the click originated from outside of #menucontainer, and thus you can hide the menus if they're visible.
Default Prevented?
About a year ago I start writing an event handling library to help deal with this problem. Instead of stopping event propagation, you would simply mark an event as "handled". This would allow event listeners registered farther up the DOM to inspect an event and, based on whether or not it had been "handled", determine if any further action was needed. The idea was that you could "stop event propagation" without actually stopping it.
As it turned out, I never ended up needing this library. In 100% of the cases where I found myself wanting to check if an event hand been "handled", I noticed that a previous listener had called preventDefault. And the DOM API already provides a way to inspect this: the defaultPrevented property.
To help clarify this, let me offer an example.
Imagine you're adding an event listener to the document that will use Google Analytics to track when users click on links to external domains. It might look something like this:
$(document).on('click', 'a', function(event) {
 if (this.hostname != 'css-tricks.com') {
 ga('send', 'event', 'Outbound Link', this.href);
 }
});
The problem with this code is that not all link clicks take you to other pages. Sometimes JavaScript will intercept the click, call preventDefault and do something else. The data-remote links described above are a prime example of this. Another example is a Twitter share button that opens a popup instead of going to twitter.com.
To avoid tracking these kinds of clicks, it might be tempting to stop event propagation, but inspecting the event for defaultPrevented is a much better way.
$(document).on('click', 'a', function(event) {
 // Ignore this event if preventDefault has been called.
 if (event.defaultPrevented) return;
 if (this.hostname != 'css-tricks.com') {
 ga('send', 'event', 'Outbound Link', this.href);
 }
});
Since calling preventDefault in a click handler will always prevent the browser from navigating to a link's address, you can be 100% confident that if defaultPrevented is true, the user did not go anywhere. In other words, this technique is both more reliable than stopPropagation, and it won't have any side effects.
Conclusion
Hopefully this article has helped you think about DOM events in a new light. They're not isolated pieces that can be modified without consequence. They're global, interconnected objects that often affect far more code than you initially realize.
To avoid bugs, it's almost always best to leave events alone and let them propagate as the browser intended.
If you're ever unsure about what to do, just ask yourself the following question: is it possible that some other code, either now or in the future, might want to know that this event happened? The answer is usually yes. Whether it be for something as trivial as a Bootstrap modal or as critical as event tracking analytics, having access to event objects is important. When in doubt, don't stop propagation.


. This
 must be accurately modeled in order to tightly bound
 WCET. Several analysis methods have been proposed to
 bound WCET on processors with instruction caches.
 Existing approaches either search all possible program
 paths, an intractable problem, or they use highly
 pessimistic assumptions to limit the search space. In
 this paper we present a more effective method for
 modeling instruction cache activity and computing a
 tight bound on WCET. The method uses an integer linear
 programming formulation and does not require explicit
 enumeration of program paths. The method is implemented
 in the program {\tt cinderella} and we present some
 experimental results of this implementation.",
 acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
 generalterms = "Design; Experimentation; Performance; Theory",
 journal-URL = "_URL_
 subject = "Computer Systems Organization --- Performance of
 Systems (C.4): {\bf Modeling techniques}; Computer
 Systems Organization --- Special-Purpose and
 Application-Based Systems (C.3): {\bf Real-time and
 embedded systems}",
}
@Article{Shi:1999:SSL,
 author = "C.-J. Richard Shi and Michael W. Tian",
 title = "Simulation and sensitivity of linear analog circuits
 under parameter variations by {Robust} interval
 analysis",
 journal = j-TODAES,
 volume = "4",
 number = "3",
 pages = "280--312",
 month = jul,
 year = "1999",
 CODEN = "ATASFO",
 ISSN = "_PHONE_ (print), _PHONE_ (electronic)",
 bibdate = "Fri Jul 27 10:05:33 MDT 2001",
 bibsource = "_URL_
 _URL_
 URL = "_URL_
 _URL_
 abstract = "An interval-mathematic approach is presented for
 frequency-domain simulation and sensitivity analysis of
 linear analog circuits under parameter variations. With
 uncertain parameters represented as intervals, bounding
 frequency-domain responses is formulated as the problem
 of solving systems of linear interval equations. The
 formulation is based on a variant of modified nodal
 analysis, and is particularly amenable to interval
 analysis. Some characterization of the solution sets of
 systems of linear interval equations are derived. With
 these characterizations, an elegant and efficient
 algorithm is proposed to solve systems of linear
 interval equations. While the widely used Monte Carlo
 approach requires many circuit simulations to achieve
 even moderate accuracy, the computational cost of the
 proposed approach is about twice that of one circuit
 simulation. The computed response bounds contain
 provably, or are usually very close to, the actual
 response bounds. Further, sensitivity under parameter
 variations can be computed from the response bounds at
 minor computational cost. The algorithms are
 implemented in SPICE3F5, using sparse-matrix techniques
 and tested on several practical analog circuits.",
 acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
 generalterms = "Algorithms; Design; Verification",
 journal-URL = "_URL_
 keywords = "interval mathematics; process variations; sensitivity;
 uncertainty; worst-case analysis",
 subject = "Hardware --- Integrated Circuits --- Design Aids
 (B.7.2): {\bf Simulation}; Hardware --- Integrated
 Circuits --- Design Aids (B.7.2): {\bf Verification};
 Mathematics of Computing --- Numerical Analysis ---
 Numerical Linear Algebra (G.1.3): {\bf Linear systems
 (direct and iterative methods)}; Mathematics of
 Computing --- Numerical Analysis --- Numerical Linear
 Algebra (G.1.3): {\bf Sparse, structured, and very
 large systems (direct and iterative methods)}; Computer
 Applications --- Computer-Aided Engineering (J.6): {\bf
 Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)}",
}
@Article{Wurth:1999:FMO,
 author = "Bernd Wurth and Ulf Schlichtmann and Klaus Eckl and
 Kurt J. Antreich",
 title = "Functional multiple-output decomposition with
 application to technology mapping for lookup
 table-based {FPGAs}",
 journal = j-TODAES,
 volume = "4",
 number = "3",
 pages = "313--350",
 month = jul,
 year = "1999",
 CODEN = "ATASFO",
 ISSN = "_PHONE_ (print), _PHONE_ (electronic)",
 bibdate = "Fri Jul 27 10:05:33 MDT 2001",
 bibsource = "_URL_
 _URL_
 URL = "_URL_
 _URL_
 abstract = "Functional decomposition is an important technique for
 technology mapping to look up table-based FPGA
 architectures. We present the theory of and a novel
 approach to functional disjoint decomposition of
 multiple-output functions, in which common subfunctions
 are extracted during technology mapping. \par
 While a Boolean function usually has a very large
 number of subfunctions, we show that not all of them
 are useful for multiple-output decomposition. We use a
 partition of the set of bound set vertices as the basis
 to compute {\em preferable\/} decomposition functions,
 which are sufficient for an optimal multiple-output
 decomposition. \par
 We propose several new algorithms that deal with
 central issues of functional multiple-output
 decomposition. First, an efficient algorithm to solve
 the variable partitioning problem is described. Second,
 we show how to implicitly compute all preferable
 functions of a single-output function and how to
 identify all common preferable functions of a
 multiple-output function. Due to implicit computation
 in the crucial steps, the algorithm is very efficient.
 Experimental results show significant reductions in
 area.",
 acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
 generalterms = "Algorithms; Design; Experimentation; Performance;
 Theory",
 journal-URL = "_URL_
 keywords = "assignable functions; Boolean functions;
 computer-aided design of VLSI; decomposition; FPGA
 technology; implicit BDD-based methods; mapping
 synthesis; multiple-output decomposition; preferable
 functions; subfunction sharing gain; subfunction
 sharing potential; TOS; variable partitioning for
 decomposition",
 subject = "Computer Applications --- Computer-Aided Engineering
 (J.6); Hardware --- Integrated Circuits --- Types and
 Design Styles (B.7.1): {\bf Gate arrays}",
}
@Article{Benini:1999:SSC,
 author = "L. Benini and G. {De Micheli} and E. Macii and M.
 Poncino and R. Scarsi",
 title = "Symbolic synthesis of clock-gating logic for power
 optimization of synchronous controllers",
 journal = j-TODAES,
 volume = "4",
 number = "4",
 pages = "351--375",
 month = oct,
 year = "1999",
 CODEN = "ATASFO",
 ISSN = "_PHONE_ (print), _PHONE_ (electronic)",
 bibdate = "Fri Jul 27 10:05:33 MDT 2001",
 bibsource = "_URL_
 _URL_
 URL = "_URL_
 _URL_
 abstract = "Recent results have shown that dynamic power
 management is effective in reducing the total power
 consumption of sequential circuits. In this paper, we
 propose a bottom-up approach for the automatic
 extraction and synthesis of dynamic power management
 circuitry starting from structural logic-level
 specifications. Our techniques leverage the compact
 BDD-based representation of Boolean and pseudo-Boolean
 functions to detect idle conditions where the clock can
 be stopped without compromising functional correctness.
 Moreover, symbolic techniques allow accurate
 probabilistic computations; in particular, they enable
 the use of non-equiprobable primary input
 distributions, a key step in the construction of models
 that match the behavior of real hardware devices with a
 high degree of fidelity. The results are encouraging,
 since power savings of up to 34\% have been obtained on
 standard benchmark circuits.",
 acknowledgement = ack-nhfb,
 generalterms = "Design",
 journal-URL = "_URL_
 subject = "Hardware --- Logic Design --- Design Styles (B.6.1):
 {\bf Sequential circuits}; Hardware --- Logic Design
 --- Design Aids (B.6.3): {\bf Automatic synthesis};
 Hardware --- Logic Design --- Design Aids (B.6.3): {\bf
 Optimization}",
}
@Article{Choi:1999:FDA,
 author = "Kyumyung Choi and Steven P. Levitan",
 title = "A flexible datapath allocation method for
 architectural synthesis",
 journal = j-TODAES,
 volume = "4",
 number = "4",
 pages = "376--404",
 month = oct,
 year = "1999",
 CODEN = "ATASFO",
 ISSN = "_PHONE_ (print), _PHONE_ (electronic)",
 bibdate = "Fri Jul 27 10:05:33 MDT 2001",
 bibsource = "_URL_
 _URL_
 URL = "_URL_
 _URL_
 abstract = "We present a robust datapath allocation method that is
 flexible enough to handle constraints imposed by a
 variety of target architectures. Key features of this
 method are its ability to handle accurate modeling of
 datapath units


