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I recently got one of these NOS for a very good price. I intend to mount a front brake so I can ride it in the street until open riding sessions startup at the track in the spring.
Like anyone else here, I want to customize my ride a little bit. (oh the huge vanity) The first (cheapest/simplest/whatever) thing I intend to do is re-wrap the bars. I have several rolls of Newbaum hemp bartape in orange, red, white, blue, and grey. I was thinking of doing a red/white harlequin wrap, but I thought a blue/white wrap combined with a pair of blue Gran Compe tires I have in my closet might nice look nice as well, but I'm not sure how tacky it would be next to the red saddle. (Not to mention the slight aire of "look how patriotic my bike is") Opinions? Am I just being too vain?


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Boots Riley is a Marxist. This can be substantiated by nearly every stanza of every song he's recorded. He usually turns his political messages into hip-hop bangers under the apt moniker The Coup, but on Sorry to Bother You (which conveniently drops a week before the presidential election), Riley trades boom-bap for the live instrumentation of a full-fledged backing band. He's still railing against police, pimps, and presidents, but he's got a whole new set of sounds behind him.
On "Strange Arithmetic", Riley demands education reform: "Teachers, stand up/ You need to tell us how to flip this system." Fuzzy guitars and dance-beats (think OutKast's funk-rock-rap fusion) soundtrack his rants, and songs such as "Land of 7 Billion Dances" and "The Guillotine" share that pointed aggression.
If those tracks are impassioned protests, then "Violet" and "This Year" are pleas for change from the very bottom of Riley's heart. Riley sincerely believes what he preaches about correcting the hegemonic malaise that's swallowed America. He often cites the status quo of urban decay and social imbalance bred by capitalism, like on his manifesto, "We've Got A Lot to Teach You, Cassius Green". His lyrics— about the monsters (CEOs, the 1%) and the creatures they command (everyone else)— are metaphorical, but it's clear what he's insinuating with lines like, "The beast who was frothing between his tusks said / 'They work it, we run it/ they shouldn't fuss.'"
Sorry to Bother You may not earn many new subscribers to Marxism, but it does yield an appreciation for the ideology and an understanding of why Riley feels that a revolution is the only way to derail capitalism. He validates his beliefs while simultaneously crafting an inspired rap-fusion record. In that respect, Sorry to Bother You is both a musical and argumentative success.
Essential Tracks: "Strange Arithmetic", "Violet", "We've Got A Lot to Teach You, Cassius Green"


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The unprecedented hack of Sony Pictures which a U.S. official says is linked to North Korea may be the most damaging cyberattack ever inflicted on an American business.
The Statewide Law Enforcement Torch Run� for Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO), founded by the Missouri Police Chiefs Association (MPCA) 28 years ago, recognized the top achievers at the annual Awards Ceremony on Dec. 11.
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The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, is honoured and delighted to have been made cardinal during the pontificate of Pope John Paul II.
Dr Pell, a great admirer of John Paul II, said the Popes assessment of the western world is basically correct and Ive worked for years to support and implement that.
Referring to the make-up of the College of Cardinals, Cardinal Pell said it was an example of the Christian teaching of universal love.
Were required to love not just our friends, our family, our nation or tribe but we are supposed to love everyone and to love and to forgive our enemies, he said.
Cardinal Pell said he had noticed a marked decline in the Popes health in the few months since their last meeting in June.
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Udacity, a Silicon Valley start-up that creates online college classes, will announce a deal on Tuesday with San Jose State University for a series of remedial and introductory courses.
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Since 2008, David G. Horner has been president and S. Sue Horner has been Scholar in Residence, Gender Studies and Religion, at The American College of Greece (Athens). They are in their 28th year as a presidential couple.
Although normally a pretty upbeat and optimistic person, I end a lot of my different talks these days with a pretty scary, even dystopic slide: "IF WE PROFS CAN BE REPLACED BY A COMPUTER SCREEN, WE SHOULD BE."
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American history courses at the University of Texas and Texas A&M University focus too much on race, class and gender and not enough on military, diplomatic, religious and intellectual matters, according to a new report.
Greg Hamann, president of Linn-Benton Community College, has been appointed to serve a four-year term on the state Quality Education Commission.
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The university should be embarrassed by its 'Speech Code of the Month.'
