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At Smart Cities Week® over 1,500 (inter)national, state and local government officials, utilities, policymakers, financiers, technologists, non-profit and trade groups, business leaders, academics, researchers and citizen organizations attended – all with a common goal of working together to develop and build a better future for cities and their citizens.
Urbanization is putting pressure on municipalities around the world to innovate and become smarter. Washington DC is leading the charge as a breeding ground for new ideas and solutions.
The Inclusive Smart Cities Summit will bring together top leaders from across the globe to discuss the future of smart cities and the need for inclusivity in innovation. Join us to discuss, debate and learn how cities around the world are attacking the challenges surrounding the future of the workplace, workforce and transportation head on.
Together we will explore how cities are turning their groundbreaking ideas into realities to improve the quality of life for all.
The 2017 Global City Teams Challenge (GCTC) Expo will bring together over 100 cities and communities around the world in partnership with more than 300 companies, universities, non-profits, and federal government agencies to share and exhibit their smart city projects and the impacts to their communities.
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Venture Smarter is proud to announce its partnership with the World Bank Youth-to-Youth Community for Y2Y's upcoming Youth Tech forum on smart cities. The forum, which will be held in Washington, D.C., on June 22 at the World Bank, will explore the role of today's youth in creating the smart cities of tomorrow in developing regions. Featured presenters will include WEL's Katrina Eckard, Lisnr's Rodney Williams, Wyzerr's Natasia Malaihollo, and Venture Smarter's Busayo Odunlami, just to name a few.


Three-quarters of British people commit micro crimes
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(P1) A new report says there is a "wave of micro crime" in Britain. Researchers were shocked by their findings. One researcher said three in every four people you see in the UK are hiding a criminal history. Up to 74 percent of British people are 'micro-criminals'. They have done at least one minor, 'micro' crime." The most common crime is paying someone cash when they know that person will not pay tax on it.
(P2) Men were the most likely to commit micro crimes. About 80 percent of middle-class people and 70 percent of working-class people admitted to micro crimes. The second-most common micro crime was illegal downloading or streaming. About 30 percent of people did this. Other micro crimes include not paying for bags in supermarkets, lying about your age to get a better deal, and eating things in a supermarket without paying.
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VOCABULARY: shocked, criminal, commit, illegal, lying
 2. Are micro-crimes committed in your country? If so, which ones?
 3. Why do you think so many people commit micro-crimes?
 4. Do you think people who commit micro-crimes should be punished if caught? Why or why not?
 1. What percent of British residents have committed a small crime?
 2. Which micro crime occurs more often than others?
 3. Both men and women commit micro-crimes. (T or F)
 4. Around 70% of the middle and working class acknowledged they committed micro crimes. (T or F)
 5. Excluding the most common micro crime, what are three other micro crimes?
What do the following expressions or phrases mean?
 - "wave of micro crime" (P1)
 - three in every four people (P1)
 - middle-class (P2)
 - working-class (P2)
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2004.03.23 21:39 "[Tiff] TIFF format 16 bit gray scale", by Wendel Dean Renner
2004.03.23 22:54 "Re: [Tiff] TIFF format 16 bit gray scale", by Bob Friesenhahn
TIFF 6.0 only goes up to 8 bit gray scale. But there seems to be a 16 bit version, and also a 48 bit color version (16 bits each of red, green, and blue), used by things like the UMAX 2100 XL scanner with SilverFast Ai software (_URL_). If there a version of libtiff available that can read those image files?
Libtiff can handle 16 bit gray scale (or even 15 bit gray scale, cough!), but it leaves actual parsing/unpacking of the strip data to the API user. See development GraphicsMagick (_URL_ for an example of how to do this.
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Coastal habitat is suitable over large portions of the European continent, including perimeters of the Celtic Sea, English Channel, Bay of Biscay, Irish Sea, Sea of the Hebrides, North Sea, Norwegian Sea, Baltic Sea, Gulf of Riga and Mediterranean Sea. Furthermore, some European countries offer suitable otter habitat hundreds of kilometres inland from the nearest sea. For example, in Romania, not only are European otter found within the Danube Delta, but far inland within the Carpathian Mountains. In Poland and Bulgaria, otters are found far inland in the rivers that have sufficiently high water quality and have a minimum of hydroelectric installations. The European otter, in fact, can be found in mountain valleys as high as 1400 metres in places such as Bulgaria, including numerous small watersheds in West Rhodopy Mountain, Bulgaria. In Turkey, however, overgrazing of riparian terrestrial cover, human hunting and water pollution have almost extirpated L. lutra from inland areas, except for parts of the Coruh River. In Soain L.lutra is found along parts of the coastline but also in interior riparian zones in such ecosystems as the Iberian sclerophyllus forests, where populations may be considered relicts of broader prehistoric distributions.

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Zamboanga City
Pursuant to Section 6, Rule IV of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) Amended Rules of Procedure on Minimum Wage Fixing and Section 24 of Wage Order No. RIX-14, the following implementing rules and regulations are hereby issued for guidance and compliance by all concerned:
Section 1. TITLE. This Rules shall be known as the "Implementing Rules of Wage Order No. RIX-14."
Sec. 2. DEFINITION OF TERMS. As used in this Rules:
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Act refers to Republic Act No. 6727 otherwise known as the "Wage Rationalization Act of 1989".
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AGRICULTURE refers to farming in all its branches and among others, includes the cultivation and tillage of the soil, production, cultivation, growing and harvesting of agricultural and horticultural commodities, dairying, raising of livestock or poultry, the culture of fish and other aquatic products in farms or ponds, any other activities performed by a farmer or on a farm as an incident to or in conjunction with such farming operations, but does not include the manufacturing and/or processing of sugar, coconut, abaca, tobacco, pineapple, aquatic and other farm products
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BASIC WAGE " means all the remunerations or earnings paid by an employer to a worker for services rendered on normal working days and hours but does not include cost-ofliving allowances, profit-sharingpayments, premium payments, 13th month pay or other monetary benefits which are not considered as part of or integrated into the regular wage or salary of the workers on the date the wage increases become effective;
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"BRANCH WORKERS" are those working in branches or agencies of establishments;
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"COLA" refers to the cost –ofliving allowance;
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COMMISSION refers to the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC).
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COTTAGE/HANDICRAFT ESTABLISHMENT refers to one engaged in an economic endeavor in which the products are primarily done in the home or such other places for profit, which requires manual dexterity and craftsmanship.
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"DOLE " refers to the Department of Labor and Employment.;
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"ESTABLISHMENT" refers to an economic unit which engages in one area or predominantly one kind of economic activity at a single fixed location.
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"MOBILE WORKERS" are those, who by nature of their work, have to travel or move from one place to another;
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"NEDA" means National Economic Development Authority;
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"PLANTATION AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE" refers to one engaged in agriculture with an area of more than twenty four (24) hectares in a locality or which employs at least twenty (20) workers. Any other agricultural enterprises shall be considered as "Non-Plantation Enterprise";
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"RA 8188" an act increasing the penalty and imposing the double indemnity for violation of the prescribed wage increases in the wage rates amending for the purpose Sec. 12 of RA 6727 otherwise known as the "Wage Rationalization Act" of 1989 ' ;
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"RA 7277" an act providing for the rehabilitation, self-development of disabled persons and their integration into the mainstream of society and for other purposes;
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"RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT" is one principally engages in the sale of goods to the end users for personal or household use. A retail establishment that regularly engages in wholesale activities loses its retail character;
q.chanrobles virtual law library "REGIONAL BOARD" refers to the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB), Region IX;
r. "REGIONAL DAILY MINIMUM WAGE RATE" refers to the lowest wage rates that an employer can pay the workers, as fixed by the Regional Board;
s. "REGION-IX" is the geographical area covering the Zamboanga Peninsula Region comprising the Provinces of Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga Sibugay and the Cities of Zamboanga, Pagadian, Dipolog, Dapitan and Isabela
"SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT" is one principally engaged in the sale of services to individuals for their own or household use and is generally recognized as such;
u. "ORDER" refers to Wage Order No. RIX-14;
"WAGE DISTORTION" refers to a situation where an increase in prescribed wage rates results in the elimination or severe contraction of intentional quantitative differences in wage or salary rates between and among employee groups in an establishment as to effectively obliterate the distinction embodied in such wage structure based on skills, length of service or other logical basis of differentiation.
Section 1. AMOUNT OF THE COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCE. Upon the effectivity of this Wage Order:
 1. All minimum wage workers and employees in the private sector in the region shall receive an additional cost-of-living allowance in the amount of Php 10.00 (Ten Pesos) per day.
 2. he daily regional minimum wage rates shall be as follows:
Basic Wage under Wage Order No. RIX -13
under W. O. No. R1X-14
New Daily Minimum Wage Rate
Includes private hospital, educational institutions, security agencies, janitorial, retail/service establishments employing more than 30 workers
 Includes rubber-based enterprises
- Plantation AgriculturalEnterprise
-Non - Plantation Agricultural Enterprise
Employing not more than 30 workers
c) After one (1) year from the effectivity of this Wage Order, the Regional Board shall assess/review the effects of the TEN PESOS COLA for a possible integration into the basic minimum wage.
Sec. 2. COVERAGE. The wage increase prescribed herein shall apply to all private sector workers and employees receiving the minimum wage in Region IX, regardless of their position, designation or status and irrespective of the method by which their wages are paid.
Not covered are household or domestic helpers; persons employed in the personal service of another including family drivers; and employees and workers of registered Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBEs) pursuant to RA 9178 otherwise known as the Barangay Micro Business Enterprises Act.
Sec. 3. BASIS OF MINIMUM WAGE. The minimum wage rates prescribed in this Wage Order shall be for the normal working hours, which shall not exceed eight (8) hours work a day.
Sec. 4. WAGES OF SPECIAL GROUP OF WORKERS. Wages of apprentices and learners shall in no case be less than seventy five percent (75%) of the applicable minimum wage rates prescribed in the Wage Order.All recognized learnerhip and apprenticeship agreements entered into before the effectivity of the Wage Order shall be considered automatically modified insofar as their wage provisions are concerned to reflect the increase prescribed under this Wage Order.All qualified handicapped workers shall receive the prescribed minimum wage rate pursuant to R. A. 7277.
Sec. 5. APPLICATION TO CONTRACTORS. In case of contracts for construction projects, security, janitorial and other similar services, the increase in the minimum wage prescribed herein shall be borne by the principal or client of the contractor and the contract shall be deemed amended accordingly as mandated by the Labor Code.
In the event, however, that the principal or client fails to pay the prescribed wage rates, the construction/service contractor shall be jointly and severally liable with his principal or client.
Sec. 6. APPLICATION TO WORKERS PAID BY RESULTS. All workers paid by results, including those who are paid on piece work, "takay", "pakyaw" or task basis, shall receive not less than the applicable minimum wage rates prescribed under this Wage Order for the normal working hours which shall not exceed eight hours work a day or a proportion thereof for work of less than normal working hours.
The wage rates of workers who are paid by results shall continue to be established in accordance with Article 101 of the Labor Code, as amended and its implementing rules and regulations
Sec. 7. APPLICATION TO PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. In the case of private educational institutions, the share of workers and employees covered in the increase in tuition fees for School Year 2007-2008 shall be considered as compliance with the Wage Order. Payment of any shortfall in the wage increase set forth herein shall be covered starting school year 2008-2009.
Private educational institutions which have not increased their tuition fees for the School Year 2007-2008, may defer compliance with the provisions of this Wage Order until the School Year 2008-


