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_Lunch Chat with BGG 1/24/12
12:52 PM [juiceplus+] rileyjones , tks, what do ya think about Libya being next in line? Heard this needs to happen 1st before Libya.????
12:53 PM [rileyjones] Alot of bombings going on over there
12:53 PM [rileyjones] juiceplus+ Haven't heard anything about Libya.... Why does that need to happen before?
12:54 PM [BGG] juiceplus+ - We're getting lots closer to that than you know.
12:54 PM [juiceplus+] rileyjones , who knows?
12:54 PM [juiceplus+] BGG , closer to Libya or RV?
12:54 PM [BGG] Both.
12:54 PM [juiceplus+] or both?
12:54 PM [rileyjones] BGG Really? I figured Iran would have been next
12:55 PM [juiceplus+] BGG , I think so too, this is good!
12:55 PM [BGG] rileyjones - It is odd they are "monkeying" with the assets of the Central Bank of Iran.
12:55 PM [BGG] That strikes me as very curious.
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_ 12:56 PM [juiceplus+] BGG , did you listen to Lagarde yesterday? And what is your take on her speech?
12:56 PM [BGG] Anybody got a line on Talibani - where is he and when will he be back?
12:56 PM [rileyjones] BGG I remember hearing about 7 countries on the chopping block
12:56 PM [juiceplus+] BGG , just he's out of surgery and returning asap.
12:56 PM [rileyjones] BGG I saw wed and thursday
12:57 PM [rileyjones] Retiring in 1 month
12:58 PM [silence123] talbani returns home in one week article below
12:58 PM [silence123] http://en.aswataliraq.info/(S(ff0g3055menl3a45pxpxnk2r))/Default1.aspx?page=article_page&id=146600&l=1
12:58 PM [mona lisa] silence123 ty!!
12:58 PM [Baller] BGG last night Poppy3 said 3 to 10 days. So are you on the same page of the RV within the next 9 days. Even A.Q. had a feeling of right before or right after O's speech tonight. Thanks
12:58 PM [juiceplus+] BGG , what about Lagarde? wasn't sure you saw the question.
12:59 PM [mona lisa] BGG and... who was "monkeying" with the assets of the CBIran? Did I miss a posted article?
1:00 PM [BGG] juiceplus+ - That's really good news.
1:00 PM [BGG] mona lisa - The world and the UN - freezing assets.
1:00 PM [ONEDOWN] One article said by the middle of Feb so there is definitely a range of time frames for him to return
1:00 PM [mona lisa] Oh yeah ... duh me ...
1:01 PM [rileyjones] BGG They said on the news Iran said No Big Deal!
1:02 PM [BGG] rileyjones - We'll see how big a deal it is. I bet to Iran - all their _ _ _ _ in hock is a very big deal.
1:02 PM [BGG] lol
1:03 PM [BGG] Baller - We'll see shortly.
1:03 PM [BGG] rileyjones - i heard about his retiring - we'll see.
1:04 PM [mona lisa] http://www.iraqinews.com/politics/ta...ange-his-mind/ Talabani says wants to retire, but may change his mind
1:05 PM [BGG]silence123 - Thanks for that article. That was interesting - however, I find it hard to believe "spinal surgery" being done, over with and walking around in a week. That's hard for me to believe.
1:06 PM [BGG] I had my "spinal surgery" 2 1/2 years ago - I'm still only right every other day.
1:07 PM [mona lisa] He says he wants to retire and write his autobiography, but might reconsider if his party asks him to run for another term in office.
1:08 PM [david7] Bgg do your sources still like the rv to happen later this week?
1:26 PM [wealthbytrade] BGG, do you think Talibani's sudden exit to Germany was a ploy, or maybe for medical reasons...not just spinal surgery? Up and around already seems way too fast in my mind as well
1:27 PM [BGG] david7 - There are no guarantees. They are working this out as they go.
1:27 PM [juiceplus+] wealthbytrade , I thought about the same thing, crazy huh? Very secretative people.
1:27 PM [juiceplus+] BBL
1:27 PM [mammat] BGG Hey there...yesterday's articles I posted said Talibani home this WED
1:27 PM [mammat] and that he is indeed retiring
1:27 PM [mammat] and named a succesor
1:27 PM [BGG] There might have been some "implied date" at some point in the distant
past but for now it's all about the politics. Wrangling...
1:28 PM [mammat] BGG he may be back that quick if they just fused a disc
1:28 PM [mammat] or did a procedure for pain
1:28 PM [BGG] mammat - He might be retiring from this position - but not "retiring". No
doubt. They have another spot "lined up" for him already.
1:28 PM [wealthbytrade] maybe Prime Minister
1:28 PM [mammat] you are probably right
1:29 PM [BGG] I'm just not sure what it is.
1:29 PM [mammat] maybe!
1:29 PM [BGG] wealthbytrade - That was my first thought.
1:29 PM [wealthbytrade] BGG, me too! I've always thought he should be PM
1:29 PM [BGG] It will depend (on Maliki's attitude lol)
1:29 PM [mammat] lol oh gosh
1:30 PM [mammat] that man seems to be all ego and attitude
1:30 PM [BGG] wealthbytrade - I kind of doubt the PM spot - but the Security Minister would not shock me.
1:30 PM [mammat] ahhhhhhh
1:30 PM [wealthbytrade] BGG, interesting...
1:30 PM [BGG] Or Defense...one of the two most powerful Ministers in the GOI...
1:30 PM [wealthbytrade] That man can't leave. He's the only one that is doing anything!!!
1:31 PM [BGG] Kind of like the Chair of the Senate Finance committee...
1:32 PM [BGG] wealthbytrade - If you recall - Talibani was the only real "compromise" candidate for the PM-ship early on...
1:32 PM [BGG] He's a guy most of the factions can get along with.
1:32 PM [wealthbytrade] BGG, that's my point.