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- Reconciliation of essential process parameters for an enhanced predictability of Arctic stratospheric ozone loss and its climate interactions (2012)
- Significant reductions in stratospheric ozone occur inside the polar vortices each spring when chlorine radicals produced by heterogeneous reactions on cold particle surfaces in winter destroy ozone mainly in two catalytic cycles, the ClO dimer cycle and the ClO/BrO cycle. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are responsible for most of the chlorine currently present in the stratosphere, have been banned by the Montreal Protocol and its amendments, and the ozone layer is predicted to recover to 1980 levels within the next few decades. During the same period, however, climate change is expected to alter the temperature, circulation patterns and chemical composition in the stratosphere, and possible geo-engineering ventures to mitigate climate change may lead to additional changes. To realistically predict the response of the ozone layer to such influences requires the correct representation of all relevant processes. The European project RECONCILE has comprehensively addressed remaining questions in the context of polar ozone depletion, with the objective to quantify the rates of some of the most relevant, yet still uncertain physical and chemical processes. To this end RECONCILE used a broad approach of laboratory experiments, two field missions in the Arctic winter 2009/10 employing the high altitude research aircraft M55-Geophysica and an extensive match ozone sonde campaign, as well as microphysical and chemical transport modelling and data assimilation. Some of the main outcomes of RECONCILE are as follows: (1) vortex meteorology: the 2009/10 Arctic winter was unusually cold at stratospheric levels during the six-week period from mid-December 2009 until the end of January 2010, with reduced transport and mixing across the polar vortex edge; polar vortex stability and how it is influenced by dynamic processes in the troposphere has led to unprecedented, synoptic-scale stratospheric regions with temperatures below the frost point; in these regions stratospheric ice clouds have been observed, extending over >106km2 during more than 3 weeks. (2) Particle microphysics: heterogeneous nucleation of nitric acid trihydrate (NAT) particles in the absence of ice has been unambiguously demonstrated; conversely, the synoptic scale ice clouds also appear to nucleate heterogeneously; a variety of possible heterogeneous nuclei has been characterised by chemical analysis of the non-volatile fraction of the background aerosol; substantial formation of solid particles and denitrification via their sedimentation has been observed and model parameterizations have been improved. (3) Chemistry: strong evidence has been found for significant chlorine activation not only on polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) but also on cold binary aerosol; laboratory experiments and field data on the ClOOCl photolysis rate and other kinetic parameters have been shown to be consistent with an adequate degree of certainty; no evidence has been found that would support the existence of yet unknown chemical mechanisms making a significant contribution to polar ozone loss. (4) Global modelling: results from process studies have been implemented in a prognostic chemistry climate model (CCM); simulations with improved parameterisations of processes relevant for polar ozone depletion are evaluated against satellite data and other long term records using data assimilation and detrended fluctuation analysis. Finally, measurements and process studies within RECONCILE were also applied to the winter 2010/11, when special meteorological conditions led to the highest chemical ozone loss ever observed in the Arctic. In addition to quantifying the 2010/11 ozone loss and to understand its causes including possible connections to climate change, its impacts were addressed, such as changes in surface ultraviolet (UV) radiation in the densely populated northern mid-latitudes.
- A genetic validation study reveals a role of vitamin D metabolism in the response to interferon-alfa-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C (2012)
- Background: To perform a comprehensive study on the relationship between vitamin D metabolism and the response to interferon-α-based therapy of chronic hepatitis C. Methodology/Principal Findings: Associations between a functionally relevant polymorphism in the gene encoding the vitamin D 1α-hydroxylase (CYP27B1-1260 rs10877012) and the response to treatment with pegylated interferon-α (PEG-IFN-α) and ribavirin were determined in 701 patients with chronic hepatitis C. In addition, associations between serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25[OH]D3) and treatment outcome were analysed. CYP27B1-1260 rs10877012 was found to be an independent predictor of sustained virologic response (SVR) in patients with poor-response IL28B genotypes (15% difference in SVR for rs10877012 genotype AA vs. CC, p = 0.02, OR = 1.52, 95% CI = 1.061–2.188), but not in patients with favourable IL28B genotype. Patients with chronic hepatitis C showed a high prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency (25[OH]D3<20 ng/mL) during all seasons, but 25(OH)D3 serum levels were not associated with treatment outcome. Conclusions/Significance: Our study suggests a role of bioactive vitamin D (1,25[OH]2D3, calcitriol) in the response to treatment of chronic hepatitis C. However, serum concentration of the calcitriol precursor 25(OH)D3 is not a suitable predictor of treatment outcome.


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I am a research fellow at UH CAIR-ADAQ team. My current research interests include regional air quality modelling and climate change interactions (focuses on aerosol-climate interactions). For this research, I am using the global climate data - UK Met Office HadGEM2-ES data, downscale and run regional WRF-CMAQ model to simulate future air quality and investigate the most important meteorology-chemistry processes. I am participating in EU FP7 MEGAPOLI, TRANSPHORM and COST ES1004 action and responsible for the tasks related to climate change in those projects. I am also interested in remote sensing and use of the satellite products to improve the model simulations. I am supervising a few project students which working on MODIS aerosol and cloud products and OMI ozone profile for the atmospheric physical research.
Before joining CAIR-ADAQ, I completed my PhD study at the University of East Anglia (2002-2006), a postdoctoral work at the University of Leicester and part-time researcher at the University of Cambridge.
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Definitely for cold rides. They are a little thicker and wamer than my other tights. The zippers at the ankles make it nice and tight, but I have had issues with the zipper on the left ankle scratching up my ankle pretty bad. I just try to keep a sock between it now, but pretty annoying; hence the 3 rating.
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Programming mechanisms for data parsing facilitate both clear code specification and efficient execution. Declarative style code can be employed to enable clear and concise specification of data parsing. Further, an efficient parsing approach can be utilized that enables processing of a data structure without first materializing the entire structure to memory. More specifically, streaming and/or selective materialization of portions of data to memory can be employed.
1. A data parsing system, comprising:
a processor for processing the data parsing system;
a system memory;
an interface component to acquire at least a portion of declarative software code that identifies data in a single data structure, wherein the declarative code comprises software code that generally declares a desired outcome for the identified data without specifically outlining the steps to take to achieve the desired outcome for the identified data; and
a parse component that facilitates production of identified data in accordance with the declarative code without loading the entire data structure in memory, wherein the parse component is configured to parse a selected portion of the data structure identified by the declarative software code, wherein the selected portion of the data structure is both selectively streamed to the parse component and, upon arriving as part of the stream, is selectively and transiently loaded into memory from the data structure as a whole, such that only a portion of the data structure is streamed and only a portion of the streamed data is loaded into memory, and wherein an optimal point is determined for how much of the data in the data structure is loaded into memory, based on both the specific declarative code used and the specific data structure used.
