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In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers identified the first nonhuman animal mother to use baby talk with their young. Bottlenose dolphin mothers use a higher pitch of their whistles when communicating with their calves. They also employ a signature whistle that functions like a name, and calves learn their names and those of their mother and members of their pod early on.
Scientists from Florida's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program have been recording the whistles of adult female dolphins and their calves for decades. Analysis of the recordings of 19 pairs of mothers and calves found that dolphin mothers produced signature whistles with a significantly higher maximum frequency and wider frequency ranges when they were with their calves than not with them. It is thought that the baby talk enhances a calf's attention, allowing for bonding with their mother and vocal learning. The research may provide insight into the evolution of vocal learning, a prerequisite for language.
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For years, "customer centricity" has been a guiding principle for many support and service teams who know that building a customer centric culture is about much more than just saying "the customer is always right."
Yet these same teams also often struggle to make the benefits of true customer centricity understood and valued company-wide. Many companies operate under the false assumption that outside of service organizations, the interests of customers and employees are inherently at odds. In fact, there are many ways that you can benefit both.
New research from SurveyMonkey shows that companies with a customer-centric culture are significantly more likely to have employees who are more engaged and more committed to sticking with their job.
Causation is hard to prove, and our data doesn't show that customer centricity definitely leads to more engaged employees. But it does show that a customer-centric culture is intrinsically connected to job meaningfulness and loyalty.
For service teams dealing with exhausting attrition rates and challenges with leadership support, building a culture of customer centricity might be a step in the right direction.
We break customer centricity into three key areas:
 - Listening to customers
 - Understanding customer needs
 - Advocating and acting on customer needs
Every step is critical, each needs to be supported at both the individual and organizational levels. The work of every employee at a company impacts customers eventually, but the degrees of separation between can create disassociation. Companies with a customer-centric culture bridge that gap so that each person can listen to customers, understand them, and advocate for them -- regardless of their role.
A customer-centric culture amplifies the customer voice through shared channels and company experiences, so that everyone within an organization understands what customers are struggling with, what they love about the product, and how the work that company does ultimately impacts customers' lives.
It might sound abstract in concept, but customer culture is actually very measurable. (This free culture of customer centricity survey template can get you started.) If you can track it against improved employee satisfaction, attrition, and even customer experience, you have an incredibly compelling case for prioritizing customer centricity as an HR metric. SurveyMonkey's research uncovered four major areas that are positively associated with employee engagement, based on the data.
The 4 Pillars of a Strong Customer Culture
1. Each person feels empathy for your customers.
Customer empathy is a relatively recent, but deeply important concept. The Harvard Business Review indexed the 100 most empathetic companies, and reported that the top 10 "increased in value more than twice as much as the bottom 10, and generated 50% more earnings." That profit difference is almost certainly due to customer loyalty, but it's possible that having a dedicated base of engaged employees helped too.
SurveyMonkey research found that 76% of people who reported having high levels of customer empathy found meaning in their work. Among those with low customer empathy, that number was only 49%.
Employees who feel like they can connect to their customers' needs on a personal level seem to be more readily fulfilled. It makes sense: if customers are nothing but faceless complaints, there's nothing very rewarding about solving their problems. But being able to understand where your customers are coming from makes the necessity of your work much more evident.
2. Employees feel like your organization cares about customer pain points.
Individual empathy is great, but research found that having a sense of customer centricity as a community is just as important.
People who say customer satisfaction is a key priority for their company are almost twice as likely to say they plan to work there in two years than others (83% versus 56%).
In customer service, it isn't often that people forget the fact that customer satisfaction is a priority -- but believing that it is a priority for the rest of the company too could help boost engagement rates. Emphasizing your company's focus on happy customers tells employees that their work matters, and how it is part of taking the right steps to grow as a business, keeps the entire workforce rallied around common goals.
It's also possible that making "customer satisfaction" a more explicit company value helps elevate the work of your service team, and helps the whole organization understand the absolutely critical role that they play. Individual acknowledgment can play a major role in employee retention. Now extend that logic to an entire field (customer service).
3. Your people understand how their work affects customers.
In an interview with Forbes, Intuit CEO Brad Smith said, "Clear a path from work to customer... The best reward for employees is seeing the profound impact of their work on the lives of our more than 50 million customers." He's a wise man.
Seventy-six percent of workers who think their work has a large impact on customers find their jobs meaningful. Among those who feel their work has little impact, only 49% say the same.
Do your service employees get to see the results of their work play out? Do they have insight into the ways that their day-to-day tasks translate into a better world for customers?
It may seem like the path from work to customer is obvious, but knowing something in the back of one's mind isn't the same as experiencing it day-to-day. A hospital accountant filling out excel sheets doesn't necessarily get to see the patients benefiting from the medical supplies she's budgeting for. If she did, she might be more emotionally invested in her job. The same applies to answering tickets -- zooming out from what could become menial tasks to remind workers of their ultimate impact may give those tasks more purpose.
4. Your organization keeps customers top-of-mind.
The research found that employees who think about customers on at least a weekly basis are the ones who find the most meaning in their work.
Seventy-two percent of employees who think about customers on a weekly basis find their jobs meaningful, versus 58% of those who don't.
Consistency is important. Just like daily gratitude diaries improve psychological wellness, weekly reminders of who your customers are and why they matter could influence employee attitudes for the better.
How a Customer Centric Culture Prevents Customer Churn
Good customer service has become a major differentiator for companies across industries, but the cost of keeping up with the competition has created infamously high burnout rates. HubSpot's and McKinsey's research highlights the expansiveness of the problem:
"Although 58% of growing companies we surveyed prioritized the retention of customer support reps, we also learned that only 42% of customers support reps who responded planned to continue a career in customer success -- and just 19% of respondents with less than one year of experience planned to stay in customer success."
No amount of cultural change can compensate for insufficient pay or benefits. Much of the turnover in customer service is attributable to unfavorable work hours and conditions that are written into their contracts, and prioritizing customer centricity won't help with that. But for shaping the overall attitude of the workforce and instilling a sense of purpose and loyalty, an optimistic culture of customer centricity could work wonders.
Management experts say that meaningful work and a culture of purpose is more effective for employee retention than offering elaborate perks. Thoughtful, consistent expression of customer-centric values could help build that sense of meaning.
Many service organizations consider keeping customer service agents in their jobs the most pressing barrier to success. Reducing attrition can make a major impact on business operations and the success of service teams as a whole. Changes that support a more positive customer culture are accessible and inexpensive relative to the cost of losing good employees.
How to Build a Customer-Centric Culture
This article won't be able to do justice to the multitude of ways that you can build a customer-centric culture, or the depth of explanation that these programs require, but here are a few high-level concepts for ways you might build a stronger culture of customer centricity at your organization.
As you experiment, use the culture of customer centricity survey to test the impact of different strategies on your company culture.
1. Try customer interaction reports to bring customer service to the forefront, and give all employees more holistic insight into customer lives.
Customer interaction reports (or CIRs) are quick forms that employees from every department are encouraged to fill out after an engagement with a customer, which are shared with the rest of the company. They don't need to be completed after every interaction -- just the ones that strike the employee as notable.
SurveyMonkey's integration with Zapier can help you do this. Zapier is a "master key" that automatically triggers actions after surveys get filled out. In this case, Zapier can connect customer interaction reports with other software, like company wikis or messaging channels, so the results are broadcast as soon as they're in.
At SurveyMonkey, employees fill out a CIR survey and then Zapier automatically sends excerpts to company Slack channel (a business messaging app). People across the company can read what the customer said and how the situation moved forward (and have conversations about it with other employees). In addition to giving employees a structure that makes it easier to connect with customers, the shared results also help the company as a whole make better strategic decisions, with customer needs in mind (which hopefully makes service people's jobs easier.)
These reports aim to help employees feel connected to both to the end customer and to other employees. The company is unified by the good work that everyone is doing, and by putting themselves into their customers' various shoes. Seeing the diversity of pain points and successes that customers experience encourages employees to work together with those various goals and needs in mind.
2. Circulate social media customer "love notes" regularly to keep morale up.
You want all of your employees to know how much their colleagues in making customers happy -- and that it pays off. Elevating the work of exceptional service employees is a great way to show them the type


text: With increasing worldwide concern on Green House Gas (GHG) emission and its reduction, significant interest is now directed toward finding a practical and economical ways of enhancing methane gas containment in coal deposits. Carbon dioxide sequestration has been tried successfully for the recovery of methane from coal measures rocks. A laboratory study was undertaken to examine the effect of displacing the adsorbed gases in coal with N2 injection. To study the feasibility of removing the initially adsorbed gas from coal with another gas, tests were carried out using an in-house built multi-function outburst research rig (MFORR). Accordingly the following laboratory tests were carried out: sorption and desorption characteristics of CO2/CH4 mixed gas in coal, displacement characteristics of adsorbed mixed gases with N2 injection, displacement characteristics of adsorbed CO2 with N2 injection, and displacement characteristics of adsorbed CH4 with N2 injection. The study revealed that CO2 desorption increased by almost 30% as a result of N2 injection, which is about double that obtained without N2 injection. This finding has significant bearing in solving the drainage difficulties experienced at West Cliff Colliery and Panel 500 area, which had difficulty in draining CO2 gas concentration zones.

