Bell schedule committee to implement new schedule next school year
Following notice that Paly was short about 2,000 instructional minutes, the school's bell schedule review committee has expedited its original plan to remodel the current bell schedule. Three possible schedules have been proposed and released for further deliberation among community and committee members alike.
The first proposal provides an option that has minimal structural change to the existing schedule. In this scenario, InFocus would be extended to 10 minutes, giving students more time in between morning blocks to listen to the daily bulletin. Furthermore, mandatory hour-long joint Advisory-Flex blocks would be held after sixth period on both Tuesdays and Thursdays to account for the current lack of instructional minutes.
However, C-days, a common complaint raised by several students, would remain intact. Many of the drawbacks, such as athletes consistently missing the same class for early afternoon games, would still be present.
The second option features alternating even and odd block days. This type of schedule would keep lunch and brunch times consistent throughout the year and it would also solve the issue of athletes missing the same class for early games.
A drawback to this setup is that because C-days would be eliminated, students and teachers may have fewer meetings in a week than what is currently scheduled. Furthermore, because any given day may be either odd or even, there would be no week-to-week consistency with when school ends each day, making it difficult to plan after school activities.
The third and final option would have alternating block days in place of C-days while the remaining 4 days of the schedule would remain the same as is currently set in place. While this would mitigate the problem of an inconsistent schedule, athletes would once again be forced to consistently miss the same class. Furthermore, there would be no buffer between back-to-back even or odd days, giving some students much less time to complete homework assignments or study for tests between classes.
In all scenarios, Flex and Advisory would be made mandatory and extended to one hour on both Tuesdays and Thursdays. Those who do not have advisory will remain at school during Flex time, after which attendance will be taken.
One important benefit that the second and third options share is that there would be more built in time after school for teachers to work on collaboration.
"In option one, staff lose collaboration time," said principal Kim Diorio. "For me, I think it's really important that your teachers have the opportunity to work together and collaborate and work on things like alignment and consistency and grading. If they don't have the time built into the schedule I'm worried that some of the forward movement that we've been making the last few years would slow down."
While the committee was originally formed with the intention of alleviating student stress by possibly removing C-days by the 2017-2018 school year, after the Gunn bell schedule committee informed them of their instructional minute deficiency in late January, they were forced to come to a decision much earlier to ensure proper implementation by next year.
The committee has since held public forums for both students and parents to gather more information from the general public. Surveys for students, parents and teachers have been distributed and the results will be evaluated this week.


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In the Land of Time: And Other Fantasy Tales by Lord Dunsany
In In the Land of Time: And Other Fantasy Tales (1986), literary critic and editor S.T. Joshi has compiled a large collection of Lord Dunsany's short fiction that spans fifty years and is representative of his entire oeuvre. As someone who is not well-acquainted with the writings of Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, the 18th Baron of Dunsany (_PHONE_), I found this collection to be both an excellent resource and an enjoyable read. I especially appreciate the opportunity to listen to this in audiobook format, thanks to Tantor Audio who has recently released an audio edition which is 17 hours long and is beautifully narrated by Steven Crossley.
After giving us an informative introduction, Joshi has arranged Dunsany's stories into six sections. The first and longest section, which he calls Pegana and Environs, contains Dunsany's stories about Pegana, an imaginative land inhabited and controlled by a cast of remote and frivolous gods. These fables, written in a formal and elaborate style and often sounding like the King James Bible, are slightly reminiscent of the tales about the Greek and Roman pantheons (yet more amusing) and include origin stories as well as tales of the gods meddling with humans and amongst themselves. While reading them I found myself thinking of Tanith Lee's TALES FROM THE FLAT EARTH and Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities.
There's a feeling of playfulness and irony that pervades the Pegana stories which, as Joshi suggests, may be related to Dunsany's concurrent reading of Nietzsche. The stories in this section are:
- The Gods of Pegana
- Time and the Gods
- The Legend of the Dawn
- In the Land of Time
- The Relenting of Sarnidac
- The Fall of Babbulkund
The next section is called Tales of Wonder and contains a sampling of stories that are different from those found in Dunsany's 1916 book titled Tales of Wonder. In this section Joshi has included:
- The Sword of Welleran
- The Kith of the Elf-Folk
- The Ghosts
- The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth
- Idle Days on the Yann
- A Shop in Go-by Street
- The Avenger of Perdóndaris
- The Bride of the Man-Horse
In these stories we visit many exotic places and meet a sentient sword, a creature who asks for a soul but ends up regretting it, a man who sets out to prove that ghosts don't exist, singing flowers that are the dreams of poets, a wise talking cat, and a centaur. I liked the style, content, and diversity of these stories better than the Pegana fables.
The third section contains several Prose Poems:
- Where the Tides Ebb and Flow
- The Raft Builders
- The Prayer of the Flowers
- The Workman
- The City
These are very short, most just a couple of minutes in the audiobook version. Here we meet a man whose dead body keeps getting re-buried while he's aware of it, a man who falls off a scaffolding and tries to carve his name on the way down, and a king who swears to visit a city that a prophecy claims he'll never reach. Some of these poems are clever, some are thoughtful. They're all beautifully written. "Roses," a poem of only a few lines, is a good example of one of Dunsany's common themes — that nature will continue to thrive long after humans manage to exterminate themselves.
The fourth section, titled Fantasy and Reality, contains:
- The Wonderful Window
- The Coronation of Mr. Thomas Shap
- The City on Mallington Moor
- The Bureau d'Echange de Maux
- The Exiles' Club
- Thirteen at Table
- The Last Dream of Bwona Khubla
These stories were my favorites. One is about a very expensive window that looks out onto a captivating imaginary city. Another is about a businessman who, with half of his brain, competently and logically does his job and, with the other half of his brain, lives in his own fantasy world. In another story we visit a city that only appears when you drink rum, and in another, we visit a shop where traders can swap the bad things that happen to them. There are some repetitive elements in these stories, but they're all clever and amusing.
Dunsany wrote over 150 stories that have been collected as The Jorkens Tales and Joshi provides five in the fifth section (called Jorkens). Joseph Jorkens is a (fictional) member of a London gentlemen's club who is known for the tall tales which he can be induced to begin if one of the club members buys him a drink. The Jorkens tales that Joshi has chosen for this collection are:
- The Tale of the Abu Laheeb (the first Jorkens story)
- Our Distant Cousins
- The Walk to Lingham
- The Development of the Rillswood Estate
- A Life's Work
Jorkens tells the fantastical tales as if they're true, so his listeners are never quite sure how much to believe. In these tales, Jorkens visits Mars, puts an elephant in a matchbox, gets chased by a tree, and explains how the man who just rode by their club in a carriage is actually a satyr. These stories were a lot of fun and I'll be seeking out more of the Jorkens tales soon.
The final section is called Some Late Tales (because they were written later in Dunsany's life) and includes:
- The Policeman's Prophecy
- The Two Bottles of Relish
- The Cut
- Helping the Fairies
- The Romance of His Life
- The Pirate of the Round Pond
This is a diverse set where we see what would happen to London if all the humans were gone, we solve a murder that involves a relish-eating vegetarian, we watch a dog start putting on airs, we witness the consequences of offending "the little people," and we watch some meddlesome boys use torpedoes to sink toy boats on a public pond. These stories, which wouldn't be classified as fantasy, are entertaining and sometimes exude sardonic social commentary.
It's easy to see why Lord Dunsany was such an important influence on Tolkien, Lovecraft, Le Guin, Moorcock, and others fantasy writers. Any reader who is interested in the history of fantasy literature should become familiar with Lord Dunsany's writings and In the Land of Time: And Other Fantasy Tales is the perfect method for doing so. Tantor Audio's new edition is exquisitely performed by Steven Crossley. I highly recommend it.