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12. At a computer system comprising a processor, a computer-implemented method of data processing, comprising:
receiving a declarative style nested statement specifying a query, transformation or aggregation over a single data structure, wherein the declarative style comprises software code that generally declares a desired outcome for the identified data without specifically outlining the steps to take to achieve the desired outcome for the identified data; and
using the processor, processing the statement to provide a result without loading the entire data structure in memory, wherein the processing comprises parsing a selected portion of the data structure identified by the declarative software code, wherein the selected portion of the data structure is both selectively streamed to the parse component and, upon arriving as part of the stream, is selectively and transiently loaded into memory from the data structure as a whole, such that only a portion of the data structure is streamed and only a portion of the streamed data is loaded into memory, and wherein an optimal point is determined for how much of the data in the data structure is loaded into memory, based on both the specific declarative code used and the specific data structure used.
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18. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program which, when executed by a processor, performs the following:
identifies data within a single data structure using declarative code, wherein the declarative style code comprises software code that generally declares a desired outcome for the identified data without specifically outlining the steps to take to achieve the desired outcome for the identified data; and
identifies portions of the structure for stream processing at one or more levels of nesting using data item identifiers, wherein the processing comprises parsing a selected portion of the data structure identified by the declarative software code, wherein the selected portion of the data structure is both selectively streamed to the parse component and, upon arriving as part of the stream, is selectively and transiently loaded into memory from the data structure as a whole, such that only a portion of the data structure is streamed and only a portion of the streamed data is loaded into memory, and wherein an optimal point is determined for how much of the data in the data structure is loaded into memory, based on the specific declarative code used, the specific data structure used.
19. The computer readable medium of
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The pervasiveness of computers and other processor-based devices has resulted in data proliferation such that vast amounts of digital data are created and stored daily. Although originally the sole domain of well-funded companies and research institutions, technology advancements and cost reductions over time have enabled computers and other electronic devices to become commonplace in the lives of most everyone. As a result, both businesses and consumers create and interact with large amounts of digital data.
Traditionally, a database management system (DBMS) is employed to manage interaction with database data. The DBMS efficiently manages requests or queries from users and programs so that these entities are free from having to know specifics pertaining to how and where data is physically stored. Furthermore, in handling requests, the DBMS ensures integrity and security with respect to the data. The most common DBMS is a relational database management system (RDBMS). In this system, data is stored in a tabular format wherein data resides at intersections of rows and columns.
A myriad of application programming interfaces (APIs) and/or language implementations can be employed to process structured data. For example, XML data can be formatted, queried and/or transformed by XSLT, XQuery and/or XPath. These and other conventional mechanisms operate by loading an entire data structure in memory and subsequently performing operations over the materialized data structure.
The following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the claimed subject matter. This summary is not an extensive overview. It is not intended to identify key/critical elements or to delineate the scope of the claimed subject matter. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
Briefly described, the subject disclosure pertains to data parsing in a computer environment. More particularly, data is parsed serially in accordance with declarative code. The size of a data structure that can be processed in-memory is limited by available memory. As a result, certain scenarios, including those involving a large amount of data, may not be feasible or affordable with in-memory processing. In accordance with one aspect of this disclosure, such issues can be remedied by parsing data without first requiring materialization of an entire structure to memory. Various streaming or serial parsing semantics can be employed alone or in combination with selective materialization of portions of data to facilitate efficient processing. Furthermore, data parsing can be described clearly and concisely with declarative style code, rather than lower level or imperative style code.
To the accomplishment of the foregoing and related ends, certain illustrative aspects of the claimed subject matter are described herein in connection with the following description and the annexed drawings. These aspects are indicative of various ways in which the subject matter may be practiced, all of which are intended to be within the scope of the claimed subject matter. Other advantages and novel features may become apparent from the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the drawings.
Systems and methods are provided hereinafter for affording a declarative manner of parsing data without loading an entire structure to memory. In other words, data can be described in a clear and concise manner and processed efficiently. Efficient processing is accomplished utilizing data streaming or and/or selective materialization. Further, various mechanisms are disclosed to confront specific processing circumstances. For example, mechanisms are provided for efficiently processing nested queries and branch queries.
Various aspects of the subject disclosure are now described with reference to the annexed drawings, wherein like numerals refer to like or corresponding elements throughout. It should be understood, however, that the drawings and detailed description relating thereto are not intended to limit the claimed subject matter to the particular form disclosed. Rather, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the claimed subject matter.
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The interface component 110 receives, retrieves or otherwise acquires or obtains code that describes data to be parsed. According to an aspect of this disclosure, the code can be specified in a declarative style or fashion. Declarative specification relates to generally declaring what needs to be done, rather than specifically outlining actual steps that need to be performed (e.g., imperative specification). By way of example, and not limitation, a declarative specification can correspond to a SQL (Structured Query Language) "select, from, where" query, FLWOR (For, Let, Where, Order Return) expression or the like. In one implementation, declarative code can be included as a language integrated query, wherein query operations, like SQL statements, are natively supported as first class citizens of a programming language.
The parse component 120 can receive or retrieve declarative code directly or indirectly from the interface component 110. Upon receipt or access, the parse component 120 can parse or process an identified data structure 130 in accordance with the declarative code and optionally return a result dependent upon an operation. In one instance, the declarative code can correspond to a query that returns a subset of data from the data structure 130, which can include, without limitation, XML (eXtensible Markup Language), objects (e.g., scripting language objects in JSON—JavaScript™ Object Notation), directories, comma separated files (CVS), database tables, data streams, music and video.
