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Volume 37, Issue 2 (March 1992)
Big Game Species Identification by Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Probes
Species identification is important in many big game forensic science cases but cannot always be accomplished because of the lack of adequate techniques. The authors have developed deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) probes for elk, deer, and antelope by isolating highly repeated satellite sequences. These DNA probes distinguish among deer, elk, and antelope, although not between different species of deer. Because of the high number of sequence copies per genome, these probes are extremely sensitive, requiring less than 10 ng of total genomic DNA. The developmental protocol for these probes is relatively simple and is applicable to many other species.


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Texas Water Development Board approves $90,000,000 to the City of Bedford (Tarrant County) for water system and water meter improvements
For immediate release. Contact: Sarah Haney at _PHONE_
AUSTIN – (July 23, 2015) – The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) today approved by resolution financial assistance in the amount of $90,000,000 from the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) to the City of Bedford (Tarrant County). The City will be able to finance the construction costs associated with water system and water meter improvements.
The City could save approximately $4,008,938 over the life of the loan by using SWIFT.
The City plans to replace 90 percent of water piping in its water distribution system with the assistance approved today. The City will also replace 15,000 water meters with automatic meter readers. The improvements by the City are a conservation project and will save an estimated 2,716 acre-feet of water per year.
The TWDB is the state agency charged with collecting and disseminating water-related data, assisting with regional planning, and preparing the state water plan for the development of the state's water resources. The TWDB administers cost-effective financial assistance programs for the construction of water supply, wastewater treatment, flood control, and agricultural water conservation projects.

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I can't seem to find a good explanation of what the differences are between the words location and locality. Are they interchangeable, or are there certain contexts in which one or the other must be used?
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I'd have thought any dictionary would make this clear. The location of something means exactly where it is, whereas the locality means the general region around where it is. – FumbleFingers Feb 11 '12 at 19:47
I think that e.g. in the sense of computer science terms like "locality of reference", locality also has a meaning like "property of remaining localized", i.e. unmoving. – Karl Knechtel Feb 11 '12 at 21:31
_USER_ Actually, "locality" and "localized" in that context don't mean "unmoving" but "within a specific region". For example, "locality of reference" means many references in a small region. – David Schwartz Feb 12 '12 at 8:57
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It's all about knowing that location refers to a specific position on the map (the degree of certainty of the location can vary enormously depending on the context, from a specific coordinate in the map (What's your location? 38° 41' 7.8351", longitude: -96° 30' 14.0625")) to an entire continent What's your location? Europe) while locality will almost always refer to a specific town, village or area.
In general terms location is to position as locality is to village/town/area.
They are usually not interchangeable but since location is more general than locality, locality could be replaced by location in the right context.
Besides, since localities refer to predefined areas, they usually have names.
What is your (current) location?
My (current) location is latitude: 38° 41' 7.8351", longitude: -96° 30' 14.0625".
There is no need to be so specific, you could also say:
I'm near the river.
I'm almost there.
Regarding locality:
On what village/locality are you in?
I'm in Springfield.
If it was common for the operator to travel from village to village in a short period of time, village/locality would turn redundant and location could also be used.
What's your location?
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Location indicates the exact location, a position of something and locality indicates a small area of a country, city etc.
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Location is a place - a particular place, especially in relation to other areas - where something exists or happens.
His apartment is in a really good location
A locality denotes the fact or condition of having a location in space or time.
... weather reports from several different localities
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VMEDIAN is the jVarfun module of jLab.
 VMEDIAN Median over finite elements along a specified dimension.

 Y=VMEDIAN(X,DIM) takes the median of all finite elements of X along
 dimension DIM.

 [Y1,Y2,...YN]=VMEDIAN(X1,X2,...XN,DIM) also works.

 VMEDIAN(X1,X2,...XN,DIM); with no output arguments overwrites the
 original input variables.

 VMEDIAN, like MATLAB's MEDIAN, defines the median over an even
 number of values to be the average of the two middle elements.

 VMEDIAN uses a fast algorithm which can be several times faster
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An Oracle Database system is a relational database system which contains the process monitor and system monitor processes with storage. The oracle database can be accessed using common programing languages like C, C++, Java, C#, PHP and more. The data stored as rows and columns. The database system uses B+ tree. B+ tree is a special data structure allowing to efficiently store.


Load Balancing SQL with NetScaler
Scaling the Data Tier with Citrix NetScaler DataStream Technology
Native support and intelligence of SQL transactions is the key to extending the scalability, availability, and security benefits that the ADC brings to the web tier to the data tier, as noted in Sunil Potti's blog. Similar to the benefits of HTTP load balancing, a data tier load balancer should provide these key benefits:
 - A native SQL proxy like solution to perform SQL connection management and offload for database scale up scenarios to increase SQL connection limit.
 - A TDS protocol and SQL transaction intelligent load balancer that can accurately monitor backend server status including slave replication backlog to
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 - High Availability that can address both Master/Master and Master/Slave replication deployments to complete the database scaling solution. Both scaling approaches also need advanced, clustering-like automated IP failover for lower cost high availability with commodity hardware.
 - Database security encompassing transaction activity logging tied to user logins for compliance purposes to be generated from a central location to
 simplify record management.
NetScaler DataStream Technology
Leveraging its expertise in web applications, NetScaler with DataStream technology is the first ADC that justifiably addresses data tier challenges.
With DataStream technology, NetScaler introduces the industry's first "true" load balancer for data that offers native SQL protocol, data format and
transaction support for scaling database infrastructures. Structured Query Language (SQL) which is the de-facto data format, TDS (Tabular Data Stream) and Oracle MySQL, protocols that are widely deployed, are natively parsed and interpreted in NetScaler's high speed processing engine, providing all of the
advance policy framework available to act on data connections and transactions. Applying all of the same HTTP acceleration technologies to SQL, NetScaler is able to provide the same benefits to the data tier, such as SQL Connection Multiplexing, SQL Load Balancing, SQL Content Switching, SQL Health Monitoring, Automated Failover and Security.
SQL connection multiplexing: NetScaler's SQL transaction intelligence enables NetScaler to act as a SQL proxy and terminate SQL connections from both
client and server. Client to server connection multiplexing ratios of 50:1 or more is achievable depending on the application, number of unique database user
logins and character sets in use. SQL Load balancing: Armed with SQL transaction awareness, NetScaler can switch one client's many SQL transactions in a single TCP connection to several different servers. This delivers more optimal load balancing of SQL traffic since the load distribution is more granular when compared to a TCP load balancer.
 - SQL Content switching (read/write split): NetScaler can interpret SQL transactions and decipher between "select", "drop", "insert", "update" and other SQL statements and perform a split between read and write transactions. Splitting the reads and writes simplifies application server deployments by offloading the decision making and policy enforcement to NetScaler.
 - SQL Health monitoring: NetScaler intelligently load balances SQL requests, by selecting the database server that will return up-to-date data the fastest at the time of the request and sending the read request to only that server.
 - Automated IP failover: NetScaler's Virtual IP address solution is based on automated IP failover implementation where the virtual IP is assigned to the master node is switched over to the secondary node upon detection of heartbeat/monitor failure.
 - Security: NetScaler can apply granular user access policies to each database user. It also provides a consolidated log of all SQL transactions and user
 accesses for complete visibility, without taxing the database server. SQL protocol validation is also available with advanced Policy Infrastructure (PI)
 regular expressions.
As the industry's first SQL aware load balancing solution, NetScaler addresses the scaling and availability needs of the data tier, leveraging its
HTTP ADC technology for the web tier. NetScaler's SQL connection multiplexing scales connection limits for database scale up, native SQL load balancing
optimizes database scale-out, SQL transaction logs simplifies database security and replication aware monitors with Virtual IP based failover enables
cost-effective high-availability.
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India is expanding its biodiversity databases.
[HYDERABAD] India is expanding its biodiversity databases and linking them in a network so that policymakers for programmes that address biodiversity, climate change and socio-economic concerns have ready access to information.
An Indian Bioresources Information Network (IBIN) was launched this month (11 October) by M. S. Swaminathan, eminent crop scientist and founder of the M.S. Swaminathan Foundation of India, on the sidelines of the 11th conference of parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in Hyderabad.
IBIN builds on a 14-year-old agreement between India's department of biotechnology (DBT) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to combine remote sensing data with ground observations to characterise biodiversity and landscapes.
"Landscape characterisation is important for any evolving landscape conservation strategy," P. S. Roy, a scientist with the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehra Dun, under ISRO, said during a discussion on IBIN on 17 October.
DBT has already compiled three databases – one on biodiversity characterisation at landscape level, which comprises a spatial database on vegetation/land use types, landscape fragmentation, disturbance regimes, species richness, biodiversity value, and biological (plant) richness.
A second database is on plants, animals, marine and microbial resources, while a third is on vegetation, forest cover and other landscape elements.
The three datasets are the largest on the country's biological resources, K. N. Ganeshiah of school of ecological sciences, University of Agriculture Sciences, Bangalore, told SciDev.Net.
IBIN would forge links with existing biodiversity databases, Ganeshiah said.
This adds to the efforts of The Indian Biodiversity Information System (IBIS), started in 2010 by the Foundation of Ecological Security, a non-government organisation based in Anand, Gujarat state, to expands its database on birds to mammmals. IBIS announced this at the COP-11 meeting on 14 Oct.
IBIN and IBIS add to smaller independent initiatives – such as 'Conservation India', a portal launched in January 2012 to drive biodiversity information – which have come to play a central role in development strategies. These range from food production through health delivery to education, media and communication and are aimed at fostering a culture of conservation among citizens.
Separately, a National Biodiversity Information Outlook project is being discussed by India's ministry of environment and forests with the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and the Wildlife Institute of India to serve as a 'national grid'.
NBA chairman Balakrishna Pisupati said the project aims to bring together biodiversity data currently scattered in many institutions around India, to enable policymaking to be better informed than it is at present.
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The Blueye Smart Connector
Since the beginning with the Blueye Pioneer underwater drone, we have used custom connectors to connect thrusters, pressure sensors, tethers, and charging cables to the Blueye electronics in a waterproof manner. On the X3, we took our connector design one step further and created what we have called the Blueye Smart Connector.
The three guest ports on the Blueye X3 mini ROV offer eight different communication protocols and three different power levels to support a variety of external peripherals. The connector consists of a mechanical housing and a small circuit board connecting with spring-loaded pins on the drone side. The configuration of the circuit board is selected based on which protocols and power levels a particular piece of equipment uses.
Metadata stored on the connector
We have added a small memory chip to the connector circuit board containing metadata about the peripheral, such as device id, depth rating, and serial number. The metadata allows the Blunux operating system to automatically detect which equipment is connected. The Blunux operating system will start the necessary software modules needed to support a particular peripheral based on the connector information, without any configuration required by the end-user. On other systems, ROV operators would typically have to manually configure COM-ports, set static IP-addresses, and install system drivers to enable a new third-party peripheral.
The Blueye App will automatically enable or disable functionality based on the connected equipment, such as changing the controller layout to accompany the use of grippers if connected or adding new menu items to set the intensity of external lights when present. The Blueye App will warn the user if approaching the depth rating of a connected peripheral with a shallower depth rating than the Blueye X3 itself (305 m / 1000 ft).
Even the blind plugs used to seal the X3 when no external equipment is attached use Blueye Smart Connectors. If you forget to add a blind plug after disconnecting a device from the drone, the Blueye App will warn you that you need to seal the drone.
Having serial number information for any connected peripheral easily accessible in the app will also help with the efficiency of a support ticket, as we can quickly identify exactly which specific device is connected.
User-friendly underwater technology
At Blueye, our vision is to empower people and organizations with user-friendly underwater technology. Something as small as a connector can play an important role in achieving this. We believe the Blueye Smart Connector is yet another example of how our approach to underwater technology is different from the status quo in the mini ROV world.
Benefits of the Blueye Smart Connector
- Plug-and-play connection of third-party peripherals with no manual configuration
- The Blueye App and Blunux operating system intelligently adapt to take advantage of connected equipment
- The system can intelligently warn you when approaching the depth rating of external equipment or if a blind plug is missing


