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MSDN Library Visual C++ 2012 RC – Windows Runtime C++ Template Library Overview and Benefits
Windows Runtime C++ Template Library
The Windows Runtime C++ Template Library (WRL) is a COM-based template library that provides a low-level way to use Windows Runtime components.
Benefits
The Windows Runtime is implemented by using Component Object Model (COM) technology. COM depends on housekeeping techniques such as reference-counting to manage the lifetime of objects, and on testing HRESULT values to determine whether an operation succeeded or failed. To successfully write a COM app or library, you must carefully follow COM rules and techniques.
The Visual C++ component extensions (C++/CX) is a high-level, language-based way to use Windows Runtime components. Both the WRL and C++/CX simplify the writing of code for the Windows Runtime by automatically performing COM housekeeping tasks on your behalf.
The WRL and C++/CX provide different benefits. Here are some reasons you might want to use the WRL instead of C++/CX:
The WRL is a compiler-agnostic way to create and consume Windows Runtime APIs. Even if you don't use the Microsoft compiler, linker, and other development tools, you can use WRL to write apps that use Windows Runtime components, or write custom Windows Runtime components that can be used by others.
By using the WRL, you can optimize your code for performance or for specific scenarios. C++/CX doesn't expose the underlying COM technology in the Windows Runtime. However, your app or component might require control of the underlying COM code to better create or consume Windows Runtime APIs. When you use the WRL, you can control critical COM directly, but also allow the WRL to control the remaining COM on your behalf. You have complete command.
C++/CX represents COM HRESULT values as exceptions. If you've inherited a code base that uses COM, or one that doesn't use exceptions, you might find that the WRL is a more natural way to work with the Windows Runtime because you don't have to use exceptions.
Although C++/CX is easy to use, you might prefer not to use "handle to object (^)", ref new, ref class, and its other language features to write your code. WRL provides an alternative for people who want to use a template library and standard C++ to write Windows Runtime code.
The purpose and design of the WRL is inspired by the Active Template Library (ATL), which is a set of template-based C++ classes that simplify the programming of COM objects. If you already know ATL, you might find that WRL programming is easier.
Overview (WRL)
The Windows Runtime C++ Template Library (WRL) is a set of template-based C++ classes, functions, and macros that enable you to write Component Object Model (COM) objects. WRL is optimized to enable you to use types and programming patterns provided by the Windows Runtime.

WRL compared to ATL

WRL is similar to the Active Template Library (ATL) because it enables you to create small, fast COM objects. WRL and ATL also share concepts such as defining objects in modules, explicitly registering interfaces, and openly creating objects with factories. You might be comfortable using WRL if you're familiar with using ATL.
WRL differs from the ATL because it omits direct support for key COM features such as stock implementations, dual interfaces, standard enumerator interfaces, connection points, tear-off interfaces, and ActiveX controls.

Concepts
WRL provides types that represent a few basic concepts. The following sections describe those types.
ComPtr
A ComPtr object is a smart pointer type that represents the interface specified by the template parameter. Use a ComPtr to declare a variable that can access the members of an object derived from the interface. ComPtr automatically maintains a reference count for the underlying interface pointer and releases the interface when the reference count goes to zero.
For more information, see Create and Consume Objects (WRL).
RuntimeClass
A RuntimeClass object represents an instantiated class that inherits a set of specified interfaces. A RuntimeClass object can provide a combination of support for one or more of the Windows Runtime, classic COM, or a weak reference.
For more information, see Create and Consume Objects (WRL).
Module
The Module class represents a collection of related objects. A Module object manages class factories, which create objects; and registration, which enables other applications can use an object.
For more information, see Create and Consume Objects (WRL).
Callback
The Callback function creates an object whose member function is an event handler (a callback method). Use the Callback function to write asynchronous operations.
For more information, see Asynchronous Operations (WRL).
EventSource
An EventSource object is used to manage delegate event handlers. Use WRL to implement a delegate, and use EventSource to add, remove, and invoke delegates.
AsyncBase
The AsyncBase class provides virtual methods that represent the Windows Runtime asynchronous programming model. Override the members in this class to create a custom class that can start, stop, or check the progress of an asynchronous operation.
For more information about asynchronous operations, see Asynchronous Operations (WRL).
FtmBase
The FtmBase class represents a free-threaded marshaler object. FtmBase creates a global interface table (GIT), and helps manage marshaling and proxy objects.
WeakRef
A WeakRef smart-pointer represents a weak reference, which references an object that might or might not be accessible. A WeakRef object can be used by only the Windows Runtime, not classic COM.
A WeakRef typically represents an object whose existence is controlled by an external thread or application. For example, a WeakRef can reference a file object. While the file is open, the WeakRef is valid and the referenced file is accessible. But when the file is closed, the WeakRef is invalid and the file is inaccessible.

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In the future, virtual reality and metaverse experiences could be experienced in a different way, much more immersive and natural, giving people a realistic sense of their living and working environment. This is what researchers who have developed flexible nanomaterial sensors for detection are pointing out.
This way, with simple vibrations of the skin, facial expressions, muscle activity and movements of the body's limbs, people can access worlds that were previously only possible with the press of a button.
Conducted by researchers from Changchun University of Science and Technology (CUST) and the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), the research indicates that different trigger mechanisms for interaction between nanomaterials and metaverse/virtual reality applications have been analysed, such as interfaces triggered by skin mechanics, triggered by temperature, triggered magnetically and triggered by neurons.
Flexible nanomaterial-based sensors, involving various structures such as nanoparticles, nanowires and nanofilms, can be firmly attached to human skin or integrated into clothing to monitor subjects' physical and physiological information as they explore the spaces of the metaverse. Nanomaterials have been widely incorporated into flexible sensors due to their easy processing, material compatibility and unique properties.

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Question: Is Kissing In Public Allowed In South Korea?
What happens when u kiss a girl's neck?
While the neck is generally sensitive, the area where the neck meets the collarbone is especially sensitive to touch.
This is a really great spot to kiss her if you want her to feel pleasure.
You can also kiss her neck near her jawline as well..
Is hugging a PDA?
As many people know, PDA is 'Public Display of Affection' which is showing affection to someone else in a public area. PDA can be hugging, kissing, holding hands, touching, and many more ways of showing affection. It also can be performed with any type of relationship like dating or married, friendships, and much more.
When a guy kisses your neck meaning?
The Neck Kiss When a guy's kissing your neck without biting, it means that he wants you – and that he wants you right now. Men who prefer neck kisses to typical mouth kisses may be afraid of actual emotional intimacy, though, so take note if he does this more than actual French kisses.
Is it permissible to kiss in public?
A kiss can mean absolutely anything. Some kisses can be pious and filled with respect while others can be absolutely vulgar. The vulgar sort of a kiss in public is absolutely forbidden. It is only for behind the closed doors in absolute privacy.
What is considered rude in South Korea?
What is PDA sexually?
Public displays of affection (P.D.A.) are acts of physical intimacy in the view of others. … Physical affection has been defined as "any touch intended to arouse feelings of love in the giver and/or the recipient."
But (as far as I'm aware), there are no laws against kissing in public and it's not unusual by any means. … If by "kissing in public" you meant kissing others cheek-to-cheek as a common form of greeting (as is customary in some other countries), then no, the cheek kiss is not a typical way to greet others in the USA.
Is it rude to cross your legs in Korea?
4. Don't cross your legs. It is considered rude and disrespectful to cross your legs when seated across from a superior—whether that be a supervisor or just someone who is older than you.
Why is tattoo illegal in Korea?
What should you not wear in South Korea?
If you go out wearing sweat pants or a sloppy outfit Koreans will think that you have just about given up on life. DO take the extra time to put on something nice. For girls, don't wear low cut shirts or expose your shoulders. This is considered very provocative.
What countries is it illegal to kiss in public?
You definitely don't want to mess around in Dubai, where kissing in public is illegal….According to Chinese custom, public displays of affection (PDA) are not the norm and are generally considered taboo.University of Zimbabwe. … Catholic Mass around the world. … Qatar. … India. … Indonesia. … Thailand.


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According to the latest Internet Activity report issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, dial-up internet connections are on a massive decline with around 90 per cent of consumers opting for high-speed alternatives.
The recent report contains results from all ISPs operating in Australia with more than 1,000 active subscribers.
At the end of December 2009, there were 9.1 million active internet subscribers in Australia. It is evident that the phase-out of dial-up connections is continuing with nearly 90 per cent of connections now being a non dial-up alternative.
There were approximately 1,286,000 dial-up connections in December 2008. This has now plummeted to 927,000 as of December 2009.
In terms of non dial-up alternatives (including DSL, cable and fibre, satellite, fixed wireless and mobile wireless), there were 6,639,000 connections in December 2008. A year later this has increased to 8,184,000.
In addition to these findings, the ABS data outlined that Australians are accessing higher download speeds, with 62 per cent of access connections having a download speed of 1.5Mbps or greater.
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) connections were the most popular form of internet connection with 51 per cent of the market.
Mobile wireless via datacard, dongle or USB modem was reported to be the fastest growing technology in 2009. There are around 2.8 million mobile wireless connections as of December 2009. This represented a 40 per cent increase from June 2009.


text: What distinguishes the World Bank from commercial banks and bilateral aid agencies is its wealth of development knowledge gained through economic and social development projects in the world. However, notwithstanding the efforts of the knowledge centers in consolidating information from the staff, much of the available development information is currently scattered across numerous documents and reports. To retrieve a desired piece of information, the current Knowledge Management System provides users with a powerful Web-based full-text search engine that allows them to perform a key-word search. A problem with the key-word search is that the users should be able to articulate exactly what they want. In addition, as the amount of available information increases, the searches would invariably lead to retrieval of more and more documents and one may need to perform many searches. This paper outlines a case-based approach to enhance the current system and raise its operational impact. This approach establishes a unified framework to represent the development knowledge and provides a better search and browsing mechanism to retrieve relevant and useful information.