Moreover, parse component 120 can process data efficiently without requiring an entire data structure to be materialized in memory. In many cases, data structures are very large collections of data. As a result, loading the entire structure to memory prior to performing any operations thereon may be impossible and/or unaffordable. Furthermore, even when a structure is smaller, materialization of the whole structure may be inefficient in terms of processing and/or resource allocation. The parse component 120 addresses these concerns by utilizing data streaming alone or in conjunction with selective and/or transient materialization. Data can be processed serially or iteratively one element at a time where possible. In this manner, a memory footprint is limited substantially to the size of each element or a small group of elements. Memory space can also be reused or made available for recapture (e.g., garbage collection) after each element is processed. Additionally or alternatively, portions of a data structure can be materialized to memory, for example, where an operation or group of operations is unable to be effectuated in a single pass or serial manner.
It is to be appreciated that the system 100 can be implemented in many different manners. In one instance, system 100 and/or components thereof can be implemented as an application programming interface (API). For example, functionality provided by the parse component 120 and/or interface component 110 can be embodied as external program method calls (e.g., "stream( )," "materialize( )" . . . ). Alternatively, the functionality can be incorporated within a program language (e.g., XPath, XQuery . . . ), among other things, to facilitate efficient code generation and/or query execution, for instance.
For purposes of clarity and understanding, consider a problem of consuming or parsing huge amounts of XML. For the sake of a concrete example, consider the following book list:
One problem with conventional query-enabled XML APIs as well as language implementations (e.g., XPath, XQuery, XSLT . . . ) is that they assume an in-memory representation for XML trees. However, as previously mentioned, an in-memory representation may not be possible and/or affordable. Accordingly, more efficient query semantics (or parsing approach) is needed such that serialized input is processed (say parsed) more directly and smaller portions are materialized in memory transiently.
In principle, low-level parsing APIs can be employed to process XML without loading it into memory. However, these low-level APIs require special programming skills and are cumbersome as well as error-prone. More specifically, use of such technology requires developers write specialized and complicated code to keep track of what they have seen before against that for which they are looking, essentially managing state. This becomes increasingly difficult as a function of data size, so much so that it is essentially impossible to do complicated things because the complexity quickly overwhelms a developer.
The data parsing system 100 provides a solution to identified issues with conventional technology. In particular, declarative style code can be employed utilizing functional programming-like idioms such as SQL (Structured Language Query)/LINQ (Language Integrated Query)/FLWOR (For, Let, Where, Order Return)-like queries over serialized and/or selectively materialized data. As a result, queries can be both efficiently written and executed.
In the example, an XML data source can be open for parsing, rather than loading the entire content. In this case, the code segment "var books=XElement.Load("Books.xml");" can be replaced with "var books=XElement.Open("Books.xml");" or the like. The original, in-memory query provided above can be preserved, as is, —if a suitable semantics is assumed of API members. Essentially, the query should be executed as a single sequential pass over the input. The query in question is indeed simple enough to lend itself to such an execution. As a result, the declarative style of an API for in-memory XML queries is preserved where the input is not to be loaded into memory but instead serialized.
The above example pertains to a simple data structure and query conducive to a full streaming implementation. It is to be appreciated that a number of more complicated scenarios can be addressed with differing mechanisms can be to preserve both code and execution efficiency. In effect, an optimal point can be located in a spectrum from fully serialized to fully materialized as a function of declarative code and/or a data structure. Similarly, degree of code declarativeness can also be impacted by the same or like factors.
Turning to
The load component 120 provides a mechanism for shallow loading of data in memory 215 (e.g., cache, RAM, volatile storage . . . ). In accordance with an aspect of the claimed subject matter, portions of code can be explicitly or implicitly designated for streaming at each level of a structure or iteration. This designated code is also referred to as a payload. Information not identified as a payload can be referred to as a preamble. All or part of a preamble can be materialized to support serialization of a payload. Load component 120 can open a file and perform shallow loading of memory with such information.
The stream component 220 evaluates designated data serially. Elements are retrieved iteratively and materialized to memory 215. Once the element is evaluated from memory, it can be replaced with subsequent element or alternatively made available for recapture by a garbage collector, for example. It should be appreciated that the stream component 220 can also utilize other information loaded to memory 215 by the load component 210. Further yet, the stream component 220 can also employ the load component 210 to perform shallow loading of data to facilitate nested evaluation.
The parse component 120 can generate a serialized structure 300 in memory 215 as depicted in
The load component 210 and stream component 220 effectively allow streaming or sliding over an input. During this process, some data such as that corresponding to preamble information can be loaded to memory. Other data can be iteratively processed. Further yet, the iterative processing of data can utilize preamble information loaded in memory, among other things to aid data evaluation. Accordingly, parse component 120 is not limited to extremely rigid data. It can easily handle variations in structure such as where there is preamble information before elements of interest.
A concrete example is now provided to clarify aspects not to limit the claimed subject matter thereto. Consider the following XML tree for a product catalog (e.g., a wine catalog), whose products are further grouped in categories.
The trouble with this query is that there are no reasonable parsing semantics for executing the query in a single-pass manner. The crux of the problem is that iteration is expressed over products of a "category" element while the "id" element of a category needs to be looked up. In general, the same element should not be queried twice under a single-pass parsing semantics. In addition, one should not assume that both queries can be performed in a single pass (in a sort of interleaved fashion), although this may be possible, because of order constraints on the results of the two queries. In the example, the "id" element should be inspected first and then "product" elements filtered based thereon. The original query does not promise this particular order among "id" and "product" elements.