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to zero, then the torsion is
roughly 1/H while the curvature is close to 0. A fly which does a barrel-roll while moving
through a nearly straight distance of H has a torsion of 1/H. The faster it can roll, the
greater is its torsion.
A less obvious fact is that if we look down on a plane
showing all possible positive combinations R and H, the lines of constant curvature lie on
horizontal semi-circles; while the points representing constant torsion lie on vertical
semi-circles. The curvature and torsion combinations gotten by stretching a given Slinky
lie along a quarter circle centered on the origin. Apparently the two families of
semi-circles are perpendicular to each other.
Figure 6: Lines of constant curvature and torsion for
combinations of R and H.
Suppose I have a helix like a steel Slinky spring. What
happens to the curvature and the torsion as I stretch a single turn of it without
untwisting? Suppose that the initial radius of the helix is A. Given the physical fact
that the length of one twist of the Slinky keeps the same length, you can show that as you
stretch it, R^2 + H^2 will stay constant at a value of A^2, which corresponds to a circle
of radius A around the origin of the R-H plane. As you stretch a Slinky loop with the
particular starting radius of 2, its R and H values will move along the dotted blue line
shown in Figure 6. Figure 7 shows what a few of the intermediate positions will look like.
Curvature is being traded off for torsion.
Figure 7: Stretching a Slinky turns curvature into
Here's another algebra problem: If you know that R^2 + H^2
= A^2, what can you say about the sum kappa^2 + tau^2?
One fact that seems odd at first is that the curvature and
torsion of a helix are dependent on the size of the helix. If you make both R and H five
times as big, you make the torsion and curvature 1/10 as big. If you make R and H N times
as big, you make the curvature and torsion 1/(2*N) as big.
But this makes sense if you think of a fly that switches
from a small helix to a big helix; it is indeed changing the way that its flying, so it
makes sense that the kappa and the tau should change.
Figure 8: Changing Curvature and Torsion.
This observation suggests a simple way to express the
difference between flies and birds --- flies fly with much higher curvature and torsion
than do the birds. Gnats, for that matter, fly even more tightly knotted paths, and have
very large values of curvature and torsion.
Just as in the plane, a space curve can be specified in
terms of natural equations that give the curvature and torsion as functions of the
arclength. These equations have the form kappa = f(s) and tau = g(s). The shape and size
of the space curve is uniquely determined by the curvature and the torsion functions.
Figures 9 and 10 shows two intriguing space curves given by simple curvature and torsion
Figure 9: The rocker, with natural equations kappa = 1
and tau = sine(arclength)
Figure 10: The phone-cord, with natural equations kappa =
sine(arclength) and tau = 1.
Well, actually I used kappa = 10*sine(arclength) and tau =
3 to make the picture look better. Note that this is a space curve where we do allow
ourselves to put in negative values for the curvature.
There is not a large literature on these
"kappatau" curves, so I've given my own names to these two: the rocker, and the
At one time I thought that the rocker was a correct way to
represent the seam on a tennis-ball or the stitching on a baseball, but helpful email from
the great mathematician John Horton Conway convinced me I was wrong. Conway makes the
anthropological conjecture that every time a mathematician discovers a curve that he or
she thinks might be the true baseball curve, the curve is a different one.
An analysis of the real-world baseball stitch curve can be
found in the web-published paper "Designing A Baseball Cover by Richard Thompson of
the Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona. It turns out the baseball stitch
curve is based on something so prosaic as a patented 1860s pen and ink drawing of a plane
shape used to cut out the leather for a half of a baseball, a shape arrived at by trial
and error. Thompson finds a fairly gnarly closed-form approximation of this shape.
Not only does my rocker fail to match the baseball stitch
curve, it can be proved that the rocker curve does not in fact lie on the surface of a
sphere (even though it kind of looks like it does). It fails to satisfy the following
necessary condition for lying on the surface of the sphere, where s stands for arclength
d/ds[(1/tau)*d/ds(1/kappa)] + tau*(1/kappa) = 0
(For kappa = 1 and tau = sin(s), the left-hand side of
this is sin(s), which isnt 0.)
Numerical estimates indicate that the arclength of the
rocker has exactly twice the length of a circle of the same radius. This suggests an easy
way to make a rocker. Cut out two identical annuli (thick circles) from some fairly stiff
paper (manila file folders are good), cut radial slits in the annuli, tape two of the
slit-edges together, bend the annuli in two different ways (one like a clockwise helix and
one like a counterclockwise helix) and tape the other two slit-edges together, forming a
continuous band of double length. Because an annulus cannot bend along its osculating
plane, the curvature of the shape is fixed along the arclength. Because half the band is
like a clockwise helix and half is like a counterclockwise helix, when the shape relaxes,
the torsion presumably varies with the arclength like a sine wave function that goes
between plus one and minus one. The torsion seems to be zero at the two places where the
slits are taped together. Note that I have not proved that my empirical paper rocker is
the same as my mathematical rocker, this is simply my conjecture.
Figure 11: Make your own rocker.
- To make the rocker, make a (larger) copy of Figure 11 on
- Cut along all solid lines.
- Tape edge A to edge B* with the letters on the same side.
- Bend the two rings in the opposite sense.
- Tape edge A* to edge B with the letters on the same side.
How were the images in Figures 9 and 10 generated? They
use an algorithm based on the 1851 formulae of Serret and Frenet. (See, for instance,
Struik's classic work for details; note that this book is now available as an
inexpensive Dover paperback reprint.) Let's state the formulae in "differential"
form. The question the formulae address is this: when we do a small displacement ds along
a space curve, what is the displacement dT, dN, and dB of the vectors in the moving
dT =( kappa*N )*ds
dN =( - kappa*T + tau*B )*ds
dB =( - tau*N )*ds
The first and third equations correspond, respectively, to
the definitions of curvature and torsion. The second equation describes the
"back-reaction" of the T and B motions on N.
Since we are lucky enough to live in three-dimensional
space, it is possible for us to experiment with our bodies and to perceive directly why
the Serret-Frenet formulae are true. To experience the equations, you should, if possible,
stick out your right hand's thumb, index finger, and middle finger as shown in Figure 4.
Now start trying to "fly" your trihedron around according to these rules: (1)
The index finger always points in the direction your hand is moving. (2) You are allowed
to turn the index finger towards or away from direction of the middle finger by a motion
corresponding to rotating around the axis of your thumb. (3) You are allowed to turn the
thumb towards or away from the middle finger by a motion corresponding to rotating around
the axis of your forefinger.
To get clear on what's meant by motion (2), grab your
thumb with you left hand and make as if you were trying to unscrew it from your hand. This
is a kind of "yawing" motion, and it corresponds to the first of the three
Serret-Frenet formulae: the change in the tangent is equal to the curvature times normal.
Motion (3) corresponds to grabbing your index finger with your left hand and trying to
unscrew that finger. This is a kind of "rolling" motion, and it corresponds to
the third of the Serret-Frenet formulae: the change in the binormal is the negative of the
torsion times the normal.
In thinking of flying along a space curve you should
explicitly

