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Building Scala Libraries Sample
|You can open this sample inside an IDE using the IntelliJ native importer or Eclipse Buildship.
This guide demonstrates how to create a Scala library with Gradle using
gradle init.
You can follow the guide step-by-step to create a new project from scratch or download the complete sample project using the links above.
What you'll build
You'll generate a Scala library that follows Gradle's conventions.
What you'll need
A text editor or IDE - for example IntelliJ IDEA
A Java Development Kit (JDK), version 8 or higher - for example AdoptOpenJDK
The latest Gradle distribution
Create a project folder
Gradle comes with a built-in task, called
init, that initializes a new Gradle project in an empty folder.
init task uses the (also built-in)
wrapper task to create a Gradle wrapper script,
The first step is to create a folder for the new project and change directory into it.
$ mkdir demo $ cd demo
Run the init task
From inside the new project directory, run the
init task using the following command in a terminal:
gradle init.
When prompted, select the
3: library project type and
5: Scala as implementation language.
Next you can choose the DSL for writing buildscripts -
1 : Groovy or
2: Kotlin.
For the other questions, press enter to use the default values.
The output will look like this:
$ gradle init Select type of project to generate: 1: basic 2: application 3: library 4: Gradle plugin Enter selection (default: basic) [1..4] 3 Select implementation language: 1: C++ 2: Groovy 3: Java 4: Kotlin 5: Scala 6: Swift Enter selection (default: Java) [1..6] 5 Select build script DSL: 1: Groovy 2: Kotlin Enter selection (default: Groovy) [1..2] 1 Project name (default: demo): Source package (default: demo): BUILD SUCCESSFUL 2 actionable tasks: 2 executed
init task generates the new project with the following structure:
├── gradle (1)
│ └── wrapper
│ ├── gradle-wrapper.jar
│ └── gradle-wrapper.properties
├── gradlew (2)
├── gradlew.bat (2)
├── settings.gradle.kts (3)
└── lib
├── build.gradle.kts (4)
└── src
├── main
│ └── scala (5)
│ └── demo
│ └── Library.scala
└── test
└── scala (6)
└── demo
└── LibrarySuite.scala
├── gradle (1)
│ └── wrapper
│ ├── gradle-wrapper.jar
│ └── gradle-wrapper.properties
├── gradlew (2)
├── gradlew.bat (2)
├── settings.gradle (3)
└── lib
├── build.gradle (4)
└── src
├── main
│ └── scala (5)
│ └── demo
│ └── Library.scala
└── test
└── scala (6)
└── demo
└── LibrarySuite.scala
|Generated folder for wrapper files
|Gradle wrapper start scripts
|Settings file to define build name and subprojects
|Build script of
lib project
|Default Scala source folder
|Default Scala test source folder
You now have the project setup to build a Scala library.
Review the project files
settings.gradle(.kts) file has two interesting lines:
rootProject.name = "demo"
rootProject.name = 'demo'
rootProject.nameassigns a name to the build, which overrides the default behavior of naming the build after the directory it's in. It's recommended to set a fixed name as the folder might change if the project is shared - e.g. as root of a Git repository.
include("lib")defines that the build consists of one subproject called
libthat contains the actual code and build logic. More subprojects can be added by additional
Our build contains one subproject called
lib that represents the Scala library we are building.
It is configured in the
lib/build.gradle(.kts) file:
plugins {
scala (1)
`java-library` (2)
repositories {
mavenCentral() (3)
dependencies {
implementation("org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.13.11") (4)
implementation("com.google.guava:guava:32.1.1-jre") (5)
testImplementation("junit:junit:4.13.2") (6)
testRuntimeOnly("org.scala-lang.modules:scala-xml_2.13:1.2.0") (7)
api("org.apache.commons:commons-math3:3.6.1") (8)
plugins {
id 'scala' (1)
id 'java-library' (2)
repositories {
mavenCentral() (3)
dependencies {
implementation 'org.scala-lang:scala-library:2.13.11' (4)
implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:32.1.1-jre' (5)
testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.13.2' (6)
testImplementation 'org.scalatest:scalatest_2.13:3.2.16'
testImplementation 'org.scalatestplus:junit-4-13_2.13:184.108.40.206'
testRuntimeOnly 'org.scala-lang.modules:scala-xml_2.13:1.2.0' (7)
api 'org.apache.commons:commons-math3:3.6.1' (8)
|Apply the scala Plugin to add support for Scala.
|Apply the java-library plugin for API and implementation separation.
|Use Maven Central for resolving dependencies.
|Use Scala 2.13 in our library project
|This dependency is used internally, and not exposed to consumers on their own compile classpath.
|Use Scalatest for testing our library
|Need scala-xml at test runtime
|This dependency is exported to consumers, that is to say found on their compile classpath.
The file
src/main/scala/demo/Library.scala is shown here:
* This Scala source file was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
package demo
class Library {
def someLibraryMethod(): Boolean = true
The generated test,
src/test/scala/demo/Library.scala is shown next:
* This Scala Testsuite was generated by the Gradle 'init' task.
package demo
import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
import org.junit.runner.RunWith
import org.scalatestplus.junit.JUnitRunner
class LibrarySuite extends AnyFunSuite {
test("someLibraryMethod is always true") {
def library = new Library()
The generated test class has a single ScalaTest test.
The test instantiates the
Library class, invokes a method on it, and checks that it returns the expected value.
More information about the features the
java-library plugin adds to any JVM library project, such as API and implementation separation, can be found in the Java Library Plugin documentation.
Assemble the library JAR
To build the project, run the
build task. You can use the regular
gradle command, but when a project includes a wrapper script, it is considered good form to use it instead.
$ ./gradlew build BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 0s 4 actionable tasks: 4 executed
The first time you run the wrapper script,
gradlew, there may be a delay while that version of
gradle is downloaded and stored locally in your
~/.gradle/wrapper/dists folder.
The first time you run the build, Gradle will check whether or not you already have the required dependencies in your cache under your
~/.gradle directory. If not, the libraries will be downloaded and stored there. The next time you run the build, the cached versions will be used. The
build task compiles the classes, runs the tests, and generates a test report.
You can view the test report by opening the HTML output file, located at
You can find your newly packaged JAR file in the
lib/build/libs directory with the name
Verify that the archive is valid by running the following command:
$ jar tf lib/build/libs/lib.jar META-INF/ META-INF/MANIFEST.MF lib/ lib/Library.class
You should see the required manifest file —
MANIFEST.MF— and the compiled
Library class.
All of this happens without any additional configuration in the build script because Gradle's
Congratulations, you have just completed the first step of creating a Scala library! You can now customize this to your own project needs.
Customize the library JAR
You will often want the name of the JAR file to include the library version.
This is achieved by setting a top-level
version property in the build script:
version = "0.1.0"
version = '0.1.0'
Next to the version, other important identity properties of a library are it's name and group.
The name is directly derived from the subproject name that represents the library.
Now run the
jar task:
$ ./gradlew jar BUILD SUCCESSFUL 2 actionable tasks: 1 executed, 1 up-to-date
You'll notice that the resulting JAR file at
lib/build/libs/lib-0.1.0.jar contains the version as expected.
Another common requirement is customizing the manifest file, typically by adding one or more attributes.
Let's include the library name and version in the manifest file by configuring the
jar task.
Add the following to the end of your build script:
tasks.jar {
manifest {
attributes(mapOf("Implementation-Title" to project.name,
"Implementation-Version" to project.version))
tasks.named('jar') {
manifest {
attributes('Implementation-Title': project.name,
'Implementation-Version': project.version)
To confirm that these changes work as expected, run the
jar task again, and this time also unpack the manifest file from the JAR:
$ ./gradlew jar $ jar xf lib/build/libs/lib-0.1.0.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
Now view the contents of the
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file and you should see the following:
Manifest-Version: 1.0
Implementation-Title: lib
Implementation-Version: 0.1.0
Generating Sources JAR
You can easily generate a sources JAR for your library:
java {
java {
The additional JAR will be produced as part of the
assemble or
build lifecycle tasks and will be part of the publication.
The resulting file is found in
lib/build/libs, with a name using the conventional classifier
Publish a Build Scan
The best way to learn more about what your build is doing behind the scenes, is to publish a build scan.
To do so, just run Gradle with the
--scan flag.
$ ./gradlew build --scan BUILD SUCCESSFUL in 0s 4 actionable tasks: 4 executed Publishing a build scan to scans.gradle.com requires accepting the Gradle Terms of Service defined at https://gradle.com/terms-of-service. Do you accept these terms? [yes, no] yes Gradle Terms of Service accepted. Publishing build scan... https://gradle.com/s/5u4w3gxeurtd2
Click the link and explore which tasks where executed, which dependencies where downloaded and many more details!
That's it! You've now successfully configured and built a Scala library project with Gradle. You've learned how to:
Initialize a project that produces a Scala library
Run the build and view the test report
Customize the Jar files the build produces
Now you could complete this exercise by trying to compile some Scala code that uses the library you just built.
Next steps
Building a library is just one aspect of reusing code across project boundaries. From here, you may be interested in:


