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Evira has published the results of the analysis of the control samples of feed and fertiliser products for the first half of 2009
In addition to the results of the analysis, the publication contains information on those product batches which Evira, based on the analyses, banned from being imported or marketed during the first half of 2009. Based on the samples, a total of 29 feed batches and 10 batches of fertiliser products were banned.
The most common reason for placing a ban on a batch of feed was the detection of salmonella (11 batches). Salmonella was detected in samples of feed material batches delivered to Finland and in market surveillance samples taken of pet feeds. Other reasons for the bans were for example that live pests or wild oats were detected in the analysed feed batches. In addition to the above mentioned bans, Evira banned the marketing of certain batches of poultry and pig feed mixes from the Rehuraisio Oy factory last spring due to salmonella contamination, and ordered the batches to be withdrawn from the market.
The grounds for the bans on the fertiliser products were a heavy metal content that exceeded the permitted level (five batches of ashes and one batch of inorganic multi-nutrition fertiliser product) and that the content of Escherichia coli exceeded the permitted level (three batches of organic soil improvers and one batch of soil mix).
During the first half of 2009, the results of the analyses of a total of 5 931 feed samples and 110 samples of fertiliser products were completed. The total amount of completed feed sample analyses was over 7 400. Of that figure 74 % were analyses for salmonella. About 3 % of the results of the feed analyses gave rise to a remark. The number of feed samples and the analyses performed on them was increased due to the salmonella contamination at a feed factory in the spring.
632 analyses of fertiliser product samples were completed. Almost 9 % of these analysed results gave rise to a remark.
According to the legislation on feed and fertiliser products, the results that are important for the controls of feed and fertiliser products have to be published every six months. Evira's publication 10/2009 also contains a comprehensive list of the current legislation on feed and fertiliser products.
The results from the analysis on feed and fertiliser monitoring (in Finnish):
Evira.fi > Webshop > Publications > Eviran julkaisuja 2009 (pdf, 3,1 kB)
For more information, please contact:
Head of Section Sinikka Marmo, tel. +358 20 77 25202 (feed)
Head of Section Arja Vuorinen, tel. +358 20 77 25240 (fertiliser products)
Senior Officer Ossi Ala-Mantila, tel. +358 20 77 25210 (publication)


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Koster: An Artifact Analysis of Two Archaic Phases in Westcentral Illinois
Author(s): Thomas G. Cook
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Non-exhaust emissions in general and brake particle emissions in particular are considered to offer huge potential in the improvement of air quality in densely populated city centers. Legislative authorities started to look into the topic of Brake Dust emissions for a post-Euro 6 regulation. Based on the recommendations of the informal working group of the "particulate measurement program" (PMP) in Europe, HORIBA developed an integrated solution to measure brake particle emissions on a brake dynamometer.
The presentation introduces some of the influencing factors on the particle number emission measurement based on the PMP method. The WLTP-Brake test cycle, dyno settings such as the drafted cooling air adjustement method and other already existing technical requirements are discussed in terms of their influence on the PN emissions. Experimental results outline some of the related challenges before an outlook on the open issues regarding Brake Dust PN is given.
Joel Danzer, Global Application Manager for Brake Dust Solutions, HORIBA Europe GmbH; Mr. Dmytro Lugovyy, HORIBA Europe GmbH


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Feeding America Urges Protection Of Charitable Giving Incentives
14 Feb, 2013, 11:25 ET
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the House Ways and Means Committee will meet to hear testimony on tax reform and charitable contributions, specifically the itemized deduction for charitable contributions. Feeding America, the nation's largest domestic hunger-relief organization, commends the Committee for beginning the process of examining the positive impact the charitable tax deduction has on the nonprofit community and urges the Committee to protect giving incentives for nonprofits.
During the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the number of American families struggling to make ends meet increased significantly. In fact, Feeding America's Hunger in America 2010 report shows a 46 percent increase in demand between 2006 and 2010. Though our economy has begun to recover, Feeding America food banks are still experiencing record demand.
The charitable donation deduction is unique among federal tax deductions in that it encourages giving that strengthens communities rather than directly benefiting the donor. Limiting charitable giving incentives would have a detrimental impact on charities across the nation and would hamper the ability of Feeding America and our network food banks to meet the need for food assistance in communities across the nation. In 2012, individual donors gave $450 million to food banks across the Feeding America network, which represents 53 percent of all funds given to our food banks.
Federal tax policy also plays an important role in encouraging donations of nutritious food to food banks through the enhanced food donation tax deduction. With 78 billion pounds of nutritious food wasted each year, we need to continue to explore ways to improve tax incentives to encourage food donations. It should not cost a company more to donate the food than it does to landfill the food.
At a time when one in eight Americans is turning to Feeding America's food banks to help put food on the table for their families, this tax incentive is critical to Feeding America's ability to meet the needs of our clients. Feeding America provides food to 37 million Americans every year through 61,000 food pantries, soup kitchens and other emergency feeding facilities.
"We distributed more than 3 billion pounds of food last year, which provided 2.8 billion meals, but it was not enough to help everyone in need," said Bob Aiken, President and CEO of Feeding America. "Food banks across the country are stretched thin trying to meet sustained high demand. Today, more than ever, we need federal tax policy that helps increase the amount of food available to Americans at risk of hunger," Aiken said.
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Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As the nation's leading domestic hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to more than 37 million Americans each year, including 14 million children and 3 million seniors. Serving the entire United States, more than 200 member food banks support 61,000 agencies that address hunger in all of its forms. For more information on how you can fight hunger in your community and across the country, visit _URL_. Find us on Facebook at _URL_ or follow our news on Twitter at _URL_
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Men Fear Telling Wives To Lose Weight, Obesity Study Reveals
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Men are three times more likely than women to struggle in telling their partner they need to lose weight, research has suggested.
Almost a third of men (31%) do not want to confront their partner about shedding pounds, compared with 10% of women who would not be happy to tell their man to slim down.
But women are much more likely to find it difficult to tell a close friend to go on a diet (23%) compared with men (8%).
The poll of more than 2,000 people was commissioned by the International Chair on Cardiometabolic Risk (ICCR) to highlight the risks of being overweight, in particular around the belly.
Abdominal fat around the waist increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes, coronary heart disease and stroke.
The poll, supported by the National Obesity Forum, found 59% of people worried that a loved one with a large waistline would develop serious health problems.
But 31% said the fear of hurting their feelings or provoking a bad reaction would prevent them from telling them they needed to lose weight.
Professor David Haslam, chair of the National Obesity Forum, said: "Suggesting to someone that they should consider losing a few pounds may not be a comfortable conversation to have but if someone close to you has a large waistline, then as long as you do it sensitively, discussing it with them now could help them avoid critical health risks later down the line and could even save their life."
Dr Jean Pierre Despres, scientific director of the ICCR, said: "Earlier this year, ICCR found that 41% of Britons do not realise that having fat around their waistline is worse for their health than fat stored elsewhere on the body.
"This is about health not vanity. Start by encouraging someone close to you to make simple lifestyle changes such as becoming more active, making small alterations to their eating habits and replacing sugary drinks for water."


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This event provides a way to limit the number of so-called ''prover steps'' permitted for an event. See with-prover-step-limit for a way to specify the limit on prover steps for a single event, rather than globally (and without the restriction mentioned above, pertaining to the top level). For a related utility based on time instead of prover steps, see with-prover-time-limit. For examples of how step limits work, see the distributed book books/misc/misc2/step-limits.lisp.
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Depending on the computer you are using, you may have only (very roughly) a half-hour of time before the number of prover steps exceeds the maximum step-limit, which is one less than the value of *default-step-limit*. Note however the exception stated above: if the ''limit'' is nil or is the value of *default-step-limit*, then no limit is imposed.
The limit is relevant for every event, to calls of thm and certify-book, and more generally, to any form that creates a ''summary context'' to print the usual event summary. The limit is also put in force when entering the proof-checker. Below, at the end of this documentation topic, we explain in detail when a call of set-prover-step-limit is in force: in brief, it applies to all forms that are either at the top level or are inside the same summary contexts.
Note that the limit applies to each event, not just ''atomic'' events. Consider the following example.
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Prover steps counted: More than 500
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Based on varying tissue contrasts at different RF flip angles, a new TrueFISP imaging strategy for cardiac function measurement is presented. A single breath-hold dual RF flip angle cine multi-slice TrueFISP imaging sequence was implemented which provides a significant increase in signal contrast between blood and myocardium. The increase in image contrast combined with different characteristics in RF response facilitates the delineation of cardiovascular borders. Based on this imaging strategy it is demonstrated how a simple 2D histogram clustering algorithm can be used for the fully automatic segmentation of the left ventricular (LV) blood pool. The method is validated with data acquired from 10 asymptomatic subjects, and the results are shown to be comparable to that of manual delineation by experienced observers.
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The following three items are common concerns registered with the township office:
- Property Maintenance: high grass, weeds, rubbish, etc.
- Zoning: vehicles without a current state inspection, registration, or license plate on private property.
- Ordinance: animal concerns (such as dogs), noise, etc.
The process for filing a concern is:
- Submit a Resident Concern Form. Click here for the form, or pick one up at the township office.
- Mail or drop off the form, or a written letter, to the attention of Tom Daniels, Zoning Officer, 1240 Maple Avenue, Lancaster, PA 17603, or
- Send your concern by email to Gretchen Smith _EMAIL_ or Tom Daniels _EMAIL_
The concern should include the name, address, and telephone number of the person registering it. The township is not obligated to process anonymous concerns, but will consider them on a case by case basis. Public health and safety issues should be reported under any circumstances.
When a concern is founded, the township office will follow procedure in order to resolve the matter. At times, these procedures can be lengthy. The township will do its best to keep the lines of communication open and resolve the matter as soon as possible.
It's always a good policy to talk with your neighbor first when there is a problem. Most residents prefer to have a neighbor approach them personally instead of receiving an official violation notice from the township.