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Being able to store terabytes of data on a hard drive is pretty easy as nowadays, all you need to do is hook up a hard drive to your computer and you can start storing content immediately. But being able to keep that data lasting for longer than several years can be quite a challenge, especially if you regularly use the hard drive. It looks like that will be a thing of the past as a team of researchers have built a hard drive that can reportedly store data for over one million years.
The researchers hail from the University of Twente in the Netherlands and first looked into the theory of how information ages prior to making their amazing discovery. What they found was data needs to be stored in a way where its distinct from other pieces of data. The researchers then proceeded to put their discovery to use by building a disk that would do just that, which resulted in a thin tungsten disk that has a series of fine lines, that has been coated in a protective layer of silicon nitride.
If what the researchers is actually usable by the common everyday person, we'd certainly be interested to see what they think civilizations millions of years in the future should know about us. If I had to make one suggestion, it'd be the invention of the Shake Weight.

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Estate Management is an art and science of supervising the use, development and management of landed property, other natural resources and the built environment. The Estate Management programme is designed to prepare students to appreciate the complexity of legal economic, technological and social impacts on the use, development and management of land and the environment. The emerging world trend in technological advancement and environmental concern, calls for the need to design responsive programmes for the training of future graduates in Estate Management.
It is expected that the students will be conversant with the following main aspects of estate surveying and valuation.
- Knowledge and appreciation of the mathematical processes used in analysis and presentation, and developing intelligence in tackling practical problems, logically and
- Use of data to describe the real world. Using statistical calculations to understand and present practical data.
- Appreciation of building forms and drawings. Understand the construction of buildings and building services and contemporary building materials.
- Acquisition of basic knowledge of the practical use of surveying instruments, measurement of buildings and land surveying.
- The construction industry and its relation to the national economy.
- Appreciation of spatial inequalities, the relationship between cities and the structure and development of cities, regions and urban areas. The components of an urban
system and factors affecting urban growth and The role of industrial growth in urban development
- The use of law to regulate and control the use and development of land.
- Definition and scope of modem day agriculture and the use of land for agriculture, forestry and wildlife. Forest regulations, exploration deforestation, regeneration and
- Understand basic principles and methodology of economics and economic institutions and government policy.
- Appreciate Accounting theory and develop an understanding of accounting as an information system in real estate business.
- Understand basic industrial processes where the Estate Surveyors and Valuers' skills may be required.
- Land as an economic resource and the use of the economic principles to develop and manage land.
- The principles and practice of land resource appraisals and
- Development, management and maintenance of land and
- Managing buildings as a complex unit of the structure and its facilities.
- Theories and practices of land resource planning, development, utilization and forecasting.
- Landed property rating and taxation.
- The valuation of specialized properties like plant and machinery, minerals properties etc.
- Principles and applications of Geographic and Land Information Systems and the computer environment.
- Human resource management in complex development
- Project planning and implementation.
- Predictions and assessments of impacts of land development projects on the environment (Environmental Impact Assessment).
- Measurement and Control of Pollution, Erosion and other natural disasters.
- Environmental Management and Control.
- Estate Surveying and Valuation Practice Ethics and code of conduct in the real world.
- Basics of small business management.
Cognitive Abilities and Skills
At the end of the Bachelors of Science degree in Estate Management, a graduate should be able to perform the following: -.
- Manage any type of 'land' within an existing framework, towards achieving an¥ organisational goal, either in the private or public sectors.
- Carry out property management involving preparation of schedules of condition and dilapidation; identifying building defects, specifications, remedies and organisation
of maintenance works.
- Prepare Valuation of any proprietary interest in land plant and machinery and landed property for all purposes and advising on their values.
- Carry out feasibility and viability studies in relation to
- Prepare development proposals on the suitability of land for residential, commercial, industrial, recreational and other developments and advising on their economic and financial aspects.
- Carry out Cost-Benefit Analysis of projects and advice on their desirable locations.
- Carry out Research into the problems of the physical environment and advising on the values of damages to the environment. Provide data for policy formulation on
land resources allocation, development, utilisation and maintaining a balance in the ecosystem.
- Advise on the acquisition of land by compulsory purchase and or revocation of right'S; preparation of claims, settlement of terms with acquiring authorities and
presenting expert evidence on value.
- Advise on the value of landed properties and other land resource components of business organisations for sale or exchange.
- Manage complex buildings and their facilities to ensure a controlled working environment.
- Start up a business.
- Cooperate with other professionals in solving contemporary land/environmental problems.
- To act as a mediating agent in the arrangement of real estate financing and other aspects of estate surveying and
Students should possess:
- Written and Oral communication skills.
- Problem-solving skills, relating to both qualitative and quantitative information and especially where information is limited.
- Computational and numeracy skills.
- Information-retrieval skills, in relation to primary and secondary information sources, including information retrieval through on-line computer searches.
- Information technology skills such as word processing and spreadsheet use, data-logging and storage, internet communication etc.
- Interpersonal skills relating to working in multidisciplinary teams.
- Time-management and organizational skills.
- Study skills needed for continuing professional development and research.
180 Credit Units in the 5 year programme. A minimum of 15 credit units per semester is required.
Performance Evaluation Criteria
Candidates for the examinations shall satisfactorily complete course work set in each subject in the form of term papers, continuous assessments, short quizzes or short tests, a compulsory residential field trip and industrial attachment programme. Assessments shall be between 30% - 40% and the semester examinations which carries 60% - 70%.


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I am trying to prove that a certain sequence of Markov chains $x^N_k$ converges towards a diffusion process. The invariant measure of $x^N$ is $\pi^N$ and the Markov chain $x^N$ is started in stationarity $x^N_0 \sim \pi^N$. It is also assumed that $\pi^N$ converges (in laws) to a limiting probability distribution $\pi$.
The idea of the diffusion approximation is then pretty simple, and runs roughly as follows: we can write $$x^N_{k+1}-x^N_k = \mu(x^N_k) \Delta_N + m^N_k \sqrt{\Delta_N} $$ where $\Delta_N$ is a time step that goes to zero as $N \to \infty$ and $\mu(\cdot)$ is a deterministic function and $m^N_k$ is a martingale difference with respect to the natural filtration generated by $x^N$. It happens that a martingale central limit theorem applies in this case and that it can be shown that $$W^N(t) = \sqrt{\Delta_N} \sum_{k < [\frac{t}{\Delta_N}]} m^N_k$$ converges in laws to a Brownian motion $W$. This is why the sequence of rescaled Markov chain $U^N(t) = x^N(t/\Delta_N)$ should converge in laws to the diffusion $$dU_t = \mu(U_t) \ dt + dW_t, \quad U_0 \sim \pi,$$ where $W$ is independent from the initial position $U_0$.
If we can show that the couple $(x^N_0, W^N)$ converges in laws to $(U_0,W)$ where $U_0$ is independent from $W$, a continuous mapping argument gives the conclusion.
Question: in short, it is assumed that $x^N_0 \sim \pi^N$ converges in law to $U_0 \sim \pi$ and it can be shown that $W^N \to W$. This seems always true that $W$ is independent from $U_0$, is it? How can one ensure that $W$ is adapted to a filtration $\mathcal{F}_t$ with $U_0 \in \mathcal{F}_0$?
Rephrasing: consider a sequence of martingales $M^N$, not starting from $0$, adapted to the filtrations $\mathcal{F}^N$. Let us also assume that the distribution $\pi^N$ of $M^N_0$ converges in law to a distribution $\pi$. If a martingale invariance principle applies to the sequence of martingales $X^N_k = M^N_k - M^N_0$, is it true that the original sequence $M^N$ also converges in laws to a modified "Brownian motion" $W$ with $W_0 \sim \pi$?
Ps: the whole point of this pedestrian approach is to avoid the usual generator-based theorems that ensure that a diffusion approximation is valid.re
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Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see why you should need or expect $W$ to be adapted to a filtration of the sort you describe. I think you're already done. – Steve Huntsman May 9 '10 at 3:20
First, I would like to be sure that I can chose the Brownian motion W independently from the initial data U_0. Second, I need to prove that the couple (x^N_0, W^N) does converge, which is not clear to me. I need that because we can write U^N=I(x^N_0,W^N) where I is a continuous function: in order to apply the continuous mapping theorem, I need to show that the sequence (x^N_0,W^N) does converge in laws. – Alekk May 9 '10 at 11:04
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Check out the book by Ethier & Kurtz on Markov processes. As far as I remember, the chapter on diffusion approximations should have everything you might need.
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Ethier and Kurtz would be perfect if I was working in R^d, but I am actually working with Hilbert space valued Markov chains. The whole story should not change much, but I do not know the proof of E&K enough (based on generators of diffusion etc..) to see if this is a straightforward generalization or not. By the way, if there is a good reference for SPDE approximations of Markov chains, that would be very helpful. Thank you. – Alekk May 10 '10 at 20:11
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Early results show that Copenhagen is well advanced on the path to a green economy; however, building on recent achievements, more can be done to accelerate the transition and secure Copenhagen's leadership position in green industries and foster a green way of life for its citizens
This study explores the policy implications of recent OECD research into whether renewable energy can help to develop rural economies, as well as giving insights on how to design and implement effective renewable energy policy in rural areas.
This paper presents recent work to produce environmental indicators at the regional level from geographic data sources. New indicators have been tested and produced in five different domains: land cover, forest ecosystems, urban density, CO2 emissions, and air quality.
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Green growth issues are also dealt with in the OECD, Rural Policy Reviews and Territorial Reviews series, including recent studies on Québec, Canada, Guangdong, China, Chicago, USA, and the NORA Region.