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For the first time in his career Iturraspe was fielded as a part of the main squad of Athletic Bilbao on March 12, 2008 in a friendly against Zalla UC. By the end of the season he was also involved in the games against Portugalete and Aviron Bayonnais.
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Sicilian style Easy Sheet Pan Tomato Herb Pizza. Fresh pizza dough topped with roasted cherry tomato sauce, three kinds of cheese, pepperoni, house style "pizza seasoning" and so much fresh garden basil. The key to this pizza is baking it on a sheet pan at a high temp until the crust becomes just a little crisp and the cheese is melty. As soon as the pizza comes out of the oven, top it with fresh basil, slice, eat, and ENJOY. Trust me, every last bite of this pizza is delicious and will leave you wanting more. It's savory, a touch spicy, and the perfect mix of summer flavors that everyone will LOVE.
We all know how much I love a good pizza, I have many many here on the blog. So I don't say this lightly when I say…I'm pretty sure this is the best pizza I've ever made. Most of my favorites include an herb/pesto base, and more times than not burrata as well. This pizza is nothing like any of my other favorites. This pizza is more of a classic, but with a twist. Kind of like something you might order from your favorite pizzeria or maybe even something like you might find in Sicily, Italy.
And. Oh. My. Gosh. It. Is. GOOD.
First things first, I'm putting it out there that I'm well aware this is not the tried and true traditional way to make this pizza. I did a ton of reading before writing this post to find out more about Sicilian Style pizza…how it originated, and what the classic way to make it is. But what I found was that it's actually made in many different ways. The classic style pizzas that I came across were mostly thicker crust rectangle pizzas. They have a simple tomato base, lots of cheese, and pepperoni on top.
My version is similar, but then it's kind of not. But SO GOOD. I can't stress the SO GOOD enough. I love this pizza!
Start with the dough. I like to use my homemade pizza dough recipe from the HBH Super Simple cookbook. It's the easiest to make and truly delicious. If you can think a few hours ahead of time, I'd recommend making your own dough. If not, store-bought pizza dough works great too (Whole Foods and Trader Joe's both have great options)!
For those of you who prefer a thicker crust pizza, I recommend using closer to three-quarters or even one pound of pizza dough. We like our crust thinner, so I only use a half-pound of dough.
Once you have your dough figured out, it's time to make pizza.
Now, these next two steps are KEY and what I've found to be the most common throughout everything I read. You need to cook this pizza at a high heat temp and on a sheet pan. So start preheating your oven to five hundred degrees as soon as you decide you're making pizza. Ideally one to two hours ahead of time to get it really HOT.
If you're in a pinch, thirty minutes works too.
During this same time, place your ball of pizza dough on an oiled quarter sheet pan (or sheet pan of similar size). Now let it rest, the longer you can let the dough sit on the pan, the better. Thirty minutes will do the trick, but if you have the time, shoot for anywhere from two to five hours. This allows the dough time to get puffy and create wonderful air pockets.
Instead of using store-bought sauce, I wanted to use all my fresh summer cherry tomatoes. So I just did a quick pan roasted burst cherry tomato sauce with garlic and thyme. I roasted the tomatoes in the oven at five hundred…since I already had it on. Works beautifully and creates a delicious caramelized tomato sauce.
Simply smash the tomatoes down with a fork and you'll have a very rustic fresh tomato sauce.
This seasoning mix? It was actually the inspiration behind this entire pizza. I had the concept for the fresh herb and garlic seasoning mix before I decided I wanted to make a Sicilian style pizza. Fresh basil, fresh oregano, garlic, fennel, and so much crushed red pepper…how could I go wrong!
I knew the pizza needed to be somewhat simple and cheesy, enter the idea for Sicilian pizza. Once I had this in my head I was sold…pizza was being made.
And you guys? It really is the seasoning mix that MAKES this pizza. It's fresh, herby, garlicky, and spicy. All of my favorite things.
Push the dough out onto the baking sheet, add the sauce, the cheeses, the pepperoni (only if you enjoy them, which we do), and that herb seasoning mix. Bake in the upper position of the oven (also key), and in less than fifteen minutes you'll have amazing pizza.
And your kitchen will smell incredible. It might be crazy hot, but I promise, this pizza is worth it!
Most importantly, you'll have a delicious pizza to enjoy for dinner…maybe outside on the porch if your kitchen is sweltering hot from the oven. Sorry, but again, this pizza is worth it.
As soon as the pizza comes out of the oven. Slice it, top with basil, and eat. This one is meant to be eaten hot…preferably on a summer night with your favorite drink in hand. I'm picturing an ice-cold beer.
Easy Sheet Pan Tomato Herb Pizza…classic…with some additions. So very cheesy, herby, and just delicious. Roll your eyes back good!
Looking for other summer pizzas? Here are a few of my go-to's.
Garlic and Herb Roasted Cherry Tomato Pizza with Caramelized Onions
Peach Burrata Pizza with Honey Balsamic
Lastly, if you make this Easy Sheet Pan Tomato Herb Pizza., be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don't forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
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Why are fig preserves included in this recipe? Seems like they would make it sweet.
Everyone loved it!
THAT…was better than ANY pizza I have ever eaten! Amazingly delicious recipe. KEEPER 😋
I made this last night and everyone loved it! I used store bought dough from Trader Joes and the tips you shared on getting the dough thin and crispy really worked and made such a difference. The seasoning was so good – I will use on all my pizza recipes! Thank you!
Do you let the dough rest in or out of the refrigerator?
Bookmarking this for the weekend! Do you use pre-shredded mozzarella or shred from fresh mozzarella?
Made this (& perfected it from the 1st time) last night and it came out AMAZING! My modification from the 1st time was using the full pound of Whole Foods store-bought dough. I prefer a thinner crust for the crisp and although I used the full pound, this still baked up super crispy and was still thin crust. The fresh herb mix is a TOTAL GAME-CHANGER!!
Do you use your no kneed pizza dough recipe here? Sounds delicious!
Hey there! Do you have the recipe for just the dough? Thank you!
Love! (& I never rate or post comments!) The herb mix goes on every pizza that I make!
Does the sheet pan give it a crispy crust?
What a delicious pizza! From the roasted tomato sauce to the herb topping…perfection! My daughter and I agreed that pan pizza is easily our favorite. Thank you for this great recipe!


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This was an eventful year. Stephen won a $1,000 prize for etching and was in a pink cloud. I, for the first time, entered a competition sponsored by the Bendix Corporation, which opened the "Launderette." The competition was to say in 25 words "I like the Launderette because…" Besides the national prizes, of which I was not even thinking, each local Launderette would award three electric irons. Since no one looks too bright on Monday morning, I felt I might have a chance. Of 48,000 entries, all over the U.S., I won the first prize of $5,000! In those days, that much money was worth a great deal more than today. (In 2015 $5,000 translates to $48,697.51 – Frank) We bought a two-family house for $4,000. It was a lifesaver!
The man who came to interview me about the prize said – "Your good command of the English language helped you." I said, "Would you believe it was a bedbug?" The incident which was the inspiration for my entry happened the first time we sent out our laundry. It came back so blue that we threw it into the tub to rinse it and out and floating on top was a bedbug. I remember seeing a documentary about commercial laundries in which there was a large wheel-shaped container which was separated into wedge shapes. One load of clothes was put into each compartment and the same hot water ran through the entire wash – hence someone's bedbug floated from one to the other. This is what made me write, "I like the Launderette because it makes possible the labor saving of a laundry with the advantage of clothes being individually washed – nothing is lost or torn – and all this for 25 cents as compared with hundreds for a home machine." This , evidently was what they were looking for, because it eliminated the other choices – the laundry or investing in a machine."
The award winning announcement poster where Margaret is recognized for first place.
Fatherless, etching
Associated American Artists 2nd Annual National Print Competition. Stephen was given $1,000.oo prize.
The Green Light / Oil
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The Sam Houston State University Food Pantry celebrated the grand opening of their new location Tuesday, Feb. 4.
The purpose of the Food Pantry is to supply students with food insecurity nutritious meals.
Food Pantry Student Worker Supervisor Thomas Taylor said that with the growing number of students in need of food, the old location was too small.
"We moved because we were working out of a little 10-by-10 closet, and between all the cans and fridges, there was simply no space for students to come in and look around very easily," Taylor said.
The Food Pantry started distributing food in 2014 when SHSU student Amber Spell became concerned after reading about the increasing number of food pantries opening on other college campuses.
According to a survey of SHSU students in 2014, over 50% of respondents indicated that they had experienced food insecurity in recent months.
In 2019, the College of Health Sciences started overseeing the pantry. COHS plays an important role in the health and wellness of the students through education and by making sure the Food Pantry is sustained by donations of food and money.
Taylor said the new space will help to better serve the students.
"The new space is awesome," Taylor said. "It is huge and has so much space, and we have so many new things like a freezer, a better fridge and nicer shelving. The new place is a whole building, roughly eight times larger and it has its own little office with an employee area. We love the new place so much."
Taylor said the pantry distributes food on every other Wednesday. If a student in is immediate need of food, they can pick up an emergency food kit during normal operating hours.
The pantry is open Monday through Thursday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. It is located behind the KatPost at 1108 17th St.
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Initial Working Groups agreed will cover topics such as Intelligence and Trends, Bridging Supply and Demand, Research and Innovation, Plant production, Cattle & Dairy production, and Agrifood Industry. Gradiant and Campus Terra highlighted that this structure should be dynamic in order to evolve and adapt according to the needs and priorities identified along the implementation of the Hub.
The basis for the agreed structure has been the result of an initial poll circulated among over 50 entities and professionals that declared early interest in taking part of the activities of the Hub. Respondents included producers, cooperatives, professional associations, ICT companies, industrial clusters, technology centers and universities.
The working session held at the CiTIUS building in Santiago de Compostela, was chaired by Andrés Barreiro, Vice-rector of scientific and technology development at USC's Lugo Campus as well as Gradiant's Executive Director, Luis Pérez-Freire. Mr. Enrique Rohrer, representing the Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) participated as invited speaker. The session was closed by USC's Vice-rector, Javier Bueno Lema.
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Lugar: Santiago de Compostela, Spain


