This documentation supports the 19.08 version of BMC CMDB.
To view an earlier version, select the version from the Product version menu.
Monitoring a reconciliation job
You can monitor a reconciliation job by using the fail-safe mechanism or from the Reconciliation component.
Overview of the fail-safe mechanism
The fail-safe mechanism is available only when you configure a value for the Job Idle Time (minutes) parameter. You can set this parameter and all other reconciliation-related fields in the new Dashboard, select Configurations > Core Configurations, and click the Reconciliation component in the left pane.
The fail-safe mechanism in the reconciliation engine monitors the progress of all the running jobs (scheduled, continuous, and non-continuous). When it encounters an unresponsive job, the mechanism automatically restarts the job. For noncontinuous jobs, the mechanism stops the current job and starts a new job. For continuous jobs, the mechanism stops the current run and lets the next run start after the continuous interval of that job has elapsed.
For example, assume that you have configured the job idle time for 500 minutes. The fail-safe mechanism monitors all the jobs after every 500 minutes. If the fail-safe mechanism detects a job that is not responding (not processing a CI) for more than 500 minutes, it restarts the unresponsive job.
To use the fail-safe mechanism to monitor reconciliation jobs
You can monitor a reconciliation job from the Reconciliation component and interpret the various values displayed in the Job Details area. This mechanism logs all the traces in the arrecond.log file. Locate the log file if you have configured it to reside in a particular directory. Usually, this log file resides in the installation directory; for example: \Program Files\BMC Software\AtriumCore\Logs.
When working with the fail-safe mechanism, consider the following information:
 - The allowable time interval for which a job can remain idle is configurable.
 - The configured time interval is in minutes.
 - The default job idle time is 0 minutes.
 1. From the Data Flow section of the CMDB Dashboard, click Reconciliation. (Alternatively, on the CMDB Dashboard, select Jobs > Manage Reconciliation.)
 The following page is displayed.
 2. From the Dataset list, select a data set name for which you want to view the jobs, or select All to view jobs for all the data sets in CMDB.
 3. From the upper-right corner, select the time period for which you want to view the jobs.
 For example, you can select Today, Last 7 days, and so on.
 For the selected data set and time-period filters, the ribbon component displays the following fields:
Ribbon ComponentFieldDescription
JobsTotal
Count of all jobs that have run at least once plus jobs that have not run even once.
ExecutedCount of jobs that have run at least once for the applied data set and time-period filters.
Pending
Count of jobs that have not run even once for the applied data set and time-period filters.
CIsTotalCount of all CIs processed in all the executed jobs.
GoodCount of CIs that are successfully reconciled for the executed jobs.
ErrorsCount of CIs that failed reconciliation for the executed jobs.
RelationshipsTotalCount of all relationships processed in all the executed jobs.
GoodCount of relationships that are successfully reconciled for the executed jobs.
ErrorsCount of relationships that failed reconciliation for the executed jobs.
Important
 - The values displayed in the Jobs ribbon component are run-time values.
 - The values in the CIs and Relationships ribbon components are generated by the Datasources Utility.
 This utility runs at scheduled times, as set in the Configurations menu.
 A message above the ribbon provides the date and time when the server last ran the utility.
 - The time-period values are dependent on the the date of the dashboard utility run and not related to the actual calendar date.
 - The information displayed for the Today option is the information populated in the last dashboard utility run. For example, you select Today in the time-period filter on 20 July 2017. If the dashboard utility was last run on 16 July 2017, the CI details that are displayed are for 16 July 2017. Additionally, if you select Last 7 days in the time-period filter, the CI details that are displayed are from 9 July 2017 to 15 July 2017.
Below the ribbon component, the All Job Run Activities table lists the details of each job in a row. Each row has the following fields:
FieldDescription
Job Name
Displays the job name that you provided when creating the job. Click a job name to view the job settings page. This page displays the following sections:
 - Job Details: Displays the Job Name, Job ID, creation date, modification date, and the reconciliation features applied to the job such as enable or disable Delete Files on Exit, Exclude Orphaned Weak CIs, and so on.
 - Status: Displays the current status of the job such as Completed, Aborted, and so on.
 - Activities: Displays three tabs that contain the settings you have done for Identify, Merge, and Purge activities.
 - Schedule: Displays the current job schedule such as Continuous, or Recurring every day, every week, and so on.
You can also edit, delete, and start the job from this page.
Job Status
Displays one of the following job statuses:
 - In Progress: The job is currently in progress.
 - Completed: The job completed successfully.
 - Aborted: The job was not completed because of errors.
 - Stopped: The job was stopped before completion.
CIs
Displays a count of CIs that succeeded and failed to reconcile.
Values in the green CIs column represent the number of CIs reconciled successfully, while values in the red CIs column represent the number of CIs that failed reconciliation. You can drill-down into the failed CIs by clicking the link for the number of failed CIs. This drill down page provides a Recommended Actions column that lists the solutions for resolving the failed CIs.
Relationships
Displays a count of relationships that succeeded and failed to reconcile.
Values in the green Relationships column represent the number of relationships reconciled successfully, while values in the red Relationships column represent the number of relationships that failed reconciliation. You can drill down into the failed relationships by clicking the link for the number of failed relationships. This drill-down page provides a Recommended Actions column that lists the solutions for resolving the failed relationships.
Runs History
Displays a link for the number of times the job has run so far. Click the link to view a page that displays the job history such as the job status, start time, and end time for each run of the job. Click the Status of a job to expand the job row and view the Activities and Events tabs.
Note
Currently, a reconciliation job with multiple activities of the same type displays multiple job entries in the last-run job.
ActivitiesDisplays a link with the number of activities configured for the reconciliation job. Click the link to expand the job row and view the Activities and Events tabs. The Activities tab displays the details of the Identify, Merge, and Purge activities configured for the job, the current status of each activity, and so on. The Events tab provides description for each of the activities such as, the number of records found, the number of failures for identification, and so on.
Note
 - If you stop a continuous job, it continues to process data for the the current run until it is complete. The job does not stop immediately.
 For example, if you have set a continuous job to run every 1800 seconds and you click Stop Job at 1600 seconds after it started, the job status displays the In Progress status till the duration of 1800 seconds is complete. You can edit a job only after it stops.
 - If you make changes to a continuous job, the changes will reflect only once you stop and restart the job manually.
For more information about creating and monitoring a reconciliation job, go to the Walkthroughs widget on the Dashboard, or go to the Reconciliation component, and from the walk-through options, click CMDB Reconciliation Video.
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In the Fresh-r, heat recovery runs via the copper, which conducts heat 1000x better than plastic, resulting in a thermal yield of 90 % at 60 m³ per hour, 87% at 80 m³ per hour and 84% at 120 m³ per hour.
The Fresh-r ventilation is balanced. This means that the same amount of air is blown into your residence as is blown out. These air flows do not touch each other. But they do go through the same heat exchanger. That heat exchanger contains a mat of fine woven copper wire. If the air is warmer than the copper wire, then the heat from that air flows through the copper. If the air is colder than the copper wire, then the heat flows from the copper to the air. If it's 20° inside and 0° outside, then the air blown into the interior is 18°. And this efficiency does not decrease as the heat exchanger gets older because the copper wire is coated.

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Tuntung Sungai in Malay
Reaching a carapace length of at least 60 cm and has only 4 claws on the forefeet. The size of the
female is somewhat larger than the male.
Size & Weight
Omnivorous feeders but vegetable food predominates. Molluscs, crustaceans and fish are also consumed.
Habitat & Range
Lives in the brackish water of estuaries and areas under tidal influence. Found only in South and Southeast
Asia. Rivers in Malaysia: Setiu, Dungun, Trengganu, Perak and Kedah.
Around November, an average of 24 eggs are laid each time, up 3 times per season.
Human consumption and habitat destruction are major threats. Extinction in next 10 years if no

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Marlborough, south Canterbury, and Central Otago soils had not received normal winter recharge by the end of July. Soils in parts of these regions were much drier than usual at the end of the month, with deficits of more than half their available water capacity. Soils were at field capacity elsewhere in the South Island and in most of the North Island.
Soil moisture deficit in the pasture root zone at the end of July (right) compared with the deficit at the same time last year (centre) and the long term end of July average (left). The analysis is done for an average soil type where the available water capacity is taken to be 150 mm.