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The Wheatland Irrigation District serves approximately 55,284 acres and
911 water users. The Wheatland Irrigation District assesses $9.50/acre.
The irrigators have an estimated ability to pay of $18.00 - $20.00/acre.
In 1996 Kennedy Engineering completed a Level II study of Wheatland
Tunnel Diversion, Diversion Dam operation, and Gunbarrel Lateral canal.
The operation of the Wheatland Tunnel Diversion from the Laramie River
into Bluegrass Creek has resulted in fish kills in the Laramie River at
least twice in the last 10 years. The fish kills occur when diversions
from the Laramie River into Bluegrass Creek are stopped at the end of
the irrigation season and the tunnel is shut down for the winter. Water
and sediment impounded behind the diversion dam is sluiced into the
Laramie River resulting in draining of the impoundment and water quality
standards violations. The study investigated structural and management
alternatives to prevent these events from occurring in the future.
Using their own resources, the Wheatland Irrigation District has
constructed a box around the outlet and modified the intake to draw
water from the top rather than the bottom of the reservoir.
The State Engineer has requested that the Wheatland Irrigation District
install a measuring device at the diversion from the Laramie River into
Bluegrass Creek. The Level II study completed by Kennedy Engineering in
1996 recommended several improvements be made to the diversion system.
The following improvements are proposed: 1) a measuring weir will be
constructed, 2) the outlet gates from the Laramie River into Bluegrass
Creek will be moved to accommodate the new weir and the gates will be
automated, 3) a SCADA system enabling remote operation will be
installed. Rehabilitation of the concrete on the diversion dam will
also be completed. Construction is expected to begin and be completed
RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
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Pope John Paul II Gold Coins
2014 marks the canonization of Pope John Paul II and the Royal Canadian Mint is commemorating this historic event by creating pure gold and silver memorabilia coins. They were unveiled on March 27 at several ceremonies.
These coins were created to pay homage to the life and legacy of Pope John Paul II and his cosmopolitan accomplishments. These accomplishments include his message of courage, defense of freedom and the profound statements of hope he expressed to the world.
These beautiful gold and silver coins are wonderful additions for any collector or history buffs. The reverse image on both coins is a photograph of Pope John Paul II offering Mass during his first visit to Canada in 1984.


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Making the most of the Mendips : utilising the area for geo-tourism
Farrant, A.R.; Hardcastle, J.. 2008 Making the most of the Mendips : utilising the area for geo-tourism. Geoscience in south-west England - Proceedings of the Ussher Society, 12 (1). 58-64.Before downloading, please read NORA policies.
The Mendip Hills are one of the most geologically varied areas in the country with a wealth of important geological sites and a wide variety of rock types, landscapes and wildlife habitats condensed into a small area. This makes the Mendips one of the best areas in the country to appreciate the relationship between geology, landscape and biodiversity. Large numbers of people visit the Mendip Hills each year to visit its famous caves and gorges, to participate in a range of outdoor activities, and to appreciate the landscape. The region is also an important source of aggregate, which causes a conflict of interest between conservation bodies, planners, and the quarrying industry, but which has created many superb geological exposures, some of these are now important nature reserves. There is often a great deal of published information on the geology, geomorphology and natural history of areas of high scenic value or geological interest such as the Mendips, but there is often a significant gap between the basic geological information commonly accessible to tourists and locals, and the more specialist academic literature. The British Geological Survey is currently producing a new series of user-friendly maps and guidebooks to fill this gap and to promote geotourism in several regions across the country. For the Mendip Hills, this is being done through an Aggregates Levy funded project to create two 1:25,000 scale geological maps each accompanied by guidebook and an open access website. This more user-friendly approach to geological maps will hopefully make geology more accessible to local people and visitors alike and promote geotourism in the region.
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Low Cost Card Deck of Safe Coping Skills (English) - 112 cards; can play as game
The Seeking Safety card deck can be used as a game or to help remember the skills. It has 112 cards: 84 safe coping skills, 24 quotations, and 3 exercises. An ideas card offers various ways to play the game for groups and/or individuals. You can also make up your own games. The cards are professionally designed, with each type of card color coded (peach = relationship skills, blue = action skills, purple = quotations, etc.). The cards offer a fun way to learn and practice the ideas from Seeking Safety, and can be used with both adults and adolescents. This card deck is lower cost because it is missing the instruction card, but you can download that here. Also the colors are very slightly off, but the card deck is still totally fine! The low-cost card deck is available in English only but if you would like the Spanish deck or the regular English deck you can get those.

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This website contains biographical information on over 550 ancestors and descendants of Henry Harold Harrison. They include Harold's siblings, parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins of all descriptions. Their lives collectively spanned over 300 years from the late 17th century.
Joseph Harrison (c. 1835–) Ellen Ball (1832–1893) Edward Barton (1839–) Ann Barton (c. 1840–) Henry Harrison (1860–1937) Alice Barton (1863–1897) Henry Harold Harrison (1886–1973) Agnes Durie (1885–1971) Henry Harold (Hank) Harrison (1911–1974) John Durie Harrison (1913–1986) Gordon Harrison (1914–2005) Douglas Harrison (1919–1994)
Harold's was a working class family. His earliest known ancestors were mainly farmers and agricultural labourers from Lancashire. As the industrial revolution unfolded, their children migrated to Wigan and the surrounding villages to take up work in the textile mills and coal mines that were sprouting up throughout the Midlands. Some became shopkeepers. Harold himself apprenticed as a joiner at the beginning of the 20th century before emigrating to Canada where he worked as a carpenter and builder. His children mostly became middle-class business people.
Most of the traced ancestors lived in and around Wigan during the 19th century, their lives following the patterns of the society in which they lived. The children frequently received little schooling, and some were illiterate as adults. They joined the workforce around age 13. They usually lived at home with their parents until they were married. Husbands worked to support the family while wives looked after the home and children. The women bore children more-or-less continuously during their fertile years, however, many of the babies died in infancy. The lives of adults were often cut short by illness.
The biographies for most of Harold's ancestors are a synopsis of the facts recorded in census records and birth, marriage, and death certificates. This information typically includes their places of residence and occupations at various dates. Sadly, almost nothing more is known about who these people really were; their character, personality, talents, friendships, associations, interests, circumstances, health, contributions, trials, and tribulations are, for the most part, lost to time.
In addition to Harrison, the family's surnames include Ball, Barton, Mawdsley and Swarbrick. They married Donahues, Masons and Woods, among others. Their biographies can be accessed through our surname index, or from the partial family tree shown above. The biography for each of Harold's ancestors and descendants is also linked to his or her parents, siblings, and children for convenience.