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Quick Facts
Program code
Volunteer Work, Child Care, Education / Teaching
Amaguaña, Quito, Region Pichincha
Program start
Flexible start and end dates year round
Minimum duration
2 weeks
Minimum age
18 years
Contact us
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(+56) 23245 9801
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Project details
The volunteer work takes place in a children's home with an integrated school on the southern outskirts of Quito. The children's home is run by a foundation that has been dedicated to the well-being of children whose rights have been violated since 1993. The children and youth come from very difficult family backgrounds, are street children, orphans and other risk groups. The children's home provides a safe place for children who have been the victim of physical or psychological violence or who have suffered any other kind of danger. About 30 children between the ages of 3 and 17 live in the children's home, some of them accompanied by an aunt or their mother.
Access to education is particularly important principle for the foundation. The foundation sees education as a fundamental element in breaking the cycle of poverty. For this reason, the children's home offers the children a school education up to 7th grade. The small school is attended by the children who live in the home themselves and also by children from the neighborhood. About 130 students are enrolled in the school.
There is a large garden on the grounds of the children's home where the children plant their own vegetables. This has proven to be very successful with the children and young people, as they are proud to be able to harvest what they sow. Working with the seeds and the harvest has a great learning curve on their real life.
The volunteers work closely with the children and are welcomed by them with open arms. They are always happy about the "new faces" and all the exciting things that the volunteers do and undertake with them. Respect and responsibility are two very important virtues when working with the children in this children's home.
The volunteers help the children with schoolwork, give tutoring and play games with them. The volunteers also provide support with education in topics such as personal hygiene and tidiness of the rooms as well as with everyday skills and the completion of daily housework. From time to time the home also needs help with maintenance and repairs.
Volunteers work Monday through Friday and have weekends available.
The areas of responsibility include:
- Learning with the children
- Playing with the children
- Keeping the children busy
- Doing sports with the children
- Giving the children an open ear
- Helping in the household
- Helping out in the kitchen
Note: The tasks may vary. They depend on factors such as the number of volunteers, time of year, current needs of the project and self-motivation. Not every volunteer may be fully involved in all these tasks.
An apartment with 3 rooms, a kitchen and a common room is available for the volunteers in the immediate vicinity of the children's home. Full board is included. Meals are taken together with the children and staff in the home.
Taking social aspects into account, this volunteer position is culturally very interesting, as the volunteers can immerse themselves in the everyday life of the children's home and the reality of the children and their families.
Note: In Latin America, especially in remote areas where many of our volunteer projects take place, the cellular or internet connection is not always reliable and fast.
The children's home is located in the municipality of Amaguaña on the southern outskirts of the capital Quito. The Quito city center is approximately 1 hour away. Amaguaña is beautifully located in the countryside and you have a view of the mountains. Old traditions and customs still live on in Amaguaña, which makes this place very interesting, especially from a historical and cultural point of view. The landmark of Amaguaña is the well-preserved church from colonial times, dated 1529. There are also several old haciendas in the Spanish colonial style in Amaguaña, which are full of history and exciting anecdotes.
They are part of the historical cultural heritage of Ecuador. In the surroundings of Amaguaña there are nature parks with rivers, mountains, volcanoes and interesting flora and fauna.
Language skills
In order for both you and the children in the project to benefit from your volunteer work in Ecuador, it is important to have a good level of Spanish. We recommend it to be at communication level. You should be able to make yourself understood in Spanish. In order to optimally prepare for your volunteer work in Ecuador, we advise you to take a Spanish course before the start of the program. This gives you the opportunity to slowly get used to the national language, culture and mentality.
Pre-departure and in-country support
Before arrival, our experienced team will be at your disposal to assist you throughout the booking process and travel planning. With the booking confirmation you will receive our 24-hour emergency number, so that you can reach us 24/7 in case of emergency.
In addition to the assistance given by our office staff you will be supported by our volunteer coordinators located in Quito.
Costs & Services
Our volunteer work at a Children's Home in Ecuador includes:
- Shared or single room*
- Full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- You will be accompanied to the project on the first day
- Professional English-speaking advice
- Translation of your application documents
- Volunteer Work Placement in Ecuador
- English-speaking in-country support
- Handbook Ecuador
- Intercultural guideline
- 24/7 emergency number
- Information about suitable travel insurance
- Certificate of participation
Application fee: US$ 150
Program fee: US$ 710 (minimum stay 2 weeks)
Each additional week: US$ 170
*surcharge for single room US$ 35/week.
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Discussion of key eHealth economic and financial questions that countries should ask as they decide how much to invest in eHealth technologies.
Tag: healthcare costs
Is mHealth an effective treatment for our ailing health care system?
The Washington Post recently published an article asking whether mHealth is the health care fix we've been waiting for. This question arose from a report by the world renowned Brookings Institution. The report is written by Darrell West, the director of the Brookings Center for Technology Innovation, and is entitled "How Mobile Devices are Transforming […]
Netherlands study shows dermatologists using telemedicine to provide efficient care at lower costs
University of Amsterdam performed a study to determine the effect of teledermatology on the efficiency, quality and costs of care when integrated into daily practice, following patient selection by a general practitioner (GP).
Why mobile medical devices are no longer optional, interview with Eric Yablonka #mHS11
Eric Yablonka, CIO of the University of Chicago hospitals and Pritzker School of Medicine outlines the evolution of the mobile health sector and various emerging technologies, which he asserts no longer represent simply "nice to have stuff but has grown into truly life-saving stuff."


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Licensed Computer Geek
So what's the latest on getting USB gamepads working with OS X? I'm still mourning the loss of Input Sprocket, and my home-made arcade console is calling out "Why are you neglecting me?" I could really go for some MAME right about now, but it's certainly not acceptable with a puny keyboard.


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As bitcoin teeters around the $33,500 level, the cryptocurrency could fly higher in the course of this week as the eagerly-awaited mammoth Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) unlock draws closer.
Why Bitcoin Price Bullish Breakout Is Expected
The Bitcoin price struggled to find direction in June after crashing hard in May on the back of China's renewed crypto crackdown which was exacerbated by Elon Musk's mercurial attitude toward BTC. The cryptocurrency's price, which is down close to 50% from its April all-time high, has successfully held the $30K support but has failed to garner meaningful gains.
Now, with the world's largest digital asset manager, Grayscale Bitcoin Trust expected to unlock giant shares in July, some investors are eyeing more cautious strategies on the crypto markets. For widely recognized cryptocurrency trader Michaël Van de Poppe, however, Bitcoin is likely to initiate a full-fledged "breakout to the upside" in the coming days.
In his update on July 12, Crypto Michael noted that bitcoin had managed to hold above the 50-weekly EMA. More importantly, the entire support zone is holding. As such, he wouldn't be surprised to see BTC trading at around $38,000 "during the days of this week".
In fact, the trader believes the GBTC unlock is bullish for the Bitcoin price. He explained:
"It could have a very positive impact on the markets given that those holders or those investors have to buy spot bitcoin to cover their potential losses they have when buying GBTC."
Grayscale Bitcoin Trust has a delayed redemption mechanism whereby GBTC investors are required to hold their shares for six months before selling them. Because many investors purchased into the trust in January, a massive tranche of these shares is scheduled to be unlocked this month. The biggest unlock will be on July 18 when 16,240 BTC will be released. In general, approximately 40,000 BTC will be unlocked throughout July. This is about $1.3 billion, based on the BTC price of $33,510.
While JPMorgan analyst Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou argued last month that the GBTC shares hitting the secondary markets would be "an additional headwind" for the Bitcoin price, there's a growing chorus of bullish calls.
A Herd Of Bulls
Just like trader Crypto Michael, crypto finance startup Amber Group predicts that investors will enter the market to buy BTC in a bid to repay the loans they used to finance their initial GBTC shares purchases.
Furthermore, cryptocurrency exchange Kraken recently published a report disputing the narrative that GBTC unlocks would pose a downside risk to the Bitcoin price.
"Despite 40K BTC worth of GBTC shares unlocking in July, market structure suggests that the unlock will not weigh materially on BTC spot markets anytime soon, if at all, like some have claimed," Kraken wrote.
The CEO of FTX cryptocurrency exchange, Sam Bankman-Fried, has also suggested that the GBTC unlock "doesn't really matter" for the dormant cryptocurrency.
However, the CEO warns that this is not financial advice and anything could happen in the bitcoin market.
Read More: zycrypto.com