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Cape Cod Pond Homes
Cape Cod's ponds vary in size and development — from Wellfleet's Duck Pond with its single house — to Long Pond in Harwich which features hundreds of homes along its 6.4 mile shoreline. Ponds, both freshwater and saltwater, offer varied ecosystems and recreational opportunities for buyers and visitors alike. The following is a quick overview of the types of ponds:
Kettle Ponds — an iconic feature of the Cape, these ponds formed by retreating glaciers during the last Ice Age, leaving depressions that filled with water over time. Kettle ponds are clear, clean, and perfect for swimming, fishing, and boating. Well-known kettle ponds include Great Pond in Eastham, Long Pond in Wellfleet, and Cliff Pond in Brewster.
Saltwater Ponds — these ponds connect to the ocean through natural inlets or tidal creeks.They create unique habitats for various marine species and birdlife and are popular for shell fishing and kayaking. Herring Pond in Eastham and Stage Harbor in Chatham are examples of saltwater ponds.
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Cape Cod ponds offer a number of waterfront recreational activities throughout the year. In warmer months, residents can enjoy fishing, kayaking, swimming, paddle boarding, and sailing. Ponds are also a favored destination for anglers looking for bass and pickerel, among other types of fish. Several local towns regularly stock their ponds to enhance fishing experiences.
Similar to the beaches, many of the ponds are protected as part of conservation areas or state parks. These initiatives are designed to preserve their natural beauty as well as the biodiversity of the region.
Our website offers you the opportunity to drill down and look at homes for sale by both town and individual pond across Cape Cod. Our team members are available to help you evaluate the various Cape ponds and help narrow your search for a home to one of these gems.

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About 50 years ago, over 15,000 families in the Kaiser Permanente Health Plan joined the Child Health and Development Studies, a landmark study of pregnancy and child development. Today, families continue to participate in the CHDS, allowing scientists to discover how disease starts even before birth - not just by genes, but also through social, personal, and environmental surroundings.
Our goal is to learn enough to prevent diseases before they happen, including widespread health conditions like obesity, diabetes, asthma, heart disease, cancer, learning problems and mental illness. Learn more.
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D-mannose is a simple sugar found in many fruits. It is related to glucose. It also occurs naturally in some cells in the human body.
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 - Seminose
Why do people take D-mannose?
D-mannose is used to treat a rare disease called carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndrome type 1b.
This disease is passed down through families. It makes you lose protein through the intestines. Some reports say D-mannose slows down this protein loss and makes your liver work better. It may also reduce bleeding disorders and low blood sugar in people with this disease.
D-mannose may also treat or prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Animal research suggests the supplementstops certain bacteria from sticking to the bladder walls.
Scientists think that the bacteria stick to the sugar instead. This helps the bacteria leave the body through your urine. Fewer bacteria in the bladder lowers your risk of a UTI. However, no studies of D-mannose have been done in people to determine if it effectively treats or prevent UTIs.
Some studies suggest D-mannose may play a useful role as a "prebiotic." Prebiotics are substances that may help your body by stimulating the growth of "good" bacteria in your digestive system.
In some lab studies and studies in mice, D-mannose components were shown to increase the growth of "good" bacteria. This suggests D-mannose may have some use for people with dysbiosis, an imbalance in good and bad bacteria.
D-mannose supplements are taken by mouth.
Can you get D-mannose naturally from foods?
D-mannose is found naturally in high amounts in many fruits. Such fruits include:
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What are the risks of taking D-mannose?
Long-term studies in mice suggest it is safe when taken by mouth in appropriate amounts.
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For the 12th International Architecture Exhibition Hylozoic Ground
transforms the Canada Pavilion with an immersive, interactive environment made of tens of thousands of lightweight digitally-fabricated components fitted with meshed microprocessors and sensors. The glass-like fragility of this artificial forest is built of an intricate lattice of small transparent acrylic meshwork links, covered with a network of interactive mechanical fronds, filters and whiskers. The environment is similar to a coral reef, following cycles of opening, clamping, filtering and digesting. Arrays of touch sensors create waves of diffuse breathing motion, luring visitors into the shimmering depths of a forest of light. The project is designed by Philip Beesley, Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Waterloo, with engineering director Rob Gorbet, experimental chemist Rachel Armstrong, and many collaborators.
The projects title refers to hylozoism, the ancient belief that all matter has life. Hylozoic Ground offers a vision for a new generation of responsive architecture. The Hylozoic Ground environment can be described as a suspended geotextile that gradually accumulates hybrid soil from ingredients drawn from its surroundings. Akin to the functions of a living system, embedded machine intelligence allows human interaction to trigger breathing, caressing, and swallowing motions and hybrid metabolic exchanges. These empathic motions ripple out from hives of kinetic valves and pores in peristaltic waves, creating a diffuse pumping that pulls air, moisture and stray organic matter through the filtering Hylozoic membranes. Living chemical exchanges are conceived as the first stages of self-renewing functions that might take root within this architecture.


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A New Online Resource from the University of Iowa Library
The Atlas of Early Printing is an interactive site designed to be used as a tool for teaching the early history of printing in Europe during the second half of the fifteenth century. While printing in Asia pre-dates European activity by several hundred years, the rapid expansion of the trade following the discovery of printing in Mainz, Germany around the middle of the fifteenth century is a topic of great importance to the history of European civilization. This website uses Flash to depict the spread of European printing in a manner that allows a user to control dates and other variables.
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When Are Kumquats In Season In Australia? Kumquat Harvest Season Some varieties ripen from November through January and some from mid-December to April. Six varieties are grown throughout the world, but only three, Nagami, Meiwa, and Fukushu, are commonly grown here. Kumquats are very cold resistant, up to 10 degrees F.
When can you buy kumquats? A few varieties are in season from November to January and others from December to April, but the peak months are February and March. Not all grocery stores will carry them, but the best places to find them in are farmers markets, organic grocery stores, or Asian markets.
Where do kumquats grow in Australia? Both have sweetly scented, white flowers in spring. Best climate: Cumquats will grow in most parts of Australia, except for mountain areas. Protect from frost when young.
What month do you harvest kumquats? Harvesting: Kumquats flower in early summer and ripen between December and March. They should not be eaten until they are fully orange and are at their best in late winter and early spring.
How many kumquats should you eat?
These little fruits pack a punch on the health benefits scale (which is why I can call it a healthy addiction). They are high in Fiber which aids in digestion and helps balance blood sugar. Four to five kumquats can supply close to 40% of the recommended daily allowance for fiber for an adult.
Are kumquats good for you?
They're high in vitamins C (about 8 mg each) and offer some vitamin A (about 3 mcg each). The skin is full of fiber and antioxidants (substances that can protect your cells). Kumquats are also cholesterol-free and low in fat and sodium.
Are kumquats frost hardy?
Getting started. Cumquats readily adapt to warm temperate and subtropical climates. They're winter dormant and can cope with frosts to -4oC and long, hot summers.
How long does it take for kumquats to bear fruit from seed?
Your fruits should start developing after 2 to 4 years after taking a cutting, but it could take up to 10 years if you've grown the kumquats from seeds. Unlike other citrus fruits, you can eat the skin of a kumquat. It has a spicy-sweet flavor.
Can you eat kumquats off the tree?
Kumquats are best eaten whole — unpeeled. Their sweet flavor actually comes from the peel, while their juice is tart. The only caveat is that if you're allergic to the peel of common citrus fruits, you may need to pass up kumquats. If the tart juice turns you off, you can squeeze it out before eating the fruit.
How long does a kumquat tree live?
The average lifespan of a citrus tree is approximately 50 years. This age applies to both standard size and dwarf citrus. Trees begin producing fruits sometime during their second through fifth growing season, and continue to produce fruit throughout their lifespan.
Do kumquat trees freeze?
How cold it gets and how long it stays below freezing are important. Satsumas and kumquats do not need protection until the temperature drops below 25 degrees, and they generally survive without protection if temperatures do not go below 20 degrees.
How do you pick a kumquat?
How to choose: Kumquats should be deeply colored and firm. Pass by any that have soft spots. How to store: Refrigerate kumquats in a tightly sealed plastic bag. How to prepare: If you're not going to eat them out of hand, slice kumquats thin and add them to a winter salad.
Are kumquat seeds poisonous?
The seeds are not poisonous, but they have the same bitter taste as orange seeds. If you're feeling dainty, slice the kumquat in half and pluck out the seeds. You can easily spit the seeds out as you eat instead, or even chew them up if you don't mind the flavor. Pull off the nubs of green stems as well.
Do you peel a kumquat?
The size and shape of a large olive, the kumquat is like an orange in reverse, with a sweet skin and tart pulp. So you don't have to peel the kumquat; you simply eat the entire fruit. Thus its brilliance.
Do kumquats cause diarrhea?
Additionally, kumquats are very high in fiber. While this is definitely beneficial in terms of health, increasing your fiber intake too quickly can lead to unwanted side effects, such as bloating, cramps and diarrhea.
How many kumquats should you eat a day?
Vitamins and minerals You can roughly consume four to five kumquats per day that weigh up to 100 grams. They help meet more than half of the daily requirements of vitamin C. In addition, it provides reasonable amounts of fibre and nutrients in fair amounts.
Do kumquats make you sleepy?
Citrus Fruit The citrus in oranges, clementines, grapefruits, tangerines, lemons and kumquats will cause your stomach to produce excessive amounts of acid that will make it very difficult for you to sleep. On the other hand, cherries will actually help you fall asleep.
How do you remove seeds from kumquats?
Wash the kumquats in a sink full of lukewarm water. Take a thin slice off the end of each kumquat, then slice it in half lengthwise. Notch out the central membrane core and prick the seeds out with the tip of the knife.
Do kumquats fruit every year?
Kumquat Harvest Season Some varieties ripen from November through January and some from mid-December to April. Six varieties are grown throughout the world, but only three, Nagami, Meiwa, and Fukushu, are commonly grown here.
Do kumquat trees lose their leaves in winter?
Cold Damage. Kumquat trees lose leaves and fruit after severe freezes, although the kumquat is known to be hardy below 20 degrees Fahrenheit.
Do kumquat trees grow fast?
When ripe, kumquat fruit has a sweet, edible skin with slightly sour flesh inside. Kumquat trees have a moderate growth rate, gaining up to 24 inches per year. They should be planted in the spring.
How cold can kumquat trees tolerate?
Generally considered one of the most cold-tolerant citrus trees, the satsuma, or satsuma mandarin, is hardy down to 15 degrees F when mature. Kumquats also have some of the best cold tolerance, being hardy down to temperatures around 15 degrees F.