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This article is part of a series of articles that explain the design rationale behind some of the changes that come with the next evolution of SAP Fiori.
In this article, you will learn about the dynamic page, a new layout that will be used as the basis for most of the standard pages in SAP Fiori. Using the dynamic page will not only bring about some usability improvements, but it will also give a coherent look to the different pages. Due to the increased flexibility of the layout, the dynamic page also allows the application to make better use of the screen real estate on different form factors.
The dynamic page is now available as a first version with the object page layout. The generic layout is currently under development and will be available soon.
From Object View to Dynamic Page
Object view floorplan featuring the object header and the icon tab bar.
One of the first standard page types in SAP Fiori was the object view. This page was designed to display information about a single object or task, such as a product or work item. The most significant parts of that page were the object header, the content area (often containing a tab container with icon tabs), and the footer toolbar.
The object header was designed to provide a simple overview of the most important object information, with the title and some attributes on the left, and an optional key figure and status information on the right. This was also a very consistent repetition of the left-side list view in a master-detail application.
The object header defines a very clear information hierarchy on the page and ensures sufficient white space to create an elegant and simple appearance. This concept works well for certain content and device configurations that we defined in the initial portfolio. On limited screen real estate, the object header provides a robust responsive behavior for contents of different lengths.
However, this layout also exposes some weaknesses. Large screens sometimes produce white spaces in the center. Furthermore, the guidance to keep a certain padding between the lines to ensure safe touch targets sometimes results in extra vertical space being consumed with every additional attribute pushing the content down. Finally, though the rigid structure of the object header ensures consistency and clarity, it also prevents other content, such as information visualization or multiple KPIs, from being shown. We therefore designed a responsive version of the object header that addresses some of these limitations, though some of the structural issues nevertheless persist due to compatibility constraints.
The content area of the object view has two basic structures:
- The flat layout displays all content in vertically-aligned blocks, with all the information visible on one page.
Each of the two structures has advantages as well as disadvantages. While the tab layout allows you to display large information sets on limited screens with little scrolling, it also affects the coherence of the page by chopping up the information into smaller pieces. In this very traditional approach, the user can only see one content block at a time. Also, since the footer toolbar is global and that the toolbar shouldn't change when switching tabs, our experience shows that many designers struggle with which actions should be placed in the footer toolbar.
The flat layout, on the other hand, gives a good overview of all the aspects related to an object at one glance. However, this only works for smaller objects since – as the page doesn't offer navigation – the user would otherwise need to scroll through the entire page to find the information that he or she was looking for.
In general, the recommendation is to use the tab layout for contents with varying length (especially long tables), while the flat layout should be used for limited content and for editing (meaning that also tabbed objects should be switched to a flat layout when editing).
Finally, we have the footer toolbar, which initially used to be the only place for actions, particularly for simple use cases. This approach followed the common mobile patterns of that time, where actions were placed primarily at the bottom of the screen.
The usability of the footer toolbar is particularly affected by the device type and display size. While the footer toolbar works well on mobile devices, users sometimes experience issues locating it on larger displays and on regular computers. In some usability tests we conducted, the dark tool bar was not always found by the users, particularly on first usage.
To summarize, the object view was one of the first page types that we established for SAP Fiori, and it successfully helped to create a consistent and simple appearance. However, it does come with some limitations. The flexibility of the header content, the empty spaces in the layout, and the question of where to place actions, are some examples of where there is room for improvement.
With the dynamic page, we've developed a design that addresses these issues while keeping the advantages of a consistent page layout.
The Structure of the Dynamic Page
The structure of the dynamic page: The header title area contains global actions, and the header content disappears when the user scrolls down the page.
The dynamic page has three areas:
- Header title: This area clearly identifies the content of the page and remains visible at all times. To the right of that area, a toolbar can be found that contains the global actions. A more detailed explanation of the action concept will follow later on in this series.
- Header content: This area contains secondary header information such as attributes, key facts and figures, charts, and more. As the header content area is very flexible and has no limitations on layout or content types, this area can be used in many ways. When scrolling down the page, the header content area disappears and a short summary appears next to the title. The user can also expand and collapse the header area by clicking on the title.
- Page content: This area can be used freely. However, there are predefined page types such as the object page, which support a specific content model.
Compared to the object view, this layout offers a number of advantages that will give us more flexibility and scalability for future design iterations. With this structure, we first of all provide a stable title that doesn't scroll away (as was the case for the object view), and that complements the merged header area of the launchpad quite well (see previous article).
Furthermore, we provide a stable place for global actions such as Share, Edit, and so on, without taking away additional screen space (as was the case with the footer toolbar). As the header content area is more flexible and can be collapsed, we're able provide rich header information without necessarily pushing down the page content.
In the next section, I'll go into these aspects in more detail.
Object page with a bread crumb on the title, status icons, and a summary. On the right side, an Edit action and a Share icon are shown.
The header title provides the necessary information for the user to immediately identify the content of the page. It is consistently positioned at the very top of the page and is always visible. When the header content area is collapsed, a summary of the header content can be displayed next to the title (for example, "Filtered by company code"). The global actions appears on the very right of the title area. The user can click on the title to expand or collapse the header content area independently of the scrolling position (either by pushing in the header content or by overlaying the page contents).
If a page is closely related to another page (for example, if the object on that page is part of another object), an additional breadcrumb can be displayed on top of the title to allow navigation up the hierarchy.
When using the header title, you have to carefully manage the contents in order to avoid truncation. The overflow behavior is defined to avoid unwanted behavior, but it's still necessary to minimize the number of actions, the content summary, and also to control the title length carefully. With the additional possibilities that offer more flexibility, it is even more important that the contents be well-managed and kept simple during the design process.
Object page with a bread crumb on the title, status icons, and a summary. On the right side, an Edit action and a Share icon are shown.
The header content is designed to display the necessary information required to understand of the most important aspects of the object or contents on the screen. In general, this can include:
- Key figures
- Micro charts
The most flexible way to set this up is to organize the header contents into small entities or facets, and align them in a flow layout. We don't recommended displaying editable controls such as input fields in the header content, as the header should really be reserved for displaying information only. However, the contents of the header content can be interactive and influence the contents of the page below.
List page with a filter bar. The filter title, variant management, and Analyze action are located in the header title area. The filter fields are located in the header content area.
In order to accommodate the filter bar into the dynamic page layout, we split the filter bar into two components: the title with the variant management that go into the header title, and the filter controls that are displayed in the header content area.
In the dynamic page layout, the visibility of the filter bar can be adjusted by scrolling up and down the page, by selecting the title, or through an additional action that hides or shows the filter bar. For desktop tables that don't use page scrolling, but which have a scrollbar within the table, clicking the title or the Hide/Show actions is the only option to change the visibility of the toolbar.
Such pages would contain controls like:
- Filter bar
- Facet filter
- Visual filter (labs preview)
- Icon tab bar
Analytical list page (lab preview) with a visual filter in the header content area.
In the analytical list page (lab preview), a visual filter can be placed in the header content area to filter the contents of the page below. The same applies for the filter bar or other charts. Another example would be placing a timeline control in the header content that can


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Tips to help you prepare for the Western Cape summer fire season
Cape Town - Wildfires are common in South Africa with significant social, economic, and environmental impacts. Santam, South Africa's leading short-term insurer urges homeowners, especially those in wildland-urban interface areas with their proximity to flammable vegetation, to play their part to mitigate risks amid the increasing global pattern of destructive wildfires.
Historically, the looming Western Cape summer fire season between November and April, is known for higher-than-normal fire risk, and already over the last few weeks fires were reported in Tokai Forest, Signal Hill, Table Mountain, Betty's Bay and near Rawsonville.
According to Global Forest Watch (GFW) fire seasons are becoming more extreme and widespread. Hotter, drier weather caused by climate change and poor land management create conditions favourable for more frequent, larger and higher intensity wildfires. Their statistics show that in South Africa there were 7 914 fire alerts reported between 25 October 2021 and 17 October 2022.
This is high compared to previous years going back to 2012. So far, 41 kha (41 000 ha) of land have been burnt in 2022. The most fires recorded in a year were in 2021 when 3.4 Mha (3,4 million ha) were burnt.
Attie Blaauw, Santam's Head of Personal Lines Underwriting, says fire season is a real and present risk over this time of year and residents need to be alert to the danger's fires can pose to properties and possessions.
"To prevent the loss of lives and property, it is vital to improve ways to prevent, manage and extinguish wildfires. Everyone needs to be aware of the danger of fire during this season."
Santam recommends the following safety tips:
- Avoid the build-up of materials that can act as fuel for a fire. For example, recycling stations with cardboard boxes, papers and plastic containers should be kept away from dwellings and emptied on a regular basis
- Smoke detector alarms installed within sections of a property are good additions and can serve as early warning systems
- Knowing where the fire hydrants are located within and outside of the property can assist the local fire team with speedy connection of the water hoses
- Have an evacuation plan, including exit points is essential, as is having an emergency firebox of documents should you live in a fire-prone area
- Always extinguish fires and safely dispose of hot ash, coal and cigarettes
- Always work in an open, cleared area when working with power tools
- Ensure that all of your electrical appliances are correctly wired
- Keep the area around your home clear of flammable materials
- Only burn rubbish on cooler days with little or no wind, provided you have a burning permit
- Never leave an open fire unattended
- Only use fireworks and Chinese lanterns far from areas prone to fire
- Register with the Fire Protection Association for enhanced security - failure to do so may result in a court of law automatically assuming that you are guilty of negligence in the event of a liability lawsuit
Blaauw adds that homeowners should check their insurance policies annually and ensure their household contents and homeowner's sum insured (the sum that your property or building is insured for) are in line with the current replacement value of their household goods. "Policyholders should also ensure that the value of their buildings is adequately insured," he says.