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Excessive soluble salts
Excess salinity due to poor water quality or improper fertility can stunt plants and in severe cases, kill them. Plants affected by high salt concentrations often appear dark green in the early stages, but rapidly develop marginal yellowing and necrosis of older leaves.
Careful attention to fertilization and watering is important in greenhouse and container grown crops. Watering container grown plants to runoff will prevent salt buildup. Little can be done in a field situation where water quality is poor; some beneficial effects of planting on the sides of beds (as opposed to the top or center where the salt tends to build up because of the wicking effect) have been reported.
The information given herein is for educational purposes only. Reference to commercial products or trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by the Texas AgriLife Extension Service is implied.
Educational programs of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin.
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Bangor Law School's research into the work of the Administrative Court and the regional market for legal services in public law has challenged the orthodox view that public law is the preserve of London. It has; 1. Provided evidence that regional Administrative Courts are at least equal to the Royal Courts of Justice in terms of their service to users. 2. Influenced the National Assembly for Wales in assessing the case for establishing a separate legal jurisdiction. 3. Influenced solicitors' instruction patterns in the English regions and Wales, leading to the direction of more work to regional courts and more local solicitors instructing local counsel. 4. Informed national debate about the constitutional role of judicial review. 5. Influenced the Administrative Court/ Public Law Project in developing training opportunities outside London.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Eye injuries among female lacrosse players dropped dramatically after US Lacrosse, the governing board for the sport, required protective eyewear in 2004, according to a new study.
"I am impressed, but not surprised," said Dr. Stuart Dankner, a pediatric ophthalmologist who sits on the eye safety committee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Dankner, who was not involved in the new study, said that eye protection has reduced injuries in hockey, baseball and other sports.
"It's just a shame that it took so long" to become mandated for women's lacrosse, he added.
Men's lacrosse, which is considered a collision sport, introduced eye gear before the women's game, which is a non-contact sport.
Dankner told Reuters Health that he has treated cases of severe eye injury among girls who played lacrosse, either from getting smacked with the stick, colliding with another player, or getting hit with the ball.
In 2005, after urgings from the American Academy of Ophthalmology and other groups, US Lacrosse required that girls and women wear eye protection.
The new study, funded by US Lacrosse, tracked eye injuries among 25 high school girls lacrosse teams for four years before the mandate and six years after the mandate.
From 2000 to 2003, there were 22 eye injuries, and from 2004 to 2009 there were just five. That corresponds to one injury per player per 10,000 practices and games versus 1.6 per 100,000.
Four of the five injuries that occurred after the eyewear requirement happened while the girls were not wearing the protective gear. The fifth injury involved eye inflammation.
"As long as the athletes are wearing (the eyewear), it seems to be doing what we hope it would," said lead author Andrew Lincoln, the director of sports medicine research at MedStar Health Research Institute in Baltimore.
Other injuries to the face and head also went down, from 33 before the mandate to 21 after.
"We were very pleased to see that," Lincoln told Reuters Health. "There was concern there would be more aggressive play and more injuries (because of the protective gear), and that turned out not to be the case."
Concussions, however, increased, from 38 before the mandate to 86 after.
Lincoln said he doesn't think that's because of rougher play, but rather because of a greater awareness across all sports of the symptoms of concussion.
"The comparison periods that we're looking at coincide with this dramatic increase in the recognition of the signs and symptoms of concussion," he said.
Dr. Ferenc Kuhn, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who also sits on the Academy's Eye Safety Committee, agreed that protective eyewear is unlikely to increase the risk of concussion.
"I have never encountered or heard of behaviour change in athletes or in the general population just because one part of the body has a reduced risk of injury due to protection," Kuhn wrote in an email to Reuters Health.
He added that the style of the eye gear should not obscure players' vision, causing them to make errors.
Dankner said he'd like to see women's lacrosse also require players to wear helmets.
SOURCE: _URL_ The American Journal of Sports Medicine, online December 8, 2011.
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When uploading images to the media library, WordPress will automatically generate several thumbnails so that a more optimized image size can be used.
Since different themes and plugins will often use different sizes, you might need to periodically regenerate your those resized images. In this article, we'll show you how to regenerate your image thumbnails using WP-CLI.
Regenerating All Thumbnails
To regenerate all thumbnails for all images inside your WordPress media library, you can use the following command:
wp media regenerate --yes
Once the command is run, all thumbnails for all images will be regenerated. Of course, if you have a large number of images inside your media library, it might take some extra time to run through them all.
Regenerating Missing Thumbnails
What if you updated your theme to add an additional image size but don't want to regenerate the thumbnails that already exist? You can regenerate thumbnails for only the missing image sizes using the --only-missing option like this:
wp media regenerate --only-missing
Regenerating Thumbnails for Specific Images
If you want to regenerate thumbnails for a specific image, you can specify it by including the attachment ID after the command like this:
wp media regenerate 123
To regenerate thumbnails for multiple specified attachment IDs, just add them to the command like the following example:
wp media regenerate 123 456 789
Keeping Old Thumbnail Sizes
When regenerating your WordPress media library image thumbnails, the default behavior is to delete the old thumbnails. If you want to keep them, you can use the --skip-delete option:
wp media regenerate --skip-delete
Regenerating Specific Thumbnail Sizes
In addition to being able to specify a specific image to regenerate thumbnails for, you can also define a specific thumbnail size to regenerate. To regenerate a specific size, use the --image_size option with the name of your thumbnail size as the value like in the following example:
wp media regenerate --image_size=large


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Answer: You don't become like the teacher, you specifically develop in your own way and form. Externally, as a result of a shared connection, forms of speech and grammar or something similar like the teacher's may appear in you, but this has no connection to spirituality. Everyone is unique in spirituality.
Question: Do you suppose that not being like your teacher is the right message?
Answer: It makes no difference. Even if a student thinks one way or another, the curve always leads a person to the "straight line." Sooner or later the students will understand and everything will work out. I don't give guidance about this. A student must gradually understand everything for himself.
From the Kabbalah Lesson in Russian 8/7/16


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Alayna Coverly is an Ann Arbor based artist working figuratively with oil paint. She has her BFA in Painting and Drawing, along with a Museum Studies certificate and a minor in Art History. She is currently producing work in her studio that focuses on the intimate bonds we have with others.
My work explores the absence and presence of the emotional bonds we share with others. I use fabric to represent these intimate attachments because they display a connection and disconnection,or a push and pull. I often use fabric to create a layer of comfort and protection while relating to the home. This domesticity is displayed through the patterns used to engulf the figure. The consumption of the figure by the fabric relates back to the figure being hidden, while simultaneously holding a presence. Through my work I show the complexity of intimate attachments, the give and take needed to cultivate relationships.