1:32 PM [wealthbytrade] everyone can deal with him and vice versa
1:33 PM [wealthbytrade] It would not shock me if he eventually ends up PM (maybe during an official election) IMO, it will take someone like him to get Iraq to greatness like it's intended to be
1:35 PM [david7] Bgg I agree no guarantees but was curious about what you have heard this week good or bad?
1:36 PM [wealthbytrade] That National Conference is important.
1:55 PM [BGG] I'll BBL - got to work.BGG, can Iraq get done what they need done, or are we indeed waiting for the National Conference to take place?
1:55 PM [BGG] david7 - I have not heard - but at this point - I doubt it. Maybe next week.
1:55 PM [BGG] wealthbytrade - That National Conference is important.
1:55 PM [BGG] I'll BBL - got to work.
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Thread: Difference between DVD+/- R/RW
01-08-2004, 02:44 AM #1LutonianGuestDifference between DVD+/- R/RW
I went to go buy some DVD R's and realized theres quite a selection to choose from..
Whats the difference between DVD+R and DVD-R ??
I'll mostly be using them to burn my edited videos...
01-08-2004, 02:46 AM #2LutonianGuest
I'm using the new 20" iMac Superdrive.......
01-08-2004, 06:22 AM #3Mac AppleGuest
I think that the superdrive can only take dvd - discs and not the +.
thats what apple told me.
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1. Causes
2. Symptoms of inguinal lymphadenitis
3. Diagnostics
4. Treatment of inguinal lymphadenitis
5. Complications of inguinallymphadenitis
bubonadenitis - a type of inflammation of the lymph nodes, indicating the presence in the body of any infection.In most cases, the disease is secondary and occurs when there is inflammation in any area of the human body.Often bubonadenitis men and women indicates the presence of a sexually transmitted disease.
In rare cases, a primary inflammation of the lymph nodes, which is caused by the penetration of the lymph nodes of pathogens through the damage of the dermis or mucous membranes.
bubonadenitis in women's and men's develops due to infection of the inguinal lymph nodes by various microorganisms.The most common causative agents of diseases are streptococci, staphylococci, various types of diplococci, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas.As a result
inflammatory cell accumulation at the site of the detection rea
Also, the infection can spread through the bloodstream, it takes place at the location of the source of infection in the internal organs.Less likely pathogen is transmitted by contact, direct contact with the lymph node tissue and infectious material.Contact microbes in lymph node tissue and possible damage or injury.
Once in the lymph nodes, food poisoning pathogen of life surrounding tissue, causing inflammation, which can develop into a purulent fusion of tissues.Tissue surrounding lymph node, undergo serous inflammation, which can turn into a purulent.
reason inguinal lymphadenitis in men may be a metastasis of malignant tumors of the testicles and penis.Women bubonadenitis - one of the signs of ovarian cysts.In addition, the disease may be caused by syphilis and other diseases, sexually transmitted fungal infections, inflammation of the nail bed with ingrown nails, etc.
disease is accompanied by the following symptoms:
- lymph nodes in the groin area are condensed and increased;
- increases the overall temperature of the body, the patient feels weakness and malaise;
- redden the skin in the area of inflamed lymph nodes;
- in the groin and lower abdomen while walking and physical activity appear painful.
Sometimes bubonadenitis spread to other lymph nodes.If there is inflammation of the lymph nodes in the groin area is necessary as soon as possible address to the therapist.
In normal lymph nodes are soft, painless, with normal physique them often, if not impossible, to probe.
For diagnosis doctor conducts an external examination of lymph nodes in the groin, to install all the signs of the disease.After that it addressed the issue of laboratory and instrumental diagnostic methods.
Most often, for the correct diagnosis of the disease requires a complete blood count.If you suspect the presence of neoplastic processes may conduct a biopsy of affected lymph nodes, on the basis of which the results, conduct further histological studies.
Before you start treatment inguinal lymphadenitis, it is necessary to find out the exact reason for its occurrence.Sometimes, after the removal of the inflammatory focus of infectious or process, for example, in the case of sexually transmitted diseases, inflammation of lymph nodes runs independently.
If the source of the disease can not be established, usually given local radiotherapy, as well as preparations for the general strengthening of the lymphatic system.Until recently, for the treatment of inguinal lymphadenitis used radical methods, which included the removal of affected lymph nodes surgically.Modern medicine rejects this method, since such an operation could negatively affect the process of lymph drainage.
In the initial stages of the disease it is important to ensure patient comfort and warmth at the same time directly to warm himself inflamed node is not valid.Used such methods of physiotherapy treatment, as exposure to ultrasound, galvanization, iontophoresis.anti-inflammatory ointment for topical application can be assigned.
In the case of a proven infectious cause of disease prescribe antibiotics certain group, depending on the type of pathogen.If the results of the biopsy found a benign or malignant tumor process, the patient may be given a comprehensive chemotherapy and radiation.
purulent lymphadenitis requires surgical drainage festering cavity.This procedure should be carried out under sterile conditions to avoid secondary infections.After the procedure, be sure to conduct regular treatment and bandaging wounds.
In the absence of a proper and timely treatment, the disease can cause the development of cutaneous abscess, meningitis, encephalitis, osteomyelitis, and sepsis.
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The present invention relates to ranking nodes and labels in a hyperlinked database.
Page (U.S. Pat. No. 6,285,999 issued Sep. 4, 2001 to Lawrence Page, and entitled "Method for mode ranking in a linked database") originally proposed a ranking measure referred to as PageRank. This ranking measure involved a node-to-node weight propagation scheme. The PageRank, or relative importance of a page (node), corresponds to a stationary distribution of probabilities. This probability distribution is that generated by a random walker surfing pages by randomly following out-links, or occasionally jumping to a random page. Page's method provides a static ranking of the popularity of pages independent of the query. But, in a typical application such as a search engine, there is a need to model the relevance of the query to a page while returning the ranked list of result pages.
