understanding the geographic scope of Amtrak's network, it doesn't tell us anything about the frequency of Amtrak's service. The geovisualization below, titled Amtrak Before and After Trump shows one week of Amtrak trips as they currently exist versus one week of Amtrak trips excluding the 15 national routes that are threatened by the White House's budget proposal.
Routes on the chopping block include: Silver Star; Cardinal; Silver Meteor; Empire Builder; Capitol Limited; California Zephyr; Southwest Chief; City of New Orleans; Texas Eagle; Sunset Limited; Coast Starlight; Lake Shore Limited; Palmetto; Crescent; and the Auto Train. Noticeably, towns and cities in the Southeast and Midwest would be impacted the most, while large, coastal cities in the Northeast and on the West Coast would be impacted the least.
Next, let's focus on the stations that are at risk of being cut. The below dot distribution map titled Amtrak Stations at Risk displays each station that is at risk of being cut under the White House's proposed budget. The size of each dot corresponds to the total number of passengers that each station saw in 2016 (including both departures and arrivals).
The busiest stations at risk include: New Orleans; Denver; Orlando; Tampa; St. Paul-Minneapolis and Atlanta. The least busy stations at risk include: Sanderson, TX; Thurmond, WV; Alderson, WV; Lordsburg, NM; Montgomery, WV; South Portsmouth, KY. The ridership data comes from the National Association of Railroad Passengers' Ridership Statistics portal.
On Commute Rates
While the above Amtrak analysis provided us with insights on areas with direct impact of the budget cut, we can use commute rates to further our observation on how it affects the workforce across the U.S.
According to Gizmodo Research Media Group (2017), the average commuter spends about an hour a day heading to and from work, but plenty spend as much as three hours commuting. Those hours spent in the car or public transportation have profound psychological and physical impacts on most U.S. workforce population. Transportation plays such a significant role in people's daily commute, so budget cut on city transportation not only will impact the city infrastructure but also people's way of commuting.
For the commute data from the 2016-2010 dataset of the census bureau, we have information on residence and place of work, each with state FIPS code, county FIPS code, state name, county name, metropolitan statistical area FIPS code, and area of county. Given travel modes and number of population, we calculated our commute rate by classifying the out-of-county commuters and taking its ratio with the total commuters.
The out-of-county commuting patterns provide a greater insight on the impact of Trump's budget cut on transportation (e.g. the longer the commute distance, the more people are dependable on transportations), while many of the in-county transportation modes only captures walking distance.
The following scatterplot shows a correlation between in-county vs. out-of-county commuters. While most datapoints are clustered in the bottom left, the number of in-county commuters outnumbers the out-of-county for every residence. Most county residence has under 1.5 million in-county commuters and under 500,000 out-of-county commuters.
While the boxplot on the right shows that the median rate of the out-of-county commuters out of the total population is 26 percent, the histogram below shows that majority rates for commuters who leave their county of residence for work fall within 20 percent and 30 percent range, with peak around 24 percent.
Mean rate at 25 percent means that most regions in the United States have on average 25 percent workers who commute out of county. There is also sign of bimodality with a lower peak at 20 percent and distribution of data looks slightly left-skewed, with the median of 26 percent greater than its mean value.
This distribution represents an initial measure of commuting patterns, which would allow for comparing rate frequency after Trump's budget cut. With the budget restriction on transportations, people might not be able to commute far away, which could result in a decrease in this commute rate.
Lets now take a look at distribution by travel modes from the following boxplot, where each datapoint represents a commuting flow from every county in the US. Majority of people use public transportation than cars, trucks, or vans. Other modes include bikes, motorcycles, and taxis. While there are counties with higher number of car-driver population, majority of commuters in counties across the states depend on public transportation the most.
The cut in funding will have a huge impact on nationwide commuters as majority use public transportation. The histogram below shows distribution of population by commuting modes.
Breaking it down further by states using barchart below, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Georgia (indicated by red bars) have over 40 percent residents leaving their home county to work daily. Modes of transportation recorded for these commuters are primarily car, van, truck, and public transportations.
Virginia, which leads the nation in residents who leave their home county to work, at over 51 percent, and Maryland, at 47 percent, have heavy emphasis on the Washington DC area and the federal employment complex. New Jersey is affected by nearby major job centers in Pennsylvania and New York; Georgia is affected by the major metropolitan multi-county, multi-state job complex that is Atlanta. Many of the areas with more than 30 percent leaving their residence county exhibit similar characteristics.
Since the Amtrak commuters is at a higher risk, taking further observation by the travel modes would allow us to see which state would be most impacted. For those who drive or carpool with cars, trucks, or vans, the top five areas with the most risk are Virginia, Puerto Rico, Maryland, New Jersey, and Georgia. While Puerto Rico and Virginia tend to have the most number of out-of-county commuters, Louisiana also seems to be at risk in the 'other' modes category.
Meanwhile, areas of impact for commuters who use public transportations such as Amtrak include New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, New York, and New Hampshire areas. Public transportation is leading the rate.
