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Field codes in a word processor are an extremely powerful tool, often used completely in the background to:
- set auto numbering
- create bulleted lists
- insert the date and time or page number
- perform a number of additional tasks that are normally transparent to the user.
All of these tasks can be done manually as well by hand-editing the field codes, and there are a number of documents devoted to explaining this process. There are a few processes, however, that are not easily done without using field codes manually, and this document will explain one of these: how to create special combined characters (i.e. one character above another) in Microsoft Word that are not available in the normal character sets.
Things You'll Need
- Any recent version of Microsoft Word. Almost all versions of Word ever published support field codes, but only the versions from Word 97 and onward use the same syntax. Some other word processors support field codes, but syntax and capabilities can vary dramatically.
1Start with Word open and the cursor in the position where the new symbol is to be inserted.
2Hit Ctrl-F9 (PC) or cmd-F9 (Mac) to insert a new field code. Curly braces will appear.
3Between the curly braces, type EQ \o(X1,X2). In place of X1, type the letter/number/character that will appear on the bottom in the new symbol, and in place of X2 type the letter/number/character that will appear on the top.
4Remove any extra spaces! The only space between the curly braces should be between EQ and \o. Word inputs extra spaces that will have to be deleted manually.
5Press Shift-F9 (both PC and Mac) to update the field code and display the new symbol.
- You must either have the entire field code highlighted or be clicked into the field code for this to work.
- If there are any problems, just highlight the character (or error message, or blank space, etc.) and press Shift-F9 to display the field code again. Proceed to edit it as needed.
- See the Troubleshooting Tips below for more information about problems you may encounter here.
Editing a Symbol's Height or Size
If a symbol isn't in the right place (too high or too low,) edit the position using the following steps. The image shows an overline that is through the middle of the character.
Note: these steps are for PC only, steps on a Mac might be slightly different.
1Expand the field code by highlighting and pressing Shift-F9.
2Highlight the symbol that needs to be changed, then right-click on it and click Font.
3Go to the "Character Spacing" tab across the top.
4Edit the "Position" field. It can be raised or lowered. Try 1 pt increments to start, and keep trying until the symbol is positioned exactly where desired. You can also type in a number, including decimals (i.e. 1.5,) for the amount of change in position.
5When done, click "OK" and then Shift-F9 to view the updated symbol. The one pictured below is a bit too high, as it is raised 5 points from normal.
In addition to adjusting the position of the character, adjust the size if needed (it's called "Scaling" in the Font properties box.) Select an option from the list or type in a percentage (up to 600%.)
Stacked Field Codes
Field codes can be stacked! One field can be put inside another. The image below shows a field code and the result as an example of this. The x is raised 3 pts, the degree symbol is raised 6 pts, and the z is lowered 3 pts.
- Remove extra spaces in the field code! Leaving an extra space can make the result look abnormal, or generate an error message.
- Check for missing or extra parentheses: ( or ). Make sure you have them all in the proper place.
- Check for extra spaces within the field code, this can cause problems with left-right centering. This is usually caused by (for example) an extra space after the comma (i.e. \o(x, ^) instead of \o(x,^).
- Edit the position of the character if you need. Some fonts work better than others; for instance, Times New Roman has a high macron (the overline character,) but Calibri has a low one. You can change fonts, or edit the position of the character as outlined in the Editing a Symbol's Height or Size section.
- It is better and safer to separate the letter (Q) and the symbol (macron) in this case with a semicolon (;) than by a comma Works every time!
- Use this method to create virtually any symbol, including letters stacked on top of each other, as well as the more standard symbols.
- If you want to create multiple characters in a row, you can do this all in one field code. Each character after the comma will show up above the corresponding character before the comma (see image below for an example.)


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In the realm of botanical research, the intersection of technology and traditional histological techniques has paved the way for groundbreaking discoveries. One indispensable tool that has revolutionized plant histology is the embedding center. This exploration delves into the pivotal role embedding centers play in botanical research, nurturing precision and providing researchers with insightful glimpses into the intricate world of plant tissues.
Botanical research often involves the delicate study of plant tissues, demanding a level of precision that traditional methods sometimes struggle to achieve. Embedding centers bring a symphony of precision to the process of tissue preservation, ensuring that the intricate structures of plant tissues are captured with unparalleled accuracy. This precision begins with the controlled embedding of plant specimens in specialized mediums, preserving their cellular arrangements and morphological features.
In the intricate dance of botanical structures, from the intricate vascular bundles of leaves to the delicate trichomes on stems, embedding centers excel in maintaining the integrity of these features. By providing a controlled environment and precise embedding parameters, these centers ensure that plant tissues are preserved in a state that faithfully represents their natural form. This precision becomes crucial for researchers aiming to unravel the mysteries of plant anatomy and development.
One of the remarkable contributions of embedding centers to botanical research lies in their ability to produce thin sections of plant tissues. These sections, created with precision and consistency, serve as windows into the intricate world of plant morphology. Researchers can study these embedded sections under a microscope, revealing the nuances of cell types, tissue structures, and developmental patterns with unparalleled clarity.
This insightful exploration into plant morphology extends beyond basic anatomy. Researchers can delve into specific cellular processes, such as cell division and differentiation, gaining a deeper understanding of how plants grow and respond to their environments. The precision in creating embedded sections allows for detailed observations that form the foundation for informed botanical studies and contribute to the broader knowledge of plant biology.
Botanical research encompasses a vast array of plant species, each with its own unique characteristics and challenges. Embedding centers showcase their versatility by offering tailored solutions for studying diverse plant tissues. Whether dealing with soft tissues prone to distortion or rigid structures requiring specialized handling, embedding centers provide researchers with the tools to navigate the intricacies of different plant species.
For example, the delicate nature of flowers and fruits, often challenging to preserve using traditional methods, becomes an area of expertise for embedding centers. These centers allow researchers to capture the beauty and complexity of reproductive structures with precision, contributing to a comprehensive understanding of plant reproduction and development. The versatility of embedding centers becomes a botanical kaleidoscope, enabling researchers to explore the diversity of plant life with a level of detail that was once challenging to achieve.
In conclusion, embedding centers have become indispensable allies in the realm of botanical research, nurturing precision and offering insightful glimpses into the vibrant world of plant histology. From preserving delicate tissues with accuracy to illuminating intricate plant morphology and adapting to the diverse needs of different plant species, embedding centers stand as essential tools, enabling researchers to unravel the secrets hidden within the botanical tapestry.

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Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2015: Ökonomische Entwicklung - Theorie und Politik - Session: Financial Economics V E10-V2
The use of informal finance is primarily discussed in the context of developing countries and start-up businesses. Survey data used in this study, however, shows that ''Family and Friends'' (F\&F) finance is also remarkably widespread among established firms in Germany, a highly developed country. Establishing a causal link, Instrumental Variables estimations in this study show that firms use F\&F finance in response to credit constraints. Considering that welfare gains from financial intermediation no longer materialize when firms go informal, this result is of utmost importance in the analysis of the consequences of a non-functioning financial system, even in developed economies.

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HIC – High-Income Country
High-income countries are those that have an average income per person above a figure that is worked out each year by the World Bank. For instance, in 2013 the high-income figure was 12,746 US dollars (or equivalent).
He had hiccups (HIC) after stuffing his face with ice cream. He could afford to, being from such a high-income country.
Refer to Mammoth Memory remembering numbers before trying to understand the following:
How to remember 12,746 dollars is the amount high-income countries were based on in 2013:
Try to imagine that after the high-income person finished his ice cream, he went home in a tank.
And in Mammoth Memory's numbers system:
TANK = 127
Then imagine it was rush hour and the tank got caught in a traffic jam.
In the Mammoth Memory number system:
RUSH = 46
When used together:
TANK RUSH = 12746
PLEASE NOTE: This figure is updated every year by the World Bank. As you get closer to your exam you might want to update the figures you will use. We chose 2013 as an example, to show you how easy it can be to remember specific numbers.


text: 11. There are plans for future development to enhance tourism, including hotels and a cable railway line to Mt. 12. The construction of a cable railway between Ligerz and Pr�les in 1912 turned it into a minor tourist destination. 13. When the Brake was again closed in 1986, it was the last standard gauge cable railway operating in the UK. 14. Numerous streetcar Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway, originated / terminated at the station until bustitution was completed on August 7, 1949. 15. An old cable railway constructed by Stanko Bloudek is also part of Slovene culture heritage and was completely restored in 2014. 16. Built in 1974, the cable railway was one of the first of its kind with a tunnel passing through a mountainside. 17. The, referred to as, is a cable railway line owned and operated by the Kintetsu Railway, a Japanese major private railway. 18. Two cars on a historic cable railway in downtown Los Angeles collided Thursday, killing one person and injuring seven, authorities said. 19. A specific type of cable railway is the funicular, which is a cable railway with the cars permanently fixed to the cable. 20. Two cars on a historic cable railway in downtown Los Angeles collided Thursday, injuring eight people, three of them critically, authorities said.