The problem of ranking documents for a given query is also well studied. Several methods that consider document structure have been proposed. The HITS algorithm proposed by Kleinberg (U.S. Pat. No. 6,112,202 issued Aug. 29, 2000 to Jon Michael Kleinberg and entitled "Method and system for identifying authoritative information resources in an environment with content-based links between information resources") requires access to a search engine, which returns a subset of results for a query. Their methods can then be used to select and rank relevant pages from these results. The main drawback of the Kleinberg's approach relates to performance. The time taken to retrieve the results, extract the links and perform the relevant link analysis, for each and every query is comparatively slow due to the computational demands associated with this activity.
Accordingly, a need exists in view of these and other observations, for an improved manner of ranking nodes and labels in a hyperlinked database.
Scalable and dynamic ranking of pages for online queries is described herein. The World Wide Web (WWW) can be modelled as a labelled directed graph G(V,E,L), in which V is the set of nodes, E is the set of edges, and L is a label function that maps edges to labels. This model, when applied to the WWW, indicates that V is a set of hypertext pages, E is a set of hyperlinks connecting the hypertext pages, and the label function L represents the anchor-text corresponding to the hyperlinks on the hypertext pages. One can determine probabilistic measures relating to the directed graph. One application of such measures is to generate rankings of these probabilistic measures. Examples include rankings of the nodes for any given label, the labels for any given node, and of labels and pages. Other measures and rankings are of course possible.
Computations for the labelled directed graph G(V,E,L) are performed iteratively. Each time step, every node of set V accepts flow from its incoming edges of set E and disperses "old" value to its neighbors through its outgoing edges from the set E. A node that has no incoming edges never receives any flow. A node that has no outgoing edges does not propagate its old value, which is "lost" from the system; that is, the node simply discards the old value and accepts the new value. Further, a flow is associated with each label l in the system. At each time step, for each edge bearing the label l (the particular label for which one computes the flow) a unit of flow is added to the new value of the node to which this labelled edge points.
Typically, nodes are initialised with zero values and these labelled edges introduce values into the network. This flow network evolves over time. The value of the total flow in the network increases with time, and in some cases the flow values at all the nodes saturate. The flow value in the system increases without bound in some other cases. Several useful quantities can in both cases be determined by observing the flow values for a label at a node. A variety of ranking measures (denoted as Pr(n|l), Pr(l|n), Pr(l) and Pr(n), as described herein) can be determined.
The original graph structure need not be modified, unlike use of Lawrence Page's PageRank described above. Also, the original graph structure need not be dynamically created from a search engine, as is the case with Kleinberg's HITS algorithm also described above.
The techniques described herein can be used for mining topics of a WWW page in the ranking of WWW pages based on their authority on topics, detecting new topics, and their ranking and overall popularity of WWW pages. These rankings are particularly useful in enhancing the precision of search engine results and also for market intelligence applications such as ranking of market "buzz". Though the techniques described herein concerning labelled directed graphs has immediate application to the WWW or a hyperlinked database, other "connected" systems can benefit from the computational techniques described herein.
A labelled directed graph G(V,E,L) is used as the model for the computations described herein. The directed graph G(V,E,L) is a mathematical object in which V is the set of nodes, E is the set of edges, and L is a label function that maps edges to labels. Probabilistic rankings concerning nodes and labels are determined based upon the described computations that allow the determination of probabilistic measures, which are outlined below.
Probabilistic Measures
Sparse matrix computations can be used to assist in compute the above measures/rankings. This approach involves three: (i) sparse matrices initial sparse adjacency matrix, (ii) the final resultant matrix and (iii) a temporary matrix. Any of the above measures can be computed using a final sparse vector multiplication on the resultant matrix and a vector representing initial distribution of labels.
The measures Pr(n) and Pr(l) enumerated above can be computed for any arbitrary graph. Measures for Pr(n|l) and Pr(l|n), however, can be determined whenever they exist (conditions for which are described below). The above measures can be computed and applied to a variety of applications in areas such as search engines for the internet and intranets, opinion tracking in social networks, importance ranking of customers in relational tables of a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application, amongst other applications.
Iterative Computation
The flow model described herein can be implemented using an iterative scheme. Define a vector vl in Equation [1] below.
where (j,i)∈E′⊂E iff L((j,i))=l [1]
The vector yt+1 of flow values at the nodes at time t+1 is computed by the following iterative algorithm of Equation [2] below.
The following definition introduces the transition matrix WG associated with a given G.
Definition 1
Equation [3] above defines WG as the n�n transition matrix for G. Transitions out of out-degree zero nodes in G are partially defined (corresponding column-sums are less than 1). Transitions out of all other nodes are fully defined (corresponding column-sums are equal to 1). Equation [4] applies for all columns j.
Σi W ij=1 if outdegree(j)≧1.
0≦Σi w ij<1 if outdegree(j)=0. [4]
One can set wij=1/outdegree(j) if (j,i)∈G and 0 otherwise. If one wishes to add random jumps (that is, transitions from node j to node i when (j,i)∉G), then wij=α/N+(1−α)(1/outdegree(j)) if (j,i)∈G and α/N otherwise. Here α∈[0,1] is the probability of a random jump (for example, α=0.1). The definition above is one possible way of setting up an appropriate WG for a given G. The iteration above can be succinctly expressed in Equation [5] below.
All nodes are initialised with zero values, WG is an appropriately defined n�n transition matrix (referring to Definition 1) and vector yt+1 corresponds to the flow values at the nodes after t+1 iterations.
Definition 2
There is a relationship between the model described herein and Markov Processes. Consider a Markov Process whose transition matrix is given in Equation [6] below.
The WG submatrix of Ŵ is the same as the n�n WG matrix in Definition 1 above. R is a 1�n matrix suitably chosen so that Ŵ is column-stochastic. The last column of Ŵ has zeros in rows 1 through n and a one in row n+1.
An absorbing state is added to the system (that is, a state which once entered cannot be exited). Note that if WG were column stochastic to begin with, the system never enters the newly added absorbing state. However, if WG has nodes such that transitions out of these nodes are partially defined, then all such partially defined states (nodes) can reach the newly added absorbing state. Moreover, if all the nodes in WG reach one or more of these partially defined states, then the system eventually ends up in the newly added absorbing state. In case all the nodes in WG can reach the newly added absorbing state, the bulleted points below are established by Markov theory.
