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Dec. 9, 2010 A researcher at the University of Luxembourg has demonstrated a new class of attacks against mobile phones at the security conference DeepSec in Vienna. Using a base transceiver station (available for 1000 euro) he has shown how common programming errors in the communication stack of mobile phones can be exploited to gain control of the devices.
Ralf-Philipp Weinmann found devastating flaws in a large percentage of cellular communication stacks. According to him, sufficiently motivated attackers are able to attack phones in a way that is almost undetectable. Vulnerable cell phones can be taken over if they are within the range of the rogue transceiver, which may mean hundreds of phones at a time in crowded urban areas. Attackers can cause billing problems by either dialing premium numbers or sending text messages to premium services; or they can monitor the complete communications of the cell phone user.
Eavesdropping on nearby cell phones is also possible by making the vulnerable cell phone pick up incoming calls automatically -- without the user noticing.The attacking transceiver needs to be online for just a couple of seconds to perform the attack.
The University of Luxembourg, is working together with a number of vendors for both cellular communication chips and mobile phones. The objective is to fix the security flaws found and to prevent similar flaws from happening in the future.
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something wrong,
 but having 100% coverage doesn't necessarily mean that you tested
 everything.
 Tests that are likely to smoke out future regressions are better
 than tests that just inflate the coverage metrics.
 - When a test checks for an absolute path that a git command generated,
 construct the expected value using $(pwd) rather than $PWD,
 $TEST_DIRECTORY, or $TRASH_DIRECTORY. It makes a difference on
 Windows, where the shell (MSYS bash) mangles absolute path names.
 For details, see the commit message of 4114156ae9.
Don't:
 - exit() within a <script> part.
 The harness will catch this as a programming error of the test.
 Use test_done instead if you need to stop the tests early (see
 "Skipping tests" below).
 - use '! git cmd' when you want to make sure the git command exits
 with failure in a controlled way by calling "die()". Instead,
 use 'test_must_fail git cmd'. This will signal a failure if git
 dies in an unexpected way (e.g. segfault).
 - use perl without spelling it as "$PERL_PATH". This is to help our
 friends on Windows where the platform Perl often adds CR before
 the end of line, and they bundle Git with a version of Perl that
 does not do so, whose path is specified with $PERL_PATH.
 - use sh without spelling it as "$SHELL_PATH", when the script can
 be misinterpreted by broken platform shell (e.g. Solaris).
 - chdir around in tests. It is not sufficient to chdir to
 somewhere and then chdir back to the original location later in
 the test, as any intermediate step can fail and abort the test,
 causing the next test to start in an unexpected directory. Do so
 inside a subshell if necessary.
 - Break the TAP output
 The raw output from your test may be interpreted by a TAP harness. TAP
 harnesses will ignore everything they don't know about, but don't step
 on their toes in these areas:
 - Don't print lines like "$x..$y" where $x and $y are integers.
 - Don't print lines that begin with "ok" or "not ok".
 TAP harnesses expect a line that begins with either "ok" and "not
 ok" to signal a test passed or failed (and our harness already
 produces such lines), so your script shouldn't emit such lines to
 their output.
 You can glean some further possible issues from the TAP grammar
 (see _URL_
 but the best indication is to just run the tests with prove(1),
 it'll complain if anything is amiss.
Keep in mind:
 - Inside <script> part, the standard output and standard error
 streams are discarded, and the test harness only reports "ok" or
 "not ok" to the end user running the tests. Under --verbose, they
 are shown to help debugging the tests.
Skipping tests
--------------
If you need to skip tests you should do so by using the three-arg form
of the test_* functions (see the "Test harness library" section
below), e.g.:
 test_expect_success PERL 'I need Perl' '
 "$PERL_PATH" -e "hlagh() if unf_unf()"
 '
The advantage of skipping tests like this is that platforms that don't
have the PERL and other optional dependencies get an indication of how
many tests they're missing.
If the test code is too hairy for that (i.e. does a lot of setup work
outside test assertions) you can also skip all remaining tests by
setting skip_all and immediately call test_done:
 if ! test_have_prereq PERL
 then
 skip_all='skipping perl interface tests, perl not available'
 test_done
 fi
The string you give to skip_all will be used as an explanation for why
the test was skipped.
End with test_done
------------------
Your script will be a sequence of tests, using helper functions
from the test harness library. At the end of the script, call
'test_done'.
Test harness library
--------------------
There are a handful helper functions defined in the test harness
library for your script to use.
 - test_expect_success [<prereq>] <message> <script>
 Usually takes two strings as parameters, and evaluates the
 <script>. If it yields success, test is considered
 successful. <message> should state what it is testing.
 Example:
 test_expect_success \
 'git-write-tree should be able to write an empty tree.' \
 'tree=$(git-write-tree)'
 If you supply three parameters the first will be taken to be a
 prerequisite; see the test_set_prereq and test_have_prereq
 documentation below:
 test_expect_success TTY 'git --paginate rev-list uses a pager' \
 ' ... '
 You can also supply a comma-separated list of prerequisites, in the
 rare case where your test depends on more than one:
 test_expect_success PERL,PYTHON 'yo dawg' \
 ' test $(perl -E 'print eval "1 +" . qx[python -c "print 2"]') == "4" '
 - test_expect_failure [<prereq>] <message> <script>
 This is NOT the opposite of test_expect_success, but is used
 to mark a test that demonstrates a known breakage. Unlike
 the usual test_expect_success tests, which say "ok" on
 success and "FAIL" on failure, this will say "FIXED" on
 success and "still broken" on failure. Failures from these
 tests won't cause -i (immediate) to stop.
 Like test_expect_success this function can optionally use a three
 argument invocation with a prerequisite as the first argument.
 - test_debug <script>
 This takes a single argument, <script>, and evaluates it only
 when the test script is started with --debug command line
 argument. This is primarily meant for use during the
 development of a new test script.
 - test_done
 Your test script must have test_done at the end. Its purpose
 is to summarize successes and failures in the test script and
 exit with an appropriate error code.
 - test_tick
 Make commit and tag names consistent by setting the author and
 committer times to defined state. Subsequent calls will
 advance the times by a fixed amount.
 - test_commit <message> [<filename> [<contents>]]
 Creates a commit with the given message, committing the given
 file with the given contents (default for both is to reuse the
 message string), and adds a tag (again reusing the message
 string as name). Calls test_tick to make the SHA-1s
 reproducible.
 - test_merge <message> <commit-or-tag>
 Merges the given rev using the given message. Like test_commit,
 creates a tag and calls test_tick before committing.
 - test_set_prereq <prereq>
 Set a test prerequisite to be used later with test_have_prereq. The
 test-lib will set some prerequisites for you, see the
 "Prerequisites" section below for a full list of these.
 Others you can set yourself and use later with either
 test_have_prereq directly, or the three argument invocation of
 test_expect_success and test_expect_failure.
 - test_have_prereq <prereq>
 Check if we have a prerequisite previously set with
 test_set_prereq. The most common use of this directly is to skip
 all the tests if we don't have some essential prerequisite:
 if ! test_have_prereq PERL
 then
 skip_all='skipping perl interface tests, perl not available'
 test_done
 fi
 - test_external [<prereq>] <message> <external> <script>
 Execute a <script> with an <external> interpreter (like perl). This
 was added for tests like t9700-perl-git.sh which do most of their
 work in an external test script.
 test_external \
 'GitwebCache::*FileCache*' \
 "$PERL_PATH" "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/t9503/test_cache_interface.pl
 If the test is outputting its own TAP you should set the
 test_external_has_tap variable somewhere before calling the first
 test_external* function. See t9700-perl-git.sh for an example.
 # The external test will outputs its own plan
 test_external_has_tap=1
 - test_external_without_stderr [<prereq>] <message> <external> <script>
 Like test_external but fail if there's any output on stderr,
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Martin County's first courthouse was built with $200 raised in 1862 by the county's 151 residents. During the Sioux uprising, a stockade was built around the building, which became the mess hall for soldiers. Once the conflict ended, the building was used as a courthouse, church, hotel, general store, and post office.
Fairmont citizens contributed $2,000 toward the cost of a new courthouse in 1882. The 63 by 81 foot, two-story, brick veneer building was built at a cost of $14,000. In the 1890s, a fund was started that led to the construction of the current courthouse in 1907 on the first courthouse site.
The December 1907 dedication of Martin County's courthouse was extensive. The entire building was draped with flags, and freight and passenger trains rolled into town packed with people. Five hundred horses were stabled and 3,000 free meals were served during the seven-hour celebration.
The three-story Beaux Arts style courthouse sits on a hill overlooking Fairmont and Lake Sisseton. Rusticated Marquette rain-drop sandstone in a reddish hue from Michigan forms the first story. The second and third stories are built with smooth, buff-colored Bedford limestone. The masonry rests on a concrete foundation five feet deep.
The main door is flanked by polished double Corinthian columns and topped by a complete entablature with a broken segmental arched pediment. A cornice and balustrade conceal a low-pitched roof. The neo-classic detailing carries through to the central metal-domed tower, 58 feet above the roof line, with a large clock on each of its four sides. The building is 79 by 116 feet and is 50 feet high. It was designed by Charles E. Bell and built by J.B. Nelson at a cost of $125,000.
Inside, visitors can find original metalwork, marble-topped counters, and stained glass. Murals were painted on the third floor and in the dome by Franz E. Rohrbeck of Milwaukee. Mural figures represent Peace, War, Inspiration, Genius, Sentence, and Execution. Among the figures can be seen William Budd, an early settler and a Native American, holding the plans for the courthouse.
The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Historical information adapted from "The First 100 Years... The Minnesota State Bar Association."
Return to Martin County District Court

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Torbat-e-Heydarieh, Torbat-e-Heydarieh, Iran
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
In this paper, ongoing studies to investigate nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODE) are extended by presenting a new concept in non-dimensionalization process. This concept is illustrated with a practical example of nonlinear ODEs, which cannot reliably solve using the numerical methods. In this paper, two perturbation techniques are used to solve the problem. Effect of varying the dimensionless initial displacement on the accuracy of solution is investigated. It is shown that if the process of non-dimensionalizing is done appropriately, the calculated results will be extremely accurate. Moreover, a new concept called ″behavior of results″ is proposed to find accurate results.