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"The principles of open source include openness, democracy, access, iterative improvements, and collaboration. Zuckerberg calls this the hacker way and details the principles as:
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19th-century Polish literature
Mickiewicz was the greatest Polish poet and the leader of the Romantic period. His two-volume Poezye (1822–23; "Poems") was the first major literary event of the period. The second volume included parts two and four of Dziady ( Forefathers' Eve), in which he combined folklore and mystic atmosphere to create a new kind of Romantic drama....
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Cost-efficient generation of vector vortex beam from randomly polarized light source
We generate a radially polarized vector vortex beam from the randomly polarized light source through the crafting of polarization mask using cheap polarized films. The quality of the transmitted beam is increased using a pinhole that filters out higher-order modes. The polarization states of the generated vortex beam are characterized using Stokes parameters. We used the classical measurement and rotating quarter-waveplate method to measure these parameters. We show that both methods are efficient tools for measurement. A doughnut shape beam is evident in the intensity distribution, which may indicate the presence of a vortex, while the predominant polarization states for each Stokes parameter are also observed. Our method of generating vector vortex beam is cost-efficient, eliminating the need for expensive optical elements, and is suitable for randomly polarized incident light sources.


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Desa Kolok – literally "deaf village" – in the north of Bali has a
community with a unique sociolinguistic setting. The presence of genetic
deafness over many generations has given rise to an indigenous sign
language and socio-cultural adaptations to deafness.
The village community in Desa Kolok has adapted to the presence of deafness
to an extent not known in any other community. Deaf members of the village
have special social roles such as waterpipe management, burials, and
policing of the village, and there are specific cultural and social
practices referring to deafness, including a deaf god in the local variety
of Hinduism and myths about the origin of deafness in the village.
The author also documents the linguistic structures of the village sign
language Kata Kolok ("deaf language") in detail. Kata Kolok differs from
most other known sign languages with respect to the use of the sign space
in its linguistic system: the sign space is not used metaphorically to
refer to non-spatial concepts such as time, transitivity, or logical
contrasts. Thus there is no metaphorical "time line" with the future in
front and the past at the back of the signer, and transitive verbs do not
have a movement from subject to object location. The author also provides a
detailed account of the patterns of language use for both signed and spoken
languages in this multilingual village.
In summary, this book paints a compelling, vivid picture of the village
community, the patterns of language use, the cultural significance of
deafness, and the structure of the sign language. The book includes a data
CD with video clips of the village and the sign language as well as colour
photographs showing daily life in the village. The book will be of interest
to sign language linguists, typologists, linguistic anthropologists,
sociolinguists, and specialists in language documentation and field
This book is published by Ishara Press, an ethically responsible publisher
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Could an acoustic violin produce music without strings? May sound like Sci-Fi but will soon be a reality. That's the piezoelectric effect.
Let's just start by saying that there exists a 3-D printed violin based on this. The sound of the violin comes from the pressure applied on the surface of the violin by the bow which converts touch into an electric signal causing the sound and making a melody. Piezoelectric effect and 3D - now that's advanced science.
This Piezoelectric Effect was first discovered in 1880, by physicists Jacques and Pierre Currie who found that in crystals like quartz and tourmaline pressure generated causes an electric charge. And it is not just touch devices but also everyday things like lighters, wristwatches and devices like ultrasound machines, depth finders and other sonar systems that work on piezoelectricity. The automobile industry has been using this in keyless entry for cars, seat belt buzzers and air bag sensors.
Piezoelectricity is being seen as a pollution free solution and a replacement to conventional fuel sources. Labs across the globe are prototyping products based on the piezoelectric effect. Some of these are shoes with piezo cells enabling wearers to generate enough energy to charge gadgets like mobile phones and mini music players while they walk.
A simple explanation of piezoelectricity is harnessing power from ambient vibrations or mechanical disturbances. This means having infinite sources of power for all wearable devices.
This principal is also being used in innovative ways globally. In Tokyo, the subway stations have been using this technology to generate power from movement of the people using it. A dance club in Netherlands uses it to generate power from the dance floor. One of the latest applications is in a lawn tennis racquet which reduces the transmission of shock vibrations felt by the players in their arms.


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Q: Hope there is help for my beautiful amazing papaya tree! There where a loooooooot of fruits on it, but it broke! First of all, it was leaning and friends tried to straight my beautiful tree. What can I do? Will it get fruits again?
A: A couple months ago we also had a Papaya tree loaded with
fruit that fell down (see photos). It was heart-breaking. We secured it and it
continued growing for a couple of weeks but unfortunately, at the end the tree
still died, leaving us a million fruit.
The Papaya tree has a very sensitive root system and is hard to
re-establish once the roots are damaged.
However, if it just has a broken top, it has a good chance to grow back from the side shoots.
Of course, remove all the fruit so they don't take energy from the recovering tree.
When a tree is loaded with fruit, it is important to provide support for heavy branches and for the trunk if needed. Always support the fruiting tree to prevent from possible falling BEFORE it starts leaning down and may become broken by even a light wind.
In the photo, you can see how we fixed boards around, but it was already after the tree fell. Unfortunately, it was too late since the roots got damaged. Always need to stake the tree up before the branches get too heavy!
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A systematic procedure for detailed project planning and control. Abbreviated CPM.
Critical path method(CPM)
A construction scheduling device that diagrams the interrelationships between activities and identifies the critical path that optimizes the sequence of operations to minimize the construction period.
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A system of project planning, scheduling, and control which combines all relevant information into a single master plan, permitting the establishment of the optimum sequence and duration of operations; the interrelation of all the efforts required to complete a construction project are shown; an indication is given of the efforts which are critical to timely completion of the project.


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If I want an editor that accepts "points" of a minimum of three (a triangle) and I just add some points first, like this:
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how can I mathematically connect these corners (points) into an object of multiple triangles? so amount of triangles looks like something like this, by connecting nearest point:
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and then later render this and also being able to define what it is and check for collisions on this ground, so I can create more than Rectangle based "bricks" on a Platformer for example. Also being able to texturize the whole object without it looking ugly.
Any ideas? Or what is this called in game programming?
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What you are describing looks to me like a triangle strip. Riemer has a tutorial for creating these in an efficient manner. So if user adds a point you just add one along the bottom of the shape and then create the triangles using the points in a clockwise manner, but the tutorial covers this quite well.
EDIT: For collision detection between points you can linearly interpolate between them and check the height value of your object and the interpolated points.
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You probably think of corn chips and potato chips as salty foods, but the surprising fact is that Frito-Lay snacks contain less salt than you might think. For instance, a 1 oz serving of Lay's® potato chips contains less than 1/12th of a teaspoon of salt. That's less salt than in a serving of wheat crackers.
It might sound strange, but it's true, potato and corn chips taste saltier than some other foods because the salt in chips is sprinkled on the surface, rather than baked in, so it is one of the first tastes your tongue detects.
It's also important to know exactly what salt is, and the role it plays in your body. Sodium chloride, what we call salt, helps maintain our body's fluid volume and electrolyte balance. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines recommend that Americans consume no more than 2300 mg of sodium per day (about 1 tsp of salt).


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A SORC is…
A SORC: stands for After School Online Resource Center.
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Arbitration costs generally comprise three categories (i) the cost of the arbitral institution (when there is one), (ii) the fees and expenses of the arbitrators, and (iii) a party's direct costs. A party's direct costs includes its costs of legal representation, the costs of any experts, and out of pocket expenses. Arbitrations are financed by each party generally advancing half of the estimated arbitration costs. Those costs will be finally allocated between the parties in the final award.
Outside the US, the general rule in commercial and sports arbitration is that the losing party pays the winning party's costs which includes the direct costs. This rule is also increasingly being applied in investment arbitration. This means that parties embarking upon international arbitration face the risk of having to pay not only all of the institution's costs and the arbitrators' fees and expenses, but, as well, the legal costs of the winning opponent.
Surveys indicate that parties' direct costs compose the lion's share of the total arbitration costs, in the order of about 75% to 85% of the total, with the arbitrators' costs representing around 10 to 20% of the total and the arbitral institution usually taking no more than 5%.
The costs of the arbitral institution and the arbitrators are generally either a function of the value in dispute or of the time worked by the institution and the arbitrators. Where these costs vary with the amount in dispute, arbitral institutions will often make available a costs calculator for the parties to be able to estimate these arbitration costs.


text: This paper analyses immigrants' education-occupation mismatch as well as its impact on their wages in Spain. Using cross-sectional data from the National Immigrant Survey of Spain 2007, we estimate a probit model taking into account the possible problem of selection bias. We show that the incidence of immigrants' education-occupation mismatch in the Spanish labour market can largely be explained by the incidence of education-occupation mismatch in the last job held in the home country. The probability of having been over-educated at home shows to have a higher effect on the probability of being over-educated in the first job upon arrival where work experience gained in the home country shows to be highly valued by Spanish employers. In addition, our results show that those who were over-educated in their first job after arrival are more likely to continue in being overeducated in their current/last job in Spain. Furthermore, we analyse the performance of immigrants in Spain by estimating the wage penalty of over-education. Using log wage equation as well as predicted and counterfactual values distinguishing between immigrants being in the correctly matched occupation and those who are over-educated, we show that over-educated immigrants earn significantly lower wage compared to their correctly-matched counterparts, while over-educated immigrants' would have earned an even larger amount if the same individuals were employed in a correctly matched job instead. Significant differences are also apparent when restricting the models to the level of education.