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Sustainable Financing for Climate Change through Community Forestry in the Prey Lang Landscape
Photo: Aerial picture of O Taneung community forestry
Community forest (CF) is a legally recognized framework that aims to place local people at the center of decision-making processes and natural resource management in Cambodia. The Cambodia Climate Change Alliance - phase 3 (CCCA3) funded by the EU, Sweden, and UNDP, has been supporting the Regional Community Forestry Training Center for Asia and the Pacific (RECOFTC) to pilot an innovative approach, introducing climate change actions into a community forestry credit scheme (2020-2022). The scheme is used to generate capital for community forestry activities that contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, including forest restoration, patrolling, and financing sustainable livelihood activities of 10 CFs in Kampong Thom and Kratie Provinces.
The O Taneung community forest, one of the CFs supported by the RECOFTC covers 248 ha about 65 kilometers outside Kratie city in Northeast Cambodia. Local people manage the forest and harvest natural foods and medicines. The Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fishery (MAFF) recognized this community forest (CF) in 2012, and a 15-year agreement for a forest management plan was signed on 2015. Today, the community forest group has 245 members in Kbal Damrey Commune of the Sambo District in Kratie Province.
Since 2018, O Taneung has been running a community credit scheme that members of the community can borrow from to serve their livelihoods purpose and pay back with interest, which is used for community forest management. With CCCA support, the scheme has been extended and climate change-related activities have been introduced in the management plan.
"Tuy Sophon, chief of the credit scheme in O Taneung community forest, said the fund has already expanded from US$ 1,000 in 2018 to more than US$5,000 and now serves 58 out of 250 families from the forest community."
Photo: Tuy Sophon, Chief of the CF credit scheme, inspects O Taneung community forest
In July 2021, community generated income from interest in total amount of USD 69. Among that, USD 21 is used for implementing forest including patrolling and tree planting maintenance. As of now, he explained, the loans have mostly been to fund agricultural projects outside the forest, such as small investments of seed, fertilizer, and other materials used by the villagers.
Beyond this support to increasing CF credit capital, the project also successfully helped the O Taneung community to restore 10.8 ha of their community's degraded forest area during the Covid-19 outbreak, contributing to climate change mitigation and adaptation for the local community. In addition, this replanting activity also provided much needed cash-for-work support to reduce the impact of Covid-19 for community members who participated in the tree planting.
"We lost our job during Covid-19," said Mok Sithon, a member of the community. "Joining with the project to plant trees has reduced the difficulty for us in some ways."
Photo: Mok Sithon, member of the O Taneung community forestry, joins tree planting, June 2021
Ray Seakla and others hope the growing capital pool from the credit scheme, and the money made on interest, can fund more activities in the management plan, including the maintenance of the tree planting and the patrolling team monthly meetings.
"We are optimistic about the future of our community." Ray Seakla said. "We have sustainable funding, and we can plan for more activities to manage our forest."
Photo: Ray Seakla, member of the O Taneung community forestry
Photo: Field assessment and data collection for developing a Digital Elevation Model (DEM)
Changes to global climate conditions aggravate the effects of temperature-driven hydrometeorological hazards, increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, often resulting in a greater risk of natural disaster. Floods continue to be the most damaging natural hazard in Cambodia, causing an estimated $355 million of losses in 2013 alone. Cambodian cities are underprepared to forecast, adapt and respond to these hazards, where the effects are further exacerbated by growing urbanization, a process that perturbs the natural hydrological cycle and enhances flood peaks by additional rainfall-runoff.
People In Need Cambodia (PIN), with support from the Cambodia Climate Change Alliance - phase 3 (CCCA3) funded by the EU, Sweden, and UNDP, is implementing a project on "Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning System in Cambodia to Support Climate Change Resilient Development and Adaptation to Climate Change". The project aims to address the flood mitigation challenge by producing evidence-based recommendations for the Royal Government of Cambodia, mainly the National Committee for Disaster Management, to reduce the vulnerability of urban populations to climate change impacts by facilitating access to an innovative and effective urban Early Warning System (EWS).
During the first year of its implementation and despite operational challenges due to COVID19 travel restrictions, a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) for flood modeling was completed through the use of real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology, utilizing tuk-tuks as a vehicle for data collection. The EWS information dashboard was developed to be multi-channel to disseminate flood information through phone calls, speakers, and Facebook posts. In collaboration with a local technology developer, a fixed public speaker concept has been developed. Flood warning messages will be shared from the EWS1294 dissemination platform, and these will be voiced through the fixed public speakers to the community in Battambang city.
PPhoto: Data collection for developing a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) using tuk-tuks
"I do believe that this project [PIN's CCCA project] will better inform Battambang city population about flood events and reduce people's vulnerability to flooding," said Mr. Pheng Sethy, Mayor of Battambang City
Photo: Mr. Pheng Sethy, Mayor of Battambang City
Mrs. Lounh Kimla, a deputy village chief of Somphi 1 in Battambang City, said that the system [fixed public speaker] is a timesaving method for local authorities to inform the people. "The system [fixed public speaker] is a channel that people can access to get flood warning messages free of charge," Lounh Kimla added.
Photo: Mrs. Lounh Kimla, a Deputy village chief of Somphi 1 of Battambang City


Nitrogen Handlers
Handler Overview
Core Nitrogen behavior has been broken out into well-defined, pluggable behavior modules called /handlers/. Handlers allow you to easily substitute your own logic for things like session, security, routing, and others. Simply create a module that implements one of the existing behaviors, and register it to call nitrogen:handler/2 between the nitrogen:init_request/2 and nitrogen:run/0 calls found inside the nitrogen_xxx (where xxx is the webserver used, for example'mochiweb', 'yaws', 'cowboy', etc).
For example, let's add custom session and config handlers to our mochiweb install. To do so, let's add our handlers to nitrogen_mochiweb:loop/1:
 loop(Req) ->
 {ok, DocRoot} = application:get_env(mochiweb, document_root),
 RequestBridge = simple_bridge:make_request(mochiweb_request_bridge, Req),
 ResponseBridge = simple_bridge:make_response(mochiweb_response_bridge, {Req, DocRoot}),
 nitrogen:init_request(RequestBridge, ResponseBridge),
 nitrogen:handler(my_config_handler,[]), %% Add custom config handler
 nitrogen:handler(my_session_handler,[]), %% Add custom session handler
It may seem odd to you that we're not specifying which handler we're actually loading, but that's because the nitrogen:handler/2 function determines, based on the behavior() defined within the handler module, which handler it is we're actually loading.
nitrogen:handler(HandlerName, Config)
nitrogen:handler/2 is the way to function to connect your custom handler into Nitrogen's handler system. This function takes two arguments:
 - HandlerName - The name of the module.
 - Config - Any configuration settings for this handler. This variable could be just about anything, a proplist containing API keys or IP addresses of related servers (say for a session handler connected to an external memcache or something.
Common Handler Behavior Arguments
In all of the handler behavior functions are found two particular variables:
 - Config - When a handler is initialized using nitrogen:handler/2, the second argument is Config, which is then passed into each handler function.
 - State - The current state of the handler. Each handler maintains its own state.
The Handlers
Note: The init/2 function is called on each handler in a specific order as defined in wf_context:init_context/2.
In the order they are loaded, here are all the handlers, and their documentation:
Core handlers:
 - Config Handler - Controls how and from where the configuration settings are loaded.
 - Log Handler - Controls the logging system for your Nitrogen app.
 - Process Registry Handler - Controls how processes are tracked. The default backend for the process registry is nprocreg.
 - Crash Handler - Controls how to handle page crashes, including logging and how to present the crash to the user.
 - Query Handler - Controls the how wf:q (and its siblings, wf:qs, wf:mq, etc), functions retrieve their values from the POST, GET, or other methods.
Stateful Handlers
 - Session Handler - Controls how session information and variables are set, stored, and/or distributed.
 - State Handler - Controls how the wf:state functions store and retrieve their values. The default uses a simple proplist.
 - Identity Handler - Controls how the identity of the client is stored and retrieved. This is related to the wf:user functions.
 - Role Handler - Controls how the roles of the client are stored and retrieved. This is related to the wf:role functions.
Handlers that possibly redirect
 - Route Handler - Controls how Nitrogen routes requests to modules or static files.
 - Security Handler - Controls whether or not a user has access to a resource, and if not, should determine what to do with the request.
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have a feature only exercised by a POSIX API object. It should be disabled when POSIX is not configured.
 - Debug or sanity checking code which should be placed inside an RTEMS_DEBUG conditional.
 - Unreachable paths generated for switch statements. If the switch is based upon an enumerated type and the switch includes cases for all values, then it must be possible to actually generate all values at this point in the code. You can restructure the switch to only include possible values and thus avoid unreachable object code. This is sometimes best done by rewriting the switch into a series of if/else statements.
 - Critical sections which are synchronizing actions with ISRs. Most of these are very hard to hit and may require very specific support from a simulator environment. OAR has used tsim to exercise these paths but this is not reproducible in a BSP independent manner. Worse, sometimes there is often no external way to know the case in question has been hit and no way to do it in a one shot test. The spintrcriticalXX and psxintrcriticalXX tests attempt to reproduce these cases.
In general, it is interesting to note that the resolution of uncovered code does not simply translate into additions to the test suite. Often the resolution points to improvements or changes to the analyzed code. This can lead to more intelligent factoring of the code or a code re-design that produces a simpler solution. There is also the notion that just because the analyzed code is "good" the way it is does not mean that it should not be rewritten to improve its testability. Code that is completely tested is always better.
Measuring Progress
As mentioned above, the covmerge script produces reports that contain several metrics that can be used to measure progress. The first is the number of uncovered object code ranges. The second is the percent of untested object code as a percentage of the total object code size under analysis. Together these metrics provide useful information about the status or progress of the Object Code Coverage.
When we started the RTEMS Code Coverage effort, we did not immediately capture results to measure progress. This actually ended up being the correct thing to do since the covmerge tool was in development and often produced results that were not directly comparable. Now that the development of covmerge has largely settled, we can perform coverage runs on several RTEMS release points and see the progress of the coverage effort. The results shown below were of the POSIX Enabled Profile run on the SPARC/ERC32.
{| border="1" style="margin: 1em auto 1em auto;text-align: left;" |+
|Release | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.10 (head 09/09/2009)
Covered % Uncovered Ranges Uncovered Bytes Total Bytes
77.51 454 17508 77840
76.37 538 21772 92140
96.41 _PHONE_ 70564
100 0 0 70480
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Several interesting facts can be seen from the data in the table. There was no organized effort to perform coverage analysis prior to the 4.8 release. This is evident in that there was no measurable improvement in coverage between 4.7 and 4.8. The unassisted developer is just not going to recognize the need for more test cases in the test suite. The coverage analysis began prior to the 4.9 release. Not surprising, the progress was significant between 4.8 and 4.9. At that time we addressed large uncovered ranges by doing simple things like adding test cases to the test suite and disabling code that was not used by the chosen configuration. The last 3.5% of uncovered code was much harder to address, but the development head has now achieved 100% coverage.
Now that we have achieved 100% Code Coverage using the POSIX Enabled Profile, we would like to keep it 100% covered. We have setup a periodic run of the coverage analysis against the development head. The results are captured (http://rtems/ftp/pub/rtems/people/joel/coverage/) and can be monitored to ensure that future modifications to the analyzed code base do not produce uncovered code.
Coverage Profiles
RTEMS includes a lot of source code and the coverage analysis should focus on improving the test coverage of well-defined code subsets with a trend over time of increasing both the level of coverage (e.g. object to statement to decision to MC/DC) and the amount of source code covered.
As other support libraries in cpukit is covered, these will be move from the Developmental Profile and added to the POSIX Enabled and Classic API Only profiles
There are four code subsets analysed with the option of using the -O2 or -Os level.
 - Baseline with POSIX Enabled
 - Baseline with POSIX Disabled
 - Developmental with POSIX Enabled
 - Developmental with POSIX Disabled
Define baseline and developmental
Compilation and Configuration Options
Discuss impact of -O2 versus -Os with example from code.
Inlining _Thread_Dispatch_enable, etc.
POSIX Enabled
This is the first profile we tested. This initially focused on the score, sapi, rtems, and posix directories in the cpukit directory. This profile represents a full tasking and synchronization feature set.
Classic API Only (POSIX Disabled)
In this profile, we disable POSIX and focus on the contents of the score, sapi, and rtems directories in the cpukit directory. The POSIX API and tests are disabled. In this profile, we expect to identify:
 - features in score only exercised by POSIX
 - features in score available via Classic API but only tested via POSIX
 - POSIX features like sleep() which are enabled when POSIX threads are disabled.
The first case will allow us to disable score features in this configuration and reduce the code size.
The second case allows us to approach 100% coverage in every RTEMS configuration.
The third case is similar to the second and indicates the need for tests in this configuration for features that are technically part of the POSIX API support.
Developmental
This is an experimental/developmental coverage configuration and adds almost all of the CPUKit contents that are non-networked. It nearly doubles the size of the code being covered. We are aiming for the entire contents of libcsupport, libmisc, and various filesystems. This is a large body of code and components like Termios and the file systems will require creativity to get automated coverage near 100%.
We have done initial tests on this profile. There is work to be done improving the test coverage. As components are covered 100%, they will be moved from experimental/developmental status to be included in the official coverage run.
We welcome your contributions.
Beyond Object Code Coverage
Statement Coverage
This requires knowing which source files are involved (which we do) and which lines in those files can produce assembly code (which I don't think we do 100%). We can easily know which lines are comments and blank but beyond that will require some thought.
The current object coverage utility covmerge can be modified to generate a report of which source lines were covered. It could generate a bitmap per source file where the bit index indicates if a source line in that file was executed or not. If we can generate a similar bit map from the source code which marks comments and other non-executable source lines as covered, then the union of the two bitmaps can be used to generate a report showing which source lines are not covered or represented in the object code. This may indicate dead code or weaknesses in the tests.
This is definitely an open project at this point.
Condition/Decision? Coverage
TBD
MC/DC
From the RTEMS testing perspective, this is to verify that every branch instruction in the generated object has been both taken and not taken. We cannot determine this without help from a simulator or hardware debugger which gathers this information.
QEMU -- project to do MC/DC .. update here
BSPs Analyzed
If you know of a simulator that includes coverage analysis, please let us know.
ARM
The SkyEye project has added coverage analysis capabilities per our specifications. We are currently using it on the following ARM targets to generate coverage reports:
Blackfin
Since SkyEye supports this target architecture, we hope to one day get coverage results on the following BSPs:
 - eZKit553
Coldfire
SkyEye supports the Coldfire but is currently unable to run any RTEMS Coldfire BSP. Work to improve Skyeye's Coldfire support is welcomed. We look forward to being able to use it to perform coverage testing on the following BSPs.
 - mcf5206elite
i386
We have identified using Qemu for the information. This project (_URL_ aims to add the necessary capabilities to that simulator. The source code for this project is available from _URL_ Now it is up to you.
We anticipate that someday we will be able to do coverage testing using Qemu on the following BSPs:
 - pc386
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We are using TSIM from Gaisler Research on the following BSPs:
 - ERC32
 - LEON2
 - LEON3
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===General Coverage Testing===
===Standards and Certifications===
 - FAA DO-178B - United States Aviation Standard
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The city of Cape Town has established that an "extensive algal bloom" was the primary cause of fish dying in the Zandvlei Estuary Nature Reserve last week.
"The extensive algal bloom comprising the species Prymnesium parvum, commonly referred to as "Golden algae", is responsible for the aforementioned conditions," said Belinda Walker yesterday.
Walker, a member of the mayoral committee for economic, enviromental and spatial planning, said the toxins that golden algae produced appeared to have no negative effect on other wildlife, livestock or humans. She said as "a common sense precaution" dead or dying fish should not be consumed.
The city is doing all that it can to monitor the Zandvlei estuary, preserve its biodiversity as well as the integrity of the system, said Walker.