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 5: Interior Scenes. Women and Daily Life.
New Display of the Collections
From 26 February to 10 June 2013
The German painter Wolfgang Schulze, known as Wols, has gone down in art history as one of the forerunners of Art Informel and one of the leading exponents of Tachisme
The. son of the chancellor of Saxony in Dresden, as a child Wols was a gifted musician and violinist. In 1930 he developed an interest in photography, which he combined with drawing and painting after moving to Berlin in 1932. There he intended to enrol at the Bauhaus, but László Moholy-Nagy recommended he go to Paris, where he met Amédée Ozenfant, Fernand Léger, Hans Arp and César Domela. He also came into contact with Max Ernst, Joan Miró and other members of the Surrealist movement, whose influence is apparent in his drawings and photographs from this period. In 1937, the year he adopted the pseudonym Wols, he was appointed official photographer of the Pavillon de l'Elégance at the Paris international exhibition
Like. other Germans, when the Second World War broke out Wols was interned in a concentration camp and was later forced to flee from the advance of the German troops. He finally found refuge in Montélimar, where he remained until the war was over, drawing and painting watercolours that were first exhibited in 1945 at the Galerie Drouin in Paris. Compared to the scant repercussion of his first exhibition, the show staged at the same gallery in 1947 marked the start of his recognition as a painter. Around this time Wols met Jean Paul Sartre and existentialism left an imprint on his works
Towards. 1946Wols began to work with oils, encouraged by his dealer René Drouin. His gestural style greatly influenced artists like Georges Mathieu, and critics such as Michel Tapié coined the term "Art autre" (Other Art) to describe this post-war art form.

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Cover a word-by-word explanation of the Arabic of the Qasida al-Burda, a much-celebrated poem written in praise of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace).
The text will be explained from a grammatical, morphological, rhetorical, and prosodical point of view, and the historical and religious references will also be unpacked.
As an introduction to Arabic poetry, the course also introduces the concept of poetic metre. This is extremely important for the Arabist and Talib ilm as most of the literature that is used to explain the Quran and Sunna are in poem form.
The Burda has been chosen as a case study because it is one of the most common metres of Arabic poetry (al-basit), it demonstrates common rhetorical devices, and has a deeply spiritual and religious theme.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: The Original Burda; Poetic Metre
Lesson 2: Style and rhetoric in the Burda
Lesson 3: Chapter 1: On Yearning
Lesson 4: Chapter 2: On Warnings about the Caprices of the Self
Lesson 5: Chapter 3: On the Praise of the Prophet
Lesson 6: Chapter 4: On His Birth
Lesson 7: Chapter 5: On His Miracles
Lesson 8: Chapter 6: On the Exalted Stature and Miraculous Merits of the Qur'an
Lesson 9: Chapter 7: On the Ascension of the Prophet
Lesson 10: Chapter 8: On the Struggle of Allah's Messenger
Lesson 11: Chapter 9: On Seeking Intercession through the Prophet
Lesson 12: Chapter 10: On Intimate Discourse and the Petition of One's State.
What You Will Learn:
 - What poetic is
 - What poetic styles influences Imam al-Busiri's Burda
 - How the poem translates line by line
About the Course Text
The poem is celebrated praise of the Prophet in poem form.


Simple Arduino Neopixel Test
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Introduction: Simple Arduino Neopixel Test
About: Moved from Poland to holland 19y old guy. Electrical engineer My vision is that one day I made the world a better place with my talent
Hello instructable
you know the struggle when you write a code for your neopixel leds and you are not sure if your neopixel led is working well or your code is messed up ?
anyway i know this problem,
so i made a little test code to see your leds light up red,green,blue
if you want to make this work you will need:
 1. an arduino
 2. adafruit_neopixel.h libary ''hint hint'' -->> Download
 3. your neopixel leds.
 4. 5v adapter DC (since we dont want to molest the 5v from your arduino and the neopixel leds tend to ask alot mA
Step 1: Starting Up
first you want to make sure you got the code
This is the code (tadam)
#include
int c = 0; //secret
int r; //red
int g; //green
int b; //blue
# define count 11 // number of leds
# define Pixel 2 // com. pin from your neo pixel
# define p 25 //brightness 0 - 255
# define flow 35 // flow rate from first to last led 1000 = 1 sec
Adafruit_NeoPixel pix = Adafruit_NeoPixel(count, Pixel, NEO_GRB + NEO_KHZ800);
void setup()
{
pix.begin();
for (int a = 0 ;a<=count ; a = a+1)
{
if (a > count-1 && c < 3) {c = c+1; a = -1;}
else if (c == 0) {r = p; g = 0; b = 0; }
else if (c == 1) {r = 0; g = p; b = 0; }
else if (c == 2) {r = 0; g = 0; b = p; }
else if (c == 3) {r = 0; g = 0; b = 0; }
pix.setPixelColor(a,r,g,b);
pix.show();
delay(flow);
}
}
void loop()
{
for (int x =0; x <= count-1 ; x++)
{
pix.setPixelColor(x,p,0,0);
pix.show();
delay(500);
pix.setPixelColor(x,0,0,0);
pix.show();
delay(500);
for (;x==10;x=-1);
{
delay(500);
}
}
}
Step 2: Adjusting the Code
there are some things i can not know , when i was making this
so i made constantes you need to fill in ,those are:
 1. number of leds (#define count)
 2. pin on witch your com. is connected (#define Pixel)
 3. the brightnes (#define p )
in my case the ''settings'' are
 1. = 11 (#define count 11)
 2. = 2 (#define Pixel 2)
 3. = 25 (#define p 25)
Step 3: Wire Up
 1. disconnect the usb
 2. connect the 5v- to gnd of your neopixel led and arduino
 3. connect the 5v+ to the + of your neopixel led and vin of your arduino
 4. com. from your neopixel led to the choosen pin on the arduino
 5. Connect the adapter !
the test is just a once flash and as soon its done your neopixel led wil flash red (each led apart)
i hope i helped you guys with this
this was my first instructable
and yes i know my english is very derpy and bad . sorrey and BYE!
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DiSEqC
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DiSEqC logo, indicating DiSEqC 2.0 compliance
2-way DiSEqC switch
4-way DiSEqC switch with attached coaxial cables.
DiSEqC (Digital Satellite Equipment Control), pronounced "Die-Sec"[citation needed], is a special communication protocol for use between a satellite receiver and a device such as a multi-dish switch or a small[1] dish antenna rotor. DiSEqC was developed by European satellite provider Eutelsat, which now acts as the standards agency for the protocol.
History[edit]
Eutelsat apparently developed the system to allow satellite users in Continental Europe to switch between the more popular SES Astra satellites at 19.2° east and Eutelsat's own Hot Bird system at 13° east. As a result, the vast majority of European satellite receivers support DiSEqC 1.0 or higher, with the exception of all set top boxes manufactured under the Sky Digibox name. All supporting receivers have received certification to carry a logo specifying which variation of DiSEqC they support.
Protocol[edit]
DiSEqC relies only upon a coaxial cable to transmit both bidirectional data/signals and power. DiSEqC is commonly used to control switches and motors, and is more flexible than 13/18 volt and 22 kHz tone or ToneBurst/MiniDiSEqC techniques. DiSEqC is also compatible with the actuators used to rotate large C band dishes if used with a DiSEqC positioner. DiSEqC uses a pulsed (tone-burst) 22 kHz sine-wave at 0.65 V (± 0.25 V)[2] peak to peak.
The "Di" (digital) part of the name refers to the digital nature of the signals used by the protocol and does not imply anything about the transmission that the dish is used to receive; DiSEqC may be used with both digital or analogue satellite systems.
Versions and compatibility[edit]
A number of versions of DiSEqC exist:
 - DiSEqC 1.0, which allows switching between up to 4 satellite sources
 - DiSEqC 1.1, which allows switching between up to 16 sources
 - DiSEqC 1.2, which allows switching between up to 16 sources, and control of a single axis satellite motor
 - DiSEqC 2.0, which adds bi-directional communications to DiSEqC 1.0
 - DiSEqC 2.1, which adds bi-directional communications to DiSEqC 1.1
 - DiSEqC 2.2, which adds bi-directional communications to DiSEqC 1.2
All four[clarification needed - there are 6; to which 4 does this refer?] variations were standardized by February 1998, prior to general use of digital satellite television. The later versions are backwards compatible with the lower revisions, but the lower revisions are, as might be expected, not forwards compatible with the higher revision numbers. 1.x and 2.x versions are both backwards and forwards compatible.
The terms DiSEqC 1.3 and 2.3 are also often used by manufacturers and retailers to refer to the use of DiSEqC with other protocols. For example, 1.3 usually refers to a receiver which uses USALS in conjunction with the DiSEqC 1.2 protocol. Such terminology has not been authorised by Eutelsat.
The following table shows compatibility between the various DiSEqC versions:
1.0 switch 1.1 switch 1.2 motor 2.0 switch 2.1 switch 2.2 motor
1.0 receiver Yes No No Yes No No
1.1 receiver Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
1.2 receiver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
2.0 receiver Yes No No Yes No No
2.1 receiver Yes Yes No Yes Yes No
2.2 receiver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
NOTE: a 1.x receiver will not be able to receive communication from a switch or motor. Usually this is not important, as the switch or motor can be controlled by the receiver without problems.
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
 1. ^ The maximum dish size that can generally be used with a DiSEqC motor is 1.2m; however, using a V-box as in interface, DiSEqC 1.2 can be used for very large dishes using 36V motors.
 2. ^ "Digital Satellite Equipment Control (DiSEqC) Bus Functional Specification (Version 4.2)". Eutelsat. 1998-02-25. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
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Increasingly, experts and interested laypeople are turning to the explosion of online data to form and explore hypotheses about relationships between public health intervention strategies and their possible impacts. We have engaged in a multi-year collaboration to use and design semantic techniques and tools to support the current and next generation of these explorations. We introduce a tool, qb.js, to enable access to multidimensional statistical data in ways that allow non-specialists to explore and create specific visualizations of that data. We focus on explorations of health data - in particular aimed at helping to support the formation and analysis of hypotheses about public health intervention strategies and their correlation with health-related behavior changes. We used qb.js to formulate and explore the hypothesis that youth tobacco access laws have consistent, measurable impacts on the rate of change in cigarette smoking among high school students over time. While focused in this instance on one particular intervention strategy (i.e., limiting youth access to tobacco), this analytics platform may be used for a wide range of correlational analyses. To address this hypothesis, we converted population science data on tobacco-related policy and behavior from Impacteen to a Resource Description framework (RDF) representation that was annotated with the RDF Data Cube vocabulary. A Semantic Data Dictionary enabled mapping between the original datasets and the RDF representation. This allowed for the creation and publication of data visualizations using qb.js. The RDF Data Cube representation made it possible to discover a significant downward effect from the introduction of nine youth tobacco access laws on the rate of change in smoking prevalence among high school-aged youth.