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A new tool for free hazardous materials (hazmat) training, the Electronic Learning Community (ELC) was created to provide a flexible and inexpensive means for emergency first responders to receive high quality training. The goal of the project is to reach underserved volunteer responders who may not have the time or resources to receive training on hazmat, and specifically, hydrogen and hydrogen fuel cell incidents. The Hydrogen Response Considerations course has been developed as the first subject to pilot this ELC concept and is open to anyone.
The ELC is made possible through a cooperative agreement between the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the Department of Transportation' s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA). Funding was provided by DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA).
The goal of the ongoing partnership between IAFC and DOT is to expand awareness of critical information and issues related to hazmat, and enhance/improve preparedness for hazmat response for firefighters and other emergency responders.
The purpose of this project is to analyze the concept of an on-line distance learning approach for training the volunteer first responder community. Distance learning training systems were researched to determine if hazmat training could be more accessible and timely for first responders nationwide. The effectiveness of an on-line distance learning training system will be assessed during this research, with the topic of hydrogen and hydrogen fuel centers being the focus of this training.
Hydrogen is an alternative fuel gaining momentum in the economy, as was ethanol several years ago. Hydrogen training, however, is competing with a variety of other first-responder training, therefore it must be robust in order to cover various learning styles and keep users engaged. Training also must be NFPA 472-compliant to further make it worthwhile as a possibility of recertification hours for responders. It is imperative to stay ahead of the curve to comply with federal law mandates. Utilizing the standards of NFPA 472 as a framework, hydrogen training can be developed with a focus on providing awareness level training for the federal requirement can occur while saving lives.
This training system was designed to grow in capacity as the need arises to include additional topic areas. Likewise, it will grow in feature and function as technologies mature and develop. The ELC hopes to expand its available content to include topics on additional alternative energy sources, emerging technologies, and other issues important to the emergency response community. Responders can access the IAFC ELC website at _URL_ to take part in this free training opportunity.

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Met or matched expectations: what accounts for a successful back pain consultation in primary care.
Georgy, E.E., 2011. Met or matched expectations: what accounts for a successful back pain consultation in primary care. Doctorate Thesis (Doctorate). Bournemouth University.
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Background: Back pain is a common disorder, affecting up to 2 in 3 of the adult population, with the general practitioners (GPs) being the first point of contact for help. Bio-psychosocial management of back pain has been shown to be problematic. Meeting patients‟ expectations is alleged to play a vital role in concordance, adherence and satisfaction with the given treatment; a more potent aspect, however, could be a state of matched patient-GP expectations, which could have an influential effect on the process and outcome of the medical consultation. This aspect, however, has not been fully investigated in the literature and further research is needed to discern the potential importance of this matching on different aspects of the consultation. Methods: The main aim of the study was to investigate the matching of patient-GP expectations related to the back pain consultation in primary care by means of (1) developing a structured questionnaire that can measure this matching; (2) using the tool to measure the matching of patient-GP expectations; and (3) exploring the perceived importance of such matched expectations on different aspects of the consultation. Using a mixed methods sequential nested design, 11 GPs and 57 back pain patients (from 11 general practices in the South of England) completed the Expectations Questionnaire (EQ) that measured the matching of their expectations. Telephone interviews were then used for exploring the perceived importance of this matching. The study tested the hypothesis that the matching of patients‟ and GPs‟ expectations was perceived as an important attribute for a successful back pain consultation in primary care, from the patients‟ and GPs‟ perspectives. Results: The study showed that the EQ can be used as a valid and reliable tool for measuring the matching of patient-GP expectations. The results showed that patients and GPs had mismatched expectations regarding one third of the EQ items. These were mainly related to the psychosocial aspect of the management. The data suggested a trend within the back pain consultations, where patients were less likely to express their expectations and the GPs were less likely to enquire about any unmet expectations at the end of the visit, which could render many expectations unaddressed and unmet. Thematic data analysis revealed several emerging themes with regard to the importance of matched expectations, namely, enhanced communication, trust, empathy, satisfaction and adherence, and have identified different or lack of agendas, time, caseload, cultural and language variations and continuity of care as possible barriers to this matching. Conclusion: The study revealed several convergences, but also identified a significant mismatch between patients‟ and GPs‟ expectations. Matched expectations were perceived as a significant indicator of the quality of the back pain consultation. Considering the many challenges and difficulties in managing back pain in general practice, a state of matched patient-GP expectations has the potential for improving the overall consultation experience, in terms of both the process and the outcome.
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Exploring the Benefits of DOT Oral Fluid Testing: A Comprehensive Guide
In the endeavor to maintain road safety, the Department of Transportation (DOT) is fully committed. A vital instrument in their safety arsenal is the DOT oral fluid testing. This might seem a bit complex, but don't worry – we're here to simplify it for you.
In this detailed guide, we're going to delve into the nuances of DOT oral fluid testing. We'll cover what it entails, its significance, its functioning, and the numerous advantages it offers. So, fasten your seat belts (no pun spared), and let's delve deep into this critical subject!
To kick things off, let's define DOT oral fluid testing. Essentially, it's a procedure adopted by the Department of Transportation to screen individuals for the presence of drugs and alcohol in their system. Here's the catch – instead of using conventional urine or blood samples, this technique utilizes oral fluid, essentially another word for saliva.
Now that we know what it is, you might wonder why DOT relies on oral fluid testing. Here are a few reasons that shed light on its importance:
Accuracy: Oral fluid testing offers highly accurate results, making it an effective tool for detecting recent drug and alcohol use.
Non-Invasive: Unlike blood tests, which involve needles, or urine tests, which require collection cups, oral fluid testing is non-invasive and much more comfortable for the individuals being tested.
Immediate Results: Results are available almost instantly, which means quicker decision-making regarding a person's fitness for duty.
Deterrence: The knowledge that oral fluid testing is in place can deter employees from engaging in drug and alcohol use in the first place, promoting safer working environments.
Now that we've covered the basics, let's take a closer look at how DOT oral fluid testing actually works.
Now that we have a good grasp of what DOT oral fluid testing is and how it works, let's explore the numerous benefits it brings to the table:
Enhanced Safety on the Road
The primary goal of DOT oral fluid testing is to enhance safety on the road. By promptly identifying individuals who may be impaired by drugs or alcohol, it helps reduce the risk of accidents and promotes safer transportation for everyone.
In the world of transportation, time is of the essence. Oral fluid testing provides immediate results, allowing employers to make quick decisions regarding an employee's fitness for duty. This can be crucial in preventing potentially dangerous situations.
Gone are the days of uncomfortable and invasive testing methods. Oral fluid testing is a painless process that respects the dignity and comfort of individuals being tested. This can lead to greater cooperation and willingness to comply with testing requirements.
Detects Recent Use
Oral fluid testing is particularly effective at detecting recent drug and alcohol use. This makes it a valuable tool for identifying impairment that may not be apparent through other testing methods.
Accuracy is paramount when it comes to drug and alcohol testing. Oral fluid testing is known for its high degree of accuracy, reducing the chances of false positives or negatives.
DOT oral fluid testing is designed to meet legal requirements and regulations. Employers who implement this testing method can have confidence in their compliance with DOT guidelines, reducing legal risks.
Implementing DOT oral fluid testing is a straightforward process. Employers can easily integrate it into their existing drug and alcohol testing programs, minimizing disruptions to their operations.
DOT oral fluid testing doesn't just benefit employers; it has a positive impact on various stakeholders in the transportation industry:
Employers benefit from improved workplace safety, reduced risk of accidents, and a more efficient testing process. It also helps them maintain compliance with DOT regulations.
Employees benefit from a safer work environment and the knowledge that their colleagues are fit for duty. The non-invasive nature of oral fluid testing also respects their privacy and comfort.
3. The Public
The general public benefits from safer roads and transportation systems. DOT oral fluid testing contributes to reducing the risk of accidents caused by impaired individuals operating vehicles.
4. Regulatory Authorities
Regulatory authorities can more effectively enforce safety regulations and standards with the support of accurate and efficient drug and alcohol testing methods like oral fluid testing.
5. Insurance Providers
Reduced accidents and safer transportation systems can lead to lower insurance costs for both employers and individuals.
DOT oral fluid testing is a valuable tool for promoting safety in the transportation industry. The benefits are there for all to see!