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The first phase of hydrodynamic testing has been undertaken with the aim of establishing the characteristics of water flow around a solid structure like the prototype Ocean Hydro Electricity Generator plant. A scale model of the plant was used in various depths and velocities of water flow to demonstrate the venturi system in operation and to note the turbulent effects of the structure. The venturi system caused a significant increase in water velocity through the O.H.E.G. channel. It is estimated that the velocity increased by two thirds of the original water velocity.
Turbulence was created at the leading edges of the structure and at the trailing edges, as to be expected. It was clear that there was an area of turbulent water in the venturi entrance extending slightly into the channel before the water flow regained a laminar form. Turbines would need to be positioned out of the area of turbulent water. The O.H.E.G. structure also creates an increase in water velocity on the outer edge of the chamber. This shows that two prototype units positioned adjacent to each other would be more efficient than one individual unit.
The test apparatus also allowed various different channel widths to be simulated. This showed that there was a greater increase in velocity by reducing the channel width but a much larger area of turbulent water was also created. Increasing the channel width reduced the velocity of the water flow and reduced the turbulence. It appears that a channel width of double one chamber width is preferable. This is due to water velocity being the main factor affecting the kinetic energy present in a body of flowing water. The higher the velocity the higher the kinetic energy and hence more power can be extracted from the water flow. This indicates that a smaller channel would be more efficient; however there is sharp increase in turbulence within the channel when smaller widths are simulated. Turbulence is not desirable and should be limited as much as possible.
The illustration shows observed fluid flow and turbulence, proving the venturi theory.


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1,887 search results for vro
The following historic report
Upper Goulburn Catchment Proclamation - Soil Conservation and Land Utilisation Acts:
Soils of the Mallee Region.
This report was prepared by Bruce Cockroft in 1965 for the former Department of Agriculture. It provides a systematic study of the depositional systems in the Goulburn Valley area in relation to soils and their problems under irrigated horticulture.
The following report
The Goulburn Broken Region has a diverse topography with elevations ranging from 95 m above sea level along the Murray River in the north, to Mt. Buller summit being 1806 m above sea level in the mountainous south of the region. Much of the
Lurg land system
Preliminary Report on the Nillahcootie Reservoir Catchment. Soil Conservation Authority (1966):
This study describes in detail the land present in the Shire of Mitchell and provides information relevant to land use planning and assessment. It was prepared in 1996 by Evan Jones et al of the former Department of Natural Resources and Environment.


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The Istanbul BRT system is providing quality service and time savings to over 600,000
passengers per day. The local BRT system brings about a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions
of 623 tons per day in through modal shift.
Key pollutants that Istanbul's Metrobus removes from the air each year include 78.5 tons
of carbon monoxide, 282.7 tons of nitrogen oxide, 7.3 tons of fine particulate matter and 25
tons of hydrocarbons.
Overall, 250 Metrobuses carry more than one million passengers a day. From the outset, riders
only had to wait 70 seconds for the next Metrobus on certain routes during rush hour, but now
they need wait only 30 seconds. Thus, for riders, the length of their daily commute on public
transport has been reduced to a maximum of 40 minutes compared to an hour and a half in the
past. This has reduced in-vehicle travel time by about 50 per cent and increased use of
public transport helping to improve the quality of life for the people of Istanbul. Metrobus
has also helped to relieve traffic congestion on main arteries by introducing a dedicated bus
To ensure high frequency, reduced travel time and passenger safety, the authorities decided
on completely segregated bus lanes that never merge with regular traffic. Special signs have
been installed along the way to tell drivers how fast they can drive. There are also
directions indicating when to brake slowly and carefully to ensure maximum rider comfort.
Overall the benefits to the community are as follows:
- Savings on Travel Time (Per passanger): 52 min. a day; 316 hrs. a year
- Savings on Vehicle used (Removed from service): 133 İETT, 76 POB, 1.296
- Fuel Savings on Public Transportation: 242 tones fuel
- Environment: Reduction of 80.000 vehicles from roads; Daily 623 tones CO2
- Customer Satisfaction: 90 per cent Customer Satisfaction.
Istanbul's first BRT project was a pilot located in the median of the D‐100
motorway, the main East ‐West passage in Istanbul. With the pilot proving to be a
success, the city decided to create a major East‐West public transport corridor
stretching 50 km along the D‐100 motorway. And they decided that it should be a BRT
corridor. In 2009 operations began on the Asian expansion. The 43 km system, which operates
24 hours/day, is operating at or above capacity from 7 in the morning till 8 at night during
weekdays with time savings exceeding 1 hour/direction. Construction of the 10 km westward
expansion into Beylikduzu is began in 2011 and is anticipated to carry 175000 passengers, in
addition to the 600,000 passengers the corridor was already carrying. Subsequent plans are
for the network to be expanded throughout the city with the addition of 5 more corridors.
Success of the BRT has helped bring about a mindset change in the thinking around urban
transport. As a result, the city is shifting its investment away from road infrastructure
development to expanding its public transport system. In addition to the D‐100
corridor, the plans are in place to create a BRT network integrated into the existing and
planned rail and ferry infrastructure, and which extends throughout the city. Where a
full‐blown BRT system is not feasible, dedicated bus lanes are being developed.

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Viruses at Large in the UniverseJanuary 23, 2018 / Posted by: Miki Huynh
Composite image sources: Creative Commons, NASA.
In a recent paper published in Astrobiology, Kenneth Stedman, professor of biology at Portland State University and Chair of the Astrobiology Virus Focus Group supported by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, and his colleagues point to the significance of viruses in the evolution of life on Earth, making a case for studying viruses in space and the role viruses might play as biomarkers in the search for life beyond our planet.
"Astrovirology: Viruses at Large in the Universe" provides a comprehensive review of virology and the state of astrovirology, and aims to inspire stronger integration of virus research in the future of astrobiology.
A press release is available through Portland State University.
Source: [Astrobiology (via PSU)]
- 2018 Josep Comas i Sola International Summer School in Astrobiology - Applications Open
- Ocean Worlds 3 Meeting
- NAI Director Chats Podcast: Dr. Penny Boston and Dr. Jim Green
- Astrobiology Australasia
- A Virus-Bacteria Coevolutionary 'Arms Race' Solves the Diversity Paradox
- NAI Director's Seminar Series: A Talk with Jim Green
- Life on Earth Arose Early and Diversified Rapidly
- Upcoming Astrobiology Funding Opportunities
- 6th ELSI International Symposium Live Webcast
- Ancient Microbes Caused Earth's First Global Warming


Nearest-neighbor interpolation
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Nearest neighbor interpolation (blue lines) in one dimension on a (uniform) dataset (red points).
Example of nearest neighbor interpolation of a random set of points (black dots) in 2D. Each coloured cell indicates the area in which all the points have the black point in the cell as their nearest black point.
Nearest neighbor interpolation on a uniform 2D grid (black points).
Nearest-neighbor interpolation (also known as proximal interpolation or, in some contexts, point sampling) is a simple method of multivariate interpolation in one or more dimensions.
Interpolation is the problem of approximating the value of a function for a non-given point in some space when given the value of that function in points around (neighboring) that point. The nearest neighbor algorithm selects the value of the nearest point and does not consider the values of neighboring points at all, yielding a piecewise-constant interpolant. The algorithm is very simple to implement and is commonly used (usually along with mipmapping) in real-time 3D rendering to select color values for a textured surface.
Connection to Voronoi diagram[edit]
For a given set of points in space, a Voronoi diagram is a decomposition of space into cells, one for each given point, so that anywhere in space, the closest given point is inside the cell. This is equivalent to nearest neighbour interpolation, by assigning the function value at the given point to all the points inside the cell. The figures on the right side show by colour the shape of the cells.
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Lac Mbaouane, Kayar
Lac Mbaouane is a part of the Naiyes Important Bird Area, on the route to Kayar, north of Dakar. It is a saline lake that appears to be entirely fed by rainfall. Over the months since September and the end of the rains it has shown an interesting evolution from lake full of water and few birds, to a slightly smaller lake, as evaporation occurs, full of waders, to this month's state on 16 January. The pictures above and below show a lake still substantial and with damp mud, but devoid of waders. The water is extremely salty to the taste. The most abundant bird was osprey. These saline lakes with no fish near the coast are popular roosting sites for ospreys that feeds offshore. Today there were 18 and similar numbers can be found at coastal lakes where the birds do not fish such as Lac Rose, Yene and Toubab Dialaw.
mbaouane3mbaouane4Amongst the total of less than ten waders was the considerable surprise of a white-fronted plover.
In the photo it is typically running at great speed and long in profile; features often picking it out from the similar Kentish plover before the diagnostic grey feet and plumage differences. This is a rare species north of Joal and I suspect the few Petite Cote records include errors. There is one record from Technopole, Dakar. Today's record seems to be the furthest north, even just outside its mapped range!
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Data Interchange on 90 mm Optical Disk
Cartridges - HS-1 Format - Capacity: 650 Megabytes per Cartridge
This Ecma Standard specifies the characteristics of 90 mm Optical Disk Cartridges (ODC) with a capacity of 650 Mbytes per Cartridge. The Standard specifies three related, but different implementations of such cartridges, viz.
Provides for data to be written and read many times over the recording surface of the disk using the thermo-magnetic and magneto-optical effects.
Provides for a part of the recording surface of the disk to be embossed by stamping or other means. This part of the disk is read without recourse to the magneto-optical effect. The part which is not embossed provides for data to meet the requirements of Type R/W.
Provides for the recording surface of the disk to be embossed and reproduced by stamping or other means. This type of disk is read without recourse to the magneto-optical effect.
Type R/W, Type P-ROM and Type O-ROM are also referred to as "fully rewritable", "partially embossed" and "fully embossed", respectively.
This Ecma Standard specifies:
- the conditions for conformance testing and the Reference Drive;
- the environments in which the cartridges are to be operated and stored;
- the mechanical and physical characteristics of the cartridge, so as to provide mechanical interchangeability between data processing systems;
- the format of the information on the disk, called HS-1 (HS stands for "Hyper-Storage"), including the physical disposition of the tracks and sectors, the error correction codes, and the recording method used;
- the characteristics of the embossed information on the disk;
- the magneto-optical characteristics of the disk, enabling processing systems to write data onto the disk;
- the minimum quality of user-written data on the disk, enabling data processing systems to read data from the disk.
This Ecma Standard provides for interchange between optical disk drives. Together with a standard for volume and file structure, it provides for full data interchange between data processing systems.
The following file can be freely downloaded:
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||Acrobat (r) PDF file
This Ecma publication is also approved as ISO/IEC 15498.