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Missouri University of Science and Technology
Founded in 1870 as Missouri School of Mines, Missouri University of Science and Technology primarily educated mining engineers and surveyors. The campus really started to grow right after World War II. As the need for engineers and scientists grew, so did the university. The campus evolved into a world-class technological research university, one that was making an impact beyond the state and nation.
In 1964, the institution's name was changed to the University of Missouri-Rolla. UMR was the technology flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System.
Then, in 2008, the name officially became Missouri University of Science and Technology. As a technological research university, Missouri S&T is a member of a small but elite group of American institutions that distinguish themselves by having a mission-based commitment to improving the world through the study and application of advanced sciences and technology.
There are 16 technological research universities in the nation, including MIT, Caltech, Missouri S&T, Rensselaer, Georgia Tech and the Colorado School of Mines. Many of these institutions complement their technological strengths by offering good programs in humanities, liberal arts and social sciences. Missouri S&T is admired around the world for preparing students and creating research that solves the problems of a technological society.
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The YEAR function returns the year part of a value. The argument must be a date, timestamp, or a valid character string representation of a date or timestamp. The result of the function is a large integer. If the argument can be null, the result can be null; if the argument is null, the result is the null value.
YEAR ( expression )
Select all the projects in the PROJECT table that are scheduled to start (PRSTDATE) and end (PRENDATE) in the same calendar year.
SELECT * FROM PROJECT WHERE YEAR(PRSTDATE) = YEAR(PRENDATE)