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The Panavia Tornado originated in the 1960s, when the UK was exploring the use of variable geometry aircraft. Britain got together with West Germany (as it then was), Italy and the Netherlands in 1969 to work jointly on developing an aircraft. The Netherlands soon dropped out when it became apparent that the aircraft being designed was too complex for their needs.
Before its final name was chosen it was known as the Multi Role Combat Aircraft and it was under this name that Airfix issued their first 1/72 kit of it in 1975, the year after the first prototype took to the air. The first aircraft were delivered to the RAF and the German air force in 1979.
The current Airfix kit has markings for 111 Squadron
The F3 is the interceptor variant of the Tornado, although it wasn't designed for dogfighting but for dealing with long range Soviet bomber attacks. This was not of interest to the Italian (although the Italian air force did later buy some) and German partners in the project at the time so it was developed for the RAF alone. The first flight of the F2 version was in 1979 with the upgraded F3 version first flying in 1985. By the time of the Gulf War in 1991 the F3s were outdated and were confined to patrols back from the front line. Replaced by the Eurofighter Typhoon they were retired from the RAF in March 2011 and all scrapped.
Agent Triple P never built a model of a Tornado as the plane didn't enter service until after we had stopped making model kits, By 1979 we were far more interested in redheads!


Do lizards tails grow back?
Yes, amazingly a defence technique a lizard may use if a predator catches on to their tail is to actually break the tail off so the lizard can escape from the danger. Eventually the tail will grow back.
Not all lizards can grow their tail back, and whilst a lizard has broken its tail off it may be incredibly weak, this is due to the fact that the lizard stores a lot of fat which provides them with energy within the base of their tail.
Depending on circumstances and the type of lizard and conditions, it can take anywhere from a few days, to weeks, to a few months for the tail to fully be grown back to normal, and even then it may not always be the same as it was previously.
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HTML Scrolling Image
This page contains examples of scrolling images that were created using the
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The HTML method of creating a scrolling image is to place an
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 element is not part of the official HTML specification, it is widely supported by most major browsers.
Right to Left
To make your image scroll left (i.e. from right to left), use
direction="left". Here's an example:
Left to Right
To make your image scroll right (i.e. from left to right), use
To make your image scroll up (i.e. from bottom to top), use
To make your image scroll down (i.e. from top to bottom), use
direction="down". Like this:
You can change the scrolling speed of your marquee. For example,
scrollamount="1" sets the marquee to a very slow scroll, while
scrollamount="20" will make it faster. You can use whatever number you like though. Like this:
More Marquee Codes
You can do much more with HTML marquees than is covered on this page. Here's the full list of marquee codes on this website:
Also check out the Marquee Generator.
Try to be careful when using HTML marquees. Many web users dislike websites that contain scrolling or bouncing images and other elements, so try to use them tastefully :)