Overall, the data illustrates the attractive power of major metropolitan areas, such as Washington DC, New York, and Pennsylvania. Commuters who work in these areas will get the most impacted.
On Air Transport
The Trump administration's first proposed federal budget blueprint released on March 16 cuts down the USDOT's discretionary budget by $2.4 billion, a thirteen percent decrease from last year. This proposed budget cut directly affects the air transport service in the US by proposing to restructure the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and eliminating funding for the Essential Air Service (EAS) program that subsidizes airline flights to rural communities.
Before we delve into analyzing the impact of these proposed cuts on the US air transport, we first try to understand the current distribution of airports and the use of air transport across different states by visualizing the active US airports and the annual air trips by people in each state.
Essential Air Service (EAS) Program
Essential Air Service (EAS) is a U.S. government program enacted to guarantee that small communities in the United States are able to maintain a minimal level of scheduled air service, which would be otherwise unprofitable. It is implemented through The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) that subsidizes airlines to serve communities across the country that otherwise would not receive scheduled air service.
However, Trump's proposed budget completely eliminates the funding for the EAS program. Trump expects the cut to save the government up to $175 million, however, for the 173 communities subsidized by the EAS program (as per the February '17 report), the termination of the program would entail a lot of hardships.
In the map below, we visualize all the flight routes in the US and highlight the ones that include an EAS community in red.
As we can see from above, most of the affected communities and the flight routes are in mid-east and mid-west US (who, incidentally, are primarily Trump supporting regions). The 173 communities that would lose federal EAS funding under Trump's budget, include communities in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Wyoming. In 86 of those communities, Trump received more than 50 percent of the vote, according to an analysis conducted by The Associated Press. Alaska, a deeply red state that backed Trump with 53 percent of the vote, is home to 61 EAS communities alone. The elimination of the EAS program would especially hit the subsidized communities in Alaska harder, where remote towns and villages are often completely dependent on air travel for supplies and travel.
In the map below, we highlight the EAS communities and the airports that are going to be impacted by the proposed elimination of the EAS program.
The most impacted state, based on annual subsidies, is going to be Michigan with subsidies being cut for 9 airports (Iron Mountain, Ironwood and Escanaba being the major ones). New York ( Plattsburgh, Massena, Watertown airports), Pennsylvania (DuBois, Johnstown, Lancaster airports) and West Virginia (Greenbrier, Morgantown, Beckley) are the other states that will be impacted the if the EAS program is scrapped off.
One of President Trump's campaign promises was to strengthen the United States' transportation infrastructure. His proposed budget, however, does the exact opposite. By eliminating $2.3 billion in federal funding that would have otherwise gone toward new commuter rail and light-rail projects, as well as $500 million in grants intended for investment in new national-transit infrastructure, Trump will take a step in the wrong direction. We should be working towards faster, cheaper, and more frequent connectivity between American towns and cities, not rolling back our transit infrastructure.
During his campaign for the presidency, Trump promised to rebuild the 'third world airports,' but this budget would eliminate the Essential Air Service (EAS) programme, thereby eliminating air service to 173 rural communities and severing their critical access to the aviation system. The Trump administration needs to re-evaluate if the negative impact and hardships that are caused to the American people, especially in the rural areas, is worth the $175 million dollars that the administration expects to save.
With respect to commute and road trasnsport, the Trump administration needs to be cognizant about the impact on the poeple who commute out of counties, especially around major metropolitan areas, who are at the risk of losing their jobs if the proposed changes are implemented.
Since the federal budget is only a proposal at this stage, it was tough to determine the specific changes and quantify their exact impact. A lot of effort was put in manually going through reports, news and analyses to determine the affected transportation channels and the impacted population.
In the future, we can expand our work to quantify the impact of the changes due to budget cuts on the US population and can highlight the most vulnerable areas and demographics.
Code Repositories
All python code used to wrangle Amtrak data is available here
All R code used to process and visualize Flight data is available here
All python code used to manipulate and visualize Commute data is available here


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Are you ready for this next move up? People who read my analysis are. I have been long since this $6,500 area. I have been long with other pairs at similar prices. Let me break down what's going on right now.
- Spike in XRP, broke its massive trend line
- Spike in BCH, approaching its massive trend line
- Spike in LTC, broke its minor trend line
- ETH/BTC, broke its major trend line
- ETH/USD, broke its minor trend line, in the process of confirming a break of its other one
Bitmain launched one of the largest IPOs. Google is getting lenient on ICOs.
What do you think is going to happen next? BTC will break its major trend line next and move up. You will read it here first. We will move up to $7,500 quickly. From there we will chop around and continue higher to at least 10k. Once it gets to 10k, we'll see what the charts tell us.
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Throw a stop where you are comfortable, and let the market dictate what happens. Personally, I lifted my stops because I am confident we are going to get a move through the next three months. But that's me! You might not be comfortable with that.