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"Story telling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world."
'Weave a Tale' activity was conducted for Grade II students. The objective of the activity was to build their confidence, sharpen their presentation skills and enrich their vocabulary. The students came up with striking stories, full of innovative ideas and high level of imaginative skills. This activity gave them a platform to raise their writing skills. The judgement was based on the creativity, time taken to widespread the story and presentation shown by them. Students enjoyed framing up their own stories as this activity provided them an opportunity to ruminate individually.

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The growth of a microorganism is extremely dependent upon the surrounding environmental conditions. Every organism has a range of optimum conditions at which members of its species will grow ideally. Inoculum, temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen concentration (among other factors) within the media is often carefully controlled in industrial applications as deviations from the optimal conditions often have profound effects on the growth rate and activity of the organism (Shuler and Kargi, 1992).
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When directing experiments involving microbial growth, the preparation and quality of the inocula are as important as any other parameter control. In Streptomyces if mycelia are used in the inoculum, many uncontrolled variables will emerge. These variables include age, stress level and growth stage of the cells, all of which obligatory should be controlled (Kieser et al., 2000). This problem gets even worse when attempting to initiate trials over a period of several months as even small variations in the population size of the inoculum can result in large changes in the level and rate of growth. Streptomyces vegetative inocula are often prepared through the addition of several colonies sometimes from many starter plates to small amounts of media. This is afterward incubated until sufficient biomass is produced, as determined through optical density measurements of the media. This method of vegetative inoculum used by Jakeman et al. (2004) is effective in obtaining biomass; nevertheless it does not provide the consistent inoculum required for comparative trials. The number of cells within the inoculum is hard to directly measure and the inconsistent manner of initially adding cells can result in cells at different stages of growth or stress level. Another method of preparing an inoculum is to harvest spores from the selected culture and store under conditions not satisfactory for germination. The cells within a spore suspension remain in a consistent state while still providing an "instant inoculum" (Kutzner and Nitsch, 1970). This technique also allows long term storage of a viable inoculum that should produce reliable results. By suspending the spores in a soft agar spore suspension, Kutzner and Nitsch (1970) have proven that a suspension of Streptomyces spores will remain viable as an inoculum over a year.
Temperature
The bacterial growth behavior is greatly influenced by many factors such as environmental conditions and the physiological state of the bacteria. The temperature of the environment directly affects the activity and growth of cells; every species has an ideal temperature for growth that is influenced by its physiology (Shuler and Kargi, 1992). This optimum temperature for growth may not be the same as the temperature at which metabolites are produced most efficiently. Streptomyces venezuelae ISP 5230 are mesophilic bacteria, which means that their optimal growth temperature is between 15 and 40 °C. For every increase of 10 °C closer to the optimum growth temperature, the growth rate of bacteria approximately doubles (Truelstrup-Hansen et al, 2002). If the media temperature is above optimal, the rate of growth is reduced. The temperatures used for Streptomyces venezuelae growth have been cited as 30 °C ± 2 °C (Wang and Vining, 2003; Jakeman et al., 2006). At 42 °C Streptomyces venezuelae express heat shock genes that motivate sporulation and antibiotic production (Yang et al., 2008).
pH
Similarly to temperature, the pH (hydronium ion concentration) of the media affects the growth rate of bacteria by influencing the activity of cellular enzymes (Shuler and Kargi, 1992). To achieve the maximum growth rate level, current literature recommends growing Streptomyces venezuelae in a media with the maintenance of pH between 6.0 – 7.8 (Jakeman et al., 2006). The optimal pH levels are often different when maximizing growth rate and highest product yield (Shuler and Kargi, 1992). However, bacteria are often able to grow within a huge range of pH. Studies on the Streptomyces species by Kontro et al. (2005) have found the optimal pH ranges of growth and sporulation for this species to be between 5.5 and 11.5. The study executed by Kontro et al. (2005) has also found that the media strongly affects the acid tolerance of Streptomyces species. When grown at pH 4 in a media that contains yeast extract most species included in the studies were unable to grow, while at the pH of 7 the majority of species displayed maximum growth rate on most types of media. In order to buffer the pH of the growth medium to near neutral values, a buffer called MOPS (3-(N-morpholino) propanesulfonic acid) is normally used for this species of Streptomyces. While studying the effects of carbon sources on antibiotic production by Streptomyces venezuelae, MOPS was added to jadomycin B production media by Jakeman et al. (2006) however, no buffer was added to the Maltose yeast extract malt extract (MYM) agar that was used for the growth during the study. Glazebrook et al. (1990) studied the effect of different carbon sources on Streptomyces venezuelae sporulation in minimal LS media. In this media, enough amounts of MOPS were added to maintain the pH of the media at near neutral values for every carbon source except glucose. During growth in glucose-based LS media, a high production of oxo-acids was observed resulting in growth inhibition.
Dissolved Oxygen
The dissolved oxygen available to bacterial cells within the media can be a limiting factor if the rate of consumption exceeds the rate of supply (Schuler, 2000). There is a critical oxygen concentration exclusive to each bacteria species, above which the growth rate is independent of the media dissolved oxygen concentration. This value is usually 5 – 10 % of the maximum saturation level; however the maximum saturation is influenced through the existence of dissolved salts, organics, and the media's temperature (Shuler and Kargi, 1992). The production of secondary metabolites can also be influenced through dissolved oxygen concentration. During antibiotic production Streptomyces clavuligerus, increased oxygen saturation above the critical dissolved oxygen concentration which resulted in additional product and biomass yield (Yegneswaran et al., 1991) up to the maximum saturation limit of oxygen in the media.
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Substrate
The substrate used in the media is an important factor that can affect growth rate of the bacteria as well as its characteristics. For instance, Kontro et al. (2005) found that Streptomyces species changed its behavior as acidophiles, neutrophiles or alkalophiles, depending on the growth media. Most species would grow optimally at pH that is near to neutral or slightly alkaline conditions on a media that included yeast extract (Kontro et al., 2005). Streptomyces venezuelae is grown using many carbon sources including glycerol, glucose, lactose, mannose, maltotriose, maltose starch and more. The effect of these carbon sources on growth and secondary metabolite production is dependent upon many factors such as pH (Kontro et al., 2005). For example, studies on the sporulation of Streptomyces venezuelae in liquid media by Glazebrook et al., (1990) found that while maltose supported the growth and sporulation of Streptomyces venezuelae, glucose significantly inhibited sporulation. Specifically, when grown in minimal LS media using glucose as the main carbon source, the pH of the media dropped rapidly with the production of oxo-acids by the bacteria. The increased acidity likely contributed to growth inhibition; however the glucose was reported to also have an inhibitory effect on sporulation that was un-related to the increased acidity of the media. As the jadomycin family of antibiotics is linked to the sporulation pathway (Wang and Vining, 2003), it is visible that the media has a huge effect on the growth and antibiotic production by Streptomyces venezuelae. Work by Jakeman et al. (2006) found that the carbon source supplied in to the media also has an influence on the antibiotic production by Streptomyces venezuelae. The effect of several sugars on jadomycin B production was studied and important differences in antibiotic production between sugars were found, where glucose was found to be optimal.
Heat Balance
The bacterial behavior is greatly influenced by the environmental temperature; however the metabolism and activity of bacteria also affects media temperature