Specify time structure for Heath-Jarrow-Morton interest-rate tree
TimeSpec = hjmtimespec(ValuationDate, Maturity, Compounding)
Scalar date marking the pricing date and first observation in the tree. Specify as serial date number or date character vector.
Number of levels (depth) of the tree. A number of levels (NLEVELS)-by-1 vector of dates marking the cash flow dates of the tree. Cash flows with these maturities fall on tree nodes. Maturity should be in increasing order.
(Optional) Scalar value representing the rate at which the input zero rates were compounded when annualized. Default = 1. This argument determines the formula for the discount factors:
Compounding = 365
Compounding = −1
TimeSpec = hjmtimespec(ValuationDate, Maturity, Compounding) sets the number of levels and node times for an HJM tree and determines the mapping between dates and time for rate quoting.
TimeSpec is a structure specifying the time layout for hjmtree. The state observation dates are [Settle; Maturity(1:end-1)]. Because a forward rate is stored at the last observation, the tree can value cash flows out to Maturity.
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Set the Number of Levels and Node Times for an HJM Tree
This example shows how to specify an eight-period tree with semiannual nodes (every six months) and use exponential compounding to report rates.
Compounding = -1;
ValuationDate = '15-Jan-1999';
Maturity = datemnth(ValuationDate, 6*(1:8)');
TimeSpec = hjmtimespec(ValuationDate, Maturity, Compounding)
TimeSpec =
 FinObj: 'HJMTimeSpec'
 ValuationDate: 730135
 Maturity: [8x1 double]
 Compounding: -1
 Basis: 0
 EndMonthRule: 1
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Establish a connection between a process and a channel
_TAG_ _TAG_ int ConnectAttach( uint32_t nd, pid_t pid, int chid, unsigned index, int flags ); int ConnectAttach_r( uint32_t nd, pid_t pid, int chid, unsigned index, int flags );
Treating a connection as a file descriptor can lead to unexpected behavior.
Therefore, you should OR _NTO_SIDE_CHANNEL into
index when you create a connection.
If you do this, the connection ID is returned from a different space than
file descriptors; the ID is greater than any valid file descriptor.
Once created there's no difference in the use of the messaging primitives on this ID. The C library creates connections at various times without _NTO_SIDE_CHANNEL (e.g. during open()), however, it's unlikely that any applications would want to call it this way.
Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.
The ConnectAttach() and ConnectAttach_r() kernel calls establish a connection between the calling process and the channel specified by chid owned by the process specified by pid on the node specified by nd. Any function that passes a node descriptor can use either the value 0 or the constant ND_LOCAL_NODE to refer to the local node.
These functions are identical except in the way they indicate errors. See the Returns section for details.
|If a process wants other processes to communicate with it, it typically uses name_attach() to create a channel and associate a name with it, and the sender process uses name_open() to locate that name and create a connection to it.|
The return value is a connection ID, which is a small int representing the connection. The system returns the first available connection ID starting at the value specified by the index argument. Any thread in the calling process can use either MsgSendv() to send messages or MsgSendPulse() to send pulses over the connection. The connection ID is used directly as a POSIX file descriptor (fd) when communicating with I/O Resource managers such as a filesystem manager.
If you don't OR _NTO_SIDE_CHANNEL into index, this behavior might result:
File descriptor 1 (i.e., connection ID 1) is used as stdout, which is what printf() writes to. If your process makes any calls to printf(), NULL-terminated character strings are sent to the channel that you've connected to. Similar situations can happen with connection IDs 0 (stdin) and 2 (stderr).
Since connections are treated like file descriptors, a connection created by the parent without _NTO_SIDE_CHANNEL in index and without _NTO_COF_CLOEXEC in flags, causes a child process to inherit that connection during process creation. This inheritance is done during process creation by duplicating file descriptors.
During duplication, an _IO_DUP message (with 0x115 as the first 2 bytes) is sent to the receiver on the other side of the connection. The receiver won't be expecting this message.
If index has _NTO_SIDE_CHANNEL set, the index is ignored and the connection ID returned is the first available index in the _NTO_SIDE_CHANNEL space.
If a process creates multiple connections to the same channel, the system maintains a link count and shares internal kernel object resources for efficiency.
Connections are owned by the process and may be used simultaneously by any thread in the process. You can detach a connection by calling ConnectDetach(). If any threads are blocked on the channel (via MsgSendv()) at the time the connection is detached, the send fails and returns with an error.
|Connections and connection IDs persist until you call ConnectDetach(), even if the other process dies.|
The connection is strictly local (i.e., it doesn't resolve across the network) and is resolved on the first use of the connection ID.
These calls don't block.
The nd (node descriptor) is a temporary numeric description of a remote node. For more information, see the Qnet Networking chapter of the System Architecture guide.
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A connection ID that's used by the message primitives. If an error occurs:
ChannelCreate(), ConnectDetach(), execl(), execle(), execlp(), execlpe(), execv(), execve(), execvp(), execvpe(), MsgSendPulse(), MsgSendv(), name_attach(), name_open(), netmgr_remote_nd()
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- Use simpler data: Instead of using a 100,000 long vector, can you use a 10 long vector until you have the algorithm working?
- Remove complexity: Most MATLAB 'bugs' can be reproduced with no more than ten lines of code. Once we remove all the extraneous lines of code, it becomes clear what is really going on. For example, a recent graphics case was brought to me. The case had nothing to do with the title, so I removed the code that created a title. Was the title hurting anything? No, it was not, but that and 30 other similar removals made the code three lines long and made the problem very evident
- Use better variable names: I often get code to debug for people, the variable names are often distracting and take away mental energy from understanding the code. Which is easier to understand?
All I did was change the names of those variables for the plotting step. Ideally, I would have had well named variables throughout my code, but at least this little corner of the code it more understandable now. This kind of simplification (even though it is more lines of code), when applied many, many times will tame complexity.
plot(r287(ind:ev),hhGrams) or startIndex = ind; stopIndex = ev; xVec = r287; yVec = hhGrams; plot(xVec(startIndex, stopIndex), yVec)
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What is a squirrel midden?
Basically, a squirrel's favorite spot to eat. The squirrel midden is the mess of leftovers squirrels leave after eating.
Squirrel Midden or their Picnic Table
One favorite food of the red squirrel is the spruce cone. Sitting on their favorite branch, stump, or wherever, they pull the outside bits of the cone off, letting them fall to the ground below, and eat the seeds inside. The piles of left over spruce cone bits below are often easily found around a spruce forest floor. They can get pretty big, some reported as large as garages.
Squirrels also hide or store their food for the winter. They do not always remember where they have hidden some of the spruce cones. Often you will see holes around the midden where they may or may not have had a successful search. Some of the forgotten ones may grow into spruce trees.
Why store food? Red squirrels do not hibernate, they remain active through out the winter. The extra caches of food can come in handy when supplies are low during the cold months.
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Verb: whiz (whizzed,whizzing) wiz
 1. Make a soft swishing sound
 "the motor whizzed";
 - whizz, whirr, whir, birr, purr
Noun: whiz wiz
 1. Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
 - ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whizz, wizard, wiz, megastar
 2. A buzzing or hissing sound as of something travelling rapidly through the air
 "he heard the whiz of bullets near his head"
Derived forms: whizzing, whizes
Type of: expert, go, sound
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Grief is always difficult. When you are a child, it becomes even more so. At times, the grief of children is overlooked because they may appear to be "moving on" or "doing fine". Unfortunately, children do grieve, although not always in ways that adults do. Children have been referred to as "silent mourners", in that their grief can go undetected. Unbeknownst to many adults, children often grieve alone. No
No longer does this have to be the case. At Kidlutions, we know that children's grief can be managed and woven into the fabric of their lives. We can help. Because it's important that kids get on with the business of being a kid, while honoring the loss they have experienced, "How Long Does the Sad Last: A workbook for Children", is something special:
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Ways to Lower the Ongoing Costs of Home Ownership
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Owning a home is expensive--it's probably your biggest monthly cost, especially if you factor in not just your mortgage payment, but also your property taxes, insurance, electric, gas, trash and water bills. To reduce some of your ongoing home ownership expenses and make your budget more manageable, consider the following possibilities.
1. Challenge your property tax assessment.
Homeowners who think their property tax bill does not accurately reflect their property's value can challenge the assessment. For example, if you recently had your home appraised for a refinance and it shows your home's value is $150,000, and similar homes in your neighborhood have been selling in the $145,000 to $155,000 range, but your property tax bill places your home's value at $175,000, you may be able to use your evidence to successfully argue for a reduction in your property tax bill based on a taxable value of $150,000.
2. Take advantage of every tax deduction you qualify for.
Because of the way the standard deduction works on your income tax return, the mortgage interest tax deduction isn't always as valuable as people think.
However, for homeowners who have significant itemizable expenses in addition to mortgage interest, home ownership typically has ongoing tax benefits. Home-ownership-related tax deductions allow people to take advantage of other deductions they otherwise wouldn't qualify for because they wouldn't itemize. These include property taxes, state income taxes and charitable donations.
For example, if you normally donate $1,000 a year, if you don't itemize, you won't see any tax benefit from your donation even if it's made to a tax-exempt nonprofit. But if you itemize, the same donation costs you less. If you're in the 25% federal tax bracket, your $1,000 donation will save you $250 on your tax bill. You'll achieve the same rate of tax savings on your itemized state income taxes and property taxes.
Here are some other areas where you might be able to reduce your tax bill by itemizing expenses:
-Donating gently used clothes, household items and furniture to charity
-Personal property taxes
-Gambling losses not in excess of gambling winnings
-Interest on money you borrowed to fund investments
3. Refinance.
Even if you have a fixed-rate mortgage, it makes sense to keep an eye on mortgage rates. You never know when they might drop far enough to suddenly make refinancing a smart idea. If you have an FHA loan, you can do an FHA Streamline refinance even if you're underwater. VA loans also have a streamline option, which you can learn more about at VA mortgage options. Refinancing is a great opportunity to increase your monthly cash flow and your long-term net worth by reducing the amount of interest you pay on your mortgage.
Put these savings in your emergency fund and you won't have to borrow money to make home repairs or upgrades. The ability to pay cash will give you even greater savings since you won't have to spend anything on interest payments. Make sure to ask yourself these six questions before you refinance.
4. Don't buy a home warranty.
This advice probably sounds counterintuitive. Wouldn't a home warranty, which provides coverage to repair or replace many of the major systems and appliances in your home for just a few hundred dollars a year, be a great way to keep maintenance costs to a minimum? Unfortunately, home warranty companies have poor reputations when it comes to customer satisfaction, and the contracts contain lots of fine print that lets home warranty companies get out of paying almost any claim at their discretion. You're better off putting the money into a rainy day house fund for handling unforeseen repairs.
A settlement company helps protect your interests at closing
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When you buy or sell a home, escrow is the process that transfers the home from the seller to the buyer. A neutral third party oversees this process.
That third party can be an escrow company, a title company or a real estate attorney. They work with all the parties involved in the transaction to collect all the paperwork and funds necessary to close the deal.
Learn about the key functions of these settlement firms in my Mortgage-Calc.com article, A settlement company helps protect your interests at closing.
What To Do If You Filed Your Taxes Late
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This year, your federal income tax return was due on Tuesday, April 17. That's because the usual deadline, April 15, fell on a Sunday, and a federal holiday, Emancipation Day, fell on April 16.
If you didn't file your return on time despite the extra two days, find out what you should do in my article, What To Do If You Filed Your Taxes Late.
The Best Time for Young People to Get a Credit Card
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If you think paying with plastic might be the way to go, I have some points to consider in deciding when to get that first card and why. Read more in my Investopedia article, The Best Time for Young People to Get a Credit Card.
A charge card that charges interest? Stay away
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American Express wants to reward you for learning a bad habit. It's dangling reward points for its existing charge card customers who enroll by June 30 in a program that essentially transforms their plastic into a credit card.
This is a bad idea. Find out why in my Interest.com article, A charge card that charges interest? Stay away.
The Most Common Types of Consumer Fraud
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If you can't rely on government agencies for protection, what can you do?
Become that educated consumer by learning about some of the most common frauds victimizing consumers right now in my article, Most Common Types of Consumer Fraud.
5 Reasons to Use a Real Estate Agent in a Down Market
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Some people think that in a down market, the last thing they should be doing is paying a 6% commission to sell their homes.
But going it alone and doing a "for sale by owner" isn't a good idea right now.
Find out why in 5 Reasons to Use a Real Estate Agent in a Down Market.
Buy from Enterprise, score a 1.49% auto loan from PenFed
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Pentagon Federal Credit Union is offering a phenomenal interest rate on used-car loans to purchase Enterprise Car Sales vehicles.
Through May 31, you can borrow as much as $70,000 at this low rate for up to 60 months as long as you apply online.
This 1.49% rate is even lower than PenFed's usual great rate of 1.99% on newand used-car loans.
Find out all the details in my Interest.com article, Buy from Enterprise, score a 1.49% auto loan from PenFed.
Three days to swap car loans?
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Find out more about how to get the best auto loan and CarMax's Three-Day Payoff in my Interest.com article, Three days to swap car loans?
Have Housing Prices Bottomed Out?
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Are we finally starting to recover from the housing crisis?
Find out what the official housing data say and how that information jives with what real estate professionals are saying in my Investopedia article, Have Housing Prices Bottomed Out?
For the greatest college savings, skip this insurance plan
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I don't know about you, but when I see a company use words like "guaranteed return" and "risk free" to refer to an investment product, red flags go up. The only investment I can think of that meets these criteria is an FDIC-insured certificate of deposit.
The Gerber Life College Fund makes these claims. That made me wonder if they were misleading consumers with promises that were too good to be true.
If the claims were true, I wondered, can the Gerber Life College Fund help you save enough to pay for your child to go to college, and will it provide enough life insurance coverage if you die unexpectedly?
See what I found out in my Interest.com article, For the greatest college savings, skip this insurance plan.
I also learned something about options for college savings.
A major advantage of the Gerber Life College Plan over other college savings plans is that the money in this plan isn't considered in calculating a student's college financial need. Better-known college savings plans like 529 plans count against a student's financial aid eligibility. But that doesn't make them an inferior option. In fact, they're better even after the financial aid eligibility hit.
Andrew Schrage, co-owner of the Money Crashers Personal Finance website, says 529 plans are the best college savings plan. He suggests Illinois' Bright Start College Savings Plan and Utah's 529 plans for their low fees, Ohio's plan for "stellar investment options," and Michigan's program if you're risk-averse.
That being said, you can use the money from the Gerber Life College Fund for anything; a downside of 529 plans is that the money must go toward college expenses.
"This can pose an issue if, for some reason, your beneficiary doesn't want or need to attend college," Schrage says.
However, the 529 account can be transferred to another family member, or you can withdraw the money and pay a 10% penalty on the account's earnings. Personally, I would take the chance and put my money in a 529 plan.
Bank Account Tips for Young People
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Choosing the right bank