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(transitive, adverb) (Brit) to close (one carriageway of a motorway) by placing warning cones across it
to demarcate a roadway using bright orange conical markers
noun 1. a space, in the shape of an inverted cone, above a radio beacon, in which there is a sharp reduction in the intensity of transmitted signals.
- Cone of light
cone of light n. The bright triangular area of reflected light on the tympanic membrane during examination. Also called light reflex.
[koh-nuh-pah-tee] /ˌkoʊ nəˈpɑ ti/ noun 1. (def 2).
- Cone penetration test
noun 1. a method of testing soils by pressing a cone of standard dimensions into the soil under a known load and measuring the penetration


Let the Fleet Design the Carrier
By Captain Pierre G. Vining, U.S. Navy
 - The ship should be large enough so that it can conduct flight operations through a range of environmental extremes. In general, a larger ship is more stable over a wider spectrum of wind and sea conditions.
 - The flight deck must be large enough to support expected sortie rate requirements. This indirectly touches on air wing size; however, there are other factors. How large are the aircraft? How are they to be maneuvered on the deck to stage the strike/flight cycle? How much deck space is required to provide flexibility for rapidly servicing, launching, and recovering those aircraft?
 - How much hangar space is required for maintenance and repair of aircraft during high-tempo operations?
 - How much magazine space is required to support the ship's mission?
 - How much fuel storage capacity is required to support the ship's mission?
 - What level of logistics support (repair facilities, stores, parts capacity, etc.) is required to support the ship's mission?
As can be seen from the incomplete list above, larger ship size brings many advantages that directly support key requirements for the theater commander—firepower operational flexibility, and combat sustainability.
The firepower that CVX brings to the force commander depends not only on the size of the air wing, but on the ship's ability to employ the air wing's assets through a wide range of weather conditions. In the areas in which CVX would be expected to operate, a 90,000-ton CV would enjoy a 50% gain in the flight operations window in severe weather compared to a 60,000-ton design. 1
A key element supporting combat sustainability is the storage capacity in the ship for aviation fuel and ordnance. Clearly, a larger ship has a greater internal volume, so the fuel tankage and magazine capacity can be expanded. The ship can remain on station longer without having to rearm or refuel, making the CVX more available to execute requirements. With an appropriately sized air wing, the ship can produce a more sustained, violent first strike to get a wedge in the door to the theater, enabling the heavy strike forces (ground combat elements and heavy air components) to gain a foothold.
The second problem with a smaller CVX is that it would not have the flexibility of a large-deck design. A larger ship, with more internal volume, would be far easier to reconfigure to suit a particular mission. For example, during the operations off the coast of Haiti, the Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) loaded elements of an Army mountain division on board and supported them through the operation. Embarking the Army's personnel, materiel, and equipment on board put a high premium on shipboard space. A smaller carrier would have forced the Army and the joint force commander to make some unpalatable choices about what would be left behind.
The third flaw in the argument for a smaller CVX centers around the industrial effort required to produce a large warship. At present, it requires about seven years from the time the first pieces of the ship are laid down in the building dock until the ship is ready to enter service. This does not include the time spent in design and procurement before construction, or the time required to form and train the crew to take that ship into combat after commissioning. The average time to construct and deliver a new aircraft is considerably shorter, and aircraft are—relative to the ship—much more appropriate candidates for assembly-line construction techniques. It is much easier to produce aircraft to augment an air wing for a given mission than it is to build an additional CVX in response to an urgent need.
Finally, the smaller air wing is predicated on estimates of the expected threat in the next century. That threat has not diminished; it has merely changed character. If anything, the threat has become even more of a challenge. In the Cold War years, we had one serious potential adversary. Intelligence assets were focused on its systems, on its force strengths and—most important—on its tactics and command and control.
The luxury enjoyed by the intelligence community of a primary focus for their efforts evaporated when the Soviet threat dissolved. Today, the challenge is far more diverse. Technologically sophisticated weapons can be obtained easily in the world market, and philosophies and ideologies—political and otherwise—have proliferated with breathtaking speed. In the past, we could concentrate on Eastern Europe and some areas of Asia. Today we must scan continually a larger field; the Persian Gulf, Korea, the Balkans, and Africa are added to the old areas of concern. The Chinese continue to expand their naval capabilities. Terrorist acts are gaining greater significance, as well. Given this new multipolar threat environment, how does an intelligence community—especially one that has been reduced from its Cold War strength—support the theater commander adequately? How can it be sure that its estimates are accurate? If its fundamental assumptions regarding a potential threat are no longer valid—because they are based on less complete knowledge—is that enough to constrain the capability of a system that is expected to remain in service through the latter half of the next century?
Fundamentally, then, the question becomes: Can the nation afford to field a smaller, less-capable ship? Certainly, for much of what we expect CVX to do in periods of relative quiet and in operations short of war, a smaller air wing may be adequate to serve the national interest. But what if the threat increases? If the mission calls for an increase of 12 to 15 aircraft, the air wing can be augmented with comparative ease—but only if the platform that will transport the air wing to the region of concern is properly sized. If the platform cannot support the additional aircraft, the only alternative is to send a second CVX to the fight. The unit by which the force could then be incremented is larger—50 or 60 aircraft—and the costs of that augment are commensurately higher, in terms of the excess capacity in theater (which may not be affordable from either a political or a resource standpoint), the infrastructure that excess capacity brings with it, and the decrement in capability in some other region that results from shifting the capital asset from it. Clearly it is decidedly easier (and faster) to send additional aircraft to a theater than trying to reposition an additional CVX to have an adequate force in the early days of a crisis.
Why Nuclear Power?
The volume of criticism against nuclear propulsion as an option for CVX has not been countered with a full statement of the benefits to be derived from nuclear power. The ship would have virtually unlimited propulsion endurance. Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers can travel farther and at higher sustained speeds and arrive with more available on-station time than their fossil-fueled counterparts. Here are several examples:
1980 —In response to the Iranian hostage crisis, the Nimitz (CVN-68) was directed to proceed from the Mediterranean to the Gulf of Arabia as a show of force. The Suez Canal route was unavailable, and the Nimitz made the transit at maximum speed around the southern tip of Africa. Since no refueling for propulsion was required en route, the ship's overall transit speed was not reduced by the time spent in underway replenishment (typically done at about 13 knots). She arrived fully ready to conduct high-tempo air operations. A fossil-fueled carrier could not have made the transit in the same time. Nuclear power gave the force commander the flexibility to respond rapidly independent of navigational "shortcuts" such as the Suez and Panama Canals. This is important because it is easy to close such shortcuts, either through the use of mines or simply by sinking one or more ships in them. Contingency plans that hinge on such easily interdicted paths are doomed to failure, as are those who would depend on those plans.
1983 —The Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) conducted an emergency sortie from Naples, Italy, after the truck bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut. The ship steamed at full speed, arriving on station in less than two days. On arrival, the ship had a full load of aviation fuel and did not require an immediate underway refueling to support either ship or air operations. That would not have been the case if the ship had been required to expend on-board fuel for its boilers.
1994 —The George Washington (CVN-73) sprinted from the Adriatic Sea to the Arabian Gulf, 4,400 miles in seven days. The battle group commander left all but two escorts—all fossil fueled—behind. The George Washington refueled the escorts and conducted flight operations en route, and arrived in theater with more than five days of combat endurance remaining before replenishment was required.
1997 —The Nimitz conducted four days of nonstop flight operations (200 sorties/day) without refueling. Nuclear power provided the propulsion endurance, with no propulsion expenditure of ship's fuel stores, to sustain this high tempo of flight operations within a constricted operating area. The area size and orientation and minimal natural winds required repeated high-speed sprints to remain on station while maintaining the necessary wind over deck for launch and recovery.
These examples highlight the flexibility and sustainability a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier can bring to the combatant commander, and each of them implies another equally important strength: early establishment of the tactical picture. As events of the past four or five years have demonstrated, the relatively small number of these capital assets places a high premium on their responsiveness and their relative freedom from the need for logistic support.
Overdependence on a logistics tail has been the ruin of military operations throughout history, and long lines of support consistently have shown their vulnerability to attack. The lessons are legion, including these:
 - After having his supply lines placed in jeopardy repeatedly as he advanced on Atlanta