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Special forest personnel has been searching the city's southern and northern parts for leopards, but the big cats sighted in the areas over the last four days have remained undetected so far.
Following leopard sightings on the outskirts of Bengaluru, the police have increased surveillance and are coordinating with forest officials. Police said special instructions have been issued to night patrol personnel working in police stations that have jurisdiction over areas attached to forest patches.
Over the last week, three leopards were spotted in the southern part of the city. One each in Turahalli and Kengeri and an area near the boundary of Ramanagara, reported Deccan Herald.
"Sighting of leopards in areas around the district boundary with Ramanagara is common. We have placed a cage near Turahalli and another on the Kengeri side.
"Two special teams have been set up to monitor the animals' movements. About 25 people are on the ground for the last three days but the leopards are not to be found," an official said.
Foresters in Bengaluru's north range searched the entire ITC factory premises, including the adjoining plantation area.
"We couldn't find the animal. Assuming that there is a plantation and a lake nearby, the leopard may have found a helpful habitat," another official stated.
A range forest officer said Turahalli was once a natural habitat for leopards, which also prowled parts of Kengeri that were connected with the adjoining forest areas.
"Leopards are common in Bengaluru south. There are rare incidents of cattle kills but attacks on humans are nil. What's new is the CCTV cameras attached to the new apartments that have come up in recent years," the officer said.

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Coat of Arms of Natlin
Coat of Arms
"Live free or die oppressed"
Anesthesia by Metallica
Natalanian claims in red.
Natalanian claims in red.
and largest city
Official languagesNone
Recognised national languagesEnglish, Dutch
GovernmentFederal presidential constitutional republic
- President
Jacob D. Deceuninckvancapelle
- Vice President
Stephen Santiago
- House Speaker
Dakota Wells
LegislatureCongress of the United Provinces of Natlin
Independence from the United States
- First federal republic established
24 November 2016
- Second federal republic established
17 July 2018
CurrencyUnited States dollar
Date formatdd-mm-yyyy
Drives on theright
The United Provinces of Natlin, also abbreviated as UPN or simply Natlin, is a micronation comprising 10 provinces, a federal district, five territories, and various possessions. The capital is Wasusu, and the largest city by area is Owenia. The country is located contiguously in North America, while most borders touch the United States of America.
Natlin is not currently recognized by any nation within the United Nations and is a member of the Micronational Assembly, being an apart of the council. The United Provinces of Natlin is a federal republic and has approximately 26 citizens, of which 21 live in Natalanian territory.
The first known use of the name "Natlin" dates back to 2015 when it appeared on a map of St. Mary's County, Maryland created by Jacob Deceuninckvancapelle. The name "Natlin" is an acronym for the words notable, approachable, traditional, luster, incorruptible and nurturing. The name was officially chosen as the name of the nation in 2016 after Natlin had declared independence from the United States.
Map of the United Provinces of Natlin in its original location.
On 24 November 2016, Natlin officially declared independence from the United States of America and wrote the Natalanian Constitution establishing a federal republic on the principle of creating beneficial checks and balances in the government. Jacob D. Deceuninckvancapelle was the first elected president of Natlin.
Natalanian Oblivian War
Fort that was attacked by Oblivian soldiers in Wasusu
On 8 December 2016, the Kingdom of Oblivia had made an official declaration of war on Natlin. Oblivia demanded all of the land Natlin resided in. The first battle of the war took place on 9 December when Oblivian troops marched into Wasusu and took fort Wasusu, the Battle of Wasusu began and lasted for 1 day, it resulted in an Oblivian victory. However, 2 days later after the Armed Forces were officially organized and equipped, Natalanian forces had retaken Wasusu. On December 23, Oblivia officially surrendered to Natlin after they had taken the Oblivian capital city.
Dissolving and Second Independence
In July 2017, the Natalanian-Oblivian Empire would dissolve after everyone in the government started to move away. Natlin would be re-establish on 17 July 2018 as a federal republic again, however, the entire nation was moved to a more urban neighborhood. Natlin without having any diplomatic ties with any other entity prompted Natlin to start finding more through online social media
Micronational YouTube Community (2018-2020)
North Divine War
After the unjustified declarations of war on the Kingdom of the Saugeen, the Federal States of Delphia, the United Ocean States, and the Republic of South Divine made by the People's Republic of North Divine, Natlin promptly along with East Michigan and the Buckeye Republic declared war on North Divine. The conflict lasted from 10 July 2019, up until 22 August 2019 after defeating the North Divine armed forces at the Battle of Learton.
Ernish-Mountain States War
Natlin entered into the Ernish-Mountain States War on August 25th, 2019. Natlin joined the war in support of Union of Mountain States, declaring war on the Ernish Union the day it had declared war on Mountain States. Being aligned to Mountain States, Natlin played a large role in the war against the communist bloc. This would be the beginning of the long-standing alliance between Natlin and Union of Mountain States, lasting up until the dissolution of Mountain States. Natalanian intervention in the war was a key deciding factor in the outcome of the conflict, eventually leading to a victory for Natlin and Mountain States on October 6th, 2019.
Mobzen Independence
Chairman status in the Micronational Assembly
Seldavian War
2020 - Present day
Hougoumount Campaign
Natlin's most recent conflict was the Hougoumont Campaign, lasting from May 3rd to May 6th, 2020. The war initially started due to the Kingdom of Johnnyland issuing an ultimatum to the United Provinces of Natlin and Natalanian allies to surrender within the next 24 hours of said ultimatum. Natlin then declined such demands, and thus began the Hougoumont Campaign. The war was relatively short with Johnny and his associates being swiftly defeated in a matter of days.
Natlin is a representative democracy, similar to that of the government of the United States. The government is maintained by a system of checks and balances defined by the constitution.
The federal government of Natlin comprises of three branches:
 - Legislative: The Natalanian Congress which is made up of the Senate and House of Representatives declares war, creates federal laws, approves treaties, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the government such as the president.
 - Executive: The president is the commander and chief of the entire Natalanian armed forces, can veto legislative bills before they become law, and appoints the members of the Cabinet with the consent of the senate.
 - Judicial: The Supreme Court and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the president with Senate approval, interpret laws and checks to see if actions of the legislative and executive branches are constitutional or not.
The United Provinces of Natlin has foreign relations with the following nations:
Nations that Natlin recognizes as sovereign Countries:
Defunct Nations
Nations that Natlin recognized or had relations with, defunct or not:
Alliances and Organizations
Organizations/Alliances that Natlin was in.