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Frontend browser integration
Reitit includes two browser history integrations.
Main functions are navigate and set-query. Navigate is used to navigate to named routes, and the options parameter can be used to control all parameters and if pushState or replaceState should be used to control browser history stack. The set-query function can be used to change or modify query parameters for the current route, it takes either map of new query params or function from old params to the new params.
There are also secondary functions following HTML5 History API: push-state to navigate to new route adding entry to the history and replace-state to change route without leaving previous entry in browser history.
Fragment router
Fragment is simple integration which stores the current route in URL fragment, i.e. after #. This means the route is never part of the request URI and server will always know which file to return (index.html).
HTML5 router
HTML5 History API can be used to modify the URL in browser without making request to the server. This means the URL will look normal, but the downside is that the server must respond to all routes with correct file (index.html). Check examples for simple Ring handler example.
Anchor click handling
HTML5 History router will handle click events on anchors where the href matches the route tree (and other rules). If you have need to control this logic, for example to handle some anchor clicks where the href matches route tree normally (i.e. browser load) you can provide :ignore-anchor-click? function to add your own logic to event handling:
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 "About"]
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Reitit frontend routers require storing the state somewhere and passing it to all the calls. Wrapper reitit.frontend.easy is provided which manages a router instance and passes the instance to all calls. This should allow easy use in most applications, as browser anyway can only have single event handler for page change events.
History manipulation
Reitit doesn't include functions to manipulate the history stack, i.e. go back or forwards, but calling History API functions directly should work:
(.go js/window.history -1)
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(.back js/window.history)
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Displaying the Feedback Dialog
- Browser (Classic)
- Windows Tablet
After a Suggestion is dismissed, a feedback dialog can be configured to prompt the user for feedback. Suggestion feedback questions are configured by updating the field labels with question text. There can be up to four questions in the feedback dialog. Questions are limited to 40 characters and have Yes/No answer types.
Object level permissions, Record Type Access, and FLS control visibility to features:
- User can see Feedback feature if they have access to the object
- User can access Feedback types through Record level access
- User can give feedback through FLS to fields
The Suggestion_Feedback_vod object stores the Dismissal feedback answers.


Can I Donate Blood After Having Hepatitis B?enteens out what the experts have to say.blood donors with hepatitis, blood and hepatitis, hepatitus, hepetitis, hepetitus, blood donation, donating blood, what prevents a person from donating blood?, can i donate blood?, who can't donate blood?04/14/200508/08/201808/08/2018Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph, MD08/02/2018e4bc0710-5540-4d4d-9027-0d3082eeaba0Is it possible to donate blood after having hepatitis B? – Josh* Hepatitis B is one of the viruses that cause hepatitis. One way that someone can become infected with the hepatitis B virus is through blood. People infected with hepatitis B may carry the virus without even knowing it. They can pass it to others through blood or sexual contact. Because of this, anyone who has ever tested positive for hepatitis B cannot donate blood. It's not just hepatitis B that affects who can donate blood. Other types of viral hepatitis, HIV, and some infections can mean that a person can't give blood. *Names have been changed to protect user privacy.
Blood Find out about the mysterious, life-sustaining fluid called blood.
Donating BloodThere's a 97% chance that someone you know will need a blood transfusion. Blood donors — especially donors with certain blood types — are always in demand. Find out what's involved in this article for teens.
HepatitisHepatitis, an infectious liver disease, is more contagious than HIV. Find out about the different types of hepatitis.
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A categorical approach to ontology alignment
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Ontology matching and alignment is a key mechanism for linking the diverse datasets and ontologies arising in the Semantic Web. We show that category theory provides the powerful abstractions needed for a uniform treatment at various levels: semantics, language design, reasoning and tools. The Distributed Ontology Language DOL is extended in a natural way with constructs for networks of ontologies. We in particular show how the three semantics of Zimmermann and Euzenat can be uniformly and faithfully represented using these DOL language constructs. Finally, we summarise how the DOL alignment features are currently being implemented in the Ontohub/ Hets ecosystem, including support for the OWL and Alignment APIs.


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Listening walk
Sounds are everywhere all around us, even in your home!
Today we are going to go on a listening walk.
To do a listening walk at home we walk around, stopping in each room we visit. When you stop, stay very still and quiet, and use your best listening ears to help you to listen really carefully to all the sounds.
Before you go on your listening walk you may want to make a special listening headband or hat to wear. This can be done by using a strip of paper as a headband, and drawing and cutting out some large ears to stick on the band. You can make a pair of giant human ears or perhaps even some bunny ears, or cat ears!
Questions to ask yourself on your listening walk:
What can you hear?
Where do you think it is coming from?
What was the loudest sound you heard on your listening walk?
What was the quietest sound you heard on your listening walk?
In which room did you hear the most sounds at once?


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A field team of scientists recently discovered something incredible and downright adorable — there are rare cats living on Mount Everest.
The Pallas's cats, also known as manuls, somehow managed to remain undetected until 2019. There are at least two of them living somewhere along Mount Everest's Southern Flank. The discovery is extremely valuable for researchers and conservationists worldwide — and insanely cute for everyone else.
Pallas's cats are about the same size as regular house cats with a few adorable differences. Their legs are very short and their fur is thick and fluffy, making them look like chubby little stuffed animals. They're actually smaller and lighter than they look, as they're mostly all fur, which insulates them from the cold. Climbing rocky crevices and cliff faces is easy for them, so it makes sense they'd pick somewhere like Mount Everest to live. These wild animals are aggressive and definitely can't be kept as pets, but their pictures alone are enough to spread massive amounts of joy.
Their wide faces and big ears make them look like cartoon characters, just hopping around Mount Everest, minding their business.
"It is phenomenal to discover proof of this rare and remarkable species at the top of the world," Dr. Tracie Seimon of Wildlife Conservation Society's Zoological Health Program said in an article for Wildlife Conservation Society.
Future research will help determine exactly how many Pallas's cats are living on Mount Everest, and will help protect them so they can continue to live their best lives.