Creating an Autoresponder
Going on vacation and need to inform the people who write emails to you? You can program an automatic message to notify them.
 - Access to cPanel
Task completion: 10 minutes (max)
Expertise: intermediate
How to do?
 1. Connect to cPanel
 2. Select "Autoresponders" under the Email group
 3. Select the domain under the Managing menu
 4. Click on the "Add Autoresponder" button
 5. Fill in the following fields:
 a. Character Set: utf-8 (default)
 b. Interval: The number of hours to wait between responses to the same email address.
 c. Email: The name of the email address
 d. Domain: The domain name for the email address
 e. From: the name you want to be shown in the from field of the message
 f. Subject: The subject for the autoresponder email
 g. Check the box: This message contains HTML, if the body of the message has HTML tags
 h. Body: The message you want to reply
 i. Start: the start date for the autoresponder
 j. Stop: the end date for the autoresponder
 6. Click on the "Create" button
When configuring an autoresponder, you can use the following tags to insert information into the response email:
The subject of the message sent to the autoresponder.
The name of the sender of the message received by the autoresponder, if available.
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in the types of ui problems you and i care about)
p-himik09:12:36
@U4YGF4NGM How can I change the code below so that "e" is printed more than once on a button press?
(def a (r/atom 1))
(def b (ratom/reaction (js/console.log "b" @a) (inc @a)))
(def c (ratom/reaction (js/console.log "c" @a) (* @a 2)))
(def d (ratom/reaction (js/console.log "d" @c) (inc @c)))
(def e (ratom/reaction (js/console.log "e" @b @d) (+ @b @d)))
(defn app []
 [:div
 [:button {:on-click #(swap! a inc)}
 "inc a"]
 [:span "e: " @e]])
Geoffrey Gaillard10:12:32
If I'm not mistaken, Reagent propagates reactions using a requestAnimationFrame like loop, your example runs in a single RAF frame. Introducing some latency in step d will make it produce a new value on the next frame, triggering e a second time. At the end of the first frame, e will be in an inconsistent state, and will recompute and reconcile on the next frame. Instead, d should be scheduled for the next frame, and therefore e should be too, according to toposort. By latency I mean something synchronous, like blocking the UI thread.
p-himik10:12:33
If it's synchronous, e cannot possibly be recomputed before the delay is d is completed. And by that time, both of the values will be available. In the code above, when the view is re-rendered, e will deref d - it will trigger the delay, and the rendering process will simply wait till the delay is done. The values are not propagated through the reaction graph - only the dirty flag is. The values are then requested and are recomputed. To be absolutely sure, I replaced d with this:
(def d (ratom/reaction (js/console.log "start d" @c)
 (let [start (js/Date.now)]
 (loop [now start]
 (when (< (- now start) 1000)
 (recur (js/Date.now)))))
 (js/console.log "end d" @c)
 (inc @c)))
And it still works in the same exact way, only with a delay of a second, where the whole UI becomes blocked.
Geoffrey Gaillard10:12:01
More precisely, reagent does not have a notion of readiness. So it can't know if a reaction is ready to be recomputed. It just recomputes ASAP, and therefore produces inconsistent states and recomputes until all reactions settles.
Geoffrey Gaillard11:12:03
My example was incorrect, thank you for pointing it out. I'll come back with a running example, probably tomorrow.
Geoffrey Gaillard11:12:23
Ah! In your example, reactions are queued in the same order as they are declared, because the example is minimal. I need to craft an example where they are not queued in the same order as they appear in the AST.
p-himik11:12:27
> It just recomputes ASAP It does that only with reactions created with :auto-run true. Which is by default is not the case.
p-himik11:12:50
I'd really appreciate such an example. So far, three people have said that Reagent can fail and yet nobody has given any MRE for that.
Geoffrey Gaillard12:12:55
I'll produce one and back my claim up ;)
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lilactown16:12:11
@U2FRKM4TW that example has a glitch after the first change AFAICT
lilactown16:12:24
nvm can't read
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lilactown23:12:46
so I do remember reproducing some glitches in reagent but I think it was very edge case. for the most part, reagent is pretty good at avoiding glitches
lilactown00:12:45
reagent uses a breadth-first algorithm for recalculating a graph, but since it computes and caches reactions on-demand as well, you end up with a consistent state
lilactown00:12:56
(like p-himik said above)
Geoffrey Gaillard17:12:42
Here is something to talk about:
(def a (r/atom 1))
(def b (r/reaction (prn "b" @a) @a))
(def c (r/reaction (prn "c" @a) @a))
(def d (r/reaction (prn "d" @b @c) (vector @b @c)))
(prn "result:" @d)
Will print:
"b" 1
"c" 1
"d" 1 1
"b" 1
"c" 1
"result:" [1 1]
Now, if you deref d in a component like so:
[:div (pr-str @d)]
b and c will only compute once.
p-himik23:12:53
It is all working as intended, as far as I can tell. Reactions that are used outside of reactive contexts don't cache their values. You can reproduce it with something as simple as:
(def x (r/reaction (js/console.log "x")))
@x
@x
Geoffrey Gaillard01:12:11
Reagent is not pretending to be FRP which is still an open area of research, so yes it is working as originally intended, and it's not a sound reactive model. It is useful, it is handy, easy to learn. I enjoy using it and I make money doing so, but it has an abstraction ceiling. It is not algebraic, no equational reasoning. Caching is a hack. Using = to dedupe reactions is also a hack. The DAG is clearly visible in the code example, yet how I ask for value changes how it is computed. Does asking for the value of a triggers side effects? It depends. If a is a continuous signal, then sampling a twice should never run it twice. Not because it is cached or = to its previous value, but because it is just defined at all point in time. Solving this is crazy hard and out of scope for Reagent, and it's ok. Reagent and its design are not to be blamed at all. What I think is problematic is clojure developers consider reagent is doing the right thing, whatever it means, without questioning the model. It turns out it's a rabbit hole. I did that. Picking this model for a huge SPA was a terrible decision, and I'm not the only one who made that mistake. We should talk about it more as a community, otherwise it gives the impression no one actually care or even worse, that using clojure is manly for toy projects and real world usage is exceptional.
Geoffrey Gaillard01:12:25
I failed to produce a MRE for the diamond glitch in the time I was willing to allocate to it. So I failed to back my claim up. I therefore have to resort to the ad-populum argument (3 people here) and the famous "dude, trust me™" harold
p-himik08:12:32
Alas, I've seen enough clever people making trivial mistakes to doubt unbacked claims. Notice how I myself try to provide code when possible - have been on the other side of similar arguments before. :)
Geoffrey Gaillard08:12:25
The way your argument is greatly appreciated. I failed to produce a code example for the glitch and I'm ok with it. The above code example is enough to show it is not sound.
p-himik08:12:01
Depends on the definition of "sound", but I see what you mean, I think.
lilactown16:12:56
I bet my previous experiments were derefing at least one reaction outside of a reactive context, which was causing a glitch