This problem can be solved by requiring a programmer to list up-front element labels for iteration at each level of the tree, when the XML data source is set up. Alternatively, these labels may be able to be omitted where they can be inferred or otherwise determined automatically. The identified elements are also called the payload of parsing (say streaming) (or simply payload), whereas all elements before such payload elements compromise what is referred to as the preamble. In the example, categories and products amount to the payload at the two levels under the rooting catalog element, wherein the "id" element appears in the preamble of the "category" elements (e.g., before the payload of the "category" elements, which are the "product" elements).
The capability of nested iteration can be added to an existing in-memory API as follows. Instead of a complete Load(. . . ), a LoadStream(. . . ) operation can be utilized, which sets up the element labels for the payload:
In general, preamble elements are materialized and parented. Hence, preamble elements can be queried in a conventional manner. The payload is accessed by a designated Stream( ) method (a new axis so to say) which parses the payload in its serialized form. Clearly, one can iterate over the payload only once.
The earlier in-memory query for printing selected product names evolves as follows: queries for the payload (based on the Elements axis) are basically replaced by a new Stream axis and the query regarding the preamble remains unchanged as shown below:
Now consider execution and memory state of the above code. First, the "wines.xml" file can be opened and some verification performed to unsure a valid starting state. The catalog element is then shallow loaded until it hits the first category element, because that is a designated element over which iteration is to occur. At this point the memory state resembles:
The remainder of execution is driven by the query. The first line says iterate over the stream of "category" elements in the "wine" catalog. Elements returned by this streaming are again trees that subject to a new level of distinction between materialized preamble and iterate-once payload. In this case, the payload is the nested product element. Accordingly, shallow loading can be performed loading preamble information up until the "product" element. The resulting memory state resembles:
Next or concurrently, the data can be filtered by the "where" clause to identify only categories of including the id "extra-super." As a result, categories that are not labled "extra-super" can be thrown away or alternatively information pertaining thereto never materailized. The resulting memory state resembles:
Finally, products for this single category can be iterated over and printed to a screen. The result identifies three wines "Bordeaux, ChÔteau Mouton-Rothschild," "Bordeaux, ChÔteau Brane-Cantenac" and "Vinho Verde, Alianca." Since there is no preamble information for products, they can simply be materialized, evaluated, and thrown away one by one. Accordingly, "product" element need only be transiently resident such that only one element is in memory at a time. For the first element the memory state can resemble:
As can be observed, streaming processing of nested queries results in substantially less memory utilization than full materialization. Although a rudimentary statistic, the above example results in a total of approximately twelve lines of code materailized compared to twenty-eight for complete structure materialization. Furthermore, memory state fluxates such that the average amount of code is even less. This translates to enormous memory savings for much larger structures.
To summarize, XML trees are loaded into the memory in a shallow fashion such that loading stops at the previously identified payload of the XML input. While the preamble of the payload can be queried in the normal manner, the payload is queried at most once by a special streaming member. The reliable distinction between preamble and payload rests on up-front identification of labels for payload elements through all levels of nesting. Each element returned by the streaming member is again a shallow XML tree that is subjected to a new level of distinction between materialized preamble and iterate-once payload. These shallow elements are never parented and hence can be easily recovered by garbage collection.
The previously described exemplary idiom may be limited in some ways. For instance, the descendant axis and the provision of functional updates would require non-trivial elaborations of the idiom. Additionally, diverse use of the original XML-tree type for preamble elements and non-parented payload elements may count as pragmatic.
A more general and principled approach is to designate a new object type to serialize a data structure, for example "XElementReader" to serialized XML trees. An instance of the object can denote a pointer to a serialized structure. Object methods and/or functions can be similar to that of an in-memory object except that a method can exist for opening streaming data rather than loading data into memory. Similarly, rather than returning materialized sub-trees, pointers to serialized trees can be returned. In this manner, very similar programming models can exist for both in-memory and streaming semantics, if there are two implementations. One that works in memory and the other that reads over serialized structures.
In terms of XML and the previous example, an XElementReader instance can denote a pointer to a serialized tree:
In sum, parsing semantics opens a data source, and query execution seeks into the serialized structure driven by a downward query. Many of these axes can be executed under a parsing semantics. Essentially, all axes for downward queries are conveniently enabled for the parsing semantics, while some additional forward queries could also be enabled. However, the parsing semantics can be limited such that at most one query can be applied to each given node. This restriction is implied by the single-pass sequential nature of parsing semantics. The following is a table of typical XML queries and comments on serial parsing semantics:
Referring to
However, in some instance, serial or iterate-once processing may not be desirable or even possible. Accordingly, the parse component 120 can include a native, or interact with a foreign, materialization component 410. The materialization component 410 is a mechanism for materializing portions of a data structure to memory 215 (e.g., implicitly or explicitly) to facilitate evaluation. In one instance, the materialization component 410 can be utilized as an escape from serial processing to richer in-memory processing. However, materialized portions need not be parented with other portions of structures thereby making them available for garbage collection after use. Further yet, it should also be appreciated that materialization component 410 can be employed to add in-memory processing such that a portions of a structure are evaluated in-memory and others serially.
To aid understanding, consider the problem of listing all books on loan from an XML document of a large number of books. The following is a reference solution utilizing an in-memory language integrated query.