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Meddrag is the Norwegian word used to describe the practice of scribing logs. Scribing means to gauge out the bottom part of each log so that instead of curving downward in the shape of a "U", the bottom of the log instead curves upward in the shape of an "n". Unlike their chinked and daubed North American counterparts, houses of Norway were constructed in the meddrag method. This eliminated the need for mortar and wood chinking.
Many historians claim the reason meddrag didn't catch hold amongst Scandinavian-born immigrants (Fins, Swedes, and Norwegians all used the scribed technique) was that they didn't have the carpentry skills to execute such a detail. Yes, that's likely true, but I'd add a further twist. Norwegians had softwoods to work with, while their northeastern Iowa counterparts dealt almost exclusively with hardwoods. Unlike pine, oak is really difficult to shape. In Minnesota and Wisconsin (roughly corresponding with the geographic distribution of softwood forests) there exist numerous examples of scribed log construction. In Northeast Iowa, there are hardly any.
This is the only example of meddrag I've personally discovered. There exists a one-story scribed log house at Vesterheim (located inside the old stone mill) that was found in Glenwood Township, Winneshiek County. And apparently there existed a scribed granary in Washington Prairie, Springfield Township, Winneshiek County (now long gone). But beyond those two, this is the only other example I know of.
This particular building sits in Dover Township, Fayette County, Iowa, about thirty miles south of Decorah. The original one story log house was hopelessly added onto, altered, and chopped apart. What's left are parts of three walls and not much more.
From what I've gathered through poking around and opening up walls, the original house was one story in height and measured something like 15′ x 17′. The species of tree used was eastern white pine. Unlike true Norwegian scribed construction where the corner notches hang past the wallscommonly referred to as the double notchthis house has square notching. I suspect the house was originally double notched, too, but the part of the notch that extends past the wall plane was likely lopped off when the building was sided.
Unfortunately, there isn't much left to save. The roof has completely failed, the entire forth wall was cut off, and numerous doors and windows were cut out of the other three. This is such an incredibly rare and special house, and what it needs most is thorough documentation. This house was definitely built by a professional carpenter, and it would be really interesting to scour the area to see if any other examples still exist.


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This question is lacking a couple of key pieces of information about the solids settling problem, but I can use common information to get a good estimate of the potential problems. The density of the solids (500 kg/m^3) is obviously a bulk density, not a particle density. If the particle density were 500 kg/m^3, they would float on the water at 1,000 kg/m^3. Floating solids are a more difficult problem than settling solids. To accurately assess solids suspension, a particle size, or size distribution, along with a particle (material) density is necessary to predict how rapidly solids will settle. However, based on your industry, the solids (particle) density is not high, like mineral ore, and the size is probably less than a few hundred microns. Using some reasonable estimates for the missing information, the solids suspension capabilities of the mixer should be fairly good, although several other reasons exist for why you have problems. Without questions the impeller is located very near the bottom, probably to assure mixing suspension at low liquid levels. This bottom impeller will always do most of the actual solids suspension. Adding an upper impeller will do little to lift more solids off the bottom, it will only reduce the solids concentration near the bottom. Concentration does not have a strong effect on solids suspension, unless it is high enough to change the apparent fluid viscosity. The real problem may be with the concentration of solids and their effect on the fluid properties. Whether you are dealing with a 1 to 1.5 or a 1 to 2 concentration and whether that ratio is based on volume or density, you have a high concentration of solids. Taking the more dilute ratio, you could be talking about 1 volume (m^3) of solids (500 kg) in 2 volumes (m^3) of water (2,000 kg), which gives you 500 kg solids in 2,500 kg of mixture for 20 wt%. If you are talking masses, you could have 1,000 kg of solids in 2,000 kg of water, or a 33 wt% mixture. The higher ratio 1 to 1.5 only increases these concentration estimates. Any concentration above 20 wt% potentially have a strong effect of the apparent viscosity of the mixture, especially with moderate to low density particles. The actual concentration effect can be influenced by volume percent and particle size. Small particles are more likely to affect viscosity than larger particles. Your problem may be more the effect of a high viscosity mixture, including a yield stress, which may mean that the fluid does not move well, or even in all parts of the tank. If the fluid does not move, you will get stagnant places and settled solids. The solution to both improved solids suspension (if that is the problem) or better handling of a high viscosity (or non-Newtonian, yield stress) fluid is two impellers and larger impellers. If the current impeller is a hydrofoil with three narrow blades, operating at 340 rpm, it is using only about 0.75 hp of the 7.5 hp motor. This mixer could work with two (2) 450 mm diameter impellers, drawing about 1.8 hp, or two (2) 500 mm impellers, drawing about 5.2 hp. Two larger impellers would make better use of the available mixer power and increase the mixing for both solids suspension and high viscosity. Even if the estimates for power requirements are high, lowering the operating speed of the mixer will solve that problem. This answer contains a number of assumptions about what is happening, but options for changes should make improvements.


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 1. Austin's Population Is Booming. Why Is Its African American Population Shrinking?
 Last month KUT asked our audience to suggest stories they wanted us to report on. The story that listeners chose is about Austin's African American population. Specifically, why is it shrinking, while every other group in the city grows? In the first installment of a project we're calling ATXplained, KUT's Mose Buchele reports.
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Members of the Lake Wylie Pilot editorial board were chatting about what local residents might not know about Lake Wylie and York County. As a result, the Pilot will run an occasional piece about our community. In light of last week's news about Henry Knob's water contamination, we thought we'd start with Lake Wylie's monadnock, a Native American term for an isolated hill or a lone mountain that has risen above the surrounding area, typically by surviving erosion.
Word from the Environmental Protection Agency that the past mining operations at Henry's Knob have contaminated some wells in the area near Clover is disquieting. Henry's Knob is a monadnock (isolated mountain) three miles west of Clover off Highway 55 and named for William Henry, who received it in a grant from King George III.
Another monadnock, Nanny's Mountain, is closer to Lake Wylie, being visible from many points in our community.
Mining operations from 1947 to 1970 and the consequent flooding of the excavated area of Henry's Knob allowed contaminated water to pond up and penetrate into ground water in the area. This led to the EPA notice that some 50 wells are contaminated from the leaching of the tailings from the Kyanite mining. The two principal harmful products are manganese and cobalt.
Mining operations on Nanny's Mountain – just south of Five Points between S.C. 49 and S.C. 274 accessible off Liberty Hill Road West – took place much earlier, during the Revolutionary War era.
Ore was mined on the side of the mountain and hauled on sleds to William Hill's ironworks on Allison Creek. The mine is visible on a hike up the trail to the summit of Nanny's Mountain. Fortunately, little damage was done by Hill's operations unless ammunition manufactured from the ore struck a British soldier.
The good news is Nanny's Mountain is now a York County park that provides hiking and wildlife viewing on its trails.
Hopeful news is one of the EPA's proposals for remediation of the Henry's Knob site will be effective, along with a resolution of the drinking water problem.