But the choice is yours. I outlined the relevant supports on my chart and even left my previous arrows up that are, so far, dead on.
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Happiest Moment of the Day
So, my mom and have lately done this thing where we write down the happiest moment of our day. She is much better at it than i am.
These things can be anything. Examples from both of us include:
- Getting my house clean
- feeling a sense of accomplishment about a task
- Getting an owl pellet (seriously, i have never seen anyone so excited about what is essentially owl puke)
- a good day at work
- etc etc
So the happiest moment of my day…being able to give a bouquet of flowers to a customer just because, no strings attached. she was amazed. and i think it probably brightened her day too. nothing better.
What is the happiest moment to your day?


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Ashley Fultz is a former E! producer turned full-time blogger, sharing the best fashion and beauty advice with her over 60K followers. She is a seasoned TV style expert, mommy influencer, lifestyle blogger and all around #bossbabe sharing her story of success and tips to help you do the same in this episode of Boss Babes The Series.
I met Ashley when I first started working at Extra full time as an Executive Assistant. I was attending an event she was speaking at and immediately knew I had to get to know this girl. Her experience in the entertainment world started out almost identically to mine. She was a small town girl with big dreams of moving to LA to pursue her dream of working at E! News. She started out as an intern (like me) and transitioned into an executive assistant (like me) with the desire to do bigger and better things (like me). When she realized her skills weren't being used to their fullest abilities she took the huge risk of leaving what everyone else would call a dream job to chase after her passion of being a host and authentic fashion influencer. That was just over four years ago and so many incredible things have changed for this powerhouse babe since then.
When I asked her to sit down with me for my series she immediately said yes - true definition of babes supporting babes! She has so amazing take aways that really work and have a proven track record of success. I know her tips will help you as much as they continue to guide me.
Don't forget to check out Ashley's amazing blog (http://thestyleeditrix.com) and follow her on Instagram @thestyleeditrix.
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When that time of the month comes and you are trying to live zero waste, but really just want all of the chocolate and Justin's Peanut Butter Cups within arms reach, you start getting creative with what you make at home. This is where the inspiration for these loaded peanut butter cups come from. I've tried multiple recipes found online to make peanut butter cups, but just couldn't get the chocolate to be just the right consistency.
I had to sacrifice taste testing a bunch of these so I could finally get them right. These yield about 12 cups. To be honest, one is enough as it is filled with so much goodness.
Majority of the ingredients can be found in bulk. Our local Wholefoods offers freshly grounded peanut and almond butter. These may not have as much settled oil so you may need to add coconut oil to adjust the consistency. You can substitute peanut butter with almond butter of course.
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Chocolate Layer
- 2 2/3 cups of chocolate chips (I used Enjoy Life since I had leftovers from a while back and these are the most allergen free baking chocolate out there, you can also purchase chips from the bulk section)
- 6 tbsp of coconut oil
- Melt the chocolate in a double broiler until creamy.
- Add the coconut oil. This will soften the chocolate so it's not one massive hard rock when you bite into it.
- Grab a cupcake tin and spray with coconut oil
- Distribute the chocolate into the cupcake tin. Make sure to only use half of it as the rest will be used to cover the top of these cups.
- Shake the cupcake molds so that the chocolate distributes properly.
- Freeze for at least 20 minutes.
- While that chocolate is freezing, prepare the peanut butter layer.
Peanut Butter Layer
- 1/2 peanut butter (Mix your peanut butter properly so that the oil is distributed)
- 1 tbsp of coconut oil (add more if the consistency appears dry)
- 1 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp of flax seeds
- 1 tbsp of chia seeds
- Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Make sure the ingredients stand for at least 15 minutes together. This will help soften the seeds a little bit.
- Let stand together until ready to put into the molds
- Add the peanut butter layer. Be sure only to put in a small amount.
- Back in the freezer for another 20 minutes.
- Add the rest of the chocolate to cover the peanut butter layer.
- Back in the freezer for another 20 minutes.
These should remain refrigerated before consumption as there are no additional stabilizers. Keep in a container with a lid so that it doesn't absorb other smells and tastes from the fridge. Enjoy with your choice of milk or coffee! It can melt quickly if the air temperature is high so savor quickly. You'll notice a hint of coconut as you bite into it and the cocoa powder cuts the peanut butter taste just slightly.


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The IHMA reports on a new development in holographic technology which could introduce new digital storage media with archiving capability of up to 50 years
The International Hologram Manufacturers Association US media representative Dr Glenn Wood reports on the development of an exciting new $100 million hologram technology which is set to make an impact on the storage capacity of servers worldwide.
When you post a video on YouTube, have you ever wondered where it is stored? Or where Amazon stores details of all its book and product offerings? Or where downloadable videos are stored? In fact, they are all stored on high powered electronic servers using magnetic storage devices.