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Grades: PreK-5 | Age: 2-11yrs | Written by: Andrea Mulder-Slater
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Students will use leaves and twigs to create figures.
What You Need:
What You Do:
- Leaves (all shapes, all sizes, all colors).
- Small twigs.
- Construction paper (diffferent colors).
- Have a look at a small pile of leaves to see if their shapes suggest heads, arms, bodies etc.
- Choose some leaves that resemble people parts and glue the shapes down on construction paper. You may need to do some cutting and rearranging to come up with a pleasing shape.
- If you have the leaves (and the time) you could create a huge leaf person by drawing out a body shape and gluing leaves all over to fill in the shape.
- You can use twigs and construction paper scraps to add details to your leaf person.
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We report a technique for encoding both amplitude and phase variations onto a laser beam using a single digital micro-mirror device (DMD). Using this technique, we generate Laguerre-Gaussian and vortex orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) modes, along with modes in a set that is mutually unbiased with respect to the OAM basis. Additionally, we have demonstrated rapid switching among the generated modes at a speed of 4 kHz, which is much faster than the speed regularly achieved by phase-only spatial light modulators (SLMs). The dynamic control of both phase and amplitude of a laser beam is an enabling technology for classical communication and quantum key distribution (QKD) systems that employ spatial mode encoding. © 2013 Optical Society of America.
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Mirhosseini, M., Magaña-Loaiza, O., Chen, C., Rodenburg, B., Malik, M., & Boyd, R. (2013). Rapid generation of light beams carrying orbital angular momentum. Optics Express, 21 (25), 30204-30211. _URL_


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Alfred Music Publishing, in collaboration with Guitars in the Classroom (GITC), proudly presents The Green Songbook uniting environmental education or "eco-sustainability" with K-12 education across the curriculum. The book is authored by Jessica Baron, creator of the popular SmartStart Guitar series, author of Your Musical Child: Inspiring Kids to Play and Sing for Keeps. Jessica is also the founder and executive director of the nationally operating non-profit Guitars in the Classroom.
This is her seventh publication.
The Green Songbook presents popular and fun, inspirational songs about the environment that promote healthy lifestyles and eco-aware choices. Participating songwriters and artists include Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, the Banana Slug String Band, Tom Chapin, and many others. To view the table of contents and find songs you'll want to play, please click the "Contents" link above!
Each chapter in The Green Songbook focuses on an important aspect of greening our planet and our livessupporting us in our efforts to learn about and bring about real eco-sustainability. The language is child friendly without being simplistic, as these writers have great regard for young people and recognize that the future rests in their hands as well as our own.
These chapter introductions have been written for you by eco-experts and advocates. Starting in Chapter 2, they give you links and recommendations for their hands-down favorite resources and environmental organizations! Just click on each chapter above to see the links and get a feeling for what that chapter has to offer. You'll see a photo of the author and an excerpt from their writings plus a link to following their work and writing, where possible. Andrew Revkin writes for the New York Times online at _URL_ so he is easy to follow but Caprice Potter lives in a school life-lab garden 10 months of the year so you'll have to visit her in Santa Cruz, California at Gateway School to see what she's up to. She'll be glad to meet you!
Singer-songwriter Jack Johnson has provided support through his foundation for teacher training with The Green Songbook. His nonprofit organization, the Johnson Ohana Charitable Foundation, established and supported through the profits of his touring act, funds projects in education, music and arts, and eco-sustainability. Jack's partner in love and life is Kim Johnson, and the two of them really are the First Couple of Caring for Mother Earth. Kim as an eco-advocate and parent takes sustainability to heart. She and the staff of the Kokua Hawai'i Foundation sent us additional resources after the book had gone to print. You'll find their helpful additions in the Additional Links section of select chapters.
Every copy of The Green Songbook is printed on 100% recycled paper, continuing Alfred


Call Tracking
What Is Porting And How Does It Work?
by Trisha Hand
What is porting?
If you already own a number that you would like to use as a tracking number in CallTrackingMetrics, but it is currently not in our system, you can port the number in making it usable for your tracking purposes.
How do you port a number?
Porting a number into CallTrackingMetrics is simple, log into your account and go to Numbers>Port Numbers. On this page you fill out a form with the number you are porting, the receiving number, the tracking source, and the name of your account. Once you have submitted this port form you will receive an email asking you to fill out and return an LOA (Letter Of Authorization), and a copy of the bill for this number.
Why do we ask for an LOA and Bill?
This paperwork is needed to prove to your current carrier that you are the owner of the number being ported and you are giving them permission to move the number over to CallTrackingMetrics.
How long does the process take?
The porting process can take 2-4 weeks to complete from the time our porting department receives the LOA and bill. Our porting department will be in correspondence with you throughout the process, letting you know if there is any further information required and giving you the scheduled port date once the date has being set for the number.
Porting numbers out of CallTrackingMetrics.
If you like your tracking number but no longer want to use it in CallTrackingMetrics and you have been actively using CallTrackingMetrics for 60 days, you can port the number to another carrier. To do this you would contact the desired carrier and fill out their LOA and use a screenshot of the tracking numbers page in lieu of a bill. That carrier will contact us with a port away request, we will email the admin of the account asking if the port away is legitimate and either approve or deny the request.


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Dennis Trucks
Description of Dennis Trucks:
Replica vehicles constructed as film props utilizing modern diesel engines.
Equipped with period style hard rubber tires non functioning gas lanterns for lights.
Each truck has removable seating for troops in the rear deck area and removable canvas tops
Two of the four trucks are weathered and have been aged down to give a "used" look.
Electric start and power steering make them easy to operate and reliable.
In the early 1900s the British Army began considering the ways that motor transport could be used during a large-scale war. It was recognised that motor transport would enable the British Army to move troops very quickly. In 1911 the British Army announced its strategy for acquiring motor transport in an emergency. An annual fee of £15 was to be paid for each lorry registered with the British Army. By 1914 this fee had been increased to £110.
When war was declared in August 1914 a total of 1,200 lorries were acquired by the Army. One of the most successful lorries used by the British Army was the Dennis 3-Ton Lorry. The four-cylinder engine enabled the lorry to reach 55 mph. Even when loaded, it could climb gradients as steep as 1 in 6. Over 7,000 Dennis 3-Ton lorries were built and used during the First World War.
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Everything is happening at this moment (late night thoughts)
Late at night, when it is quiet, it is easy to believe that nothing is going on in the world. The opposite is true. For every time zone that people are sleeping, in another they are waking up. All over the world people are being born and people are dying. People are making babies, having them, raising them, waiting for them to come home, wondering where they are. People are dancing in clubs, drinking in bars, sipping coffee in cafes. Some are wearing parkas while others are swimming in pools. Everywhere people are walking, drinking, lying down, getting up, working hard, resting. The world is filled with people active in some form. Everyone is doing something at this moment. Everything is happening now.
2 responses to "Everything is happening at this moment (late night thoughts)
 1. This reminded me of Brueghel's painting, "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," where Icarus's mythic fall goes unnoticed in a landscape of busy people doing other things. Many of the historic events that have happened during my lifetime have not seemed epic at that moment; only in retrospect do we understand their significance.


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The text-shadow property is a way to apply shadow to each letter, where the box-shadow property is applied to the boundaries of the element.
The values of the text-shadow property are:
 1. offset-x
 2. offset-y
 3. blur radius
 4. colour
As an example:
text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black;
This would set the text shadow as having 1 pixel offset on the y and x axis with a 2 pixel blur and a colour of black. It is also possible to define multiple shadows by comma seperating:
text-shadow: 1px 1px 2px black, 0 0 1em blue, 0 0 0.2em blue;
It is also possible to use HSLa and RGBa values for the colour so you can have transparent text-shadows, as an example:
 and offset-y
These two values are require, the offset x and y specifies the distance from the text. The offset-y sets the vertical distance, if the value is positive the shadow appears below the text and if the value is negative the shadow is placed above the text. The offset-x is the horizontal distance, if the value is positive then the shadow appears to the right of the text, if negative the shadow appears to the left of the text. If both values are 0 then the shadow would be directly behind the text.
An optional value is the colour. If no colour is set then up to the user agent to determine the colour of the shadow. The value of the colour can be place before or after the offset values in the property.
An optional value of how much the colour is blurred. By default it is 0, the higher the value the large the blur.
Browser support
At time of writing the text-shadow property is supported in all major browsers without browser prefix. It is supported by IE 10 and up, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and all other browsers. Safari 5.1 does require the colour to be defined for the shadow. Opera Mini ignores the blur-radius value so no blur effect is visible.
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Sharjah Science Museum
Sharjah Science Museum - Sharjah - United Arab Emirates
Phone: +971(6)-_PHONE_
Average Price: $ 3 per person
Sharjah Science Museum is the first interactive Science and Technology Centre in the UAE. The exhibition hall is designed to stimulate the visitor's curiosity about the world around them. It contains hands-on exhibits that cover a wide range of topics, from human performance to the physics of rotating objects. Visitors can continue their exploration by taking part in the science demonstrations or the planetarium shows.