The sample code evolves as follows (note the use of the new object type "XElementReader" previously described):
The materialization component 410 can also be utilized to facilitate specification of order constraints, which normally are not done in in-memory cases. More specifically, the materialization component 410 can interact with the load component 210, memory 215 and/or stream component 220 to materialize a portion of data up until a certain designated point (e.g., MaterializeUntil(x)). Further yet, a serialized structure can be constructed including a preamble and payload as previously described with respect to nested iteration.
The query axes as discussed so far, for "XElementReader" for example, cover chaining but branching is not valid. For instance, the following code pattern is invalid; an attempt is made to "dot" twice into the same "XElementReader" instance "xre:"
The distinction between preamble and payload that was already made for nested iteration can be re-enabled here. To this end, an original axis, "MaterializeUntil," for ordered, branching queries with parsing semantics is added. Here is the necessary revision of the branching query:
The aforementioned systems, architectures and the like have been described with respect to interaction between several components. It should be appreciated that such systems and components can include those components or sub-components specified therein, some of the specified components or sub-components, and/or additional components. Sub-components could also be implemented as components communicatively coupled to other components rather than included within parent components. Further yet, one or more components and/or sub-components may be combined into a single component to provide aggregate functionality. Communication between systems, components and/or sub-components can be accomplished in accordance with either a push and/or pull model. The components may also interact with one or more other components not specifically described herein for the sake of brevity, but known by those of skill in the art.
Furthermore, as will be appreciated, various portions of the disclosed systems and methods may include or consist of artificial intelligence, machine learning, or knowledge or rule based components, sub-components, processes, means, methodologies, or mechanisms (e.g., support vector machines, neural networks, expert systems, Bayesian belief networks, fuzzy logic, data fusion engines, classifiers . . . ). Such components, inter alia, can automate certain mechanisms or processes performed thereby to make portions of the systems and methods more adaptive as well as efficient and intelligent. By way of example and not limitation, the parse component 120 can utilize such mechanisms to infer element labels for payloads and/or implicitly identify and initialize materialization of structure where need for code parsing that employs serial parsing semantics.
In view of the exemplary systems described supra, methodologies that may be implemented in accordance with the disclosed subject matter will be better appreciated with reference to the flow charts of
Referring to
Turning attention to
At reference numeral 810, a source is open for serial parsing. A select portion of data can be materialized in memory at 820, for example of in accordance with a "MaterializeUntil" method. In one instance, a serialized structure can be creates as described with respect to nesting such that a preamble is materialized up to a pointer to a payload to be iteratively processed. At reference 830, a first branch query is processed utilizing the in-memory data structure. At numeral 840, a second branch query or the like can be serially evaluated. This scenario assumes that elements described by the first query appear in order before elements of the second query.
It is to be appreciated that the branch query method 800 incorporates aspects described regarding nested queries including utilizing a serialized structure including preambles and payloads. Moreover, it is to be noted that method 800 can applied to nested query processing.
As used herein, the terms "component," "system" and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, either hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an instance, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and/or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a computer and the computer can be a component. One or more components may reside within a process and/or thread of execution and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers.
The word "exemplary" is used herein to mean serving as an example, instance or illustration. Any aspect or design described herein as "exemplary" is not necessarily to be construed as preferred or advantageous over other aspects or designs. Furthermore, examples are provided solely for purposes of clarity and understanding and are not meant to limit the subject innovation or relevant portion thereof in any manner. It is to be appreciated that a myriad of additional or alternate examples could have been presented, but have been omitted for purposes of brevity.
As used herein, the term "inference" or "infer" refers generally to the process of reasoning about or inferring states of the system, environment, and/or user from a set of observations as captured via events and/or data. Inference can be employed to identify a specific context or action, or can generate a probability distribution over states, for example. The inference can be probabilistic—that is, the computation of a probability distribution over states of interest based on a consideration of data and events. Inference can also refer to techniques employed for composing higher-level events from a set of events and/or data. Such inference results in the construction of new events or actions from a set of observed events and/or stored event data, whether or not the events are correlated in close temporal proximity, and whether the events and data come from one or several event and data sources. Various classification schemes and/or systems (e.g., support vector machines, neural networks, expert systems, Bayesian belief networks, fuzzy logic, data fusion engines . . . ) can be employed in connection with performing automatic and/or inferred action in connection with the subject innovation.
Furthermore, all or portions of the subject innovation may be implemented as a method, apparatus or article of manufacture using standard programming and/or engineering techniques to produce software, firmware, hardware, or any combination thereof to control a computer to implement the disclosed innovation. The term "article of manufacture" as used herein is intended to encompass a computer program accessible from any computer-readable device or media. For example, computer readable media can include but are not limited to magnetic storage devices (e.g., hard disk, floppy disk, magnetic strips . . . ), optical disks (e.g., compact disk (CD), digital versatile disk (DVD) . . . ), smart cards, and flash memory devices (e.g., card, stick, key drive . . . ). Additionally it should be appreciated that a carrier wave can be employed to carry computer-readable electronic data such as those used in transmitting and receiving electronic mail or in accessing a network such as the Internet or a local area network (LAN). Of course, those skilled in the art will recognize many modifications may be made to this configuration without departing from the scope or spirit of the claimed subject matter.
In order to provide a context for the various aspects of the disclosed subject matter,
With reference to
The system memory 916 includes volatile and nonvolatile memory. The basic input/output system (BIOS), containing the basic routines to transfer information between elements within the computer 912, such as during start-up, is stored in nonvolatile memory. By way of illustration, and not limitation, nonvolatile memory can include read only memory (ROM). Volatile memory includes random access memory (RAM), which can act as external cache memory to facilitate processing.