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With client- side targeting, you enable client-computers to add themselves to the computer groups you create inthe WSUS console. You can enable client-side targeting through Group Policy (in an Active Directory network environment) or byediting registry entries (in a non-Active Directorynetwork environment) for the client computers. When the WSUS client computers connect to the WSUS server, they will add themselves into thecorrect computer group. Client-side targeting is an excellent option if you have many client computers and want to automate the processof assigning them to computer groups.
First, configure WSUS to allow Client Site Targeting.
Secondly, configure GPO to affect "ProdOU" , so that Server1 add itself to "Production" computer group.
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QUESTION 119
Your network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
The domain contains multiple servers that run multiple applications.
Domain user accounts are used to authenticate access requests to the servers.
You plan to prevent NTLM from being used to authenticate to the servers.
You start to audit NTLM authentication events for the domain.
You need to view all of the NTLM authentication events and to identify which applications authenticate by using NTLM.
On which computers should you review the event logs and which logs should you review?
A. Computers on which to review the event logs: Only client computers
B. Computers on which to review the event logs: Only domain controllers
C. Computers on which to review the event logs: Only member servers
D. Event logs to review: Applications and Services Logs\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Diagnostics- Networking\\Operational
E. Event logs to review: Applications and Services Logs\\Microsoft\\Windows\\NTLM\\Operational
F. Event logs to review: Applications and Services Logs\\Microsoft\\Windows\\SMBClient\\Security
G. Event logs to review: Windows Logs\\Security
H. Event logs to review: Windows Logs\\System
Answer: AE
Explanation:
Do not confuse this with event ID 4776 recorded on domain controller's security event log!!!
This question asks for implementing NTLM auditing when domain clients is connecting to memberservers! See below for further information.
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Via lab testing, most of the NTLM audit logs are created on Windows 10 clients, except that you use WindowsServer 2016 OS as clients (but this is unusual)
QUESTION 120
Your company has an accounting department.
The network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com. The domain contains 10 servers.
You deploy a new server named Server11 that runs Windows Server 2016.
Server11 will host several network applications and network shares used by the accounting department.
You need to recommend a solution for Server11 that meets the following requirements:
– Protects Server11 from address spoofing and session hijacking
– Allows only the computers in We accounting department to connect to Server11
What should you recommend implementing?
A. AppLocker rules
B. Just Enough Administration (JEA)
C. connection security rules
D. Privileged Access Management (PAM)
Answer: C
Explanation:
In IPsec connection security rule, the IPsec protocol verifies the sending host IP address by utilize integrityfunctions like Digitally signing all packets.If unsigned packets arrives Server11, those are possible source address spoofed packets, when usingconnection security rule in-conjunction with inbound firewallrules, you can kill those un-signed packets with the action "Allow connection if it is secure" to prevent spoofingand session hijacking attacks.
QUESTION 121
You have a Hyper-V host named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2016.
Server1 has a generation 2 virtual machine named VM1 that runs Windows 10.
You need to ensure that you can turn on BitLocker Drive Encryption (BitLocker) for drive C:
on VM1. What should you do?
A. From Server1, install the BitLocker feature.
B. From Server1, enable nested virtualization for VM1.
C. From VM1, configure the Require additional authentication at startup Group Policy setting.
D. From VM1, configure the Enforce drive encryption type on fixed data drives Group Policy setting.
Answer: C
Explanation:
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If you don't use TPM for protecting a drive, there is no such Virtual TPM or VM Generation, or VM Configurationversion requirement, you can even use Bitlockerwithout TPM Protector with earlier versions of Windows.How to Use BitLocker Without a TPMYou can bypass this limitation through a Group Policy change. If your PC is joined to a business or schooldomain, you can't change the Group Policy settingyourself. Group policy is configured centrally by your network administrator.To open the Local Group Policy Editor, press Windows+R on your keyboard, type "gpedit.msc" into the Rundialog box, and press Enter.Navigate to Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > WindowsComponents > BitLocker Drive Encryption > OperatingSystem Drives in the left pane.
Double-click the "Require additional authentication at startup" option in the right pane.
Select "Enabled" at the top of the window, and ensure the "Allow BitLocker without a compatible TPM(requires a password or a startup key on a USBflash drive)" checkbox is enabled here.Click "OK" to save your changes. You can now close the Group Policy Editor window. Your change takes effectimmediately–you don't even need to reboot.
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The NYU LGBTQ+ Center creates a welcoming environment for students, faculty, staff, and alumni to engage with and develop their understanding of LGBTQ+ communities through programs, events, learning and development, support, resource sharing, and consultation.
The LGBTQ+ Center offers educational and community-focused programs and events throughout the year for NYU students, faculty, staff, and alumni.
- First Year Queers and Allies (FYQA)
- Lavender Graduation
- LGBTQ+ Faculty and Graduate Student Dinners
- NYC Pride March with NYU
- Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPOC) Gatherings
- Queer Grad Socials
- Queer Leadership Retreat
- Queering Faith
- Quench (Queer + Lunch) Series
- Trans Awareness Week
- Trans Inclusion in Higher Education Symposium
The LGBTQ+ Center provides learning and development focused on how to best support LGBTQ+ communities. Additionally, the Center offers consultation services to faculty, staff, and departments who want to increase their knowledge of, and improve their support for, these communities.
- Intro to NYU LGBTQ+ - A brief overview of terms and strategies to support these communities.
- Safe Zone - Establish foundational knowledge about LGBTQ+ communities, issues these communities face, and LGBTQ+ resources at NYU and beyond.
The LGBTQ+ Center is a hub where students, faculty, staff, and alumni can connect and support one another in myriad ways. Stop by or reach out to the Center to learn more about engaging with LGBTQ+ life on campus and beyond. Or contact one of NYU's many affiliated LGBTQ+ groups, organizations, or networks directly to get involved.
LGBTQ+ Student Groups and Organizations
LGBTQ+ Center Groups
The following groups meet via Zoom every other week during the fall 2021 semester (until further notice):
- Aces & Aros - For people who identify across the asexual or aromantic spectrum and their allies
- CampGrrl* - For lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer women and their allies
- LGBTQ+Faith - For LGBTQ+ students who want to discuss religion, faith, and spirituality
- New Masculinities* - An inclusive community dedicated to the redefinition and exploration of masculinity.
- Queer Grads - For LGBTQ+ graduate students and their allies
- Queer Union* - For queer activism, education, and community building
- SHADES - For LGBTQ+ students of color and their allies
- T-Party* - For transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming students and their allies
*Those listed with an asterisk are also Student Activities Board (SAB) funded clubs.
Student Activities Board (SAB) funded clubs
Student Activities Board (SAB) funded clubs are student groups that are formally recognized by the University through the Center for Student Life.
- Keshet - NYU's club for LGBTQ+ Jews and allies
- Pride Month - Builds community for LGBTQ+ students through creative, educational, and social events in the month of October
- Delta Lambda Phi - Fraternity for gay, bisexual, and progressive men
- AQUA: Allies & Queers for Understanding and Awareness (Dentistry)
- LGBTQMed (Medicine)
- LGBTQIA2-Nursing Student Association (Nursing)
- oSTEM (Tandon)
- OutClass (Stern - graduate)
- OUTLaw (Law)
- Pride Corp (Stern - undergraduate)
- Pride in Practice (Social Work)
- Sackler LGBTQ+ (Sackler Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences)
- Stonewall Policy Alliance (Wagner)
- Tisch Queer Artist Guild (Tisch)
Provides LGBTQ+ staff and faculty at NYU with a visible advocacy network in which to build community and enhance both personal and professional skills.
A network for NYU alumni who are members of, or allies to, the LGBTQ+ community. The LGBTQ+ Alumni Network organizes and hosts a range of events, educational programs, and community service opportunities to help NYU graduates stay involved with inclusion and equity on campus.
Additional Resources at the LGBTQ+ Center include:
- Lounge space
- David Bohnett Cyber Center, with printing
- Safer-sex supplies and menstrual products
- NYU Courtesy Meals
- Free coffee and tea
Kimmel Center for University Life
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Friday, March 23, 2012
(Narrowsburg, NY - 12:15 PM) - Sullivan County Manager David Fanslau extends an open invitation to area elementary schools to come enjoy the annual "Blast from the Past" at Student Days at Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History.
"We know that every year the highlight of the Student Days class trips through our living history museum is the firing of the authentic 2-lb. British naval cannon," says Fanslau. "This cannon would have been used by the pre-Revolutionary War settlers to signal danger and call everyone to safety inside the stockade walls. When fired, it could be heard for miles up and down the Delaware River valley."
The cannon represents just one aspect of the lives and lifestyles of the first European settlers in the Upper Delaware River valley that is depicted by costumed interpreters at Fort Delaware Museum. Students' understanding of local history can also get fired up by a working blacksmith, candle makers, fur trapper, spinners and weavers, colonial musicians and gardeners as well as three replica cabins depicting the different eras (_PHONE_) in which the Delaware Company inhabited the Cushetunk Settlement along the New York and Pennsylvania river banks of the Delaware. Fort Delaware was originally built in 1957, under the leadership and direction of James W. Burbank, the first Sullivan County Historian. It has been owned and operated under the supervision of the Sullivan County Division of Public Works since 1970.
"We've been working very hard for the last year, continuing the research begun by Burbank to upgrade the accuracy, authenticity and professionalism of our interpretation," says Debra Conway, who took over last spring as Director of Fort Delaware Museum of Colonial History. "So we are encouraging all teachers or anyone who hasn't visited for awhile to come back for a fresh, new experience."
"I can think of no better way to learn about the early history of the area," Sullivan County Historian John Conway says of the Fort. "Fort Delaware provides a unique opportunity for students to witness firsthand how families lived in the mid-18th century and their contribution to America."
"This was great for my students,'' says Debi Levine, long-time teacher at Monticello's Cooke School. "We had been studying local history all year. But it is one thing to read about things in a book and another to actually see people dressed the way the 18th century settlers would have been dressed, doing the things they would have actually done to survive. It's better than a picture saying a thousand words." Student Days this year will be held on May 22, 23, 24; May 30, 31; June 5, 6, 7; and June 12, 13, 14.
Tours typically take about three hours. Amenities include modern rest rooms, a picnic pavilion, bus parking and a gift shop.
For reservations or further information, call Kristin Porter, Director of Sullivan County Parks, Recreation and Beautification, at _PHONE_.


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Dish-Micro Gas Turbine (D-MGT) systems can be an effective way of power production (<100 kW) in rural areas having limited access to electricity. In such no fuel assisted systems, the stability of the input thermal power to the MGT is an important concern as MGT is sensitive to the temperature variations caused by the natural fluctuation of the solar flux. To reduce this effect, a novel solar receiver has been proposed integrated with a Phase Change Material (PCM) for the short-term thermal energy storage. The proposed receiver is cylindrical shaped filled with PCM, with a conical cavity on the front surface and heat transfer fluid tubes immersed in the PCM. This paper deals with the investigation of the optimum design point of the proposed receiver based on the required input parameters of the MGT. The numerical simulations have been conducted using Computational Fluid Dynamic methods to pre-evaluate the effect of many controlling parameters on the temperature, PCM liquid fraction, pressure loss and outlet thermal power of the receiver. Surface-to-Surface (S2S) radiation model has been employed along with the ray-tracing model for the constant concentrated solar flux of 500 kW/m2 on the receiver aperture surface. The influencing factors considered in this study include the high-temperature PCMs, receiver cavity dimensions, incident solar flux, hot wall thickness, tube diameter and the number of the tubes, pressure drop inside the tubes and the inlet mass flow rate. Results demonstrate the considerable effect of each variable on the receiver output parameters, and this leads to the identification of optimum design point. The result of the study offers valuable guidelines for the receiver development for further experimentation.
Bashir, M.A., & Giovannelli, A. (2019). Design optimization of the phase change material integrated solar receiver: A numerical parametric study. APPLIED THERMAL ENGINEERING, 160, 114008 [10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.114008].
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A Personal Injury Attorney in Las Vegas NV can Help if You're Assaulted by a Bouncer
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5928572_lMany people aren't sure what bouncers can legally do. Contrary to the way they appear in movies and on TV, bouncers cannot use excessive violence or act as they please. Generally, a bouncer can only respond with force if someone else is acting aggressively toward them. However, they can legally do things such as:
1. Give a verbal warning
2. Ask a patron to leave
3. Check IDs
4. Refuse entry to a patron that isn't following policy, is acting aggressively, or is too intoxicated
5. Call police
6. Protect bystanders from violence
7. Break up fights
8. Respond with appropriate force
Good bouncers are trained to solve problems through communication, not force. In many cases, the presence of a bouncer is enough to keep patrons well-behaved.
What is Against the Rules for Bouncers?
A bouncer cannot use force unless they are threatened with physical harm, and cannot strike, punch or kick patrons. They cannot physically throw or push someone out of an establishment, and cannot restrain a patron with a headlock or choke hold.
In other words, a bouncer is subject to the same personal injury and criminal laws as everyone else. If you have been roughly handled without cause, you may be able to sue the bouncer or hold them criminally liable.
How to React if Wrongfully Assaulted by a Bouncer
If you feel that you have a case against a bouncer and/or an establishment, you and your Personal Injury Lawyer In Las Vegas NV may be able to get monetary damages for the losses you've suffered. You should take these steps:
1. Write down your version of events, noting times, dates and the location. Describe the incident, the circumstances that led to the assault and the events occurring immediately afterward.
2. Keep copies of medical records and receipts. You'll need these if the court needs to determine damages.
3. Keep copies of your paycheck stubs in case you need to file for wage loss.
4. Get copies of police reports.
5. Get the bouncer's contact information, as well as that of any witnesses.
Hiring an Attorney for a Legal Dispute Involving a Bouncer
Some businesses need the presence of a bouncer to deter certain activities. However, they have much less authority than most people think. If you're uncertain as to what a bouncer can legally do, contact a Personal Injury Lawyer In Las Vegas NV for help. Your lawyer can represent you in court, and he or she can get you the damages you deserve.