Theorem 1 establishes a sufficient condition for the flow values at the nodes in the network to saturate. The flow values in network G saturate if every node in G can reach an out-degree zero node in G using transitions defined in WG.
Proof. Define matrix Ŵ as in Definition 2. The matrices R and WG have the same definition as in Definition 2. Now, if all the nodes in G can reach an out-degree zero node in G using transitions in WG, then all states (nodes) in WG are transient and can reach the newly added absorbing state in Ŵ. If all the transient states (nodes) in WG can reach the newly added absorbing state, Markov theory indicates that ∃po such that ∀p≧po obey the relation of Equation [7] below.
The result of Equation [8] below can also easily be verified, where Q is some 1�n matrix.
So WG P is the zero matrix for any p≧po. Therefore, from Equation [5] one can establish that after p iterations ∀p≧po, yp=ypo That is, the amount of flow at any node remains constant from one iteration to the next.
Note that in the theorem above, even if in G some nodes are unable to reach an out-degree zero node, by adding random jumps to WG all nodes in G can reach an out-degree zero node in G. So all that is required for convergence (provided random jumps are added) is at least one out-degree zero node in G. So random jumps can be used to enable the algorithm to converge on a larger class of graphs.
At steady state, the amount of flow leaving the out-degree zero nodes in G given by Equation [9] below, which is equal to the amount of flow entering the system given by ∥νl∥1
PageRank corresponds to the stationary distribution of a Markov process with a transition matrix WG as defined in Definition 1. The PageRank of a page is the probability of finding a random walker with transition probabilities as defined in WG at that page. Markov theory indicates that if the transition matrix WG for a Markov process is regular (that is, some power of WG has only positive entries), then there exists a unique steady state distribution for the process. For regular WG, the Markov process reaches this unique steady state distribution irrespective of the initial probability distribution. PageRank essentially relies on these properties of regular Markov systems to obtain the steady state distribution for the nodes in G. When the transition matrix WG is regular, this steady state distribution also corresponds to the principal eigenvector of WG. Definition 3 below codifies these facts.
Definition 3
G is PageRank-able if PageRank is well defined for G, if for the corresponding WG, ∃ a p0 such that ∀p≧p0 Equation [10] below holds.
The vector
is a principal eigenvector of WG with an associated eigenvalue of 1, where ∥c∥1=1.
Lemma 1
The total value in the system increases without bound if G is PageRank-able. If G is PageRank-able, then the flow values in network G do not saturate.
Proof. From Definition 3, G is PageRank-able, then ∃p0 such that ∀p≧po, WG P=WG po≠on�n. Therefore the vector of flow values continue to increase from one iteration to the next, and the flow values in network G do not saturate.
The change in flow at node i from iteration t to iteration t+1 is y[i]t+1−y[i]t, where yt and yt+1 are the vectors of flow values at the nodes after t and t+1 iterations respectively. The lemma below shows that when G is PageRank-able, the change in flow at any node can be used to find PageRank.
Lemma 2
For PageRank-able G, the quantity
equals PageRank(i), for sufficiently large t.
Proof: The change in flow values at the nodes is given by Yt+1−yt=WG t+1νl For PageRank-able G, from Definition 3 ∃po such that ∀p≧po,
So for sufficiently large t, the quantity WG t+1=WG po. For such a t, the quantity WG t+1νl=WG poνl=∥νl∥1 c. Where
is the principal eigenvector of WG. Therefore, y[i]t+1−y[i]t=(WG t+1νl)[i]=(WG poνl)[i]=∥νl∥1.ci. Where ci is the PageRank of i i.e. the ith entry of the principal eigenvector of WG.
G is not PageRank-able when G has one or more out-degree zero nodes, since the corresponding WG is not regular. When G is PageRank-able, the model described herein can only find PageRank. Experiments have shown, however, that the graph has a bowtie structure. A graph with such a structure is not PageRank-able due to the presence of a large number of out-degree zero nodes. However, the graph satisfies the sufficient condition for convergence outlined in Theorem 1.
As a result, the techniques described herein can be applied to the graph per se. When G satisfies the sufficient condition in Theorem 1, different choices of l lead to different results.
An iterative scheme for a fixed label can be used to find the flow values at the nodes for a fixed label, and one can use the following iterative scheme. Define a vector νl as per Equation [11] below.
The vector y of label biased node ranks is then computed by the following iterative algorithm of Equation [12] below.
y t+1=νl+βG y s [12]
In Equation [12] above, β∈[0,1] and WG is a suitably defined n�n matrix as in definition 1. Choosing β<1 ensures convergence irrespective of the choice of WG and vl. The iterative algorithm seeks to find the steady state vector ys for this iteration, as expanded in Equation [13] below.
In practice, the iterative algorithm declares a solution once ∥yt+−yt∥2≦∈ or when the ranks of the top few nodes remain unchanged from one iteration to the next.
The condition for the expected values at each node to stabilize is that the quantity (I−βWG)−1 must exist. The quantity (I−βWG)−1 is guaranteed to exist and our iterative algorithm is guaranteed to converge if ∥βWG∥<1, where ∥βWG∥=βmaxjΣi|wij|. Since β<1 and Σi|Wij|≦1 for all i, ∥βWG∥<1 and the calculations converge. The β term acts like a damping factor and its value can be set as close to 1 as required so that ∥(1−β)WG∥≦∈ (for instance choose β≧1−∈/N for the Frobenius norm).
The β premultiplier is not required to ensure convergence if WG satisfies the convergence criterion of Theorem 1. Choosing a small β, however, speeds up convergence.
Calculating the Reachability Matrix B
Computing the steady state flows at all the nodes for a fixed label is described above. The flows across all the nodes are computed for a large number of labels. Therefore, a matrix called B is computed, which indicates the "reachability" between pair of nodes in the graph through all possible paths.