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Fish can and do have surgeries performed on them. An anesthetic is delivered to the fish in its water, and the fish is removed from the water for surgery. Performing surgery with the fish in the water is difficult and can result in contamination of the surgical site. For long surgeries, water (containing anesthetic) must be pumped over the gills to keep the fish oxygenated and anesthetized, as well as keep the fish's skin moist. Thick, heavy scales must be removed along the incision line. Sutures may be removed by your veterinarian from 10 to 30 days following surgery, depending on the rate of healing.
For more information, please read the story Do You Think Fish Can Have Surgery


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Baseball Drills for Pitching
The best drills for pitching are those with the aim of repetitive movements to improve balance and control when in a game situation. Drills can be to improve balance while also improving mechanics of the arm and throwing motion while also increasing velocity. Pitching involves a combination of mental and physical attributes that combine the tall and fall approach with and aggressive lunge like aggression toward the hitter and added hip rotation to torque the body in the direction of home plate.
The most popular drills for pitching include the "Rocker Drill", long toss, the towel drill, and the balanced T drill and the airplane drill.
Drills should be done repetitively to create muscle memory and further improve overall balance of the body when performing a pitching motion. If your youth pitcher is suffering from poor control this could be attributed to no releasing the ball far enough out front towards the hitter and "finishing" each pitch off completely.
If you find that your youth pitcher is experiencing arm or elbow issues this could be due to not fully rotating the hips toward the hitter after front foot strike thus causing the pitcher to throw up hill while leading the arm away from the direction of home plate. Another cause of arm issues is over rotation of the hips causing the throwing arm to throw across the youth pitchers body. This is normally cause from opening the shoulders to the hitter prematurely and not keeping the front elbow and shoulder perpendicular to the direction intended to be targeted.
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Having your youth pitcher perform throws from the balanced T position as shown above forces the pitcher to rotate the back hip toward the hitter thus causing the back foot to step over the imaginary plane and release the ball closer to the hitter. The aim for this drill is to incorporate as much of the body as possible into the throwing motion. The further the pitcher releases the ball towards the hitter the less reaction time the hitter has to make contact on the ball. The balanced T drill is a great tool for starting in an athletic balanced position.


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Prior to Office 2008, you could automate repetitive tasks and add entirely new features in Microsoft Word by using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros. Unfortunately, Word 2008 doesn't support VBA. In its stead, Microsoft recommends that you use AppleScript and Automator. The good news is that, with a little tinkering, almost anything you could do with a VBA macro in previous versions of Word, you can now do with AppleScript in Word 2008.
There's bad news as well. One, Office 2008 doesn't support the recording of AppleScripts as it once did for VBA. That means you must code AppleScripts by hand. Two, you can't attach AppleScripts to toolbar buttons. (You can put them in a menu and assign keyboard shortcuts to them, though.) And three, you can't embed AppleScripts in a Word document (as you could do with VBA macros); if you want someone else to use a script you've written, you'll have to send them the script file along with the document.
As examples of what you can do with AppleScript in Word 2008, I created the following scripts. They solve some basic problems in Word; some of them replicate macros I created with VBA in earlier versions of Word.
To use these scripts, type them into Script Editor (in /Applications/AppleScript) and save them, with the file format Script, in the Microsoft User Data/ Word Script Menu Items folder. (By default, it's in your user name/Documents.) Alternatively, if you'd rather not type them out yourself, you can download them and copy them into the same folder. However you do it, the scripts should then appear in Word's Scripts menu (just to the right of the Help menu, shown with the stylized S icon).
Editor's Note: We didn't have for all of Joe Kissell's AppleScripts for Word 2008 in the original magazine article, so we added three more to this article. These scripts are all in the enclosed download file.
Paste plain text
Most word processors have an alternative Paste command—often called Paste Plain Text or Paste And Match Style—that strips the copied or cut text of its original formatting, so that when you paste it, the text assumes the style of the text you're pasting it into. To do that in Word, after you've copied or cut your text, you have to choose Edit: Paste Special, select Unformatted Text, and click on OK; you can assign a shortcut to Paste Special but not to the procedure as a whole.
I wanted a way to do this in Word 2008 with a single keystroke, and without having to install any third-party software. (Loads of utilities will let you do this.) Microsoft's Web site suggests one paste-as-plain-text script. It looks wonderfully simple, but there's a problem: unless the insertion point is at the end of the document when you run the script, Word leaves the insertion point before the pasted text, not after, as you would normally expect when pasting text.
So I made a script of my own (see "Code Box" below). It doesn't actually paste the contents of the Clipboard; rather, it simulates typing by using the
type text command. This method puts the insertion point at the end of the pasted text, where you'd expect it. This script works only with text. If your Clipboard contains only graphics, the script does nothing; if the Clipboard contains text plus other elements, the script inserts only the text.
Enclose in HTML tags
Word isn't the best tool for editing raw HTML code. But sometimes you may need to insert some HTML in a document. If you select some text and run this script (see "Code Box" below), it encloses that text in
 (anchor) tags and, as a bonus, moves the insertion point between the quotation marks so that you can type or paste in the URL to which the text should link. (You can easily modify this script to insert different HTML tags.)
set newPoint to (selection start + 9) determines the new location of the insertion point. (You want the insertion point to follow the nine characters in the text string
" & content of text object & "" set content of text object to myString set selection start to newPoint end tell end tell
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tell application "Microsoft Word" set findRange to find object of selection tell findRange execute find find text "^p^p" replace with "¶" replace replace all execute find find text "^p" replace with " " replace replace all execute find find text "¶" replace with "^p" replace replace all execute find find text "^w" replace with " " replace replace all execute find find text "^p^w" replace with "^p" replace replace all end tell end tell
[Joe Kissell is the senior editor of TidBits and the author of numerous e-books about Mac OS X.]


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The Mission Kakatiya works Increased Groundwater Levels, Groundwater levels have significantly increased in several areas where desilting of tanks has been carried out over the last one year under Mission Kakatiya.
This information was shared by the State Groundwater Department after submitting relevant data collected by it to the Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao here on Thursday.
Mission Kakatiya works increased groundwater levels
The data showed considerable increase in groundwater levels in the areas where works completed
Analysis of the groundwater level data collected from 70 water basins in Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Ranga Reddy and Mahabubnagar indicates that groundwater levels have considerably increased in the areas where tanks have been restored. Despite the poor monsoon, the restoration of water tanks has helped the increase of ground water levels.
Officials informed the minister that a rise in groundwater levels would help in addressing drinking water crisis in at least some areas this summer.
The minister instructed the officials to complete Phase-I of works Mission Kakatiya by March 31 and begin the second phase works from April without delaying the tenders.
As many as 10,000 tanks would be revived under Phase-II. The minister wanted the tenders for the second phase works to be finalised in consultation with farmers and local people representatives to avoid any discrepancies.
The minister said he would tour all the districts and inspect works after March. Mission Kakatiya was launched for the restoration of tanks and water bodies in more than 25,000 habitations across the State.