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Lawrence has 5-years' experience with Carbon Zero Consulting following a Masters in Geology from the University of Plymouth.
Lawrence now runs the Oakham office, but can normally be found on the road carrying-out our various field activities including:
- Soil thermal conductivity surveys, our novel service to measure in-situ soil thermal properties utilized in the GSHP and power distribution sectors
- Thermal response tests (TRT) utilizing testing systems capable of testing boreholes up to 300m depth
- Water supply and open-loop Borehole testing and water sampling
- Logging of samples during drilling of GSHP and water supply boreholes
- Installation and management of a number of borehole and other data-logging systems to measure water level, temperature, pressure and flow


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Computación científica en el mundo real (Computer Science for the Real World): Grades 3-4, Nonfiction Social Studies
In today's world, Computer Science literacy is as important as reading, writing, and math. Computer Science will be a part of every student's future career, regardless of the discipline, and is therefore an essential part of college and career readiness. At school districts throughout the country, and in conjunction with parents' wishes, Computer Science instruction is beginning in the earliest grades where computational thinking and concepts of digital citizenship can be cultivated across the curriculum. COMPUTER SCIENCE FOR THE REAL WORLD™ is a new program created specifically to embed core concepts and core practices from the new K12CS Framework into high-interest leveled texts. This nonfiction set explores informational texts that combine grade-appropriate social studies topics with a concept or practice from the K12CS Framework. The back cover indicates the GRL level as well as the exact concept or practice from the K12CS Framework.


Calculating the Month Difference between two Dates in JavaScript
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When working with dates in JavaScript, there may be times when you need to calculate the difference in months between two given dates. This can be useful in various scenarios, such as determining the duration of a project or calculating the age of a person in months. In this article, we will explore different approaches to calculate the month difference between two dates in JavaScript.
Using the Date Object
The Date object in JavaScript provides several methods that can help us perform calculations on dates. One approach to calculate the month difference between two dates is to use the built-in getMonth() method. This method returns the month component of a date as an integer, ranging from 0 (January) to 11 (December).
function getMonthDifference(date1, date2) {
 const months1 = date1.getFullYear() * 12 + date1.getMonth();
 const months2 = date2.getFullYear() * 12 + date2.getMonth();
 return months2 - months1;
}
const startDate = new Date('2022-01-01');
const endDate = new Date('2022-06-30');
const monthDifference = getMonthDifference(startDate, endDate);
console.log(monthDifference); // Output: 5
In the above code snippet, we define a function getMonthDifference that takes two date objects as parameters. We calculate the total number of months for each date by multiplying the year component by 12 and adding the month component. Finally, we subtract the total months of the start date from the total months of the end date to get the month difference.
Using a Library
While the above approach works fine, it requires manual calculations and can be error-prone. Alternatively, we can use a library like Moment.js to simplify the process of calculating the month difference between two dates.
Moment.js is a widely-used JavaScript library for working with dates and times. It provides a rich set of features and methods to handle various date-related operations. To calculate the month difference using Moment.js, we can utilize the diff method with the 'months' unit parameter.
const moment = require('moment');
function getMonthDifference(date1, date2) {
 const startDate = moment(date1);
 const endDate = moment(date2);
 return endDate.diff(startDate, 'months');
}
const startDate = new Date('2022-01-01');
const endDate = new Date('2022-06-30');
const monthDifference = getMonthDifference(startDate, endDate);
console.log(monthDifference); // Output: 5
In the above code snippet, we import the Moment.js library using the require function. We define a function getMonthDifference that takes two date objects as parameters. Inside the function, we create Moment.js instances for each date and use the diff method to calculate the month difference in a more straightforward manner.
Using a library like Moment.js not only simplifies the code but also provides additional features and flexibility for handling various date-related calculations.
Conclusion
Calculating the month difference between two dates in JavaScript can be achieved using different approaches. By leveraging the built-in methods of the Date object or utilizing a library like Moment.js, we can perform accurate and efficient calculations. Whether you prefer manual calculations or the convenience of a library, these methods will help you accurately determine the month difference between two dates in your JavaScript applications.


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ABSOLUTE POSITIONING[edit | edit source]
 - It is like relative positioning, but it differs as it does not create a space in the flow of the page.
 - Absolute position will cover up anything in that spot even another absolute positioned object.
Here is an object which we place 120 pixels from the top and 120 pixels from the left side of the page.
 - NOTICE our object covers part of the sidebar.
Here is the coding for our absolute positioned object:
 - NOTICE position:absolute.
 - NOTICE left:120px. If we had used left:220px, the sidebar would not be covered.
 - NOTICE top:400px.
 - So what happens if you don't specify the position in pixels? It is placed up against the object above it.
 - One of the main problems with absolute positioning; if you add new material the absolute positioned object will not move like relative positioning does.
 - In order for absolute positioned objects to move with the flow you have to place absolute positioned objects INSIDE relative positioned objects.
 - Relative positioned objects WILL MOVE even if there is an absolute position object inside of it.
 - Here is an example of a relative positioned object that has a red border with an absolute positioned blue box placed inside it.
 - Here's the coding:

 - NOTICE the absolute positioned blue box coding is between the opening and closing div tags in red.
 - You can have as many absolute positioned objects as you want between the opening and closing div tags of relative positioned objects.
 1. Make this object an absolute positioned object 0 pixels from the left and 0 pixels from the top to appear inside a relative positioned object with width of 400 pixels, height of 200 pixels and a red border one pixel thick.
 2. Take your answer above and move the relative object with the absolute object inside 150 pixel to the left and 50 pixel from the top:
 3. Take your answer from no. 2 and move the absolute object inside the relative object 150px to the left and down 25px from the top.
 Quick Quiz
 - Absolute positioning places objects in relation to the edge and top of the page.
 A. True
 B. False
 - Absolute positioning does not cover objects placed before it was.
 A. True
 B. False
 - Absolute positioning covers up all objects that follow it.
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Is 3 to the power of P > 2 to the power of q?
(1) q = 2p
(2) q > 0
Can anyone explain this.
From my understanding the answer to this question is E.
But the explainantion says the correct ans is C.
from now on, you should actually say
what "your understanding of the problem" is
; it's hard to respond to your post if we have to mind-read.
kyle's approach (testing cases) works.
if you have statement 2, you can also substitute q = 2p into the question:
Is 3^p > 2^q?
Is 3^p > 2^(2p)?
which is the same as...
Is 3^p > (2^2)^p?
Is 3^p > 4^p?
The answer to this question is No if p is non-negative and Yes if p is negative. therefore, if you have the two statements together, it's a definite No.


Comparative Cognition
In 1871 Darwin famously wrote that, in his opinion, there was no fundamental difference between man and the higher mammals in their mental faculties. In the past decades this claim has driven much empirical investigation and, by and large, the evidence supports Darwin's hypothesis. One mental faculty, however, has been particularly difficult to study empirically with little progress being made until recently: the faculty of language. A primary focus of our research efforts is to explore and understand the biological origins of the different mechanisms required for language and culture. To this end, we mainly study non-human primates in their natural habitats.
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(1) When the optical cable line crosses the railway and the road without excavation, the pipe jacking method is adopted. And set up optical cable signs on both sides. The size and position of the jacking pipe should meet the design requirements, and the position where the ground breaking is allowed can be protected by buried pipes, and the nozzles of the pipe jacking or burying protection pipes should be blocked.
(2) When optical cable lines pass through mechanical farming roads, rural avenues, urban areas, residential areas or easily movable land sections, they should be constructed in accordance with the protection methods required by the design. Generally, they should be protected by laying Ф50 hard plastic pipes, bricks or cement covers. When laying red bricks on top of the optical cables, cover with 30cm thick soil before laying red bricks. Use vertical bricks for one optical cable and horizontal bricks for two optical cables.
(3) When the optical cable line passes through trenches, canals and ponds with dredging and dredging for fertilizer, the top of the optical cable should be covered with a cement cover or cement sandbag for protection.
(4) Slope protection should be used when the optical cable passes through the ditch and terrace of more than 1 meter (including 1 meter), and the slope protection method should be in accordance with the design requirements. When crossing ditch and ridge less than 1 meter, except for special design requirements, slope protection is generally not used, but it must be tamped and restored in layers.
(5) Optical cable lines should pass through directly buried high-voltage power lines vertically, and the crossing angle should be above 30 degrees
(6) Lightning protection measures for optical cable lines must be handled in accordance with design regulations. Laying lightning protection lines, the principle of laying directly buried optical cable sections is that there is no need for lightning protection lines in the area where ρ10<100ω·m, 10="" a="" lightning="" protection="" line="" is="" installed="" in="" the="" area="" where="" and="">500Ω·m is installed. Two lightning protection lines; the principle of laying in long-distance plastic pipelines in the field is that there is no need for lightning protection lines in the area where ρ10<100ω·m, 10="" and="" one="" lightning="" protection="" line="" is="" installed="" in="" the="" area="" where="">100Ω·m. Directly buried optical cables are far away from single trees, electric poles, towering buildings, mineral springs, underground water outlets, etc., to ensure that the clear distance meets the design requirements. If the design requirements cannot be met, measures such as arc suppression wires and lightning rods must be used to protect the optical cable lines.<!--100ω·m,--><!--100ω·m,-->
(7) In the crossing of other underground cables, a cement cover plate is used to isolate the two cables; under special circumstances, if the depth of the optical cable laid is less than 1 meter, two cement plates or Lay plastic pipe for protection.