Building the Coherence Incubator Projects
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Coherence Incubator projects are shipped both as a pre-compiled jar as well as java source. The compilation and run-time of the Incubator projects only depends on a JDK version greater than 1.5 and Coherence greater than 3.5.3.
While you may use your preferred way of building the source, we have an example below showing how to build the source using Apache Ant.
Downloading Installing and Configuring Apache Ant
 1. Download the current version of Apache Ant (typically from here:
 2. Uncompress the downloaded file into a suitable folder (let's call this /your/path/to/ant)
 3. Set an environment variable called ANT_HOME in your system environment variables.
 1. For *nix bash-based shells (like Apple OS X), perform the following;
 2. Open ~/.profile with your favorite text editor.
 3. Add the following to the top of the file: export ANT_HOME=/your/path/to/ant
 4. Edit (or define) a PATH export to be as follows:
 5. export PATH=$ANT_HOME/bin:$PATH
 6. Save your.profile and exit your editor
 7. Execute the following shell command (in a Terminal Window) to re-read your new profile: source ~/.profile
 8. From a shell prompt (in a Terminal Window) you should now be able to execute the following command (from any path) to determine the version of Ant you have just installed: ant -version
Configuring Eclipse to use the Apache Ant installation
If you're using Eclipse (or another IDE) it's recommended that you upgrade it to use the latest Apache Ant release you've just installed. Here's how:
 1. Open Eclipse
 2. Open the Preference Window
 1. On *nix-based releases of Eclipse (including Apple OS X), choose the Eclipse > Preferences menu.
 2. On Windows-based releases of Eclipse, choose the Window > Preferences menu.
 3. Choose Ant > Runtime
 4. Press the "Ant Home..." button
 5. Choose the location of /your/path/to/ant
Building the Incubator projects
Below you will find an ant script that you can use to build the Incubator projects.
 1. Download and unzip the
 2. In the directory where you unzipped, create a directory named "dependencies"
 3. Copy coherence.jar from your Coherence application to the dependencies library
 4. Copy the below ant script to an ant file: custom-build.xml
 5. On the command line, run ant -f custom-build.xml
 6. In the newly created.build directory you will find the compiled jar
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Students angry about biology exam question with no biology in it
GCSE students have become enraged after a question in their biology exam contained no biology.
The students have taken to Twitter to air their frustrations, and even started a full-blown Wikipedia edit war in reaction to the question, which many of them believe would be more at home in Business Studies.
Wiki war
The exam, which took place on Tuesday, asked the question: "What is meant by the term independent business?"
The question, which many students weren't prepared for, prompted a lot of outrage on twitter and an edit war on the Independent Business wikipedia page.
In case you're wondering how Independent Business is related to biology, Wikipedia defines it as:
Nope, that's not right... someone must have edited the page. Let's try again. An independent business is:
"An independent business is a Stupid Fucking question made up by the AQA writers whilst they were drunk with the 15 year old pissheads. I HATE AQA."
That definition isn't right either. Personal favourite definition:
Y u do dis, Assessment and Qualifications Alliance??
The actual definition is:
"An independent business is a business that is free from outside control. It usually means a privately owned establishment, as opposed to a publicly limited company, which is owned by investment shares traded in the stock market. In many cases, independent businesses are sole proprietorship companies."
What is this, Business Studies??
The question on the GCSE paper related to a drugs trial company (which is tangentially related to biology, we guess?) but most students were angry that their biology paper was asking business studies questions.
Others are revising English texts for their chemistry exams.
Someone has even created a "Hitler reacts to AQA biology" video in which Hitler's terrified lackeys have to break the news that Hitler's biology revision has all been for nothing.
Meanwhile, the examiner from AQA took to editing Wikipedia to defend the question.
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Connect Android device wirelessly (over Wi-Fi) to your machine
When you want to run tests on android devices, you have to connect your phone(s) to your test running machine. Adding and removing different devices to your machine is a bit of a headache and it looks messy as well. So if you want to connect your android device to your machine over Wi-Fi (wirelessly) you can do the following.
 1. First connect your device to your test machine
 2. From the command prompt/terminal, run the command
 3. adb devices (you should see the connected device to your machine)
 4. Make sure that your device and your test machine are in the same network.
 5. Run the command
 6. adb tcpip 5555
 7. You will see a message saying "restarting in TCP mode port: 5555"
 8. Disconnect the device from your machine
 9. Get the IP address of your phone (Go to Settings > Wi-Fi > Your Connected Network > IP Address)
 10. You may have to long tap your network name to see the IP Address, depending on your android version
 11. Run the following command to connect adb to your device over Wi-Fi using the given IP Address
 12. adb connect <your phone's IP address>
 13. Your devices should now be connected
 14. You can verify the same by running the command
 15. adb devices
 16. Now you have connected your device wirelessly to your machine. You can run your Appium tests wirelessly.
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Establishing Connectivity, Sustainability, and Energy with Landscape Architecture: The Revitalization of Waller Creek in Austin, TX
Waller Creek is an urban riparian ecosystem that meanders for seven miles from the northern part of Austin, TX, southward through The University of Texas campus and along the eastern edge of the downtown area before it meets Lady Bird Lake (part of the Colorado River). This natural resource is severely undervalued and has suffered years of neglect. However, in the new Imagine Austin city plan it has been recognized as an opportunity to prioritize environmental sustainability and to create a link throughout the larger urban fabric.
The City's Goals are as follows:
- Create a healthy ecosystem;
- Inspire cohesion amongst diverse interests;
- Bridge the two parts of the city divided by Interstate Highway 35;
- Create a tourist destination for locals and visitors.
The revitalization efforts are focused on the section of the creek between 15th Street and Lady Bird Lake. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and Thomas Phifer & Partners (New York City), the firms selected for the project, envision a landscape design concept that features a chain of parks aimed at healing and reconnecting the east and west of Austin.
The design team identified four solutions to the perplexing challenges of the project:
- Open up the creek to the city;
- Connect spaces with bridges;
- Energize the area with distinct and site-specific activities;
- Honor Austin's past.
In any design it is vital to consider the impacts, both positive and negative, on the existing landscape, infrastructure, programs, etc. The questions prompted by this consideration are: what concerns do the citizens have about the Waller Creek Project? Have alternatives been identified, and what might these alternatives be?
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text: This paper explores the application of Inelastic Nonlinear Buckling Analysis (INBA) with Stiffness Reduction Factors (SRFs) in the analysis of web-tapered I sections, a structural configuration known for its non-uniform geometry. Leveraging the advanced capabilities of the SABRE2-V2 software, the study investigates the direct load capacity of members and frames, focusing on the implications for structural efficiency and steel material utilization. The inclusion of fixed brace conditions at the midpoint of the beam member, with non-uniform bending, expands the applicability of INBA to complex configurations. The research validates the analytical methods through comparison with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) with four cases that includes different taper angle, achieving an average 98.6% consistency. The study unveils a characteristic S-shaped buckling pattern influenced by strategically placed braces, providing valuable insights into stability and performance optimization. Furthermore, INBA coupled with SRFs elucidates yielding patterns within the member, contributing to a comprehensive understanding of load-carrying behavior and potential failure mechanisms. The findings support the broader adoption of INBA for web-tapered I sections, offering engineers reliable tools for enhanced structural analysis and design. The paper concludes with implications for future research, suggesting exploration of varied taper angles, loading conditions, and material properties.