The (i, j) entry in a reachability matrix encodes the total flow that node i observes given that a unit of flow is sent out from node j. This entry is a measure of the effect node j has on node j. If the maximum length of influence paths that are considered is fixed as tmax, a good approximation to the reachability matrix can be found efficiently provided tmax is small. Since N is very large and tmax is a small fixed number, one can ignore the effect of random jumps (namely, transitions from node j to node i when (j.i)∉G). Once such an approximate reachability measure is precomputed, given any label a suitable vector vl can be found and node ranks for the given label can be computed.
The matrix B denotes such an approximate reachability measure between every pair of nodes in G. The main challenge in computing the B matrix is one of scale. Some applications may have close to 1 billion nodes and 25 billion edges. Say |V|=n and |E|=m. Clearly, storing G (ignoring L) alone requires O (m+n) storage space. Further, the sparsity of B dictates a lower bound on the space required to compute and store B. The challenge now is to compute and store B using space and time close to the sparsity induced lower bound. Define a matrix W according to Equation [14] below.
Define B to be a reachability measure according to Equation [15] below where Bij represents the total influence that node j exerts on node i.
B=I+W+W 2 +W 3 + . . . +W t
Note that I represents influences through paths of length zero, W represents influences through paths of length one and so on.
Matrix B is calculated using an iterative algorithm. The number of iterations of this algorithm corresponds to the maximum length of influence paths one wishes to consider. This calculation proceeds as indicated in Equation [16] below.
B(t+1)ij =W ij+Σ(k.i)∈G,(j.k)∈B B(t)jk W ki [16]
After the final iteration I is added to B. To compute B (t+1), B (t) and W are stored. The following lemma establishes the equivalence of the matrix B in [15] and the matrix B computed by the iterative algorithm above in [16].
Lemma 3
At the end of iteration t, any Bij entry corresponds to the total influence of node j on node i through all paths of length 1 through t from node j to node i. This scheme appears to be best realized by storing B and W as sparse indexes where for each node j one can query and obtain a list of nodes pointed to by node j. The underlying mechanism responsible for storing such a forward index might also prune some out-edges from time to time to meet storage constraints.
Probabilities (ranking measures Pr(n|l), Pr(l|n), Pr(l) and Pr(n)) can be computed by first computing vectors yt, which stores the steady state flows at every node for each label l, and later computing the probabilities from the set of yt vectors. The initial label distribution vl for each label l is computed using Equation [17] below. From Equation [17] the result of Equation [18] below can be discerned.
y l (n�1) =B (n�n)νl (n�1) [17]
Now, if L denotes the set of all labels in the system, then Equation [18] below follows.
Note that for the sake of ranking, only the sorted numerators in Equation [18] are considered sufficient.
Search Engine Application
Preferably, the labels are stemmed using Porter's stemmer. The Stop-words are removed, though no synonyms are used or thesauri consulted. The indices can be saved as "flat file" indices. Given a Boolean query q 110 which has labels and Boolean operands, as a first step, the label index for the vector νl is determined for each of the labels in q and further form a vector νq based on the following rules:
The second step is a sparse matrix multiplication of the vector vq and the matrix B. A straight-forward implementation can be used, in which each entry νq[i] is multiplied with the ith row of the B matrix. The results are added in memory to form the vector y that contains the ranking of the documents for the query q 110. For the sake of performance, the entries in B are sorted on their magnitude, so that the top k results can be computed quickly. In theory, a sparse matrix-vector multiplication is O(n2). In practice, however, given the fact that one computes only the top k ranks is of interest, the number of entries in matrix B can be limited to the top m entries when computing the ranks.
Computer Hardware
The components of the computer system 200 include a computer 220, a keyboard 210 and mouse 215, and a video display 290. The computer 220 includes a processor 240, a memory 250, input/output (I/O) interfaces 260, 265, a video interface 245, and a storage device 255.
The processor 240 is a central processing unit (CPU) that executes the operating system and the computer software executing under the operating system. The memory 250 includes random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM), and is used under direction of the processor 240.
The video interface 245 is connected to video display 290 and provides video signals for display on the video display 290. User input to operate the computer 220 is provided from the keyboard 210 and mouse 215. The storage device 255 can include a disk drive or any other suitable storage medium.
Each of the components of the computer 220 is connected to an internal bus 230 that includes data, address, and control buses, to allow components of the computer 220 to communicate with each other via the bus 230.
The computer system 200 can be connected to one or more other similar computers via a input/output (I/O) interface 265 using a communication channel 285 to a network, represented as the Internet 280.
The computer software may be recorded on a portable storage medium, in which case, the computer software program is accessed by the computer system 200 from the storage device 255. Alternatively, the computer software can be accessed directly from the Internet 280 by the computer 220. In either case, a user can interact with the computer system 200 using the keyboard 210 and mouse 215 to operate the programmed computer software executing on the computer 220.
Other configurations or types of computer systems can be equally well used to execute computer software that assists in implementing the techniques described herein.
Various alterations and modifications can be made to the techniques and arrangements described herein, as would be apparent to one skilled in the relevant art.
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The apartment fire claimed one life, an 81 year old resident of the building died Friday morning at Harborview. He suffered extensive burns on 95% of his body according to the Seattle Fire Department. Another resident, a 58 year old man is credited with coming to the aid of his elderly neighbor. He was taken to Harborview with 2nd and 3rd degree burns but is in stable condition.
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An investigation is underway to determined what cause the fire, it is currently classified as an undetermined fire. The damage is also still being determined, it is estimated that the building suffered $200,000 in damage to the structure and $50,000 worth of contents.
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Motorcyclists jailed for £263,000 gems theft
Three people were jailed for nine years yesterday for their role in a £263,000 daylight raid in Hatton Garden, London's precious gem centre.