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Proportion of Households with Firearms
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In a given jurisdiction the number of firearms held by civilians could have risen, while in the same period the proportion of households containing firearms could have fallen, or vice versa.
Counting the proportion of households with firearms might reveal trends in which existing gun owners acquire more or fewer guns, while at the same time a decreasing or increasing proportion of households contain firearms.
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Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 60 / Number 3 / October 2011 / Pages 865-868
ITER / Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Tritium Science and Technology
One of the safety issues related to ITER concerns the potential impact of Tritium that could be released to the environment in a postulated accident. As the final site located at the vicinity of Cadarache nuclear facilities in France is known, some calculations have been made to assess the effect of the nominal release of 1 g of tritium for ITER site specific characteristics. Sensitivity studies have been performed according to these characteristics, but also to assumptions related on the way the tritium could be accidentally released (chemical form, height of the releases...). The results being used for demonstrating the low impact of tritium accident releases, care has been considered on the selection of the most penalizing assumptions in terms of results. The results have shown that, whatever are the assumptions, the consequences of 1 g of tritium that could be accidentally released into the environment is extremely low, in the domain of low doses. In spite of this very low impact, many safety provisions are undertaken with regards to defence in depth principles in order to further reduce both the likelihood of an accident involving tritium and its consequences.


HRLN files Amicus in before Republic of Uganda for establishing food reserves
MIsc Appeal in CIVIL APPEAL N0.______OF 2020 AND 1. CENTER FOR FOOD AND ADEQUATE LIVING RIGHTS (CEFROHT) 2. ATTORNEY GENERAL | Court of Appeal of Uganda | Status: Pending | |
The High court of Uganda at Kampala brushed away the claim of CEROHT on access to food from government strategic food reserves to stabilize the rising food prices
on the market and enable easy access to food by all and declaring that the Country is a violation of and threat to rights guaranteed under the National Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy No.XXII, XXIII, Article 20, 8A and 45 of the Constitution of Uganda (as amended).
The SECR Net members including HRLN intervened by way Amicus in Appeal to the aforementioned proceedings by mainly summarising the following -
Established international, regional, and comparative right to food standards inform and reinforce the Ugandan State's human rights duties to respond to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by:
1) recognizing and enforcing the right to food within the domestic legal order;
2) appropriately providing for all necessary food distribution during the pandemic;
3) establishing and maintaining food reserves;
4) ensuring economic accessibility of food and food price stabilization;
5) ensuring food safety; and
6) utilizing maximum available resources in the face of the food emergency.
 It was argued that vis a vis Constitutional law of India the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Conventions of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recognize the needs which include right to food, clothing, housing, education, right to work, leisure, fair wages, decent working conditions, social security, right to physical or mental health, protection of their families as an integral part of the right to life.
It was further stated that the PUCL v Union of India, the Supreme Court of India recognized Right to food was envisaged as being a component of the right to life and the Court issued a continuing mandamus to monitor the overall implementation.
It was stated that, the timeout, nonrestrictive, nonarbitrary compliance with international standards, focus on disadvantaged and marginalized, and grave and risky situations can effect in maximum realization in minimum available resorces.