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As we officially joined the BitTorrent X Ecosystem, we've decided to bring in new content categories into the DLive platform to enable more diversity among our global community. With this goal in mind, we are now introducing Crypto Superstar on DLive as we welcome content creators in the crypto space to join the DLive family.
What are some of the benefits as a Crypto Superstar on DLive?
- Dedicated featured spots on DLive website and mobile
- Fast track to DLive Verified Partnership program
- Zero cuts from donation done with BTT and TRX
- Dedicated Crypto Super Star badge next to your channel name across the platform
- Direct access to DLive support team
- The chance to have your streams featured on DLive's Official Twitter account and get your channel further promoted as BitTorrent and TRON retweet the stream
- Exclusive access to collaboration with DLive/ BitTorrent/ TRON blockchain partners
More benefits to come…
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In order to sign up as a DLive Crypto Superstar, you must
- Stream crypto/blockchain related content
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Bulldozers, Gold, and Your Family
"A size for every use, and a hundred uses for every size" - Caterpillar marketing slogan. Recently, my Dad and I had the opportunity to take a trip he has wanted to take for a long time, to visit Caterpillar (the heavy equipment manufacturer). As you may know, Caterpillar makes some of the most iconic mining equipment known the world over. For my Dad, however, it was a simple passion of his, having been a heavy equipment operator with the Corps of Engineers, while serving in the US Army back in the 60's. Little did I know, that while taking a trip with him to look at bulldozers and other mining equipment, we would be learning about Gold and Dollars as well.
Mining for Gold
Precious metals, as well as most other metals, are mined out of the ground. Whether by open pit mine, shaft mine, or by sluicing in/near a body of water, it takes machines such as those made by Caterpillar and others, to make it feasible. One of the older bulldozers we saw was used in an old gold mine out in California back in 1919. It was on display in working condition, albeit a little rusty. It had been abandoned near a mine, and flown out by helicopter in 2014, to be used in the Caterpillar exhibit. At 25 horsepower, it was a powerful machine in it's day. For the price of $2,450 in 1919 currency, the machine was put to work mining gold. In other words, it only took 7.66 pounds of mined gold, at 1919 prices, to pay for the machine. I became curious, and began to wonder how bulldozers, Dollars, and Gold have fared since the day that old machine began to work.
The bulldozer was made of steel, and had been abandoned in a dry climate. With a little elbow grease, and a few gaskets/parts, etc, the machine was put back into working order. It still runs today. But today, Caterpillar no longer makes a bulldozer smaller than 80 HP. The closest thing I could find in a new machine, was a 35 HP model, sold by a different manufacturer. My guess is that the 1919 machine is much heavier, and will still be running when the new machine conks out.
1919 Dollar Value
The Dollars used to purchase the old bulldozer, haven't fared as well as the bulldozer itself. The $2,450 today would pay for either a tune up/oil change and service on a new Caterpillar 80HP machine, or might purchase a small attachment for the new 35 HP machine. The only new "tractor" you could buy with $2,450 today, would be a riding lawn mower, which isn't much good for anything else. To purchase a new 35 HP bulldozer today would require about $24,000, or nearly 10-times as many Dollars. This is due to the value of Dollars being worth only 1/10 what they were in 1919, compared to bulldozers. You will find this (or worse) to be the case, when compared to the cost of almost any item you would have wanted to purchase then. You can read more about how the dollar falls here.
Gold's Rising Value
Gold however, has fared better than bulldozers and dollars combined. Gold produced in 1919 is at the same purity level and condition now, needing little more than the swipe of a cleaning rag to knock off some dust. The original luster is still the same, untarnished by the nearly 100 years that have passed. Since gold doesn't rust, there is no elbow grease needed. But what about value?
The original Gold needed to purchase the bulldozer in 1919 was 7.66 pounds, or 122.5 ounces. That same quantity of gold today would purchase 6 new bulldozers, at 35 HP each, with money left over to fill them all with fuel. Alternatively, it could purchase 2 new 110 HP bulldozers, with more than enough to fill them both with fuel. This is if we use a conservative estimate of $1,300 per ounce, which is less than the current spot price (4/30/18). In other words, gold has maintained, and even increased the value of the labor and energy that went into pulling it out of the ground. Gold is simply stored financial capability, that preserves and/or expands purchasing power over time.
Purchasing Power of Gold
I first became interested in precious metals, when asked to help steward some family gold and silver, passed down from generations long ago. Some of it was purchased by ancestors I never met. And yet, the value of what they stewarded and passed down, has provided each generation with at least the same purchasing power afforded the previous generation, and often more, than was originally provided. If this sounds like something you would like to do for your family, or those following in your footsteps, today would be a great time to start. Would you rather leave some paper money, that they could use to pay for a tune up, an old bulldozer they would have to recondition, or some gold or silver, to allow them to purchase a few new bulldozers, or whatever they might need in the future?
Where Do I Store Gold?
One of the things to consider, is how/where you will store it. With a little planning and forethought, you can help secure not only your immediate family's financial security, but also that of future generations. Do things that are important. Spend some time with your children, or parents, or loved ones, making memories. Go on trips together. Learn to value what one another appreciates; you just may develop your own appreciation for the same things. Do things that will last. When purchasing something, buy things that will last, and give things that will last.
The first state depository for precious metals is being stewarded by the parent company of the U.S. Gold Bureau. That speaks volumes about who they are, and their ability to last, in the gold and silver sphere. When entrusting your families future to metals that last, I recommend being involved with a company that can store your gold in a state as old and secure as Texas. They also have lots of other options, for coins you might want to share with your family in person.


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Holiday Black Lab Hooked Door Mat is rated out of 5 by 23.
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Author: D. Nicolici
Language: English
Publisher: Reformation Herald Publishing Association
Cover: Paperback
This pamphlet is presented as a special warning to all who are tempted to predict a time for certain events relative to the coming of our Lord. For years, many have arisen and by making various calculations, or unwarranted comparison, have arrived at certain dates, and have urged their views upon others. In many cases this has led people to go astray from the third angel's message. Time has invariably proved these predictions to be false, always a new false prophet arises and new people go astray. It would be well to keep several of these pamphlets on hand to give to tempted souls.


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"Thank You, North County"
Last updated 5/3/2022 at 9:38am
Last week, my office hosted a State of the North County at the El Corazon Senior Center in Oceanside. I truly was amazed by the over 250 people who attended, many of whom make North County such a wonderful place to live and work. If you weren't able to attend, I wanted to give a few of the highlights from the day.
First, we had a very special guest on-hand, Bud Roberds. Bud is a World War II veteran who just celebrated his 102nd birthday! Bud was a music teacher at Fallbrook High School and still plays the piano weekly at the Peking Wok Restaurant in Bonsall. It truly was an honor to have him on hand!
As far as my speech, I focused on many topics, including homelessness and behavioral health.
I believe that we must do a better job as a society dealing with those suffering from behavioral health issues. I am proud to say that North County is leading the way when it comes to creating Crisis Stabilization Units (CSU). A CSU is an ER for those in a mental health crisis. I've had families ask me, what do they do? Where can they go if they have a loved one suffering from a mental health crisis? A hospital ER is not the place for someone in a mental health crisis, but now they can go to a CSU. The County now has 5 Crisis Stabilization Units. Three of these ER's for mental health are here in North County.
A lot has been done, but there is a lot more to be done. We will keep working and pushing that boulder up the mountain and helping those who are struggling.
There were many more topics addressed, which I can touch on in the upcoming weeks, but in the meantime, I want you to know, I am proud to work for you, proud to be a part of this region, and will always fight for North County.
Jim Desmond
– San Diego County District 5 Supervisor


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Anas al-Hakim feels at home in Charlottenburg, where he found an apartment adapted to wheelchair users.
Berlin: (Germany): Seeing Anas al-Hakim navigate the hallways at the Technical University of Berlin, one would think he knows everyone on campus. "I enjoy meeting people and I have made good friends in Germany," said the computer science and mathematics student. The 25-year-old was born with craniofacial fibrous dysplasia, a rare bone condition. Undergoing painful surgeries his entire life, a spinal operation left him permanently paralysed as a teenager, forcing him to get around in a wheelchair. After arriving in Germany in 2014, Hakim has found the freedom of movement he only dreamed about when he was in his native Syria. "Living in Germany is like a dream," he says. "I can go wherever I want with the transportation system and there are wheelchair accessible ramps in most buildings." Hakim's journey to Germany was not an easy one. As the conflict in Syria escalated, many countries closed their embassies in Damascus, including Germany. With his family still in Damascus, Hakim's hometown is never far from his mind. The student has become a role model in the Syrian community and beyond. One of his projects is "Make It German", a project that helps Arabic-speaking students navigate life in Germany.
Disabled Syrian Student Finds Freedom in Berlin
Anas al-Hakim feels at home in Charlottenburg, where he found an apartment adapted to wheelchair users.