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Android Basics: How to Use Android Beam to Wirelessly Transfer Content Between Devices
How to Use Android Beam to Wirelessly Transfer Content Between Devices
Android Beam is one of those features that makes you look at technology in awe, wondering how exactly something like that works.
From a user's standpoint, you simply bring two devices together back to back, and what you're seeing on one screen almost immediately appears on the other. Behind the scenes, though, a technology called NFC initiates an impromptu Bluetooth pairing between the devices, which is then used to wirelessly transfer data.
Considering that this feature is included in almost every Android device that was manufactured within the last 4 years, it's less of a gimmick than you might think. You can use Android Beam to instantly send pictures, map directions, websites, online videos, MP3s, and a whole slew of additional file types, so I'll give you the full rundown below.
Android Beam Background Info
For most devices, there are actually two different ways that you can use Android Beam. First is the "Touch to Beam" feature—when viewing a compatible link or file on one device, you can simply touch the back of the phone to the back of another device, then tap your screen to beam the content over. This works best for sharing websites, YouTube videos, pictures, map directions, or contact information.
The second method involves using Android's share menu, which is actually a lot easier than it sounds. Plus, you get the added benefit of being able to share almost any file type over Android Beam, which comes in handy when you want to send your friend an MP3, a short video clip, or any other type of file that isn't natively supported by the "Touch to Beam" feature.
Both of these methods will require that the NFC feature is enabled on each device, which should be turned on by default, but may require a trip into the phone's main settings menu to enable. The location of this setting will vary depending on your device, so I'd suggest using the search feature to look for an option titled simply "NFC," then make sure to enable it.
(1) NFC option on Nexus 5 (Settings -> More), (2) NFC option on Galaxy S6 (Settings -> NFC & Payment).
Method 1: Touch to Beam
The "Touch to Beam" feature is probably the most common method for using Android Beam, so we'll start there.
When you're actively viewing an image, a supported link, or a file on your phone, make sure that your friend's Android device is turned on and unlocked, then bring the two devices together back to back. You'll hear a beep, then the contents of your screen will shrink away, exposing text at the top that says "Touch to beam."
From here, simply tap your screen to send the content over to your friend's phone or tablet—that's all there is to it. In fact, you can move the devices away from one another at this point since the rest of the transfer will be handled by the longer-range Bluetooth connection. On their end, a confirmation beep will be heard, then the link or file will automatically open in the associated app on their device.
Method 2: Share a File via Android Beam
If you've come across a link or file type that Android Beam can't natively share using the "Touch to Beam" feature, you're not out of luck yet. Provided your device is running Android 5.0 Lollipop or higher, you can manually send almost any file type using Android Beam.
To use this method, you'll have to have an app that is capable of sharing the file you're trying to beam. For most uses (MP3s, GIFs, etc.), any file browser app should do the trick.
To begin, simply select or long-press the file you're trying to beam in your file browser app, then choose the "Share" option. From here, tap the "Android Beam" entry that you'll find in the share menu, then you'll hear a beep and the contents of your screen will shrink away.
At this point, make sure your friend's phone is turned on and unlocked, then simply touch the backs of the two devices together. There's no need to tap the screen when you initiate the Android Beam function this way—instead, you'll immediately hear a confirmation beep and the file will be transferred to your friend's device.
When the file has finished downloading, your friend will receive a notification that says "Beam complete"—simply tap this notification to open the file on the other device.
Which of the two Android Beam methods have you found to be more useful so far? Let us know in the comment section below, or drop us a line on Android Hacks' Facebook or Twitter, or Gadget Hacks' Facebook, Google+, or Twitter.
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Method 2 is more useful than method 1, I can share more many files whit it. Thanks.......
I agree! I pretty much exclusively use Method 2 nowadays.
Being that I came here to find out if switching the apps menu in the share via option is possible? I didntf fnd my answer.
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If you find the soil is bone dry along with crispy leaves, your succulent could use a good soak. Here's how to bottom-water your plant:
- Place your plant in your sink or tub without the saucer. Fill your basin up with about 3-4″ of water.
- Allow your plant to soak up water through the drainage hole in the bottom of the pot for at least 45 min.
- Feel the top of the soil after your plant has been soaking–has the water reached the top 2-3" of soil? If not all the soil feels saturated, water your plant slightly from the top of the soil to help speed up the saturation.
- When your plant's soil is evenly damp, drain the sink/tub and allow the plant to rest while it drains thoroughly. Place the plant back on its saucer and back in its proper spot.
Wait a week to prune any crispy leaves that don't recover to help your plant focus on new and healthy growth.


The technological progression of modern times have forever changed the idea of immortalization. Gone are the days of stone and chisels as notable events, individuals, and works of art, are memorialized forever online. Now, Bibles have been made accessible to virtually everyone in the world through digitization, and companies are now looking to revive many endangered and "lost" Bible translations.
Spearheaded by MissionAssist, and joined by Bible Society and Wycliffe Bible Translators, a new digitization project seeks to revive dying languages by making the Bible accessible to hundreds of minority language groups.
An army of volunteers is currently being sought out to translate Bibles in minority languages previously only available in print to a digital platform. These digital translations can then be made available through online platforms and apps such as YouVersion to minority language groups all around the globe. Wycliffe's Executive Director commented on the project, noting "In a world where almost one in five people don't have access to the Bible in their own language, but where smartphone and internet use is growing rapidly, this is a really strategic initiative. Having digital Scripture in both readable and audio form can be transformative for churches and communities, and Christians here in the UK can make a real difference to this."
Ceo of MissionAssist Rev. Daryl Richardson also added, "A Bible cannot do much lying in a library storeroom covered by dust, but when people read or hear the Word of God for themselves then lives are changed."
The recruited volunteers will undergo training with MissionAssist on the keyboarding skills necessary to transcribe the Bible in languages they are unfamiliar with. One such volunteer is Christine Reynolds, who is currently translating the Psalms into an endangered language spoken by only 7,000 people in Nova Scotia called Micmac. She divulged, "I have to use keys I've never been near before. Some letters require four keystrokes. It's very satisfying because you're enabling someone to get access to the Bible. You're also helping to save an endangered language - the world goes wild about endangered species, but we forget that our own languages and cultures are disappearing."
The Bible Society's CEO Paul Williams noted the importance of the volunteers' work and the motivation behind why they have undertaken this ambitious project.
"We want to make them available as widely as possible so more and more people can read the Bible in their heart language. We're delighted to be working with other Bible Societies and translation agencies to make this happen. Keyboarding volunteers have a vital role to play in making God's word accessible today."