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Rooting for realistic black dolls
First there was the golliwog, then there was black Barbie. Now the creators of a new talking doll say that, after 140 years of racism and negative stereotyping, toys for black children have finally come of age with a doll that teaches them their roots.
Rooti dolls claim to be the first fashion dolls to speak languages from countries ranging from Ghana to Zimbabwe and are designed to help the Western children of African parents to stay in touch with their heritage.
"The idea of Rooti dolls is to create that early interest in our children in their own culture, an appreciation of where they come from and to improve their self-esteem," said Chris Chidi Ngoforo, founder of United Kingdom-based Rooti Creations, which makes the dolls.
"My three daughters love dolls that look and dress like them," said Ngoforo. "But my daughters couldn't speak a word of Igbo, which is the ethnic group in Nigeria that I come from. They were my inspiration to create a doll that could provide a positive image and also teach them our languages."
The dolls, which go on sale this year, are further evidence of a resurgence in confidence among African migrants, experts say, and an increasing desire to hold on to their culture.
"In the past, the argument for not teaching the children the African language in addition to English was that it would confuse them or detrimentally affect their picking up of English, which is deemed to be the more important language," said Kwaku, a UK-based African history consultant. "Now we know that children can learn several languages at the same time."
Reshaping the toy industry
The dolls are the latest in a long line of attempts to reshape a toy industry that for many people of African descent still reflects racial prejudice. Attempts by Mattel to create an entire range of African-American Barbie dolls – with names such as Chandra, Zahara, Trichelle and Janessa – met with derision from some groups, who said the dolls did not go far enough in portraying a more realistic body image of black women.
"Many people told us that the [black] dolls on the market look like a white doll painted black," said Ngoforo. "Our dolls are created as a real image... of us as black people – African, African-Caribbean and African-American. They have wider noses, fuller lips, long curly hair and they come in various shades of black."
The impact on children of unrealistic depictions of black people has been the subject of controversy since the legal case that led to the desegregation of schools in the United States in the 1950s. Psychologist Kenneth Clark conducted a test on black children in which, given dolls that were identical except for their skin colour, the majority associated the black doll with negative stereotypes.
"Without dolls that accurately represent their own image, children end up looking up to white dolls and seeing the white image as being powerful and what beauty is," said Phillip Jordan, author of a study on racial preferences among black children.
But Rooti dolls, despite their more African facial features, have been criticised too. The dolls have long hair, which critics say reinforces negative messages about natural Afro hair and encourages the growing trend in hair extensions.
Ngoforo is planning a new range that promotes natural hair and more detailed black features. – © Guardian News & Media 2012

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Amplifications of flow past a backward-facing step with respect to optimal inflow and initial perturbations are investigated at Reynolds number 500. Two mechanisms of receptivity to inflow noise are identified: the bubble-induced inflectional point instability and the misalignment effect downstream of the secondary bubble. Further development of the misalignment results in decay of perturbations from
onwards (the step is located at
), as has been observed in previous non-normality studies (Blackburn et al., J. Fluid Mech., vol. 603, 2008, pp. 271–304), and eventually limits the receptivity. The receptivity is found to be maximized at an inflow perturbation frequency of
and a spanwise wavenumber of
, where the inflow noise takes full advantage of both mechanisms and is amplified over two orders of magnitude in terms of the velocity magnitude. In direct numerical simulations (DNS) of the flow perturbed by optimal or random inflow noise, vortex shedding, flapping of bubbles, three-dimensionality and turbulence are observed in succession as the magnitude of the inflow noise increases. Similar features of linear and nonlinear receptivity are observed at higher Reynolds numbers. The Strouhal number of the bubble flapping is 0.08, at which the receptivity to inflow noise reaches a maximum. This Strouhal number is close to reported values extracted from DNS or large eddy simulations (LES) at larger Reynolds numbers (Le et al., J. Fluid Mech., vol. 330, 1997, pp. 349–374; Kaiktsis et al., J. Fluid Mech., vol. 321, 1996, pp. 157–187; Métais, New Trends in Turbulence, 2001, Springer; Wee et al., Phys. Fluids, vol. 16, 2004, pp. 3361–3373). Methods to further clarify the mechanisms of receptivity and to suppress the noise amplifications by modifying the base flow using a linearly optimal body force are proposed. It is observed that the mechanisms of optimal noise amplification are fully revealed by the distribution of the base flow modification, which weakens the bubble instabilities and misalignment effects and subsequently reduces the receptivity significantly. Comparing the base flow modifications with respect to amplifications of inflow and initial perturbations, it is found that the maximum receptivity to initial perturbations is highly correlated with the receptivity to inflow noise at the optimal frequency
, and the correlation reduces as the inflow frequency deviates from this optimal value.


FIGURE 2 | Phalloplasty techniques in female-to-male genital surgery.
From the following article:
Gender reassignment surgery: an overview
Gennaro Selvaggi & James Bellringer
Nature Reviews Urology 8, 274-282 (May 2011)
doi:10.1038/nrurol.2011.46
Gender reassignment surgery: an overview
The aim of phalloplasty is to create a phallus of satisfactory cosmetic appearance and with possible erectile function. In suprapubic phalloplasty, a phallus is created from an abdominal skin flap and a neourethra is formed from vaginal epithelium and skin. Free-flap techniques have largely superseded suprapubic phalloplasty. In radial forearm flap phalloplasty (the most common technique), a full thickness flap is raised on the radial artery with cutaneous nerves intact. The flap is formed in two parts to create the urethra and phallus. The neophallus is detached from the donor site and put into position, anastomosing the blood vessels and connecting the cutaneous nerves. The pars fixa of the urethra is tubed forward from the perineum using tissue from the labia minora and joined to the skin tube (pars pendulans) to emerge from the tip of the neophallus. The Norfolk technique can then be used to sculpt the glans penis to improve the cosmetic appearance of the neophallus.
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StreamableApache Kafka integration version 0.9.0.v201807061239 by KNIME AG, Zurich, Switzerland
This node allows to send messages to Kafka.
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Client ID
An id string to pass to the Kafka cluster when making requests. This string can be included as a logical application name in server-side request logging, thus making it easier to track the source of requests beyond ip/port.
Topic(s)
A list of topics the producer sends the messages to. The topics list has to be entered in the form topic1,topic2,....
Message column
A String or JSON column containing the messages that have to be send to the Kafka cluster.
Transaction Settings
Use transaction
Specifies whether the messages have to be send in a transactional fashion or not.
Transaction ID
The transaction id of the message producer. This id has to be unique.
Transaction Commit Options
Allows to specify the number of messages send per transaction.
 - Input end This option ensures that the whole input is send in a single transaction
 - Batchwise This option sends a fixed number of messages per transaction. Larger values result in less transactions but might stall message consumption.
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Advanced Settings
Allows to specify additional producer related options, e.g., request timeout and number of retries. For further details on the individual options see the tooltip or consult the official Kafka documentation.
Input Ports
Data table holding the column to be send to the Kafka cluster
Connection details used to create the Kafka Producer
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As Maine faces growing threats from development, pollution and climate change, it is ever more important to protect our environment. Maine's ecological reserve system was created by the Legislature in 2000 to maintain effective representations of all habitat types; to help conserve biodiversity by protecting habitat for species not protected on lands managed for other purposes; to serve as ecological research sites; and to provide low-impact recreation opportunities.
Ecological reserves support rare, threatened and endangered species as well as common and game species. They are large carbon sinks, sequestering and storing more above-ground carbon than other Maine lands on a per acre basis. Expanding ecological reserves is a critical part of meeting the state's climate goals and aligned with the Maine Climate Council's land conservation efforts.
The original 2000 law limits the size of Maine's ecological reserve system. The goal of protecting all Maine habitat types has not been met. An ecological reserve bill, LD 736, now pending in the Maine Legislature, would remove arbitrary caps to allow designation of additional reserves. Public lands are a uniquely American idea, representing our stewardship of the Earth. Please contact your legislators in support of LD 736.