However, this in itself is storing up a huge problem as demand for such storage capacity is increasing beyond the ability of conventional data storage media to supply. So called 'cloud' technology has emerged in recent years encouraging the use of remote digital storage but again, demand is outstripping the ability of conventional storage devices to deliver the capacity required.
Hence the excitement surrounding the emergence of a technology under the hVault brand which utilizes advanced holographic media as the basis of data storage. Expected to undergo site testing towards the end of 2012, with delivery of fully operational systems expected in the first half of 2013, the key to the new system will be the archival storage property of the holographic medium which could potentially be in excess of 50 years.
Although magnetic storage promises 25 years, the reality is that the magnetic tapes need to be backed-up or re-recorded every two to five years and the hardware needs to be replaced every five years. So the real cost of storage on magnetic media is considerably higher than it appears to be at first sight.
According to the InPhase team behind hVault…'it is true that the access time for magnetic media is around a second or so and for holographic storage it can be up to 10 seconds but, when a user tries to access a CNN video link for example, a 10 second commercial fills interest until the content is accessed. With holographic storage media offering 100 times the capacity of magnetic media, there is really no competition. Large-scale storage used to be measured in terabytes but the industry is now demanding petabytes and exabytes and so systems containing up to 540 discs in a cabinet are going to become the norm'.
Holographic storage systems have the advantage that they consume about one per cent of the power of equivalent magnetic disk storage and can operate without any special power conditioning or cooling – the servers holding 'cloud' data are now becoming so huge that they are being located close to hydroelectric installations to reduce the energy costs associated with cooling them.
The holographic principle of interference between a reference beam and a programmed object beam apply equally in data storage recording and playback. The polycarbonate holographic discs for the data storage system consist of a layer of photopolymer sandwiched between two discs and the initial major applications for data storage are expected to come from the fields of entertainment, notably videos, medicine and satellite data. The major players in cloud data storage are Amazon, Apple, IBM and Google (owner of YouTube).
It seems that Japanese investors are also interested in the technology because they see it as the next development for Blu-ray and DVDs which have low archival stability and have slow retrieval rates. It may not be too much of a stretch to note that the future of civilization, eastern and western, may depend on the ability of holography to handle the increasingly vast amounts of data being created and requiring storage and management.
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Interviews nearly always come to a close with a variation on the 'is there anything you'd like to ask' line. It's one of those moments where all the things you'd previously considered asking vanish out of your head whilst your face desperately tries not to give away the fact that you've just hit the "panic" button. You know that it's a good idea to have something to ask, but equally you don't want to ask something that appears stupid or downright silly.
There are two ways to approach this. Spending more than 5 minutes researching your potential employer, whether by browsing their website, reading through relevant publications, maybe even checking out LinkedIn profiles of their staff or the company, can provide something to inspire a couple of questions to do with the business.
A handy post spotted on Pinterest prompted some other suggestions too. Whilst again some of them may not be appropriate depending on the position you're applying for, here's 7 handy 'go to' questions that can help you out:
- Can you describe a typical day in this type of role?
- How long have you been at the company, and what makes you stay?
- How would you describe the work environment and corporate culture?
- What are some of the goals for the company in the short and longer term?
- How would my performance be measured?
- What types of career opportunities may open up down the road for a person starting out in this type of position assuming they perform well?
- What are some of the company's initiatives regarding learning and development?
You may of course wish to rephrase some of the questions to suit your own style better, or they may need to be adapted to suit the nature of the position you are applying for. If you wish to jot a couple down on a small card as a reminder, that's ok, but at least make sure it is neat, is easy to find when you need it and doesn't look like it's been through the wash a couple of times.
There is a saying about the five 'P's' (the polite version being Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance) and it does work. It will help give you a focus prior to interview and it will also help you present yourself in the best possible light during interview.
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Making a Multiplayer FPS in C++ Part 6: Cleanup
In the previous part of this series, we added client-side prediction. At this point the codebase was getting a bit creaky with all the "todo" comments in the code, so I took a bit of time to address as many of them as possible (browse the code for this part here).
A Circular Buffer Utility
Circular buffers are a great way to avoid dynamic allocation/deallocation, you can usually calculate how many items you'd need at maximum and just do a single allocation. There were a few places where I was using one - input buffering on the server, client recording of inputs and predicted results for client-side prediction, and the packet buffers used for faking lag on the client. It would be nice to compress the code common to all three, into some kind of generic utility. The classic template container approach would be something like:
template <typename T> class Circular_Buffer { T* m_items; uint32 m_capacity; uint32 m_head; uint32 m_size; void push(const T& item); void pop(T& item); };
This has a problem, take for example the client-side prediction circular buffer which stores predicted state for the local player, and the user inputs used for each tick. The state, and input data, are two separate arrays:
constexpr uint32 c_max_predicted_ticks = c_prediction_history_capacity * 2; Player_State prediction_history_state[c_prediction_history_capacity]; Player_Input prediction_history_input[c_prediction_history_capacity]; uint32 prediction_history_head = 0; uint32 prediction_history_tail = 0;
So to use the template approach we'd have to combine state and input into a struct:
struct Predicted_Data
Player_State state;
Player_Input input;
Circular_Buffer<Predicted_Data> m_prediction_history;
This forces us to arrange circular buffer data as an array of structs, rather than struct of arrays. In future when we start worrying about packet loss, the client will include redundant input data in each input packet (i.e. it will send a packet with the input for tick n, along with the input for ticks (n-1), (n-2), etc, in case some of those previous packets didn't arrive). With an array of structs, when we iterate back through the player input we'd also pull the predicted player state in to the CPU cache even though we don't need to read it.