Single Field Indexes
MongoDB provides complete support for indexes on any field in a collection of documents. By default, all collections have an index on the _id field, and applications and users may add additional indexes to support important queries and operations.
This document describes ascending/descending indexes on a single field.
Diagram of an index on the ''score'' field (ascending).
Create an Ascending Index on a Single Field
Consider a collection named records that holds documents that resemble the following sample document:
{
 "_id": ObjectId("570c04a4ad233577f97dc459"),
 "score": 1034,
 "location": { state: "NY", city: "New York" }
}
The following operation creates an ascending index on the score field of the records collection:
db.records.createIndex( { score: 1 } )
The value of the field in the index specification describes the kind of index for that field. For example, a value of 1 specifies an index that orders items in ascending order. A value of -1 specifies an index that orders items in descending order. For additional index types, see index types.
The created index will support queries that select on the field score, such as the following:
db.records.find( { score: 2 } )
db.records.find( { score: { $gt: 10 } } )
Create an Index on an Embedded Field
You can create indexes on fields within embedded documents, just as you can index top-level fields in documents. Indexes on embedded fields differ from indexes on embedded documents, which include the full content up to the maximum index size of the embedded document in the index. Instead, indexes on embedded fields allow you to use a "dot notation," to introspect into embedded documents.
Consider a collection named records that holds documents that resemble the following sample document:
{
 "_id": ObjectId("570c04a4ad233577f97dc459"),
 "score": 1034,
 "location": { state: "NY", city: "New York" }
}
The following operation creates an index on the location.state field:
db.records.createIndex( { "location.state": 1 } )
The created index will support queries that select on the field location.state, such as the following:
db.records.find( { "location.state": "CA" } )
db.records.find( { "location.city": "Albany", "location.state": "NY" } )
Create an Index on Embedded Document
You can also create indexes on embedded document as a whole.
Consider a collection named records that holds documents that resemble the following sample document:
{
 "_id": ObjectId("570c04a4ad233577f97dc459"),
 "score": 1034,
 "location": { state: "NY", city: "New York" }
}
The location field is an embedded document, containing the embedded fields city and state. The following command creates an index on the location field as a whole:
db.records.createIndex( { location: 1 } )
The following query can use the index on the location field:
db.records.find( { location: { city: "New York", state: "NY" } } )
Note
Although the query can use the index, the result set does not include the sample document above. When performing equality matches on embedded documents, field order matters and the embedded documents must match exactly. See Query Embedded Documents for more information regarding querying on embedded documents.
Additional Considerations
If your collection holds a large amount of data, and your application needs to be able to access the data while building the index, consider building the index in the background, as described in Background Construction.
To build or rebuild indexes for a replica set, see Build Indexes on Replica Sets.
Some drivers may specify indexes, using NumberLong(1) rather than 1 as the specification. This does not have any affect on the resulting index.
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How to make Steamed Dhokla
A quick and easy dhokla recipe that is delicious as well as healthy! Steamed healthy dhokla made in minutes using besan with a colorful, chili tempering.
Ingredients of Steamed Dhokla
- 1 Cup Gram flour (besan)
- 1 Tbsp Citric acid
- 1 Tbsp Sugar
- To taste Salt
- A pinch of Turmeric
- To make batter Water
- 1 Tbsp Fruit salt/ baking powder (dissolved in water)
- For the Tadka:
- 1 Tbsp Oil
- 1/2 Tbsp Mustard seeds
- 1 Dried red chilli
- 7-8 Curry leaves
How to Make Steamed Dhokla
- 1.In a bowl mix gram flour, citric acid, salt, sugar and turmeric. Add water and make it into a smooth batter with medium thick consistency.
- 2.In a glass make add the fruit salt or baking powder. Add water to it and pour this into the dhokla mixture.
- 3.Grease the steaming tin with 2 drops of oil and por the mixture into it. Steam for about 15-20 minutes or till cooked.
- 4.In a pan, add oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chillies. Let it splutter.
- 5.Pour the tadka over the prepared dhokla.
- 6.Cut into pieces and serve.
Key Ingredients: Gram flour (besan), Citric acid, Sugar, Salt, Turmeric, Water , Fruit salt/ baking powder (dissolved in water), Oil, Mustard seeds, Dried red chilli, Curry leaves


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Just how water-logged did Washington become from Wednesday's torrential rains? More than it has in 50 years, according to the US Geological Survey.
A USGS water monitoring station at Little Falls on the Potomac River recorded the volume of water rushing by at 85,700 cubic feet per second yesterday evening, more than five times the average rate of 16,400 cubic feet per second. Yesterday's levels are the biggest deluge on the Potomac since 1964, when the USGS measured the discharge rate at 86,200 cubic feet per second.
The storm caused flooding throughout Washington, especially in Prince George's County and Alexandria. Rock Creek swelled to historic levels, too, with a water monitoring station in Rock Creek Park observing a flow of 1,810 cubic feet per second, compared to an average of 41.
But the inundation seen this week is nothing compared to March 19, 1936, when the USGS charted 484,000 cubic feet of water per second at Little Falls, caused by a late-winter snow melt in the Allegheny Mountains that flooded Pittsburgh and wreaked havoc downstream.


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"Gravity" is Aethereal Vibration amplifying downdwards, thus all matter strives downwards.
The hexagonal pillars of the aether adjoin the Pillars of the Earth below. The Pillars below are vibrating at a high frequency which is distributed throughout the Universe via the aethereal body. Thus every square inch of the Universe is suffused with aethereal vibration, or aether-force.
Now the question: Why is matter attracted downwards?
Answer: All matter strives downwards because aethereal vibration, or aether-force, amplifies towards the pillars of the Universe below thus pulling matter down. Matter is always attracted by aethereal vibration, and since aethereal vibration intensifies downwards, matter strives downwards too. (see picture at the top)


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On Nov. 28, the Canada-based Fraser Institute released the eighth edition of its annual report, Economic Freedom of North America 2012, in which the respective economic situation and government regulatory factors present in the states and provinces of North America were gauged.
Global studies of economic freedom, such as the Heritage Foundation's 2012 Index of Economic Freedom and the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World 2012, rank the United States and Canada as two of the most economically free countries in the world. But, as data from the North America report shows, not all sections of the countries are experiencing an equal level of economic freedom and it is important to look at areas in which this falters.
States and provinces were evaluated and ranked within three categories: 1) Size of Government; 2) Takings and Discriminatory Taxation; and 3) Labor Market Freedom. The Canadian province, Alberta, claimed the top spot as most economically free, followed closely by Delaware. New Mexico placed 59th, making it the least economically free state, followed by Prince Edward Island of Canada, notching the rank of least economically free area in North America (between the United States and Canada).
The Economic Freedom of North America 2012 report draws a clear link between prosperity and economic freedom, through a comparison of states and provinces. "In the United States, the relatively free Georgia does much better than the relatively unfree West Virginia. In Canada, British Columbia, where economic freedom has been increasing in recent years, has been experiencing considerably greater growth on a per-capita basis than Ontario, where economic freedom has been decreasing in recent years." Read more on Economic Freedom: Vital for All…


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evaluates expr with intermediate expressions in evaluation chains included on the stack.
- The Wolfram System normally includes only the latest expression on each evaluation chain involved in the evaluation of a particular expression. Inside StackComplete, however, all preceding expressions on the evaluation chains are included.
- StackComplete typically increases significantly the number of expressions kept on the evaluation stack.
Introduced in 1991