being bold, observant, original, keen on aesthetics and showmanship, practical, and excellent with people skills. There are many commonalities between these types. So, despite my enthusiasm for the ENFP argument, I do completely understand if you take the ESFP side.
Each stength will be discussed here. The ENFP's curiosity is essentially the same as the ESFP's boldness, if you read the descriptions. Both are open to new experiences and ideas, and the same can be said for Sayaka when she is mentally stable. Originality in ESFP refers to lack of consideration for traditions and expectations. But ENFP's combination of curiosity and high enthusiasm for new ideas and thoughts is essentially the same. This is another case where the trait is true of Sayaka and found in both types.
For most of the story, Sayaka doesn't show the good communication talent of ENFP or the excellent people skills of the ESFP. But that's because of stress and trauma. Overall, I believe Sayaka is better at communicating her thoughts and ideas than she is with people skills in general. Sayaka would rather be an inspirer of others than an entertainer for others. Here, have an example. After the death of Mami, Madoka feels isolated and dissociated, but has no idea how to express it. Sayaka effectively communicates both their feelings. "Nobody knows about Witches or about Mami," she says. "We feel strange because we know, and nobody around us knows. It's like we're seeing and living in a different world from them."
While the observant nature of ESFP refers to noticing physical, tangible changes, the ENFP is only observant of shifts in attitudes, patterns of action, and their perceived meaning. Sayaka in this case is more like the ENFP. Knowing how to relax and enjoy life is not true of Sayaka. For this trait, she is unlike an ENFP. Still, She is also unlike the ESFP in major ways. For instance, Miki is not practical, nor does she exercise aesthetic showmanship– not in fighting, nor in the way she presents herself.
Allow me to sum this all up. Sayaka could be ENFP or ESFP for two of the strenghts (orginality and openness). There were two cases where Sayaka was more ENFP than ESFP (her form of observation and her ability to communicate her ideas and thoughts.) There was one trait of the ENFP that Sayaka did not share (ability to relax) and two traits of the ESFP she did not share (showmanship and practicality.) If you consider all that, Sayaka has more in common with the Inspirer type than the Performer type.
3. Comparison of Weaknesses
Now let's look at the weaknesses of both types according to the 16 Personalities site. Weaknesses for Poor practical skills, difficulty focusing, overthink things, easily stressed, highly emotional, and independent to a fault. weaknesses for that type. Sensitive, avoidant of conflict, easily bored, poor long-term planners, and unfocused. To be fair, either or both of these lists could describe Sayaka, so close inspection is needed to find the differences. The analysis of weaknesses will be much simpler than the strengths, because this is getting really lengthy.
ENFP: Poor practical skills. This one is true of Sayaka, who never chooses the sensible solution, and according to Kyubey, is the magical girl least suited for fighting. About all she can do is hack away at witches and use her sword almost like a bat.
ENFP: Overthinks things. Note her Sayaka's deep self-loathing and regret over having a single thought that maybe she shouldn't have saved Hitomi. She also overthinks Mami's death, the perceived evil nature of Homura and Kyouko, and her own responsiblities.
ENFP: Intensely emotional. True of Sayaka. This often shows in her stubborness and anger, and depression and hopelessness as the story goes on. She has a short fuse and is prone to emotional outbursts that are counterproductive. When such strong negative emotions are combined with the communication skills of ENFP, the result is someone who can be manipulate and hurtful. Remember how she treats Madoka early in episode 8, guilt-tripping and pressuring her.
ENFP: Easily stressed. Also true of Sayaka. Mostly, it's because she holds herself to ridiculous expectations and never accepts help for them.
ENFP: independent to a fault. Most definitely true of Sayaka. In ep 8, she defeats the Witch with her dangerous and self-injurious method of fighting. She then refuses to use the Grief Seed to purify her Soul Gem, instead giving it to Kyouko because she doesn't want to be in debt. Later, she refuses a grief seed from Homura, too. In addition, she never wants to partner with other magical girls, even though that would mean killing more witches, and doing it effectively.
Both ENFP and ESFP: Difficulty focusing. Not true of Sayaka. In conversation, Sayaka might have trouble focusing, but in general, she's pretty single-minded and determined in her mission to protect the city and the pursuit of her ideals.
ESFP: Sensitive (to criticism). Very true of Sayaka. I doubt you even need an example.
ESFP: Avoidant of conflict. Not true for Sayaka. She tends to start conflicts with her emotional outbursts and stubborn insistence on her values.
ESFP: Easily bored. Not generally true for Sayaka. She does love new ideas and possibilities, but she doesn't get bored of them too easily. Instead, she ruminates over them a little too much.
ESFP: Poor long-term planner. True of Sayaka. Well, this is extremely obvious, since Sayaka made her wish without thinking enough of consquences or the future down the road.
As you can see, Sayaka has two weaknesses typical for ESFP and five weaknesses typical for ENFP. This analysis of weakneses proves once again that Sayaka is more like a Campaigner/ Inspirer than an Entertainer /Performer. The comparison of strengths had the similar results. Our inspection of Intuition versus Sensing and Idealism over Practicality suggested the same thing. At this point, it would be very difficult to come up with a strong argument for Sayaka being an ESFP. If you want to voice your opinion, though, please do so in the comments. Perhaps you can contest some of the points I've made.
As always, thank you so much for reading this long and random rant. Take care now!
If you're interested in Sayaka Miki, check out my other posts related to her.
Sayaka Miki Character Analysis Part 1 (Introduction)
Sayaka Miki Character Analysis Part 2 (personality type)
Sayaka Miki Character Analysis Part 3 (psychology discussions)
Sayaka Miki Character Analysis Part 4 (struggles and purpose)
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Music Atmosphere Definition – Portion 1
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MEP is a ubiquitous problem in modern civilization. It is present everywhere, both inside and outside the home. Major polluters are utility power, switch mode power supplies (electronics), AMI meters (due to conducted high-frequency pulsed radiation), fluorescent lights (including CFLs), variable speed motors (many "smart" appliances), inverters (especially solar and cell antennas), and ground current (especially rural areas). It is a highly erratic electric field.
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A Flow Control Study of a Simplified, Oscillating Truck Cabin Using PANS
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2018
This work presents an application of the partially averaged Navier–Stokes (PANS) equations for an external vehicle flow. In particular, the flow around a generic truck cabin is simulated. The PANS method is first validated against experiments and resolved large eddy simulation (LES) on two static cases. As a consequence, PANS is used to study the effect of an active flow control (AFC) on a dynamic oscillating configuration. The oscillation of the model represents a more realistic ground vehicle flow, where gusts (of different natures) define the unsteadiness of the incoming flow. In the numerical study, the model is forced to oscillate with a yaw angle 10 deg > β > –10 deg and a nondimensional frequency St = fW/Uinf = 0.1. The effect of the periodic motion of the model is compared with the quasi-static flow condition. At a later stage, the dynamic configuration is actuated by means of a synthetic jet boundary condition. Overall, the effect of the actuation is beneficial. The actuation of the AFC decreases drag, stabilizes the flow, and reduces the size of the side recirculation bubble.
Författare
Guglielmo Minelli
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Strömningslära
Sinisa Krajnovic
Chalmers, Mekanik och maritima vetenskaper, Strömningslära
Branislav Basara
AVL
Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME
0098-2202 (ISSN)
Vol. 140 12 121101
Styrkeområden
Transport
Ämneskategorier
Strömningsmekanik och akustik
DOI
10.1115/_PHONE_
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fesetenv()
Updated: April 19, 2023
Set the current floating-point environment
Synopsis:
#include <fenv.h>
int fesetenv( const fenv_t *envp );
Arguments:
envp
A pointer to a fenv_t object where the function can copy the environment from. You must have obtained this value from a previous call to feholdexcept() or fegetenv(), or be FE_DFL_ENV, which points to a full copy of the default floating-point environment (i.e., the environment as loaded at program startup).
Library:
libm
The general-purpose math library.
libm-sve
(QNX Neutrino 7.1 or later) A library that optimizes the code for ARMv8.2 chips that have Scalable Vector Extension hardware.
Your system requirements will determine how you should work with these libraries:
Note: Compile your program with the -fno-builtin option to prevent the compiler from using a built-in version of the function.
Description:
The fesetenv() function sets the current floating-point environment from the object that envp points to. If any of the floating-point status flags are set in envp, they're set in the environment (and you can then use fetestexcept() to test for them), but the corresponding floating-point exceptions aren't raised.
Returns:
0
Classification:
C99, POSIX 1003.1
Safety:
Cancellation point No
Interrupt handler Yes
Signal handler Yes
Thread Yes


text: Jane Poynter is a Biosphere 2 crewmember, author, TV host and company President and CEO. She was born in Britain. Poynter is currently Chief Executive Officer of World View Enterprises Inc., which will be taking Voyagers to the edge of space in a capsule using a high-altitude balloon. World View Experience as well as offering new opportunities for research and education pursuits. Poynter was a founder of Paragon Space Development Corporation, which develops technologies for extreme environments (like outer space and under water). While inside Biosphere 2, she co-founded the firm with fellow biospherian, Taber MacCallum, whom she later married, Grant Anderson, Paragon's President and CEO and several other aerospace engineers. In 2009 the National Association for Female Executives awarded Jane its Entrepreneur of the Year award. Jane is named as co-inventor on a patented experiment self-sustaining habitats flown on the International Space Station, the Russian Mir Space Station, and the U.S. Space Shuttle. Poynter was a developer of the crew and life-support systems for the Inspiration Mars free-return mission to Mars planned for launch in January 2018. The two-person spaceflight mission was originally to be a private, nonprofit venture of 501 days duration which will allow a small human-carrying spacecraft to use the smallest possible amount of fuel to get it to Mars and back to Earth. However, this plan proved unworkable without significant funding and assistance from NASA.