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You are always at a risk of suffering from some minor or major accidents when you are practicing different activities like longboarding. Most of the times, the accidents are caused due to the balancing issues and sometimes, the accidents are caused when a rider bumps into a vehicle or in any other strong object while riding a longboard.
Similarly, some riders suffer from an accident while trying different stunts. These are the different types of accidents that can be avoided by practicing your skills regularly and carefully but there are some other types of accidents that cannot be avoided even if you practice your skills regularly. These are the accidents that are usually caused due to the maintenance issues.
The maintenance problems can put you into a lot of trouble, therefore, you must take good care of your equipment. Most of the new riders do not pay any attention the maintenance as they do not understand the importance of regularly maintaining their longboard. As a result, they suffer from a severe accident due to a breakage or other problem. In this article, we are going to discuss some useful ways that you can use to maintain your longboard regularly if you want to avoid the accidents. Carefully, take a look at these tips and make them a part of your routine.
Most of the manufacturers use the water-resistant material to prepare a longboard but there are some manufacturers that do not use such kind of material. In both the cases, you need to protect the longboard with the help of a plastic sheet so that it may stay safe from the dangerous effects of water and heat. The heat of the Sun can also affect the quality of your board. So, you must use a plastic sheet to avoid both types of damages. Make sure that the plastic sheet is applied in a way that it does not affect your practice at all.
Make sure the wheels that are installed in the longboard are properly maintained because wheels play an important role in moving your board forward. So, you must regularly check the wheels before starting your practice. You must try to remove the minor objects that may affect the speed of the wheel because these objects can sometimes make your wheels stuck in a position. It means that you will badly get injured if the wheels stop immediately while you are riding the board.
Regular inspection of the board is another important thing that can help in preventing different kinds of accidents. Thus, you will be able to find different issues that have appeared on the board after a particular time period. So, you must get the board inspected at regular intervals.


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Collaborative Design for Charity | 為慈善共創設計
The 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake has been a huge disaster in human history and it was as well an unprecedented catastrophe for the giant pandas living in the wild. After the earthquake, a group of young artists volunteered to go to Wolong for rescue work. They encountered many pandas that had escaped the disaster. They were hungry because their natural habitat was devastated after the earthquake. One of the pandas lying on the ground seemed to be injured, but it still stayed strong. It stood up and tried to stretch the claws to reach the bamboos across the fence. This scene has been permanently fixed in the minds of these artists and since become the inspiration of HeArt Panda.
In its ten-year establishment, HeArt Panda started in its hometown Chengdu, and has since developed into a global icon for charity, spreading the Chinese spirit of 'strength, bravery, love and tolerance' along the way. HeArt Panda collaborates with different organisations with its iconic panda figurines, often inviting artists or renowned individuals to create customised versions, which are then auctioned for charity causes. Through「DesignXcel」, HeArt Panda offered its 8-inch version figurine as a platform for collaboration, inviting design freshmasonry Janie to apply her own narrative.
In the collaboration, Janie painted her Panda in blue and decorated it with white clouds all over. Accompanying the panda is a miniature representation of the metropolis made with paper staples. Janie describes the panda as a symbol for a 'deep blue heaven', where its overarching presence over the city is similar to a guardian that oversees the collective hope of its citizens. The panda also represents nature and shows the projection of Janie's wish for the cohabitation of nature and civilisation.
十年流轉，HeArt Panda從它的家鄉成都出發，後來成為一個全球知名的慈善企業，宣揚「堅強、勇敢、友愛、包容」的中國精神。HeArt Panda利用其標誌性的熊貓像與不同的機構合作，經常邀請藝術家或知名人士創作定制的版本，然後將作品拍賣以作慈善用途。通過《設計列陣》，HeArt Panda善用其8吋高的熊貓像作為合作平台，邀請了設計新鮮人劉彥慈將自己的敘事加入其中。
Lau Yin Chi, Janie
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 香港理工大學


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- December 27, 2013
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HERB OF THE WEEK
Common Name: Indian Kino Tree, Malabar kino tree
Sanskrit Name :Asana,Beejaka, Peetshal, Vijaysar
Latin Name: Pterocarpus marsupium – Leguminosae
Botanical Description- The tree grows to 10-15 mtrs. In height, smoky skin of the trunk bears vertical slits. Gum is red in colour. Leaves and foliage bear wavy margin. Flowers- yellowish. Legumes- contain two seeds. Water turns yellow at the beginning and then trunk is dipped in it.
Vijaysar is safe and cheap method to take care of Diabetics, weight control and reduce joints pain.Vijaysar was first introduced by Sushruta(1000s of years ago for this disease.
About 50 C. C. Water extract should be given in divided doses for three times a day. It provides a sense of well being and keeps normal health along with prompt symptomatic relief.
Since ancient times, Ayurvedacharyas used blocks/pieces of Vijaysar to control diabetes. Pieces of Vijaysar were soaked in water overnight and in the morning, the same was sieved with cloth and given to the diabetes patient. Such a practice carried out regularly had dramatic results in
Latin Ayurvedacharyas improved upon this method and prepared a glass of Vijaysar wood in which water was stored overnight and given to the patient in the morning.
Herbal wood Glass is made up of vijaysar (India Kinotree). A natural Ayurvedic treatment to controldiabetes.
It has a magnificent role in reducing excessive fat from the body. It also controls blood sugar level & purifies blood.
Vijaysar anti- Diabetes herbal wood
Glass is thus, a time tested and effective means of controlling diabetes. It is also a means of reducing excess fat from the body, controlling blood sugar and purifying blood.
Its principal constituents are liquiritigenin and isoliquiritigenin. An aqueous infusion of the wood is used in diabetes. It has been found to reduced the glucose absorption from the gastrointestinal tract and improve insulin and pro-insulin levels. It is effective in beta cell regeneration and has also been found to have a hypocholesteremic effect.
It also said to be effective in beta-cell regeneration.
A Natural way to control-
High Blood Pressure
Vijaysar is rich in Polyphenolic Compounds
- Regular use of Vijaysar Glass significantly lowers the blood glucose level of hyperglycemic.
- Vijaysar modulates tissue glucose utilization in insulin dependent tissues.
- Vijaysar helps to overcome complications of chronic diabetes – delays onset of diabetic complications.
- Vijaysar helps to reduce the glucose absorption from the gastrointestinal tract and improve insulin & pro-insulin levels.
- Vijaysar reduces fasting & post parandial hyperglycemia.
- Vijaysar regenerates beta cells of pancreas.
- Vijaysar is found to have a hypocholesteremic effect.
- Vijaysar reduces cardinal symptoms for diabetes like polyuria (production of large volumes of urine), Polyphagia (gluttonous excessive eating), Polydipsia (abnormally intense thirsts), burning pains in limbs & general weakness.
- Vijaysar has been reported to have strong antihyperglycemic activity. The active flavonoid principle (+)-epicatechin exerts protective & restorative effects in diabetes.


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Costa Rica News (QCostaRica) – It was at 2pm Monday when a pilot reported a problem with one of the engines, a possible explosion in a turbine, forcing the aircraft to return and make an emergency landing.
The plane, an Airbus 319 owned by Avianca airlines (still with the TACA logo), had just taken off from the San José airport bound for El Salvador.
After a safe landing, firefighters inspected the engines and determined there had been non fire, but one of the two had been damaged because a bird got caught in one of the turbines.
Avianca said the airplane was without passengers, only a skeleton crew, it was a transfer flight. No injuries were reported.
After the Bomberos (firefighters) made their inspections, the aircraft was removed from the runway and transferred to a hangar for repairs.
Birds represent a serious, but often misunderstood, threat to aircraft. Most bird strikes do not result in any aircraft damage, but some bird strikes have led to serious accidents involving aircraft of every size. The majority of bird strikes cause little damage to the aircraft; however the collision is usually fatal to the bird(s) involved.
Most accidents occur when the bird hits the windscreen or flies into the engines.


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Behavioural Optometry is a vision care system based on the understanding that vision is the dominant sensory process, and that it develops throughout one's life.
Through the careful use of lenses and vision training activities, Behavioural Optometrists facilitate the development of a more efficient and complete visual process. This enhanced visual process leads to improved performance in many areas of life including general movement and co-ordination skills, academic development, in the workplace and in sports and other recreational activities.
Behavioural Optometry defines vision as "the ability to derive meaning and direct action through light". It explores and examines how the visual input at the eye is dealt with in the brain and how it integrates with other brain processes e.g. hearing, movement, touch etc.