Hypertetrahedral Polytopic Roots
The n^{\rm th} triangular number is given by
t = \bigtriangleup_2(n) = \bigtriangleup(n) = \dfrac{n(n+1)}{2} = \dbinom{n+1}{2}.
For example, \bigtriangleup(4)=10.
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It turns out the inverse formula is (inventing some notation):
n = \sqrt[\bigtriangleup]{t} = \dfrac{\sqrt{8t+1}-1}{2}
Thus, for example, \sqrt[\bigtriangleup]{10} = \dfrac{\sqrt{80+1}-1}{2} = 4.
Can this be generalised?
Triangular Roots (2-Dimensional)
Given a t \text{ where } \bigtriangleup(n) = t, it would be good to have a formula to find n. This n could be called the triangular root, and denoted by \sqrt[\bigtriangleup]{t}.
There is an approximate formula \bigtriangleup(n) \approx \dfrac{(n+\frac{1}{2})^2}{2} for large n. Therefore we have \sqrt[\bigtriangleup]{t} \approx \sqrt{2t}-\frac{1}{2}.
If we know that our t is a triangular number, we also have that \sqrt[\bigtriangleup]{t} = \lfloor \sqrt{2t} \rfloor.
But what about an exact formula?
If we note that \bigtriangleup(n) = t leads to the polynomial 0 = \bigtriangleup(n) - t, then we can use the usual formula so solve this. If fact, it's easier if we take the equation as 0 = 2 (\bigtriangleup(n) - t) = n^2+n-2t. Thus
n = \dfrac{\pm \sqrt{8t+1}-1}{2} and we choose +, as we're interested only in positive n:
\sqrt[\bigtriangleup]{t} = \dfrac{\sqrt{8t+1}-1}{2}
Tetrahedral Roots (3-Dimensional)
Similarly, the n^{\rm th} tetrahedral number (the 3-dimensional equivalent of triangular number) is given by
t = \bigtriangleup_3(n) = \dfrac{n(n+1)(n+2)}{3!} = \dbinom{n+2}{3}.
For example, \bigtriangleup_3(6)=56.
[The letter t is a convenient choice, as it stands for triangular, tetrahedral and (poly)tope.]
Can the tetrahedral root be found? Can this be generalised?
Yes, to at least some extent it can.
We have the formulae for large n: \bigtriangleup_3(n) \approx \dfrac{(n+1)^3}{6} and
\sqrt[\bigtriangleup_3]{t} \approx \sqrt[3]{6t} - 1.
To attempt to find and exact formula, we can use the techniques of the algebraic solution of polynomials.
The corresponding polynomial for the tetrahedral case is 0 = 6 (\bigtriangleup_3(n) - t) = n^3+3n^2+2n-6t.
Depress this with n = m - 1 to 0 = m^3 - m - 6t. Substitute m = r+\dfrac{1}{3r}, and multiply through by r^3 to obtain 0 = r^6 - 6t r^3 + \frac{1}{27}, which is essentially quadratic (in r^3). Thus r = \sqrt[3]{3t \pm \sqrt{9t^2-\frac{1}{27}}}. Back-substituting after choosing + and the real cube (or cubic) root, we obtain the formula for the tetrahedral root:
\sqrt[\bigtriangleup_3]{t} = \dfrac{3r^2-3r+1}{3r}
where r = \sqrt[3]{3t + \sqrt{9t^2-\frac{1}{27}}}.
[We leave this in this form, as all the rs need to be the same value, and mathematical notation doesn't easily cater for formulae that are DAGs (directed acyclic graphs) rather than trees.]
Thus, for example: n = \sqrt[\bigtriangleup_3]{56} = \dfrac{3r^2-3r+1}{3r} where r = \sqrt[3]{3t + \sqrt{9t^2-\frac{1}{27}}} with t=56. So, r = \sqrt[3]{3\times 56 + \sqrt{9\times 56^2-\frac{1}{27}}} \approx 6.952, so n = 6.
Pentatope and other Hypertetrahedral Polytope Numbers
We define
t = \bigtriangleup_d(n) = \dbinom{n+d-1}{d}.
The corresponding approximate formulae, for large n are:
\bigtriangleup_d(n) \approx \dfrac{\left( n+\dfrac{d-1}{2} \right)^d}{d!};
\sqrt[\bigtriangleup_d]{t} \approx \sqrt[d]{d! t} - \dfrac{d-1}{2}.
Pentatopic Roots (4-Dimensional)
t = \bigtriangleup_4(n) = \dbinom{n+3}{4} = \frac{1}{24}n^4 + \frac{1}{4}n^3 + \frac{11}{24}n^2 + \frac{1}{4}n
leads to
0 = n^4 + 6n^3 + 11n^2 + 6n - 24t
Depress this with n=m-\frac{3}{2}:
0 = m^4 - \frac{5}{2}m^2 + (\frac{9}{16} - 24t)
which is just a quadratic in m^2, because is just so happens that the depression has caused the m term in addition to the m^3 term to vanish; thus this case is simpler than the 3-dimensional, tetrahedral, case.
(The result of this depression should not really surprise us, since the result is
0 = (n - \frac{3}{2})(n - \frac{1}{2})(n + \frac{1}{2})(n + \frac{3}{2})
and we know that
(n-c)(n+c) = n^2 - c^2.)
Thus we have
m^2 = \dfrac{(\frac{5}{2} \pm \sqrt{(\frac{5}{2})^2 - 4(\frac{9}{16} - 24t)})}{2} = \frac{5}{4} \pm \sqrt{24t + 1}.
So, choosing +, and back-substituting, we get the pentatopic root formula:
\sqrt[\bigtriangleup_4]{t} = n = \sqrt{\frac{5}{4} + \sqrt{24t + 1}} - \frac{3}{2}.
Example:
\bigtriangleup_4(5) = 70
\sqrt[\bigtriangleup_4]{70} = \sqrt{\frac{5}{4} + \sqrt{24 \times 70 + 1}} - \frac{3}{2} = \sqrt{\frac{5}{4} + \sqrt{1681}} - \frac{3}{2} = \sqrt{\frac{169}{4}} - \frac{3}{2} = \frac{13}{2} - \frac{3}{2} = 5.
5 Dimensions?


root function]
Let's now suppose we want to find the [*fifth root] of a number ['a].
The equation we want to solve is :
__spaces['f](x) = x[super 5] - a
If your differentiation is a little rusty
(or you are faced with an equation whose complexity is daunting),
then you can get help, for example from the invaluable
[@_URL_ WolframAlpha site.]
For example, entering the command: 'differentiate x ^ 5'
or the Wolfram Language command: ' D[x ^ 5, x]'
gives the output: 'd/dx(x ^ 5) = 5 x ^ 4'
and to get the second differential, enter: 'second differentiate x ^ 5'
or the Wolfram Language command: 'D[x ^ 5, { x, 2 }]'
to get the output: 'd ^ 2 / dx ^ 2(x ^ 5) = 20 x ^ 3'
To get a reference value, we can enter: [^fifth root 3126]
or: 'N[3126 ^ (1 / 5), 50]'
to get a result with a precision of 50 decimal digits:
5.0003199590478625588206333405631053401128722314376
(We could also get a reference value using Boost.Multiprecision - see below).
The 1st and 2nd derivatives of x[super 5] are:
__spaces['f]\'(x) = 5x[super 4]
__spaces['f]\'\'(x) = 20x[super 3]
*/
//[root_finding_fifth_1
//] [/root_finding_fifth_1]
//[root_finding_fifth_functor_2deriv
/*'Using these expressions for the derivatives, the functor is:
*/
template <class T>
struct fifth_functor_2deriv
{
 // Functor returning both 1st and 2nd derivatives.
 fifth_functor_2deriv(T const& to_find_root_of) : a(to_find_root_of)
 { /* Constructor stores value a to find root of, for example: */ }
 std::tuple<T, T, T> operator()(T const& x)
 {
 // Return both f(x) and f'(x) and f''(x).
 T fx = boost::math::pow<5>(x) - a; // Difference (estimate x^3 - value).
 T dx = 5 * boost::math::pow<4>(x); // 1st derivative = 5x^4.
 T d2x = 20 * boost::math::pow<3>(x); // 2nd derivative = 20 x^3
 return std::make_tuple(fx, dx, d2x); // 'return' fx, dx and d2x.
 }
private:
 T a; // to be 'fifth_rooted'.
}; // struct fifth_functor_2deriv
//] [/root_finding_fifth_functor_2deriv]
//[root_finding_fifth_2deriv
/*'Our fifth-root function is now:
*/
template <class T>
T fifth_2deriv(T x)
{
 // return fifth root of x using 1st and 2nd derivatives and Halley.
 using namespace std; // Help ADL of std functions.
 using namespace boost::math::tools; // for halley_iterate.
 int exponent;
 frexp(x, &exponent); // Get exponent of z (ignore mantissa).
 T guess = ldexp(1., exponent / 5); // Rough guess is to divide the exponent by five.
 T min = ldexp(0.5, exponent / 5); // Minimum possible value is half our guess.
 T max = ldexp(2., exponent / 5); // Maximum possible value is twice our guess.
 // Stop when slightly more than one of the digits are correct:
 const int digits = static_cast<int>(std::numeric_limits<T>::digits * 0.4);
 const std::uintmax_t maxit = 50;
 std::uintmax_t it = maxit;
 T result = halley_iterate(fifth_functor_2deriv<T>(x), guess, min, max, digits, it);
 return result;
}
//] [/root_finding_fifth_2deriv]
int main()
{
 std::cout << "Root finding Examples." << std::endl;
 std::cout.precision(std::numeric_limits<double>::max_digits10);
 // Show all possibly significant decimal digits for double.
 // std::cout.precision(std::numeric_limits<double>::digits10);
 // Show all guaranteed significant decimal digits for double.
//[root_finding_main_1
 try
 {
 double threecubed = 27.; // Value that has an *exactly representable* integer cube root.
 double threecubedp1 = 28.; // Value whose cube root is *not* exactly representable.
 std::cout << "cbrt(28) " << boost::math::cbrt(28.) << std::endl; // boost::math:: version of cbrt.
 std::cout << "std::cbrt(28) " << std::cbrt(28.) << std::endl; // std:: version of cbrt.
 std::cout <<" cast double " << static_cast<double>(3.0365889718756625194208095785056696355814539772481111) << std::endl;
 // Cube root using bracketing:
 double r = cbrt_noderiv(threecubed);
 std::cout << "cbrt_noderiv(" << threecubed << ") = " << r << std::endl;
 r = cbrt_noderiv(threecubedp1);
 std::cout << "cbrt_noderiv(" << threecubedp1 << ") = " << r << std::endl;
//] [/root_finding_main_1]
 //[root_finding_main_2
 // Cube root using 1st differential Newton-Raphson:
 r = cbrt_deriv(threecubed);
 std::cout << "cbrt_deriv(" << threecubed << ") = " << r << std::endl;
 r = cbrt_deriv(threecubedp1);
 std::cout << "cbrt_deriv(" << threecubedp1 << ") = " << r << std::endl;
 // Cube root using Halley with 1st and 2nd differentials.
 r = cbrt_2deriv(threecubed);
 std::cout << "cbrt_2deriv(" << threecubed << ") = " << r << std::endl;
 r = cbrt_2deriv(threecubedp1);
 std::cout << "cbrt_2deriv(" << threecubedp1 << ") = " << r << std::endl;
 // Cube root using lambda's:
 r = cbrt_2deriv_lambda(threecubed);
 std::cout << "cbrt_2deriv(" << threecubed << ") = " << r << std::endl;
 r = cbrt_2deriv_lambda(threecubedp1);
 std::cout << "cbrt_2deriv(" << threecubedp1 << ") = " << r << std::endl;
 // Fifth root.
 double fivepowfive = 3125; // Example of a value that has an exact integer fifth root.
 // Exact value of fifth root is exactly 5.
 std::cout << "Fifth root of " << fivepowfive << " is " << 5 << std::endl;
 double fivepowfivep1 = fivepowfive + 1; // Example of


does is first declare the static string "POST /" (minus the quotes, those are just for clarity) that will always be sent first. This will be follow not by a new line, but rather by a variable string which will change constantly according to a predefined set of checks defined in SPIKE. The first string that it will test however is the value currently defined in the quotes, namely "enlighten/calais.asmx/Enlighten" (again, sans quotes). The rest of the s_string declarations should be fairly straightforward if you got the earlier s_string example with "POST /".