Best way to construct a graphql query string in python
When working with GraphQL in Python, constructing a query string can be a common task. There are several ways to achieve this, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. In this article, we will explore three different approaches to construct a GraphQL query string in Python.
Option 1: String Concatenation
One straightforward way to construct a GraphQL query string is by using string concatenation. This approach involves manually building the query string by concatenating different parts together.
query_string = 'query {' + 'field1' + 'field2' + 'field3' + '}'
This method is simple and easy to understand. However, it can quickly become cumbersome and error-prone, especially when dealing with complex queries that involve multiple fields and arguments.
Option 2: Template Strings
Another approach is to use template strings to construct the GraphQL query. Template strings allow you to define a query template with placeholders for dynamic values.
from string import Template
query_template = Template('query { $field1 $field2 $field3 }')
query_string = query_template.substitute(field1='field1', field2='field2', field3='field3')
This method provides a more structured and readable way to construct the query string. It also allows for easier manipulation of the query template, as you can define placeholders for dynamic values.
Option 3: GraphQL Libraries
Lastly, you can leverage GraphQL libraries in Python to construct the query string. These libraries provide higher-level abstractions and utilities to simplify the process.
from graphql import build_ast_schema, parse, print_ast
from graphql.language import ast
document = parse('query { field1 field2 field3 }')
query_string = print_ast(document)
This method offers the most flexibility and robustness. It allows you to work with GraphQL AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) directly, providing a more comprehensive and reliable way to construct the query string.
After exploring these three options, it is clear that using GraphQL libraries is the best approach to construct a GraphQL query string in Python. It provides the most flexibility, readability, and reliability. While string concatenation and template strings can be suitable for simple queries, they can quickly become cumbersome and error-prone for more complex scenarios.
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Interpretation of the Platform Economy Antitrust Guidelines: Big Data will not pay off
 The anti-monopoly guidelines for the platform economy are officially released, and monopolistic activities in the Internet sector such as "sales below cost", "big data" and "restrictions on two options" will definitely be restricted.
 On February 7, the Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council formulated and issued the Anti-Monopoly Guidelines of the Anti-Monopoly Commission of the State Council on Platform Economy (hereinafter referred to as the "Guide"), which will become the guiding document for anti-monopoly compliance in the Internet industry.
 "The platform economy has played an important role in promoting my country's economic development, and has grown from a child to a strong adult. At this stage, we need to further clarify the principles of anti-monopoly law enforcement in this field and propose targeted Detailed analysis of ideas and guidance for operators' compliance." said Zhong Gang, executive director of the Competition Law Center of East China University of Political Science and Law.
Clarify the key points of platform economy anti-monopoly
 In response to new problems in the field of Internet platforms, the guidelines specifically clarify monopolistic behaviors in the platform economy, such as "sell below cost", "algorithm-based differential treatment (big data)", and "choose one to restrict transactions".
 According to the guidelines, to analyze whether a restricted transaction constitutes a restricted transaction, the following two scenarios can be considered: One is the restriction imposed by the platform operator through punitive measures such as shielding stores, search rights reduction, traffic restrictions, technical barriers, and deduction of deposits. Competition and consumer interests have caused direct damage, which can generally be regarded as a restricted transaction.
Second, the restrictions imposed by platform operators through incentives such as subsidies, discounts, discounts, and traffic resource support may have a certain positive effect on the interests of operators and consumers on the platform, and the overall welfare of society. However, if there is evidence to prove that it is against market competition Produces obvious exclusions and restrictions, and may also be deemed to constitute restricted transactions.
 "The guidelines provide more specific conditions for restricted transactions. For example, blocking stores is an addition to the draft for comments. There are clearer expressions from refusal to transactions to restricted transactions, which is very conducive to actual law enforcement agencies. Confirmed." Zhong Gang said.
 On the same day that the guidelines were issued, the Beijing Intellectual Property Court formally opened a case for Douyin v. Tencent's monopoly dispute.
TikTok argues that Tencent restricts users from sharing content from TikTok through WeChat and QQ, which constitutes a "monopoly behavior that abuses market dominance and eliminates or restricts competition" prohibited by the anti-monopoly law.
 "To determine whether unreasonable restrictions or shielding are involved, it is necessary to consider various factors such as the identity of both parties and the rationality of their behavior. We cannot make a judgment on the case itself, but the proposal and advancement of such cases will benefit my country's anti-monopoly The development of the law helps the general public to enhance their understanding of competition law and anti-monopoly law. Some specific rules of the anti-monopoly law also need to be continuously demonstrated and strengthened in the use of actual cases." Zhong Gang said.
 "Big data kills familiarity" is a problem that consumers often encounter in online shopping and other behaviors.
In this regard, the guidelines have repeatedly mentioned that platform companies using big data and algorithms to form monopoly agreements, refuse transactions, and restrict transactions are all violations of the monopoly law.
 "Big data acquaintance will become an important consideration when anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies enforce the law on the platform. For platforms, the profit involved in big data acquaintance is obviously much smaller than the amount of penalties imposed by anti-monopoly law enforcement agencies. To a certain extent, the phenomenon of big data is curbed." said You Yunting, a senior partner and lawyer of Shanghai Dabang Law Firm.
 Using lower-cost competition, forming a monopoly position, and then increasing prices to grab monopoly profits is a common method used by Internet giants.
For this kind of behavior, the guidelines determine that "selling below cost" is a monopolistic behavior.
 You Yunting believes that Internet companies may have to re-examine their own development strategies and paths, or they should use ways of improving efficiency to win market competition, rather than using brutal low-price competition or competing against competitors. Malicious unscrupulous means to compete.
 "At the beginning of the implementation of the anti-monopoly law, people often heard a saying that the emerging industries should be carefully supervised and the anti-monopoly law should be kept modest, lest improper supervision itself will damage efficiency. Therefore, the Internet field has not been It has become the focus of investigation, but those reasons have now disappeared. Internet companies should strengthen the study of anti-monopoly laws and anti-unfair competition laws, judge the damage and consequences of their actions more accurately, strictly abide by the law, and correct past actions as soon as possible, Don't be lucky." said Xu Guangyao, a professor at Nankai University Law School.
Antitrust needs to strengthen understanding in practice
 Compared with the "Guidelines (Draft for Comment)" released on November 10, 2020, what are the major differences between the officially released guidelines?
 Zhong Gang believes that the guidelines do not make stricter regulations on the identification of "relevant markets", which is the main difference.
Judging from the current situation, the guidelines have returned to the earliest law enforcement calibre, and the issues related to market identification have been handed over to the law enforcement agencies again, requiring the law enforcement agencies to determine in actual cases in accordance with the anti-monopoly law or law enforcement practices.
 Investigating monopoly agreements in the economic field of the platform, cases of abuse of market dominance, and conducting anti-monopoly reviews of operator concentration usually require the definition of the relevant market.
 In terms of the definition of relevant markets, the guide distinguishes between relevant commodity markets and relevant geographic markets.
The guidelines require that the principle of case analysis is adhered to. Different types of monopoly cases have different actual needs for the definition of relevant markets.
 "In actual law enforcement, law enforcement agencies often encounter some difficulties related to market identification. These difficulties have not yet formed a unified and mature solution. The guideline formulation agency may believe that it is not suitable for the guideline. To directly make detailed regulations on the definition of the relevant market, it will still take a certain amount of time to form the actual rules. I think this will definitely be a case-by-case analysis approach." Zhong Gang told the CBN reporter.
 Xu Guangyao believes that in the face of some new features in the platform economy, we should first rely more closely on the basic rules and theories of the antitrust law for analysis.
For example, under the bilateral market transaction model in the Internet industry, the definition of relevant markets should still follow the demand substitution standard, but because there are two types of demand in a transaction, two markets should be defined.
 Take the 3Q case of Tencent and Qihoo as an example. Qihoo uses its product 360 to meet users' needs for security software, thereby obtaining the number of users, and then use this number to meet advertisers' needs for the number of users. Two markets are defined, namely the security software market and the Internet advertising market.
Tencent is involved in the instant messaging market and Internet advertising market.
Therefore, three relevant markets should be defined in this case.
The next steps in determining the dominant position and examining the effects of competition need to be carried out across markets.
 "This case provides high-quality specific analysis objects and carriers, and has become the focus of worldwide antitrust law research. Through the study of this case, it can be found that the resolution of some new problems requires a deepening of the understanding of traditional rules and theories. "Xu Guangyao said.
 There are three types of monopolistic behavior, namely, monopoly agreement, abuse of dominant position, and concentration of operators.
Zhong Gang believes that in addition to traditional horizontal and vertical monopoly agreements, the guidelines also propose hub-and-spoke agreements based on the characteristics of the Internet platform economy.
 According to the guidelines, a hub and spoke agreement means that operators within a competing platform may use the vertical relationship with the platform operator, or be organized and coordinated by the platform operator to reach a hub and spoke agreement with the effect of a horizontal monopoly agreement.
Analyze whether the agreement is a monopoly agreement regulated by Article 13 and Article 14 of the Anti-Monopoly Law, and consider whether the operators on the competitive platform use technical means, platform rules, data and algorithms, etc. Reach and implement monopoly agreements to eliminate and restrict relevant market competition.
 The "U.S. Apple's e-book monopoly case", which lasted for four years, is a classic case of hub and spoke agreement.
 Apple has signed sales agreements for e-books with five of the six largest publishers in the United States. Apple does not participate in the pricing of e-books. The publishers will charge a certain fee after setting the price and sell them in its e-book mall. The corresponding mobile client software can be used by consumers on the company's iPad (tablet computer).
 In response to this phenomenon, the US judicial department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple and related publishers in 2012.
The court held that the separate agreements between the publishers and Apple stipulated the highest prices for the same tier and the highly concentrated market share in the e-book market. These additional factors contributed


Recycled Wool Pants Panda
This recycled crafts sewing project shows you how to take an old pair of woolen pants (or jumper/pullover) and create an adorable plushie panda.
Recycled Wool Pants Panda
What you need
old woolen pants
needle and thread
button (for the nose)
step 1: cut one leg of the pant, sew along the straight line to get a bag open at both ends.
step 2: sew the lower narrow end by running stitch to tightly close it. (like making ruffles) .
Panda Step 1
Panda Steps 1a
step 3: make running stitches around the neck portion.
Panda Step 3
step 4: stitch the eyes, nose and ears on the head and fill it.
Stitch Panda Eyes
Stitch Panda Nose
step 5: slightly pull the running stitch thread to get a neck.
Make Panda Neck
step 6: stitch the arms and fill the body.
Stitch Arms
step 7: again to close the end make running stitches around.
Make Running Stitches
step 8: fold the remaining portion inside the toy.
Fold Inside Toy
step 9: fill the remaining body and pull the stitch thread to close the end.
Close The End
step 10: stitch the legs and tie a ribbon bow around the neck
Panda finished
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September was another dry month. Only 1.95 inches of precipitation fell, with an inch of that falling on the 4th day of the month.
The warmest temperature recorded was 99 degrees on September 2nd during the Old Threshers Reunion. The coolest temp was 36 degrees on the 15th and 16th.
The average high temperature was 74.1 and the average low 49.1. We head into the final three months of the year hoping the weather cooperates for the harvest and fall tillage season, but also helps us begin building some sub soil moisture for the winter and spring months.