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One of the pails contains 1 gallon and the other one has 3 gallons of water. The water temperature is the same in both. Check the one that has more calories or heat energy. Explain your choice.
The amount of heat energy contained in a substance is a function of its mass, its temperature and its specific heat capacity. This heat energy can be calculated as:
q = m x c x T
where, q is the amount of heat energy contained in the substance of mass m, at a temperature of T. c is the specific heat capacity of the substance and is defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 unit of mass of the substance by 1 degree Celsius.
Here, both pails have the same substance: water. Hence the specific heat capacity is the same in both cases. The temperature of the water is also same in both the pails. The only difference is the amount of water (1 gallon versus 3 gallons). Therefore, the pail with the higher quantity of water (that is, 3 gallons) will have a higher heat energy.
Another way to look at this is that it takes more heat to raise the temperature of 3 gallons of water as compared to 1 gallon of water. Thus, 3 gallons of water will have a higher heat energy content.
Hope this helps.


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The Rainforest Pyramid, which opened in 1993, is a ten-story glass pyramid that recently underwent a massive enhancement project to make it better for both visitors and its animal and plant residents. The Rainforest Pyramid has shared the wonders of the Asian, African, and American rainforests with millions of visitors. It has also brought attention to the dangers rainforests are facing and the endangered species that inhabit them.
The popular Moody Gardens attraction is a great entertainment destination, but it is also the center point of Moody Gardens rainforest conservation efforts. Over the years, Moody Gardens has shown its dedication to saving the rainforest in a variety of ways.
In the last decade, Moody Gardens purchased 2,215 acres of rainforest in Panama for protected reserves. We have also collected over $69,000 for research and conservation in Central and South America to help preserve the diminishing rainforests in those regions.
Moody Gardens contributed to purchasing land in Peru to help complete the ReNuPeru Ethno Botanical Garden at the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research.
Other funds from Moody Gardens have been donated to support the Belizean Ministry of Natural Resources as they try to save the Mountain Pine Ridge Forests area from the devastation caused by a massive Pine Beatle infestation. We also contributed to the Rainforest Foundation to help indigenous people preserve their land from being taken over.
Moody Gardens contributes to helping save the rainforest through our animal programs and our research efforts. We stand by our mission: "Moody Gardens is a public, non-profit educational destination utilizing nature in the advancement of rehabilitation, conservation, recreation, and research."
To learn more about our rainforest conservation efforts, come visit our Rainforest Pyramid. You can make a trip out of your visit by staying with us at the Moody Gardens Hotel, one of the best places to stay in Galveston.


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argument is null, or if one of values in src map is null.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentExceptionif some values in dest map are not null and, at the same time, their
built-in arraysare not
updatable; ClassCastException can be also thrown in this case instead of this exception.
SizeMismatchExceptionif some matrices among the source arguments (values of src map) or non-null resulting matrices (values of dest map), passed while calling this method, have different dimensions. It is a typical run-time exception in this case, and it is really thrown by the tiled processors, created by
TiledApertureProcessorFactory.tile(ApertureProcessor)method; but other implementations are permitted to throw another exceptions in this case.
IRectangularArea dependenceAperture(K srcMatrixKey)
comments to ApertureProcessorfor more details.
This method must return correct result for any key, which can appear and can be processed in
process method as a key in its src map.
If srcMatrixKey argument has some "impossible" value, the result is not specified.
This method should work quickly and must never throw exceptions.
srcMatrixKeythe index (key) of the source matrix.


RENDERMAN 22 DOCUMENTATION
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While Materials control the appearance of an object, patterns control the detail by varying the parameters of the material's Bxdf across a surface. This is similar to the way texture artists use textures to control the look of a material. RenderMan ships with a set of patterns that allow texturing, color correction, bumping, and various utility shading systems.
The patterns can be divided into the following categories:
Image Texture

Procedural Texture
Procedurally create noise and patterns.

Manifolds
Manifolds tell the renderer how to apply patterns on a surface. This controls features like repetition, placement, and size.

Bump
Create low amplitude embossing effects.

Geometry Nodes
You can use these nodes to calculate geometric properties and vectors.

Baking
These passthrough patterns are designed to allows users to bake arbitrary pattern networks.


Introduction: How to Make a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Using Mud
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The MudWatt microbial fuel cell (affectionately dubbed the "Dirt Battery") is a device that uses bacteria to convert the organic matter found in mud into electricity. This Instructable will walk you through making your own microbial fuel cell using any MudWatt Science Kit.
To make a MudWatt, you will need:
How the MudWatt Works: The MudWatt is a fun and educational science kit that uses the micro-organisms naturally found in soil to generate electricity. Although invisible to the naked eye, these microbes, with bodies one-tenth the thickness of a human hair, live throughout virtually all soil and sediment on the planet. Among these diverse communities of microbes are particular species that have the unique ability to release electrons outside their bodies as part of their respiration process.
The MudWatt harnesses this remarkable ability by providing these mud-based microbes with two conductive graphite discs, called an anode and cathode. The anode is placed within the mud where the electrogenic microbes can grow, while the cathode is placed on top exposing it to oxygen in the air (see MudWatt diagram below).
Step 1: Making Mud
Put on gloves and find 3-4 handfuls of soil or swamp goo--the smellier the better! Make sure your soil is saturated but not soupy by either adding or pouring off water. Optional: Add extra nutrients to your soil, such as MudWatt packaging, shredded paper products, or food from your fridge.
Key notes: Avoid using soils with little white balls (perlite) which aerate the soil. The bacteria that power the MudWatt are anaerobes that need an environment without oxygen to build healthy communities.
Step 2: Making Electrodes
Bend both wires 90° where the plastic sheath ends. Straighten out the bare end of the wire. The green wire will be used to make the anode, and the orange wire will be used to make the cathode. Insert the bare end of the anode (green) wire into the side of the thin felt disc while wearing the gloves provided. Try to keep the wire from exiting the felt. Repeat this step with the cathode (orange) wire and the thick felt disc.
Step 3: Assembling
Pack an even layer of mud into the bottom of your container, at least 1cm deep. Place the anode (green) you constructed in Step 3 on top of the mud, pressing it down firmly to squeeze out air bubbles. Fill your container with more mud, at least 5cm deep, pressing down firmly to squeeze out air bubbles. Let your mud rest for a few minutes and drain any excess liquid. Finally, place the cathode (orange) gently on top of the mud. Do not cover the cathode with mud.
Step 4: Lidding (for MudWatt Kits That Come With Vessels)
If your kit came with the MudWatt Vessel:
Remove your gloves and attach the Hacker Board into the indentation on the lid. Pass the electrode wires through the lid. Facing the semicircular indentation, the cathode (orange) should be on the left and the anode (green) on the right. Now press the lid down onto the jar to snap it into place.
Step 5: Closing the Circuit
1. Bend and connect the cathode wire (orange) to '+' and anode wire (green) to '-' on the Hacker Board.
2. Connect the long end of the blue (10μF) capacitor to pin 1 and its short end to pin 2. You may need to bend the wires so that they fit snuggly.
3. Connect the LED 's long end to pin 5 and its short end to pin 6.
That's it! You should start seeing the LED blink after a few days, once your MudWatt has developed a healthy community of microbes!
What do these components do?
Hacker Board: The Hacker Board takes the low voltage and low current coming from the MudWatt and converts into short bursts of higher voltage and higher current.
Capacitor: The Capacitor is a little energy storage component. It is able to build up energy as power comes in from the MudWatt, and then discharge that energy in a quick burst to blink the LED.
LED: The Light Emitting Diode (LED) takes the electrons being discharged by the capacitor and converts those electrons' energy into light energy.
Step 6: Measuring Microbes and Power Output
Download the MudWatt Explorer App on the App Store or Google Play. You'll be using it to measure, record, and analyze your MudWatt data in the few next steps!
Step 1: Ready, Aim...Measure!
Once your MudWatt's blinker is blinking, open the MudWatt Explorer App and select Measure from the main menu. Line up the blinker in the target on your screen and the App will automatically measure your power and your population of electric bacteria!
Step 2: Record & Analyze Multiple Measurements
Record several measurements by using the Record button on the Measurement screen, and go to the Analyze section of the app to see how your MudWatt functions over time!
Step 3: Discover a Hidden World
Use your power readings to unlock chapters of a fun and educational comic following Shewy, the Electric Microbe. Discover the magic of microbes as Shewy explores this complex, muddy world.
Step 7: A Closing Note and DIY Resources
Thanks so much to everyone that has commented on our post! When Instructables first invited us to post about the MudWatt, we weren't sure if it was the right fit, since it is indeed a product, and we were worried our Instructable would end up sounding like an infomercial. But we decided to do it because the MudWatt is designed to be a DIY MFC kit, after all. While we are of course excited when people buy our products, we're also very excited when we inspire people to pursue their own creation and experimentation. Many people have requested more info for creating their own MFC using off-the-shelf parts. This is completely possible to do, and we've provided resources for that below. However, we've found that making a true MFC with off-the-shelf components is significantly more expensive than purchasing our components. The MudWatt actually started out using off-the-shelf components, but we've managed to get the price down by ordering materials in very large quantities and processing them ourselves.
We've seen several posts about DIY MFCs in the past, but we've found that these projects include the use of metal meshes, metal brushes, copper wire and other materials that corrode in harsh soil environments. Using these corrosive materials means that you're making a corrosion battery instead of an MFC. That corrosion often occurs at the junction between the electrode material and the wire. This junction can be sealed with epoxy, but this is very difficult to do in practice, especially if you're using high-surface-area or porous electrodes, which you'll need if you want to produce any significant power. The funny thing is that this corrosion will actually produce some significant power, which can be very easily mistaken to be coming from microbial activity.
For making your own DIY MFC, here are some places you can find non-corrosive materials:
Carbon electrodes: _URL_
Titanium Wire: _URL_
Charge-pump chip (for power an LED/electronics): S-882Z24-M5T1G
We encourage you to use the MudWatt as a launching point for your own research, and we'd be thrilled if you're able to create a true MFC using off-the-shelf materials at a cheaper price. Happy experimenting!
Comments
HORSENZEBRA (author)2017-02-11
Works well. Thankyou
SHOE0007 (author)2017-01-30
Good attempt for alternative energy. Difficult to scale up and may work better with oxygen exposure. Of course you would have to protect the amplifier from a potential high gain of power. There should be better models out there. This is what I got.
enzymeandco (author)2016-09-09
Hi guys !
We got a Mudwatt blinking 1 time/sec here in Cardiff on good old Welsh estuary mud, only 3 days after setup. We are happy !
We tried to order some Seiko S-882Z charge pumps to build some other MFCs, but it seems that the production is now discontinued.
How are you dealing with this issue to continue to produce your HackerBoards ?
Do you have a new reference to advise ?
Thanks in advance for your answer !
Merinoide (author)2016-05-22
Firstly, sorry by my english, I know that it not the best.
I have two cuestión:
1) Why use the filter more narrow like a anode? What happen or why not use the big filter like a anode, and the smoller like a cathode.
2) It's possible make more electricity power if in the anode put more wires, like a mesh, inside of anode filter?.
Thank very much.
Nknk (author)2016-02-01
hi,
I live in a very cold area. Outside everything is all covered in snow for a few months. Is it OK to collect mud sample in such conditions? Does the freezing temperature kills bacteria