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Special and general types
The Poincaré Lemma in differential geometry and complex analytic geometry asserts that "every differential form which is closed,, is locally exact, ".
More in detail: if is contractible then for every closed differential form with there exists a differential form such that
Moreover, for a smooth smooth family of closed forms, there is a smooth family of s satisfying this condition.
This statement has several more abstract incarnations. One is that it says that on a Cartesian space (or a complex polydisc) the de Rham cohomology (the holomorphic de Rham cohomology) vanishes in positive degree.
Still more abstractly this says that the canonical morphisms of sheaves of chain complexes
from the locally constant sheaf on the real numbers (the complex numbers) to the de Rham complex (holomorphic de Rham complex) is a stalk-wise quasi-isomorphism – hence an equivalence in the derived category and hence induce an equivalence in hyper-abelian sheaf cohomology. (The latter statement fails in general in complex algebraic geometry, see (Illusie 12, 1.) ans see also at GAGA.) (A variant of such resolutions of constant sheaves for the case over Klein geometries are BGG resolutions.)
The Poincaré lemma is a special case of the more general statement that the pullbacks of differential forms along homotopic smooth function are related by a chain homotopy.
Let be two smooth functions between smooth manifold and a (smooth) homotopy between them.
Then there is a chain homotopy between the induced morphisms
on the de Rham complexes of and.
In particular, the action on de Rham cohomology of and coincide,
Moreover, an explicit formula for the chain homotopy is given by
Here denotes contraction (see Cartan calculus). with the canonical vector field tangent to and the integration is that of functions with values in the vector space of differential forms.
where in the integral we used fist that the exterior differential commutes with pullback of differential forms, then Cartan's magic formula for the Lie derivative along the cylinder on and finally the Stokes theorem.
The Poincaré lemma proper is the special case of this statement for the case that is a function constant on a point :
If a smooth manifold admits a smooth contraction
then the de Rham cohomology of is concentrated on the ground field in degree 0. Moreover, for any closed form on in positive degree an explicit formula for a form with is given by
In the general situation discussed above we now have in positive degree.
A nice account collecting all the necessary background (in differential geometry) is in
Discussion in complex analytic geometry is in
- Luc Illusie, Around the Poincaré lemma, after Beilinson, talk notes 2012 (pdf)


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Private landowner information
Over 75% of Minnesota's land is privately owned. Many of our fish and wildlife resources rely on the day-to-day actions of private landowners and the conservation practices they employ on their lands.
Landowners will find here information to help them:
- manage fish and wildlife resources on their land
- manage recreation on their land (i.e., deal with hunters, anglers and other recreators who ask to use their land)
Manage fish & wildlife resources
Technical resources to assist you in implementing conservation practices on your land.
- Native plant suppliers and landscapers in Minnesota
- Brochures and publications Information on managing habitat and managing nuisance animals.


Uri.Port Proprietà
Definizione
Ottiene il numero di porta di questo URI.Gets the port number of this URI.
public:
 property int Port { int get(); };
public int Port { get; }
member this.Port : int
Public ReadOnly Property Port As Integer
Valore della proprietà
Int32
Numero di porta per questo URI.The port number for this URI.
Eccezioni
Questa istanza rappresenta un URI relativo e questa proprietà è valida solo per URI assoluti.This instance represents a relative URI, and this property is valid only for absolute URIs.
Esempio
Nell'esempio seguente il numero di porta dell'URI viene scritto nella console.The following example writes the URI port number to the console. In questo caso, il valore è il numero di porta predefinito per HTTP, porta 80.In this case, the value is the default port number for HTTP, port 80.
Uri^ baseUri = gcnew Uri( "_URL_ );
Uri^ myUri = gcnew Uri( baseUri,"catalog/shownew.htm?date=today" );
Console::WriteLine( myUri->Port );
Uri baseUri = new Uri("_URL_
Uri myUri = new Uri(baseUri,"catalog/shownew.htm?date=today");
Console.WriteLine(myUri.Port);
Dim baseUri As New Uri("_URL_
Dim myUri As New Uri(baseUri, "catalog/shownew.htm?date=today")

Console.WriteLine(myUri.Port)
Commenti
Il numero di porta definisce la porta del protocollo utilizzata per contattare il server a cui si fa riferimento nell'URI.The port number defines the protocol port used for contacting the server referenced in the URI. Se non si specifica una porta come parte dell'URI, la Port proprietà restituisce il valore predefinito per il protocollo.If a port is not specified as part of the URI, the Port property returns the default value for the protocol. Se non è presente un numero di porta predefinito, questa proprietà restituisce-1.If there is no default port number, this property returns -1.
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Good time of day.
Please tell me how to operate services by collecting keywords for the advertising ads. When I megaindex or serpstat hammered the domain name, then I get stats on key words (text ads, an approximate budget request, statistics of impressions). As the sites collect these data? Judging by the response time I assume they already have Spasenie requests and they are given directly from the database. Or is it not working?
I have not found information on the Internet on this topic. I would really appreciate a constructive answer. Thank you!
1. Going pre-parser Analytics from public sources: counters (all the necessary indicators to forecast) and search engines (the number of references to the domain, relevance of topics, etc.).
2. Let's say that the percentage of domains with open data is within the confidence interval (that was being parsed). Taken into account when forecasting only them, the rest is not touch.
3. Using CTR recruited for the entire period of history, calculated the projected cost of a click on any domain with the following settings (all drawn from the history of such sites): number of impressions, number of visitors, the business area/direction/theme of the site, the average number of visitors per day/month, the percentage of competition (for advertisers), etc.
4. We expect the same performance on the basis of the received dependences for the lower proportion of domains (they are not confidence intervals) and is also recorded in the database.
5. All this machine changes constantly in their database based on constantly changing statistics (as time passes, the domains change owners, HYIPs appear and disappear, etc.).
6. When you request - they have already all counted and they give immediately ready the price. It is important to note that the price may be now one, and after 5 minutes is another!
Something like that...
corine.Little65 answered on March 12th 20 at 08:15
Yes, data is collected in advance note all consecutive queries, it gathers statistics


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Left: Cars in the bed of the derelict canal. Right: The canal today, with the access to the Falkirk Wheel.
By Trevor Timpson
The Forth and Clyde Canal was derelict for decades. Its locks blocked up with rubbish, and wherever it interfered with road plans it was filled in and channelled through a pipe. It was seen only as a store of water for industry.
Now, with the industry mostly gone, Scotland's first substantial canal lives on. Not just reopened, but the setting for some of modern Britain's most adventurous engineering works - and huge landmark art projects.
On the site of an old tar plant stands the Falkirk Wheel, which raises boats 35 metres from the Forth and Clyde to the level of the Union Canal to Edinburgh. Half a million people visit it every year. Just a start, say British Waterways.
'Can do attitude'
Built from 1768 to 1790, the Forth and Clyde closed to navigation in 1963.
Campaigners began operating boats on it again from the 1970s. Vessels were placed on stretches that no longer connected with each other, to arouse interest and deter development schemes.
But Jim McLachlan, chairman of the Forth and Clyde Canal Society said: "We seriously didn't expect the whole thing to be opened up in our lifetime."
Nevertheless, gradually a new "can do" attitude grew up among British Waterways management, he says - a desire to get the full value out of the waterway.
Then came the £84.5m Millennium Link project, culminating in the opening of the two canals and the Wheel by the Queen in 2002.
Auchinstarry marina near Kilsyth: a success story, says British Waterways
Canal societies collected tens of thousands of signatures to prove to the Lottery Millennium Commissioners that the plan to revive the link was not just a good project, but a "people's project".
When work on the Millennium Link began in the 1990s, there were 32 major obstructions across the Forth and Clyde Canal. It cost £10m to reroute utility pipes laid in the canal after it closed to navigation.
Now, where boat building yards and foundries lined the canal banks, bluebells and bright yellow gorse bloom. In the old timber basins, swans guard their nests.
Where railway sidings carried coal wagons to the canal at Kirkintilloch, a marina and residential development is open for business.
And though Strathclyde Police have set sail on the canal on occasions to catch "groups involved in anti-social behaviour", these are greatly outnumbered by ordinary walkers and cyclists.
British Waterways Scotland has been "bowled over" by the numbers using the towpath, says Richard Millar, business development manager.
"People are travelling from one side of Scotland to the other or travelling to work, or just going out for a walk."
There are over 300 boats on the canal compared with perhaps 50 before the official reopening.
Boat trips are mostly confined to the lock-free middle section, from Maryhill in the west to Banknock in the east, including the Glasgow branch, which gives panoramic views of the city from the redeveloped Spiers Wharf.
Vessels passing through the canal from sea to sea - which was the original intention of the canal - are lagging behind expectations.
"Millennium Link was hoping to see 500 transits of the canal a year; I think we're seeing, tops, 200," says Richard Millar.
Jim MacLachlan says a "major compromise" of the Millennium Link was that the budget did not allow the canal to be reopened all the way back into Grangemouth - a town it created.
Cut off from Grangemouth by the M9, the canal got a new eastern entry to the east of Falkirk.
But this is so far upstream on the tidal River Carron (leading to the Forth) that there is only a brief "window" for craft to pass between the river and the canal, between the Carron being too shallow, and too deep, so boats cannot fit under the bridges.
Now, another giant project promises to come to the rescue. The £41m Helix project, also Lottery backed, for the redevelopment of land to the east of Falkirk includes the extension of the canal back into Grangemouth, with an easier link to the Carron.
Scale and pride
As part of the Helix project the Kelpies - twin 35-metre tall horse-head sculptures - will rock back and forward on their axis, displacing the water to fill a new lock by the Carron.
Sculptor Andy Scott says "the money's in the bank" for the Kelpies, and the full-size statues are intended to be completed in 2011.
But that is not enough for British Waterways, Andy Scott and the Forth and Clyde.
Just east of Maryhill, the east-west towpath is interrupted where the Glasgow branch leaves the main canal.
Now, the planning application has gone in for a three-way bridge straddling the canal junction - supported by the towering Bigman, a 30-metre steel Andy Scott statue holding the supports in its outstretched hand like puppet strings.
"For me it's got that thing about scale and pride and again some instance of the history of the canal and area," says Scott.
The Maryhill flight of locks from the Kelvin aqueduct
And still the plans pile up. In Maryhill is a magnificent flight of locks, leading down to the sturdy aqueduct which takes the canal across the River Kelvin.
In the 1970s volunteers pulled 2,000 tonnes of rubbish out of those same locks.
Now Glasgow has ambitious plans for canoeing, caving and canyoneering courses down the incline beside them.
And the city is also proposing a watersports centre at Port Dundas, the canal's Glasgow terminus.
Then there is consideration of constructing access to Loch Lomond, close to the canal's western end.
"There's been 40 years when development hasn't happened on it," says Richard Millar. "And the opportunities that lie out there are tremendous."