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Wondering which type of flat iron you need for your hair type?
This guide will help you make an enlightened decision.
Find out which iron is suitable for your hair type!
It is important to know about the types of flat irons available.
Table of Contents
- Ceramic Flat Irons: Deliver even heat distribution, ideal for fine to medium hair.
- Titanium Flat Irons: Heat up quickly, perfect for thick, coarse hair.
- Tourmaline Flat Irons: Produce negative ions, reducing frizz and enhancing shine.
The 6 Different Types Of Flat Irons & How They Work
In this article, we talk about the types of flat irons according to their materials, their uses, and which is best depending on your hair type.
Generally, the materials are the main aspect where most flat irons differ and where you should spend most of your time buying a new flat iron.
Mainly there are 3 types of flat iron materials you find in the market:
- Titanium Flat Irons
- Tourmaline Flat Irons
- Ceramic Flat Irons
There are other materials, too like
- Wet to dry flat irons.
We will cover all of them below.
1. Titanium Flat Iron
Titanium is a durable metal found on the earth, and it is now widely used in flat irons.
Titanium flat irons are extremely beneficial for thick or coarse hair because of their heat transfer system.
It can transfer heat quickly and evenly. So, if you are tired of wasting time straightening your hair, you should get one of these.
Titanium flat irons distribute (and generate) heat perfectly by producing negative ions.
Negative ions produce infrared technology, which can tame your frizzy hair well. It tames the frizz and makes the hair look shiny and sleek.
On the other hand, those with thick hair struggle with straightening because it takes so much time.
Titanium-made straighteners use a modern heat transfer process to transfer heat from the iron to the hair fast and evenly. So it takes less time to straighten the hair.
But those who have thin hair also can use it without any hesitation. Titanium flat irons generally have a wide range of heat settings.
The temperature can be controlled as needed. So, you can always avoid hair damage with it. Furthermore, titanium is a well-known flat iron material that does the least possible damage to your hair.
It is a long-term investment in your hair care. Moreover, titanium is one of the most durable flat irons available, so you won't have to worry about replacing it for a long time.
Although good quality titanium flat irons can cost a little more than other flat irons, they are worth the price.
Dive into the fun world of hair tools as we pit titanium against ceramic flat irons – which one's the champ for your hair type? Let's find out!
2. Tourmaline Flat Iron
The negative ions in titanium flat irons are also available in tourmaline flat irons.
Therefore, if your hair is curly, damaged, or unhealthy, this flat iron will suit you best.
Because such hair is rich with positive ions, negative ions can perfectly tame it down.
It will give your hair a shiny and healthy look by securing moisture. On the other hand, tourmaline flat irons need less heat to straighten hair, so your hair is less likely to get damaged.
One of the many reasons flat irons damage hair is the lack of smoothness on the flat iron's surface.
Since tourmaline is not a single metal, it cannot be used as a single material. Generally, it is used as a coat of dust over the ceramic surface.
Ceramics is one of the smooth surfaces used in flat irons. So the surface of tourmaline flat irons is so smooth that it should never cause any hair damage.
Tourmaline flat iron distributes heat evenly to your hair, requiring no more than a few seconds to straighten one section of your hair.
It will cut your hair styling time in half. Moreover, tourmaline also helps repair your hair's damage and prevent further damage as tourmaline dust protects the hair from excessive heat.
Another cause of hair damage and frizziness is the lack of moisture in our hair. Flat iron generally brings out all the moisture and makes it drier.
But tourmaline flat iron prevents this process and locks the hair's moisture, making the hair healthier and shinier.
If you're keen on mastering versatile styling techniques, delve into our guides on how to make curls with flat iron, how to straighten hair with curling iron, and get inspired by various flat ironed hairstyles.
3. Ceramic Flat Iron
What is ceramic? It is an inorganic, nonmetallic material that becomes very hard through heat. It is also corrosion-resistant.
The main reason ceramic is used in flat irons is its even heat distribution and lower price.
Flat iron plates made with ceramic have a smooth finish. Thus, it is most suitable for fine and thin hair.
This is one of the main reasons these plates are trendy. You'll experience flawless and smooth ironing with an exceptionally smooth finish while straightening or styling your hair with ceramic flat irons.
But why are these ceramic plates preferred by girls worldwide? These plates are extremely safe and ideal for thin and fragile hair.
Moreover, ceramic flat irons do not get heated easily. The temperature is easily manageable.
That means, in ceramic flat irons, you will find a wide range of temperature controls to suit your hair's heat.
However, ceramic hair straighteners are also well known for providing consistent heat so that your hair gets less damaged.
Furthermore, ironing your hair requires less time, so you'll have extra protection for your fine strands.
More importantly, the "ionic technology" of ceramic straighteners can keep your hair frizz-free and keep moisture by neutralizing positive ions.
Lastly, ceramic flat irons are the most economical options among the ones mentioned in this article.
If you are searching for a great flat iron for your fine or thin hair, go for a ceramic one.
4. Ionic Flat Iron
The term ionic means it generates negative ions and neutralizes positive ones.
Our hair generally gets positively charged from the water content (H2O+) and humid weather.
The positive ions cause frizziness, damage, breakages, and other damage to our hair.
Therefore, it must eliminate the positive ions to keep our hair healthy and in good condition.
Thus, hair experts suggest using hair tools that provide enough negative ions, which will help make your hair smoother, shinier, and frizz-free.
Ionic flat irons are best for frizzy, dry, breakage-prone, curly, or coarse hair.
You can use ionic flat irons on your fine hair, but you should be careful and set the temperature low.
Ionic straighteners lock the moisture into your hair, making it smoother, softer, and shinier.
If your hair is too dry, damaged, or breakage-prone, try the Bio Ionic 10x Flat iron for smoother and shinier hair.
You can find many other ionic flat irons in the market, but this one is our recommendation if you have not used any ionic straightener before.
5. Wet to Dry Flat Iron
These flat irons are specially made to use on wet hair. The venting system will allow you to straighten your hair in just one step.
This flat iron is for you if your hair is heavy or you have very thick, long, coarse hair. It can also prevent frizziness.
But if you want your hair smooth and shiny, like ironing with an ionic or ceramic hair straightener, you may be disappointed.
Nevertheless, these irons are a great replacement for blow dryers. If you don't have much time to blow dry your wet hair, these irons can do that.
However, these flat irons are not as reliable as the other irons we talked about, though these are usually high quality.
Moreover, there is no safe technology in these—other models with more advanced technology work really well on damp hair.
Our recommendation goes to these two wet-to-dry flat iron:
6. Professional Flat Iron
This name indicates the flat irons, which professional hair experts recommend.
These hair straighteners are being used in salons or beauty parlors.
These flat irons have superior features and longevity than most straighteners people keep at home.
These flat irons can give your hair incredible texture, glow, and any professional style.
But remember that these irons are expensive, and you need to be pro to use them.
Are There Any Other Flat Iron Options?
You can find other flat irons in the market, but not all are suitable. Some are made with silicone or rubber, which can help you sort out the strands when pulled out.
On the other hand, less expensive irons tend to have small Teflon-coated plates.
Additionally, there are metal and glass flat irons. But these are very low-quality irons, and iron plates can burn, break or damage your strands quite easily.
We always recommend staying away from these types of hair straighteners.
Which flat iron type is best for reducing hair damage?
Ceramic flat irons offer even heat distribution, minimizing the risk of hair damage.
I have thick, curly hair. Which flat iron should I choose?
Titanium flat irons are ideal for thick, curly hair due to their rapid heating capability.
How can I achieve a shiny finish with a flat iron?
Tourmaline flat irons release negative ions, which can help reduce frizz and boost hair's shine.
You must understand the type of flat irons available. You can get excellent results while protecting your


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Crassula Ovata Gollum or more commonly referred to as Gollum Plant is an evergreen succulent. Its leaves often get compared to Shreks ears.
This plant likes bright light and can handle some direct sunlight.
Pot size: 8.5cm
Height: approx. 15cm
This plant can be toxic if ingested.
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||Method for Hand Rearing of Saimiri Sciureus.
Hinkle, Donald K. ;
Session., Horace L. ;
||Environmental Protection Agency, Perrine, Fla. Perrine Primate Lab.
Laboratory animals ;
Veterinary medicine ;
Body weight ;
Food consumption ;
Saimiri sciureus ;
||Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown.
A method for hand rearing newborn and very young New World monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) was described. There has been an increased demand for this type of animal in toxicological investigations in which the experimental design requires separation of the mother from the neonate. The infants were housed in incubators for the first 8 weeks of life and then transferred to individual stainless steel cages. Their diet consisted of liquid formula made from a combination of several commercial human infant nutriments. This report includes mean values for increase in body weight and formula consumption, as well as some clinical observations during the first 12 weeks of life.