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Word Origin & History
O.E. rap, from P.Gmc. *raipaz (cf. O.N. reip, M.Du., Du. reep "rope," Goth. skauda-raip "shoe-lace," O.H.G., Ger. reif "ring, hoop"). Technically, only cordage above one inch in circumference and below 10 (bigger-around than that is a cable). Nautical use varies. Finnish raippa "hoop, rope, twig" is
a Gmc. loan-word. The verb is attested from c.1300. To know the ropes (1840) is originally a seaman's term. Phrase on the ropes "defeated" is attested from 1924, a fig. extension from boxing. To be at the end of (one's) rope "out of resources and options" is first attested 1686. Formerly also in many slang and extended uses related to hanging, e.g. John Roper's window "a noose," rope-ripe "deserving to be hanged," both 16c.


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Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History
The museum sits on a hill overlooking the Morro Bay estuary, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, with a view of Morro Rock. It is the only natural history museum in the California State Park system. It has 65,000 visitors annually, including 14,000 children who visit free in support of California's required science and social studies programs.
From 1993 through 2002, the museum was remodeled in a three phase modernization project, with exhibits by Exhibitgroup Giltspur, which has also created exhibits for the Smithsonian and J. Paul Getty museums. Interactive displays focus on the ecology of the Morro Bay estuary, including building a sand dune, operating the hydrologic cycle and creating food chains.
- California State Parks of the San Luis Obispo Coast: official Morro Bay State Park Museum of Natural History website


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bull-roarer, an instrument consisting of slit board or chamber attached to a cord. When swung around in the air, it emits a deep, vibrant, "whirrrrrr"-like sound. The mythology of some Native South Americans (e.g., the Tupí-Guaraní) indicates that women originally controlled such sacred instruments of power as bull-roarers, flutes, or trumpets, but, through some calamity (often involving women's inability to hunt), lost possession of these instruments to men. The control of such instruments legitimizes adult male power. Thus, at puberty, Bororo boys are shown how to use bull-roarers, and they participate in secret rituals with the adult men. There are separate ceremonies in which men taunt women with bull-roarers, sexual songs, and clay phalluses. Taboos exist against women seeing these instruments, which are normally concealed in the men's house but removed for ceremonies. Women's real attitude toward bull-roarers is difficult to gauge; some secretly admit to have seen the sacred instruments, but open defiance of the taboos would invite severe sanctions and is avoided. Among some groups, the instrument is merely a toy. The bull-roarer is also important among the Australian aborigines. See matriarchy.
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How Facebook uses its 'donate now' button to reach millennials
How Facebook uses its 'donate now' button to reach millennials
When Facebook launched its "donate now" button last year, it introduced a new way for nonprofits to target millennials.
The button allows users to contribute directly and instantly to nonprofit organizations they would like to support. Participating nonprofits can include the feature in their shared posts and on their Facebook pages.
Users simply enter their payment information and the amount they would like to donate, and they can donate to a cause as soon as they read about it on their newsfeeds. They even have the option to share such posts with their friends.
With this feature, Facebook has joined the trend of for-profit businesses launching advocacy enterprises that could eventually earn them profit. It is also establishing relationships with the nonprofits with which it partners. It has championed a way for nonprofits to spread the word about their causes, allowing donations to go viral.
So why is the "donate now" button meaningful and effective for millennials?
1. Millennials care about causes and want to see brands do the same
More than any previous generation, millennials are passionate about issues and often look for ways to engage in cause campaigns.
They want to make a difference in the world, and they want to see brands supporting the causes in which they believe. For millennials, corporate social responsibility is no longer just an option — it's a requirement.
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Anti-Cancer Drug Sensitivity Assay with Quantitative Heterogeneity Testing Using Single-Cell Raman Spectroscopy.
Authors of this article are:
Zhang Y, Xu J, Yu Y, Shang W, Ye A.
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A novel anti-cancer drug sensitivity testing (DST) approach was developed based on in vitro single-cell Raman spectrum intensity (RSI). Generally, the intensity of Raman spectra (RS) for a single living cell treated with drugs positively relates to the sensitivity of the cells to the drugs. In this study, five cancer cell lines (BGC 823, SGC 7901, MGC 803, AGS, and NCI-N87) were exposed to three cytotoxic compounds or to combinations of these compounds, and then they were evaluated for their responses with RSI. The results of RSI were consistent with conventional DST methods. The parametric correlation coefficient for the RSI and Methylthiazolyl tetrazolium assay (MTT) was 0.8558 ± 0.0850, and the coefficient of determination was calculated as R² = 0.9529 ± 0.0355 for fitting the dose⁻response curve. Moreover, RSI data for NCI-N87 cells treated by trastuzumab, everolimus (cytostatic), and these drugs in combination demonstrated that the RSI method was suitable for testing the sensitivity of cytostatic drugs. Furthermore, a heterogeneity coefficient H was introduced for quantitative characterization of the heterogeneity of cancer cells treated by drugs. The largest possible variance between RSs of cancer cells were quantitatively obtained using eigenvalues of principal component analysis (PCA). The ratio of H between resistant cells and sensitive cells was greater than 1.5, which suggested the H-value was effective to describe the heterogeneity of cancer cells. Briefly, the RSI method might be a powerful tool for simple and rapid detection of the sensitivity of tumor cells to anti-cancer drugs and the heterogeneity of their responses to these drugs.
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The Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mustapha Baba Shehuri, has stated that Nigeria will be one the world's top three potato producing countries by 2025.
Shehuri made the statement on Thursday at the 1st International Potato Value-Chain and Root Crops Conference and Exhibition which was held in Jos, Plateau state capital.
He noted the Federal overnment is making effort to ensure there is no food crisis after the COVID-19 crisis.
He stated that that actions have been taken to alleviate any negative effect that might worsen food insecurity
'It's a known fact that Nigeria has a comparative advantage in the production of root and tuber crops," Shehuri said.
"In reality, the country leads in the production of yam, cassava and sweet potatoes in Africa, presently the 7th highest producer of Irish potatoes production. With these types of initiatives, we are on the course to be among the top three world producers by 2025.
"The ministry is also aware of the huge investment opportunities that exist within the Irish potato value chain."
He also noted that the ministry had recognized the challenges confronting the high yield of the product as poor seed, disease infestation, inadequate storage facilities and mechanisation.
The challenges, he said, should be resolved at both the federal and state level.
The Minister explained that some of the efforts made to address the challenges are the establishment of a tissue culture centre at the National Root Crop Research Institute (NRCRI) sub-station in Jos to solve seed problems.
Others include a 20-hectare irrigated land to support seed multiplication as well as a 10-ton cold storage facility currently being built in the station.
"In addition, two cottage factories have been constructed at Pankshin and Bokkos local government areas to support processors in the state to address post-harvest losses," he said.
The minister stated that these have been done in recognition of Plateau state as the highest producer of Irish potatoes in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa.
Shehuri also acknowledged the efforts of several other states involved in potato production, such as Adamawa, Kano, Kaduna, Cross River, among others.


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Dr. Esther Kühn mit Prof. Dr. Thomas Wolbers
Forschergruppe Alterung und Kognition am DZNE
Neuronal Re-Differentiation in Older Age
German citizens are amongst the oldest in the world. Due to insufficient knowledge about the neuronal mechanisms underlying age-related cognitive and sensorimotor decline, an increasing number of people in Germany suffer from age-related loss of autonomous living. In the current project, we propose a fresh approach to this topic.
We will target central neuronal mechanisms that have in recent years been connected to age-related cognitive and sensorimotor decline. We will use cutting-edge methodology, including structural and functional imaging at 7 Tesla MRI, to explore architectural changes in primary sensory brain areas that have in animal research been related to neuronal de-differentiation.
Besides gaining experimental knowledge of striking importance, the proposed project will also aim to implement novel scanning protocols and analysis pipelines at the DZNE Magdeburg. This will be performed in close cooperation with established research partners at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, and UCL in London.