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This bundled pack of books, experiments, activities and educational toys will inspire your child to explore the world outside and teach students about animals, weather, physics, space, geometry, scientific observation and experimentation. This pack is leveled for 3rd through 6th grade. Our books are intended to educate in a playful way and to instill a natural curiosity to ask questions and learn independently. Hours of activities and experiments are included in this pack that will reinforce important concepts and lessons.
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In Japanese mythology, an ikiryō (Japanese term for "astral projection")is a manifestation of the soul of a living person separately from their body. It is therefore associated with near death experiences and is also frequently reported as spontaneously experienced in association with sleep and dreams, illness, surgical operations, drug experiences,sleep paralysis and forms of meditation.
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Ikiryo is a manifestation of the soul of a living person separately from their body.
Traditionally, if someone holds a sufficient grudge against another person, it is believed that a part or the whole of their soul can temporarily leave their body and appear before the target of their hate in order to curse or otherwise harm them, similar to an evil eye.However, this temporary separation would result in sickness. If the separation became permanent, the person who held the grudge would die. The Ikiryo are said to be able to possess another living person without the originator even being aware of it Buddhist literture describes the Ikiryo as being particularly difficult to exorcise. The spirits are not tied to whomever they possess, and may freely move about bodies.


text: Observation TowerStanding in the open mountain pass of Dukla on the Slovak-Polish borders you can see an observatory tower offering a spectacular view of the Slovak and Polish land – the background scenery of the fights during the Karpathian-Dukla operation. The Tower was opened up for public in 1974 on the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Dukla pass. It is 49 m high and was built on the site of an original wooden observatory tower from 1959 nearby a temporary observatory site of the commander of the 1.Czechoslovakian army corps. The tower interior is well-decorated with some art pieces of the sculptor A. Raček: "Vítanie osloboditeľov – Welcome of the liberators ", a figure composition "Spoločný boj – Common fight" of the academic sculpture J. Koreň. The tower exterior is decorated with " Lime tree branch" being a symbol of a Slavonian solidarity created by an academic sculptor F. Patočka. Inside the observatory tower we can find: "A plan of an attack of the Red Army through Karpathy mountains to help directly SNU" and "An actual map in the space of the Dukla pass from September 30 up to November 5th 1944".


How to calculate principal repayment
Answer: use the CUMPRINC function in Excel
Say you take a 10-year lease for 100,000 at an interest rate (IRR) of 10%, paid annually. The installment for this lease is 16,275. You can calculate this using the PMT function in Excel:
PMT(10%, 10, 100000) = -16275
You've made 5 payments over 5 years. At this point, if you decide you want to repay the full lease, how much do you have to repay? In other words, what's the principal outstanding after 5 years?
This is not trivial calculation. The answer is not 50,000. In fact, it is 61,693. Here's how it works.
Year Balance Principal Interest EMI
_PHONE_ 10000 16275
2 93725 6902 9373 16275
3 86823 7592 8682 16275
4 79231 8351 7923 16275
5 70880 9187 7088 16275
6 61693 10105 6169 16275
7 51588 11116 5159 16275
8 40472 12227 4047 16275
9 28245 13450 2825 16275
10 14795 14795 1480 16275
The EMI contains an interest component as well as a principal component. The interest component is always 10% of the balance — because the interest rate is 10%. The remaining amount is the principal repayment.
In the first year, you pay an interest of 10% x 100,000 = 10,000, and the remaining 6,275 (from your 16,275 EMI) is the principal repayment. This brings the balance down to 93,725.
The next year, you pay an interest of 10% x 93,725 = 9,373, and the remaining 6,902 (from your 16,275 EMI) is the principal repayment. This brings the balance down to 86,823. And so on..
So after 5 years, you just have to repay 61,693, the balance after 5 payments.
Excel has two functions: PPMT and IPMT that calculate the principal and interest components. For example:
PPMT(10%, 1, 10, -100000) = 6275 (principal payment in year 1)
IPMT(10%, 1, 10, -100000) = 10000 (interest payment in year 1)
Excel also has the cumulative versions of these functions: CUMIPMT and CUMPRINC. You can calculate the balance outstanding using the CUMPRINC function. For example:
CUMPRINC(10%, 10, 100000, 1, 5, 0) = -38307 (principal paid in first 5 years)
The balance outstanding is 100,000 – 38,307 = 61,693
As you saw, the balance you have to repay midway is usually more than half the amount you borrowed. This is because you spend most of the first half paying off the interest. The typical shape of the balance outstanding over time is below.
Balance outstanding in a lease, over time
The typical shape of the principal and interest component of the EMI over time is shown below.
Principal and interest components of an EMI, over time
While this may take customers by surprise, this has confused banks as well, and has an interesting side-effect, thanks to Basel 2. Most banks use the book value of the lease for risk calculations. This is typically based on a straight-line depreciation. So after 5 years, the lease is worth 50,000 in the books, and they would have to provide capital for that 50,000. But Basel 2 now says they need to provide for the principal outstanding, which is 61,693 — meaning banks have to provide more capital than they have been so far. (I wouldn't be surprised if many banks don't know this.)
 1. khais says:
 ICICI BANK OFFERS Rs. 200000 personal loan with 19.5% interest, they told emi Rs.3017 for 4 years (48 monthly installment vis). How should I calculate that how much interest rate I am giving? How to cross verify? Please suggest or give calculation. Thanks
 2. pronab halder says:
 I wanted to know how would i calculate the total amount,principle and interest
 3. ganesh says:
 # And how EMI is calulated when intrest rate changes but EMI reamins same (default choice given by all banks when intrest rate changes.) # How to calculate new tenure in above case.
 4. TAMMY says:
 There is no sample by # of months instead of # yrs: Please show me how to calculate monthly principal and interest for the following: Loan Amount $11,000.00 Rate 10% 64 months Thanks
 5. shanti kumar says:
 can i know a bit briefly how emi amount is decided mannual work out required explaining the formulae. i know multiply divide which you have mentioned in the table but what is the 1+r pls explain.
 6. Santhosh says:
 I know the interest rate,EMI,Loan amount. I have to repay the amount by 60 months. how can i calculate the actual interest and principal payment on each months.
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 Santhosh, I suggest you have a look at the help for the IPMT and PPMT functions in Excel. That will do the job for you. (BTW, you'd only need the interest rate, loan amount and number of months. EMI can be calculated using the PMT function, or by adding IPMT + PPMT)
 8. Anand says:
 I know my EMI, the duration of the loan and the interest rate (not the IRR). Can i use any of these functions to determine how much principal i owe at a certain point in time? if not do I have to determine the IRR and then plug it into these functions to find the value i am looking for?
 9. S Anand says:
 Unfortunately, all the functions require the IRR. But given the EMI, duration and principal, you can determine the IRR using goal seek on the PMT function.
 10. Frankie says:
 how do i calculate NPV of Lease Payments in Excel given the following scenarios: Payment in arrears/advance(kindly articulate for both options, payment in arrears and due) and on a monthly basis, say current FMV is $100K,Interest rate=6%, Period is 60 months. I find your explanations marvellously simple….I think you should write a book on Excel for Finance or some such…thanks Sir.
 11. S Anand says:
 Frankie, the best way to do this is using the NPV function in Excel. It allows for any arbitrary cash flow patters.
 12. Vivian says:
 If I want to put the IPMT and PPMT function for the following, what would the formula look like?
 Loan $750,000, Annual Rate 7.50%, Years 5, Periods per year 4, Rate per Period 1.88%, Number of Periods 20, Period Payment (PMT) is ($45,316) I need to be able to calculate the Interest Payment. Then I need to find the PPMT function to calculate the principal payment for the current payment period. Please help!
 13. S Anand says:
 For the 11th period, it would be
 =IPMT(7.5%/4, 11, 20, 750000)
 =PPMT(7.5%/4, 11, 20, 750000)
 14. Divya says:
 Is the above process of calculation the same as used by banks in case of education loans?
 15. mythili says:
 this was very useful for me in doing project, thanks for those who done it
 16. G Prajeet says:
 Thank you for the wonderful calculation Sir
 17. K SUBRAMANYAM says:
 Dear sir,
 what is the formula for calculating the interest for a year if i know the loan amount(opening balance),rate of interest,emi,loan tenure in monthly rests
 18. Rajesh Jain says:
 Dear sir, i Have install amount, Rate of int and installment left details. How would i calculate the outs tanding principal. The solution is here
 But How? Can you kindly help
 19. n says:
 The formula PMT is correct but the parameter format is incorrect. The correct format for the given example is PMT((10%)/12,120,100000) = 1321.51