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A Higher Education Fable
Once there was a school on the top of a steep hill. Because it was on a hill, it was called Higher Education.
Everyone who worked at this school had been taught by the teachers in the school down the hill. But because they were now up the hill, they did think a lot about the teachers down the hill. Most of the teachers down the hill were women and most of the teachers up the hill were men.
There were several different students who went to the Higher Education school.
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Class: ClassificationEnsemble
Classification edge by resubstitution
edge = resubEdge(ens)
edge = resubEdge(ens,Name,Value)
edge = resubEdge(ens) returns the classification edge obtained by ens on its training data.
Input Arguments
A classification ensemble created with fitensemble.
Name-Value Pair Arguments
Indices of weak learners in the ensemble ranging from 1 to NumTrained. resubEdge uses only these learners for calculating edge.
Default: 1:NumTrained
String representing the meaning of the output edge:
 - 'ensemble'edge is a scalar value, the loss for the entire ensemble.
 - 'individual'edge is a vector with one element per trained learner.
 - 'cumulative'edge is a vector in which element J is obtained by using learners 1:J from the input list of learners.
Default: 'ensemble'
Output Arguments
Classification edge obtained by ens by resubstituting the training data into the calculation of edge. Classification edge is classification margin averaged over the entire data. edge can be a scalar or vector, depending on the setting of the mode name-value pair.
The edge is the weighted mean value of the classification margin. The weights are the class probabilities in ens.Prior.
The classification margin is the difference between the classification score for the true class and maximal classification score for the false classes. Margin is a column vector with the same number of rows as in the matrix ens.X.
Score (ensemble)
For ensembles, a classification score represents the confidence of a classification into a class. The higher the score, the higher the confidence.
Different ensemble algorithms have different definitions for their scores. Furthermore, the range of scores depends on ensemble type. For example:
 - AdaBoostM1 scores range from –∞ to ∞.
 - Bag scores range from 0 to 1.
Find the resubstitution edge for an ensemble that classifies the Fisher iris data:
load fisheriris
ens = fitensemble(meas,species,'AdaBoostM2',100,'Tree');
edge = resubEdge(ens)
edge =
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finite(a) && isfinite(b), then:
 - If t == 0, then r == a.
 - If t == 1, then r == b.
 - If t >= 0 && t <= 1, then isfinite(r).
 - If isfinite(t) && a == b, then r == a.
 - If isfinite(t) || !isnan(t) && b-a != 0, then !isnan(r).
Let CMP(x,y) be 1 if x > y, -1 if x < y, and 0 otherwise.
For any t1 and t2, the product of CMP(lerp(a, b, t2), lerp(a, b, t1)), CMP(t2, t1), and CMP(b, a) is non-negative.
28.7.5 Classification / comparison functions [c.math.fpclass]
The classification / comparison functions behave the same as the C macros with the corresponding names defined in the C standard library.
See also: ISO/IEC 9899:2018, 7.12.3, 7.12.4
28.7.6 Mathematical special functions [sf.cmath]
28.7.6.1 General [sf.cmath.general]
If any argument value to any of the functions specified in [sf.cmath] is a NaN (Not a Number), the function shall return a NaN but it shall not report a domain error.
Otherwise, the function shall report a domain error for just those argument values for which:
 - the function description's Returns: element explicitly specifies a domain and those argument values fall outside the specified domain, or
 - the corresponding mathematical function value has a nonzero imaginary component, or
 - the corresponding mathematical function is not mathematically defined.237
Unless otherwise specified, each function is defined for all finite values, for negative infinity, and for positive infinity.
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A mathematical function is mathematically defined for a given set of argument values (a) if it is explicitly defined for that set of argument values, or (b) if its limiting value exists and does not depend on the direction of approach.
28.7.6.2 Associated Laguerre polynomials [sf.cmath.assoc.laguerre]
floating-point-type assoc_laguerre(unsigned n, unsigned m, floating-point-type x); float assoc_laguerref(unsigned n, unsigned m, float x); long double assoc_laguerrel(unsigned n, unsigned m, long double x);
Effects: These functions compute the associated Laguerre polynomials of their respective arguments n, m, and x.
Returns:
where n is n, m is m, and x is x.
Remarks: The effect of calling each of these functions is implementation-defined if n >= 128 or if m >= 128.
28.7.6.3 Associated Legendre functions [sf.cmath.assoc.legendre]
floating-point-type assoc_legendre(unsigned l, unsigned m, floating-point-type x); float assoc_legendref(unsigned l, unsigned m, float x); long double assoc_legendrel(unsigned l, unsigned m, long double x);
Effects: These functions compute the associated Legendre functions of their respective arguments l, m, and x.
Returns:
where l is l, m is m, and x is x.
Remarks: The effect of calling each of these functions is implementation-defined if l >= 128.
28.7.6.4 Beta function [sf.cmath.beta]
floating-point-type beta(floating-point-type x, floating-point-type y); float betaf(float x, float y); long double betal(long double x, long double y);
Effects: These functions compute the beta function of their respective arguments x and y.
Returns:
where x is x and y is y.
28.7.6.5 Complete elliptic integral of the first kind [sf.cmath.comp.ellint.1]
floating-point-type comp_ellint_1(floating-point-type k); float comp_ellint_1f(float k); long double comp_ellint_1l(long double k);
Effects: These functions compute the complete elliptic integral of the first kind of their respective arguments k.
Returns:
where k is k.
28.7.6.6 Complete elliptic integral of the second kind [sf.cmath.comp.ellint.2]
floating-point-type comp_ellint_2(floating-point-type k); float comp_ellint_2f(float k); long double comp_ellint_2l(long double k);
Effects: These functions compute the complete elliptic integral of the second kind of their respective arguments k.
Returns:
where k is k.
28.7.6.7 Complete elliptic integral of the third kind [sf.cmath.comp.ellint.3]
floating-point-type comp_ellint_3(floating-point-type k, floating-point-type nu); float comp_ellint_3f(float k, float nu); long double comp_ellint_3l(long double k, long double nu);
Effects: These functions compute the complete elliptic integral of the third kind of their respective arguments k and nu.
Returns:
where k is k and ν is nu.
28.7.6.8 Regular modified cylindrical Bessel functions [sf.cmath.cyl.bessel.i]
floating-point-type cyl_bessel_i(floating-point-type nu, floating-point-type x); float cyl_bessel_if(float nu, float x); long double cyl_bessel_il(long double nu, long double x);
Effects: These functions compute the regular modified cylindrical Bessel functions of their respective arguments nu and x.
Returns:
where ν is nu and x is x.
Remarks: The effect of calling each of these functions is implementation-defined if nu >= 128.
28.7.6.9 Cylindrical Bessel functions of the first kind [sf.cmath.cyl.bessel.j]
floating-point-type cyl_bessel_j(floating-point-type nu, floating-point-type x); float cyl_bessel_jf(float nu, float x); long double cyl_bessel_jl(long double nu, long double x);
Effects: These functions compute the cylindrical Bessel functions of the first kind of their respective arguments nu and x.
Returns:
where ν is nu and x is x.
Remarks: The effect of calling each of these functions is implementation-defined if nu >= 128.
28.7.6.10 Irregular modified cylindrical Bessel functions [sf.cmath.cyl.bessel.k]
floating-point-type cyl_bessel_k(floating-point-type nu, floating-point-type x); float cyl_bessel_kf(float nu, float x); long double cyl_bessel_kl(long double nu, long double x);
Effects: These functions compute the irregular modified cylindrical Bessel functions of their respective arguments nu and x.
Returns:
where ν is nu and x is x.
Remarks: The effect of calling each of these functions is implementation-defined if nu >= 128.
28.7.6.11 Cylindrical Neumann functions [sf.cmath.cyl.neumann]
floating-point-type cyl_neumann(floating-point-type nu, floating-point-type x); float cyl_neumannf(float nu, float x); long double cyl_neumannl(long double nu, long double x);
Effects: These functions compute the cylindrical Neumann functions, also known as the cylindrical Bessel functions of the second kind, of their respective arguments nu and x.
Returns:
where ν is nu and x is x.
Remarks: The effect of calling each of these functions is implementation-defined if nu >= 128.
28.7.6.12 Incomplete elliptic integral of the first kind [sf.cmath.ellint.1]
floating-point-type ellint_1(floating-point-type k, floating-point-type phi); float ellint_1f(float k, float phi); long double ellint_1l(long double k, long double phi);
Effects: These functions compute the incomplete elliptic integral of the first kind of their respective arguments k and phi (phi measured in radians).
Returns:
where k is k and φ is phi.
28.7.6.13 Incomplete elliptic integral of the second kind [sf.cmath.ellint.2]
floating-point-type ellint_2(floating-point-type k, floating-point-type phi); float ellint_2f(float k, float phi); long double ellint_2l(long double k, long double phi);
Effects: These functions