text: INSTALLx.txt - cross-compiling Vim on Unix Content: 1. Introduction 2. Necessary arguments for "configure" 3. Necessary environment variables for "configure" 4. Example 1. INTRODUCTION =============== This document discusses cross-compiling VIM on Unix-like systems. We assume you are already familiar with cross-compiling and have a working cross-compile environment with at least the following components: * a cross-compiler * a libc to link against * ncurses library to link against Discussing how to set up a cross-compile environment would go beyond the scope of this document. See _URL_ for more information and a script that aids in setting up such an environment. The problem is that "configure" needs to compile and run small test programs to check for certain features. Running these test programs can't be done when cross-compiling so we need to pass the results these checks would produce via environment variables. See the list of variables and the examples at the end of this document. 2. NECESSARY ARGUMENTS FOR "configure" ====================================== You need to set the following "configure" command line switches: --build=... : The build system (i.e. the platform name of the system you compile on right now). For example, "i586-linux". --host=... : The system on which VIM will be run. Quite often this the name of your cross-compiler without the "-gcc". For example, "powerpc-603-linux-gnu". --target=... : Only relevant for compiling compilers. Set this to the same value as --host. --with-tlib=... : Which terminal library to use. For example, "ncurses". 3. NECESSARY ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES FOR "configure" ================================================== Additionally to the variables listed here you might want to set the CPPFLAGS environment variable to enable optimization for your target system (e.g. "CPPFLAGS=-march=arm5te"). The following variables need to be set: ac_cv_sizeof_int: The size of an "int" C type in bytes. Should be "4" on all 32bit machines. vi_cv_path_python_conf: If Python support is enabled, set this variable to the path for Python's library implementation. This is a path like "/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/config" (the directory contains a file "config.c"). vi_cv_var_python_epfx: If Python support is enabled, set this variable to the execution prefix of your Python interpreter (that is, where it thinks it is running). This is the output of the following Python script: import sys; print sys.exec_prefix vi_cv_var_python_pfx: If Python support is enabled, set this variable to the prefix of your Python interpreter (that is, where it was installed). This is the output of the following Python script: import sys; print sys.prefix vi_cv_var_python_version: If Python support is enabled, set this variable to the version of the Python interpreter that will be used. This is the output of the following Python script: import sys; print sys.version[:3] vim_cv_bcopy_handles_overlap: Whether the "memmove" C library call is able to copy overlapping memory regions. Set to "yes" if it does or "no" if it does not. You only need to set this if vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap is set to "no". vim_cv_getcwd_broken: Whether the "getcwd" C library call is broken. Set to "yes" if you know that "getcwd" is implemented as'system("sh -c pwd")', set to "no" otherwise. vim_cv_memcpy_handles_overlap: Whether the "memcpy" C library call is able to copy overlapping memory regions. Set to "yes" if it does or "no" if it does not. You only need to set this if both vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap and vim_cv_bcopy_handles_overlap are set to "no". vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap: Whether the "memmove" C library call is able to copy overlapping memory regions. Set to "yes" if it does or "no" if it does not. vim_cv_stat_ignores_slash: Whether the "stat" C library call ignores trailing slashes in the path name. Set to "yes" if it ignores them or "no" if it does not ignore them. vim_cv_tgetent: Whether the "tgetent" terminal library call returns a zero or non-zero value when it encounters an unknown terminal. Set to either the string "zero" or "non-zero", corresponding. vim_cv_terminfo: Whether the environment has terminfo support. Set to "yes" if so, otherwise set to "no". vim_cv_toupper_broken: Whether the "toupper" C library function works correctly. Set to "yes" if you know it's broken, otherwise set to "no". vim_cv_tty_group: The default group of pseudo terminals. Either set to the numeric value of your tty group or to "world" if they are world accessible. vim_cv_tty_mode: The default mode of pseudo terminals if they are not world accessible. Most probably the value "0620". 4. EXAMPLE: =========== Assuming the target system string is "armeb-xscale-linux-gnu" (a Intel XScale system) with glibc and ncurses, the call to configure would look like this: ac_cv_sizeof_int=4 \ vim_cv_getcwd_broken=no \ vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap=yes \ vim_cv_stat_ignores_slash=yes \ vim_cv_tgetent=zero \ vim_cv_terminfo=yes \ vim_cv_toupper_broken=no \ vim_cv_tty_group=world \./configure \ --build=i586-linux \ --host=armeb-xscale-linux-gnu \ --target=armeb-xscale-linux-gnu \ --with-tlib=ncurses Written 2007 by Marc Haisenko for the VIM project.


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Bible as cheap as a cup of coffee is hot seller in France
With an ad slogan like that and a price of only €1.50 ($2.20), the Bible has become a hot seller in France. In the last four months of 2007, French shoppers snapped up 200,000 copies of a new low-cost edition — as many as are usually sold in a year — in hypermarkets, a leading book chain and in religious bookshops. Another 300,000 have been bought in French-speaking Africa, Belgium, Canada and Switzerland.
The Geneva Bible Society says the new translation (only into French) is meant to be for those who've never read the Bible before. "The sentences are shorter and the vocabulary more understandable," its director Jean-Pierre Bezin told the French daily Le Parisien.
But isn't France such a secularised country? Frederic Lenoir, editor of Le Monde des Religions, said many French no longer believe in God or attend church but they could not ignore the role of Christianity in western culture. "There are many biblical references in films and books these days and they think it's useful to know the Bible," he said. "They wouldn't spend €25 to buy one, but they're tempted by €1.50."
The translation is called Segond 21, after the 19th-century Geneva theologian and Bible translator Louis Segond. The Geneva Bible Society has put two examples of it online in PDF — the Book of Isaiah and the Epistle to the Romans.
Buying a Bible just because it's so cheap sounds a bit odd. There are so many reasonably priced editions around that I'd think anyone who wanted one would be ready to pay for it. Would you buy a Bible only if it sold at rock-bottom prices?


Infant massage
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Infant massage
Infant massage is a type of complementary and alternative treatment that uses massage therapy for human infants. This therapy has been practiced globally, and has been increasingly used in Western countries as a treatment for infants, though the scientific evidence supporting its use is growing. Research in pre-term infants and low birth weight infants has found evidence that massage improves weight gain, increases bone density, reduces cortisol, may shorten the hospital stay and improves cognitive and motor development in later months. As research continues, infant massage has become more available in hospitals. Also studies have shown that massage performed on full-term infants is very beneficial to both infant and parents. It can be used as a means to bond with the infant for both mother and father.
History[edit]
Ayurvedic medicine in ancient India taught the use of infant massage.[1] It was also has been encouraged in China during the Qing dynasty.[2] At present it is part of traditional childcare in South Asia and elsewhere where daily massage by mothers is seen as "instilling fearlessness, hardening bone structure, enhancing movement and limb coordination, and increasing weight".[3] Other areas where infant massage is regularly used are African countries and areas in the former Soviet Union. In Western culture, infant massage has been increasingly used in neonatal intensive care units for pre-term infants who are in stressful environments and have limited tactile stimulation.[4]
Research[edit]
Full term infants[edit]
A Cochrane review of studies on the benefits of massage therapy for infants less than 6 months of age (and were not pre-term or underweight) found tentative evidence of benefit for mother-infant interaction, sleeping and crying, and on stress hormone levels. The evidence for these benefits, however, came from a relatively small number of studies, and no meta-analysis could be performed on these outcomes. Other evidence of physical health benefits such as weight gain were only found in studies that were at high risk of bias. The study found no evidence to suggest massage affects mental health outcomes such as infant attachment, temperament or mental development. This level of evidence may be enough to support community use of massage therapy, but more research is needed before it can be universally recommended.[4][needs update]
Preterm infants[edit]
A Cochrane review of studies looking at massage therapy for pre-term and low birth weight found that the evidence for benefits was weak. While a meta-analysis of studies found that massage was associated with increased weight gain and decreased length of stay in the hospital, the reviewers had "serious concerns" about the methodological quality of the studies, specifically raising the concern of publication bias. These concerns weakened the credibility of the studies, and led the reviewers to conclude there was not enough evidence to recommend widespread use of massage for pre-term or low birth weight infants. The review also suggested those neonatal intensive care units that have nurses provide massage therapy to reconsider whether it is cost-effective use of their time to do so.[5]
Proposed mechanisms[edit]
Various mechanisms have been proposed as to suggest how massage therapy might benefit infants. For pre-term infants, it has been suggested that any weight gain may be due to improved metabolic efficiency or by reducing the adverse reaction of stress through decreasing stress behavior or stress hormones.[5] Other possible mechanisms include increased vagal activity and secretion of insulin and gastrin as well as improved parent-infant relationships.[4]
Safety[edit]
Reviews of the literature have found no significant risks for adverse events with massage theory with either full term or pre-term infants.[4][5] One study found that the use of certain oils in traditional societies such as mustard oil or olive oil might adversely affect pre-term newborn skin barrier function, while integrity and permeability while other oils that are linoleate-enriched such as sunflower seed oil may improve them.[6][7]
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References[edit]
 1. ^ Johari H. (1996). Ayurvedic Massage: Traditional Indian Techniques for Balancing Body and Mind. Inner Traditions Bear and Company. ISBN 978-0-89281-489-3
 2. ^ Furth C. (1987). Concepts of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Infancy in Ch'ing Dynasty China. Journal of Asian Studies, 46:7-35. JSTOR _PHONE_
 3. ^ Reissland, N; Burghart, R (1987). "The role of massage in south Asia: child health and development.". Social science & medicine (1982) 25 (3): 231–9. doi:10.1016/0277-9536(87)90226-7. PMID _PHONE_.
 4. ^ a b c d Underdown A, Barlow J, Chung V, Stewart-Brown S (2006). Underdown, Angela, ed. "Massage intervention for promoting mental and physical health in infants aged under six months". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (4): CD005038. doi:10.1002/_PHONE_.CD005038.pub2. PMID _PHONE_.
 5. ^ a b c Vickers A, Ohlsson A, Lacy JB, Horsley A (2004). Vickers, Andrew, ed. "Massage for promoting growth and development of preterm and/or low birth-weight infants". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2): CD000390. doi:10.1002/_PHONE_.CD000390.pub2. PMID _PHONE_.
 6. ^ Darmstadt, GL; Mao-Qiang, M; Chi, E; Saha, SK; Ziboh, VA; Black, RE; Santosham, M; Elias, PM. (2002). "Impact of topical oils on the skin barrier: possible implications for neonatal health in developing countries". Acta Paediatr 91 (5): 546–54. doi:10.1080/080352502753711678. PMID _PHONE_.
 7. ^ Mullany, LC; Darmstadt, GL; Khatry, SK; Tielsch, JM (2005). "Traditional Massage of Newborns in Nepal: Implications for Trials of Improved Practice". Journal of tropical pediatrics 51 (2): 82–6. doi:10.1093/tropej/fmh083. PMC _PHONE_. PMID _PHONE_.
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Why Two 4GB GPUs Isn't Necessarily 8GB
Why Aren't Two 4GB GPUs Really 8GBs?
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Crossfire and SLI allow games to load-balance across multiple GPUs. It is basically impossible to do this in OpenGL and DirectX 11 otherwise. Vulkan and DirectX 12 provide game developers with the tools to implement it themselves, but they do not address every limitation. Trade-offs always exist.
In the older APIs, OpenGL and DirectX 11, games and other applications attach geometry buffers, textures, materials, and compute tasks to the API's one, global interface. After, a draw function is called to submit that request to the primary graphics driver. This means that work can only be split from within the driver, and only to the devices that driver controls, which prevents cross-vendor compatibility. Lucidlogix created software and hardware that pretended to be the primary graphics driver, loading GPUs from mismatched vendors behind the scenes. It never took off.
With Vulkan and DirectX 12, rather than binding data and tasks to a global state, applications assemble commands and push them onto lists. Not only does this allow multiple CPU threads to create work independently, but these lists can also point to any GPU. This is how OpenCL and other compute APIs are modeled, but Mantle was the first to extend it to graphics. Developers can load-balance GPUs by managing multiple lists with different destinations. This also means that the developer can control what each GPU stores in its memory, and ignore the data it doesn't need.
That said, even though the game developer has full control over tasks and memory, it doesn't mean that it will be any more efficient than SLI and Crossfire. To load-balance, some algorithm must be chosen that can split work between multiple GPUs, and successfully combine the results. The Alternate Frame Rendering algorithm, or AFR, separates draw calls by the frames they affect. If you have three GPUs, then you can just draw ahead three frames at a time. It's easy to implement, and performance scales very well when you add a nearly-identical card (provided the extra frames add to the experience).
Memory, on the other hand, does not scale well. Neighboring frames will likely draw the exact same list of objects, just with slightly adjusted data, such as camera and object positions. As a result, each GPU will need their own copy of this data in their individual memory pools. If you have two, four-gigabyte cards, they will each store roughly the same four gigabytes of data. This is a characteristic of the algorithm itself, not just the limited information that Crossfire and SLI needed to deal with on OpenGL and DirectX 11.
Other algorithms exist, however. For comparison, imagine a fighting game or a side-scroller. In these titles, objects are often separated into layers by depth, such as the background and the play area. If these layers are rendered by different GPUs into separate images, they could be combined later with transparency or z-sorting. In terms of memory, each GPU would only need to store its fraction of the scene's objects (and a few other things, like the layer it draws). A second benefit is that work does not need to split evenly between the processors. Non-identical pairings, such as an integrated GPU with a discrete GPU, or an old GPU with a new GPU, could also work together, unlike AFR. I say could, because the difference in performance would need to be known before the tasks are split. To compensate, the engine could vary each layer's resolution, complexity, quality settings, and even refresh rate, depending on what the user can notice. This would be similar to what RAGE did to maintain 60 FPS, and it would likely be a QA disaster outside of special cases. Who wouldn't want to dedicate a Titan graphics card to drawing Street Fighter characters, though?
Then again, video memory is large these days. It might be better, for quality and/or performance, to waste RAM in exchange for other benefits. AFR is very balanced for multiple, identical GPUs, and it's easy to implement; unfortunately, it could also introduce latency and stutter, and it is inefficient with video memory. Layer-based methods, on the other hand, are complicated to implement, especially for objects that mutually overlap, but it allows for more control in how tasks and memory are divided. VR and stereoscopic 3D could benefit from another algorithm, where two similar GPUs render separate eyes. Like AFR, this is inefficient with memory, because both eyes will see roughly the same things, but it will load-balance almost perfectly for two identical GPUs. Unlike AFR, it doesn't introduce latency or stutter, but it is useless outside of the two nearly-identical GPUs. Other GPUs will either idle, or be used for something else in the system, like physics or post-processing.
In any case, the developer knows what their game needs to render. They can now choose the best algorithm for themselves.