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- What are the patterns, enablers, obstacles and outcomes of international movement for researchers?
- How do these patterns, enablers, obstacles and outcomes vary for researchers around the world?
RAND Europe conducted a survey of researchers worldwide on their experiences with visiting or relocating to other countries for research-related purposes. The survey covered 2,465 respondents from 109 countries. It was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust on behalf of the international Together Science Can campaign, and supports the campaign's work to celebrate and protect international collaboration in science.
Over three quarters of respondents had moved to live in another country for research training or work at some point during their career. More senior researchers tend to travel more frequently. Nearly all respondents stated that research benefits from researchers visiting or moving to other countries. They perceived that international movement had helped in forming collaborations and developing ideas, skills and expertise, but can also present challenges on a personal level. Reported barriers to international movement included access to funding, family responsibilities, lack of information about jobs abroad and visa-related obstacles. Respondents who were nationals of African and Asian countries generally encountered more obstacles to international movement than those from North America and Europe.
- Three quarters of survey respondents have moved to live in another country for research purposes.
- Career progression and international movement are correlated.
- Students or those training to be researchers are the least likely to visit other countries for research purposes.
- Europe is a particularly mobile and connected research community.
- Respondents raised concerns about the effects of political developments, including the UK's decision to leave the EU and changes in the US political climate.
- International travel and relocation are costly, and financial support is an important enabler of international movement.
- African and Asian researchers are more likely to receive support from a funder than from their institution.
- Visa requirements do not prevent most researchers from travelling, but visa applications can be prohibitively time consuming, complex and costly.
- Researchers from Asia and Africa are much more likely to have visa-related challenges, particularly for short-term visits.
- Family-related challenges are the most frequently cited obstacle to international relocation.
- African researchers and those who have not moved previously are more likely to cite lack of information about jobs abroad as an obstacle to movement.
- Many internationally mobile researchers have not faced travel obstacles; European researchers reported the fewest obstacles to travel, while African researchers reported the most.
- International movement can have negative outcomes for individuals.
- Nearly all researchers — whether they have experienced international movement or not — believe that international movement is important for research.
- Researchers of all nationalities stated that international movement boosts research outcomes by forging new collaborations and developing ideas, skills and expertise.
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A report by the District of Columbia's inspector general says the city's water agency "intentionally misled" the Environmental Protection Agency about the way it tested for lead in its drinking water between 2001 and 2003, The Washington Examiner reported.
The District had elevated lead levels in its water during the early 2000s, a spike that was blamed on a new chemical used during the treatment process. Lead levels went back down after the city added another chemical to control corrosion.
The inspector general's report says the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority stopped testing for lead in parts of the District that were known to have high levels in order to meet EPA goals. It also says the agency misled the EPA about its testing methodology.


conditional format rule to trigger when that the given formula evaluates to true.
whenNumberBetween(start, end) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when a number falls between, or is either of, two specified values.
whenNumberEqualTo(number) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when a number is equal to the given value.
whenNumberGreaterThan(number) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when a number is greater than the given value.
whenNumberGreaterThanOrEqualTo(number) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when a number is greater than or equal to the given value.
whenNumberLessThan(number) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional conditional format rule to trigger when a number less than the given value.
whenNumberLessThanOrEqualTo(number) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when a number less than or equal to the given value.
whenNumberNotBetween(start, end) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when a number does not fall between, and is neither of, two specified values.
whenNumberNotEqualTo(number) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when a number is not equal to the given value.
whenTextContains(text) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when that the input contains the given value.
whenTextDoesNotContain(text) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when that the input does not contain the given value.
whenTextEndsWith(text) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when that the input ends with the given value.
whenTextEqualTo(text) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when that the input is equal to the given value.
whenTextStartsWith(text) ConditionalFormatRuleBuilder Sets the conditional format rule to trigger when that the input starts with the given value.
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Method Return type Brief description
getAnchorColumn() Integer The chart's left side is anchored in this column.
getAnchorRow() Integer The chart's top side is anchored in this row.
getOffsetX() Integer The chart's upper left hand corner is offset from the anchor column by this many pixels.
getOffsetY() Integer The chart's upper left hand corner is offset from the anchor row by this many pixels.
CopyPasteType
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Property Type Description
PASTE_NORMAL Enum Paste values, formulas, formats and merges.
PASTE_NO_BORDERS Enum Paste values, formulas, formats and merges but without borders.
PASTE_FORMAT Enum Paste the format and data validation only.
PASTE_FORMULA Enum Paste the formulas only.
PASTE_DATA_VALIDATION Enum Paste the data validation only.
PASTE_VALUES Enum Paste the values ONLY without formats, formulas or merges.
PASTE_CONDITIONAL_FORMATTING Enum Paste the color rules only.
PASTE_COLUMN_WIDTHS Enum Paste the column widths only.
DataExecutionErrorCode
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DATA_EXECUTION_ERROR_CODE_UNSUPPORTED Enum A data execution error code that is not supported in Apps Script.
NONE Enum The data execution has no error.
TIME_OUT Enum The data execution timed out.
TOO_MANY_ROWS Enum The data execution returns more rows than the limit.
TOO_MANY_CELLS Enum The data execution returns more cells than the limit.
ENGINE Enum Data execution engine error.
PARAMETER_INVALID Enum Invalid data execution parameter.
UNSUPPORTED_DATA_TYPE Enum The data execution returns unsupported data type.
DUPLICATE_COLUMN_NAMES Enum The data execution returns duplicate column names.
INTERRUPTED Enum The data execution is interrupted.
OTHER Enum Other errors.
TOO_MANY_CHARS_PER_CELL Enum The data execution returns values that exceed the maximum characters allowed in a single cell.
DataExecutionState
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Property Type Description
DATA_EXECUTION_STATE_UNSUPPORTED Enum A data execution state is not supported in Apps Script.
RUNNING Enum The data execution has started and is running.
SUCCESS Enum The data execution is completed and successful.
ERROR Enum The data execution is completed and has errors.
NOT_STARTED Enum The data execution has not started.
DataExecutionStatus
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Method Return type Brief description
getErrorCode() DataExecutionErrorCode Gets the error code of the data execution.
getErrorMessage() String Gets the error message of the data execution.
getExecutionState() DataExecutionState Gets the state of the data execution.
getLastRefreshedTime() Date Gets the time the data last successfully refreshed.
isTruncated() Boolean Returns true if the data from last successful execution is truncated, or false otherwise.
DataSource
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Method Return type Brief description
getSpec() DataSourceSpec Gets the data source specification.
updateSpec(spec) DataSource Updates the data source specification and refreshes the data source objects linked with this data source with the new specification.
DataSourceParameter
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Method Return type Brief description
getName() String Gets the parameter name.
getSourceCell() String Gets the source cell the parameter is valued based on, or null if the parameter type is not DataSourceParameterType.CELL.
getType() DataSourceParameterType Gets the parameter type.
DataSourceParameterType
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DATA_SOURCE_PARAMETER_TYPE_UNSUPPORTED Enum A data source parameter type that is not supported in Apps Script.
CELL Enum The data source parameter is valued based on a cell.
DataSourceSpec
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Method Return type Brief description
asBigQuery() BigQueryDataSourceSpec Gets the spec for BigQuery data source.
copy() DataSourceSpecBuilder Creates a DataSourceSpecBuilder based on this data source's settings.
getParameters() DataSourceParameter[] Gets the parameters of the data source.
getType() DataSourceType Gets the type of the data source.
DataSourceSpecBuilder
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Method Return type Brief description
asBigQuery() BigQueryDataSourceSpecBuilder Gets the builder for BigQuery data source.
build() DataSourceSpec Builds a data source specification from the settings in this builder.
copy() DataSourceSpecBuilder Creates a DataSourceSpecBuilder based on this data source's settings.
getParameters() DataSourceParameter[] Gets the parameters of the data source.
getType() DataSourceType Gets the type of the data source.
removeAllParameters() DataSourceSpecBuilder Removes all the parameters.
removeParameter(parameterName) DataSourceSpecBuilder Removes the specified parameter.
setParameterFromCell(parameterName, sourceCell) DataSourceSpecBuilder Adds a parameter, or if the parameter with the name exists, updates its source cell.
DataSourceTable
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Method Return type Brief description
forceRefreshData() DataSourceTable Refreshes the data of this object regardless of the current state.
getDataSource() DataSource Gets the data source the object is linked to.
getRange() Range Rangeこのデータソーステーブルのスパンを取得します
getStatus() DataExecutionStatus オブジェクトのデータ実行ステータスを取得します
refreshData() DataSourceTable オブジェクトのデータを更新します
waitForCompletion(timeoutInSeconds) DataExecutionStatus 現在の実行が完了するまで待機し、指定された秒数後にタイムアウトします
DataSourceType
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DATA_SOURCE_TYPE_UNSUPPORTED Enum Appsスクリプトでサポートされていないデータソースタイプ
BIGQUERY Enum BigQueryデータソース
DataValidation
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メソッド 戻りタイプ 簡単な説明
copy() DataValidationBuilder このルールの設定に基づいて、データ検証ルールのビルダーを作成します
getAllowInvalid() Boolean true入力がデータ検証に失敗したときにルールが警告を表示するかfalse、入力を完全に拒否するかを返します
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COVID-19: Irish people need to resist tendency of going into work sick if upsurge is to be avoided Oireachtas Committee hears
Posted 10 June, 2020
The Oireachtas' COVID-19 committee has heard Irish people need to resist their tendency of going into work sick if Ireland is to avoid an upsurge in the virus.
As the country prepares to loosen several restrictions aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus, Dr Cillian De Gascun, Director of the UCD National Virus Reference Laboratory, told the committee it was important for people to stay home if they're unwell.
"Irish people tend to be very good about going to work when they are sick," he said when asked about the risk of a second wave of coronavirus.
"We have that complex whereby we feel we cannot call in sick or stay at home. That is really important as well. If people have respiratory symptoms for whatever reason, they need to stay at home in the coming flu seasons because if they are going to work while coughing and sneezing, they are transmitting something."
Addressing other concerns about an upsurge in COVID-19 cases, Dr De Gascun said there was not a lot of evidence that the virus was stopped by non-medical grade masks.
He further added that inappropriate masks could potentially increase the risk of transmission.
"We know that the evidence on cloth masks and non-medical grade masks is not fantastic. As a barrier, it certainly prevents some particulate matter from spreading. Where people are symptomatic and coughing and sneezing, the mask will prevent onward transmission of particles that, we presume, contain virus.
"However, many of the experiments that have been done to date have really been to demonstrate a proof of principle rather than actually demonstrating that virus is not transmitted."
Dr De Gascun suggested more regular cleaning for schools and other areas, good hand hygiene, physical distancing, and good respiratory etiquette as examples of measures that will help reduce the risk of a resurgence.
He also recommended all categories of society getting the flu vaccine this year, and that manufacturing of medical grade masks be scaled up if the Government plans to give each household a supply of masks.
"We know there is an inequity where some people cannot afford to purchase their own face masks or are not in a position to make their own face masks," he added.