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In today's episode, Corrie and Alan Thetford (founders of Building Wise Families and Connected Families Certified Parent Coaches) join Stacy Bellward (podcast host) to discuss how to help our children want to calm down when they are experiencing big emotions. The conversation explores what's going on in us as parents when we try to make our child calm down, the role of empathy in supporting our child's big emotions, and what's going on beneath the surface of our child's big outburst.
In this podcast, you'll discover:
- what's happening in your child's brain and body that makes them not want to calm down
- how your good intentions to make your child stop or take a break during a meltdown can actually escalate emotions
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Ambient light, ophthalmic artery blood flow velocities and retinopathy of prematurity
Exposure to bright light was recently proposed as a possible risk factor for the development of retinopathy of prematurity. A semi‐longitudinal Doppler ultrasound study was conducted of ophthalmic artery flow velocities at normal and increased ambient light in 22 preterm infants, at post‐menstrual ages from 28 to 37 weeks. The aim of this study was to obtain relationships between ophthalmic artery blood flow velocities at various post‐menstrual ages and lighting conditions and the occurrence of retinopathy of prematurity. A gradual increase in average blood flow velocities was seen between 28 and 37 weeks. A stepwise increase in flow velocity was seen in all cases when ambient light was increased from moderate to intense. Five of the 22 infants developed retinopathy. No association could be established between ophthalmic artery flow velocities or light‐induced changes in flow velocity and the occurrence of retinopathy.
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Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2: Department of Pediatrics. Division of Neonatology, Erasmus University/Sophia Children's Hospital and Rotterdam Eye Clinic
Publication date: October 1, 1993


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Definition of Malus coronaria
1. Noun. Medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit.
Group relationships: Genus Malus, Malus
Generic synonyms: Crab Apple, Crabapple, Wild Apple
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1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"A small tree, resembling malus coronaria. Leaves simple, firm, white-pubescent beneath, at length glabrous above, obtuse at the apex, mostly narrowed at the ..."
2. Tree Guide: Trees East of the Rockies by Julia Ellen Rogers (1914)
"... FRAGRANT CRAB (malus coronaria, Mill.). Shrub to 30 feet. Bushy, low tree with rigid branches and thorny, angular twigs. Bark brown, scaly. ..."
3. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"In thickets, NJ to Kans., Fla. and Ga. —Pennsylvania : CRAWFORD ; ALLEGHENY ; SOMERSET ; WESTMORELAND. 2. malus coronaria (L.) Mill. AMERICAN CRAB-APPLE. ..."


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Environmental Conditions Can Influence Development of Dermo Disease in Oysters
A recent NCCOS-sponsored study by the Smithsonian Institution showed that long-term exposure to daily fluctuations of hypoxia (low dissolved oxygen) increased Dermo disease (Perkinsus marinus) infection in previously uninfected eastern oysters. Surprisingly, daily-cycling pH (a measure of acidity) did not affect Dermo disease infection levels in conjunction with daily-cycling hypoxia or with continuous normal oxygen levels when compared to non-daily-cycling pH treatments. As it turns out, daily-cycling pH may actually improve the immune response of oysters. Counts of oyster immune system cells indicate that daily-cycling pH stimulates the oyster immune system. By contrast, daily-cycling hypoxia conditions suppressed immune function, supporting findings of higher disease infection under severe daily-cycling hypoxia.
These results suggest that coastal resource managers should consider daily-cycling environmental conditions in habitat restoration due to the possible population-level effects on organisms, including increasing disease. Climate change and estuarine eutrophication (nutrient loading that fuels overgrowth of algae) could potentially create such daily-cycling conditions that, if severe enough, could lead to an increased incidence of disease in estuarine organisms.
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Convex Hull
The convex hull of a binary image is the set of pixels included in the smallest convex polygon that surround all white pixels in the input.
A good overview of the algorithm is given on Steve Eddin's blog.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from skimage.morphology import convex_hull_image
from skimage import data, img_as_float
from skimage.util import invert
# The original image is inverted as the object must be white.
image = invert(data.horse())
chull = convex_hull_image(image)
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(8, 4))
ax = axes.ravel()
ax[0].set_title('Original picture')
ax[0].imshow(image, cmap=plt.cm.gray, interpolation='nearest')
ax[0].set_axis_off()
ax[1].set_title('Transformed picture')
ax[1].imshow(chull, cmap=plt.cm.gray, interpolation='nearest')
ax[1].set_axis_off()
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
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chull_diff = img_as_float(chull.copy())
chull_diff[image] = 2
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.imshow(chull_diff, cmap=plt.cm.gray, interpolation='nearest')
ax.set_title('Difference')
plt.show()
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A new study by researchers from McGill University and the University of British Columbia shows that mice, like humans, express pain through facial expressions.
McGill Psychology Prof. Jeffrey Mogil, UBC Psychology Prof. Kenneth Craig and their respective teams have discovered that when subjected to moderate pain stimuli, mice showed discomfort through facial expressions in the same way humans do. Their study, published online May 9 in the journal Nature Methods, also details the development of a Mouse Grimace Scale that could inform better treatments for humans and improve conditions for lab animals.
Because pain research relies heavily on rodent models, an accurate measurement of pain is paramount in understanding the most pervasive and important symptom of chronic pain, namely spontaneous pain, says Mogil.
"The Mouse Grimace Scale provides a measurement system that will both accelerate the development of new analgesics for humans, but also eliminate unnecessary suffering of laboratory mice in biomedical research," says Mogil. "There are also serious implications for the improvement of veterinary care more generally."
This is the first time researchers have successfully developed a scale to measure spontaneous responses in animals that resemble human responses to those same painful states.
Mogil, graduate student Dale Langford and colleagues in the Pain Genetics Lab at McGill analyzed images of mice before and during moderate pain stimuli - for example, the injection of dilute inflammatory substances, as are commonly used around the world for testing pain sensitivity in rodents. The level of pain studied could be comparable, researchers said, to a headache or the pain associated with an inflamed and swollen finger easily treated by common analgesics like Aspirin or Tylenol.
Mogil then sent the images to Craig's lab at UBC, where facial pain coding experts used them to develop the scale. Craig's team proposed that five facial features be scored: orbital tightening (eye closing), nose and cheek bulges and ear and whisker positions according to the severity of the stimulus. Craig's laboratory had previously established studying facial expression as the standard for assessing pain in human infants and others with verbal communication limitations. This work is an example of successful "bedside-to-bench" translation, where a technique known to be relevant in our species is adapted for use in laboratory experiments.
Continuing experiments in the lab will investigate whether the scale works equally well in other species, whether analgesic drugs given to mice after surgical procedures work well at their commonly prescribed doses, and whether mice can respond to the facial pain cues of other mice.