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Technical advantages
Team Introduction
Team Introduction
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Chengde longzhida Intelligent Instrument Technology Co., Ltd. (formerly Xinlong Electronics) is a modern high-tech enterprise integrating water meters, heat meters, gas meters and other civil instruments, water supply pipes, optical fiber pipeline leakage, sewage monitoring and other related products manufacturing, software development, product integration, information services. It is one of the 14 key enterprises of electronic system in Hebei Province.
The company has developed intelligent constant temperature water mixer, non negative pressure water supply equipment, ultrasonic heat meter, wireless remote water meter, photoelectric direct reading water meter, Nb IOT intelligent water meter and other energy-saving and water-saving products. It has won 10 core technologies, 8 software achievements and 1 scientific and Technological Achievement Award.
In terms of technology, the company adheres to the Internet of things technology as the core technology, and takes the & quot; Internet of things + & quot; In order to achieve the development goal, we should encourage technological innovation, increase R & D investment, introduce high-quality talents, improve team management level, strengthen foreign technical exchanges and cooperation, further improve the overall R & D level and technical strength of the company, accelerate the transformation speed of scientific and technological achievements, and provide strong technical support for the company to expand the market, consolidate the market, and occupy the market.
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The R & D team has strong technical strength and rich experience. Actively cooperate with Tianjin University and Petroleum College. Tsinghua University and other universities carry out technical cooperation.
We are a realistic team:To get to the bottom, to be result oriented, to do ten things, to say nine things
We are an enterprising team:The master's mentality is changing with each passing day
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LeBlen Multi EGF Toner
LeBlen Multi EGF Toner 240ml / 8 oz
LeBlen Multi EGF Toner uses liposomal nanotechnology to make components safer and more absorbent. It doesn't contain any harmful ingredients for skin. EGF (Sh-Oligopeptide-1) is effective in skin regeneration, elasticity and wrinkles. Heartleaf Houttuynia quickly calms skin trouble, and Witch Hazel reduces pore shrinkage, redness and skin irritation. Lactobacillus Ferment adds great effect to skin gloss and anti-aging. In used to make young skin without irritation. It is a multi-action toner that controls pH balance and affects pore care , moisturization, elasticity, brightening, and wrinkles.
Key Function
• Protecting
• Cell regenerating
• Hydrating
• Skin Soothing
How to use
After cleansing take an appropriate amount and spread slowly along your skin texture. Gently massage your face until the toner is completely absorbed into your skin.
Water(Aqua), Hamamelis Virginiana(Witch Hazel) Distillate, Propanediol, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate, sh-Oligopepitde-1, Mannitol, Niacinamide, Rosa Damascena Distillate Water, Glycerin, Algae Extract, Leuconostoc/ Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Saccharmyces Lysate Extract
Returns Policy : We accept returns received within 14 days of original purchase Items must be returned unused, undamaged and unopened in their original product packaging. The original shipping charge, if any, is not refundable. Please email us at email@example.com with your order number and the product(s) you'd like to return for shipping instructions. --------------------- Shipping Policy : We can ship to virtually any address in the world. When you place an order, we will estimate shipping and delivery dates for you based on the availability of your items and the shipping options you choose. Depending on the shipping provider you choose, shipping date estimates may appear on the shipping quotes page.


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There is something new in the world of greenolive. Well, maybe not really new because its been bubbling away under the surface since about March this year, but it hasn't really seen the light of day yet. Those of you who are regular blog readers or market goers might have an inkling, but for the rest of you...
Ta da!! I present Vintage prints by greenolive.
Vintage prints is a new venture that combines several passions into one – my love of design and the printed page; my fondness of things old, with a patina, a history; my interest in reclaiming, recycling; and my favourite pastime, op shopping.It is a celebration of the design, style and craftsmanship of books from days past. When illustrations were created by hand, paper was lovely and thick, and printing was done the old fashioned way.
Original printed pages and illustrations from vintage books are sourced, curated and packaged with provenance details, ready for you to frame and hang in your home. They also make great gifts for newborns, new mums, kids – anyone really.
We'll be launching Vintage prints at Magnolia Square next week, at the Malvern Town Hall, as part of their new bloom concept. Its very exciting, and we hope you love Vintage prints as much as we do.


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Edmonton, AB: While the NDP continues with expensive trade trips that produce limited results for Albertans, United Conservative MLA Prasad Panda continues his work communicating to international investors and policy makers what a pro-growth, free enterprise government in Alberta would look like.
"I found myself in India on an unplanned trip and made the effort to meet with senior Indian officials, diplomats, and business leaders to advocate for the reduction and elimination of tariffs on pulse crops and for our energy sector," said Panda.
"As we saw with Bill 6, the NDP's record for ignoring the voice of Alberta's agriculture sector is well documented. Justin Trudeau's trip to India didn't help with the imposition of a 60 per cent tariff on chickpeas upon his return," added UCP Agricultural Critic Rick Strankman.
"My colleagues in the United Conservative Caucus have met personally with the Consular General of India in Vancouver and discussed these very issues. Further to this, I also brought these issues up with Indian officials and leaders that I met with, including India's Federal Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Reliance Group President and CEO PMS Prasad. I have even met with the Canadian High Commissioner in New Delhi and our Canadian Senior Trade Commissioners in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
"The NDP's trade mission to India last month must have been planned for a while, and they could have identified the most influential federal and provincial stakeholders for our Minister to meet with to make the case for Alberta's producers. The Memorandum of Understanding between the province of Meghalaya and Alberta is important and makes for a nice government news release, but only 3.5 million people live in Meghalaya while India's population is 1.3 billion," said Panda.


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Serve in anOld-fashioned glass
Orange zest twist & rose petals
How to make:
STIR all ingredients with ice and strain into frozen glass over a Lapsang tea-flavoured iceball.
Special ingredient #1 Bergamot & yuzu cordial
|1 fl oz
|Italian red bitter liqueur
|1/2 fl oz
|Rhum Clément Blanc
|5/6 fl oz
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Read about cocktail measures and measuring.
By Jim Wrigley, UK
"By way of an introduction, before telling this story I should point out that when I travel I have a habit of noting things down in all the empty spaces in my books. Thoughts, ideas, snippets of conversations are written on the inside of the cover, in the margins of the pages, so in the end the book tells its own story and that of my journey.
"I was in Chinatown in San Francisco during the autumn a few years back when I realised that I'd lost the book I'd been writing in for the whole trip. This was a major blow as in the blank spaces of the book the recipe for a great mixed drink was coming together. I had envisaged the ingredients, the spirits, even the glass during my trip, and I thought that with the addition of just one final touch it could become a sublime drink, perhaps my magnum opus.
"So I decided to retrace all my steps that day. I looked everywhere but I couldn't find it. By the evening, when I had finally decided to give up and go back to the hotel, I was weary and dejected. Suddenly, something hit me gently on the shoulder, and I saw, as it fell to the ground: it was a flower. I whirled around to see a girl smiling at me from a curtained window. She must have thrown the flower, jokingly, to attract my attention. As I smiled back at her and took a step toward the window, she quickly withdrew inside and the light curtains fell into place behind her.
"That's when I noticed the girl had left a glass of iced tea on an open book on the window sill. I peered through the fabric of the curtain but the room was empty and still. Then the aroma of the tea reached me. It was delicious, black and smoky. On lifting the cup I glanced at the book, noticed the scrawled notes and immediately recognised the handwriting. I was astonished: it was my book.
"I looked down and saw my incredulous expression reflected in the surface of the drink. I took another sip of that fantastic tea and realised that, as well as my book, I had just found the ingredient that my cocktail was lacking. In memory of that wonderful twist of fate, I called it Beyond the Veil."
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Golf-Club Buxtehude
The Golf Club south of Buxtehude is open all year, playable with no minimum handicap and has many challenges.
The golf club, which lies to the south of Buxtehude, is open all year round and does not specify a minimum handicap, which means it offers many challenges.
Golfclub Buxtehude lies to the south west of Hamburg and can be reached simply and directly by car via the B 73. The 18-hold golf course, which is open throughout the year, covers a total of 64 hectares, with large open spaces and hilly hedgerow landscapes as well as mature oaks and pines. The course does not specify a minimum handicap for golfers, but the numerous slopes pose a particular challenge.
There are 20 tee boxes on the driving range, nine of which are covered. The training module offers several greens and bunkers as well as a putting area. Golf carts and trolleys for hire. The Heide Golfcard, the Golffeecard, the Golfcard Red Golf, the Teetime Card and the Golfclub St. Pauli card are all accepted. The Golfclub Gut Immenbek and the Deinster Mühle are both in the immediate vicinity.