So to have a struct of arrays we could just have two circular buffer objects - Circular_Buffer<Player_State> and Circular_Buffer<Player_Input>. That's a bit messy, and means any logic done in the Circular_Buffer (e.g. checking if the buffer is full, or empty, calculating the new head index, etc) gets duplicated. It's also possible they could get out of sync if a function is called on one, but accidentally not called on the other.
Another option is some completely bananas template metaprogramming, which is hard to read, possibly bloats compile times, and ultimately still has ugly usage code.
Though really, all the circular buffer needs to do is maintain the tail/write index, and head/read index, there's no actual need to contain the items as well. So what I actually did, was something like this:
struct Circular_Index { uint32 head; uint32 size; uint32 capacity; }; void circular_index_create(Circular_Index* index, uint32 capacity); void circular_index_push(Circular_Index* index); void circular_index_pop(Circular_Index* index); uint32 circular_index_tail(Circular_Index* index);
So the prediction history looks something like:
constexpr uint32 c_prediction_history_capacity = c_ticks_per_second * 2; Player_State* prediction_history_state; Player_Input* prediction_history_input; Circular_Index prediction_history_index; circular_index_create(&prediction_history_index, c_prediction_history_capacity);
As a side-note, it occurs to me now that actually in the case of prediction history or input buffering, there's actually no need to pop the old items as they become irrelevant, we could just overwrite the oldest ones. The only case where we do care is the fake lag packet buffering. For example when sending a packet, it is held in a buffer for a bit and then sent, which simulates lag. In the case that this buffer is full, we log a warning, and then send the oldest packet early.
Custom Allocators
I had a bunch of big-ish arrays on the stack, and some stuff in the graphics layer allocated with new and delete. Taking control of memory allocation is an opportunity for big performance wins, as well as making it easier to track memory usage and so on. For now I only need two allocators, permanent and temporary. The former is for stuff which will be needed for the entire lifetime of the game, and the latter is just a scratch space.
Both of these are linear allocators, which means we have a pointer to a block of free memory, and whenever an allocation is made we bump the pointer along. The underlying free memory block is allocated once up-front when the game starts - using VirtualAlloc to do this allows us to specify the base address of the allocated memory, this is particularly useful for debugging as (if allocations are deterministic) it can allow for memory breakpoints to work across multiple runs of the game.
struct Memory_Allocator { uint8* memory; uint8* next; uint64 bytes_remaining; }; uint8* memory_allocator_alloc(Memory_Allocator* allocator, uint64 size) { assert(allocator->bytes_remaining >= size); uint8* mem = allocator->next; allocator->next += size; return mem; }
This doesn't mean we can never free anything, but it means we have to free memory in the reverse-order that it was allocated, or (as we'll likely do with the temporary allocator) free the entire thing. In future we'll probably want different allocators for different systems (e.g. graphics, gameplay, etc) but I try not to do things until they're actually needed.
It's important to mention that I'm not yet worrying about the alignment of allocated memory. It's generally good practice to naturally align data (meaning that for example a 4-byte integer is stored on a 4-byte boundary). Some platforms, like arm, will actually crash if you don't. On the other hand, x86 will do it, but it will incur a performance penalty. This penalty is supposedly dwindling with modern processors, so I'm planning to wait until there's a fair amount of game going on, and then turn on alignment and see how much difference it actually makes.
There are tons of different ways to implement an allocator, I try to use the simplest that will do what I need - simpler often means faster. One of the trickiest to implement is a general-purpose allocator (a replacement for malloc/free), but if possible I want to avoid ever using one. A malloc style allocator would have no knowledge about the lifetime of memory being requested, or the relationships between allocations. We can take advantage of our knowledge of this stuff to carefully choose where and how allocations happen, improve performance, and reduce memory fragmentation. There may be a case where we really need one, but I have yet to encounter one.
At some point you're (probably?) going to need some globals. You can use a singleton and pretend you don't have any globals, but they're still globals. I like to put mine in a struct so at least they're in one place, and it's easier to see at a glance if they're getting out of hand.