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The terminology used by Sage within the 2010 Stock System is not always clear. Here is a brief attempt to document the various types of Balance.
Qty Allocated = Qty Allocated Stock + Qty Allocated BOM + Qty Allocated SOP. These are the three mechanisms by which Stock levels can be depleted.
Unconfirmed Quantity in Stock
Essentially, this is POP Stock Received but not Invoiced. Therefore, the Stock Value cannot yet be "Confirmed".
Confirmed Quantity in Stock
POP Stock Received and Invoiced. Therefore, the Stock Value is "Confirmed".
Actual Qty (Physical Stock) = Confirmed Qty + Unconfirmed Qty. Within Sage, the terms "Physical" and "Actual" stock are used interchangeably.
Free Stock = Actual (Physical) Qty – Qty Allocated.


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Lesson 7Using the Oracle Net Assistant, part 2
ObjectiveUse the Oracle Net Assistant to choose naming methods.
Net Assistant Choosing Naming Methods
Network - Profile, Service Names, Listeners, Oracle Names Servers
To use the Oracle Net Assistant to choose naming methods, you must first select Profile from the menu hierarchy on the left side of the Assistant interface. The first tab under Profile is the Naming tab, where you can choose the naming methods. By default, Oracle Net will attempt to resolve a service name to a network address using the following three naming methods in the order in which they appear:
 1. Local naming (specified in the Oracle Oracle Net Assistant as TNSNAMES)
 2. Centralized naming using Oracle Names (specified in the Oracle Oracle Net Assistant as ONAMES)
 3. Host naming (specified in the Oracle Oracle Net Assistant as HOSTNAME)
In the next lesson, you will have the opportunity to simulate the procedure for defining trace levels for the listener.


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Correlation Method for Finding Gravitational Waves in LIGO DataAuthor(s): Maxim Saveliev* and Anatolii Skorbun
The method for finding the signal from the Gravitational Wave (GW) in the interferometrical data of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is demonstrated on the test example of the gravitational event GW150914. The method is based on the use of correlation analysis, reasoning from the fact that the shape of the signal to be found is known, as well on the use of computational statistics methods. The developed method was applied for the search for signals in the LIGO data for a 32 seconds timeframe inside standard data block of 16 s prior and 16 s after the GW150914 event. The performance of the method and its advantages for the analysis of signals in a noise are shown. The paper includes analysis of possibility of the existence of other useful signals in the noise signal where the chirp of the event GW150914 was detected and risk.


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What is delight directed learning? And, how do you incorporate it into your child's high school career?
Delight directed learning occurs when a person pursues learning about a topic because they take great delight in it, not simply because it's a required course.
Delight directed learning requires time. Make sure to build margin into your homeschool so your student
I was thinking about socialization because of a conversation I recently had with a nonhomeschooler. It is unbelievable that this is still as big a topic as it is surrounding homeschooled children, considering that socialization affects all children, no matter what context they are schooled in.
Does thinking about college admission for your homeschool student fill you with dread? Or does the task of making your child's comprehensive homeschool records keep you up at night? Do you ever wonder how your humble homeschool can compete with those insanely rigorous college prep schools?
In my book, Comprehensive Homeschool Records, you will l earn how college admission has changed over
It's fall of senior year and you and your child are sitting down to submit college applications. Of course, your job will be much easier if the homeschool transcript is done. Even if your transcript looks great on paper, it can be confusing to figure out what to include on a homeschool transcript when you are filling out college applications. Let me


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- The world's only bi-luminescent (Two Color) wavelength indicator that distinguishes between longwave UVA and shortwave UVC light
- Longwave analyte is sensitive to 300-395nm UVA/UVB which before exposure is clear, while under a Longwave UV source will glow in the range of red to red-pink in color.
- The shortwave analyte is sensitive to 220-275nm UVC which before exposure is clear, while under a Shortwave UVC source will glow in the range of Green to Yellow-lime in color.
- Photochromic dosimeter strip uses an analyte sensitive to wide-band UV between 200-400nm UVA/UVB/UVC
- UV dosimeter color strip concentration is directly proportional to UV intensity (higher intensity equals darker color)
- UV dosimeter color concentrations are also directly proportional to UVA UVB and UVC wavelength (shorter wavelengths equals lighter color) at max value.
The QuantaDose Multi-Wavelength Bi-Luminescent analyte technology is the world's most advanced self-powered reusable photochromic UV/UVC Light Test Card with five unique UV light responses. From the form factor of a credit card, Multi-Wavelength Bi-Luminescence technology uses two multi-fluorescence colors that absorb and emit photons of a different color when exposed to either long or short UV wavelengths of light. Not only does the card distinguish between longwave UVA/UVB and shortwave UVC with easy-to-see color change, the card includes two wide-band UV intensity strip areas sensitive to between 200-400nm that incorporate QuantaDose rapid reusable WPV (Worp Power Visibility) photochromic dosimeter UV power intensity indicator test. The rear of the QuantaDose Multi-Wavelength Bi-Luminescent UV/UVC Light Test Card is designed for UVC light beam finding so you can detect UVC and Far UV in occupied spaces.
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E. Cobham Brewer _PHONE_. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
consists of a stone so enclosed as to form a chair.
It was probably the stone on which the kings of Ireland were inaugurated on the hill of Tara. It was removed by Fergus, son of Eric, to Argyleshire, and thence by King Kenneth (in the ninth century) to Scone, where it was enclosed in a wooden chair. Edward I. transferred it to Westminster.
The monkish legend says that it was the very stone which formed Jacobs pillow.
The tradition is, Wherever this stone
is found, there will reign some of the Scotch race of kings. (See SCONE.)