Variable Speed Circulation
The topic of variable speed hydronic circulation has been something of a mystery for many in the industry. In 2004, Taco introduced the world to a full line of residential variable speed circulators. Even though that was five years ago, some are still grappling with this "new" technology.
Taking a closer look at the concept of variable-speed pumping, Taco trainer John Barba and professional contractor Bill Riley explain when it's best to apply the technology, where you'd use it and what the key benefits are.
The Universal Hydronics Formula
The purpose of a variable speed circulator is to automatically adjust its speed based on heating load demands, or how many BTUs are needed in a structure. To understand how it does that, let's take a quick look at the universal hydronics formula, which states that GPM is equal to BTUH divided by delta-T, multiplied by 500.
Let's define the terms.
GPM is gallons per minute. That's the flow rate needed to deliver the required amount of BTUs.
BTUH or BTUs per hour, or the required amount of heat for a house, or zone, at any given point in time. We all know that outdoor temps or the number of people in a home will alter the BTU load.
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Emerging technology: Agitation in dry material feeding
Keeping dry materials flowing from metering devices into processing systems has long been a problem. Dry materials tend to be sticky, to bridge over the metering screw, or to pack in the hopper. This can cause discrepancies in feeding accuracy, consistency, and uniformity.
To feed dry materials accurately from a screw feeder, you must ensure two things. First, the screw flights must be completely filled with material of uniform density. This means that the material cannot compact or segregate. Material compaction and segregation will cause some flights to be filled with a denser material and others to be filled with a lighter material, which creates an erratic feed rate.


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An Australian woman, who lost her vision due to retinitis pigmentosa, is now able to see spots of lights. All this has happened due to a procedure, which is said to be an early prototype of bionic eye.
Dianne Ashworth, 54, is the first person, who has become the first person to have bionic eye fitted. The surgery, which took place at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, fitted electrodes in the retina. These electrodes in return provided electrical impulses to eyes through nerve cells, which let Ashworth to see light.
The world's first bionic eye prototype, which has been implanted in the eyes of Ashworth, was being developed at the Bionics Institute, East Melbourne. Study researchers were of the view that Ashworth's experience with her new eyes will help them know about how brain reacts to the procedure.
Accordingly, they will work towards bionic eyes, which will help blind to have independent mobility. "The team is looking for consistency of shapes, brightness, size and location of flashes to determine how the brain interprets this information", said Rob Shepherd, who is the director of Bionics Institute. Next aim will be to test electrical stimulations at various levels, further affirmed Shepherd.
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IELTS Writing Task 2 Sample 1002 - Placing advertisements in schools is a great resource for public schools
IELTS Writing Task 2/ IELTS Essay:
You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.
Some people think placing advertisements in schools is a great resource for public schools that need additional funding, but others think it exploits children by treating them as a captive audience for corporate sponsors.
Choose which position you most agree with and discuss why you chose that position.
Support your point of view with details from your own experiences, observations or reading.
You should write at least 250 words.
Model Essay:
It is a true fact to consider that in the present day society, the advertisement has become most popular media resource in the competitive market. Considering this, there are some analysts who hold an opinion that the public schools are better places to advertise to increase the funds for the schools, while others consider that it will cause to children to be exploited it will make them as captive audiences. That essay will assertion both side of the contentions before deducing a reasonable conclusion.
There are many people who speak not to place advertisements to increase funds in public schools. First and foremost, distracted juveniles could be a significant factor. It is generally seen that when companies place the huge colourful advertisement in school, children would more focus in advertisement and they would put less concentrate on studies. For instance, the majority of the businesses are placing advertisements in schools to focus more students' attraction for their products. Therefore, if pupils do not have enough money to fulfil their requirements, they might get involved in some sort of criminals activities. It is natural that if a billboard advertisement focuses on presenting luxury items, poor students whose parents cannot afford them would feel deprived.
There are some groups who are in favour of placing advertisements to increase fund in public schools in spite of views discussed above regarding not to placing advertisements in public school. An increasing number of facilities could be a substantial reason behind the opponent's viewpoint. Nowadays, businesses spent thousands of dollars for reaching their competitive market. Therefore, if they can place advertisements in the right place they would spend more than usual, for example, sponsoring for new buildings and equipment.
In last, undoubtedly, whether placing advertisements in public school or not is always a matter of discussion; however, as far as I am concerned, advertisements should be banned in the school environment and we should make better and serene environment for kids in schools.
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Shortage of ideas? Dear work out on more creative ideas. Thanks - RD.