The aforementioned permanent and temporary memory allocators live in there, along with some stuff to do with timing. Lastly there's a function pointer to a logging function, this was something I needed because the server (being a console application) needs to send logging to stdout, whereas the client sends logging to OutputDebugStringA(the Visual Studio debug output window). Code used by both the server and client (e..g the socket code) doesn't need to figure out which to call, the function pointer takes care of it.
struct Globals
Memory_Allocator permanent_allocator;
Memory_Allocator temp_allocator;
Log_Function* log_function;
LARGE_INTEGER clock_frequency;
bool32 sleep_granularity_was_set;
Socket Buffers
When packets are sent via a socket, it initially will be placed in an internal buffer which is managed by the underlying implementation. Received packets are also placed into a buffer. It's possible to find out how big these are with getsockopt, in my case the default is 64KiB. So if we assume the server is sending 1KiB to each connected client per tick, that means potentially being limited to a maximum of 64 players (actually less, because packet headers take up a bit of space).
I've upped these buffers to be 1MiB which I expect will be sufficient, but it's difficult to know at this early stage. Socket errors are logged, so if the buffers are exceeded then we'll be able to see. It isn't the end of the world if that does happen on occasion - to the game this will look the same as a burst of packet loss.
Non-Unity Builds
Although I like to use Unity builds (bundling multiple cpp files into a single translation unit), plenty of people don't. So it'd probably be a good idea if it was possible to compile the project as individual cpp files too. I probably won't remember to do this all the time, but I'll check and fix issues periodically.
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Last year we posted an article with our vanlife christmas gift ideas which included tonnes of great ideas which we think are still great. So this year we set out to put together a curated list of gifts we know we'd love to receive and that we think other people would as well.
So here is our Vanlife Christmas Gift Guide 2018:
Stocking Fillers:
The Mind Card Game
When you don't have Netflix readily available in your van you turn to alternative ways to entertain yourself and card games are a great way to fill an evening. The Mind Card Game is a tiny game that is as fun with just 2 people as it is with friends. All you have to do is play the cards numbered from 1-100 in ascending order, the catch is that you can only communicate with the power of your mind. It may not sound like fun but trust us, it can get very tense and often leads to a round of excited high fives. It packs away small and can be taught in under 5 minutes so is a great game to bring out when you've made some new friends around the campfire.
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Stanley Multitool
If you're like us, the first few trips out in your van you had your entire tool box in the back and then as you cover more and more miles you slowly trade out your hammers and socket sets to free up the space for more camera gear and bottles of gin. One thing that's made that more possible is a robust multitool. No we won't be able to fix the van if it breaks down with it (but lets be honest, I wouldn't know what to do even if I did have the tools) but we are able to fix anything in the interior with just this tool. It is 16 tools in 1 and packs down smaller than my wallet. Slip this into their stocking and allow them to be able to ditch the tool box.
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Matador Mini Pocket Blanket
Living in the van means a tonne of al fresco dining, we eat picnics and sit on damp rocks, we scramble up hills to have breakfast on dewy mounds all while watching the sun rise and set. The Matador Mini Pocket Blanket makes keeping yourself dry while sitting on the wet grass a breeze. Folded up it fits in the palm of your hand and so is a great thing to sling into your bag and forget about until you realise you need it. It folds out to be big enough for 4 people and has a stitched in folding pattern so that you can easily get it folded back into shape. It has a water repellent finish, integrated storage pockets and additional pegs should you want to secure it down. Because of it's size it makes a fantastic van blanket as well as a stocking filler.
Click here to buy the Matador Mini Pocket Blanket
Water Free Washing Kit
I don't know about your house growing up, but in mine it seemed like a yearly tradition that my Grandma would buy me a toiletries set and I don't see why the tradition shouldn't continue just because I live in a van. The downside is that the only shower we have in the van is a solar shower and that requires us to be outside and sometimes that's just not feasible and so a water free washing kit is a great way to stay smelling fresh without having to use all your water or have a warm shower in a cold car park
Click here to buy the Pits and Bits Water Free Washing Kit
Katie and the Jellyfish Airplants
We love plants but soil and watering and small spaces don't go well together so that is where airplants come into it. They are wonderful unusual looking plants that don't make roots and instead draw nutrients from the moisture in the air which makes them ideal for van living. We have a number of airplant hangers in our van but none more prized than our one from Katie and the Jellyfish. Stick this in their stocking and I guarantee they will be delighted.
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Bigger Gifts
glerups Slippers
There's no doubt that glerups are premium slippers, but with the amount of time we spend in slippers we don't want to scrimp on comfort or warmth. The slipper is a Danish staple and is made from 100% wool felt which makes it incredibly warm but surprisingly soft. glerups come in a variety of designs, boots, shoe and slip ons meaning there's a slipper for everyone. Thankfully for vanlife they can come with a thick rubber outdoor sole which makes them perfect slippers for the inside outside lives you live in the van. They are a stylish as they are practical and we swear by them having used them for the last 3 years.