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Fatty Acid Analysis
Bacterial identification by fatty acid analysis holds many advantages. The technology is very accurate, has a high throughput, and the cost per sample is inexpensive. Additionally, fatty acid analysis is an effective tool for strain tracking, an advantage over genetic identification systems.
MIDI Labs offers fatty acid analysis using the MIDI Sherlock® Microbial Identification System - the only automated fatty acid analysis system available. With over 750 literature references from around the world to its credit, the Sherlock® System uses gas chromatography and sophisticated pattern recognition software to identify over 1,500 species of bacteria and yeast based on the unique fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles of each strain.
MIDI Labs provides strain tracking
The Dendrogram program uses cluster analysis techniques to produce unweighted pair matchings based on fatty acid compositions. The results are displayed graphically in a diagram that depicts the relatedness of pairs of entries. Multiple analyses and experience with the program have shown that species link at about 10 Euclidian Distance, subspecies at about 6 Euclidian Distance, and strain at about 4 Euclidian Distance.
Lower linkage indicates greater similarity. In the example above, none of the samples link below 3 Euclidian Distance; therefore the unknown does not belong to any of the known strains. services using the Sherlock® System's dendrogram and/or 2-D plot software, which graphically illustrate relationships between organisms.
As a sister company of MIDI, Inc., we have more experience in FAME technology and using the Sherlock® system than any other lab worldwide.


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The content of ICLD IV was researched and field tested for over a period of more than 30 years in university and justice and public safety environments including police, corrections, customs, immigration, homeland security, and private security. It is based on the breakthrough book titled, Every Officer is A Leader: Coaching Leadership and Learning in Justice, Public Safety and Security Organizations (Revised 2nd Edition). The course was filmed at LAPD and piloted in collaboration with Deputy Chief Mark Perez and his Team of Leaders at the Los Angeles Police Department. This highly competent team was carefully selected to be able to demonstrate the skills involved in Credible Leadership throughout the course.
The breakthrough of this course is that officers are now able to take self-responsibility for mastering the 60 Skills that enable them to perform the 40 Tasks and Responsibilities that research has revealed are critical for leadership success in justice and public safety. Never before has professional leadership been so well-defined and distilled so that it is easily and quickly learned. The course is a research-based, online, performance enhancement learning process that equips leaders to express more empathic caring, be more ethically conscious, and more capable of developing themselves, other leaders, teams and organizations.
At the end of Phase, students will be able to achieve the following objectives in accordance with the information received in class:
- Understand self-management skills for personal development.
- Have the ability to build strength and maintain a grounded state of resilience even in a high-stress situation.
- Develop a command presence based on a deep inner sense of calm and stability.
- Understand your own natural style of communicating with others
- To understand and apply the four Facilitative Conditions: Genuineness, Empathy, Respect, and Specificity.
- Understand the difference between Coaching, Counseling, and Mentoring.
- Understand the importance of accessing the development and functioning levels of others.
- Become more capable of creating high-performance and high-morale teams.
- Understand how Versatility Skills help you to develop your own style and become more responsive to the unique and changing characteristics of individuals, teams, and organizations.


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Georgina Clark
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A fingerprint is 'an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger', and a ridge 'a long narrow hilltop or mountain range'. If you look closely at your fingertip you'll see ridges which can be interpreted as topographic maps, or a layering of mountains, providing a connection that we as humans have with the land. This connection brought me to inlay the narrative of my palm into surfaces to construct a portrait series of abstract images of landscape, exploring how our human 'imprints' resonate with the land.
Influencing artists: Andy Goldsworthy, Ewen Ross
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The landscape is an important subject for both Georgina Clark and Andy Goldsworthy. Compare their approach, particularly how human connection with the land plays a role in their art practice.
What type of landscape do you have in your local area? How do you connect with it? Does it inspire you? Create a series of works based on your relationship with the landscape around you.


Shelly Chauhan
Shelly Chauhan, a chartered psychologist and executive coach, has coached and trained a large number of clients in the corporate world over the past eighteen years on issues such as resilience, stress management and emotional intelligence. In sessions with clients, the conversation regularly turned to parenting as they sought to discover how they could manage their stress levels to be better parents. Having two young children herself, Shelly was only too aware of the challenges of parenting and how parenting guilt and worry could affect other areas of one's life. Over the years she came to realise that at the heart of many of these clients' difficulties was their struggle to notice and regulate their emotional states, and how deeply this affected their ability to connect with, influence and feel genuine empathy for other people, including their children. Based on years of meticulous research into the neuroscience of emotional regulation, stress and human connection, Shelly was inspired to translate this complex research into a methodology combining brain science with practical exercises to help clients enhance their capacity for emotional regulation, wellbeing and connection. Feedback from clients highlights the power of this approach to transform parenting and increase resilience, empathy and general wellbeing both in children and parents. Shelly has a deep sense of compassion towards children. She is committed to helping parents understand how powerful an impact loving connection has on the growing brains of their children and how their need to be loved, understood and accepted is hardwired into us all. Shelly lives in Surrey, England, with her husband and two children, aged ten and seven.
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Friction stir welding has become a popular forging technique used in many applications. The Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB) evaluates this method to seal the 5 cm thick copper canisters that will contain the spent nuclear fuel. To produce repetitive, high quality welds, the process must be controlled, and today a cascade controller is used to keep the desired stir zone temperature.
In this thesis, the control system is extended to also include a plunge depth controller. Two different approaches are evaluated; the first attempt is a decentralized solution where the cascaded temperature controller is kept, and the second approach uses a non-linear model predictive controller for both depth and temperature. Suitable models have been derived and used to design the controllers; a simpler model for the decentralized control and a more extensive, full model used in the non-linear model predictive controller that relates all the important process variables.
The two controller designs are compared according to important performance measures, and the achieved increase in performance with the more complex non-linear model predictive controller is evaluated. The non-linear model predictive controller has not been implemented on the real process. Hence, simulations of the closed loop systems using the full model have been used to compare and evaluate the control strategies.
The decentralized controller has been implemented on the real system. Two welds have been made using plunge depth control with excellent experimental results, confirming that the decentralized controller design proposed in this thesis can be successfully used. Even though the controller manages to regulate the plunge depth with satisfying performance, simulations indicate that the non-linear model predictive controller achieves even better closed loop performance. This controller manages to compensate for the cross-connections between the process variables, and the resulting closed loop system is almost decoupled. Further research will reveal which control design that will finally be used.


Concrete @ your Fingertips
Friction between concrete and sub-base
Friction between the underside of a concrete slab and the sub-base will reduce the slabs capacity to move. This may result in tensile stresses that cause restraint cracking of the slab.
The expression used to calculate the force required to overcome friction is;
Ff = wu, where Ff is the frictional force, w is the weight of the slab and u is the coefficient of friction.
Typically the value of u between concrete and sub-base is 0.7. This can be improved to 0.2 by having a plastic sheet between the concrete and sub-base.
Ref: Knapton J. Ground bearing concrete slabs, Thomas Telford, 2003
Acknowledgement: The Concrete Society
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