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c. Check the high pressure pump assembly for noise and excessive
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An International Human Right to Free Legal Counsel for Unaccompanied and Separated Children in U.S. Immigration Proceedings
For the purpose of this memorandum, the following definitions apply:
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Today's name is Mongo
The name "Mongo" conjures up memories of Blazing Saddles for many of us of a certain age (and thoughts of a hospital for magical maladies for others). However, it is, in fact, a completely period name. It is a variant form of Mungo, the given name of the Scottish saint who is the patron of salmon and of the city of Glasgow. As Mongo, it appears in Scots records as a given name dated to 1490 and c. 1592. [1] In the spelling Mongow, it also appears in Scots records dated to 1579.[1]
Additionally, in one of those odd coincidences that often happens with language, "Mongo" is also a Mongol descriptive nickname meaning "silver."
[1] "Index of Scots Names in Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue" by Sara L. Uckelman
[2] "Mongolian Naming Practices" by Linda Miku


Many of these tigers are kept in captivity or chained in cages of a zoo.
But there is a peculiar Buddhist temple in Thailand called the Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua.
This temple in Kanchanaburi, Thailand has become a popular tourist destination for its uniqueness.
Tiger with a Buddhist Monk in Thailand
The tigers in this temple live peacefully with Buddhist monks.
The Buddhist monks feed them, tend to them and protect them from external dangers.
The monks believe that the tigers are reincarnations of ancient monks.
Hence, they are convinced of the fact that these tigers won't harm humans.
The monks encourage tourists to click intimate pictures with tigers.
Here, we can see a woman caressing a tiger on her lap.
A woman caresses a tiger
The cute tigers seem to be accustomed to human interaction.
Rather than acting like wild animals, they calmly allow humans to get rub their belly!
Man and Tiger in playful mood.
However, humans can interact with the tigers only for a couple of hours in a day.
These tigers are allowed to rest, roam and play with each other for most part of the day.
Many locals and foreigners volunteer to monitor the tigers and take care of the temple.
Tigers are huge creatures with an enormous appetite!
Hence, many people work together to ensure that these tigers are taken care of properly.
Income from tourists is used for the up-keep of the tiger temple.
The monks and volunteers share a deep sense of compassion towards these tigers.
While these tigers may never be able to go back to the wild, this tiger temple ensures that these beautiful creatures never fall prey to hunters and poachers.
This an an extraordinary reserve which defies all rules of the wild.
But the Thai monks at the tiger temple assert that they have dedicated their whole life for the conservation and protection of tigers.
Major efforts need to be taken for the conservation of this beautiful animal.
The world needs takes steps to improve the population of tigers.
Visitors Say Goodbye to a Tiger
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February 02, 1895
The Richmond Planet Was Published
The front page of the African American weekly newspaper,The Richmond Planet
, carried news of local social clubs, reports of marriages and events at the city's churches, advertisements, and a poem praising the newspaper and its editor, John Mitchell Jr. (1861–1929). It includes two notices: "THE ONLY MEDIUM for Advertisers Desiring Colored People's Trade
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." While the newspaper's contents had similarities to the contents of newspapers published by and for white readers, it also carried reports about lynchings, racial bias, segregation, and other forms of discrimination and abuse against African Americans.


Single image haze removal considering sensor blur and noise
Xia Lan, Liangpei Zhang, Huanfeng Shen, Qiangqiang Yuan, Huifang Li
2013 EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
Images of outdoor scenes are usually degraded under bad weather conditions, which results in a hazy image. To date, most haze removal methods based on a single image have ignored the effects of sensor blur and noise. Therefore, in this paper, a three-stage algorithm for haze removal, considering sensor blur and noise, is proposed. In the first stage, we preprocess the degraded image and eliminate the blur/noise interference to estimate the hazy image. In the second stage, we estimate the
more » ... ssion and atmospheric light by the dark channel prior method. In the third stage, a regularized method is proposed to recover the underlying image. Experimental results with both simulated and real data demonstrate that the proposed algorithm is effective, based on both the visual effect and quantitative assessment.
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The Bootstrap Chronicles Chapter 2 – Do not mess with the VM
Everything you want in life has a price connected to it. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, a price to pay just for leaving things as they are, a price for everything.
Harry Browne
And I found myself trying to bootstrap for real. But of course it was not going to be easy. I had to pay the Iron price.
The VM we use plays a very important role in the day to day development. It is the one in charge of defining the method lookup, garbage collection, some platform dependent code, some optimizations. And as it does some nice things for us, it also puts restrictions on what we do. Have you ever heard about the special objects array? The compact classes array? Primitives? We are going to talk a bit about them and other secrets, and how they bother in the bootstrap process :).
The Special Objects Array
The special objects array is an array shared between the VM and the image. This array points to some objects that are important or interesting to the VM, you can have a look at it inspecting the following expression in Pharo:
Smalltalk specialObjectsArray
If you have an overview, you will see some things like the Processor instance, the Array, Smalltalk, SmallInteger, Float, Compiled method, Semaphore classes, some Semaphore instances…
What does the vm do with them? It for example introduces hard validations against concrete classes -yeap, like checking if an instance's class is the same as the object in it's slot 20, which BTW is Character…
Ok…
Doing those validations through messages could be too expensive in terms of speed. If you want to be fast, you have to pay some price. If you want to have a tiny mermory footprint, you have to pay some price. There are side effects for decisions in general…
So, some may wonder, Why is this array so important for the bootstrap? Imagine I want to have a new Array class, Class class, Character class, and a new CompiledMethod class. What should happen if the VM does not recognize them as I would like? CogVM only recognizes one special objects array.
The solution? Hack and cheat. You choose, you can cheat on the VM side, or in the image side. Each has a price to pay. But today is not the day for telling you how I cheated :).
Now, look at the field 29 of the special objects array. It is another array, …
The Compact Classes Array
U remember about compact objects? If not, you can refresh in here: _URL_
In two words, compact objects do not have an extra header for the class pointer: they have some bits in it's base header which is an index into this nice compact classes array, where it's class is. This mechanism is normally used for classes with tons of instances, saving 1 header for each object. Complexity against space.
Here again, we have the same problem. Even worse, having this guy here means that if I have my nice Array' class, which is also compact, and it's compact class index points to the original Array class, the method lookup will end up in the original class instead of mines :(.
The solution? Hack, and cheat.
The Primitives
Now think what happens when my bootstrap classes use primitives methods. It's nice because the vm returns me the objects it wants :). It's actually a sinptom of the last two points. But it is good to know that primitives can give you headaches…
Other problems? Of course…
Literals: I can't change so easily SmallInteger's class because it is an inmediate object for example. The same happens with the other numbers, or strings, or blocks. They all give you headaches. Even if I could make it work with the VM, I should change the compiler to use a different set of classes…
Vm magic assumptions: Like class instances' first three instance variables are superclass, method dictionary and format. In that order. Try changing the order :). Or doing something like:
myA := A new.
A become: 'hello'.
myA crashTheVM.
And there are some other like this. So far I know LinkedList, ProcessScheduler, and Class. Find your own Waldo!
You already know what the solution is, do you?
HACK AND CHEAT
Yeah, this is what the bootstrap is really about. And learning hardcore stuff too :). Of course I can't tell you every detail because this post will be larger than anyone would care to read.
So, I'll keep you updated, I have now to continue paying the iron price.
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Just one day without internet is as if we are very annoyed because now we are so dependent on the internet. It is like a conjoined mate every day, everything we don't know can use the internet to find useful information as well as talk with friends texting for free. Most of us use broadband connections for our computers and mobile phone networks when we are at home. Many users share WiFi connection or hotspot feature to share phone data with other smartphones and laptops. Most people use cell phone networks or WiFi connections to connect to the Internet.
While WiFi tethering is a feature commonly found on most SIM unlocked smartphones, it may not be offered for free on some devices. Some carriers charge a new fee to let you share your data with other devices. That's not what anyone wants! So why do we have to buy connection capacity for each device?
Network providers now restrict users from using the feature Free WiFi Tethering. The greed of these businesses makes people even more frustrated when trying to exploit every single coin of the user every day. Luckily on the Android platform there are thousands of feature enthusiasts who continue to tinker with their devices to find workarounds on how to limit the blocking of WiFi tethering by carriers. so that everyone can use it normally at no extra cost. That's why on xaiandroid has also gathered many articles on how to share wifi connection on Android devices that you can find again to see. But today I share with you the WiFi Tethering feature on Sprint's Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge.
Note: The method described below may or may not work on some Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Sprint edge devices because sometimes distributors tend to patch this vulnerability via patch version. firmware update.
Enable WiFi Tethering on Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge Sprint without root
- The first thing you need is your MSL code from Sprint. You can do this by simply calling Sprint customer service and asking to give you the MSL code after saying an alibi such as a slow connection. You can also use any MSL Utility application that works on your device. Some users have reported that the MSL utility application was not working for them.
- Now open the dialer and enter ##DATA# (## 3282 #)
- Click on the edit button in the popup and enter your MSL code and click OK.
- Now navigate to the APN settings from the menu Mobile Networks and open APN2 EHRPD Internet and APN2 LTE internet And change Type APN to default, MMS, dun.
- Save the settings in both the APN profiles and reboot the device.
Now you can enjoy Wi-Fi tethering on your Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge Sprint absolutely free. After having tried this method, please don't forget to share the results with us through comments. Thanks!