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Conducting pre-employment assessments used to be so complicated and time-consuming. Printing sheets, booking rooms, grading this and that. But it doesn't have to be.
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, online digital assessments have been on the rise simply because they're much more expedient. Now that social distancing is a thing, it's more or less the only option to assess candidates for hiring.
Just how much can digital personality tests make life easier for recruiters? Let's go through the steps of both manual and digital tests to see the difference.
What's the difference?
There's more to it than the fact that one is done with pen/paper and the other on computers or smartphones. What truly separates manual tests and digital tests is the degree of human involvement.
In manual personality tests, you still need people to do mundane administrative tasks that could've been automated instead. This includes things like data entry or scheduling that waste the recruiter's time.
Digital personality tests only require the human touch in decision making. Everything else is taken care of by algorithms, saving time and resources for the recruiter.
This is what makes it a true decision support system, one that makes the recruiter's job easier instead of harder.
Manual Personality Tests
It can take up to 11 days.
Besides being time-consuming (as we're about to see), the main problem of manual personality tests is the unoptimized data flow. It's difficult to look back and utilize physical paper results — you'll have to rummage through the archive room, if you even bother keeping stacks of candidate test results. These results are also vulnerable to loss or damage.
With manual tests, the results stop there and cannot be analyzed for further use (promotions, rotation, etc.)
Perhaps the bigger worry is the risk of human error. Since grading, analysis, and interpretation are all done by humans, human error is bound to happen — or worse: unconscious bias.
1. Pre-test preparations (1 day)
First and foremost is the test material itself. You'll need to buy the license for the test then print those out yourself. If you have 100 candidates in a batch, then you'll print 100 booklets for them.
Next you'll need to plan ahead for the actual test day. This involves booking test rooms, checking which of your staff are free to invigilate for the day, sending out invitation emails to candidates, answering their questions, providing hand sanitizers, etc.
2. Physical attendance (7 days)
Most traditional pen-and-paper tests can take up to 8 hours to complete. This means you'll have to watch the room for 8 hours, for a single batch of candidates.
Needless to say all of this will drain the manpower and time of your HR department that could be used for something else.
Bringing outsiders into your office also poses a real health risk to your existing employees in the building, considering the strict COVID-19 protocols we need to follow.
3. Manual scoring (1 day)
Just like how the candidates did it, recruiters would need to grade the tests manually one by one. You may follow a curriculum provided when purchasing the test license, but in the end it's still done by hand.
Even if you're using Excel, it's still considered manual because you're inputting the scores one by one. This will be a massive resource sink for your HR department, even more for large companies with bulk candidate batches.
Yet even after that, all we've got now are scores and numbers that have no meaning behind them. This calls for the next step: interpretation.
4. Test & result interpretation (2 days)
In order to understand what those scores are trying to say about your candidate's personality, you need to analyze and interpret them.
But before that, you also need to interpret the test questions themselves, since different items (questions) may carry different weightings or measure different facets.
For this, you need a qualified psychometrician in your team, the same person you need if you want to build your own assessment from scratch. Alternatively, you can consult a psychometrician outside of your company.
This involves a few days of meetings just to make sense of the numbers you get from these tests. The more candidates you have, the more meetings you'll need. And let's not forget the risk of human error and bias occurring in these critical stages.
Digital Personality Tests
It can take as little as 1 day.
Digital personality tests only need human involvement for decision making. Everything else, from administration to calculations, are taken care of by algorithms.
The data flow for digital tests is also much more optimized. Stored in the cloud, personality assessment results are ready to be further analyzed if this candidate ends up being nominated for a promotion in the future.
Unlike humans, algorithms don't make errors and aren't biased, giving you much more accurate results.
Most importantly, digital personality tests save valuable time and resources for the HR department to focus on more important things than booking rooms or typing into Excel.
1. Cloud preparations (1 day)
There isn't much to prepare for if you're using digital, online personality tests.
All the recruiter needs to do is invite candidates via email. The online platform takes care of everything from there. For example, in Dreamtalent candidates receive an email with the link and complete instructions to complete the personality assessment from their own home.
Recruiters need only to wait until they're finished.
Dreamtalent's assessments take only 1.5 hours, so you can test as many candidates as you can in a single day if that's the deadline you've set for them in the system.
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Accessing your iCloud Photo Stream and other Shared Photo Streams from your Apple TV is a really handy way to view your photos and show them off to friends and family.
You may not know that you can also delete photos or even entire Shared Photo Streams right from your Apple TV without having to return to your iOS device or computer.
To do this, simply highlight a photo or Photo Stream and hold down the Select button on the Apple Remote until a pop-up menu appears with an option to "Delete Photo" or "Delete Photo Stream." This also works with Photo Streams that have been shared with you by other users; "Unsubscribe" will appear on the menu in this case instead of the delete option, allowing you to remove only your copy of the Shared Photo Stream.
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No need to look before crossing Milwaukee Avenue today. During Open Streets the three miles of Milwaukee running between Ashland and Kedzie through Logan Square, Bucktown, and Wicker Park will be blocked off to let you frolic, dance, and even soak people in a dunk tank without dodging traffic.
The Edgewater Historical Society offers a glimpse into antique homes in the Edgewater Glen neighborhood through a self-guided tour complete with a souvenir guidebook. Check in at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1500 W. Elmdale.
Hell in a Handbag Productions revives its send-up of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. According to Reader critic Jack Helbig, "Every aspect of the production deepens it: the early-60s costumes, the simple but evocative set, the low-budget special effects, and, most importantly, the rich performances."
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Annual Kickoff Meeting
News Archive
8.-12. November 2021 Annual Meeting via zoom
08.2021 new publication
"Surface-Anisotropic Janus Silicon Quantum Dots via Masking on 2D Silicon Nanosheets"
07.2021 new publication
"Surface Engineering of Silicon Quantum Dots: Does the Ligand Length Impact the Optoelectronic Properties of Light-Emitting Diods?"
9.-13. November 2020 Annual Meeting via zoom
11-15. November 2019 Annual ATUMS Meeting in Canada, Alberta
17th October 2019 Si-Chemistry Symposium, Institute for Advanced Studies, TUM Garching
November 2018
12-16. November 2018 Annual ATUMS Meeting in Germany, Garching - IAS
September 2018
Ian Watson joined the Rieger´s group (04.09.-24.11.)
August 2018
Arzu Angi and Kerstin Mayer sucessfully defeated their thesis - congratulations!
Congratulations to our Alumnus Dr. Tobias Helbich for receiving the Charafas Prize 2018 from the Weizmann Institute of Science !
Markus Pschenitza (Prof. Rieger) joined agian Jon Veinot´s group for a research stay (24.08.-14.09.)
Josef Mock (Prof. Becherer) researched at Frank Hagmann´s group at UofA (11.08.-12.10.)
Herzhan Xie researched at Prof. Müller-Buschbaum´s group (20.08.-17.11.)
July, 2018
welcome David Purschke joining Prof. Nilges´group! (10.07.-07.09.)
June, 2018
Nuri Horn (Prof. Müller-Buschbaum) spent reseach time in Edminton(20.06.-10.10.)
Welcome Benjamin Rehl (UofA, Prof. Veinot) to our group of Prof. Rieger (02.06.-09.)
Markus Pschenitza (Prof. Rieger) researched at Jon Veinot´s group (2.06.-11.07.)
Mahmoud Almadhoun visited TUM, Prof. Tornow´s project (15.06.-15.09.)
Semi-annual thematic meeting in Tuzing, Germany. "Novel Concepts ans Electronic Phenomena in Heterosystems" (with the frame of an international workshop) and invited guests´and students´presentations
May, 2018
Congratulation to Felix Kaiser for the sucessful defeat of his thesis!
April, 2018
30. April 2018
Congratulations to Alina Lyuleeva for her successful defeat of her PhD thesis!
Ebru Üzer of Prof. Nilges´group visited UofA (17.04.-14.07.)
Matthias Jakob was invited to visit Prof. Meldrum´s group (04.-08.06.)
March, 2018
Marc Kloberg (Prof. Rieger) researched at the Veinot´s group (28.03.-16.06.)
February, 2018
Michael Giebel of Prof. Fässler´s group stayed at UofA (2.02.-30.04.)
January, 2018
Claudia Ott of Prof. Nilges´group joined the group Of Prof. Shankar (27.01.-30.04.)
November 2017
- The third ATUMS annual meeting took place in Jasper, Canada. We thank all organizers and participants for this successful event!
October 2017
- We welcome Christopher Robidillo to TUM, who joins the group of Prof. Boekhoeven!
- Marc Kloberg is elected as student´s speaker to represent the chemistry group. Congratulations!
September 2017
Stephen Lane is cordially welcomed to the group of Prof. Rieger!
August, 28th, 2017
- We congratulate Tobias Helbich with an excellant defence of his PhD thesis! Our best wishes to our first Alumnus! We also thanks him for his great work he did for the ATUMS community.
- Crissy Brown joins the group of Prof. Müller-Buschbaum for two months - highly welcome!
June 2017
- Cover Page for the article : "Lewis Acid Induced Functionalization of Photoluminescent 2D Silicon Nanosheets for the Fabrication of Functional Hybrid Films" in Advanced Functional Materials 21/17 - Congratulations!
- Kirsty Gargner from Meldrum Lab vistits the group of Prof. Rieger at TUM - warmly welcome!
May, 2017
- IGSSE Forum 2017 Poster competition: Raphael Grötsch and Maximailian Speckbacher award the Best Poster Award as project team "ATUMS 2-3 Self-assembly Strategies to Functional Nanoparticle Composites". Congratulations!
- welcome to our groups! Abishek Iyer (joins Prof Nilges´ group), Eiman Osman (joins Prof. Boekhoven´s group), Ryan Kisslinger (also joins Prof. Nilges´group) - welcome!
- Weidi Hua also comes for research at TUM - welcome!
March, 2017
- Haoyang Yu (Emmett) from Prof. Jon Veinot´s group joins Prof. Stutzmann´s group from March to May - welcome!
- TUM Press-Release "Polymer-coated silicon nanosheets as alternative to graphene - A perfect team for nanoelectronics" goes around the world (appox. 16x citated)
February, 2017
Arzu Angi has selected to participate in the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting - Congratulations!
January, 2017
- 18/19th Prof. Frank Hegmann from UofA visited TUM, there was a lecture and a workshop.
- TUM welcomes Mary A. Narreto from Frank Hegmann's group. She is joining Prof. Lugli's group for a research stay at the Institute for Nanoelectronics and will be working on the project ATUMS 1-4 "Optoelectronic Properties of solution-processable spray-deposited CNT Networks".
November 2016
- 06. - 11.11.2016 The annual ATUMS meeting took place in the TUM science and study center in Raitenhaslach, Germany, with great success. 35 Canadian visitors come to discuss the projects and newest results with their German project partners
- Regina Sinelnikov from Jon Veinot's group joins the Tornow group
- Maryam Aghajamali from Jon Veinot's group joins the Nilges group for a research stay.
October 2016
- Cover Page: "One-Step Synthesis of Photoluminescent Covalent Polymeric Nanocomposites from 2D Silicon Nanosheets" Adv.Functional Mat. 2016
- Morteza Javadi from Prof. Veinot's group joins the Rieger group for a research stay.
September 2016
- Sarah Parke from Eric Rivard´s group
- Matt Roy and Ben Rehl from Julie Gibbs-Davies group visit our teams for a research stay.
July 2016
- 04.-08.07.2016 Tobias Bidon from IGSSE went to UofA
- 05.07.2016 IGSSE Forum in Raitenhaslach, Poster Award for ATUMS Project 1.3
June 2016
- Arzu Angi (Prof. Rieger) visited Edmonton University for three weeks
- 05.-09.06.2016 CSC-Meeting in Halifax, Posters Awards for Alina Luyeeleva and Arzu Angi, J.Mater.Chem.B. Award for Tobias Helbich - Congratulations!
- June to October 2016 Tobias Helbich (Prof. Rieger´s group), Alina Luyeleeva (Prof. Luigli) and Matthais Jakob (Prof. Heiz) joins the Canadian groups for a research stay
May 2016
- 19.05.2016 Präsentationsworkshop of Boston Consulting Groupin, Headcops in München
- 08.05.2016 Poster upload for IGSSE-Forum in Raitenhaslach
- 05.05.2016 ATUMS Workshop on Gender Issues and Equality Management; Cadu, Ludwigstraße 24, 80539 München
April 2016
- 21.04.2016 Get together of ATUMS Students at 7:30 pm
- 15.04.2016 Burghausen, Germany: "Burghauser Chemistry Award" goes to Jillian Buriak and Jon Veinot
- 14.04.2016 First ATUMS seminar at the German ground
ATUMS semiannual thematic meeting "Self-assembly for functional hybrid materials" with canad. PIs Jon Veinot and Jillian Buriak
March 2016
31.03.2016 "ATUMS bringt Doktoranden nach Kanada", TUMcampus 1/16 download
February 2016
15.02. to April 2016 Tobias Helbich from Prof. Rieger´s group spent 6 weeks at Alberta University doing research as part of Prof. Veinot´s group
January 2016
11.01.2016 Anton Oliynyk and Krishna Rakmachandran from Prof. Mar´s group spent two weeks at TUM doing research as part of Prof. Nilges´ group.
01. - 02.11.2015
With great sucess the first annual ATUMS Kick-off-meeting with 43 Members (students and 15 PIs) took place in Edmonton, Canada - Presentations of all PIs and students´ Poster Presentations.