Computer 912 also includes removable/non-removable, volatile/non-volatile computer storage media.
The computer 912 also includes one or more interface components 926 that are communicatively coupled to the bus 918 and facilitate interaction with the computer 912. By way of example, the interface component 926 can be a port (e.g., serial, parallel, PCMCIA, USB, FireWire™ port . . . ) or an interface card (e.g., sound, video, network . . . ) or the like. The interface component 926 can receive input and provide output (wired or wirelessly). For instance, input can be received from devices including but not limited to, a pointing device such as a mouse, trackball, stylus, touch pad, keyboard, microphone, joystick, game pad, satellite dish, scanner, camera, other computer and the like. Output can also be supplied by the computer 912 to output device(s) via interface component 926. Output devices can include displays (e.g., CRT, LCD, plasma . . . ), speakers, printers and other computers, among other things.
The system 1000 includes a communication framework 1050 that can be employed to facilitate communications between the client(s) 1010 and the server(s) 1030. The client(s) 1010 are operatively connected to one or more client data store(s) 1060 that can be employed to store information local to the client(s) 1010. Similarly, the server(s) 1030 are operatively connected to one or more server data store(s) 1040 that can be employed to store information local to the servers 1030. For example, data housed in server store 1040 can be parsed on a client 1010 wherein the data is streamed from a server 1030 to a client 1010 over the communication framework 1050.
What has been described above includes examples of aspects of the claimed subject matter. It is, of course, not possible to describe every conceivable combination of components or methodologies for purposes of describing the claimed subject matter, but one of ordinary skill in the art may recognize that many further combinations and permutations of the disclosed subject matter are possible. Accordingly, the disclosed subject matter is intended to embrace all such alterations, modifications and variations that fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Furthermore, to the extent that the terms "includes," "has" or "having" or variations in form thereof are used in either the detailed description or the claims, such terms are intended to be inclusive in a manner similar to the term "comprising" as "comprising" is interpreted when employed as a transitional word in a claim.
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Posted by Anonymous on 07/02/2012
So I go to the energy kitchen in the financial district for lunch today. I must say it did not meet my expectations. I was surprised in the high price for the small size in food. I understand that everything is under 500 cal. However, I believe that I should not pay 10$ for a meal that can fit in one hand and I am a small person. If your looking for a filling lunch skip this place, but if you are really watching your figure with a money grows on trees budget then this is the place for you!
Posted by Healthy Gal on 05/11/2010
Atmosphere: The kitchen looked spotless. The seating area was a bit cramped/basically non-existant, though. I consider this place more of a take-out spot. Food: I grabbed the Veggie burger on my first visit and the salmon salad on my second. Veggie burger was not bad, but nothing spectacular - run of the mill mixed veggie patty that you've probably had before. It's the premade stuff that a lot of restaurants serve (unfortuately). It was very filling though. My burger/bun was not burned or dry at all like the other reviewers experienced. The salad was %50 off due to a promo running this month. Eh, there was not very much salmon. The salad was so incredibly blah. Would not order again. Not worth the full price. Cool Points: You can schedule when you'd like the food to be ready by ordering online. You don't have to wait in line!
Posted by r-rubs on 04/12/2010
seriously... this was the worst egg sandi i ever had. hands down, end of story! i woulndt even throw it a t a food fight ! yuck !
Posted by anonymous on 03/01/2010
I've tried different kinds of burgers at this place and either the bun or the patty is burned. I dont get it. I've had turkey burgers and had to smother it in ketchup becuase it was so dry. and i've had chicken burgers there but had to get rid of the bun because it was burned. I'm paying full price on my lunch i expect to be able to eat everything that I purchased.
Posted by flickergrl on 12/28/2009
the wraps are pretty good... they do a decent "healthy" chicken parmigiana. stay away from the burgers though - they're totally lackluster and dry.
Posted by Anonymous on 11/22/2009
I was looking for a healthy choice in wall street area and found Energy Kitchen. So I order chicken and mixed veggies, it could have been a micorowavable meal the way that thing tasted and the size of the dish. Not worth the money.
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The service was really really great. They have the perfect source of guilt free selections of breakfast lunch and dinner to choose from! My favorite is the salmon and the bison burger, the seared tuna is a must try!


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Thursday, February 14, 2013
The older I get, the more anxious I become about personal illness. When I was in my 20s, I never gave much thought to every odd ache or pain it was mostly just a muscular thing. But today when I experience a sudden twinge, Im sure its major organ failure.
So, if I may channel Jeff Foxworthy along these lines, you too might be a hypochondriac if .
- Youre afraid to go fishing in case you catch something.
- Every birthday, you treat yourself to a spa, massage, and MRI.
- You continually pester your pharmacist to email you when the FDA approves a home colonoscopy kit.
- On vacations, you check into the hospital before the hotel.
- Your favorite reference web site is Sickipedia.
- You plan on attending Hypochondriac Anonymous meetings, but always phone in sick.
- You dread going to the supermarket in case a cashier asks if youre ready to check out.
- When offered Tic Tacs, you explain that you can only take two every four hours, after meals, with a glass of water.
- You have more doctors than friends.
- There are some TV shows you can never watch, like Deadliest Catch.
- You swear you heard the doctor whisper to the nurse well know more after the autopsy.
- Your cell phone plugs into a stethoscope.