The part after this is a bit more confusing. The line 's_blocksize_string("data", 2)' says to the spike fuzzer that we would like to insert a 2 byte value representing the size of the block called "data" at this location. The line 's_block_start("data");' starts the definition for this block of data (ironically named "data") of which the length needs to be tracked for the s_blocksize_string line so it can insert the correct length of the string into the packet it sends to the server. We then declare a variable string (tbh we don't need to as we never get to fuzzing this before the program crashes, but hey, I wanted to show a different way of doing things ;)) with the line "s_string_variable("licenseID=string&content=string&paramsXML=string");". Following this we use s_block_end("data") to end the block "data", thus the block "data" now contains one element, a string of arbitrary length, who' size can be tracked with the earlier s_blocksize_string line.

Finally, after declaring all of the parts of the packet that we will send line by line, we then recv the banner response from the server, as Kolibri will send a banner to anyone who connects to its server port, and we would like to retrieve this if possible. Following this, we sleep for 5 seconds to allow the server to properly handle our requests and not get overwhelmed. For some reason Kolibri is not very good at handling multiple requests simultaneously, thus the long wait period. You can tune this down to about 3 seconds if you want to speed things up, but any shorter might cause problems.

Fuzzing the Server

At this point we now need to fuzz the server and observe any crashes that occur. Save the script I mentioned above as post.spk on your Kali machine:

Ok at this point, we now need to set up the Windows machine so Kolibri is listening and Immunity is attached to it so we check for crashes and capture any of them of them in Immunity for further inspection.

First off we will start up Kolibri. We will then attach Immunity to Kolibri so we can debug any crashes:

Once you have done this, press F9 to run the program, and then hop on over to your Backtrack/Linux machine where we'll start up the fuzzer and use Wireshark to capture the traffic that is sent over the wire.

If you encounter an error when accessing 00000000 on startup, just press shift and F9 together and the program will carry on running.

On the Backtrack host, set up Wireshark to listen on the interface that you will be using to send the packets (I'm assuming at this point you know how to use Wireshark or a similar tool, if not, Google is your friend). We will then navigate to the directory of our post.spk SPIKE file (or whatever you have named the SPIKE file we created earlier) and will execute the following command:

generic_send_tcp 192.168.82._PHONE_ post.spk 0 0
 In this command we use the generic_send_tcp command included with the SPIKE toolkit to fuzz a generic TCP request using the SPIKE fuzzing template we created. We tell it to connect to 192.168.82.129 on port 8080 to preform the fuzzing and tell it to start from the first variable we wish to fuzz (we defined 2 in our SPIKE file), and to use the first fuzzing case generated for it (the second 0 you see in the command).

If we wanted to, we could change these last two parameters to skip the fuzzing of the first variable and instead start from the second variable, or to skip over certain test cases that may crash the program in a nonexploitable way. This won't be necessary today, but I would like to make you aware of this in case you wish to explore further ;)

Now that we have that all set up, lets set off the fuzzer!

As you can see, we have Wireshark in the background capturing any and all packets that are being transmitted over the wire so I can try and pinpoint where the application is crashing. In the foreground you can see the progress of SPIKE as it slowly fuzzes the application.

The reason we place a long delay in (see the file for where we add "sleep(3);"), is that Kolibri is incredibly slow at responding to requests by web server standards. To ensure requests don't intermix and the results from the crash are as clear as possible, I decided to make the wait time sufficiently long so that the application can handle the requests in adequate time. If you wish you can make this shorter, but if you get odd results I did warn you! In the meantime I recommend you get a light snack, and wait.

If you continue to monitor the status of the fuzzing, you should eventually see something like this on the 30th request (at least for me it was like that). If you don't get this, skip this section and move on to where I create the PoC. The application is really slow to respond and can be a little buggy.

Anyway this is what it looks like before the crash, when its accepting requests:

And after the crash we see EBX is fully in our control and points to somewhere within our buffer of A's that were sent (A = \x41 in hex). If we look carefully at the stack we can also see a pointer to our buffer there as well:

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Human Rights Due Diligence
An Exercise of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction?
In its recently released General Comment (GC) No 24 the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) makes a crucial point: It establishes that regulation imposing Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD), although having potential extraterritorial effects and impacts, does not imply the exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction. But is this really the case? This contribution will verify whether this position is rooted in International Human Rights Law (IHRL) and if it finds echo in doctrinal opinion.
The GC No 24 provides also that '[t]he obligation to protect entails a positive duty to adopt a legal framework requiring business entities to exercise HRDD'. In this vain, a critical issue arising from the domestic regulation imposing HRDD concerns its international effects, since it will shape the behavior of companies abroad, leaving place for discussions about the exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Determining Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
Under general international law, the lawfulness of extraterritorial jurisdiction has been largely discussed. Equally, scholars have been debating the existence of extraterritorial obligations under IHRL. Despite that less attention has been given to the question under which conditions a state's act can be classified as extraterritorial (at p. 97). Indeed, this question is challenging, given that there is no consensus about the concept of extraterritorial jurisdiction. Under IHRL such question gains special importance, given that extraterritorial jurisdiction enacts not only the possibility of legitimate exercise of jurisdiction, but also the duty to comply with legally binding obligations.
It is necessary to define some clear criteria that can be used to verify if extraterritorial jurisdiction is being exercised. By applying these criteria to the models of HRDD regulation, it would be possible to verify if the existing models effectively exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction, or if they don't.
Under general international law, one criterion to identify extraterritorial prescriptive jurisdiction is to distinguish between direct and indirect extraterritoriality. An act that is classified as indirectly extraterritorial regulates a conduct which takes place inside the state's territory and has mere indirect effects abroad. The typical example is a restriction to enter the country, addressed to persons or products – in such cases, the conduct which is regulated occurs within the territory (the entry into the country), despite the undeniable effects abroad. On the other hand, an act should be classified as directly extraterritorial, and consequentially, as exercising extraterritorial jurisdiction, when it directly regulates a conduct abroad. Simply put, the domestic regulation provides a legal consequence for the conduct wherever it occurs, including outside the state's borders. Moreover, concerning prescriptive jurisdiction, the classification of an act as extraterritorial is an interpretative question, and requires an individual analysis of each act or regulation.
Evaluation of General Comment No 24
The elucidation in the GC No 24 regarding the regulation of human rights due diligence and extraterritorial exercise of jurisdiction is very welcomed. Nonetheless, a more detailed elaboration on the subject would be very useful. As it was seen above, the question of extraterritorial exercise of jurisdiction remains controversial and one important source of this controversy is the absence of consensus between scholars over a clear criterion permitting the classification of States' acts as exercising extraterritorial jurisdiction or not.
Accordingly, a better method could have been developed to identify the limits between territorial and extraterritorial jurisdiction in the light of the reasoning presented in the report of the Special Representative on Business and Human Rights Professor Ruggie in 2010. The construction of a clear method would be in the interest of States that would have a better understanding of the extension of their obligations and it would help to trace the limits of non-interference. It would also be in the interest of civil society, since it would help to clarify obligations under IHRL, thus allowing them to pressure the States to comply with international engagements. For business, as it has already been said, the clarification of the issue will certainly contribute to legal security, and thus it would also be in the interest of corporations.
It is indeed regrettable that the GC No 24 did not explore this relation in order to shed more light and guidance to states regarding this issue – especially on the possible links between HRDD, parent company or group liability and potential exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction.
HRDD and a Treaty on Business and Human Rights
The open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group established by the Human Rights Council in June 2014 is currently working on the negotiation of a legally binding international instrument on Business and Human Rights. As a work in progress, the negotiators should bear in mind that in the present globalized economic context the only possible exercise of sovereignty is sharing sovereignty. In this context, extraterritoriality should be regarded as a tool of cooperation among States rather than a source of conflict of interests and sovereignty friction. More than that, it should not be seen as a simple binary concept. In this context, the clarification of concepts and criteria concerning the exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction is a key point and it deserves more attention from the doctrine and from the Working Group. A new treaty on the subject of Human Rights and Business should carefully consider this question.
All considered, human rights due diligence plays a central role in the promotion of human rights and it should be incorporated in a new treaty. It is important to bear in mind that even if human rights due diligence is imposed according to a model of regulation that does not exercise extraterritorial jurisdiction, it will have extraterritorial effects, and it will indirectly influence the behavior of companies abroad. Hence, it is important to take steps towards a multilateral treaty that harmonizes unilateral measures, building an acceptable balance between state sovereignty and business' interests, and, the most important, promoting and assuring the respect, protection and fulfillment of human rights.
Clarissa Valli Buttow is a Master Student in International and Compared Law at the University of Lausanne.
Cite as: Clarissa Valli Buttow, "Human Rights Due Diligence – An Exercise in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction?", Völkerrechtsblog, 25 July 2018, doi: 10.17176/20180719-112851-0.