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Oldest Observatory in Americas Discovered in Peru
Richard A. Lovett
for National Geographic News
|May 16, 2006|
The oldest astronomical observatory in the Western Hemisphere has been discovered on a hillside a few miles north of Lima, Peru, archaeologists recently reported.
Researchers also found ornate carvings more sophisticated than any before seen in the region.
The site dates back 4,200 years800 years before such artistic and scientific skill was previously known to have existed in the Americas.
The find was part of an ancient temple built by an unnamed civilization from Peru's "pre-ceramic" period, which predated the better-known Inca culture by thousands of years.
Temple structures, including a giant carving of what looks like a frowning face, align with the directions of sunrise and sunset at critical points in the agricultural calendar, including December 21, the start of the Southern Hemisphere's growing season, and June 21, the end of harvest.
This proves that the ancient civilization was already highly dependent on agriculture, said Robert Benfer, anthropologist at the University of Missouri, Columbia, who was one of the lead researchers of the find.
"These people went to a lot of trouble to mark the agricultural calendar," Benfer said.
(See a National Geographic magazine feature on the Andes' pre-Inca empires.)
Benfer's team also found a sculpture of a life-size musician playing a shell trumpet.
"The torso is in the round," he said, referring to the fact that the sculpture is three-dimensional and can be viewed from different angles. "The legs are over the edge of a balcony in high relief."
It's a significant artistic find because of the round torso, Benfer explained. All other known Andean sculptures from that era were two-dimensional reliefs and not done in the round.
"We were in no way prepared for finding this kind of stuff," Benfer said. "It was absolutely unexpected."
Benfer's conservation work on the sculpture was funded by the National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration. (National Geographic News is part of the National Geographic Society.)
Benfer announced his discovery at an April meeting of the Society for American Archaeology in Puerto Rico.
The sculptures were beautifully preserved thanks to the temple-builders' habit of using temples for only a short time before carefully covering them up and building new ones on top.
Even so, Benfer said, archaeologists were lucky that the site hadn't been looted.
Treasure hunters had dug a 20-foot (6-meter) wide hole 7 feet (2 meters) deep into the layers above the site, he said.
The would-be looters stopped only inches from the temple.
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Download de Blog - Energy Storage and Power Quality: essential for the Energy Transition
Demand for electricity varies continuously. In the healthcare and service industries, demand is highest during the day, while at home demand is highest in the evenings. In addition, industrial production plants experience huge peaks in energy demand during the day and at night. This causes large ﬂuctuations on the demand side. However, the more we use non-fossil fuels, the more we see ﬂuctuations on the supply side. The amount of energy produced by solar and wind sources varies greatly, not only from hour to hour, but also between seasons.


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During World War I, the United States felt they were lagging behind Europe in terms of airplane technology. Not to be outdone, Congress created the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics [NACA]. They needed to have some very large propellers built for wind tunnel testing. Well, they had no bids, so they set up shop and trained men to build the propellers themselves in a fantastic display of coordination and teamwork. This week's film is a silent journey into [NACA]'s all-human assembly line process for creating these propellers.
Each blade starts with edge-grained Sitka spruce boards that are carefully planed to some top-secret exact thickness. Several boards are glued together on their long edges and dried to about 7% moisture content in the span of five or so days. Once dry, the propeller contours are penciled on from a template and cut out with a band saw.


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Difference Between Paired and Unpaired Test
Paired vs Unpaired Test
The t-statistics were developed in 1908 by chemist William Sealy Gosset in Ireland. He used it to monitor the quality of a dark beer called stout while he was working in the Guinness Brewery. He published it in the Biometrika using the pen name "Student."
There are several types of t-tests, the most commonly used are:
One sample location test wherein the mean of a population has value in a null hypothesis.
A test wherein the slope of a regression line differs notably from 0.
Two sample location tests for a difference in mean which can either be paired or unpaired.
In a paired test, the data is collected from subjects measured at two different points wherein each subject has two measurements which are done before and after the treatment. Subjects must be paired or matched before collecting data. This is also known as the repeated samples t-test.
An example is when comparing the weight loss of a group of people who are being given a special diet. These people are tested before they are started with the new diet and are again tested after they have been on the new diet for a few weeks. The results of both tests which are given to the same set group of people determine how much weight they have lost while on the special diet.
Unpaired tests, on the other hand, is when data is collected from two different and independent subjects or patients. The size between the two samples may be equal or not, and it assumes that data gathered is from a normal distribution and that the standard deviation is the same for both samples.
An example is the test that is applied to two groups of patients or subjects, those that have cancer and those that don't. Tests such as this are also called Student's t-tests wherein variances between the two subject populations are equal.
A paired test, therefore, is a test of the null hypothesis that the means of two groups of subjects that are normally distributed are equal while an unpaired test is the test of the null hypothesis that two responses which are measured in the same unit have a difference with a mean value of zero.
Both tests assume that all data that have been analyzed are normally distributed. Paired t-tests are more comprehensive and compelling than unpaired t-tests because they are done with subjects that have similar characteristics.
1.A paired test is the test of the null hypothesis that the means of two subjects are equal while an unpaired test is the test of the null hypothesis that the difference between subjects has the mean value of zero.
2.A paired test is also known as a repeated samples t-test while an unpaired test is also known as a Student's t-test.
3.A paired test is done on subjects that are similar or paired before data is collected and two tests are done before and after a treatment while an unpaired test is done on two independent subjects.
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China's new research aircraft for geological survey put into use
China on Wednesday announced it is officially putting its new comprehensive research aircraft into operations to carry out geophysical survey and remote sensing missions.
China Geological Survey, under the nation's Ministry of Natural Resources, made the announcement at the ongoing China Mining Conference and Exhibition 2019 in north China's Tianjin Municipality.
According to experts from the institution's research center, China Aero Geophysical Survey and Remote Sensing Center for Land and Resources (AGRS), the research aircraft, called "Hangkong Dizhi No. 1", can fly a distance of 4,000 kilometers at a speed of 280-500 kilometers per hour, at altitudes ranging from 200 to 10,000 meters.
It means the aircraft, the largest of its kind in the world, is able to conduct all-terrain geological surveys both on land and sea.
"The 4,000-kilometer voyage indicates that one sortie of the aircraft can cover an area like the city of Shenzhen (about 2,000 km) with precision of 1:50,000. And with a precision of 1:100,000, a sortie can survey a doubled area. Therefore the plan can realize the land survey of our country's 9.6 million square kilometers of land territory and the marine survey over three million square kilometers of blue territory, or in other words, the full coverage survey of both land and sea," said Chen Bin, deputy chief engineer of the AGRS.
The research plane has excellent geological survey capabilities as it is highly integrated with multiple aero geophysical surveys and remote sensing devices.
"The aircraft can carry out flight for aero geophysical survey, remote sensing, and is able to conduct the stereo survey of both surface and groundwater world. We have overcome the interferences happened among a variety of signals, especially those formed during parameter modification. It is the only one in the world that has realized the four parameter modification of aero geophysical survey and remote sensing on one plane," explained Chen.
The AGRS also said that since the research plane entered trial operation at the beginning of the month, it has carried out multiple aero geophysical surveys on oil and gas resources in China's Qinghai-Tibet region and South China Sea areas.