Bicycle accident statistics 2017
How many people die on a bicycle each year?
The estimated number of preventable deaths from bicycle transportation incidents remained unchanged from 2017 to 2018. However, deaths have increased 30% in the last 10 years, from 785 in 2009 to 1,024 in 2018.
How many cyclists died in 2018?
857 cyclists
What are the most common causes of bicycle accidents?
According to an NHTSA National Survey on Bicyclist and Pedestrian Attitudes and Behaviors, the six most common causes of injury to cyclists were: Hit by a car (30 percent) Fell (17 percent) Roadway not in good repair (13 percent) Rider error (13 percent) Crashed/ collision with fixed object (7 percent)
How many cyclists killed 2017 UK?
During the time period recorded here, the number of cyclists killed on British roads averaged at about a 100 fatalities each year. Numbers decreased post 2017 as 99 and 98 deaths were recorded in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
How many pedestrians do cyclists kill?
The number of pedestrians involved in cycle collisions last year represents 162 people per billion miles walked. Those seriously hurt has jumped from 93 to 122, whilst those killed has dropped from six to three. The lowest number of pedestrians hit by cyclists in the last five years was 444, in 2015.
How many cyclists died 2019?
Overall traffic deaths have also increased compared to the same time last year—205 up from 192 according to the Department of Transportation. But cycling deaths have nearly tripled this year compared to last. So far in 2019, 29 cyclists were killed.
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How many cyclists kill people?
In 2018, 99 pedal cyclists were killed, 4,106 seriously injured and 13,345 slightly injured in Great Britain. Although car occupants account for the greatest number of casualties each year, this is unsurprising as cars account for 80% of traffic on Britain's roads.
How dangerous is cycling?
An Allianz Group study shows that more than 40% of all collisions of a bike and a car involve a severe head and brain injury. If a cyclist doesn't wear a helmet at the time of the accident, the risk of suffering brain damage gets up to two times higher.
Is riding a bike safer than driving?
What happens when a cyclist causes an accident?
In the event of any crash or accident involving a driver and a cyclist – even if it is the cyclist's fault – a car is a big metal box so the rider will more than likely come off worse. Like any collision on the road, legally you have to stop when an accident causes injury or damage and swap insurance details.
How do you recover from a bike accident?
Expert Advice on Recovering After a Cycling Crash Focus on sleep. Whether it's a tough workout, an illness, or a crash, your body needs rest to recover from stress and build back up to full strength. Eat for recovery. Take Care of Yourself. Take good care of your skin. Keep moving – slowly. Ride the trainer. Build your strength.
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How common are bike accidents?
Overview of Bicycle Accidents in the United States In 2015, there were 45,000 reported bicycle accidents in the United States, down from 50,000 reported accidents in the prior year. However, the number of fatal accidents increased by more than 12 percent during this same time.
How many cyclists die a year in London?
Year _PHONE_
Thousand daily journeys 270 730
Killed 18 8
Seriously injured 485 454
How many cyclists killed London 2019?
The figures reveal that the total number of cyclists killed or seriously injured increased 83 per cent, from 153 to 280. Incidents involving motorbikes or scooters rose 20 per cent, from 288 to 345. A TfL report said that more cyclists were killed or seriously injured as a result of collisions with cars.
How many cyclists are killed by cars each year?
In 2018, there were 857 bicyclists killed in motor vehicle crashes, a more than 6% increase from the year before. NHTSA's bicycle safety programs focus on the behaviors of bicyclists and motorists to reduce injuries and fatalities on our nation's roadways.
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7 Reasons Why CEOs Should Stay Out of the Sales Process | SalesAndMarketing.com
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7 Reasons Why CEOs Should Stay Out of the Sales Process
So here is a scenario to contemplate. Let's say sales are not being closed as planned. The CEO panics and thinks he/she needs to take control. As a result, the salespeople fear that they might lose their job and/or that they won't make money.
The sales managers do both. They panic and fear, both for their team, for their compensation and for their reputation. CEOs, take heed, for there are very good and business-smart reasons for you not to get intimately involved!
Here are 7 reasons why CEOs should not be involved in the sales process:
 1. CEOs should lead the company, not the sales process. CEOs are charismatic leaders who have a vision for their company and the future of the developments, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they should run every single department and be in charge of every detail.
 2. CEOs know how to sell to investors, but sales is a process. Clearly, most CEOs know how to sell their ideas and vision, but their audiences are different. They know how to intrigue and convince investors or shareholders, but sales is a different process. Add to that the fact that most CEOs don't have a background and/or training in sales.
 3. Your company will look small when the CEO does the selling. Imagine you are sitting in an initial presentation from a vendor and their CEO is sitting right there next to the salesperson. I have seen it happen. It doesn't leave a good impression on an initial meeting. And most negatively, it makes your company look small. There is nothing wrong with the CEO coming in at the end of the sales process to impress the prospect, but everything wrong with him/her leading the sale.
 4. CEOs have a strong ego but sales is all about your prospects. CEOs love their company, as they should. That often means that they come from a place of pride, vanity and want the world to know how great their company is, rather than a place of meeting the prospect's needs. They like to talk about their company, the history, the people because they are proud of their achievements, but in a consultative sales environment, the prospect is king. Everything should be about uncovering and meeting their needs.
 5. Sales managers get intimidated when the CEO starts meddling. Once CEOs start getting involved in the sales process it usually sends the signal that the CEOs don't trust their sales managers any more. Why else would they get involved, ask sales managers? So there are two scenarios. You can fire the sales manager or give him room for improvement. Getting involved will just lead to the sales manager becoming nervous and not following the best plan of action.
 6. Salespeople lose respect for their sales managers. Salespeople get confused once they get different messages from their CEO and their sales manager. They don't know who to please and the results are disappointing at best. Once a CEO steps in to control or manage the sales process it's usually a desperate measure and it leads to confusion.
 7. Shouldn't the CEO be doing other things? CEOs are in charge of thought leadership, innovation, driving the company to success. Sales should be left to the professionals, whether it's an in-house sales staff or an outsourced solution.
My Message to CEOs
Hire a sales manager or somebody who will lead the sales process whom you trust and step away. Let them work their magic. There are many experts out there who can lead a successful team and put revenue on the books. Another big piece of advice: Leave your ego at the door (of the sales team)! It's not about you, it's about the end result.
My Message to Sales Managers
Sales is a process and a process needs to be documented and communicated. Invite your CEO to your sales planning sessions, explain your strategy (if you have one) and manage expectations. If you do that, your CEO (if he/she is wise) will move out of the way and let you do your thing. If he/she doesn't, think about moving on because a CEO involved in the sales process hardly ever leads to success. So, you will have to move on either way, on your terms or the latest when layoffs happen due to the lack of sales.
My Message to Sales Professionals
Be mindful who you work for. If you don't, you will not be successful and end up changing jobs every six months. If you do however, understand your craft, manage up. Help your sales managers be successful. Provide insight into your work and supply reports on your progress. Applying your sales skills will lead you to success. With clear communication and market research results (e.g. we are targeting the right people for our service offering!) you will be able to get support from your managers and you will succeed.
But only if everybody leaves their ego at the door.
Monika D'Agostino is Chief Consultative Sales Officer of the Consultative Sales Academy.


Very helpful, thanks. (Re item #1 in your answer--i agree, but what i had in mind was built-ins like'strsplit', not user-created functions). In any event, +1 from me. – doug Jan 12 '10 at 23:14
_USER_ About item #1 I think the only way is to check help for specific function, section Value. Like in?strsplit: "A list of the same length as x". But you should consider that there can be a function return different values depended on arguments (eg. sapply can return list or vector). – Marek Jan 13 '10 at 9:05
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Just to take a subset of your questions:
This article on indexing addresses the question of the difference between [] and [[]].
In short [[]] selects a single item from a list and [] returns a list of the selected items. In your example, x = list(1, 2, 3, 4)' item 1 is a single integer but x[[1]] returns a single 1 and x[1] returns a list with only one value.
> x = list(1, 2, 3, 4)
> x[1]
[1] 1
> x[[1]]
[1] 1
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Just to add one more point to this:
R does have a data structure equivalent to the Python dict in the hash package. You can read about it in this blog post from the Open Data Group. Here's a simple example:
> library(hash)
> h <- hash( keys=c('foo','bar','baz'), values=1:3 )
> h[c('foo','bar')]
 containing 2 key-value pairs.
 bar : 2
 foo : 1
In terms of usability, the hash class is very similar to a list. But the performance is better for large datasets.
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I'm aware of the hash package--it is mentioned in my original question as a suitable proxy for the traditional hash type. – doug Feb 17 '10 at 19:25
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One reason lists work as they do (ordered) is to address the need for an ordered container that can contain any type at any node, which vectors do not do. Lists are re-used for a variety of purposes in R, including forming the base of a data.frame, which is a list of vectors of arbitrary type (but the same length).
Why do these two expressions not return the same result?
To add to _USER_'s answer, if you wanted to get the same result, try:
x3 = as.list(1:4)
Which coerces the vector 1:4 into a list.
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You say:
For another, lists can be returned from functions even though you never passed in a List when you called the function, and even though the function doesn't contain a List constructor, e.g.,
# => 'list'
And I guess suggest that this is a problem(?). I'm here to tell you whey it's not a problem :-). Your example is a bit simple, in that when you do the string-split, you have a list with elements that are 1 element long, so you know that x[[1]] is the same as unlist(x)[1]. But what if the result of strsplit returned results of different length in each bin. Simply returning a vector (vs. a list) won't do at all.
For instance:
stuff <- c("You, me, and dupree","You me, and dupree",
 "He ran away, but not ver far, and not very fast")
x <- strsplit(stuff, ",")
xx <- unlist(strsplit(stuff, ","))
In the first case (x : which returns a list), you can tell what the 2nd "part" of the 3rd string was, eg: x[[3]][2]. How could you do the same using xx now that the results have been "unraveled" (unlist-ed)?
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x = list(1, 2, 3, 4)
x2 = list(1:4)
is not the same because 1:4 is the same as c(1,2,3,4). If you want them to be the same then:
x = list(c(1,2,3,4))
x2 = list(1:4)
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What does MERLIN stand for?
What does MERLIN mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: MERLIN.
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- (Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor


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The state of Ohio is known for its miles and miles of forest areas and state parks. According to the Ohio Department of National Resources, Ohio has nine species of softwood and 149 species of hardwood trees that are native to the state. Softwood trees are those trees that release a seed into the atmosphere without the covering shell of a fruit or nut. Many of these trees bear cones, such as pine trees.
False cypress (Chamaecyparis) is a type of softwood tree that can grow in Ohio. Some types of this tree can grow from 30 to 50 feet in height. There are, however, smaller species that remain the size of a shrub. False cypress will grow best in areas that provide full sun (no less than six hours of direct sun) and well-drained soil that is moist and rich. This tree is an evergreen and can vary in color, depending on the specific type.
Spruce trees (Picea) are typically cone shaped and maintain their green color year-round. This type of tree grows best in full sun in areas that provide moist, well-drained soil. They can, however, thrive in the clay soil that is found in much of Ohio. Water your spruce tree during dryer times, especially during the first two years after planting, to keep the soil moist. To maintain an attractive shape to your tree, prune in the early spring. Types of spruce trees include the Norway spruce (reaches 40 to 60 feet in height and 25 to 30 feet wide), the Dwarf Alberta spruce (reaches 10 to 12 feet in height), the Colorado spruce (reaches 30 to 60 feet in height and spreads 10 to 20 feet in width), the white spruce ( reaches 40 to 60 feet in height and 10 to 20 feet in width), the Oriental spruce (reaches 50 to 60 feet in height) and the Serbian spruce (reaches 50 to 60 feet in height and 20 to 25 feet in width).
Pines (Pinus) are another species of softwood trees that can be found in Ohio. This type of tree grows best in full sun and prefers slightly acidic soil that is well drained. Watering is required for at least the first year after planting. Types of pine trees include the Japanese red pine (reaches 40 to 60 feet in height and width), the Lacebark pine (reaches 30 to 50 feet in height and 20 to 25 feet in width), the Japanese white pine (reaches 25 to 50 feet in height and width), the eastern white pine (reaches 50 to 80 feet in height and 20 to 40 feet in width), the Austrian pine (reaches 50 to 60 feet in height and 20 to 40 feet in width), the Scotch pine (reaches 30 to 60 feet in height and 30 to 40 feet in width) and the Mugo pine (remains dwarf sized).
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How Caffeine Affects Aging – Synthetic Vs. Natural
How Caffeine Affects Aging – Synthetic Vs. Natural
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It has been just revealed the fact that caffeine affects aging, and we're going to address natural and synthetic ones. Check out the latest reports about the matter below.
Synthetic vs. natural caffeine
Caffeine has become a daily necessity for 75 percent of Americans, with popular brands like Starbucks, Red Bull, and Coke being the go-to energy boosters.
However, not all caffeine is created equal. Emerging research indicates that synthetic caffeine may accelerate aging, while naturally occurring caffeine could slow age-related decline.
The type of caffeine present in your coffee may play a significant role in its protective effect against aging.
Of the total caffeine consumed by Americans, approximately 60 percent is synthesized in a lab, which means that it does not come from natural sources like coffee beans or tea plants. Synthetic caffeine is the kind that is usually added by companies like Pepsi, Coke, and Red Bull to give their drinks an extra energy boost.
The 2017 study published in the journal Nutrition & Metabolism found a strong association between higher caffeine intake and shorter telomeres, a clear marker of cellular aging among adults.
However, the study also found that increased coffee consumption had the opposite effect, leading to longer telomeres. This suggests that other compounds present in coffee may have anti-aging effects beyond caffeine.
The researchers emphasized that caffeine intake and coffee consumption are not interchangeable variables, despite appearing similar.
Previous studies have also found a positive correlation between greater coffee consumption and longer telomeres in 4,780 female nurses in the United Kingdom.
However, a 2023 Nutrients study discovered that instant coffee was negatively associated with telomere length, potentially due to the higher DNA-damaging mineral lead content. In contrast, standard filtered coffee did not show any adverse effects.
Research also indicates that green tea could protect against telomere shortening, while synthetic caffeine indicated DNA damage.
"Therefore, based on our findings," the authors of a study investigating green tea, coffee, and caffeine from soft drinks articulated, "We suggest beneficial effects of green tea consumption and potentially disadvantageous effects of soft drink consumption on LTL shortening, which may reflect accelerated biological aging."
Coffee and tea are known to have anti-aging effects which can be attributed to the presence of multiple antioxidant compounds.
Several studies have shown that these beverages can protect DNA integrity and prevent oxidative damage.
For instance, a randomized controlled study which included 50 men and 50 women found that dark roast coffee was able to reduce DNA damage by 23% in just four weeks. A separate eight-week interventional study involving 96 adults produced similar results.
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Given by New Mexico in 2005
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This statue of Po'pay was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by New Mexico in 2005.
Po'pay was born around 1630 in the San Juan Pueblo, in what is now the state of New Mexico; his given name, Popyn, means "ripe squash" in the Tewa language. As an adult he became a religious leader and was responsible for healing as well as for his people's spiritual life. He also knew of his people's suffering under Spanish settlers, who forced them to provide labor and food to support the Spanish community. The Spaniards also pressured them to give up their religion and way of life and to adopt Christianity—those found practicing their religion were tortured and sometimes executed.
In 1675 Po'pay and 46 other Pueblo leaders were convicted of sorcery; he was among those flogged, while others were executed. In 1680 Po'pay organized the Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish. According to legend, to coordinate the timing of the uprising, he and his followers sent runners to each pueblo with knotted deerskin strips. One knot was to be untied each day, and the revolt would begin on the day the last one was untied. However, the Spaniards arrested two of the runners, and the pueblos were quickly notified to accelerate the revolt. The attacks began on August 10, two days before the last knot would have been untied. The Spaniards took refuge at Santa Fe; the besieging Indians cut off their water supply but soon permitted them to leave the area. The Pueblo Revolt helped to ensure the survival of the Pueblo culture and shaped the history of the American Southwest.
In 1997, the New Mexico Legislature selected Po'pay as the subject of the state's second statue for the National Statuary Hall Collection and created the New Mexico Statuary Hall Commission, whose members were appointed by Governor Gary Johnson. Four sculptors were selected to create maquettes, and Cliff Fragua was awarded the commission in December 1999. It will be the seventh statue of a Native American in the collection; the others are King Kamehameha I, Will Rogers (who had Cherokee ancestors), Sakakawea, Sequoyah, Washakie, and Sarah Winnemucca.
The seven-foot-high statue was carved from pink Tennessee marble (making it the only colored marble statue in the collection) and stands on a three-foot-high pedestal comprised of a steel frame clad in black granite. Its acceptance marked the first time at which every state in the Union has been represented by two statues in the collection. In addition, Po'pay is historically the first person represented in the collection to be born on what would become American soil.
No image or written description of Po'pay is known to exist. Sculptor Cliff Fragua describes the statue thus:
In my rendition, he holds in his hands items that will determine the future existence of the Pueblo people. The knotted cord in his left hand was used to determine when the Revolt would begin. As to how many knots were used is debatable, but I feel that it must have taken many days to plan and notify most of the Pueblos. The bear fetish in his right hand symbolizes the center of the Pueblo world, the Pueblo religion. The pot behind him symbolizes the Pueblo culture, and the deerskin he wears is a humble symbol of his status as a provider. The necklace that he wears is a constant reminder of where life began, and his clothing consists of a loin cloth and moccasins in Pueblo fashion. His hair is cut in Pueblo tradition and bound in a chongo. On his back are the scars that remain from the whipping he received for his participation and faith in the Pueblo ceremonies and religion.
Fragua, an Indian from Jemez Pueblo, studied sculpture in Italy, California, and New Mexico; he created his first stone sculpture in 1974.


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Church and Convent of Santa Chiara: Overall view of facade with flying buttress
In 1255, Pope Alexander IV canonised St Clare. He granted plenary indulgences to those visiting her tomb on her feast day, a move that probably provided much of the initial funding for the proposed new church of Santa Chiara. The construction of the new church began beside San Giorgio in ca. 1257 (when the old hospice was demolished), although the final terms of the transfer of the site were not agreed until 1259. In 1260, the Bishops of Perugia, Spoleto and Assisi translated the relics of St Clare from San Giorgio to a burial vault under the high altar of the new church. Pope Clement V consecrated this church in 1265. The flying buttresses (visible along the left side but hidden within the convent on the right) were added in 1351 to support the vault. The campanile to the right of the polygonal apse is the tallest in Assisi; its current conical spire was built in 1926.