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// TRUE is used to tell the MSQuery a new query should be created
The user will see "Return to application" as a replacement in the file-exit menu of MSQuery. When the user select this, the query will be returned to the application. This command should be passed without a time-out interval, so TIMEOUT_ASYNC must be passed. When the user is done, and has created or canceled the query, the callback function is called. In this callback function the result should be retrieved from MSQuery.
Modifying a query
Modifying a query is a little harder, it can be done the following way. Every command except the last one should NOT use TIMEOUT_ASYNC!
Build the connectionstring to connect to:
"[BuildODBC(\">place the connectionstring here>")]"
Now connect: (for a list of parameters of LogonNow see the MSQuery help).
Open the query: (this can be a query filename or a real SQL statement)
"[Open(\" ")]"
The last command is used to wait for the user to modify the query:
"[UserControl(\"&Return to application\",1,FALSE)]"
// Now false to tell MSQuery no new query needs to be created
Getting the result
In the callback function it is the responsibilty of the application to get the result. To get the selected query use:
To retrieve the connectionstring use:
That's about all you need to know to use MSQuery with your application. Though this articles if very brief in everything, you are free to ask me questions if some things aren't clear. Also try to look at the help of MSQuery, it contains more commands and other information. Read the documentation of DDEML in the Visual C online help.
The CMSQuery class
The CMSQuery class is VERY easy to use. You should use it within a dialog box with a cancel button, because your application should wait until the user presses cancel or returns from MSQuery. There are a few things that needs to be done to create the class. Use the class dynamicly in your cancelbutton dialog. In the OnInitDialog do the following:
BOOL CCancelDlg::OnInitDialog()
 m_query = new CDBSMsQuery();
 m_query->Create(m_sqlstring, this);
m_query is the CMSQuery object as a member of the CCancelDlg class. Create runs MSQuery or tries to connect to an existing instance. Shows MSQuery and makes a DDE connection. You should check the result of Create, if it returns false the connection hasn't been made. The first parameter of Create is the SQL string, when this string is empty a new query is created else the existing is opened. This is the pointer of the cancel dialog.
Then you should wait till the user presses cancel or MSQuery is finished. When MSQuery is finished it will send a WM_COMMAND message with IDCANCEL.
In the OnCancel function of this dialog do something like this:
// Retrieve the result and destroy the object
 m_sqlstringOK = m_query->QueryOK();
 m_sqlstring = m_query->GetQuery();
 m_conenctstr = m_query->GetConnectionString();
// Delete the MSQuery object
 delete m_query;
I would advise you to study the included sample, and see how easy it is to use the class.
Rick Blommers,
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 - Great work!!!
 Posted by Legacy on 07/24/2002 12:00am
 Originally posted by: Alexander N. Treyner
 Really, Great work!!!
 - Fix for editing a query:
 Posted by Legacy on 08/23/1999 12:00am
 Originally posted by: Rick Blommers
 It somethimes happend that MSQuery can't open the query for editing.
 After a lot of debugging I discovered the cause:
 Somehow \r\n are inserted in the query. This is caused by the edit control or msquery itself..
 To fix it remove every \r and \n from the query
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This gigantic antenna system called Duga-3 is located near Prypiat in the Chernobyl area.
It was built in the 70's as an early missile detection system (over-the-horizon radar system). It was also called the Steel Yard hence its distinctive appearance. The antenna was deactivated in 1989.
The Russian Woodpecker was a notorious Soviet signal that could be heard on the shortwave radio bands worldwide between July 1976 and December 1989. It sounded like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise, at 10 Hz, giving rise to the "Woodpecker" name. The random frequency disrupted legitimate broadcast, amateur radio, and utility transmissions and resulted in thousands of complaints by many countries worldwide.
Starting in 1976 a new and powerful radio signal was detected worldwide, and quickly dubbed the Woodpecker by amateur radio operators. Transmission power on some woodpecker transmitters was estimated to be as high as 10 MW EIRP. As well as disrupting shortwave amateur radio and broadcasting it could sometimes be heard over telephone circuits due to the strength of the signals. This led to a thriving industry of "Woodpecker filters" and noise blankers.
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Are You Making These 5 Book Marketing Mistakes?
Writing a book is only a 1/3 of the writing process. While many writers are familiar and enthusiastic about writing and publishing their books, few give thought to how marketing said book will affect them in the future until they find themselves waist deep in mistakes. If you've recently published or are planning to publish by the end of the year, check your strategy for these 5 marketing mistakes!
1. Thinking Your Book Will Sell Itself
For some writers, writing the book is the main focus. This is fine whilst the book is being written, but at some point the book will eventually come to an end, and the next phase of production will begin. This means querying for an agent or publisher, self-publishing, and promoting your book's sales. If you're new to the process of book marketing, you may find yourself thinking things like "I'm an author. I write the books, I don't sell them." or "People buy my book, they don't buy me." Unfortunately both of these are misconceptions. Thinking that you'll write a book that will wind up as big hit overnight without any effort on your part is a big mistake.
There's no such thing as "sleeper hits" or the "discovery fairy". When you see books making the Best-Sellers Lists, being promoted on TV or the web, or selling well in stores, it's because there was an author (and their team) dedicated to the marketing behind it. If your only intention is to publish a book, then its not necessary to do anything but publish it. However, if you expect to see any income or to see your story be successful, prepare yourself to do a lot of the ground work to get it there. Whether you are self-publishing or traditionally publishing, it's your responsibility as the author to promote and successfully sell your book.
The best way to jump-start your sales is get people talking. Your potential readers need to know about your bookthis means getting the word out to the best of your ability. Start small by spreading the word and enlisting your readers and fellow writing friends to help you. Get those reviews in on Amazon, Goodreads, and other reviewing sites. Make sure that you are actively utilizing social media to help raise awareness and attract potential readers. If you can attract enough attention, you'll see your sales rate raise over time.
2. Blaming Your Lack of Sales On Something Other Than Yourself
One of the most common mistakes amateur authors make is to blame their lack of success on "macro" effects on the market. This refers to phenomenons like a holiday, the summer slump, the algorithm changes on Amazon, turbulent elections, etc. While its easy to blame your lack of sales or a lack of attention on things such as these, the reality is that individual authors aren't typically affected by these larger forces. Only big publishers and businesses need to worry about them.
Unfortunately, knowing that means you have to take responsibility for why your books aren't selling rather than blaming something else for your lack of income. As an author, your book sales are much more affected by the "micro", meaning that it's entirely up to you (and your decisions) when it comes to success.
Ask yourself the following:
 - When did you last release?
 - When did you last advertise or otherwise promote?
If the answer is that you haven't or you don't remember, then it's most likely that you're the cause of your own problem. Remember, the more effort you put into the above, the more progress you'll make overall so focus on these and keep going.
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3. Using A One-Size-Fits All Marketing Approach
Always be aware of who you're speaking to when trying to advertise your book. You wouldn't ask a stranger you don't know directly for a loan, just like you wouldn't address a friend with a cold and informal greeting. The same goes for marketing. Knowing who you're trying to attract makes all the difference when it comes to your marketing strategy.
At a loss for how to begin? That's okay! A good rule of thumb is to use the 80/20 rule. Use 80% of your time to promote your story by showing off snippets, letting readers get to know your characters and plotline, sharing fun facts or tidbits about your writing process, etc. Then once they've been hooked, use the remaining 20% to send them the sales pitch.
Another good tip to keep in mind is to present your readers with value before ever asking them to buy. Sharing a resource, helping them with a problem, sharing an anecdote about an emotional time in your life, and generally speaking being relatable are all ways that you as an author can offer your supporters value without relying on marketing materials. Freebies and other promotional items don't hurt though so definitely invest some time and money there as well!
4. Treating Ad Platforms As Equals
Okay, so you've had some success when it comes to engagement and your initial sales launch, what next? The answer is often to spread the word via Ad platforms such as Facebook, BookBub, and Amazon. The pitfall is when you start to rest on your success and start treating each of these platforms as equals. The truth is they're all different and that should be taken into consideration when you use them. There are key differences between platforms in terms of audience, targeting, bids, price sensitivity, and what images work best. While learning the individual quirks may be challenging at first, the rewards are well worth it.
For example, while targeting a specific author's audience on Facebook may be useful, the same will not be true for BookBub Ads, where the size of their following will be skewed by how many Featured Deals or BookBub Ads they have run. This means the best approach is to vary your targets and select entirely different authors when using this site. By creating a custom list of authors on BookBub you improve the performance of your ads overall and subsequently discover new authors to target in the process.
The same line of thinking goes with social media in general. You can't expect to utilize Twitter and Instagram the same way, because simply put they're not the same. Each social media site has its own quirks and trends that work. Understanding these tactics and tailoring your approach to each individual site will ensure you succeed across the board instead of stagnating after a certain point.
5. Chasing Trends Instead of Focusing On What Matters
Chasing trends and always being on top of what's next may be fun and seem worthwhile, but in the long run these are just distractions. Authors who focus on their core business (writing high quality stories at a consistent rate) are typically more successful. Why? Because they chose to focus on marketing through conventional channels (email, reader sites, Facebook, BookBub, Amazon Ads, cross-promotion, and newsletter updates).
It's not about being the first to do something, it's about consistency. By utilizing all the resources you can and investing your time and energy into your core business you increase the level of results you'll see overall.
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Parol Evidence Rule
The parol evidence rule prevents a party from avoiding liability on a written contract by presenting evidence that the writing does not mean what it says. The reason for the rule is to give stability to written contracts and to prevent someone claiming that there were oral terms that never found their way into the written agreement. Parol evidence will be allowed when:
 - the writing is incomplete;
 - the writing is ambiguous;
 - the writing is not a true statement of the agreement of the parties because of fraud,
 - accident or mistake; or
 - the existence, subsequent modification, or illegality of a contract is in question.
If the written contract is obviously incomplete or if the parties admit that it is incomplete, Courts will allow evidence as to what was orally agreed to, in addition to what was agreed upon in writing. If the terms of the contract are ambiguous, parol evidence will be allowed to explain the contract so as to make it not ambiguous. For example, if a written contract might have two different meanings, parol evidence may be admitted to clarify what the contract really means. However, the fact that the parties disagree as to the meaning of the contract does not mean that it is ambiguous.
A contract which looks complete on its face may have omitted a provision that should have been included. Parol evidence may be admitted to show that this provision was omitted due to a mistake or because of fraud of the party drawing up the contract. Parol evidence is, of course, admissible to prove fraud. For example, if the seller of property orally represented that the land was zoned to permit commercial use, and the land in fact was not zoned for commercial use, this evidence can be admitted in seeking to avoid the contract.