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Donald Hoffman reminds us that we can predict people's choices up to seven seconds before they are conscious of making that choice. He explains the theories of free will, and presents a hypothesis of distributed free will which has consciousness as its basis, and includes a mathematical model in which free will arises within a hierarchical social network.
I choose chocolate over vanilla. By monitoring my brain activity, a neuroscientist can predict my choice seven seconds before I'm even aware of my choice. Are we puppets, and neurons our puppeteers?You choose kindness over cruelty, enlightenment over vanity. In 1966, Charles Whitman chose to murder 17 people. His autopsy revealed a brain tumor; his suicide note said, "I have been a victim of many unusual and irrational thoughts." Can you take credit for your choices? Should Whitman be blamed for his? Are you free to choose, or do neurons and tumors choose for you?Einstein said, "I feel that I will to light my pipe and I do it; but how can I connect this up with the idea of freedom? What is behind the act of willing to light the pipe? Another act of willing?" Sam Harris argues that free will is incoherent: "Either our wills are determined by prior causes and we are not responsible for them, or they are the product of chance and we are not responsible for them."To deny free will is, according to the Supreme Court, "inconsistent with the underlying precepts of our criminal justice system." To endorse free will is, according to many neuroscientists, inconsistent with logic and neuroscience.In this talk, I propose a scientific theory of agents with free will, and explain how it is consistent with logic and neuroscience. Free will is a fundamental aspect of reality, and can be modeled mathematically. Agents can combine to form more complex agents, ad infinitum. The free will choices of lower agents constrain the choices of more complex agents; the choices of higher agents influence, in turn, the choices of lower agents. Free will enjoys a complex dynamics that flows bottom up and top down.
For more information visit https://www.cogsci.uci.edu/~ddhoff/
How can there be intelligence without consciousness?
Peter Russell in conversation with the audience at SAND18 US.
An "immersion" lecture into the world of psylocibin, mycelium and evolution of consciousness
The mystery and power of the creative process can perhaps be best understood through the lens of the birthing process.
21st-Century science is on the verge of recreating the processes that may have brought life into being
Our human-ness will become more and more threatened by AI
The "awe-full" qualities of horror and terror may share essential roots with those underlying transformative states such as flow, awe, presence, timelessness and ecstasy.
James Fadiman fieds questions at SAND18 US
Awakened living realizes that the absolute and the relative dimensions of our Being are simply "not-two."
Fritjof Capra answers questions from the audience at SAND18 US
Peter Russell explains that most human beings—unlike animals—focus on the past and the future, which means they spend their time in a state of discontent.
Dzogchen, the bardo, sleep and the yoga of dreams
Bob Thurman delights the audience at SAND 2018 with his lighthearted approach to the wisdom and the…
This presentation will explore the nature of the psychic realm, where it fits into the spiritual spectrum, and how to avoid the common pitfalls and potential to get stuck there.
In the midst of a global lion crisis that treats Africa's most sacred animals as a killing commodity...
In this memorable conversation from SAND 18 Peter Levine, the father of trauma therapy work, and Thomas Huebl, a spiritual teacher known for his work integrating healing of collective trauma, discuss the relationship between healing trauma and...
What may or may not be appropriate behavior for a spiritual teacher?
Unveil the obstacles that block creativity and host them in a way...
Being fully human requires the awakening of the deep Heart as well as the full embrace of the vulnerable human heart.
We explore the idea that perceptual experiences do not approximate properties of an "objective" world
Nonduality and Healing from Trauma - The Realization Process
To think of the human stage as simply for enlightenment shortchanges the potential of humanity.
Creativity can be seen as a state of natural flow...
Silent awareness is mostly drawn to light, sound, color, beauty, movement, patterns and contrast.
At the 2018 SAND Conference, David Ellzey physically and wordlessly tells the story that resolves the seeming paradox of being both human and transcendent.
The source of capacity to optimize our experience...
When we know ourselves as this whole which subsumes everything, we cease to diminish or dismiss the mystery of being human
As the outdated patriarchal structures rise up in backlash to their inevitable downfall, the need for a more sustainable world paradigm couldn't be greater
How the experienced self is put together out of memories and feelings.
Stuart Hameroff, co-founder of the Toward a Science of Consciousness conference, follows a brief overview…
Cognition, or mind, is the very process of life itself, which requires neither a brain nor a nervous system
Charles Eisenstein answers questions from the audience at SAND18 US.
Rupert Spira in conversation
What if we put into every day practice the scientific truths that we know?
When we engage in the distortion that the relative plane is separate from the absolute, we ignore the reality of the illusion.
Women mystics and wisdom beings across the spiritual traditions
This talk explains current research into the structures within the brain
Daniel Siegel answers questions from the audience at SAND18 US.
Mirabai Starr in conversation with the audience at SAND18 US
Is there any behavior that we can say for certain is unique to humans?
Discover the world of magic mushrooms
Daniel Siegel introduces the Wheel of Awareness, a representation of the structure of mind. Research…
Philosopher, scholar and longtime observer of culture and behavior the world over, Jean Houston shares…
A four-billion-year-old cycling evolutionary engine of creation lifted us improbable and beautiful human beings into existence.
What does it take to recognize our true human qualities and express them in the world?
How we can uncover the traumas embedded in our social body and work together to heal these wounds
Can you live "IN" the Dream world with absolute integrity and authenticity
There are many big questions to be curious about, and one of the most fascinating is this: What makes…
Physicists have discovered a jewel-shaped geometric object that challenges the notion that space and time are fundamental constituents of nature.
consciousness is a fundamental quality of the cosmos, and that what we call the material world emerges from it.
Is free will 'compatible with what we know about the laws of nature'? This physicist says no
The very word "quantum" makes people's imaginations run wild. But chances are you've fallen for at least one of these myths.
Investigate the cerebrospinal fluid and integrate new research to evolve the hypothesis of The Cerebrospinal fluid and I Am
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The Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation, Barr. Mohammed H. Abdullahi said that the Executive Order.5 will help the development of indigenous financial technology services (FINTECH), which will help reduce capital/intellectual flight and improve Nigeria's socio-economic fortunes.
The Minister said this when he received the Chairman of the Committee of e-Banking Industry Heads, (CeBIH) Mr. Adeyemi Atanda and his Team in his office on Tuesday in Abuja. He opined that among other steps, Fmst Nigeria will support the Central Bank of Nigeria's ongoing efforts to roll out the e-Naira digital currency as that will strengthen homegrown cashless e-commerce culture and also encourage indigenous innovations in the FinTech space. He called on CeBIH to sponsor R&D on Artificial Intelligence powered solutions to drive inclusivity.
The Committee is an advocacy group that contributes to the growth, stability and sustainability of the payment systems in Nigeria.
Barrister Abdullahi, said that the Ministry will support the development of financial systems in a transparent and inclusive manner.
He added that an elaborate and elastic policy framework would be developed to accommodate FINTECH development in Nigeria in the ongoing efforts to review the #STI Roadmap.
Earlier, the chairman, Mr. Adeyemi Atanda said the Committee seeks to work closely, share thoughts and look for ways to develop an inclusive roadmap on FINTECH development with the Ministry.
He further stated that they are partnering on capacity building in development of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) by infusing aspects that will help youths embrace FINTECH.
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Looks like a deal has been reached with Rendell.
"Did we get everything we wanted when we wanted it? No,†said Gov. Edward G. Rendell at an 11 p.m. news conference. "There has to be some give and take. That was the case in this budget process.â€
Good to know he didn't get everything he wanted. But what about the energy tax Rendell wanted?
The two sides agreed to hold off on the issue that had been the most difficult: whether to impose a surcharge on electric bills to pay for alternative energy initiatives. Lawmakers agreed to take that issue up in a special session in the fall, Mr. Rendell said.
A special session? I think that's the end of that issue. There's no sure way to kill something than to have a "special session". It looks to me like Rendell backed down. I can't imagine this is going to please my state rep, who has been e-mailing regularly to tell of his steadfastness to have alternative energy funding be part of the state budget. The Republicans wanted to slash $300 million from Rendell's proposed budget. No word yet on how much of that they might have gotten.
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8.3. Parallelism, resource management, and configuration¶
8.3.1. Parallelism¶
Some scikit-learn estimators and utilities can parallelize costly operations using multiple CPU cores, thanks to the following components:
via the joblib library. In this case the number of threads or processes can be controlled with the
via OpenMP, used in C or Cython code.
In addition, some of the numpy routines that are used internally by scikit-learn may also be parallelized if numpy is installed with specific numerical libraries such as MKL, OpenBLAS, or BLIS.
We describe these 3 scenarios in the following subsections.
126.96.36.199. Joblib-based parallelism¶
When the underlying implementation uses joblib, the number of workers
(threads or processes) that are spawned in parallel can be controlled via the
n_jobs parameter.
Where (and how) parallelization happens in the estimators is currently poorly documented. Please help us by improving our docs and tackle issue 14228!
Joblib is able to support both multi-processing and multi-threading. Whether joblib chooses to spawn a thread or a process depends on the backend that it's using.
Scikit-learn generally relies on the
loky backend, which is joblib's
default backend. Loky is a multi-processing backend. When doing
multi-processing, in order to avoid duplicating the memory in each process
(which isn't reasonable with big datasets), joblib will create a memmap
that all processes can share, when the data is bigger than 1MB.
In some specific cases (when the code that is run in parallel releases the
GIL), scikit-learn will indicate to
joblib that a multi-threading
backend is preferable.
As a user, you may control the backend that joblib will use (regardless of what scikit-learn recommends) by using a context manager:
from joblib import parallel_backend
with parallel_backend('threading', n_jobs=2):
# Your scikit-learn code here
Please refer to the joblib's docs for more details.
In practice, whether parallelism is helpful at improving runtime depends on many factors. It is usually a good idea to experiment rather than assuming that increasing the number of workers is always a good thing. In some cases it can be highly detrimental to performance to run multiple copies of some estimators or functions in parallel (see oversubscription below).
126.96.36.199. OpenMP-based parallelism¶
OpenMP is used to parallelize code written in Cython or C, relying on multi-threading exclusively. By default (and unless joblib is trying to avoid oversubscription), the implementation will use as many threads as possible.
You can control the exact number of threads that are used via the
OMP_NUM_THREADS environment variable:
OMP_NUM_THREADS=4 python my_script.py
22.214.171.124. Parallel Numpy routines from numerical libraries¶
Scikit-learn relies heavily on NumPy and SciPy, which internally call multi-threaded linear algebra routines implemented in libraries such as MKL, OpenBLAS or BLIS.
The number of threads used by the OpenBLAS, MKL or BLIS libraries can be set
via the
OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS, and
BLIS_NUM_THREADS environment variables.
Please note that scikit-learn has no direct control over these implementations. Scikit-learn solely relies on Numpy and Scipy.
At the time of writing (2019), NumPy and SciPy packages distributed on
pypi.org (used by
pip) and on the conda-forge channel are linked
with OpenBLAS, while conda packages shipped on the "defaults" channel
from anaconda.org are linked by default with MKL.
22.214.171.124. Oversubscription: spawning too many threads¶
It is generally recommended to avoid using significantly more processes or threads than the number of CPUs on a machine. Over-subscription happens when a program is running too many threads at the same time.
Suppose you have a machine with 8 CPUs. Consider a case where you're running
GridSearchCV (parallelized with joblib)
n_jobs=8 over a
HistGradientBoostingClassifier (parallelized with
OpenMP). Each instance of
HistGradientBoostingClassifier will spawn 8 threads
(since you have 8 CPUs). That's a total of
8 * 8 = 64 threads, which
leads to oversubscription of physical CPU resources and to scheduling
Oversubscription can arise in the exact same fashion with parallelized routines from MKL, OpenBLAS or BLIS that are nested in joblib calls.
Starting from
joblib >= 0.14, when the
loky backend is used (which
is the default), joblib will tell its child processes to limit the
number of threads they can use, so as to avoid oversubscription. In practice
the heuristic that joblib uses is to tell the processes to use
= n_cpus // n_jobs, via their corresponding environment variable. Back to
our example from above, since the joblib backend of
GridSearchCV is
loky, each process will
only be able to use 1 thread instead of 8, thus mitigating the
oversubscription issue.
Note that:
Manually setting one of the environment variables (
OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS, or
BLIS_NUM_THREADS) will take precedence over what joblib tries to do. The total number of threads will be
n_jobs * <LIB>_NUM_THREADS. Note that setting this limit will also impact your computations in the main process, which will only use
<LIB>_NUM_THREADS. Joblib exposes a context manager for finer control over the number of threads in its workers (see joblib docs linked below).
Joblib is currently unable to avoid oversubscription in a multi-threading context. It can only do so with the
lokybackend (which spawns processes).
You will find additional details about joblib mitigation of oversubscription in joblib documentation.
8.3.2. Configuration switches¶
220.127.116.11. Python runtime¶
sklearn.set_config controls the following behaviors:
- assume_finite
used to skip validation, which enables faster computations but may lead to segmentation faults if the data contains NaNs.
- working_memory
the optimal size of temporary arrays used by some algorithms.
126.96.36.199. Environment variables¶
These environment variables should be set before importing scikit-learn.
When this environment variable is set to a non zero value, scikit-learn uses the site joblib rather than its vendored version. Consequently, joblib must be installed for scikit-learn to run. Note that using the site joblib is at your own risks: the versions of scikit-learn and joblib need to be compatible. Currently, joblib 0.11+ is supported. In addition, dumps from joblib.Memory might be incompatible, and you might loose some caches and have to redownload some datasets.
Deprecated since version 0.21: As of version 0.21 this parameter has no effect, vendored joblib was removed and site joblib is always used.
Sets the default value for the
assume_finiteargument of
Sets the default value for the
working_memoryargument of
Sets the seed of the global random generator when running the tests, for reproducibility.
When this environment variable is set to a non zero value, the tests that need network access are skipped. When this environment variable is not set then network tests are skipped.