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Why Context Matters In The Long And Short Of Words
June 20, 2011
Do you ever wonder about the stuff that makes up words? Why is a word a word, what goes into forming it, what's its history or why is it long or short? Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology do.
Steven Piantadosi, Harry Tily and Edward Gibson study words for MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences to understand how humans think and communicate.
Recently, they put a well-established, 75-year-old language theory to the test and found it had room for improvement. At issue was something called Zipf's law, an empirical scientific principle that says word length is primarily determined by frequency of use.
In 1935, Harvard University linguist George Kingsley Zipf asserted "the magnitude of words tends, on the whole, to stand in an inverse, not necessarily proportionate, relationship to the number of occurrences." In other words, short words are used more than long ones.
"One widely known and apparently universal property of human language is that frequent words tend to be short," the researchers write in their report. They note short words are used to make communication more efficient than what can be had with frequent use of longer words.
This is because of pressure for communicative efficiency, Zipf surmised. It would be impractical to ask everyone at a Thanksgiving dinner whether they would like a bowl of soup using a 15-letter word for "of," for example.
In the Brown University Standard Corpus of Present-Day American English, which contains about two million words of text, "of" is the fourth most commonly used word. Meanwhile, "the" is used more in writing than any other word in the English language. In fact, a list of the top 100 most frequently used words contains words such as "be," "on," "have," "with," "who," and "some," all very short words.
But the cognitive scientists at MIT demonstrated a substantial improvement to Zipf's law. They showed that across 10 languages the predictability of what a person says is a more important determinant of word length than how often he or she says it.
Word length actually comes down to the amount of information it contains
The goal of the research was to compare Zipf's word frequency theory to Piantadosi and colleagues' word predictability theory–the idea that the average amount of information a word conveys in context–its predictability–determines word length.
"For instance, in a context like "ËœMonday night ____' the word "Ëœfootball' is very predictable and therefore conveys very little information," said Piantadosi, a cognitive scientist in the Ph.D. program at MIT and lead author of the study. "But, in a context like "ËœI ate ____,' the missing word is very unpredictable, but conveys a lot of information."
The hypothesis was that average information contained in two, three or four word sequences should in part determine the length of words, either in letters or syllables, since that's how an optimal code would behave. In this example, "football" and the two words preceding it demonstrated the effect.
"The only way these effects can get in to the lexicon is if our linguistic systems, and the mechanisms of language change, are sensitive to communicative pressures," said Piantadosi.
The sequences of words that people use are coded–their letters, syllables, sounds, etc.–for efficient communication and are better predictors of word length than frequency alone, he said.
"This means word sequences provide efficient codes for the meanings they convey, relative to the statistical regularities in language," he said. "That's our claim."
Context matters for love, amour, liebe, amor and kärlek
Love, amour, liebe, amor and kärlek all mean the same thing across different languages and all are about the same length, which according to Zipf is what should be expected if they were similarly predictable or informative. But the MIT researchers stress it's the words before and after a particular word that determines how often the particular word is used, not length.
True, the word for strong fondness is very short, but how frequently do people say it, what are the circumstances when they do and how predictable is the information conveyed when it's said? Saying "I love you" is quite different from saying "I love chicken." For a word like "love," context matters.
"I was surprised that we found effects in so many languages," said Piantadosi. "I would have thought that differences in morphology, or word structure, might have swamped our effects in many languages, but this doesn't appear to be the case."
Why the most frequently used words are short
The research findings also provide an improved explanation as to why the most often used words are short–because they tend to be predictable, meaning many short words, on average, convey relatively little information. Of the top 100 words, many are "function words," whose main purpose is to join words together such as–"with," "from" and "over." By themselves, these words give the reader or listener a very small amount of data.
The researchers also found short words must be paired with other familiar words to derive context and convey information. This is because many times words occurring after well-known sequences of other words are the most predictable and contain the least information; for example "a ton of fun," is a well known sequence of words that conveys very little information. But words that have a little association to the words preceding them contain more information; for example, "a ton of butter."
A final word
The research revealed that people communicate through at least an approximately optimal code for meaning, said Piantadosi. "Lexicons are not arbitrary in the sense of being completely random. Instead, they are well-structured for communication, given the patterns of word sequences people typically use."
The research is published in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences in an article titled "Word lengths are optimized for efficient communication." The National Science Foundation's Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences funds the research.
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Cell-Based Soft Tissue Reconstruction in a Hydrogel Scaffold
Renevia is a hyaluronin-gelatin crosslinked matrix scaffold that has been studied as an alternative to adipose transfer in soft tissue reconstruction. It is designed to emulate the native extracellular matrix environment by supporting stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cell attachment, survival, and proliferation, thus promoting cell-based volume restoration. However, the concentration of incorporated cells for a clinically relevant result has yet to be determined.Methods
Five experimental groups of seven CD-1 nude immunodeficient mice were given 250 μL grafts of the following composition: 1 million human SVF cells per mL of Renevia scaffold, 6 million human SVF cells per mL scaffold, 12 million human SVF cells per mL scaffold, Renevia scaffold-alone or human adipose tissue–alone. Volumetric analysis was conducted at discrete time points over 16 weeks using 3-dimensional ultrasound, after which time the grafts were explanted for histologic analysis.Results
At the conclusion of the study at week 16, the Renevia scaffold group incorporating the highest concentration of human SVF cells (12 million cells per mL scaffold) had significantly greater volume retention compared with the 2 lower concentrations, scaffold-alone and fat-alone groups. Histology of the 12 million scaffold group revealed abundant adipocyte formation within the scaffold, exceeding that observed in the 6 million, 1 million, and scaffold-alone groups. The 12 million group also demonstrated significantly increased vascularity per CD31 staining.Conclusions
Stromal vascular fraction cells coupled with Renevia hydrogel scaffold can enhance soft tissue volume reconstruction. In this study, we observed the greatest effect with 12 million cells per mL. From the perspective of volume retention, incorporation of higher concentrations of SVF cells with Renevia may be an alternative to conventional adipose tissue grafting.


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Valorization of Prickly Pear Juice Geographical Origin Based on Mineral and Volatile Compound Contents Using LDA
Laboratory of Food Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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Foods 2019, 8(4), 123; _URL_
Received: 23 March 2019 / Revised: 7 April 2019 / Accepted: 11 April 2019 / Published: 15 April 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Food Authentication: Techniques, Trends and Emerging Approaches)
In the present work the mineral content and volatile profile of prickly pear juice prepared from wild cultivars was investigated. Fruits used in the study originated from three areas of the Peloponnese Peninsula. Twenty-five macro- and micro-minerals (K, Na, P, Ca, Mg, Al, B, Ba, Be, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Li, Mn, Mo, Ni, Sb, Se, Si, Sn, Ti, Tl, V, Zn) were determined using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). Furthermore, analysis of the mineral content of soil samples with ICP-OES showed a perfect correlation with those of fruit juices. Volatile compounds (alcohols, aldehydes, hydrocarbons, terpenoids, and others) were identified using an optimized headspace solid phase microextraction coupled to gas chromatography mass spectrometry (HS-SPME/GC-MS) method. Multivariate analysis showed significant differences (p < 0.05) among the investigated parameters with respect to juice geographical origin. Prickly pear juice samples were classified according to geographical origin by 85.7% and 88.9% using 7 minerals and 21 volatile compounds, respectively.