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A plan to save Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge from rising sea levels may do more than just create new habitat for migratory birds, increase opportunities for hunters, and prevent flooding in some coastal communities.
The ambitious proposal, released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on May 31, may become a template for how Delaware deals with the coastal flooding that already strikes the state's many low-lying areas – a challenge that experts say will get far worse in coming decades.
The 10,000-acre Prime Hook preserve is one of the areas that state officials say will be virtually wiped out by the one-meter rise in ocean waters projected to happen by the end of the century if current trends continue.
Rising sea level is the main threat to the refuge and the main driver behind the federal agency's long-awaited Comprehensive Conservation Plan.
As salt water from the Delaware Bay inundates some 4,000 acres of what had been freshwater impoundments, those areas no longer attract the migratory birds that they were built to shelter. The surging waters from the bay frequently flood the adjacent community of Prime Hook Beach and damage bordering farmland with salt water.
The plan lays out three options for responding to repeated flooding at the refuge. The option favored by the Fish and Wildlife Service would raise the level of at least one of the impoundments by about seven inches by pumping in million of tons of sand and mud from a long-planned dredging project to deepen the Delaware ship channel. The agency hopes the operation will allow the area to revert to salt marsh and drain into the bay rather than drawing waters from it, as it does now.
"The bay is rising twice as fast as the marsh is," said Michael Stroeh, project leader for the Delaware Coastal Refuge Complex that includes Prime Hook and Bombay Hook refuges.
Stroeh said the Prime Hook plan could become a model for coastal restoration elsewhere because of its large size and because most other restoration projects, especially in the mid-Atlantic area, have not used dredging spoils to restore marshes.
"Any restoration project this large would be unique," he told DFM News. "It offers the opportunity for innovative ideas."
At a public meeting in Milford, Stroeh said the plan to dump dredging spoils at Prime Hook represents the best chance for the restoration project to succeed.
"The deepening project is my big shot to get sediment here," he told residents at the meeting.
If approved, work wouldn't begin until 2014 because the dredging spoils are earmarked for nearby Broadkill Beach and Kelly Island before that.
But the 102-mile dredging project — designed to give larger cargo ships access to Wilmington and other ports on the Delaware – faces legal challenges from environmentalists who say the plan would disrupt the ecology of the Delaware Bay. Seventeen miles of the channel near Claymont has already been deepened.
If the plaintiffs win their lawsuit against the project's leaders, the Army Corps of Engineers, that would halt work on the project, according to Jane Davenport, senior attorney for Delaware Riverkeeper Network, one of the environmental groups. The case is awaiting a ruling by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia.
Davenport said any plan to dump dredging spoils at Prime Hook would be "extremely problematic" and would probably require the Army Corps to conduct another environmental impact statement before doing the work, a process that can take years.
Until the court rules, the Corps is pressing ahead and inviting bidders on the next phase of the project, according to Ed Voigt, a spokesman for the Corps in Philadelphia.
Voigt confirmed the Corps is talking to the federal wildlife service about using dredging spoils at Prime Hook. Any decision to take the material there would have to be funded by agencies other than the Corps, he said.
David Small, deputy secretary for Delaware's Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), said the work at Prime Hook could have value well beyond the central Delaware coast.
"Could that be a model that could be followed in other areas?" he asked in an interview with DFM News. "I think it could be."
In April, DNREC released an assessment of Delaware's vulnerability to sea-level rise. It estimated that 10 percent or more of the state's land mass could be inundated by the end of the century. The agency's coastal team is now working on how the state should adapt.
For now, there's no immediate relief in sight for residents of Prime Hook Beach. They continue to endure frequent flooding of their yards, homes and streets as waters rush in to one of the impoundments on high tides, nor'easters, or major storms.
On June 4, a high tide flooded homes, ruined landscaping, and submerged Prime Hook Road, temporarily cutting off the community's main link with the rest of the state. "This flooding every few months is very difficult for the people who own these homes," said Cindy Miller, chair of the Prime Hook Beach Organization. "It's traumatic and it's a public safety issue."
Miller said the community needs immediate relief from the flooding rather than the long-term solution proposed by the federal Fish and Wildlife Service. Her group will offer more detailed comments at a June 19 public meeting to discuss the Prime Hook plan.
The federal agency says restoring the salt marsh alongside the community of some 200 homes should eventually reduce exposure to the ocean waters that now sweep into the impoundment through several dune breaches to the north.
For now, the agency proposes to put sand, coconut logs, and Christmas trees along the east side of the impoundment in hopes that will break up the waves. The agency says it has no plans to close the dune breaches, because winds and waves would probably undo the work quickly, as happened after a previous repair in 2011.
The federal Fish and Wildlife Service is expected to make a final decision on Prime Hook by the end of the year.


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2017 AGM – and the new Cathedral organ
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Andrew Moyes (above), Managing Director of Nicholson & Co., UK, gave a fascinating presentation on Holy Trinity's new organ at our recent AGM.
Nicholson & Co. was founded in 1841 (same as Parnell!!). The founder, John Nicholson, died in 1895 and Andrew is the seventh Managing Director in 175 years. Nicholson & Co. is one of three firms in the UK capable of building large organs of the scale of Holy Trinity's.
How do they design and build such a large organ? It is rare to have the opportunity to design a brand-new cathedral organ. On the strength of their organ design for the Llandaff Cathedral in Wales, they were invited to Auckland in 2012 to give a proposal for the new organ. Andrew accompanied by their Tonal Director, who designs specifically for the acoustics, came out. Originally there was a bridge in the cathedral which broke the building into two parts. So, Andrew saw a great opportunity for the organ to be built in the space where the bridge was, a perfect space in the middle of the building.
Organ builders have two criteria:
 - it is a musical instrument so sound is paramount
 - it is a huge piece of furniture so how it looks is very important.
If the organ is put in a chamber, it cannot be heard properly. So, the pipes need to be in a position where the congregation can see them and receive the high frequencies of sound, from the smaller pipes, clearly. The big pipes (32' long) give low frequency sound which will spread well everywhere and thus may be hidden. In the Holy Trinity these two aspects came together very well with excellent acoustics and visuals.
The original organ in the cathedral was placed where it was difficult to be heard and hence needed to 'shout' which was not good, ie it had to be played with more force and would lose the finer nuances. They employed a Frenchman, Didier Grassin, who worked for an American organ building company, and he came up with a very ingenious design without visiting the building placing the organ where the two parts of the building collide: the more austere 1930's design and the Maori-inspired nave. This has changed completely the cathedral's interior.
How is the organ built? It took 20 months to build. It was so large it would not fit into the factory so was built in three sections and only came together in Auckland. It took 6 months to install, two teams of four men in 6 week relays. The final installation took place at the beginning of 2017 and it was finished at Easter.
What are the components of the organ? There are 5,432 pipes ranging from the biggest at 32' long to the smallest that is the size of one's little finger. The biggest pipe is made of wood and weighs two-thirds of a tonne and is built in three sections. This organ is the biggest to have been built in the UK for 63 years. The organ weighs 40 tonnes. It was packed into seven 40' containers which were loaded into the ex-refrigerator holds of the ships to give extra protection.
There are two consoles, where the organist sits, one on top of the transept and the other is a mobile console that can be wheeled around. The connection from the consoles to the pipes is digital. The sound itself is air blown through the pipes. The air is generated by six electric blowers.
The Holy Trinity organ is the largest musical instrument in New Zealand and the largest organ in Australasia. Why is it so big? This is due to the acoustic space and to give a large tonal palette. The bigger the organ the greater the variety of tonality. The Auckland organ is very versatile and has an enormous repertoire of performance potential.


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According to a survey conducted by the Canadian Payroll Association, Canadians have poor saving practices and are prepared to work longer to make ends meet. This mirrors the common belief that the children of baby boomers will have a poorer standard of living than their parents, which is a reversal of past generational norms. Some interesting facts from the survey:
- 51% of employees are living paycheque to paycheque and would have difficulty meeting their financial obligations if their pay was delayed a single week.
- 50% of employees are saving less than 5% of their pay. 10% is the recommended amount to save.
- 79% of employees are expecting to work to at least 60 years of age.
- 39% of employees feel overwhelmed by their level of debt.
I find these numbers alarming, in particular as it relates to debt, as there is good debt and there is bad debt. Good debt should be embraced. An example of good debt is a mortgage: money borrowed to obtain an asset that increases in value. Most consumer debt is bad debt, such as a car loan. In this case you are purchasing an asset that depreciates in value. Canadians need to stop living beyond their means if accumulating consumer debt is the result. Live responsibly and worry less about your finances.
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Growth and Movement in Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) in two Norwegian Rivers
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In the present study, using stream-dwelling brown trout (Salmo trutta) as a model species, movement through the summer and autumn in two large Norwegian rivers, River Glomma and River Gudbrandsdalslågen, was observed. In addition fish from each river were sampled for age and growth analysis. The aim of the study was to test for which individual characteristics (sex, body mass, body condition factor, tagging site and cohort) that influenced movement and to test for correlations between growth rates (both immature and mature) and movement (movement during the growth season and spawning migration) on a large spatiotemporal scale. Model selection showed that body condition was negatively related to movement during the growth season and that there was a difference in movement activity between the two rivers. Female body size had a positive effect on the activity level shown for movement during the growth season and spawning period; however no such relationship was found for males. As this relationship has not been shown before in salmonids, the reason for this pattern remains unknown. However, one might speculate that it is related to differences between the two sexes in size-specific energy requirements associated with spawning. Neither movement during the growth season nor spawning migration could be predicted from growth rates experienced as juveniles. This indicates that variation in movement among individuals is not temporally consistent throughout life in brown trout.