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- If you are looking for the episodes of this name, they are located at "Chain of Command, Part I" and "Chain of Command, Part II".
The chain of command was a ranking system used by militaries and other organized groups. It represented the line of authority down which orders are passed from one officer to another, and also the line down which passed command of a particular vessel or installation.
Aboard a starship, or most starbases the chain of command began with the assigned commanding officer, usually an officer of the rank of captain, or in some cases commander. If the commanding officer, for any reason, was unavailable to command his or her post then those responsibilities passed down the "chain" to the first officer, then the second officer, etc.
Between the launch of the Enterprise NX-01 and the late 23rd century, the position of first officer, or executive officer (abbreviated as XO) was filled by the highest ranking officer assigned to the ship aside from the captain. The position was not a separate assignment as it would later become. The designated first officer would perform their normal duties until it became necessary for them to take command.
This had changed by the late 24th century, when the XO's position had become a completely separate position in a starship's crew held by an officer of commander or lieutenant commander rank grade who held no other position aboard the vessel.
After the executive officer, command responsibilities passed down the chain from officer to officer as necessary in accordance with each officer's rank. And it was common practice for a commanding officer to designate a second officer to take command if both the captain and first officer were unavailable or unable to perform their duties.
This aspect of the command chain functioned similarly aboard a starbase, or space station, as well as in a planetary installation.
More broadly, the chain of command could refer to Starfleet, in general, with the chain beginning with the admiralty. And the Federation Council, and/or the President of the Federation could be considered to be at the ultimate top of the chain.
When Spock inquired to Dr. McCoy if he had noticed Captain Kirk acting strangely lately, McCoy replied, "the man on top walks a lonely street. The chain of command is often a noose." In response to McCoy's words, Spock told him to "spare me your philosophical metaphors." Spock then pointed out Kirk's transfer of Kevin Riley to engineering, and McCoy explained that "he's the Captain, he can transfer whoever he pleases," adding "you can look that up in a hundred volumes of space regulations somewhere." (TOS: "The Conscience of the King")
Benjamin Sisko learned many things from Captain Leyton aboard the USS Okinawa, including that "a good officer has to respect the chain of command." Leyton believed that without it "Starfleet would cease to function and we wouldn't stand a chance against our enemies." (DS9: "Paradise Lost")


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LABC Meaning - What does LABC mean?
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- LABC (letter L)
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- LABC (letter A)
- LABC (letter B)
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- LABC (letter C)
Have a finger in every pie, Low concentration, diffident, vivacious and cheerful people. People whose their names start with C are creative, amusing and have strong communication skills. Especially, their hand skills are improved.
C resembles semicircle and these people feel themselves deficient. Change is inevitable for them. Being impatient is their most insufficiency for them. People who has C as last letter in their names are slog on what they do since they get bored quickly. Not to finish a job is so common.


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OrchestraThere were 6 orchestras at Auschwitz including a women's orchestra at Birkenau and a male orchestra at Auschwitz I which consisted of 100 musicians.
Their activities included playing music for the prisoners who were marching to work and for the arrival of important guests at the camp. In addition, they played at parties for the SS and gave formal concerts for the camp staff.
Various survivor memoirs mention the orchestra's playing for the arrival of deportees to give them a false sense of comfort. There were orchestras at most of the major concentration and extermination camps.
Sources: informal conversation with Bret Werb, Music Archivist at the USHMM; Encyclopedia of the Holocaust.


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Spectroscopy and Unknowns
Sarah Madden, Matt Grandbois, Eric Nelson
October 31 and November 7 2000
Chem 120 H / Viste
The purpose of this lab was to identify an unknown using various methods of spectroscopy. The unknown could have contained any or all of these elements: carbon, oxygen, and chlorine. The number of carbon atoms in the unknown molecule ranged from one to six. The following methods of spectroscopy are various ways to obtain the spectrum of an unknown: FTIR (infrared), which relates to molecular vibrations; Raman, which relates to molecular vibrations; NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance); GC/MS (mass spectroscopy); and UV-vis (ultraviolet-visible). Other chemical characteristics that can help identify organic unknowns are the boiling point, refractive index, and the flame test.
The lab began with obtaining an unknown organic compound. The first test that was completed was the Beilsteinís flame test for the presence of chlorine. The next part of the labs involved observing different types of spectra through use of FTIR, Raman, NMR, GC/MS, and UV-vis. The refractive index and the boiling point of the unknown were also found. The results of these various tests along with the different spectra types were then analyzed and the unknown was identified.
Beilsteinís Test: no chlorine
Boiling Point: 139-141 o C
Refractive Index: 1.4504
Additional Raman Spectra
NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance):
GC/MS (mass spectroscopy):
Cyclohexanone vibration 27:
Vibration Spectrum 35:
Microscopic picture of the atoms.
In this lab various methods of spectroscopy were used to identify an unknown. Based on observations and analysis of the spectras the unknown of this lab was identified as Cyclohexanone.