The three - part of a 12-strong gang on six high-powered motorcycles who grabbed diamonds - were caught thanks to courageous police and security guards, the Old Bailey was told. The diamonds and the other nine raiders, all wearing helmets to disguise their identities, were not found.
Justin Philip, 25, David Mayer, 21, and Sherome Blair, 22, of south London, all admitted taking part in the robbery in which sledgehammers were used on a diamond shop's reinforced windows last June. Sentencing them, Judge Christopher Moss said the raid was "carefully and brutally executed".
He praised the bravery of Graham Hanike, a security guard, who felled Philip and sat on him despite having two guns pointed at him. Another security guard used a workman's shovel to disarm one gunman. The other fled.
Missing teenager's bag found
The search for Charlotte Pinkney, the missing teenager, became a murder inquiry yesterday when her handbag was found in a rural part of her hometown of Ilfracombe, Devon.
Charlotte, who would have been 17 last Saturday, was last seen when she was dropped off in a red Vauxhall Cavalier in the early hours of Feb 28. A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with her disappearance last week but later released on bail.
Fayed loses Diana appeal
Mohamed Fayed yesterday lost his latest attempt to win a public inquiry into the deaths of his son, Dodi, and Diana, Princess of Wales.
The Harrods chief declared his faith in Scottish justice when he began a court action in Edinburgh. He claimed the pair were murdered by British intelligence and used the fact of his home in the Highlands to raise an action in the Court of Session, challenging a ruling by Scotland's senior law officer that their deaths were nothing to do with British authorities.
But Lord Drummond-Young ruled that the Scottish Executive acted lawfully in refusing an inquiry and that, as they died in France, Britain had no jurisdiction.
TV presenter mugged again
The television presenter Lowri Turner is considering moving her family out of London after being mugged for the second time in a year.
She was walking to her home in Islington, on Wednesday when a man snatched her bag and escaped in a car.
Turner, 39, told the Evening Standard that she might move for the safety of her sons, Merlin, one, and three-year-old Griffin. Last year, she was carrying newborn Merlin when she was mugged for the first time.
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Gooooood morning, Mini-Women! Have you had breakfast yet? Did you have to worry about whether the Cheerios or the PopTarts or the waffles were going to be there in the kitchen? Or did you just know the food would be in the refrigerator or pantry because, well, it always is?
I'm thinking that second one, right? You don't have to ask your mom every night before you go to bed, "Mom, will you please make sure there's something for me to eat tomorrow morning?" She would probably look at you and say, "Are you serious? When have I NOT made sure you ate?"
So as we continue our Talking To God Journal series, and we look at how Jesus taught us to connect with God when we pray -- when we get to "Give us today our daily bread," we gotta wonder: if our parents here on EARTH provide the basics for us without our even asking, can't we just assume God's going to do the same thing?
Yes. And no.
Yes, if we do stay connected with God and trust him and make serving him and other people the most important thing.
No, if we stop believing that our very lives depend on God. If we start thinking that we can do everything ourselves. That we only need to go to God when we've done everything we can and the only hope we have is him -- instead of going to him to begin with!
So when we ask God to "give us our daily bread" what does that mean?
* We tell God we know the very basic things we need come from him. Not just bread but sleep and clean air and strong bodies and a safe place to live. We're telling God we know he provides -- unless bad people prevent that -- and even then, we pray that folks who are hungry and homeless will be fed in spite of them.
* We tell God that we don't NEED more than the basics. We don't pray, "God, please get my parents to buy me an iPad," or "Father, I just want as many clothes as the 'in' girls so I can be 'in' too."
* We ask God to help us be content with exactly what we need, and to appreciate everything else as pure gift.
* We ask for just what we need TODAY (it's "DAILY" bread, not enough to last us for a year ... because bread gets moldy or stale after a few days anyway, right?) We're showing God that we trust him enough that we can live in the moment we have right now. We get worried when we think way far ahead about things we can't control. God wants us to be with him right here, right this very second.
TALKING TO GOD JOURNAL TOPIC SUGGESTION: Write to God about one basic thing that you need today. Is it a friend to listen to something that's bugging you? Help studying for a big test (not help on the test when you haven't studied!)? Healing from a cold?
IF YOU WANT TO POST A COMMENT: If you feel comfortable, tell us what that basic need is (very briefly). If not, (and you can also do this even if you answer the first one) tell us how much you trust God to fill your need.
(a) without a doubt in your mind
(b) with a doubt or two that goes away fast
(d) half doubt/half not
(e) doubts that won't leave you alone
(f) not at ALL
Don't be worried that we'll judge you for your answer. NOBODY is going to say, "You said (f)?! I am SO praying for you because you're in big trouble." On this one, don't respond to each other's comments at all. This is a safe place for us to talk about how we really feel. If we pretend, we don't change.
One of my basic needs today is that all of you WILL feel safe here on Tween You and Me. God and I are talking about it.
Nancy Rue


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Team: Programs | Commitment: Procurement | Location: Liberia
Rice Milling Construction Works in Voinjama & Foya
Issuance Date: August 11, 2017
Site Visit Dates:
Foya – August 17, 2017 @ 9:00am
Voinjama – August 18, 2017 @ 9:00am
Deadline for Questions: August 22, 2017 @ 3:00pm
Deadline for Offers: August 25, 2017 @ 3:00pm
Lot 1: Prefabricated Structures: Supply and Erection of Pre-Fabricated Structures, including Site clearing and Leveling
Lot 2:
Borehole Drilling and Pump Installations
Water Tower Construction
Generator House Construction
Toilets and Septic Tanks Construction
For: CNFA MOA/IFAD
Funded By: IFAD/MOA-PIU
Implemented By: Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA)
Point of Contact:
Mr. Mark T. Wilson, Sr.
Procurement Specialist
CNFA's Head Office
Congo Town, Behind Cuttington Graduate School
Telephone: 231-886-592-103
1.1 Introduction:
CNFA currently implements the USAID-funded Liberian Agribusiness Development Activity (LADA). The goal of LADA is to increase private-sector agricultural investment to increase the incomes of smallholder farmers (SHF). In furtherance of this goal, LADA is providing support to two agro-processors – Selma Agricultural Development Corporation (SADC) and Agriculture Infrastructure and Investment Company (AIIC) – through the acquisition of essential upgrades to their rice processing facilities.