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How do products get properly spaced for weighing or labeling?
You need to use a box/case indexer. Proper product spacing is vital to ensuring reliable operation of downline equipment such as conveyor scales, checkweighers and labeling systems.
Conveyor Scale – proper product spacing ensures only one package is on the scale at a time. If two packages are simultaneously on the scale, an incorrect weight can result.
Checkweigher – A checkweigher is essentially a conveyor scale with a divert so the same incorrect weight situation will arise as with a conveyor scale. However, the divert may reject a package that is actually within the proper weight range.
Labeling System – Proper product spacing ensures that labels can be formatted, printed and applied to the box before the next one arrives.
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Importance of a Indexer for Proper Box Spacing-1
A supply conveyor transports boxes with inconsistent spacing. The boxes move onto the Indexer, which has a conveyor section that will drop down allowing boxes to accumulate against a Bulkhead. (This conveyor section has unique roller belting that allows the conveyor to continuously turn while boxes accumulate on top of the belt.)
Importance of a Indexer for Proper Box Spacing-2
A sensor (not shown) detects a space is available, the Drop Down Conveyor section will then rise allowing a box to advance unobstructed. The Infeed Conveyor, which moves faster than the Drop Down Conveyor, will grab the first box (A) propelling it forward to create a gap between the trailing box (T).
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The Arctowski Medal is presented every two years to recognize outstanding contributions to the study of solar physics and solar terrestrial relationships. The Medal is now presented with an award of $100,000, plus $100,000 to support research in solar physics and solar terrestrial relationships at an institution of the recipient's choice. The Arctowski Medal was established in 1958 by the bequest of Jane Arctowska in honor of her husband, Henryk Arctowski.
Mats Carlsson and Viggo Hansteen, will receive the 2017 Arctowski Medal. Working in collaboration, Carlsson and Hansteen led the development of the Bifrost numerical model of the solar atmosphere, a complex, three-dimensional "magnetohydrodynamics" model that has vastly improved our understanding of the physics of the sun, including its dynamic and constantly changing chromosphere, transition region, and corona.
Carlsson and Hansteen's multifaceted approach, which combines both modeling and observations, allowed Bifrost to solve decades-old mysteries of the chromosphere, such as the physical mechanisms that drive chromospheric and coronal dynamics and energetics. It has also provided key insights into solar features such as the short-lived bursts of gases known as spicules, the micro solar flares known as Ellerman bombs, chromospheric surges, and coronal flares.
Among its many applications, the constantly evolving Bifrost code has played a central role in NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) satellite project, which is exploring how the solar atmosphere is energized. Read more about their work
Mats Carlsson and Viggo Hansteen (2017)
For their investigations in radiative transfer, magneto-hydro-dynamics, and plasma physics that has resulted in major advances in chromospheric diagnostics and our understanding of the physical mechanisms that drive chromospheric and coronal dynamics and energetics through the development and use of the Bifrost numerical model of the sun's atmosphere.
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Alexander J. Dessler (2015)
For his notable imagination in framing many of space science's most basic conceptions about the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field and their interactions with the magnetospheres of earth and other planets at the beginning of the Space Age.
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John T. Gosling (2013)
For elucidating fundamental issues in the physics of the solar atmosphere and solar wind, including revealing the "Solar Flare Myth", discovering bi-directional solar-electron streaming and, in the last decade, finding reconnection events in the solar wind.
John W. Harvey (2011)
For major contributions to understanding the sun's magnetic fields and its interior structure, and for developing the instrumentation that has made these discoveries possible.
Marcia Neugebauer (2010)
For definitively establishing the existence of the solar wind, critical to understanding the physics of the heliosphere, and for elucidating many of its key properties.
Leonard F. Burlaga (2008)
For pioneering studies of the magnetized solar wind plasma from 0.3 to 102 AU, including the recent crossings of the Voyagers of the heliospheric termination shock and their entry in the heliosheath.
Edward J. Smith (2005)
For his pioneering studies of the solar and heliospheric magnetic fields in deep space and of planetary magnetic fields and their interaction with the solar wind.
Roger K. Ulrich (2002)
For recognizing the solar five-minute oscillations as acoustic modes in the solar interior and systematically developing both the theory and the observations to establish today's precise standard model of the solar interior.
Arthur J. Hundhausen (1999)
For his exceptional research in solar and solar-wind physics, particularly in the area of coronal and solar-wind disturbances.
Raymond G. Roble (1996)
For his indispensable contributions to understanding the effects of variable solar inputs on the Earth's atmosphere and ionosphere by powerful global modeling techniques.
John A. Simpson (1993)
For his pioneering studies of the properties of the charged particle environment of the Sun, the Earth, and the other planets.
Peter A. Sturrock (1990)
For major contributions to the understanding of solar magnetic activity, especially with regard to the genesis and effect of solar flares.
John A. Eddy (1987)
For his demonstration of the existence and nature of solar variations of long term and the consequences of these changes for climate and for mankind.
William E. Gordon (1984)
For his pioneering development of theory and instrumentation for radar backscatter studies, which opened a broad field of research in the high altitude ionosphere.
Thomas M. Donahue (1981)
For his fundamental contributions to understanding the role of solar radiations in the physics and chemistry of the atmospheres and ionosphere of the Earth, Mars, and Venus.
John R. Winckler (1978)
For his outstanding research on the solar modulation and acceleration of high energy particles and the discoveries of solar flare gamma rays and auroral X-rays.
Jacques M. Beckers (1975)
For his extraordinary originality and achievement in the discovery and study of exotic small-scale phenomena in the Sun.
Francis S. Johnson (1972)
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Eco-friendly locations -> The Most Beautiful Caves and Grottos of the World -> Sof Omar Caves, Ethiopia
If you look at caves in terms of geology, they represent only a cavity in the earth's crust, but the caves have played an important role in the development of humanity, and through fear of the unknown the man hasn't studied thoroughly many of the caves of the planet. Many caves have survived the so-called "rock" pictures of the first people that make it possible to understand the life and culture of the ancient inhabitants of the earth. Many caves are interesting and varied for their interior.
Description of the Cave
The Sof Omar Caves have a length of 15.1 km (9.5 miles), making them the longest cave system in Ethiopia. A source claims that this system is the largest in Africa. The caves are located in Bala in the south-eastern Ethiopia, where flows the Web River. Log opens in Ive Mako and reappears at a distance of 1 km in Holuke. For a long time the cave was a religious center and it is a sacred place for the local and traditional religions and Islam. The caves are known by many posts, especially those that are located in the "House of the Colon." According to a tradition, Sof Omar was the name of a Muslim saint who lived in the area, and Ive was the name of his daughter. Mako and Holuka are the local names for "caves". The researcher Arthur Donaldson Smith recorded the visit to the cave in 1897. An Italian expedition also visited the cave in 1913. In 1934, Henry Bryuil spent some archaeological research in the field. The Italians almost certainly visited the cave during the years of occupation, but apparently none of these early researchers did not pass on to Holuke Ive Mako. In 1967, Eric Robson, Chris Klafem Kabir Ahmed explored and discussed, and the cave, made a record 8 km of passage. After this, the Ethiopian Tourist Board has published a brochure about the cave. Although the area is not readily available and the tourist industry has not been extensively developed in the area, a few intrepid visitors made the trip to the then remote cave. In February 1971, Professor Theodore Monod from the National Museum of Natural History of France, Bill Morton (University of Manchester Speleology, Caves Research Society), and Ato Mazhmar Hsilemalid recorded another-km new passage in the famous cave. The same year Dick Ashford and Malcolm Hale Larga Selassie made a study of caves and some species of bats living in a cave. In 1972, the British expedition arrived in Ethiopia. The team included Dick and Tim Remsden Renvozi (Speleology Club of Preston), Simon Amatt (Birmingham Karabinersky Club), Dave Catlin (Club Bradford University), Paul Remsdena (Center for the Boy Scouts Vernsayd), Terry and Steve Raynor Vorzingtona (Sheffield University Speleological Society).With some initial help from Bill Morton's group made a systematic study and review of the cave, and published the full report, "Sof Omar Caves and Ethiopia" Cave Research Group of Great Britain. The team found 6.1 km of new passages, bringing the total number of survey length 1.15 km. Sof Omar has 42 inputs, but in general, only four of them are suitable to enter the cave safely. The House of the Colon is a unique feature in the world of caves.


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Spatial Intensity Correlation and Aperture Averaging Measurements in a 20 Mile Retro-Reflected Lasercom Link
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The Naval Research Laboratory has established a lasercom test bed across the Chesapeake Bay. The test bed uses a bi-static transmitterreceiver arrangement on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay and various configurations of 5 cm retro-reflectors on the eastern shore to produce a 32 km retro-reflected lasercom test range. Experiments measuring the lasers transverse spatial profile after propagation over the test range have been performed. These experiments use an InGaAs CCD to image the pupil plane of the 40 cm receiver telescope and a frame grabber to store contiguous images for analysis. Analysis of these image sequences allows measurement of transverse spatial correlations across the received beam after 32 km retro-reflected propagation of the beam. Various configurations and numbers of retroreflectors were studied to investigate the impact of number and arrangement of retro-reflectors on the received beams spatial profile and spatial correlations. Additionally, since the CCD output is stored as a contiguous stream of images, analysis of these images intensity variance in time allows measurement of aperture averaging effects as a function of number of retro-reflectors and their geometry. Results from these experiments are presented.
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Algorithm to convert any positive integer to an RGB value
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Date : October 17 2020, 11:12 AM
Does that help You need to first find the range of those values to get the min and max. Then you need to create a colour scale like the bar below this image. You can experiment with different functions to map an integer to an RGB. You need 3 functions R(X), G(X), B(X). Looking at the image below it loks like B(X) peaks in the middle, R(X) peaks at the end and green is somewhere else. As long as you make sure that you never get two (RGBs) for some value of X then you've got your conversion.
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Find smallest integer greater or equal than x (positive integer) multiple of z (positive integer, probably power of 2)
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Date : March 29 2020, 07:55 AM
it should still fix some issue If z is a power of two, the modulo operation can be reduced to this bitwise operation:
return (x + z - 1) & ~(z - 1);
string consisting of positive integer or positive decimal, convert toI number format
By : wcd923
Date : March 29 2020, 07:55 AM
hop of those help? It depends on whether you are allowed to use the standard library functions or not. If so, then, yes, it is just as easy as you described. If not, you will have to parse the string looking for decimal points, minus signs, etc. and convert by your own algorithms.
How to optimize an algorithm that returns the value of a positive integer x such that f(x) >=0 for a partially known
By : Balaji
Date : March 29 2020, 07:55 AM
will help you Evaluate f(x) for x powers of 2, until you find f(2^n) < 0 and f(2^(n+1)) >= 0. Then bisect until you find the lowest value. It's O(log n) time to find the first power of 2 for which the function is non-negative, and then O(log n) to binary search in the range 2^n to 2^(n+1).
Algorithm: Factorize a integer X to get as many distinct positive integers(Y1...Yk) as possible so that (Y1+1)(Y2+1)...(
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Date : March 29 2020, 07:55 AM
wish help you to fix your issue Consider the number 2**6.11**5.
Your algorithm will find 5 factors:
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An algorithm thats gives all possible distinct arrays whose positive integer elements sum to a given number
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wish of those help Here is some idea.
If I'm not mistaken the number of the arrays is 2N-1 and the arrays map to bit patterns codding integers form 0 to 2N-1-1 as follows:
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