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Difficult-to-resolve, sporadic issues often delay automotive projects shortly before SoP. However, it is possible to identify the cause of such problems up to 12 months earlier by addressing timing methodically from the beginning of the project.
In this free webinar, Olaf Schmidt explains INCHRON's three-step method that helps automotive teams resolve timing problems long before they appear in hardware.
Key topics and takeaways:
- How timing issues manifest themselves in automotive ECU designs
- How to determine timing issues in hardware
- How to factor-in timing early in the software architecture design process
- How existing customers benefit from defining timing requirements early on


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Gogglebox returned to our screens tonight, and Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway was up for review from the show's famous armchair critics.
Ant and Dec were forced to axe their live-studio audience last week, in an effort to protect the health of the cast and crew in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Watching the episode unfold, the Gogglebox stars didn't hold back when it came to airing their views on Olly Murs' SNT performance.
The 35-year-old performed a rendition of his hit single, Dance With Me Tonight, for the empty studio.
Blackpool siblings Pete and Sophie took a swipe at The Voice coach as soon as he appeared on stage, cracking up with laughter.
Sophie swiped: "Wally Murs would be about right."
Later, Pete referenced the empty studio, joking: "Sing it to the audience Olly!"
Sophie made a dig, replying: "Biggest crowd he's performed to."
Meanwhile, the Siddiqui family – made up of brothers Baasit and Umar and their dad Sid – cast their own judgements on the performance.
They swiped: "My name is Olly Murs I came second place in X factor."
Luckily, the rest of the Gogglebox crew got more enjoyment from the performance, as Helena Worthington and her baby boy Erwin started dancing.
London-based pals Amira and Iqra also got up from the sofa for a boogie, clearly enjoying Olly's upbeat vocals.
Thankfully, Gogglebox will continue airing despite the coronavirus pandemic, as Channel 4 bosses discovered a way to install cameras in the family's homes.
Ian Katz, the Director of Programming, told Digital Spy: "The coronavirus outbreak is an enormous creative challenge for all broadcasters and though it is having a profound impact on getting some of our productions onto screen, it's also a time when public service broadcasters like Channel 4 can step up and help people navigate through the extraordinary challenges we all now face."
Gogglebox airs on Fridays at 9pm on Channel 4.
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