Click here to have a look at their range of styles and colours here
It goes without saying that we don't have a washing machine in our van, we, like most of our van dwelling friends use launderettes for all of our clothes washing however when you're in the middle of nowhere and you've worn your underwear inside out already you sometimes need to get a quick wash in and that's where Laundreez comes in. It's a dry bag that you can also use to wash your clothes. Simply add your clothes along with water and detergent to the bag, seal it and give it a shake and a swirl. Empty the water using the handy valve and then rinse and repeat. You can then use the bag to squeeze out the excess water and simply hang your clothes out to dry. A great little gift for the clean van dweller out there.
We have no doubt you have heard of a Kindle before so we won't bore you with the basics just know that being able to have all the books you want to read stored in a device smaller than your average guidebook is a real plus for people living in a few metres squared. We refer to the newest version as being vanlife proof thanks to the fact it is now waterproof which is just what you want when you (read Olivia) has forgotten to put her glass of water away before we start driving and you find it all over your Kindle the next time you stop. Add to that the fact it has twice the memory and so you can keep twice the amount of books and you can see why it is a vanlife favourite.
Karcher Window Vac
For most people a window vacuum seems like a snazzy cleaning tool at best and a stupid waste of time at worst but for people who routinely have to towel down the condensation that builds up on the inside of their windows and then try and find ways to dry the towel which is getting ever damper they might just seem like a luxury worth having. Just suck away the condensation and don't worry about how you're going to ring your towel out on a cold winters day. It might seem like an odd gift to give but once your van dwelling friends have seen it trust us that they will appreciate it in ways that you won't fully understand.
Click here to buy a Karcher Window Vac
It's not easy to continue to be musical when you're confined within a van, it's too small for a piano and you can fit a guitar in but it's a pretty bulky item to keep having to move around and so a ukulele is a perfect alternative. It's simple enough to be able to pick up and learn how to play your favourite song but challenging enough that if you want to really master it there is plenty to keep you going. Great for a sing along around a camp fire and is tiny to boot. A true vanlife instrument!
Campervan Projector
We've written about our campervan cinema and have discussed just how great it is to have an indoor and outdoor cinema set up, being able to watch your movies in the comfort of your van without having to cram around a laptop screen. Even without the rest of the set up this projector is a great gift, enjoy picture slideshows, movies, games consoles and even mirror your phone screen up onto a big screen in a tiny box perfectly van sized. Check out our article on the campervan cinema to see why we love it.
Click here to buy a campervan projector
Nintendo Switch
Games consoles and vans don't usually mix which means your former video game loving van dwelling friend is probably doing without his latest fix of computer games however the Nintendo Switch means you don't have to install a TV into the van for them to be able to get the hit of Mario they need. It's a great multiplayer console with fun games that can be played by video game fans as well as the casual guest you may have in the van and it is all self contained with multiple controllers and a screen for you to play it on. A great option if you want to get a bit more tech into your van not to mention you can pair it with the campervan projector to have the ultimate gaming set up on the road, just picture it, Mario Kart projected onto the side of your van and you see what we're talking about!


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2018 Melody
Rosé by tradition is a light red wine ideal for summer drinking. Majella has kept the tradition alive with our twelfth release of the Melody.
Majella rosé is made by partial skin contact of Shiraz grapes during fermentation, then the juice and skins are separated and ferment is completed in stainless steel tanks. Bottled in early July under screw cap to retain the fresh fruit aromas.
A bright, clear pale crimson colour. Fragrant rose & red fruit floral aromas with sweet and soft, finely textured structure. Pretty strawberry, raspberry and pomegranate fruit notes linger on the palate, with a pleasantly soft finish.
It's a wine for any occasion; serve chilled it's fantastic as an aperitif, but we reckon it's the perfect wine for a casual lunch.
Ageing Potential: Produced for early consumption
Winemaker: Bruce Gregory and Michael Marcus
|100% Shiraz
|Coonawarra, South Australia
|Early April
Majella "Melody" Rosé 2018
Rosé by tradition, is a light red ideal for summer drinking. Majella has kept that tradition alive with our twelfth release of the Melody.
The Melody rosé was made with limited skin contact and fermentation was completed in stainless steel tanks. The Melody is bottled in July under screw cap to retain the fresh fruit aromas and palate.
Vintage Conditions
2018 vintage is set to be labeled an amazing vintage, with superb conditions and fruit of outstanding quality being harvested.The Winter and Spring rainfall leading into the 2018 season was excellent at 20% above long-term averages, soil moisture was replenished, and aquifers recharged. Winter was cold delivering a good dormancy.
The flowering to fruit set period was quick, assisting in good berry numbers. The berry development and ripening period from December to mid-April was very dry and the warm Summer temperatures advanced veraison by two weeks, to the end of January then a strong "Bonney" coastal upwelling cooled March, and extended the ripening period predominantly from the last week of March through the first two weeks of April.The yields were moderate, and the slow cool ripening was very even, delivering fruit with fine tannins and strong varietal flavours.
Early indications of the 2018 Vintage suggest that the grape quality is outstanding. All winemakers in the region are talking positively with comments that the colour is good, balanced tannins and good fruit weight.