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Pine trees may help create smog, acid rain
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Could pine trees be making things worse? Latest research suggests they contribute to smog
Rather than being a global warming solution, pine trees may be inducing smog and acid rain by releasing vast amounts of nitrogen oxide into the air, researchers have discovered.
Under some circumstances, needles from Scots pine trees can release nitrogen oxides directly into the atmosphere, according to a report in today's issue of the journal, Nature.
A team led by Professor Pertti Hari of the University of Helsinki in Finland, conducted experiments with new pine shoots from Pinus sylvestris, measuring the amount of nitrogen oxides they emitted when exposed to sunlight.
Nitrogen oxides (NOx), along with hydrocarbon gases and sunlight, are the three ingredients needed to make photochemical smog that clogs the skies of many urban centres, as well as acid rain.
The researchers were surprised to find NOx produced by the pine needles, and that levels rose when shoots were exposed to ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. While the amount produced was insignificant on a local scale, "our findings suggest that global NOx from boreal coniferous forests may be comparable to those produced by worldwide industrial and traffic sources," said the authors.
Other scientists were cautious. "I would like to see a more qualitative estimate of how significant that might be in comparison to all the other sources of nitrogen oxide in the atmosphere," said Associate Professor David Griffith of the atmospheric chemistry research group at Australia's University of Wollongong.
While the gases produced by pine trees could in theory deliver as much air pollution as worldwide industrial emissions, in reality most trees do not grow in air that has the very low background levels of nitrogen oxides needed for the trees to emit NOx in the first place.
"If there are already nitrogen oxides in the air, there will be a net uptake, they will be taken up by the trees," he told ABC Science Online.
The study did show for the first time that forests can produce two of the three critical ingredients for smog, and it had been previously established that trees produce hydrocarbons. "No-one has recognised before that they also produce the nitrogen oxides," said Griffith. "Once you put both those ingredients together you can form photochemical smog."
But the amount of nitrous oxides required for this to happen are in the order of tens of parts per billion, and the research has only found levels of one to three parts per billion, he said.
"What I can't judge is how significant this would be globally," he added. "It's going to be a local effect. Nitrogen oxides don't have a long lifetime in the atmosphere." By comparison, nitrous oxides have a very long lifetime, and can spread all over the world.
Australia does not have a lot of boreal or 'needle tree' - forests, because they tend to exist in high latitude areas. But the findings could be relevant on a local scale in Australian pine plantations, Griffith said.
Large scale planting of pine trees to act as 'carbon sinks' has been promoted by some, the theory being that fast-growing trees absorb and retain carbon dioxide from the air. Carbon dioxide is widely cited one of the major contributors to global warming.
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How The Kumbh Mela Crowds Are Counted
Date 2013/2/7 18:04:40 | Topic: Hindu Press International
ALLAHABAD, INDIA, February 2, 2013 (India Real Time): The Kumbh Mela is frequently billed as the world's largest religious gathering. It is almost certainly true. But how can we know for sure? The two men with the challenge of counting up to an estimated 80 million people are divided on how to do it. They also come up with different numbers. They are Devesh Chaturvedi, the commissioner of Allahabad, and Alok Sharma, the inspector general of police in the city, which is hosting the Hindu festival.
The Commissioner reckons the number of pilgrims passing through the Kumbh Mela site on the banks of the Ganga between Jan. 14 and March 10 will end up somewhere between 60 to 80 million. Both men use different techniques for counting but agree neither method is scientific or water tight. Mr. Sharma is more conservative and estimates the final total will be around 40 to 60 million.
"We use thumb rules," says Mr. Sharma. His team positions counters at the entry points to the Mela area, which leads to the bathing ghats (banks). They calculate the maximum crowd capacity of 100 meters of road based on the assumption that each pilgrim will take up 1.5 square feet of ground. Then they measure the speed of the crowd by timing how long it takes a police officer to move 600 meters with the throng. "The pace of crowd keeps changing depending on the density," the Inspector General adds. Once they know how long it has taken the policeman to walk 600 meters they can work out how big a crowd has covered the same distance and how many people have passed. Vehicles arriving along the entry roads around Allahabad are counted manually and trains with up to 8,000 passengers each are also added to the total.
Mr. Chaturvedi has a different approach to the enormous population count. From a series of watch towers across the 14 sectors of the Mela site head-counters try to keep a tab on the number of pilgrims below. "It's not the most scientific way of doing it," Mr Chaturvedi says. "But that is the only estimate available to us." This year for the first time the Mela is also being tracked using satellite imagery. "Based on the color of the images they are going to tell what is the density of human beings," Mr. Chaturvedi says. Using calculations based on the average stay of pilgrims and photographs taken at different times of day, the Commissioner hopes it will provide a more accurate count.
Mr. Chaturvedi says that the biggest crowd so far, on the first day of the festival, was 8 million while Mr. Sharma puts it at between 1.5 million and 1.8 million.


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Basse électrique, composition, images.
Missing Time
A composition/installation for electric bass, composed by Frederick Galiay.
Missing Time is a composition in eight parts, for a soloist playing the electric bass, in interaction with a device of active sound recording (and for the live version, an interpreter in acousmonium).
The bass is put on the ground, played by a single instrumentalist, with diverse items (bows, metals, resonators…) and the electric signal, divided into two circuits, is also modulated by the instrumentalist.
Both different signals are managed towards two independent systems of diffusion. Every amplifier is then "taken back" by several points of recording.
In the studio version, the reorganization of these multiple points of view of the same music uses techniques and tools of the electroacoustic music, emphasizing a frequency spatializing.
The general aesthetics of the work came, largely, from the fascination of the composer for the obstinacy of the music of ceremonies of the monks Bonpo and more generally from the mystic music of extreme east.
Frederick Galiay wished to move closer, deliberately, the divine revelations to the aliens instructions.
The eight movements of the opus symbolize, in a metaphoric way (and rather freely), the eight phases we find almost systematically in testimonies of abducted.
The process of decomposition of the sound is thought in an immaterial space which exceeds the instrument and the musician in a meditative zone, creating a spatial and temporal gap, a space in the material which modulates the space creating the illusion of missing time...
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The City has a water supply capacity of 7.6 million gallons per day. This water is pumped from city-owned wells, drawing from the deepest and purist aquifers. Currently the City only pumps an average of 2 million gallons per day, with the peak usage going up to almost 4 million gallons per day in the summer. The City has five (5) elevated water tanks and certain wells have back up generation, or motors, to be able to pump water during power outages.
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A significant portion of the City of Niles' water distribution system was installed more than 50 years ago. Water reliability studies are completed from time to time so that the Utilities Department can plan for water system infrastructure improvements. Major improvements have been completed which increase the quality of the water as well as the efficiency of the water system. Included in these capital improvements were the construction of an iron filtration plant, establishment of an intermediate water pressure district on the east side of town, and the addition of water storage in the Bertrand Township Industrial Park. This water system improvement program was completed at a cost of $5.8 million. The City issued general obligation bonds to raise the funds to complete this capital improvement program. The money to support these capital improvements will come from rate increases administered over a ten (10) year period.Water Rates (effective October 1, 2020)
Rate 30: City of Niles and Rate 35: Non-City
Rate 36: Niles Charter Township
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on the database engine. (Note: Resource Gov is NOT needed to process trace events, only the trace event that is used by RG to limit REQUEST_MAX_CPU_TIME_SEC.)
Q: If we now have a FRAMEWORK to process alerts, what other "events" can be added to our pool of interesting alerts?
A: Anything that can be monitored in SQL Profiler (or SQL TRACE) can be monitored and alerted on using EVENT NOTIFICATIONS. For the CPU Usage alert we only needed RESOURCE GOVERNOR to set the max threshold. Otherwise, it isn't really needed for this framework to function. [I believe DDL triggers can also be processed with this framework but I have not tested any.] Adding any event that is available from sys.trace_events requires two simple steps:
1. Create a new notification. Such as…
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2. Add a block of code to the Service Broker "Service" dbo.dba_processEventNotifications. This custom "service":
 - Pops the trace events off of the SB queue.
 - Reads the XML out of the SB message.
 - Formats the email SUBJECT and BODY content and sends out the DB Mail message that contains the alert information.
Basically, the following block of code would need to be added. The @message section would need to be tweaked to pull out the relevant attributes from the XML message. For example, CPU would not be relevant to an alert triggered by a database file autogrowth, but the database file name would be of interest.
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Once again, the source code for this is available in the NEW DOWNLOADS section.
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TRUNCATION ORDER OF FOURIER WAVE THEORY
Rodney J. Sobey
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Specific consideration is given to the dependence of Fourier wave solutions on both truncation order and the number of free surface nodes. Solution dependence is quantified by a comprehensive set of numerical experiments over a typical range of wave height, water depth, truncation order and overspecification values. Integral error measures include the rms free surface boundary condition errors and a slope error that identifies non-physical positive slope segments in the wave profile between crest and trough. Summary error diagrams are presented as a guide to the adoption of suitable truncation orders and overspecification for Fourier solutions. The truncation order is the crucial parameter but there is measurable advantage is some small overspecification.
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Fourier Theory; truncation; truncation order
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usually a sign of over-watering or getting burned by too much sun.
Why is my mother of thousands dying?
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It was whilst flicking through Professor Alan S. C. Ross's book 'Don't Say It' that I stumbled merrily upon these two terms, which were both new to me. A pre-lactarian is someone who pours their milk into their tea or coffee before the hot water; a post-lactarian is someone who adds milk last.
But which method is correct? Well, there is no strict answer to this. It has its roots in class distinction.
In previous eras, adding the milk in before the hot water was always done by the 'downstairs' of the big houses, who would have pottery mugs. These mugs did not react too well to the boiling water, and thus the cold milk was poured in first so that it instantly cooled the water and thus the mugs survived in one piece.
Meanwhile, in the 'upstairs' of the house, where they could afford cups and saucers made from china or porcelain, the milk could be added after the hot water, as the cups were able to cope with the boiling water as they were made from a more resilient material.
As to who actually invented the terms pre and post-lactarian, I do not know and I am still researching, but they are much grander than some of the terms one could use instead!
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