CNFA also currently holds a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with IFAD/MOA-PIU for Agricultural Development (IFAD), for the implementation of the "Economic Recovery of
Liberian Rice Farmers in five Ebola Affected Counties" project. The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) under this IFAD grant is providing separate funding for these needed agro-processing facilities to enable rice mills to be installed in modern structures. The goal of these activities is to complement both the USAID and IFAD project objectives and improve the capacity of large-scale rice producers in Liberia. USAID funds will not be used to fund the services specified in this RFP. Services indicated in this RFP will be funded by IFAD/MOA.
Through this procurement action, CNFA intends to secure the professional services of one or more reputable companies to provide the following two groups of services:
1.Lot 1: Prefabricated Structures: Supply and Erection of Pre-Fabricated Structures including Site clearing and Levelling;
2.Lot 2: Borehole Drilling and Pump Installations; Water Tower Construction; Generator House Construction; Toilets and Septic Tanks Construction
1.2 Background:
Collaboration between IFAD and the MOA to design a project that would increase farmers' income resulted in developing the Rice and Cassava Value Chains in IFAD funded project counties under the Agriculture Sector Rehabilitation Project (ASRP). As part of its Ebola intervention, the Government of Japan (donor) provided through IFAD a supplementary contribution for execution of programs contained in the MOA. CNFA was selected as an implementing partner to carry out certain activities under the MOA. CNFA activities have two main objectives:
▪Implement the construction of two modern rice processing facilities; and
▪Provide capacity building and training to rice processors in the areas of business plan development, strategy plan development, consultancy, and sustainability modalities.
CNFA Liberia is soliciting proposals from Liberian based and/or foreign based reputable companies to supply pre-fabricated structures, clear and level the sites where the prefabs will be erected; construct concrete floors, and erect the prefabs. Also, it is soliciting proposals to drill boreholes, and construct water tower with tanks in Voinjama and Foya Districts, Lofa County. CNFA will make two awards: Lot 1-Prefab Structures supply and erection, and Lot 2-Construction of bore holes. CNFA envisions maximum project duration of five (5) months for Lot 1: Prefab structures supply and erection; and a maximum duration of twelve (12) weeks for Lot 2: Construction of bore holes and related civil work. For each award, CNFA prefers Voinjama site to commence work first, followed immediately with Foya site. CNFA Liberia requests bidders to submit their best technical and financial offer(s) to complete the work within the timeframe specified in this Request for Proposal (RFP). Bids may be submitted for one, or for both Lots. Bids may be submitted by individual companies or consortiums. However, a single contract will be issued for Lot 1 and single contract for Lot 2.
Note, that to be considered eligible for award, Offerors submitting proposals must:
(1)In the case of Liberia-based businesses, be officially licensed to do such business in Liberia, and must provide a copy of the business registration and tax clearance certificates. Failure to include these two documents will lead to disqualification of the offer, as CNFA will do business only with vendors that have satisfied Government of Liberia (GOL) requirements. Offerors outside of Liberia responding to the RFP are requested to conform to internationally acceptable procurement standards, plus are officially approved to work in Liberia.
(2)Not have been identified as a terrorist and/or be in support of any terrorist organization, whether directly or indirectly.
Offerors are responsible for ensuring that the offer(s) are received by CNFA in accordance with the instructions, terms, and conditions described in this RFP. Failure to adhere to instructions described in this RFP may lead to disqualification of an offer from consideration.
1.3: Scope of Work:
Qualified and interested bidders are invited for site visits during the following dates and times:
•Foya – August 17, 2017 between the hours of 9:00am and 10:00am
•Voinjama – August 18, 2017 between the hours of 9:00am and 10:00am
CNFA will also host a pre-bid question and answer meeting at its Monrovia office on August 21, 2017 at 2:00pm. Site visits and pre-bid meeting are intended to provide bidders with information needed to determine the work requirements, and to develop their technical proposal, financial offer, and bill of quantities needed for the work.
Please download the full RFP for more detail and full proposal submission instructions.


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Re: [Pali] AN2.4 Samacitta Vagga (10)
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- Dear Yong Peng,
thank you very much.
Op 27-jun-2011, om 5:30 heeft Ong Yong Peng het volgende geschreven:
> Ekamanta.m .thitaa kho taa devataa bhagavanta.m etadavocu.m -
> on one side / stood / indeed / those / divine beings / to Blessed
> One / this-said
> Stood on one side indeed, those divine beings said this to the
> Blessed One -
> .thita (pp of ti.t.thati) stood.
N: Just for the English: standing. PTS: So standing...
> "eso, bhante, aayasmaa saariputto pubbaaraame migaaramaatupaasaade
> bhikkhuuna.m ajjhattasa.myojana~nca puggala.m deseti
> bahiddhaasa.myojana~nca.
> this / venerable sir / venerable / Sariputta / at East Park / at
> mansion of Migara's mother / to monks / inner fetter-and / person /
> teaches / outer fetter-and
> "Sir, this venerable Sariputta teaches (about) a person (of) inner
> fetter and (a person of) outer fetter to the monks at East Park, at
> the mansion of Migara's mother.
N: Fetters, the plural. Or, PTS: who is fetterd inwardly... (There is
always more than one fetter)
> Saadhu, bhante, bhagavaa yenaayasmaa saariputto tenupasa`nkamatu
> anukampa.m upaadaayaa"ti.
> good / venerable sir / Blessed One / where-venerable / Sariputta /
> there-let...approach / out of compassion
> Sir, may the kind Blessed One, out of compassion, approach there
> [the place] where the venerable Sariputta (is staying)."
> N: saadhu: it were a good thing if...-------
> Adhivaasesi bhagavaa tu.nhiibhaavena.