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Is there a name for the curve in the plane defined by
$a/\|x - p\|^2 - b/\|x - q\|^2=\mathrm{constant}$
where $a$ and $b$ are fixed numbers and $p$ and $q$ are fixed points? How about if I don't square the denominators? How about if $a$ and $b$ are both $1$?
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I cannot offer names for your functions, but I was interested to see what they look like. Here is the function with the denominators unsquared, i.e., just the distances $||p-a||$ and $||q-b||$:
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You might look at power Voronoi diagrams, which have a similar flavor (for multiple sites $p$, $q$).
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Towards a Work-Related Turnover Risk Management in Manufacturing SMEs
Authors: Svenja Korder, Dominik Breuherr, Gunther Reinhart
Abstract: The shortage of skilled workers in Germany caused by demographic change steadily increases. In the manufacturing sector, this situation leads to difficulties filling vacant positions and thus to extended vacancy periods of jobs in companies. Therefore, the turnover of skilled workers becomes a problem, especially in small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises, as individual positions are not filled redundantly. High costs due to temporary workers or the rejection of orders can be the consequences. Turnover research has been conducted for a long time, but there is a lack of a standardized method to capture the turnover risk of skilled workers. This paper presents an approach for the systematic assessment of turnover risk in manufacturing work. The method is based on an employee survey. The results are transferred into a risk matrix in order to derive the level of risk for work-related turnover of individual employees. To ensure a cost-, personneland time-efficient implementation in the operations of SMEs, the method will be transferred into a software application. In this way, the turnover risk can be made transparent. The user can select specific measures evaluated according to manufacturing-specific performance indicators. These measures should help SMEs prevent the turnover of critical specialists and avoid high costs caused by long vacancy periods of jobs.
Keywords: Risk assessment, Employee Turnover, Human-centric Manufacturing, Work system
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Pivoting is a way to change direction from one stance to another without taking a step by rotating body's center of mass around its axis. For example, one can pivot from a left lead horse stance to a right lead horse stance by pivoting the upper body. The stance may change during a pivot, such as from a left lead horse to a right lead back stance.
The pivot serves several purposes:
- Assists directional change
- Provides angular acceleration to drive strikes and throws by rotating body mass into the technique
- Assists stance/position change in that may gain distance when needed in defending or close the distance when attacking without having to take steps
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- 1 An Overview to Flush Marijuana Plants
- 2 The Ideal Time to You Should Flush Marijuana
- 3 What do you Require to Flush Marijuana Plants?
- 4 How to Effectively Flush Marijuana Plants
- 5 Flush Marijuana Plants – The Outcome
- 6 When to Avoid Flushing Marijuana Plants
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Last Updated on April 27, 2023 by Team Spinfuel
Flushing weed plants is a method most cultivators use to elevate their buds' quality. Growers claim that by gently depleting nutrients near to harvest, they end up with flower that tastes better, smells stronger and smokes smoother. In this post, we'll go through flushing cannabis in detail, including how it works and how to do it in both soil and soilless systems.
An Overview to Flush Marijuana Plants
Flushing a plant is the process of aggressively removing nutrients from the soil by using plain water. Regularly, a considerable volume of water passes through the soil and is drained away. Any minerals and nutrients in the soil are carried away by the water over time, leaving the soil clean. The goal is to give the plants time to use the nutrients that have already accumulated within them, reducing the final product's overall nutrient and contaminant load. Flushing is recommended for all types of growers, whether hydro, coco coir, or soil — albeit the time duration for flushing varies based on the medium.
The Ideal Time to You Should Flush Marijuana
Different gardeners flush their plants at various times and in various methods. With multiple harvests, you'll begin to establish your preferences for how and when to flush your plants. However, there are three common instances in which you could consider flushing:
Flushing is utilized during this step to increase the quality and smoothness of the cannabis. A pre-harvest flush will compel your exotic cannabis seeds to utilize their stored nutrients while avoiding harshness and eliminating excess chlorophyll. If the nutritional reserves are not utilized or broken down, the quality of cannabis buds will suffer. This should be done a week to ten days before harvest and again three days later.
Sudden Modification in the Nutrient Cycle
Cannabis has various nutrient needs depending on its development stage. Cleaning old nutrients is a smart approach to reset soil as a plant moves into a new growth stage.
Overfeeding a plant nutrient causes it to absorb what is required while the access is in the soil. This causes a buildup of excessive nutrients, a condition known as nutrient lockout. When dealing with a major nutritional imbalance, cleanse the plants and provide a new, well-balanced, modest dosage of nutrients. Pay attention to the specifics; do not simply flush weed because of minor alterations.
What do you Require to Flush Marijuana Plants?
All you truly require is lots of water! The precise technique of when and how much water to flush differs for each grower. Some professional flushers will bring extra equipment to measure the flushed water's EC (electrical conductivity) or TDS (total dissolved solids). This gives them an indication of how efficient each water flush is. The mineral concentration (or total dissolved solids) in the flushed-out water should reduce with each flush.
How to Effectively Flush Marijuana Plants
Here are common steps to effectively flush marijuana plants:
- Check the pH of the water (tap water is ideal) to ensure it is in the correct range for marijuana plants. The range should be between 6.0 and 6.8 for soil grown.
- Water the plants as you would typically feed them without fertilizers or chemicals. Do not overwater your plants to avoid cannabis deficiencies.
- Repeat the procedure after 15 minutes.
- Use a TDS reader to determine the total dissolved solids and the purity of the water discharge to ensure that the flush was effective. Note: It's preferable if the water draining from the pots is as similar to the total dissolved solids (TDS) reading of the neutral water you are flushing with as feasible.
- Keep an eye out for excessive yellowing. A plant's color may fade fast due to the pre-harvest flush. Although some yellowing is typical, harvesting before the leaves on your buds have become yellow is crucial. Once all the leaves have become yellow, your weed plant has matured, and the buds will begin deleting.
- Your plants will be much lighter in color after flushing and will be ready to harvest. Flushing cannabis eliminates debris from a plant's roots and soil. You should flush your cannabis plants at the beginning or end of the day when they may be misted to minimize transpiration, which can leave your plants overhydrated.
How to Flush Hydroponic Cannabis Plants
It is considerably easier to flush hydroponic plants than to remove nutrients from soil medium. Hydro growers may empty their system and replace it with simple pH-balanced water. Flushing hydroponic plants takes substantially less time. Hydro plants will not be able to get external nutrients once the water source has been cut off. As a result, you will only need to flush plants for two days.
Flush Marijuana Plants – The Outcome
After the bud has been harvested, take the time to cure it to its full potential. A thorough cure will reduce the harshness even more by eliminating elements such as excess chlorophyll. You'll be surprised at how much of a difference this small effort may make for your buds. Your efforts will be rewarded with the first breath of that silky smooth smoke that touches the back of your throat like honey. This is nature at its most serene. Simply adding water to your cannabis can improve its quality!
When to Avoid Flushing Marijuana Plants
The only time flushing should be avoided is when growing on upgraded organic soil or super soil. This medium is deliberately crafted over time to support beneficial microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi. Flushing has the potential to wash away and harm this fragile biodiversity.
While flushing is a hotly discussed issue among cannabis farmers, it is typically suggested whenever cannabis is grown using concentrated chemical fertilizers. Most producers believe gradually weaning your London Pound Cake strain off its nutrients before harvest can generate a higher quality yield. It is also required when dealing with nutritional imbalances.


text: The methods used to calculate radiological and toxicological doses to hypothetical persons inside either a U.S. Army Abrams tank or Bradley Fighting Vehicle that has been perforated by depleted uranium munitions are described. Data from time- and particle-size-resolved measurements of depleted uranium aerosol as well as particle-size-resolved measurements of aerosol solubility in lung fluids for aerosol produced in the breathing zones of the hypothetical occupants were used. The aerosol was approximated as a mixture of nine monodisperse (single particle size) components corresponding to particle size increments measured by the eight stages plus the backup filter of the cascade impactors used. A Markov Chain Monte Carlo Bayesian analysis technique was employed, which straightforwardly calculates the uncertainties in doses. Extensive quality control checking of the various computer codes used is described.


Punishment and psychopathy: a case-control functional MRI investigation of reinforcement learning in violent antisocial personality disordered men
Lancet Psychiatry 2:153–160 (2014)
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Background Men with antisocial personality disorder show lifelong abnormalities in adaptive decision making guided by the weighing up of reward and punishment information. Among men with antisocial personality disorder, modifi cation of the behaviour of those with additional diagnoses of psychopathy seems particularly resistant to punishment. Methods We did a case-control functional MRI (fMRI) study in 50 men, of whom 12 were violent off enders with antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy, 20 were violent off enders with antisocial personality disorder but not psychopathy, and 18 were healthy non-off enders. We used fMRI to measure brain activation associated with the representation of punishment or reward information during an event-related probabilistic response-reversal task, assessed with standard general linear-model-based analysis. Findings Offenders with antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy displayed discrete regions of increased activation in the posterior cingulate cortex and anterior insula in response to punished errors during the task reversal phase, and decreased activation to all correct rewarded responses in the superior temporal cortex. This finding was in contrast to results for off enders without psychopathy and healthy non-off enders. Interpretation Punishment prediction error signalling in off enders with antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy was highly atypical. This finding challenges the widely held view that such men are simply characterised by diminished neural sensitivity to punishment. Instead, this fi nding indicates altered organisation of the information processing system responsible for reinforcement learning and appropriate decision making. This difference between violent offenders with antisocial personality disorder with and without psychopathy has implications for the causes of these disorders and for treatment approaches.
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Exhumation of both buried and cremated remains usually requires a Home Office licence. Exhumations occur for a number of reasons, including:
- movement from the original grave to a subsequently acquired family plot in the same or another cemetery
- repatriation overseas to be buried along with other family
- transfer from one cemetery scheduled for development to another
- court orders requiring further forensic examination.
It is an offence to exhume any human remains without firstly obtaining the necessary lawful permissions. Funeral directors can help in obtaining these:
- a licence must be obtained from the Home Office
- if the person is buried in consecrated ground, permission from the church must also be obtained
- an environmental health officer must be present
Decency and safety
An environmental health officer must be present at the exhumation and supervise the proceedings to ensure that respect for the deceased person is maintained and that public health is protected.
If the conditions of the licence cannot be met, or there are public health or decency concerns, the exhumation may not proceed.