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PyNLP -- parsing and distributional similarity package for Python
PyNLP is a collection of Python/C/C++ modules that provide a common framework for discriminative parsing and distributional similarity-based clustering.
PyNLP is currently licensed for noncommercial purposes only. Special thanks to Helmut Schmid for allowing the inclusion of parts of BitPar and SFST in this distribution.
This distribution includes (parts of) the following software: BitPar (by Helmut Schmid; noncommercial only) _URL_ SFST (by Helmut Schmid; GPL) _URL_ FlexModule/BisonModule (Tommy McGuire; Pythonesque license) _URL_ Simple C++ wrapper for PCRE (Peter Petersen; BSD-like license) [different versions of this one floating around on the Internet.]
NOTE: the library modules that use BitPar and SFST are based on older versions of these programs and recent versions of these may have different functionality (in the case of BitPar) or use incompatible file formats (SFST). In particular, most of the functionality in the 'bitpar' C++ module that is beyond parsing bit vector charts (i.e., head finding, extraction of forests, discriminative parsing) is not present in BitPar, whereas reranking is present in newer versions of BitPar, but not in the module.
The following language resources can be used with PyNLP: - old SMOR/IMSLex (German morphology; proprietary)
cannot be redistributed
- SMOR with the IDS lexicon (German morphology) -- not done yet Note that this may yield slightly different results from using SMOR with the (non-redistributable) IMSLex lexicon.
- Morph-It (Italian morphology)
The easiest way to install this is by installing the necessary python packages via Debian/Ubuntu's apt-get and then setup the package in a virtualenv (so you can install new versions without having to modify the central python installation).
To actually do useful things, you need to untar the pytree_data.tgz tarball somewhere and point the PYNLP environment variable to that directory: export PYNLP=~/tmp/pytree_data
For building the software, you will need the following packages: gcc g++ python-dev libpcre++-dev python-numpy bison flex python-virtualenv (optional) cython (optional)
You will also need the dti decision tree package from Christian Borgelt: _URL_
To build and setup everything: cd ~/tmp virtualenv parser_env cd ~/sources/pytree-package ~/tmp/parser_env/bin/python setup.py install cd tests ~/tmp/parser_env/bin/python test-all.py
Tu build and setup for a system installation, it's just python setup.py build sudo python setup.py install cd tests python test-all.py
After PyTree is installed, you can run "make html" in the "docs/" subdirectory to build API documentation in nice HTML format if you have installed the Sphinx document formatting suite.
Parsing with an existing grammar
To do lexicalized parsing with an existing grammar, use the script parse_lex.py, for example: python parse_lex.py -l de.tiger -g grammar/full -m grammar/all.model where:
- -l gives the settings bundle for PyNLP (which sets the right
- morphological prediction, head table, etc.)
-g gives the path to the files for the first stage PCFG grammar -m gives the path to the discriminative model parameters
Retraining the parser with an existing grammar
To retrain the parser, several steps are necessary: * Create the annotated trees from the treebank
for Tiger, this is done by the script tiger2mrg.py which will read a Negra export file, transform it including projectivizing the tree, and then write a bracketed file with edge label information.
- create base PCFG grammars for the n-fold crosstraining see scripts/parse_all.sh for how to do this.
- extract the discriminative training data for each fold:
- python train_lex.py -l de.tiger -g fold3 -o fold3/fold.event fold3/heldout.mrg
- (lather, rinse, repeat for fold1..fold5 and full)
- join the discriminative training data and apply frequency threshold:
amis_tools/treelexer -t 5 -l all.in -o all.event fold*/fold.event * run AMIS to estimate model parameters amis all.conf
- reward yourself with a cookie: you should now have - the PCFG grammar in.../full/ - the discriminative model in.../all.model
Adapting to other grammars or languages
basically, you want to have the following: * a script for treebank conversion and annotation
Look at tiger2mrg.py for an example how this could look. Basically, you would want to - have edge labels that (minimally) distinguish betweenmodifiers on one hand, different types of arguments on the other hand and conjuncts as well.
- markovize coordinations (look at the function with that name in tiger2mrg - basically, find coordinations and markovize them so that they are distinct from other phrases with linear markovization
- use generic_markovize to do markovization with GF marking which is head-based (if you have a head table).
- write everything out in VPF format (again, look at tiger2mrg.py how to do this).
- a head table (already used in step 1) look at pynlp/*/*_heads.py for ideas on how to do this.
- a POS prediction component look at pynlp/de/smor_pos.py and pynlp/it/morphit_pos.py for examples.
- a regex list look at data/german-regex.in and data/italian-regex.in for examples.
- one settings bundle to rule them all (or two) modify pynlp/__init__.py so that PyNLP can actually find all those components.


Drawing example tables
In QBE, you create queries in an example table.
Db2® for z/OS® Version 13 Release 1 increases maximum column name lengths from 30 bytes to 128 bytes. Db2 for z/OS Version 13 Release 1 increase to 128 byte column name support is limited for those applications that use an SQLDA to obtain column name information. The QMF for TSO and CICS application falls into this category. Due to this Db2 for z/OS limitation, column names longer than 30 bytes are truncated. If a column name longer than 30 bytes is present, the QBE command is blocked from usage.
An example table is a framework in which you enter instructions about how you want data presented in your report. (If you have the appropriate authorization, you can also use the keywords D., I. and U. in an example table to make changes to a database.) For example, from a RESET QBE QUERY panel, the Q.ORG example table displays when you issue the following command:
DRAW Q.ORG
The example table appears as shown in the following figure:
Figure 1. A QBE example table drawn for the Q.ORG table
Q.ORG | DEPTNUMB | DEPTNAME | MANAGER | DIVISION | LOCATION |
------+----------+-------------+---------+----------+------------|
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Within this framework, you can select the columns you want to see by using the P. keyword and other QBE keywords to control the presentation of the report data and make changes to the database.
The program function keys shown at the bottom of the screen make it easier to perform certain functions. Your site may have changed the setting of the function keys. The initial default settings are as follows:
1
Shows help information about your last action.
2
Runs your query.
3
Returns to the QMF home panel.
4
Makes the object larger.
5
Makes the object smaller.
6
Draws an empty example table.
7
Moves the display backward.
8
Moves the display forward.
9
Shows the form panel last used.
10
Scrolls the display to the left.
11
Scrolls the display to the right.
12
Displays your report.


Project SafeGuard
What is Project SafeGuard?
Project Safeguard is a project in partnership with the community and local Law Enforcement. This online program promotes communication and gives police quick access to important information about a person with a disability such as Autism, Dementia, etc. This would include any disability where the individual displays a tendency to wander or shows other similar tendencies.
This program provides information that is critical for law enforcement prior to an officer's arrival at a scene and/or prior to contacting an individual such as their name, birthday, physical description, emergency contact information, known triggers, and behaviors, etc.
What happens when a person joins Project SafeGuard?
Once the person joins the program, the information will be verified with the parent or guardian. The information will then be placed into a database in the Saratoga Springs and Bluffdale Record Management and Dispatch Systems. If you do not reside within the Saratoga Springs Police Department jurisdiction, contact your local police department to inquire if they participate in Project Safeguard or a similar program.
When possible, an officer trained in Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) will be sent to the scene.
Register Annually
How to Register
To register, an adult family member or guardian of the individual should complete the following form.
SafeGuard Form


Data Logging
The first step on your journey to be more water efficient is to understand your current consumption. However, if you have many sites or difficulty regularly accessing water meters then this can be tricky to manage.
Our data logging service, also known as telemetry, can help you understand your water use. In having a better understanding of your consumption patterns, you can more easily identify any wasteful water usage.
It's an accurate and flexible way of recording and monitoring usage, safeguarding premises, and helping to identify any leakage.
How does it work?
Water monitoring equipment is connected to your water meter which enables you to track your site's water usage.
The water monitoring equipment records information from your water meter and transfers it into flow data. This data is then transferred to a website where you'll be able to log on to monitor your water flow and consumption. Here's an example of the type of graph you'll be able to see, giving you an hour by hour breakdown of your water consumption.
You'll be able to track your water use at a glance, enabling you to spot any potential problems such as leaks and deal with them quickly and efficiently. You can also extract and share this information with the relevant people in your business.
How would this benefit you?
 - It enables you to build up a picture of your water usage. These trends will help you to understand your usage, identify high consumption, peaks and troughs and baseline flows.
 - These automated readings can help identify waste or leaks. They will certainly provide baseline data so you can optimise your water use and ensure you manage your water efficiently and economically.
 - The alarm functionality will allow you to set and receive alarms when unusual flow levels are detected.
 - Access automated daily meter readings without the need to access the meter chamber to obtain physical meter readings, eliminating associated health and safety risks.
What type of business would benefit?
 - Any type of business that would like easy and immediate access to their usage data
 - This can be used by a business of any size
Case study: Data logging at a transport company
We worked with a key transport company to significantly reduce its water usage. We installed data loggers on all their water supplies.
This enabled the firm to identify sites which had unaccounted for water usage and several sites were discovered. After investigating, the company identified and repaired leaks which resulted in them saving 53,000m³ of water per year; offering an average payback of less than two months.
As a result of this work, the company now monitors usage more effectively, identifies leaks more quickly (using the alarm function) and keeps waste and costs to a minimum.
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Here's a leaflet to give you more information on how data logging could help your business


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Managing Evolutionary Change by Small
How can you reconcile changes with the fear of
change and natural resistance to change?
Overcome Resistance to Change:
Kore 10 Tips
evolutionary changes are
led from behind
and managed by small steps.
Below are the three characteristics of
successful evolutionary changes:
1. They are voluntary – people see them as
People follow early adopters
People adopt changes when they are
motivated and ready.
human currents moving
creatively in the
So don impose a
big change from above. Don't demand people to jump over a high
wall, give them a stairway instead.
Make the change viral.
Let the change occur
as a sum of many small
individual decisions that together support and feed off each other.