Grape Variety
100% Shiraz
Winemakers Comments
A bright, pale crimson colour. Fragrant red fruit floral aromas with a sweet, soft and finely textured structure. Pretty strawberry, raspberry and pomegranate fruit notes linger on the palate, with a pleasantly soft finish.
|The Melody has been made to enjoy now.
Our pours are 30ml: x 3 = 1 standard drink = 100ml @ 13% alcohol.
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Latitude: 51.1948 / 51°11'41"N
Longitude: -2.3952 / 2°23'42"W
OS Eastings: 372477
OS Northings: 144023
OS Grid: ST724440
Mapcode National: GBR 0SS.17V
Mapcode Global: VH97K.F7LF
Entry Name: Bridge over Stream, 350 Metres Eat of Facade of Manor Farmhouse
Listing Date: 27 November 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1058288
English Heritage Legacy ID: 266880
Location: Wanstrow, Mendip, Somerset, BA11
County: Somerset
District: Mendip
Civil Parish: Wanstrow
Traditional County: Somerset
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset
6/175 Bridge over stream, 350 metres
East of facade of Manor Farmhouse
Bridge. Dated 1811. Doulting rubble. 2 seal semi-circular headed arches carrying roadway over stream; central cutwater
to South side; parapet to each side with rough coping of boulders.
Listing NGR: ST7247744023
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Please Note: This water fountain is made to order and not mass produced. Please allow 2-4 weeks of extra time for delivery. Also, our color chart is for example purposes only. Monitor settings and how the finish is applied to these outdoor water fountains can vary to what is shown in the color chart. Actual stone samples of each finish can be purchased to help you make your finish choice.
The Angella Outdoor Fountain in Toscana Pool features a lovely statue pouring water into the birdbath fountain from one jug and into the Toscana Pool with another jug. This beautiful fountain will be an eye-catching feature of your garden or courtyard. Hand-crafted by skilled artisans, the Angella Outdoor Fountain in Toscana Pool is sure to become your most prized possession. This fountain will create and elegant and relaxing area for your and your guests.
*Please Note: This fountain is not sold with the pool shown with main photo. Please see "new pool" photo in alternative views.
how long is the cord to the pump? how big is the hole in the bottom (will I be able to fit both the power cord and a water line for an auto fill in) Is this a two piece? the statue separate from the pool basin
The pump cord is 25 feet. It is recommended that you mount the autofill on the side wall of the Toscano pool. It will not fit in the Angella base.
This comes in thirteen pieces- Angella statue, pump house cover, fiberglass basin, pool surrounds (8) and spray ring.
Who will install this fountain and any other fountain that I may buy from you. A dead tree from our neighbor has fallen into my yard and distroyed my fountain and a couple of lamppost in the yard, plus some other damages. Can you you send some to give me and estimate how much will it cost to replace everything? Thanks,
We do not do any installations or repairs. We recommend hiring a local landscaper or contractor to install the fountiains.


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On Saturday, February 27th, JMU held it's third annual Women in Leadership Conference. What I thought was just going to be another networking event for soon-to-be graduates turned into a celebration of women leaders.
Former JMU alum and current line producer for Bloomberg Television, Allison Browne Weiss ('98), was the keynote speaker. She is someone with a lot of experience in the work force, but she didn't make you feel inferior to her. She touched on organic ways to maximize relationships and connections in our careers. Allison gave tips and ideas that made you want to get out and make these connections immediately.
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An Electoral College tidal wave has followed the surge of interest in the rejuvenated Republican presidential ticket of John McCain and Sarah Palin, nearly erasing a once-daunting Democratic advantage and creating a race for the White House that is nearly dead-level even.
The latest Zogby Interactive polling in 11 key battleground states, and a further analysis of polling in other states, has resulted in the recalibration of the Zogby Electoral College Map, available at www.zogby.com.
In this latest Zogby calculation, Obama/Biden lead the race with a projected 234 Electoral College votes in 18 states and the District of Columbia, compared with 226 votes from 25 states for the McCain/Palin ticket. Another 78 Electoral College votes from seven states remain up for grabs, the latest Zogby analysis shows.
See the Zogby map online to get Pollster John Zogby's state-by-state commentary on this latest polling.
In this latest adjustment of the Zogby map, Obama has lost 26 Electoral College votes from two states—Pennsylvania and New Mexico – both of which were moved from the Obama column into the toss-up column.
Meanwhile, McCain has gained enough ground to have—at least for now—captured a definitive lead in seven new states: Ohio, Missouri, Nevada, South Carolina, Montana, South and North Dakota. McCain's gains total 54 Electoral College votes. Based on a Zogby analysis of other credible polling and demographic trends, the Zogby map is also moving four other states – Montana, South Carolina, South Dakota, and North Dakota from toss-ups into the McCain column.
All of McCain's gains come from moving toss-up states into his column—no states moved directly from Obama to McCain.
In the race for the White House, the winner must capture states worth at least 270 Electoral College votes, a majority of the total of 538 votes available.
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