Nancy Barnes: When death comes without dignity
 - March 22, 2011 - 3:02 PM
 Glenn Howatt, a data editor on our investigative team, has a rather morbid task: combing through death certificates. He looks for patterns that might lead to a story, such as drug overdoses or medical errors. He started to notice a number of deaths related to falls by patients in nursing homes, and eventually he decided to count them up. What he found was startling: more than 1,000 deaths related to falls in Minnesota nursing homes over the six-year period he analyzed.
That discovery was the genesis for a series of stories, starting today, exploring why so many people fall to (eventual) death in these homes. I urge our readers not to look away, despite the distressing nature of these stories. Nothing is more certain in life than death; we can only hope that we will be allowed the gift of dignity. In many of these stories, that is simply not the case.
As we worked on these stories these last several months, editors and reporters would literally shudder at some of the examples we had uncovered. Our minds would quickly flash forward to what would be in store for us when we grew old. Does anyone want to imagine being 90 years old, alone at night in a nursing home, struggling to get to the bathroom when no one is around to help?
Make no mistake: This is a complicated issue for both nursing homes and the families of loved ones. As journalists, our goal is not to assign guilt but to illuminate. If we can understand exactly what is happening to these residents and why, we might also be able to shed light on solutions.
One thing that became clear from the reporting, Louwagie said, was how quickly the stability of a nursing home resident can change, "how one little incident can lead to the end." But in many cases, the reporters said, families were reluctant to talk about the details that led to a fatal fall. Some patients had dementia and couldn't tell their stories. Some family members felt guilty for putting a family member in a home, or were quietly relieved that their family member's suffering was over. "We picked up on how many families feel guilty; they fear that had they been there, things might have been different," Howatt said.
Sometimes, the patients themselves recognize what a fall will mean to their quality of life. On one death certificate, the doctor noted that his patient "strongly requests let me die after pelvic fracture." That patient, who broke her hip after she was unattended in her room, ultimately died from dehydration and malnutrition because she refused food and fluids.
The reporters also discovered some clear trouble spots: Reporters talked to nursing home aides who were at wit's end trying to keep up with the needs of their patients; to children who couldn't get a straight answer about how their parents had died, and to nursing home advocates who asked whether we just wanted them to tie up old people to make sure they don't hurt themselves. (Of course not.)
In the end, however, the answers we found were less than satisfactory. The nursing homes' internal investigations are private, and the state does not require a complete review of every death by fall. Without that broader picture, it can be hard for nursing homes as an industry to identify patterns in order to understand how to best address this situation. "With so few being fully investigated by regulators," Howatt said, "we don't know the circumstances, and, in essence, the nursing home industry cannot learn from others' mistakes."
The reporters have some advice for those who are in need of care for a family member: Check out the home ahead of time; talk to other family members, and observe what is happening when no one knows you are there. Be involved in the plan for care. "I've heard again and again," said Louwagie, "that people who have loved ones there, and involved, get better care."
Meanwhile, we should all ask the question: Is this the dignified end we would want for ourselves?
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Editing Still Images
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- Start the smartphone application
- [App]: Still images transferred to the smartphone can be edited.
Tap the still image to be edited.
- The selected still image is displayed in the viewer.
Tap the screen to display the buttons, and then tap [Edit]
- The editing screen is displayed.
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- The traced area is blurred.
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- Tap [Cancel]. When the blurred area turns green, trace the area to remove the blurring with your finger.
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In a study by the University of Cambridge in England, Colorado has been ranked the fourth happiest state in the U.S.
The study suggests that states with wealthier, more tolerant and better educated residents are on average happier states.
A report from Live Science releasing the data explained the researchers reasoning.
The reasoning is that wealthy states can provide infrastructure and so it's easier for residents to get their needs met. In addition, states with a greater proportion of artists and gays would also be places where residents can freely express themselves.
Mountain states (including Colorado) and West Coast states ranked the highest for well-being with the Eastern Seaboard, Midwest and Southern states following.
The Researchers from Cambridge analyzed data collected from over 350,00 people they interviewed in 2008. They gathered data on the following ways to rank "well-being": emotional health, physical health, overall evaluation of their lives, healthy behaviors and job satisfaction.
They then took into account the relationship between happiness levels and variables such as economic indicators, education levels and personality factors.
They found that states with higher gross regional product (GRP) per capita (a state's level of productivity and standard of living), income levels and median housing value, were significantly happier than poorer areas. That's not too surprising as wealthier individuals tend to be healthier, because they are better educated and thus more knowledgeable about healthy behaviors, and they also likely have health insurance.
The happier states also tended to have a greater proportion of residents with advanced educations whose jobs were considered "super-creative," such as architecture, engineering, computer and math occupations, library positions, arts and design work, as well as entertainment, sports and media occupations.
Colorado came in fourth (behind Utah, Hawaii and Wyoming). The state has also been ranked fourth most preferred state to live in, has two of Forbes' most educated cities (Boulder ranked number 1), and has been called the fittest state in the nation as well.


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The CAMP effect of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae is caused by Apx toxins.
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A. pleuropneumoniae shows synergistic haemolysis when cocultured with Staphylococcus aureus on blood agar plates. This CAMP effect has been attributed to a discrete CAMP factor, but also to the A. pleuropneumoniae-RTX-toxins I, II and III. The CAMP effect of recombinant Escherichia coli strains that secreted each of these toxins, and of A. pleuropneumoniae mutant strains that were devoid of one or more of these toxins, was investigated. The E. coli strains were CAMP positive, whereas the A. pleuropneumoniae strain devoid of functional toxin genes was CAMP negative. It was concluded that the CAMP effect of A. pleuropneumoniae is caused by the toxins and that there is no discrete CAMP factor.


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10. Archeological Excavations at the Platte River
Campground Site (20BZ16), Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore,
Richner, Jeffrey J.
The Platte River Campground archeological site (20BZ16) is located along
the Platte River, within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan.
The site was discovered in 1985 and was also tested in that year. In 1987,
the Midwest Archeological Center conducted archeological excavations at the
site in advance of a planned campground redevelopment program which will
impact portions of the site. Important information on site age and
artifact assemblages was obtained. The site is multicomponent, with
evidence of repeated prehistoric occupations over both the Middle and Late
Woodland Periods in addition to late historic Euro-American uses. Emphasis
in this report is placed upon the prehistoric components.


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Please have a look at the doc for the Kernel module - _URL_
Unlike Java, Ruby is not limited to Classes as containers of implementations. Modules act as wonderful containers which can be mixed into other classes. When a module is mixed into another class, all its instance methods become instance methods of those class. Since the Kernel module is mixed into the Object class, its methods are therefore available in all Ruby classes.
Please read the following:
- Ruby access control
- Common misunderstanding and clarification about access controls in Ruby
With the risk of duplication, I have to say this:
private in Ruby is not the same as in C++ or Java. Subclasses of a class can call private methods declared in their superclass. In fact, you can call private method of any class using
:send. The only difference between private and protected methods is that private methods can't be called with explicit receivers.
Even the last rule has an exception. If your private method is something like
age=, it can (and has to be) called with
self. Funny, isn't it? :)
UPDATE: (to explain the gist):
talk method which you wrote in your code above is being called on the
main object which is the context for all Ruby programs. It's not being called on the Test class which is why it's not working for your second gist.
In the gist that I have provided,
talk is a private class method which is why it gets executed at the time of class definition. In the same gist, the
talk2 method is an instance method and can only be called from within instance methods. Your example gist didn't work because you were trying to invoke an instance method at the time of defining the class.


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Collectables: why directories still do the business
PUBLISHED: 13:49 30 June 2018
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Don't throw away that phone directory, says Mike Hicks.
Like me, I expect you have noticed that telephone directories are getting smaller, both in print size and in volume. The number of homes in the private section, again, gets less and less, where people, I suppose, are going over to mobile instead of the conventional landline. Does it mean that in the very near future, telephone directories, as we use to know them, will cease to exist? It looks very much that way as they are shrinking fast.
Directories (both before and after the invention of the telephone) have always been a collectable item. For there was a directory sold at Christies in New York in 2008 which made $140,000. Likewise, way back in 1981, a similar directory sold by Sotheby's with a £30-£40 estimate, made £2,800. There are many records of such old directories making high prices, but normally, they have to be exceptionally rare or very early.
One of the earliest local directories was the one published by Whites. Confusingly, there were two Whites, both from Sheffield, and both were publishers.
William White started publishing books in the 1820s, so way before the age of the telephone. In 1836 William White published The Gazetteer and the Directory of Norfolk and the City and County of Norwich. This was a very comprehensive book which is keenly sought after.
I must admit, I have not found out very much about Francis White, who also operated from Sheffield during a similar job. White's Directories, alongside other ones, have proved very useful when researching for families or businesses going back into the 19th century.
Around about this time we had another business directory publisher, and this was Frederick Festus Kelly. Around 1835 he became the Chief Inspector of Letter Carriers for the General Post Office, which had just begun to emerge. He took over the publication of The Post Office London Directory. He then founded Kelly & Co and he and various family members gradually expanded the company, producing directories for counties all over the British Isles, and in many cases putting some of the small local printers out of business. Kelly's Directories are easily spotted, because of their red covers, which normally have advertisements emblazed on them. These are a great source of information and also keenly collected.
Then along came the telephone - and telephone directories. All really keen collectors would love to get their hands on Volume One Number One of the Newhaven Connecticut District Telephone Directory; this was published in 1878; it contained a mere 391 names, but it is worth a fortune today, at least £150,000.
Now, I don't suppose any of our directories today are likely to get into that category for a very long time, but it makes me wonder whether, if you have anybody in the family who has a habit of saving old directories, maybe you should congratulate them and say "You are doing a good job!"
If you look on the social media sites, you will find Kelly's Directories for sale for anything from £60-£130; with earlier ones, expect to pay a little bit more, and condition is paramount. White's Directories, again, depending upon the year, can cost you between £25 and £150. Do keep them in dry conditions away from damp, and try not to damage the outer cover because these are extremely difficult to get rebound and original condition is always most sought-after.
Mike Hicks runs Stalham Antique Gallery at 29 High Street, Stalham (NR12 9AH). You can contact Mike on 01692 580636 or _EMAIL_.