Learn the difference: Uninterested versus Disinterested
Quick question: when your friend keeps telling you a story that you have no interest in, are you uninterested or disinterested?
These two words sound similar but do not mean the same thing i.e. they are not synonyms.
Let's learn their correct usage today!
Uninterested means "have or show no feeling of interest; indifferent."
For example: A person who dislikes watching movies would be uninterested in watching the newly released thriller everyone is talking about.
The above example means that the person has no interest in watching movies and s/he finds it boring.
Disinterested means "impartial; unbiased by personal interest or advantage."
For example: A disinterested observer is best for our competition.
The above example means that a person who has no personal interest or advantage in the competition would be best to observe/judge it.
Uninterested versus Disinterested
To be uninterested means to be indifferent
To be disinterested means to be impartial
Both these words are derived from the word interest which originated from the Latin word interrese. Hence, they are easily confused.
Incorrect: Why do you seem so disinterested?
Correct : Why do you seem so uninterested?
Incorrect: We need an uninterested judge for the game.
Correct : We need a disinterested judge for the game.
So, to answer the question I asked in the beginning, you are uninterested in the story your friend tells you (and not disinterested)as it may be boring or uneventful.
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Work to build a mini hydro-electric plant with a production capacity of 1.2 megawatts of electricity at the Gangelas dam in Angola, has been completed and is now waiting for the water level to rise to carry out load testing, according to Angolan news agency Angop.
The agency cited official João Delgado as saying that all work related to the construction, installation of turbines at the power station and power transmission lines had been completed and finishing touches were now being made.
Delgado also said that the water in the reservoir is not enough, given the current low flow of the river, and the team was waiting for the rainy season to begin to be able to conduct final tests.
Once it is fully operational, the power plant will consume 6.5 cubic meters of water per second. Its smallest group of generators has a capacity of 0.4 megawatts and consumes 2.4 cubic meters of water per second and the biggest (0.8 MW) consumes 4.1 cubic metres per second, so the reservoir must have at least 1.8 million cubic metres of water stored to drive the turbines.
Delgado stressed that the facility is guaranteed to operate for 50 years, if it is used appropriately and there are no unpredictable situations that could compromise the physical and technical integrity of the plant.
The Gangelas Dam, in Huila province, which was refurbished in 2009, has a reservoir capable of accumulating 3.5 million cubic metres of water and has two 24-kilometre channels and an irrigated area of 6 hectares of arable land. (macauhub/AO)


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- Water contact
For example, in a traditional hand-excavated water well, the level at which the water stabilizes represents the water table, or the elevation in the rock where air starts to occupy the rock pores.
In most situations in the hydrocarbon industry the term is qualified as being an oil-water contact (abbreviated to "OWC") or a gas-water contact ("GWC"). Often there is also a gas-oil contact ("GOC").
In an oil or gas field, hydrocarbons migrate into rocks and can be trapped if there is a permeability barrier to prevent upward escape. Gas and oil are lighter than water, so they will form a bubble at the high end of the "trap" formed by the impermeable barriers. A simple physical model of this would be a coffee cup held upside down underwater with an air bubble occupying the highest portion of the cup's interior. The base of the bubble is the water contact.
Capillary action can obscure the true water contact in permeable media like sandstone. Capillary pressure prevents the hydrocarbons from expelling all of the water in the pores, which creates a transition zone between the fully saturated hydrocarbon levels and the fully saturated water levels.
In poorly porous intervals, the oil-water, gas-water or gas-oil contacts can similarly be obscured, which makes estimation of hydrocarbon reserves difficult. Descriptions of the well's petrophysics will then often further qualify to delineate a gas-down-to, oil-up-to, oil-down-to and water-up-to line, clearly showing the uncertainties involved.
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The Kolanary system is a trinary system and is the home of 17 planets. Most of these planets are gas giants and only the moon Denchar circling K-3 is habitable. The Romulans maintain a small space station in the system, Orbitting K-5 and Starfleet maintains several ships in the area including the USS Neptune.
In 2350 Denchar was turned into a penal colony and the city of Xebec's Demise became the central hub of life on Denchar. Since becoming a penal colony, over 500,000 prisoners have been marooned on the planet but the planet only has a population of about 20,000 and all but a few hundred of them live in Xebec's Demise. The hardships offered by the prisoners and environment take a terrible toll on the lives of all sentenced here. The prisoners have developed a rather complex society that is fuedal in nature.
The moon has many native flora and fauna, most notable are the Dragons. Huge reptiles with armored hides and a taste for humanoid flesh. They enter a frenzied state when they catch the scent of a Cardassian. Due to the high ammonia concentration in the water and air it is recomended that people use filters and protective eyewear.
Orion Prison Facility
Formerly the site of the now defunct Orion Metallurgy Corporation, that business failed more than a century ago, and was taken over by the Romulans and converted to a correctional facility for Romulan political prisoners and worse. This is the old original prison from before the penal colony was established. It is located on an island about 200 miles from Xebec's Demise. Many prisoners have tried to cross the Amonia Sea but none have returned.
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Changing Movement
How the player moves is a big part of how your game feels. nes-starter-kit tries to pick reasonable defaults, but if the movement is too fast or slow, it's not hard to change. In addition, you may want to make your character move faster in certain circumstances – such as when you press a button or get a powerup. This chapter should help!
Adjusting the player's base speed
Your player's speed is mainly controlled by a few constants, as well as some logic in the player sprite file. To adjust your base speed, we simply have to tweak these constants. To start, open up source/sprites/player.h. About halfway through the file, you should see something like this:
// Handles player movement - we start slow and accelerate/decelerate up to a max speed. As a player,
// you probably won't notice this outright, but it feels a lot more natural like this.
// NOTE: The max velocity needs to be evenly divided by the acceleration. (Eg 20/4 = 5)
_TAG_ PLAYER_MAX_VELOCITY 20 // Max speed of the player; we won't let you go past this.
_TAG_ PLAYER_VELOCITY_ACCEL 4 // How quickly do we get up to max velocity?
These two constants are what we have to change. Make sure to read and understand the NOTE message here - if these two variables are adjusted in a way where acceleration does not divide cleanly into the max velocity, the player will move erratically.
Let's speed the player up a bit - let's add two more increments to PLAYER_MAX_VELOCITY (bringing it to 28), then try the game to see how it feels.
_TAG_ PLAYER_MAX_VELOCITY 28 // Max speed of the player; we won't let you go past this.
If you rebuild the game, the player's movement should feel a bit faster. Now, let's explore the acceleration a bit. We can slow it down by reducing PLAYER_VELOCITY_ACCEL to 2. (Which still evenly divides 28, so it is ok.)
_TAG_ PLAYER_VELOCITY_ACCEL 2 // How quickly do we get up to max velocity?
This should make the player's controls a bit less responsive - the player takes longer to get to their max speed, then decelerates more slowly as well. It will feel sort of like ice physics in some games.
Before moving on, adjust these variables back to something that seems right to your game. You can use the built-in defaults, or something a little faster if you like.
Adding a "run" button
Next, let's adjust some of these things during gameplay! As an example, we are going to adjust your speed when a button is pressed. That said, you should be able to tweak this code to run in other cases, such as when a powerup is picked up for a short time.
Let's start by adding a second max speed constant to source/sprites/player.h for run speed. Make sure that both speeds can be evenly divided by PLAYER_VELOCITY_ACCEL!
_TAG_ PLAYER_MAX_RUNNING_VELOCITY 36 // Max speed of the player when running.
Next up, we have to change how we use these constants a bit. Open up source/sprites/player.c and look for the handle_player_movement() method. At the top of it, you should see a familiar constant being used.
void handle_player_movement(void) {
 // Using a variable, so we can change the velocity based on pressing a button, having a special item,
 // or whatever you like!
 int maxVelocity = PLAYER_MAX_VELOCITY;
 lastControllerState = controllerState;
 controllerState = pad_poll(0);
 // If Start is pressed now, and was not pressed before...
 if (controllerState & PAD_START &&!(lastControllerState & PAD_START)) {
 gameState = GAME_STATE_PAUSED;
All that we need to do is alter maxVelocity based on whether or not the player is running. The code is set up to automatically shift the player's speed up or down based on maxVelocity. We just need to change it when B is pressed… here's what it looks like:
// Put this under the if statement for PAD_START
 if (controllerState & PAD_B) {
 maxVelocity = PLAYER_MAX_RUNNING_VELOCITY;
That's really all there is to it. Rebuild the game and run it, and when you hold B you should move a lot faster than without.
Adjusting the player's hitbox
One other thing that matters is the player hitbox. If you change the player sprite at all, you may find that parts of it overlap the walls, or perhaps don't get as close to the walls as you expect. You might also find that sprite collisions are too small. If so, the reason is your hitbox.
If you aren't familiar with the concept, a hitbox is like an imaginary rectangle around your sprite that is used for collisions. We do this because testing each pixel is far too slow, as are many other methods. This is a quick and simple method to implement, and also easy to visualize and understand.
Our case is a little special though - we calculate position and size using larger numbers than the number of pixels shown on the screen. Our sprites are 16 pixels wide and 16 pixels tall, and the screen is 256 pixels by 240 pixels. We use larger numbers to make movement more fluid - so you can move 1.5 pixels per frame, for example. In our case, the main sprite is 256 units wide, and 256 units tall. The screen is actually 4096 units by 3840 units.
Here are the values that make up the hitbox of the main character - we cut a number of units off on all 4 sides, just to make collisions feel more accurate. The constants for this are in source/sprites/player.h. Look for the following:
// This is the width and height of player as used in collisions. This is shifted by 4 to allow for sub-pixel
// sizes. (And smoother acceleration/deceleration.) A 16px wide sprite is 256 units here.
This basically means that on the Y axis, we're starting your hitbox 8.5 pixels below the main sprite, and ending it at the bottom of the sprite itself. We're cutting just shy of 2 pixels off the left of the sprite, and a little bit less on the right. You can change these values to suit any different character sprites you add.
As an example, let's dramatically increase the player's hitbox to the height of the full sprite. Let's use 15px as the height. We also have to adjust the Y offset to be much smaller. (in this case 1px) Here is what that could look like:
If you build your game and run it like this, you should see the player sprite collide with walls at its full height, instead of the half height that we use by default. Hopefully this makes it a little clearer.
Breaking out of the grid
By default, the engine guides the player onto an 8px grid when moving. This allows the player to navigate around objects more consistently. A similar tactic is used in the original Legend of Zelda. If you change the size of the main sprite, or otherwise tweak the hitbox in the above section, this might not work.
We make this configurable with a piece of configuration named PLAYER_MOVEMENT_STYLE in source/sprites/player.h:
// This is simple movement style that leaves everything up to the player.
// This is a movement style that guides the player onto an 8px "grid", to make it harder to get
// stuck on edges.
// This define changes how the player moves to be one of the two movement styles above.
If you swap that last line to be:
the player will no longer be confined to the grid. For the curious, the code this effects is in source/sprites/player.c - search for PlAYER_MOVEMENT_STYLE to find it.
With that, you've made it through chapter two! (Or at least this part of it.) Next up, we'll start adding some new features in.
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Plasticizer Databook contains data on selection of the most important plasticizers in use today. The selection includes 375 generic and commercial plasticizers.
Plasticizer Databook written by Anna Wypych contains data on selection of the most important plasticizers in use today. The selection includes 375 generic and commercial plasticizers. The generic plasticizers contain data for particular chemical compound from numerous sources and these generic plasticizer tables usually contain the most extensive information. The commercial plasticizers include only data given by plasticizer manufacturers. This allows comparison of properties of commercial plasticizers coming from different sources.
Plasticizer Databook was developed to contain data required in plasticizers application. Attempts were made to include plasticizers used in various sectors of industry to provide information for all users and to help in finding new solutions. Plasticizers included in the book differ from solvents by boiling point, which is above 250oC, but some plasticizers are used as temporary plasticizers or are expected to react with other components of mixture. These substances will not meet the boiling temperature criterion but will still be included since they play role of plasticizers.
The tables in the book are divided into five general sections: General information, Physical properties, Health & safety, Ecological properties, and Use & performance. Only available fields for particular plasticizer are included in the individual tables.
In General Information section the following data are displayed: name, CAS #, IUPAC name, Common name, Common synonyms, Acronym, Empirical Formula, Molecular mass, RETECS Number, Chemical Category, Mixture, EC number, Ester Content, Phosphorus Content, Bromine Content, Solids Content, Oxirane Oxygen Content, Paraffinic Content, Naphthenic Content, Moisture Content, Chlorine Content, Bound Acrylonitrile, Sulfur Content, Butadiene Content, Aromatic Carbon, Total Aromatic Content, and Hydroxyl Number.
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CoStore is a serverless distributed file system designed to provide cost-effective storage service utilizing idle disk space on workstation clusters. With all the system responsibilities evenly distributed across a group of collaborating workstations, the proposed architecture provides improved performance, reliability, and scalability. We have collected workstation uptime data from production systems. The assessment based on RAID reliability theory confirmed the feasibility of deploying CoStore on an existing desktop computing infrastructure. We have implemented a CoStore prototype and measured its performance. Preliminary results indicate that CoStore performance is comparable to that of commonly used distributed file systems, such as NFS, Samba, and Windows 2000 Server.
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- This is the first major construction project for the building in Southwest Washington, DC, since its opening 41 years ago.
- Visitors will start seeing changes to the museum in summer 2018.
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Given two positive integers N and M, the task is to find the count of all possible numbers in the range [1, M], having suffix as N.
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Input: N = 5, M = 15
Output:
Explanation: Only numbers satisfying the conditions are {5, 15}.
Input: N = 25, M = 4500
Output : 45
Naive Approach: The simplest approach is to traverse all integers in the range [1, M] and check if the suffix is N or not.
Time Complexity: O(M)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)
Efficient Approach: To optimize the above approach, following observation needs to be made:
Let N = 5 and M = 100
The Suffix numbers are 5, 15, 25, 35…95, which forms an Arithmetic Progression with
first term = 5, last term = 95, common difference = Base of N (eg: 6 has base 10, 45 has base 100 which is nothing but the exponentiation of the form 10digitsOf(N), where digitsOf(N) = no. of digits present in N.
Therefore, in order to calculate the count of possible numbers in the range [1, M], the following expression needs to be evaluated:
Count of numbers = Number of terms in the series = (tn – a)/d + 1 , where
tn is the last term of the sequence, a is the first term of the sequence, d is the common difference = (ti+1 – ti), i = 1, 2, 3…n-1
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C++
// C++ Program to implement
// the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