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Will the empire strike back? Powerbrokers and remunicipalisation in the water sector
ABSTRACT: Literature on remunicipalisation in the water sector has focused almost entirely on the ambitions, practices and ideologies of people and organisations that are in favour of publicly owned and managed water services. By contrast, little is known about what private water companies and mainstream water organisations have to say on the subject. This paper puts forward the results of interviews with 47 such organisations, offering the first rigorous insights into what these institutions know about water remunicipalisation, why they think it is happening, and what (if any) plans they have to engage with it in the future. The results are both predictable and surprising, demonstrating a clear concern about remunicipalisation on the part of private firms but a remarkable lack of knowledge about where and why it is happening, and no obvious plans to counteract this trend beyond fighting it on a case by case basis. Multilateral institutions, NGOs and water associations insist on being 'neutral' when it comes to questions of public versus private water delivery, although this position is undermined by practices which tend to favour private sector provision. There does not appear to be any coordinated anti-remunicipalisation movement, but a lack of enthusiasm for it from influential global water organisations suggests that advocates of remunicipalisation can expect little in the way of support from 'powerbrokers' in the water sector.
KEYWORDS: Remunicipalisation, water, multilaterals, aid agencies, private companies, NGOs


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How Laws and Mandates Create and Disrupt Markets
Laws and mandates have major changes on the products and services that we use. Markets for goods and services are created and disrupted. An example of this is the Prohibition era in the United States. Prohibition was a time when the sale of drinking alcohol was made illegal by States and the Federal government. The logic behind the ban was that quality of life would improve because the consumption of alcohol would decrease. But did this happen? Nope. Instead the sales of alcohol skyrocketed. Bootleggers became rich by selling alcohol. All Prohibition did was disrupt the traditional alcoholic beverage market into a black market. People were able to make a business out of selling illegal alcohol.The same could be said for the sale of illegal drugs.
The auto industry also created a new market for the energy conscious with the release of the electric car and the hybrid. These changes created jobs in the green economy.
During my time the dental industry, I noticed a surge in product sales of Amalgam Separators. This occurred after an environmental law was passed across the United States; barring Dentist's from pouring amalgam(mercury) used in fillings down the sewer. Amalgam had to be separated into a separator and disposed of through special means. Think of commercial waste.
If you want to see what markets will be created and disrupted; look to the laws and mandates of the government.prohibition-ends-daily-mirror-nyc1
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Code of Conduct
The Panhandle SEEP Code of Conduct is in place to ensure those who pursue the certification find value in their effort. Certification is a privilege granted to qualified individuals meeting the requirements. Certification also carries with it the responsibility of maintaining the value and integrity of the program.
As a function of maintaining my SEEP certification, I agree to the following:
- I will work to keep myself current and informed of new concepts in stormwater and erosion-sediment control and abreast of changing regulations
- I will conduct my activities with honesty and integrity
- I will be diligent in my efforts to educate my clients on the benefits of stormwater, erosion and sediment controls
- I will endeavor to assist others in my profession by relaying accurate and true information
- I will engage in acts that will minimize the impacts to protect our water resources
- I will represent my SEEP certification accurately as a voluntary educational accomplishment and commitment to continued learning in the field of stormwater, erosion and sediment control.


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If you struggle at the dreaded Source-based Qns (SBQs) and keep thinking to yourself, "I don't understand the source", this article might be useful.
Every SBQ Case Study has what I call a BIG QUESTION at the top of the page.
Use it as a hook to understand the sources!
- Bolded and aligned to the middle of the page
- Controversial or debatable
- And yes, it usually ends with a question mark 😛
Examples of Big Qs
- "Who was responsible for the ABC War/Conflict?"
- "How beneficial/effective was Policy XYZ?"
The sources listed in the case study would answer the Big Qn.
Read the sources to see each source's answer to the Big Qn is, and you'll get the Overall Message of the source.
For example, take the Big Q: "Who was responsible for the ABC War/Conflict?"
Source A contains lots of negative phrases about country D —> Src A's overall msg is that country D is responsible
Source B contains negative phrases about country F's actions, —> author thinks that country F is responsible
This gives you a handle so that you don't end up misinterpreting the source, which will result in a fail mark (no matter how closely you follow your answer formats).
Using the Big Qn as an understanding hook helps you get a crystal clear understanding of the source's message, which is critical to passing SBQs.


Can an employee also be a volunteer at our organization?
 1. The work must be at the employee's initiative.
 2. The work must be outside normal or regular work hours.
 3. The employee must be performing a religious, charitable or other community service without contemplation of payment.
 4. The employee must be performing a task outside of the regular job functions performed for the same employer.
Source: Bureau of Labor and Industries


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// Variablen // To Do: make Map Object $mapType = 'ROADMAP'; //ROADMAP, SATELLITE, HYBRID, TERRAIN $mapCenterLat = 51.1519; $mapCenterLon = 10.4405; // To Do: make Options object //$coords = array(); $_max_lon = -_PHONE_; $_min_lon = _PHONE_; $_max_lat = -_PHONE_; $_min_lat = _PHONE_; $zoom_encompass = true; $bounds_fudge = 0.1; $center_lon = null; $origin_str = ''; $distination_str = ''; $direction = true; $direction = false; $_direction = true; $dirs = 0;?>
The shortest distance (air line) between Brussels and Ridderkerk is 71.52 mi (115.10 km).Driving route: ()
The shortest route between Brussels and Ridderkerk is according to the route planner. The driving time is approx.. Half of the Reiseroute is reached in.Bearing: 8.48° (N)
The initial bearing on the course from Brussels to Ridderkerk is 8.48° and the compass direction is N.Midpoint: 51.35795,4.47696
The geographic midpoint between Brussels and Ridderkerk is in 35.76 mi (57.55 km) distance between both points in a bearing of 8.48°. It is located in België, Flanders, Antwerp, Antwerp, Kalmthout (België - Belgique - Belgien, Vlaanderen, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Kalmthout).Time difference: 0h
Brussels and Ridderkerk are both in the same time zone Europe/Brussels.
To calculate the distance between Brussels and Ridderkerk, the place names are converted into coordinates (latitude and longitude). The respective geographic center is used for cities, regions and countries. To calculate the distance the Haversine formula is applied.
How far is it? Distance calculation, worldwide, online and for free.The distance calculator Distance.to shows not only the distance between Brussels and Ridderkerk. It knows every distance between almost every location. Powered by Google Maps.
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3D Electromagnetic Field Mapping Device (EMF Map)
Project ID: AEE-2017-35
Students: Faisal Usman, Sami Ollila, Klaus Hamara, Saijariina Kuokkanen
Project manager: Faisal Usman
Instructor: Ilkka Laakso
Starting date: 5.1.2017
The objective of our project was to make improvements in the existing 3D magnetic field measurement and visualization system.
The improvements included are:
Summary of results
The option for visualization is a 3D point cloud image from Kinect.
These visuals combined with the simplification of the user interface provide a straightforward way to measure 3D magnetic fields and inspect the results quickly.
In addition to measuring and saving measurement data, the system can also display the results visually
Measured magnetic field data can be used to calculate the induced electric fields