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Magnoliaceae species are considered as an original angiosperm, which has had extensive distribution in the Earth history. It had acted as an important role to origin of angiosperm; and some of species of Magnoliaceae grow quickly and have great development potential to timber, planting in the cities and towns as a greening tree, making into medicine and fragrances. Owing to the forests of different region become more and more severely destroyed and fragmentized, making many Magnoliaceae species falling into threatened condition therefore, how to conserve and explore Magnoliaceae species attract people's attention. In this paper, by the GIS measure, we researched the Magnoliaceae species geographical distribution of Guangdong province China, and discussed the relation between Magnoliaceae species geographical distribution, analyzed the characteristic of different Magnoliaceae species. Based on this research, some protection measure are offered in this paper.
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2005. IGARSS '05. Proceedings. 2005 IEEE International (Volume:1 )
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Dealing with voice network security and troubleshooting is an ongoing battle. As new features, capabilities and telecom products emerge, so do potential vulnerabilities and malicious users who may attempt to exploit them. Network and voice administrators must remain vigilant in ensuring security, privacy and confidentiality, which includes staying current with the latest in network troubleshooting and problem resolution.
This article is a review of the important security matters we've discussed over the past year, especially when it comes to network security and troubleshooting issues related to telecommunications services.
Enforce a voice network security policy
We recently addressed security as part of an overarching, holistic network security policy, which is vital to any organization's arsenal against security threats. Such a policy must include well-defined rules and guidelines that outline computer network access methods, determine policy enforcement procedures and describe the architecture of the organization's network security environment.
A network security policy should include technical specifications governing how these controls are enforced within the infrastructure. However, it should also encompass rules of conduct for network users, including descriptions of allowed and disallowed activities, acceptable and unacceptable behavior and required security training.
Consider the security of the network, systems and users
We must consider all the potential attack vectors that an attacker can leverage. For this reason, network security, systems security and user security must all be considered equally. We don't typically associate these attack vectors directly with VoIP, connecting them more with network and systems security in general, but they are just as important to consider as securing voice conversations themselves.
Keep conversations confidential
Once voice traffic leaves a device or is sent out of a VoIP server and is "in transit," it is arguably in its most vulnerable state. Unsecured Wi-Fi networks, threats on local area networks (LANs) and hosts masquerading as man-in-the-middle devices are just some situations where someone can intercept voice packets. Securing voice packets while they are heading to their destinations is a significant part of safeguarding confidentiality and privacy for voice communications.
Security must be upheld not only for the packets carrying the voice as a payload but also for those carrying call signaling, which uses SIP and other protocols. This signaling is responsible for call setup, maintenance and teardown, and a whole series of mechanisms enabling today's highly advanced telephony features.
Troubleshooting network and voice issues
Like security, troubleshooting is an art form that must be continually honed and improved. As technologies progress, so must the methodologies used to perform quick and effective network problem resolution. Time is money, and better troubleshooting results in faster resolution times and less severe outages, benefiting any organization's information and communications technology (ICT) team.
To help you achieve excellence in this area, we've put together a series of demo video tutorials on our YouTube channel that you can use to help resolve some of the most common tech support questions and issues.
These videos are brief, step-by-step product demos that take you through the processes that dealers most often face when showcasing services and troubleshooting product issues. They are continuously updated so that you have the latest information at your fingertips, ensuring quick resolutions to some of the most frequent troubleshooting concerns.
As a telecom engineer, you are likely to get your hands a little dirtier than simply dealing with product configurations. Voice problems on the network can often cause headaches for even the most experienced engineer, so you will likely need to get inside the voice packets to identify problems.
For this reason, we have put together a set of VoIP troubleshooting resources that center on Wireshark, a popular packet sniffer that incorporates extremely powerful VoIP troubleshooting tools. With TeleDynamic's step-by-step guide to using Wireshark for troubleshooting VoIP, you can resolve even the most obscure and difficult voice problems on your network.
The approaching new year is a reminder to stay on top of security and troubleshooting expertise for your voice network. We hope that the resources showcased in this article will help you close this year and open the new one fully prepared to deal with any security and troubleshooting challenges that may come your way.
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The Land Where Lemons Grow : The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit
by Helena Attlee
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A delightful book on the unexpected Italy of history, told through its citrus fruits The history of citrus fruits crosses the history of Italy as a golden thread, and combining travel writing with history, recipes, horticulture and art, Helena Attlee takes the reader on a unique and rich journey through Italy's culture, culture and art."4 starsAttlee, who knows and loves Italy and Italians, takes the reader across the country, scented gardens with its sharp-edged descriptions, stories and quotes and intriguing recipes.I was there with her "Anna del Conte, the Fascinating Sunday Telegraph".An eminent garden writer, Attlee has fallen under the spell of citrus fruits for more than ten years and the book, like Hercules' eleventh work to steal the golden fruits of the Hesperides, is the result ofShe writes with great lucidity, charm and sweetness of humour, and brings her considerable learning lightly.Helena Attlee elegantly, absorbing the prose and foot sure possibility of combining academics with anecdotal, to make The Earth Where Lemons Push a welcome addition to the library of citrologists and Italophiles like " The Literary Supplement of The Times' is A paradise of citrus fruits is the way I always think of Italy: a place where ice cold limoncel iceWhat a joy, then, to read Helena Attlee of The Earth Where Lemons Push, which tells the story of Italy through its citrus fruits' Abeille Wilson, the Telegraph Helena Attlee is the author of four books on Italian gardens, and others on the cultural history of gardens around the world.Helena is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and has worked in Italy for nearly 30 years.
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28 February 2012 | EN | FR
Kenaf belongs to the cotton family
[OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO] Researchers from Burkina Faso and France have developed a low-cost construction material made of clay and sand mixed with fibres from the kenaf plant.
Kenaf is member of the cotton family, and its fibres are already widely used in Burkina Faso to make bags and ropes, as well as other products typically made from wood, like paper.
Jacob Sanou, of the Farako-Ba research station of Bobo-Dioulasso, in Burkina Faso, says he was inspired to try using kenaf to make building materials by the flax plant, which Europeans have used in a wide range of products including clothing, paper and industrial products.
Sanou joined forces with two specialists in composite materials based in France — Philippe Blanchart, from the National School of Industrial Ceramics at the University of Limoges, and Moussa Gomina, a Burkinabé researcher at the University of Caen.
They developed a kenaf composite material that is cheaper and stronger than ordinary building materials, and provides excellent insulation in the hot climate, as well as blocking out sound.
The team studied kenaf farming practices and found that the plant has no detrimental effect on soil quality, and even without fertiliser, average yields are around four tonnes per hectare, making it a potentially valuable and environmentally sustainable crop.
The work paves the way for rural farming communities to build comfortable, affordable homes for themselves and their families without damaging the environment, Sanou told SciDev.Net.
"Our study suggests that kenaf has good potential as a building material," he said, adding that more research is needed to determine its commercial viability.
Burkina Faso's minister in charge of scientific research and innovation, Gnissa Konaté, said the work is of considerable interest to the government, which has recently prioritised the building sector and eco-materials under its latest research policy.
Konaté added that the country's climate poses challenges for conventional building materials.
"Construction with cement is not adapted to the warm climatic conditions of Burkina Faso," he said.
"Cement stores heat, so buildings which are made from this material consume more energy due to their reliance on air conditioners. Combining kenaf with local clay was an unexpected success, which the authorities are willing to seize in order to stir up the building sector in Burkina Faso."
Further laboratory studies will be carried out at the University of Ougadougou and civil engineering colleges, says Sadou.
solarentrep ( SPW Ecojustice Center | United States of America )
28 February 2012
I am a grower of kenaf and would like to invite those interested in having people join with me in growing kenaf in Belize. I will be joining with Bill Loftus to put on a 12 day workshop on growing, harvesting, processing and using kenaf in Williston, Florida in September 2012. I will be joint venturing with Ecologic Technology Institute to put on a kenaf workshop in Atlanta, Georgia in August 2012. If you want to know more about kenaf join the kenaf community on facebook _URL_
Z. Osman ( Sudan )
29 February 2012
This is fantastic work. We are also working on Kenaf in Sudan and we are able to successfuly cultivate it. Our aim is to manufacture biocomposites using thermoset adhesives. If you publish a paper on your work, please send me copy. Very interested to know your findings.
Assocaite prof. Zeinab Osman
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J Botha ( South Africa )
5 March 2012
I would like an email address for kenaf workshops. _EMAIL_
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Documentation
rectform
Rectangular form of a complex expression
Use only in the MuPAD Notebook Interface.
This functionality does not run in MATLAB.
Syntax
rectform(z)
Description
rectform(z) computes the rectangular form of the complex expression z, i.e., it splits z into z = (z) + i (z).
rectform(z) tries to split z into its real and imaginary part and to return z in the form z = (z) + i (z).
rectform works recursively, i.e., it first tries to split each subexpression of z into its real and imaginary part and then tackles z as a whole.
Use Re and Im to extract the real and imaginary parts, respectively, from the result of rectform. See Example 1.
rectform is more powerful than a direct application of Re and Im to z. However, usually it is much slower. For constant arithmetical expressions, it is therefore recommended to use the functions Re and Im directly. See Example 2.
The main use of rectform is for symbolic expressions, and properties of identifiers are taken into account (see assume). An identifier without any property is assumed to be complex valued. See Example 3.
If z is an array, a list, or a set, then rectform is applied to each entry of z.
If z is an hfarray, then rectform returns z unchanged.
If z is a polynomial or a series expansion, of type Series::Puiseux or Series::gseries, then rectform is applied to each coefficient of z.
See Example 5.
The result r := rectform(z) is an element of the domain rectform. Such a domain element consists of three operands, satisfying the following equality: z = op(r, 1) + I*op(r, 2) + op(r, 3). The first two operands are real arithmetical expressions, and the third operand is an expression that cannot be split into its real and imaginary part.
Sometimes rectform is unable to compute the required decomposition. Then it still tries to return some partial information by extracting as much as possible from the real and imaginary part of z. The extracted parts are stored in the first two operands, and the third operand contains the remainder, where no further extraction is possible. In extreme cases, the first two operands may even be zero. Example 6 illustrates some possible cases.
Arithmetical operations with elements of the domain type rectform are possible. The result of an arithmetical operation is again an element of this domain (see Example 4).
Most MuPAD® functions handling arithmetical expressions (e.g., expand, normal, simplify etc.) can be applied to elements of type rectform. They act on each of the three operands individually.
Use expr to convert the result of rectform into an element of a basic domain. See Example 4.
Environment Interactions
The function is sensitive to properties of identifiers set via assume. See Example 3.
Examples
Example 1
The rectangular form of sin(z) for complex values z is:
delete z: r := rectform(sin(z))
The real and the imaginary part can be extracted as follows:
Re(r), Im(r)
The complex conjugate of r can be obtained directly:
conjugate(r)
Example 2
The real and the imaginary part of a constant arithmetical expression can be determined by the functions Re and Im, as in the following example:
Re(ln(-4)) + I*Im(ln(-4))
In fact, they work much faster than rectform. However, they fail to compute the real and the imaginary part of arbitrary symbolic expressions, such as for the term eisin(z):
delete z: f := exp(I*sin(z)):
Re(f), Im(f)
The function rectform is more powerful. It is able to split the expression above into its real and imaginary part:
r := rectform(f)
Now we can extract the real and the imaginary part of f:
Re(r)
Im(r)
Example 3
Identifiers without properties are considered to be complex variables:
delete z: rectform(ln(z))
However, you can affect the behavior of rectform by attaching properties to the identifiers. For example, if z assumes only real negative values, the real and the imaginary part simplify considerably:
assume(z < 0): rectform(ln(z))
Example 4
We compute the rectangular form of the complex variable x:
delete x: a := rectform(x)
Then we do the same for the real variable y:
delete y: assume(y, Type::Real): b := rectform(y)
domtype(a), domtype(b)
We have stored the results, i.e., the elements of domain type rectform, in the two identifiers a and b. We compute the sum of a and b, which is again of domain type rectform, i.e., it is already splitted into its real and imaginary part:
c := a + b
domtype(c)
The result of an arithmetical operation between an element of domain type rectform and an arbitrary arithmetical expression is of domain type rectform as well:
delete z: d := a + 2*b + exp(z)
domtype(d)
Use the function expr to convert an element of domain type rectform into an element of a basic domain:
expr(d)
domtype(%)
Example 5
rectform also works for polynomials and series expansions, namely individually on each coefficient:
delete x, y: p := poly(ln(-4) + y*x, [x]):
rectform(p)
Similarly, rectform works for lists, sets, or arrays, where it is applied to each individual entry:
a := array(1..2, [x, y]):
rectform(a)
hfarrays are returned unchanged:
a := hfarray(1..2, [1.0, 2.0]):
rectform(a)
Note that rectform does not work directly for other basic data types. For example, if the input expression is a table of arithmetical expressions, then rectform responds with an error message:
a := table("1st" = x, "2nd" = y):
rectform(a)
Error: An arithmetical expression is expected. [rectform::new]
Use map to apply rectform to the operands of such an object:
map(a, rectform)
Example 6
This example illustrates the meaning of the three operands of an object returned by rectform.
We start with the expression x + sin(y), for which rectform is able to compute a complete decomposition into real and imaginary part:
delete x, y: r := rectform(x + sin(y))
The first two operands of r are the real and imaginary part of the expression, and the third operand is 0:
op(r)
Next we consider the expression x + f(y), where f(y) represents an unknown function in a complex variable. rectform can split x into its real and imaginary part, but fails to do this for the subexpression f(y):
delete f: r := rectform(x + f(y))
The first two operands of the returned object are the real and the imaginary part of x, and the third operand is the remainder f(y), for which rectform was not able to extract any information about its real and imaginary part:
op(r)
Re(r), Im(r)
Sometimes rectform is not able to extract any information about the real and imaginary part of the input expression. Then the third operand contains the whole input expression, possibly in a rewritten form, due to the recursive mode of operation of rectform. The first two operands are 0. Here is an example:
r := rectform(sin(x + f(y)))
op(r)
Re(r), Im(r)
Example 7
Advanced users can extend rectform to their own special mathematical functions (see section "Backgrounds" below). To this end, embed your mathematical function into a function environmentf and implement the behavior of rectform for this function as the "rectform" slot of the function environment.
If a subexpression of the form f(u,..) occurs in z, then rectform issues the call f::rectform(u,..) to the slot routine to determine the rectangular form of f(u,..).
For illustration, we show how this works for the sine function. Of course, the function environment sin already has a "rectform" slot. We call