- For recreation, you touch up your X-rays with Photoshop.
- Drug dealers regularly visit your home, but they're from Pfizer, Merck, or Johnson & Johnson.
- Your favorite bedtime story to read to the kids is Goldilocks and the Three Bayers.
- You wear a medical gown to bed.
- You live in fear of back injury whenever you jump to conclusions.
- You don't believe laughter is the best medicine; it's morphine.
- Youre too scared to use Preparation H because you wonder what was wrong with Preparations A-G.
- You believe you suffer from several previously unknown ailments including: Mississippi Ladybug Fever, Fatal Late-night TV Insomnia, Bookworm, Lemon-Lime Disease, and Irritable Spouse Syndrome.
- You avoid roofers for fear of shingles.
- Each Valentines Day you send a card to your cardiologist.
- Your family has to eat meals off a physicians examination table in your dining room.
- And, you might just be a hypochondriac, if you ask to be buried with a first aid kit.
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Friday, October 25, 2013
Class 4
Lt. Douglas Wright is a bit scary. He starts tonight's class - on patrol procedures and officer survival - the same way he begins with potential recruits. There's a method to his approach, he says. Often, by the time he is through with the recruits, their numbers have diminished significantly. They have decided police work isn't really for them.
This is not a bad thing. Wright's job is to make sure his officers survive police work and to do so they need to understand what they are getting into.
Wright is currently the night shift watch commander at SPD. He has 17 years in law enforcement.
As he speaks, we are passing around a duty belt. As it makes its way from person to person, we all somewhat casually look at it and pass it on. It reaches the last person and Wright takes it back and holds it up.
Summerville Police Department has only ever lost one officer. His name is Officer William Bell. It is his duty belt that we have examined.
There is a collective intake of breath when we hear this.
Bell was Wright's father-in-law.
Wright's scariness takes another form. It is more passion than anger or bullying. Wright has seen, he says, "more incidents than I can count of officers who have nearly or who have lost their life here in Flowertown in the Pines."
Bell and off-duty Deputy Eugene Marion Wright were assisting a motorist change a tire when another vehicle slammed into them, killing the two officers and injuring the female motorist. The driver then tried to leave the scene but citizens restrained him until the police came.
Wright tours the country doing training on police survival.
It is, he says, often about reading body language, being aware of what is around you and not becoming complacent.
He tells us there are three true problem groups in society - The three Ds: Drunks, Drugs and Deranged.
For the rest of the three-hour class we are slammed with video after video - graphic and unforgiving - showing police officers being shot, beaten up, run over and, in most cases, killed.
With each video, Wright points out either what the officer should have seen to protect him or herself, or what the officer did wrong.
He offers statistics: 71 percent of line-of-duty deaths are by handgun; 14 percent by "other;" 11 percent by rifle and 4 percent by shotgun.
In 2006, South Carolina was the most violent state in the nation. In 2011, it was down to the 11th most violent. Further, he points out, S.C. is a drug corridor state, with easy access to guns, lower education and a hot climate…all factors in crime vs. law enforcement.
Suddenly we realize it is after 9 p.m. and the class is over. One by one we bring our jaws back to normal, stiff from hanging down so long. It will be a very difficult night for falling asleep…too many awful images of good cops making a split-second mistake and paying the ultimate price.
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It's the most wonderful time of the year! (What?! I say it all starts with Thanksgiving!) My mom does the hosting every year, preparing the turkey and ham (we have both), dressing, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, cranberry salad, and a few pies. Then everyone else chips in with more sides, salads, and desserts.
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Fall 2012
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An examination of major 20th-century trends in American psychology and their 18th- and 19th-century social and intellectual roots. Topics include physiological and philosophical origins of scientific psychology; growth of American developmental, comparative, social, and clinical psychology; and the cognitive revolution. Prerequisite: any 200-level survey course. Haverford: Social Science (SO)
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Documentation of Bukit Brown and Seh Ong Cemeteries
Following the announcement, in 2011, that a dual-four lane carriageway will be built through the Bukit Brown and Seh Ong cemeteries, this project was commissioned to document parts of the cemeteries that would be affected by the road project.
In taking these Chinese cemeteries as an object of anthropological-historical study, this project adopts a holistic approach that considers the cemeteries as organic spaces embedded within a larger socio-economic and cultural ecology.
The documentation work involves, firstly, the inscriptions and features of graves, which provide narratives on the cultural biography of the deceased and material culture of the cemeteries. Secondly, the project documents the religio-cultural life and memories associated with the cemeteries, which give a sense of the role the cemeteries play in the socio-cultural life and history of the nation. Thirdly, the project looks into rituals and processes associated with exhumation and re-interment of remains, and as such, the cultural attitudes toward the dead.
This project is multi-disciplinary in nature and incorporates the methods and approaches of epigraphic studies, genealogy studies, architecture, ethnography, oral history, visual sociology and communications studies in mining the multiple layers of heritage associated with the cemeteries. As far as possible, the rich data unearthed through such methods will be organized within a geographic information system framework.
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The school districts in North Chicago and downstate East St. Louis are a step away from a state takeover.
As WBBM Newsradio's Dave Dahl reports, the Illinois State Board of Education will vote Thursday on whether to take over the school districts in the two municipalities.
Both have failed to meet state academic standards for enough years that state Education Supt. Chris Koch says there's little choice under the law.
"If a school district hasn't made the academic benchmark for a certain number of years, we're required to intervene. What we have in these districts is a longstanding problem," he said.