Greek Life, Queerness, & the Gender Binary
Criticisms of the Greek system are crucial for its progression. As a queer sorority woman, the gendered nature of Greek life is obvious, but it may not be as clear to others who do not share a similar experience. Greek life was founded on white male excellence, making its roots inherently anti-intersectional. Events, ideologies, and identities within the Greek system promote a strictly gendered society despite the fine print in their bylaws. In order to truly understand this phenomenon and move forward from the past, we have to take a look at the history of these organizations.
Kappa Alpha Society was founded at Union College in 1825 and was the first secret Greek-letter society that was established as a social organization. After the creation of KA Society, Sigma Phi and Delta Phi were founded and together they coined the name "fraternity." The first secret society for women, the Adelphean Society, was founded in 1851 and is now known as Alpha Delta Pi. At this point in history, BIPOC were still enslaved, leaving these organizations to privileged white individuals who had the opportunity to attend institutions and embody the model manand womanhood at the time.
So what does this have to do with the current collegiate Greek system? In the 21st century, marketing a progressive image has never been easier. However, the realities of Greek life have not shifted to the extent that the system advertises. Casey Macander, a junior sorority woman at the University of Alabama, described how "[sorority] chapter members are supposed to abide by certain cloth[ing] stereotypes" and spoke about jokes such as "find[ing] [y]our husband" at fraternities. These small pieces are part of a larger picture of heteronormativity that is pervasive in Greek culture. Stereotypes and jokes are reflective of the way that Greek life exemplifies the limitations of the gender binary.
The genderedness of the Greek system makes LGBTQ+ identities inherently foreign. Same-sex date party dates, non-binary fraternity and sorority members, and any other examples of queer identities would stick out among the heteronormative standards of collegiate Greek life. The "straightness" of Greek life is, in a word, oppressive. Sororities and fraternities can preach inclusiveness all they want, but the nature of the system is designed to model the cis-gendered, heteronormative standards of privileged society.
Making change, in all honesty, will be an immense challenge. Greek life is soaked in a bigoted history, which unfortunately is still apparent today. Change starts at the individual level. If each of us, Greek students and non-Greeks alike, can expand beyond the heteronormativity which we have been taught, we can make a brighter future for everyone. Sororities and fraternities have the opportunity to be safe spaces for like-minded individuals, and it's up to each one of us to make them that way.


i + " | REFERRER:" + HTTP.referer,
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 app.commit();
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 3. Click Save and Close.
View the application and metric pages
The new "File Not Found" application is created the first time the trigger runs and the conditions specified by the trigger script are met. After you commit the application, it might take several minutes before the trigger runs and data is available in the application.
The committed application adds built-in metric data relevant to the conditions defined by your trigger each time the trigger runs. In this walkthrough, built-in HTTP metrics are added to the application each time an HTTP response results in a 404 status code on the selected devices
The application displays the collected data on one or more protocol pages. Protocol pages are automatically created depending on the protocol objects included in your trigger. In this walkthrough, because the trigger runs on HTTP responses, the "File Not Found" application contains a protocol page called Web that displays built-in HTTP metrics. If you create a trigger configured to run on SSL events, the application displays a page of built-in SSL metrics, and a trigger that runs on Flow events displays a page of built-in L4 metrics.
 1. Click Assets from the top menu.
 2. In the left pane, click Applications, and then select the File Not Found application.
 3. In the left pane, click HTTP to view the built-in HTTP metrics collected in the application.
The Web page should look similar to the following figure:
Check the trigger performance
Triggers are a powerful tool that can provide detailed insight to your environment; however, triggers consume resources and affect system performance. In this section, you will check the performance impact of the trigger and learn about small changes you can make to improve performance.
The trigger performance graph provides the number of cycles the trigger has consumed within the specified time interval. You can hover over a data point to display details about trigger performance at a single point in time.
In the Edit Trigger pane, view the Capture Trigger Load chart. chart looks similar to the following figure:
Tip:The System Health page in the System Settings provides additional trigger performance charts that enables you to monitor the cumulative effect of all of your triggers on the system. See the System health topic.
Try making the following changes, and then check the performance graph to view any changes:
 - Comment out the debug statement. You have verified that the trigger works and is collecting the custom and built-in metrics you want; you no longer need the debug output.
 - Reassign the trigger to specific devices instead of all HTTP servers in the activity group.
For additional trigger optimization tips and tricks, see the ExtraHop Trigger API Reference and the following Trigger Optimization 101 blog posts in the ExtraHop Community Forums:
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UNESCO, the United Nations' cultural body, has issued a second plea to the UK Government, urging it to cease its controversial plan to construct a two-mile-long tunnel in close proximity to the world-famous Stonehenge monument.
The £1.7 billion tunnel project gained government approval earlier this year with National Highways tasked with overseeing the ambitious undertaking. The planned tunnel will reroute the single-carriageway A303 road, currently running parallel to the ancient stone circle in Wiltshire, and transform it into an underground dual-carriageway.
UNESCO's latest request to alter the redevelopment has received the backing of 21 member states, solidifying international concern over the fate of this iconic heritage site. According to the statement issued by UNESCO, the current plan "remains a threat" to the overall value of Stonehenge as a cultural and historical landmark.
This marks the second time UNESCO has made such an appeal. The organization previously issued a warning in 2021, cautioning that Stonehenge could be added to its list of endangered World Heritage sites if the tunnel project were to proceed in its previous form. Campaigners took the UK Government to the High Court, which eventually ruled the project to be unlawful.
After this major setback, in July 2021, the UK Government updated the scheme, which aims not only to relieve congestion on the busy road but also return the Stonehenge site to the state of peace and tranquillity that it would have enjoyed prior to the advent of motorized transportation.
However, after the approval of the updated plan, campaigners against the tunnel led by Stonehenge Alliance (SA) and Save Stonehenge World Heritage Site (SSWHS), began further legal challenges, pointing to the fact that important archaeological sites could still be disturbed and that the entrances to the tunnel are too close to the stones.
"The government appears both blind and deaf to concerns about the damage it will perpetrate on this historic and much-loved landscape," said John Adams, one of the three directors of SSWHS. "It has ignored concerns raised by UNESCO and seems hellbent on bulldozing this scheme through before it gets thrown out of government."
Now it is clear that UNESCO agrees with the campaigners saying in its latest statement: "the minimum change required must include an extension of the underground section of the western approach to at least the western boundary of the property." It has asked the UK government to make the requested alterations to the plan by 1 February 2024.
Following the second round of legal challenges David Bullock, National Highways' project manager, said: "We remain confident this scheme is the best solution for tackling a long-standing traffic bottleneck, improving journeys, bringing much needed relief to local communities, boosting the economy in the south-west, while returning the Stonehenge landscape to something like its original setting." However, Bullock has yet to make any further statement following the UNESCO intervention.


text: Dynamic changes in higher order chromatin structure modulate the accessibility of DNA toward transcription, DNA repair and replication. The spatiotemporal scale upon which these dynamics occur however, render them 'invisible' to live cell imaging. Here we present a novel method to measure the real time accessibility of chromatin that is based on pair correlation analysis of EGFP (an inert tracer) molecular flow throughout the chromatin network1. From detected changes in the arrival time of EGFP molecules into and out of the chromatin, this method detects millisecond changes in protein access to condensed chromatin with sub-micron resolution. Using this method we have probed the naturally occurring changes in chromatin compaction during the cell cycle and in combination with laser micro-irradiation, monitored for the first time the in vivo structural rearrangements of chromatin during repair2,3. The pair correlation method thus offers a unique opportunity to probe the directionality of intra-nuclear traffic, by measuring the accessibility of the nuclear landscape and the role it plays in determining the diffusive routes adopted by molecules. Given that pair correlation analysis can be combined with other optical information4, more recently we have employed this method with a brightness analysis to look at how the diffusive route of the STAT3 transcription factor is modulated by oligomeric state. Given that homo-oligomerisation is critical to the function of many transcription factors we envisage this multiplexed method of analysis will enable advancements in our understanding of how gene expression is regulated at the single molecule level.


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The definition of a mime is a performer who expresses himself using body movements and no words.(noun)
An example of a mime is the French actor Marcel Marceau's character Bip the Clown.
Mime is defined as to perform using only body movements and no words.(verb)
An example of mime is crouching down while putting your hands on all four sides and on top of you, as if you're trapped in a box.
See mime in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: L mimus < Gr mimos, imitator, actor
See mime in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin: Latin mīmus
Origin:, from Greek mīmos.
Origin: M(ultipurpose) I(nternet) M(ail) E(xtensions).
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The first trail that was constructed by the OA Trail Crews (OATC) was dedicated during the weekend of August 15-17, 1997. The Vaca Trail was a new route for crews hiking in the Central Country of the Philmont Scout Ranch, hiking from Highway 64 towards Harlan Camp and beyond. Originally a one-year program, due to its overwhelming success in 1995 the program was continued to at least complete its first trail. The dedication weekend was important to commemorate the program's first major milestone.
Over 150 Arrowmen, including many past and present participants, staff members, members of the National OA Committee, and Philmont Scout Ranch leadership gathered under a spectacular blue New Mexico sky at the trail head to dedicate the new trail. Some 595 participants constructed the total culmination of 16,901 feet of new trail.
Attendees hiked the trail from Vaca Camp and stopped at designated stops along the way to the bottom met by someone explaining the significance of the trail building construction. Once at the bottom a formal dedication occurred. OA Trail Crew Director Ryan Miske welcomed everyone gathered for the dedication followed by Catholic Chaplain Father Don Hummel, and then lunch.
National Director of High Adventure Bill Spice and National OA Committee Chairman Ed Pease formally opened the trail. A special rock, which was found from a nearby riverbank on the Cimarron River, was engraved to commemorate the trail. This rock was placed at the trailhead but later moved to base camp. A special patch was issued with a red mylar border on a cardstock backing.
Later in the evening there was a formal banquet at the Philmont Training Center followed by a ceremony performed by the OATC foremen.