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AYER -- One group of sixth-graders has thrown meaning and goodwill behind the typical middle-school dance, organizing one last Friday that raised more than $600 for special education.
Mackenzie Marshall, Riley Murphy, Juliana Nealy and Meghan Bupell wanted to raise money for the Melmark School in Andover, which Riley's older sister attends. The private school provides education for children with autism, brain injuries and other disorders.
"We decided to form a group to raise money for autism, and we decided a dance would be good to raise money for," said 11-year-old Marshall.
The girls spread the word throughout school, hanging posters and commissioning friends to help with set-up and clean-up. They also sold bracelets or $1 that offered students a discount on admission, and by Friday they had sold about 55.
The dance, held at Ayer Shirley Regional Middle School, featured raffle prizes and music from eighth-grade DJ Michael Kelly. Students were encouraged to wear blue, the color for autism awareness.
"I was kind of proud of them that they were sixth-graders trying to pull off this dance for autism awareness," said Sherry Marshall, Mackenzie's mother. "I thought they did a pretty good job."
The girls hope to do the same thing for autism awareness in the future, she said, but instead give the money to the district to use for special-education costs.
Like all sixth-graders at the school, the girls have gone through a United Way Youth Venture class, a program that encourages young students to help their communities in different ways.
Catherine Lyon, Youth Venture program coordinator and library media coordinator at the school, said the half-hour enrichment block has really become part of the school's culture. Another group of students, called the Blue Crew, decorated trees in a nearby park with blue lights with the goal of spreading autism awareness, she said.
"Kids are just interested in making changes in the world," she said. "We promote the idea that everyone is a change-maker, and they really run with it."


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Demand is the rate at which electricity is used. Energy use is the total amount of electricity consumed over a period of time. Demand is usually measured in kilowatts. Energy use is measured in kilowatt hours.
Demand meters are used for measuring electricity used in commercial and industrial buildings, as well as other installations billed under Grand Bahama Power's demand energy rates. They measure and record the amount of energy used, and the highest rate of demand over a specific period of time.
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Pope Clement XI (_PHONE_) ordered Francesco Bianchini (_PHONE_) to build a Meridian Line. Bianchini was the Secretary of the Commission for the Calendar. He chose the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli because of the stability of its roman walls and foundations and its suitable dimension. The Line built by Giandomenico Cassini (_PHONE_) in 1655 in San Petronio, Bologna, was the model for Bianchini, who improved it by allowing the observation of stellar transits.
Pope Clement XI inaugurated the Great Sundial on October 6, 1702, the annual Feast of St. Bruno, founder of the Carthusian Order, whose statue is in the entrance of the Church. Carthusian monks ruled this Basilica for three centuries until 1884.
"ASTRONOMY IN THE CHURCH: THE CLEMENTINE SUNDIAL IN SANTA MARIA DEGLI ANGELI, ROME" by Costantino Sigismondi


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Birth of Fatmawati Soekarno
Edwin Solahuddin Kamis, 5 Februari 2009, 00:02 WIB
VIVAnews – 86 years ago today, on 5 February 1923, Fatmawati Soekarno, the third wife of the first president of Indonesia, Soekarno, was born.
Fatmawati was born in Bengkulu into a religious family. Her father, Hassan Din, was one of the most prominent figures of Muhammadiyah in the province.
In March 1938, Soekarno, who was already famous as the leader of the nationalist movement at the time, was exiled by the Dutch to Bengkulu. The house where Soekarno was held was not far away from Fatmawati's house. Since the Dutch government allowed him to interact with the local people, Soekarno soon became acquainted with the local leaders, including Hassan Din, Fatmawati's father.
Soekarno married Fatmawati on 1 June 1943. The couple had five children including Megawati, their first daughter, who later became the fifth president of Indonesia.
Fatmawati is famous in Indonesian history as the person who knit the Indonesian flag used during the proclamation of independence in 1945. She was known to her family and friends as a kind, cheerful and modest person. She was not ashamed of washing her family's clothes in Kali Code (a river in Yogyakarta) when she and her family took refuge in Yogyakarta in 1949.
Fatmawati Soekarno died on 14 May 1980 in Kuala Lumpur and was buried at Karet Bivak Cemetary in Jakarta. To commemorate her struggle, a hospital in South Jakarta was named after her. Later, a street and an airport in Bengkulu were also named after her. In 2000, the Indonesian government made Fatmawati a national hero.
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