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This is the third instalment of my article on the iron balconies of Bucharest's period buildings. In Part 1 I presented considerations on the large scale adoption in this city, starting with the third quarter of the 19th century, of the iron balcony as a functional and decorative architectural element and detailed its typology using examples that adorn buildings in Bucharest's historic quarters. In Part 2 of the article I discussed the pear shaped wrought iron balcony, the most spectacular and conspicuous balcony type in Bucharest, that had its heydays during the last decade of the 19th and first decade of the 20th centuries, beautifying the Little Paris style buildings erected in Bucharest and all over Romania during that period.
In this post I present in an approximately chronological order examples of UPRIGHT-FENCE iron balconies as they emerged in late 19th century Bucharest to the 4th decade of the 20th century.
I found in my research for the article that for Bucharest the oldest type of iron balcony is the cast iron one. A number houses in Lipscani historic quarter, that architecturally are among the oldest in that area, their facades dating from 1870s, perhaps earlier, have such cast iron balconies. The chunkiness of cast iron ornaments gives them a special charm and because the rarity of this balcony type in Bucharest, it adds to the value of a period property.
However, the wrought iron balcony emerges as the most popular type in Bucharest because of the versatility of that material, enabling the designer to create flamboyant and intricate decorations. Also a wrought iron balcony is easier to adapt to the building facade limitations or particularities, an important aspect in a labyrinthine city such as old Bucharest; see the following example of a wrought iron balcony on a round street corner facade.
In other instances the balcony consisted of corner pillars linked by decorative fences as seen in the following example from Lipscani.
As with their pear shaped counterparts, the upright-fence balconies displayed a wealth of imaginative patterns and in many instances had the monogram of the house owner displayed at the centre of the front panel.
In other examples, the decorative theme of the balcony is used throughout the whole facade of the period building as a key integrative architectural solution.
The Art Deco balconies, represent the third generation of such architectural artefacts in Bucharest, succeeding the cast and wrought iron Little Paris style ones. Bucharest contains many such hidden gems, as in the following images:
The last generation of iron balconies in period Bucharest is that that adorns the Neo-Romanian style buildings, the only grass root architectural order that emerged in Romania (see my guide explaining the origins and feature of this remarkable style). The iron balconies were imaginatively adapted to the proportions and decorative themes of the Neo-Romanian style and became part of Bucharest architectural landscape especially in the third and fourth decade of the 20th century.
The Second World War and the subsequent communist takeover put an end to the evolution and emergence of new exquisite types of iron balconies in Bucharest and the rest of Romania. The architecture became utilitarian, concerned with satisfying the huge need of social housing for the masses of people that moved from countryside to towns, employed in the communist sponsored heavy industry. The fine architecture for domestic buildings became a thing of the past, with Bucharest's skyline now dominated by vast quarters of unsightly grey apartment blocks.
The iron balconies represent an architectural treasure unfortunately not much prized by the actual inhabitants of this city. They and also the Bucharest authorities have little time and understanding for historical architecture and period properties, the main priorities being to erect non-descript, modern buildings that further damage Bucharest's heritage and its urban landscape. To properly prize that heritage requires a deeper cultural understanding, which at this point in time is in short supply among a majority of Bucharest's citizens, victims of the decades long communist cultural brain-wash. However, hope is not lost as there is a nascent gradual realisation, seen in a series of notable recent renovation and restoration works in Bucharest, that the period buildings together with their old iron balconies should be valued in their multiple role as heritage edifices, fine artistic and architectural statements and precious real estate assets that can also increase the attraction and tourist potential of the city. ©Valentin Mandache
If you are interested in acquiring a period property in Romania or start a renovation project, I would be delighted to assist in locating the property, specialist research, planning permissions, restoration project management, etc. To discuss your particular plan please see my contact details in the Contact page of this weblog.


= V(end-replen+1:end)
Rpossible = '142857142857'
loc = strfind(V,Rpossible)
loc = 1×3
7 13 19
Now, look at the last two locations it found that sequence. If there was a seqence repeat of length 12, that is not consistent with the last two locations found. They differ by 6. And now we know the repeat length is 6, not 12.
replen = 6;
Rpossible = V(end-replen+1:end)
Rpossible = '142857'
loc = strfind(V,Rpossible)
loc = 1×4
7 13 19 25
Finally, I can do a circshift, noting that the repeating sequence actually started at location 2 in V. Or, I can be lazy, and just use my repetend code, to learn:
[repeatstr,nonrepstr] = repetend(12,35,10)
repeatstr =
'428571'
nonrepstr =
'3'
Or, for example, the number 1/9931, written in base 3. It has a repeating string of length 3310 digits in base 3 (but 9930 decimal digits.) And, yes, you can do all of this in double precision arithmetic.
[repeatstr,nonrepstr] = repetend(1,9931,3)
repeatstr =
'0000000012221112120200100001102222102120210012100110112020221110222002001010110112000222221101101201002000112121102011012001020112202121010110002010220210000201121012001200102211202111010012000212122012021222212222201221201201102021021021210200021021212122210011002202210122002120122220011100211001220200022101121100200112210001000112020111120212220200110100122002010202211000000010222000201110020000221222121201112010120022100111121222122101100202022100100122221220221010201100100201221102210100211100211201202022001102121112000111001210101010021220011122202010100120202110112022220222211022011010221111211212012110011212020202212002201211212102101201102221002220112201021110012121001220110100212000200100111100001120221110022020102101102111212200000002122100110222011000122022202011000102101012120100002022202120220111112120020102222021121202110220020111021221212020112220120011011112100221202000100022201012020202012021010002211102020101111122100112221122212212102202122000020020110122010020111111220101211020020121121010221221201221100210211222010201201021022020120100110020022220001001121222012111021120221200020210000001202120022122102200102112211102200021120210201020001112211201121100000201011021222112002011122121011022212022020111100221101002210000120122011100020012210210111111110111202001212221111021000002120100222002220220121211202100011011022102102011100000021021012211011102001202122022011021220112120022102111010211212111101020022011012221000201002022110122212001122010011112000001011201012202121210021200212221210012001112110211001000220011001220000110202212022200101110002201202212220112111022220121220201212000101102102220011010212112022222222100011101020221222211200001201020122101221121102020011120002202212121121102220000011211210212202221101011202112102212021100201012121122202120020122220211012102210221200110201112122102220101002102010000100000210010210211202012012010120222012010101000122112200200121002201021000022111220112210020222001211011220221100122212221102021111020100020221121221002202120200112222222120002220211122022220010001010211102121022001221111010001001211220202001221221000010020012120211221220210011200121220111220110210202002211201011102221112210121212122010022111000202121221020201121102000020000112002112120011110110102101122110102020200102200210110101201210211200012200021100212011122101012210021121220102220221221111222211020011122002021201211201110100222222201001221120002112221002000202112221201212101021222202000201020021111101022021200002011010201120022021112010010102021100021022112111101220010202221222000212102020202102012122200111202021211111001221100011000100101200201002222022021121002122021111110021210112022021011012120010010210011220120110002120210212012002021021221122022000022212211010002101112011020010222020122222210201022001001200221201100111200222011020120212022211100110211011222220212112010001102202111001012112000102002021111220011212200122221021002111222022100120121111111121110202210100011112012222201021220002200020021010110201222112112001201202111222222012012100112111202210201002002112010021101022001201112120110101111212022002112100012220212202001121000102211002122111102222212110212100201010122010220100010122102211101120112212220022112210022221120200102000221211122200210200100021101112000021010020210102221211201200022112120101102'
nonrepstr =
1×0 empty char array
You can find repetend in this submission on the FEX:
That submission also includes the carmichael function (which as I recall, feels a lot like the Euler totient function.)
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Occupational exposure to organic dust and risk of lymphoma subtypes in the EPILYMPH case–control study
by Cocco P, Satta G, Meloni F, Pilia I, Ahmed F, Becker N, Casabonne D, de Sanjosé S, Foretova L, Maynadié M, Nieters A, Staines A, 't Mannetje A, Zucca M, Ennas MG, Campagna M, De Matteis S, Benavente Y
Objectives This study aimed to estimate the risk of lymphoma and its major subtypes in relation to occupational exposure to specific organic dusts.
Methods We explored the association in 1853 cases and 1997 controls who participated in the EpiLymph case–control study, conducted in six European countries in 1998–2004. Based on expert assessment of lifetime occupational exposures, we calculated the risk of the major lymphoma subtypes associated with exposure to six specific organic dusts, namely, flour, hardwood, softwood, natural textile, synthetic textile, and leather, and two generic (any types) groups: wood and textile dusts. Risk was predicted with unconditional regression modeling, adjusted by age, gender, study center, and education.
Results We observed a 2.1-fold increase in risk of follicular lymphoma associated with ever exposure to leather dust [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01–4.20]. After excluding subjects who ever worked in a farm or had ever been exposed to solvents, risk of B-cell lymphoma was elevated in relation to ever exposure to leather dust [odd ratio (OR) 2.2, 95% CI 1.00–4.78], but it was not supported by increasing trends with the exposure metrics. Risk of Hodgkin lymphoma was elevated (OR 2.0, 95% CI 0.95–4.30) for exposure to textile dust, with consistent upward trends by cumulative exposure and three independent exposure metrics combined (P=0.023, and P=0.0068, respectively).
Conclusions Future, larger studies might provide further insights into the nature of the association we observed between exposure to textile dust and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma.
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"The Western Gas Light Company was a statutory company set up in 1845. The works was situated at Ladbroke Grove, in Kensal Green, between the Regents Canal and the railway. The company was taken over by the Gas Light & Coke Company in 1872" (The National Archives).
Gas works were used to produce and store flammable coal gas. Coal was mined in Britain and then shipped on a barge up rivers or on trains to the gas works. There it was burned to create the gas, which was then purified and put into the gas holders until needed for consumer use to light streets and buildings. The process also created coke, tar, ammonia, and sulphur as by-products.
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American Representational Art
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Tesla 10 series
17 July 2008
This year at the International Supercomputing Conference, Nvidia, a leader in GPU technologies, introduced its second-generation platform, the Tesla 10 series computing solutions. Binary compatible and supporting the industry standard language of C, the new products enable developers to solve their computational challenges in a common and familiar development environment that moves easily from one generation to the next with no re-coding required.
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- A highly efficient computing environment
When combined with the CUDA C-language development software for parallel computing, the new Tesla products extend the reach of GPUs to any computationally intensive applications requiring double precision accuracy. To date, over 70 million CUDA enabled GPUs have been sold into the market and over 60,000 downloads of the C-compiler have been recorded through the community website. As a result, developers across a wide variety of fields including financial analysis, astrophysics and seismic imaging are using Nvidia's CUDA development tools. These developers can exploit the GPU's parallel computing architecture to automatically distribute computing work to hundreds of processor cores.