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Radioactive phosphorus therapy
This page tells you about radiotherapy treatment with radioactive phosphorus. There is information about
Radioactive phosphorus is a radioactive form of the element phosphorus. It can be used as a treatment for some blood disorders, including one called polycythaemia rubra vera (PCRV). Polycythaemia rubra vera means that your bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. You may make too many platelets and white blood cells too.
Radioactive phosphorus is absorbed by the bone marrow and gives a dose of radiation, which stops it making excess cells. Very little radiation is given to the rest of the body. This treatment is not commonly used because other types of treatment are available. It may be used if you have had PCRV for some time.
You have radioactive phosphorous as an injection in the outpatient department. You can go home straight after the treatment.
There aren't usually any side effects. After the injection you will be temporarily radioactive but this is not harmful to you. It is not a hazard to anyone else because it is such a small dose and the radioactivity has such a short range. Treatment with radioactive phosphorus over many years can cause leukaemia.
Your medical physicist or radiotherapy doctor (clinical oncologist) will be able to explain the treatment to you in detail if you would like. You can find helpful booklets and leaflets on our thyroid cancer reading list. The thyroid cancer organisations page has other sources of information.
If you want to find people to share experiences with online, you could use CancerChat, our online forum. Or go through My Wavelength. This is a free service that aims to put people with similar medical conditions in touch with each other.
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National Assocation of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Archives
The National Association of Teachers of Singing was established in 1944 as an educational and collaborative resource for the profession. Through workshops, conferences, events, and publications such as the Journal of Singing, NATS supports the teaching of singing worldwide. The NATS Archives contains documents, publications, recordings and memorabilia representing the history of the Association since the idea for the organization came into being in 1943.
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5 Advantages of Starting to Invest at an Early Age
Many people would like to start investing now but continue to tell themselves that they will begin when they make more money someday or due to uncertainty in the market or waiting till they attain a certain level before giving it a go.
This is the whole problem: postponing investment can continue for a long time and sometimes later becomes never.
Studies show that around 40% of people have experienced financial loss due to procrastination. While waiting for the right time to invest, you may be missing out on some potential benefits. Thus the sooner you start investing, the more likely you will benefit from it in the long run.
long-term returns
If you are interested in investing, here are five reasons to start now.
1. Start Small, Grow Big
For most people, starting to invest young means that the sums invested at the beginning are not staggering. This should not be a problem, and the myth that you already have to have a lot of money to start investing should be ignored.
Moreover, it is more interesting to start investing small amounts from an early age and enjoying long-term returns rather than launching your career as an investor with more significant amounts at an advanced age. These investments, although initially modest, can open doors to the realization of life projects, allow to calmly anticipate retirement or generate additional income.
2. Freedom To Make Diversified Investments
"Diversified investment" allows you to select multiple financial products instead of narrowing them down to one.
Young people have the advantage of diversifying their capital to various investments, they can invest in real estate, stocks, bonds, cryptocurrency against an older person who would favour investing in only one source.
3. Time
While money may not be in abundance at an early age, young people have one advantage: time. You can start building your investment portfolio at any age, but the earlier, the better. Every minute you delay, you are giving up your most valuable asset: time.
You can start with the smallest amount by investing early rather than waiting to stump up a massive amount of money down the years, hoping that you will have more then.
4. Compound Interest
Investing early also has another considerable advantage: Compound interest. Compound interest simply means your money makes more money for you, and then you make more with the money your money makes. The longer your compound interest accumulates, the greater your profit will be over time.
5. Opportunities to Learn To Invest
The investment world is full of opportunities but also of complexities. However, Young investors have the time and flexibility to explore investing and learn from their successes and failures. In the long run, successful investment requires some experience, and it is by doing that experience is obtained.
Young people have certain advantages over those waiting for the right and appropriate time to start investing. Even if you need to start small, investing early is in your best interest. Your future will thank you for it.
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Catch the wave of the powerful technique that has already transformed hundreds of thousands of lives. Brain Wave Vibration is a simple, easy-to-follow brain fitness and holistic healing method that can help bring your body and mind back into balance for total health, happiness, and peace.
Learn how to move your body to your own internal, natural healing rhythms in order to slow down your brain waves and unleash your body's own innate healing ability. Brain Wave Vibration combines ancient healing traditions with modern scientific understanding of the brain.
This form of moving meditation is far easier to master than traditional sitting meditation! It can be done anytime, anywhere, by people of all abilities and fitness levels.
With Brain Wave Vibration, you can learn how to:
- Manage stress more effectively
- Regain physical vitality
- Master your emotions
- Awaken your creative potential
- Stimulate your natural healing ability