// Function to count the
// no. of digits of N
int digitsOf(int num)
{
 return to_string(num).size();
}

// Function to count all possible
// numbers having Suffix as N
int count(int a, int tn)
{
 // Difference of the A.P
 int diff = pow(10, digitsOf(a));

 // Count of the number of terms
 return ((tn - a) / diff) + 1;
}

// Driver Code
int main()
{

 int n, m;
 n = 25, m = 4500;
 cout << count(n, m);

 return 0;
}
Java
// Java program to implement
// the above approach
import java.util.*;

class GFG{

// Function to count the
// no. of digits of N
static int digitsOf(int num)
{
 return Integer.toString(num).length();
}

// Function to count all possible
// numbers having Suffix as N
static int count(int a, int tn)
{

 // Difference of the A.P
 int diff = (int)Math.pow(10, digitsOf(a));

 // Count of the number of terms
 return ((tn - a) / diff) + 1;
}

// Driver code
public static void main (String[] args)
{
 int n = 25, m = 4500;

 System.out.println(count(n, m));
}
}

// This code is contributed by offbeat
Python3
# Python3 program to implement
# the above approach

# Function to count the
# no. of digits of N
def digitsOf(num):
 return len(str(num));

# Function to count all possible
# numbers having Suffix as N
def count(a, tn):

 # Difference of the A.P
 diff = int(pow(10, digitsOf(a)));

 # Count of the number of terms
 return ((tn - a) / diff) + 1;

# Driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':
 n = 25; m = 4500;

 print(int(count(n, m)));

# This code is contributed by sapnasingh4991
C#
// C# program to implement
// the above approach
using System;

class GFG{

// Function to count the
// no. of digits of N
static int digitsOf(int num)
{
 return num.ToString().Length;
}

// Function to count all possible
// numbers having Suffix as N
static int count(int a, int tn)
{

 // Difference of the A.P
 int diff = (int)Math.Pow(10, digitsOf(a));

 // Count of the number of terms
 return ((tn - a) / diff) + 1;
}

// Driver code
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
 int n = 25, m = 4500;

 Console.WriteLine(count(n, m));
}
}

// This code is contributed by PrinciRaj1992
Javascript
<script>

// JavaScript program to implement
// the above approach

// Function to count the
// no. of digits of N
function digitsOf(num)
{
 return num.toString().length;
}

// Function to count all possible
// numbers having Suffix as N
function count(a, tn)
{

 // Difference of the A.P
 let diff = Math.floor(Math.pow(10, digitsOf(a)));

 // Count of the number of terms
 return Math.floor((tn - a) / diff) + 1;
}

// Driver Code

 let n = 25, m = 4500;

 document.write(count(n, m));

</script>
Output:
45

Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

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This is something of an unfair question because the ISBN is currently 13 digits, but the last digit is a checksum digit calculated from all the others. So only 12 digits are independent, and since these 12 can each be any number from 0 to 9, there are 10^12 possible numbers: 1,000,000,000,000 from 000-0-000-00000-0 to 999-9-999-99999-4.
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