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Public Garden Automation Project Circuit Diagram. This is a quick peek at the hardware portion of the DIY garden automation system I've been slowly building over the past. Schematic Circuit Diagram of Automatic Plant Watering & Irrigation System Automatic Plant As many people are facing a lot of problem watering the plants in the garden, especially when they away from Arduino Based Automated Plant Watering System: Automatic Plant Watering Block Diagram.
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The timings are programmed in the microcontroller and the.
Microcontroller Based Public Garden Automation: An important task in agriculture fields and gardens is timely watering of crops and plants. The ultimate goal of the GardenBot project is to be a complete garden monitoring and automation system. The aim of this project is to implement a microcontroller based garden and agricultural field automation.


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All over the world, certain factory workers are forced to relieve themselves standing on the production line. They suffer from dehydration and must wear diapers to work. This situation causes serious health problems.
Pipile toilet cubicles are easily movable within the factory. Located close to the employees, they limit their loss of productivity, a phenomenon feared by the management. Pipile contains 4 tanks that recycle and reuse the water consumed. The urine, collected at the source, is transformed into electrical energy by a simple bacterial battery system. In terms of environmental protection, electrical autonomy, time and money savings and employee well-being, Pipile is a great asset for companies!
This project has been selected as part of Design L'Expo 2022 and will be exhibited at La Cale 2 Créateurs from 3 December 2022 to 26 February 2023.
"By being located in the heart of the factory, Pipile is also a tool for promoting and valorizing urine, a waste product with valuable energy potential."
"Pipile is an innovative answer to a problem that still exists in the 21st century: quick access to toilets in the manufacturing environment. By being mobile and autonomous, thanks to its microbial battery that produces electricity from employees' urine, Pipile can be installed right next to the workers. By being located in the heart of the factory, Pipile is also a tool for promoting and valorizing urine, a waste product with valuable energy potential." Julie Le ster, Teaching Manager International Design Strategy, Le Studio Montreal
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in the TOSHIBA HW Setup program. If any of the following conditions are present, the self test failed: The computer stops and does not proceed to display information or messages except the TOSHIBA logo. Random characters appear on the screen, and the system does not function normally. The screen displays an error message. Turn off the computer and check all cable connections. If the test fails again, contact your dealer.
When the computer is not plugged into an AC outlet, the battery pack is the primary power source. However, your computer has a number of other power resources, including intelligent power supply, Real Time Clock battery. These resources are interrelated and any one could affect apparent power problems. This section provides checklists for AC power and the battery. If you cannot resolve a problem after following them, the cause could lie with another power resource. In such case, contact your dealer.
Overheating power down
If the computers internal temperature becomes too high, the computer will automatically enter Hibernation or Resume mode and shut down. Problem Procedure
Computer shuts down Leave the computer off until the DC IN 15V indicator stops blinking. and DC IN 15V indicator blinks orange It is recommended to leave the computer off until the its interior reaches room temperature even though the DC IN 15V indicator stops blinking. If the computer has reached room temperature and still does not start, or if it starts but shuts down quickly contact your dealer. Computer shuts down and its DC IN 15V indicator is flashing in green Indicates a problem with the heat dispersal system. Please contact your dealer.
AC power
If you have trouble turning on the computer with the AC adaptor connected, check the DC IN 15V indicator. Refer to Chapter 6, Power for more information. Problem AC adaptor doesnt power the computer (DC IN 15V indicator does not glow green) Procedure Check the connections. Make sure the cord is firmly connected to the computer and a power outlet. Check the condition of the cord and terminals. If the cord is frayed or damaged, replace it. If the terminals are soiled, wipe them with cotton or a clean cloth. If the AC adaptor still does not power the computer, contact your dealer.
If you suspect a problem with the battery, check the DC IN 15V indicator as well as the Battery indicator. For information on indicators and battery operation Refer to Chapter 6, Power. Problem Battery doesnt power the computer Battery doesnt charge when the AC adaptor is attached (Battery indicator does not glow in orange.) Procedure The battery may be discharged. Connect the AC adaptor to charge the battery. If the battery is completely discharged, it will not begin charging immediately. Wait a few minutes. If the battery still does not charge, make sure the outlet of the AC adaptor is supplying power. Test it by plugging in an appliance. Check whether the battery is hot or cold to the touch. If the battery is too hot or too cold, it will not charge properly. Let it reach room temperature.
Procedure Unplug the AC adaptor and remove the battery to make sure the terminals are clean. If necessary wipe them with a soft dry cloth dipped in alcohol. Connect the AC adaptor and replace the battery. Make sure it is securely seated. Check the Battery indicator. If it does not glow, let the computer charge the battery for at least 20 minutes. If the Battery indicator glows after 20 minutes, let the battery continue to charge at least another 20 minutes before turning on the computer. If the indicator still does not glow, the battery may be at the end of its operating life. Replace it. If you do not think the battery is at the end of its operating life, see your dealer.
Battery doesnt power the computer as long as expected
If you frequently recharge a partially charged battery, the battery might not charge to its full potential. Fully discharge the battery, then try to charge it again. Check the power consumption settings in Power Saver utility. Consider using a power saving mode.
Real Time Clock
Problem The following message is Displayed on the LCD: RTC battery is low or CMOS checksum is inconsistent. Press [F1] key to set Date/Time. Procedure The battery for RTC is wearing. Set the date and time in BIOS setup with the following steps: 1. Press F1 key. BIOS setup will boot up. 2. Set the date in System Date. 3. Set the time in System Time. 4. Press End key. Confirmation message will appear. 5. Press Y key. BIOS setup will terminate and the computer will be rebooted.
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Adding Machines by IP Address to a Machine Group
Machines can be added to a machine group by entering individual IP addresses or by defining a range of IP addresses.
Adding an Individual IPv4 Address
1.Access the machine group.
2.Select the IP Address/Range tab.
3.Type the IP address in the Enter IP address box.
4.Click Add individual.
If you want to specifically exclude an IP address, enable the Exclude check box before you click Add individual. The IP address will be added to the machine list but will not be included in any scans. See Excluding Certain Machines for more information.
Adding a Range of IPv4 Addresses
1.Access the machine group.
2.Select the IP Address/Range tab.
3.Type the starting and ending IP addresses in the Enter IP range boxes.
4.Click Add range.
Adding an IPv6 Address
1.Access the machine group.
2.Select the IP Address/Range tab.
3.Type the IPv6 address in the Enter IPv6 address box.
4.Click Add individual.
Importing IP Addresses from an External Source
You can also add IP addresses by using the following buttons to import the addresses from an external source.

Import from file (individual)
and
Import from file (ranges)

You can import a list of individual IP addresses or a list of IP address ranges from a previously created text file. The text file can be created manually or it can be created using any network-based tool available to you. Each IP address in the text file must be separated by either a carriage return or a comma.
When defining an IP range, include a dash between the beginning and ending IP address:
172.16.1.1-172.16.1.255
Link to file (individual)
and
Link to file (ranges)
IP addresses can also be dynamically linked to a text file rather than imported. Linking a file to a machine group is different than importing its contents. Importing contents is a one-time operation after which the information from the file becomes a part of the machine group. When you link a file to a machine group, any changes that you make to the file are automatically reflected in the next scan. See Linking Files to Machine Groups for more information.

When IP addresses are added, the new entries are displayed within the bottom section of the machine group pane.
The recommended best practice is to always supply credentials for the machines in the machine group. See Supplying Credentials for more details.


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What is S.I.?
Supplemental Instruction (SI) is an academic assistance program that utilizes peer-assisted study sessions. SI sessions are regularly-scheduled, informal review sessions in which students compare notes, discuss readings, develop organizational tools, and predict test items. Students learn how to integrate course content and study skills while working together. The sessions are facilitated by "SI leaders", students who have previously done well in the course and who attend all class lectures, take notes, and act as model students.
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S.I. sessions are led by students who have already been successful in the same class that you are taking. They are trained by the EXCEL Center to facilitate study groups and work closely with the professor to ensure that the study group are on target with the course.