> consented / Blessed One / in silence
> The Blessed One consented in silence.
N: By his silence.
> adhivaaseti (v) consents, agrees.
> tu.nhiibhaava (indec) in silence.
> jetavane antarahito pubbaaraame migaaramaatupaasaade aayasmato
> saariputtassa sammukhe paaturahosi.
> disappeared within Jeta Grove, (he) appeared in front of venerable
> Sariputta at East Park, at the mansion of Migara's mother.
N: disappeared from the Jeta Grove. It is locative, but see Warder
lesson 16: disappearing in (from) a place.
> Ekamanta.m .thitaa kho, saariputta, taa devataa ma.m etadavocu.m -
> on one side / stood / indeed / Sariputta / those / divine beings /
> to me / this-said
> Stood on one side indeed, Sariputta, those divine beings said this
> to me -
> Saadhu, bhante, bhagavaa yena aayasmaa saariputto tenupasa`nkamatu
> anukampa.m upaadaayaa'ti.
> good / venerable sir / Blessed One / where / venerable /
> Sariputta / there-let...approach / out of compassion
> Sir, may the kind Blessed One, out of compassion, approach there
> [the place] where the venerable Sariputta (is staying).'
N: saadhu: it were good, Bhante, if the Blessed one ...
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- Dear Ven. Sobhana,
thank you. The name is Yong Peng.
It is good you look up another source, but you have not gone much into details. Allow me to help elaborate on point 1(a). This is exactly what the commentary says:
saadhuuti aayaacanatthe nipaato.
First, I annotate it for the beginners:
saadhuuti aayaacan'atthe nipaato.
Now, translating the commentary:
'saadhu' (is) a particle for asking*, adhortation*, addressing*.
* see PTS PED - aayaacana.
Further explanation:
In Pali, nipaata includes conjunctions and adverbs. So, we can translate 'saadhu' as 'please'.
Finally, I make an attempt with the original sentence to show what I mean:
Saadhu, bhante, bhagavaa yena aayasmaa saariputto tenupasa`nkamatu anukampa.m upaadaayaa'ti.
please / venerable sir / Blessed One / where / venerable / Sariputta /
there-let...approach / out of compassion
Please, sir, may the Blessed One, out of compassion, approach there [the place] where the venerable Sariputta (is staying).'
There is a tendency for some, as I pointed in a recent post, to rationalise the Pali using an existing English translation. I find it uncomprehensible when given our level of Pali understanding, we can do a slightly better job. In fact, I also see lurking dangers in doing so. I do not intend to elaborate on this.
As a PTS sponsoring member, I am also using F.L.Woodward's translation as a reference in this exercise, i.e., from AN1.1.1, another point which I have mentioned several times too. However, that does not mean it is my only reference, or that I have to reproduce directly from PTS or any other existing works. This "read and follow" mentality is more suitable for someone who only needs an English translation, and does not bother with the original Pali passage, not a Pali student.
It is in fact much easier for me to type out the PTS translation, than doing extensive referencing on dictionaries, grammars, and cross checking other translations. However, this is not a "typing" exercise for me, and I would rather spend my time doing something more meaningful. Let's make this a good learning opportunity for everyone, so that the time and effort we put in is rewarding.
Lastly, if you use additional examples in Pali, please bear in mind, it is your responsibility to provide an accurate English translation. Anyone can generate Pali sentences using the appropriate search tool/program.
I will make this post as a 'landmark' message for the future. Thank you.
Yong Peng.
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Here are some of the meanings of Saadhu from One of the Pali-Myanmar Dictionaries.
1. "i request you" (aayaacana); "I order you" (aanatti).
2. o.k., alright(sampa.ticchana)
3. interjection used to rejoice (anumodana)
4. good, beautiful (sunadara, bhaddaka, sobhana)
5. well (adverb)
6.pure (parisuddha)
7. wholesome action...
Here, we take the first meaning in cases like the one you are discussing. The commentaries also explain as 'aayaacana'. In Burma, we explain like this: yena aayasmaa saariputto (atthi) tena upasa'nkamatu. 'Tena' here is used in the sense of second case: 'to', 'towards'. Here, it will be 'aayaacama' for a group of deities are requesting the Buddha.
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Street artist Shepard Fairey to make new movie of 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'
Los Angeles street artist Shepard Fairey has teamed up with Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment to create a big screen adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian classic.
Shepard Fairey was apparently instrumental in bringing the book to Imagine Entertainment, which will partner with LBI Entertainment for the project. And Fairey is likely to end up with a producer credit once the deal is done.
Orwell's seminal 1949 literary work has already been turned into a film a number of times – most recently, in 1984, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton, but failing to really lodge itself into popular memory.
Nineteen Eighty-Four (first published in 1949) by George Orwell is a dystopian novel about Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the Party. Life in the Oceanian province of Airstrip One is a world of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance, and incessant public mind control, accomplished with a political system euphemistically named English Socialism (Ingsoc), which is administered by a privileged Inner Party elite. Yet they too are subordinated to the totalitarian cult of personality of Big Brother, the deified Party leader who rules with a philosophy that decries individuality and reason as thoughtcrimes.
The protagonist, Winston Smith, is a member of the Outer Party who works for the Ministry of Truth (Minitrue), which is responsible for propaganda and historical revisionism. His job is to re-write past newspaper articles so that the historical record is congruent with the current party ideology. Because of the childhood trauma of the destruction of his family — the disappearances of his parents and sister — Winston Smith secretly hates the Party, and dreams of rebellion against Big Brother.
Fairey is best known for creating the Barack Obama "Hope" poster. He has spent time onscreen in the 2010 Banksy documentary "Exit Through the Gift Shop" and recently had a vocal cameo on "The Simpsons" where he played a police informant posing as a street artist.
In February, Fairey entered a guilty plea in his criminal case with the Associated Press involving his use of an AP photo for the Obama poster. The artist admitted to destroying documents, manufacturing evidence and other misconduct.
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