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1. They've taken an 'L' in life — and bounced back from it.
Taking an L," is popular slang generally used to describe a major loss in some sort of competition. In this case, I'd like to expand the meaning of "taking an L" to include all cases in which a person's hopes and expectations were not met in a largely considerable way. The way I see it, one can 'take an L' in their career, relationships, finances, and just about every other area of their lives.
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When you hear the word bias, what comes to mind? A quick google search of the term "bias" yielded some interesting results. Synonyms include words such as partial, influence, partisan, and skewed. Other related terms were much more extreme, including words like prejudice, discriminatory, racist, distorted, and twisted. Yikes!
The opposite of bias included words such as impartial and fair.
How is bias defined in the world of business? Investopedia defines bias as
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It can be hard to find ideas when you need them. Here are some simple tricks for anyone looking for inspiration.
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Play a word matching game
It may sound silly, but it's a great warm-up. Get two sets of post-it notes. On one set, write down names of innovative companies with a niche business model. Examples include Airbnb, Uber, OpenTable, Tinder, and Venmo. Fold the notes and put them in a bowl.
On another set of post-it notes, write down random nouns that relate to people and places. Examples include dogs, schools, introverts, grandmas, and hospitals. Place them in another bowl. I'm sure you see where this is going!
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This memo is broken up into three arguments:
My first argument is why venture capitalists (VCs), should stop chasing disruptive unicorns.
My second argument is why VCs should still look for them.
My last argument is how VCs can use data science to maximize returns on a portfolio, applying principles from the first two arguments.
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Argument 1: Stop Chasing Disruptive Unicorns
Not every successful startup has to be a disruptive unicorn.
Startup unicorns are ones in which the company has a valuation of at least 1 billion dollars. Such companies are termed unicorns because there are few and far between. …
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The power of intuition
Merriam Webster defines intuition as "a natural ability or power that makes it possible to know something without any proof or evidence: a feeling that guides a person to act a certain way without fully understanding why."
Some people call it a sixth sense. Others use it interchangeably with "gut feeling." Examples of intuition in a person's daily life might look like this:
Boarding a plane and having a strong feeling that you know someone whose luggage is in the same bin.
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modify an existing secret, use UpdateSecret.
 - To create a new version of a secret, use PutSecretValue.
 - To retrieve the encrypted secure string and secure binary values, use GetSecretValue.
 - To retrieve all other details for a secret, use DescribeSecret. This does not include the encrypted secure string and secure binary values.
 - To retrieve the list of secret versions associated with the current secret, use DescribeSecret and examine the SecretVersionsToStages response value.
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delete_resource_policy(client, input, options \\ [])
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Deletes the resource-based permission policy attached to the secret.
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 - To attach a resource policy to a secret, use PutResourcePolicy.
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delete_secret(client, input, options \\ [])
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Deletes an entire secret and all of the versions.
You can optionally include a recovery window during which you can restore the secret. If you don't specify a recovery window value, the operation defaults to 30 days. Secrets Manager attaches a DeletionDate stamp to the secret that specifies the end of the recovery window. At the end of the recovery window, Secrets Manager deletes the secret permanently.
At any time before recovery window ends, you can use RestoreSecret to remove the DeletionDate and cancel the deletion of the secret.
You cannot access the encrypted secret information in any secret scheduled for deletion. If you need to access that information, you must cancel the deletion with RestoreSecret and then retrieve the information.
There is no explicit operation to delete a version of a secret. Instead, remove all staging labels from the VersionStage field of a version. That marks the version as deprecated and allows Secrets Manager to delete it as needed. Versions without any staging labels do not show up in ListSecretVersionIds unless you specify IncludeDeprecated.
The permanent secret deletion at the end of the waiting period is performed as a background task with low priority. There is no guarantee of a specific time after the recovery window for the actual delete operation to occur.
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To run this command, you must have the following permissions:
 - secretsmanager:DeleteSecret
 - To create a secret, use CreateSecret.
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describe_secret(client, input, options \\ [])
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Retrieves the details of a secret.
It does not include the encrypted fields. Secrets Manager only returns fields populated with a value in the response.
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 - To create a secret, use CreateSecret.
 - To modify a secret, use UpdateSecret.
 - To retrieve the encrypted secret information in a version of the secret, use GetSecretValue.
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get_random_password(client, input, options \\ [])
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Generates a random password of the specified complexity.
This operation is intended for use in the Lambda rotation function. Per best practice, we recommend that you specify the maximum length and include every character type that the system you are generating a password for can support.
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get_resource_policy(client, input, options \\ [])
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Retrieves the JSON text of the resource-based policy document attached to the specified secret.
The JSON request string input and response output displays formatted code with white space and line breaks for better readability. Submit your input as a single line JSON string.
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 - secretsmanager:GetResourcePolicy
 - To attach a resource policy to a secret, use PutResourcePolicy.
 - To delete the resource-based policy attached to a secret, use DeleteResourcePolicy.
 - To list all of the currently available secrets, use ListSecrets.
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Retrieves the contents of the encrypted fields SecretString or SecretBinary from the specified version of a secret, whichever contains content.
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 - secretsmanager:GetSecretValue
 - kms:Decrypt - required only if you use a customer-managed AWS KMS key to encrypt the secret. You do not need this permission to use the account's default AWS managed CMK for Secrets Manager.
 - To create a new version of the secret with different encrypted information, use PutSecretValue.
 - To retrieve the non-encrypted details for the secret, use DescribeSecret.
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list_secret_version_ids(client, input, options \\ [])
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Lists all of the versions attached to the specified secret.
The output does not include the SecretString or SecretBinary fields. By default, the list includes only versions that have at least one staging label in VersionStage attached.
Always check the NextToken response parameter when calling any of the List* operations. These operations can occasionally return an empty or shorter than expected list of results even when there more results become available. When this happens, the NextToken response parameter contains a value to pass to the next call to the same API to request the next part of the list.
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 - secretsmanager:ListSecretVersionIds
 - To list the secrets in an account, use ListSecrets.
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list_secrets(client, input, options \\ [])
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Lists all of the secrets that are stored by Secrets Manager in the AWS account.
To list the versions currently stored for a specific secret, use ListSecretVersionIds. The encrypted fields SecretString and SecretBinary are not included in the output. To get that information, call the GetSecretValue operation.
Always check the NextToken response parameter when calling any of the List* operations. These operations can occasionally return an empty or shorter than expected list of results even when there more results become available. When this happens, the NextToken response parameter contains a value to pass to the next call to the same API to request the next part of the list.
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 - secretsmanager:ListSecrets
 - To list the versions attached to a secret, use ListSecretVersionIds.
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put_resource_policy(client, input, options \\ [])
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Attaches the contents of the specified resource-based permission policy to a secret.
A resource-based policy is optional. Alternatively, you can use IAM identity-based policies that specify the secret's Amazon Resource Name (ARN) in the policy statement's Resources element. You can also use a combination of both identity-based and resource-based policies. The affected users and roles receive the permissions that are permitted by all of the relevant policies. For more information, see Using Resource-Based Policies for AWS Secrets Manager. For the complete description of the AWS policy syntax and grammar, see IAM JSON Policy Reference in the IAM User Guide.
Minimum permissions
To run this command, you must have the following permissions:
 - secretsmanager:PutResourcePolicy
 - To retrieve the resource policy attached to a secret, use GetResourcePolicy.
 - To delete the resource-based policy attached to a secret, use DeleteResourcePolicy.
 - To list all of the currently available secrets, use ListSecrets.
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put_secret_value(client, input, options \\ [])
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Stores a new encrypted secret value in the specified secret.
To do this, the operation creates a new version and attaches it to the secret. The version can contain a new SecretString value or a new SecretBinary value. You can also specify the staging labels that are initially attached to the new version.
The Secrets Manager console uses only the SecretString field. To add binary data to a secret with the SecretBinary field you must use the AWS CLI or one of the AWS SDKs.
 - If this operation creates the first version for the secret then Secrets Manager automatically attaches the staging label AWSCURRENT to the new version.
 - If you do not specify a value for VersionStages then Secrets Manager automatically moves the staging label AWSCURRENT to this new version.
 - If this operation moves the staging label AWSCURRE


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In-situ instrumentation is needed that can withstand the harsh environments imposed by planetary atmospheres in order to make advancements in solar system exploration. Technologies that can withstand the corrosive/caustic gases, radiation levels, stresses, and high temperatures and pressures, while still producing reliable, real-time data are a major facilitator for planetary missions. To address this need, Sporian is developing a harsh environment pressure sensor targeted toward the Glenn Extreme Environment Rig (GEER) and future Venus probe spacecraft. The proposed technology will be beneficial to NASA's planetary science mission by facilitating, environmental chamber testing/validation, and pressure measurements in the Venus atmosphere and on the surface. The Phase I effort focused on heavily leveraging prior harsh environment, in-situ instrumentation development and, with input from current/prior NASA partners, successfully constructing and characterizing prototype sensor suites. Phase II efforts will include: continuing to work with stakeholders to guide technology development; developing processes and design required to realize next generation sensors; multiple generations of prototyping; and application environment relevant testing.
A harsh environment sensor that can provide real-time pressure information has the potential to provide major advancements in planetary science. The technology will target the Glenn Extreme Environment Rig and its capability to mimic planetary conditions such as those on Venus, but be directly applicable to both current and future NASA programs/directorates, and facilitate innovations in vehicle performance monitoring, environmental testing, and atmospheric characterization of planetary bodies.
Aero propulsion turbine engines would benefit significantly by having an on engine pressure sensor for monitoring turbine engine conditions. Additional potential market areas include: marine propulsion, rail locomotives, land based power generation turbines, automotive, oil and gas refining, nuclear power generation, concentrating solar power systems, and government and academic laboratories.