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Jerome Park Resevoir and Sedgwick Av bet. W
Directions via Google Maps
The American Revolution (_PHONE_), the fight for our nation's independence from British rule, irrevocably shaped the course of American history and physically transformed the colonial landscape. Evidence of Revolutionary War action is imprinted on New York City from the Battery in Manhattan to Fort Greene in Brooklyn, from Newtown Creek in Queens to Port Richmond in Staten Island. The Bronx neighborhood of Kingsbridge, so named for the first bridge connecting Manhattan with the mainland in 1693, was strategically important during the Revolution in the New York Campaign and subsequently in the British defense of the city.
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Legal Information: Idaho
State Gun Laws
October 30, 2020
According to Idaho state law, anyone who meets any of the following cannot get a license to carry concealed weapons:
 - is under age twenty-one, although there are exceptions in the law regarding people ages 18 - 21;
 - is currently formally charged with a felony crime;
 - has been found guilty in any court of a felony crime;
 - is a fugitive from justice;
 - is an unlawful user of marijuana or any depressant, stimulant or narcotic drug, or other controlled substance;
 - is currently suffering from, or has been declared by a court as having suffered from, any of the following conditions:
 - lacking mental capacity;
 - mental illness;
 - being gravely disabled; or
 - being an incapacitated person;
 - has been discharged from the armed forces under dishonorable conditions;
 - has received a withheld judgment or suspended sentence for a felony crime, unless the person has successfully completed probation;
 - is currently under probation after having been found guilty of, or received a withheld judgment for, a misdemeanor offense that involves the intentional use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another;
 - is an "alien" illegally in the United States;
 - was a citizen of the United States but has renounced his/her citizenship;
 - is free on bond or personal recognizance pending trial, appeal or sentencing for a crime which would disqualify him/her from obtaining a concealed weapons license;
 - is subject to a domestic violence protection order that restrains him/her from harassing, stalking or threatening an intimate partner, his/her own child, or a child of the intimate partner; or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or a child; or
 - is for any other reason ineligible to own, possess or receive a firearm under Idaho law or federal law.1
In addition, Idaho law says that anyone convicted of any of the following felony crimes permanently loses his/her right to "ship, transport, possess or receive" a firearm: aggravated assault; aggravated battery; assault with intent to commit a serious felony; battery with intent to commit a serious felony; burglary; crime against nature; felony domestic battery; felony enticing of children; forcible sexual penetration by use of a foreign object; felony indecent exposure; felony injury to child; felony intimidating a witness; lewd conduct with a minor or child under sixteen; sexual abuse of a child under sixteen; sexual exploitation of a child; felonious rescuing prisoners; escape by one charged with, convicted of or on probation for a felony; unlawful possession of a firearm; degrees of murder; voluntary manslaughter; assault with intent to murder; administering poison with intent to kill; kidnapping; mayhem; rape; robbery; ritualized abuse of a child; cannibalism; felonious manufacture, delivery or possession with the intent to manufacture or deliver, or possession of a controlled or counterfeit substance; trafficking; felony threats against state officials of the executive, legislative or judicial branch; unlawful discharge of a firearm at a dwelling house, occupied building, vehicle or mobile home; unlawful possession of destructive devices; unlawful use of destructive device or bomb; or attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, to commit any of the above-mentioned crimes.2
If any of these situations apply to the abuser, it may be illegal for him/her to have a gun. Also, federal laws, which apply to all states, restrict an abuser's right to have a gun if you have a restraining order against him/her that meets certain requirements or if s/he has been convicted of a felony or domestic violence misdemeanor. Go to Federal Gun Laws to get more information.
1 ID Code § 18-3302(11)
2 ID Code § 18-310(2)
What is the definition of a felony?
Under Idaho state law, a felony is any crime that can be punished by death or by imprisonment in a state prison.1
1 ID Code § 18-111


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Commercial diving is a profession that involves inspecting and repairing structures underwater. One of the most important tasks for commercial divers is bridge inspection. Bridge inspection requires specific equipment and methods to ensure that the inspection is done thoroughly and accurately. In this blog post, we will explore the methods and equipment used for bridge inspection in commercial diving and how to create professional reports.
- Inspection methods for bridges:
The first step in bridge inspection is to determine the inspection method to be used. There are several inspection methods, including visual inspection, sounding, and non-destructive testing. Visual inspection involves examining the surface of the bridge for any signs of damage or corrosion. Sounding involves tapping on the bridge with a hammer to detect any hollow or weak spots. Non-destructive testing involves using specialized equipment to detect any internal damage or corrosion without damaging the bridge.
- Equipment for bridge inspection:
Commercial divers use specialized equipment for bridge inspection, including cameras, lights, and sonar. Cameras are used to take high-quality images of the bridge's surface, while lights provide illumination for the camera. Sonar is used to detect any potential issues or damage in the underwater portion of the bridge.
- Professional reporting:
Once the inspection is complete, it is important to create a professional report to document the findings. The report should include a detailed description of the inspection methods used, the equipment used, and the results of the inspection. The report should also include any recommendations for repairs or maintenance that need to be made.
- Safety in bridge inspection:
Safety is of the utmost importance in bridge inspection. Commercial divers should always use proper safety equipment, such as helmets, gloves, and diving suits. They should also be properly trained in the use of the equipment and methods used for bridge inspection.
- Importance of bridge inspection:
Bridge inspection is an essential part of ensuring the safety of the public. It helps to identify any potential issues or damage to the bridge before it becomes a safety hazard. Regular bridge inspections can help to prevent accidents and ensure that the bridge remains safe for use.
In conclusion, bridge inspection is a crucial task for commercial divers. It requires specialized equipment and methods to ensure that the inspection is done thoroughly and accurately. It is also important to create a professional report to document the findings and make any necessary recommendations for repairs or maintenance. Safety is of the utmost importance in bridge inspection, and it is essential to ensure that commercial divers are properly trained and equipped to do their job safely. Bridge inspection plays a vital role in ensuring the safety of the public and should not be taken lightly.
- "Bridge Inspection: Types and Methods" by Civil Engineering Portal
- "Bridge Inspection Equipment and Tools" by Maxpro Technologies
- "Bridge Inspection: Safety Tips and Guidelines" by WorkSafeBC
Why did the commercial diver inspect the bridge? To make sure it was "a-bridgeable" for everyone! Okay, maybe that wasn't the best joke, but it does highlight the importance of bridge inspection in ensuring the safety of the public. So, let's give a round of applause for the hardworking commercial divers who inspect our bridges to keep us all safe!


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Understanding consumption requires looking at the systems by which goods and services are provided - not just how they are produced but the historically evolved structures, power relations and cultures within which they are located. The Systems of Provision approach provides an interdisciplinary framework for unpacking these complex issues.
This book provides a comprehensive account of the Systems of Provision approach, setting out core concepts and theoretical origins alongside numerous case studies. The book combines fresh understandings of everyday consumption using examples from food, housing, and water, with implications for society's major challenges, including inequality, climate change, and prospects for capitalism.
Readers do not require prior knowledge across the subject matter covered but the text remains significant for accomplished researchers and policymakers, especially those interested in the messy real world realities underpinning who gets what, how, and why across public and private provision in global, national, and historical contexts.


From Landfill to Sustainable Living: Repurposing Waste Materials for Eco-Friendly Construction and Biofuel Production
Lesson 35: From Landfill to Sustainable Living: Repurposing Waste Materials for Eco-Friendly Construction and Biofuel Production
In the small town of Kamikatsu, Japan, a remarkable transformation is underway. This once-struggling community, grappling with limited resources and a growing waste problem, has embraced a revolutionary approach to sustainability. By repurposing waste materials, the town is constructing eco-friendly buildings and producing biofuels, all while reducing its environmental footprint.
The cornerstone of Kamikatsu's waste repurposing initiative is the innovative use of discarded plastics, metals, and organic matter. Plastic waste is collected, sorted, and processed into durable building materials, such as roof tiles and insulation. These materials not only divert waste from landfills but also provide affordable, long-lasting solutions for construction projects.
In addition to construction materials, Kamikatsu is harnessing the power of organic waste to produce biofuels. By collecting and processing food scraps, agricultural residues, and other biodegradable materials, the town generates biogas through anaerobic digestion. This renewable energy source powers homes, businesses, and even vehicles, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions.
The success of Kamikatsu's waste repurposing efforts lies in its comprehensive approach. The town has implemented a meticulous waste sorting system, engaging residents in separating their waste into numerous categories. This level of separation enables efficient processing and maximizes the potential for repurposing. Moreover, educational programs and community workshops ensure that everyone understands the importance of waste reduction and the benefits of sustainable living.
Through its innovative waste repurposing strategies, Kamikatsu demonstrates that a circular economy is not only possible but also highly beneficial. By turning waste into valuable resources, the town has created jobs, reduced pollution, and fostered a sense of pride and responsibility among its residents. As other communities look to adopt sustainable practices, Kamikatsu serves as an inspiring example of how a small town can make a significant impact on the environment and pave the way for a greener future.
Author: John Rowan
I am a Senior Android Engineer and I love everything to do with computers. My specialty is Android programming but I actually love to code in any language specifically learning new things.
Author: John Rowan
I am a Senior Android Engineer and I love everything to do with computers. My specialty is Android programming but I actually love to code in any language specifically learning new things.
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