db=$conn->{$MDBVARS['dbname']};
 $db->authenticate($MDBVARS['username'], $MDBVARS['password']);
 $fdata=$db->fs->files->findOne(array('filename'=>$fname));
 if (is_null($fdata)) { // file doesn't exist
 $conn->close();
 return false;
 }
 $grid=$db->getGridFS();
 $file=$grid->findOne(array('filename'=>$fname));
 if (strpos($fname, '/')!==false) {
 @mkdir($MDBVARS['cache'].preg_replace('/[^\/]*$/', '', $fname), 0755, true);
 }
 $bytes=$file->getBytes();
 file_put_contents($MDBVARS['cache'].$fname, $bytes);
 $ftime=date('YmdHis', $file->file['uploadDate']->sec);
 touch($MDBVARS['cache'].$fname, $ftime);
 $conn->close();
 return $bytes;
}
For an example of this in use, let's consider an image, /userfiles/1/image.jpg that was uploaded to Server1. It's obviously not yet on Server2, so how do we view it there?
When loading the file up (let's say _URL_ the server looks directly for the image, and doesn't find it. We need to route the request through a script that makes sure the file is there before sending it back.
To do that in this case, we can use mod_rewrite so that calls to /userfiles/[whatever] are routed to something like /php/file-get.php, which handles the work.
Edit your .htaccess file, and add in something like this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^userfiles/.*$ /php/file-get.php [QSA,L]
Now create the file php/file-get.php:
<?php
require_once 'basics.php'; // load common functions and config.php
$fname=preg_replace('/^\/userfiles\/|\?.*/', '', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
if (strpos($fname, '..')!==false) { // hack attempt
 exit;
}
$ext=strtolower(preg_replace('/.*\./', '', $fname));
switch ($ext) {
 case 'png':
 header('Content-type: image/png');
 break;
 case 'jpg': case 'jpeg':
 header('Content-type: image/jpg');
 break;
 case 'gif':
 header('Content-type: image/gif');
 break;
 default:
 header('Content-type: ');
}
echo mdbFileGet($fname);
?>
You can see that most of the file's code is actually just figuring out the mime-type to show. The downloading and showing of the file is done right at the last line.
You can now transparently upload files on one server and view them on another!
In fact, once the file is uploaded, you can remove it completely from all servers, and then when you next need it, just load it up through mdbFileGet() as normal and it will download again.
The caching issue that I mentioned earlier has to do with cache invalidation. Let's say we upload image.jpg and it is distributed to a number of servers. After a few hours, we might upload a replacement image – how do we tell the servers that the old image is invalid and it should be downloaded again?
We will start solving that in the next section.
Deleting Files
Deleting files is not as obvious as it sounds. On a one-server system, it's simply a matter of using unlink() to remove the file, and there's no more to be said about that.
However, in a multi-server system, we have three steps:
 1. delete the local cached file
 2. delete the database-stored file
 3. find all servers that have a copy of the file and delete the file from those servers.
#1 and #2 can be solved immediately in a very simple function:
function mdbFileRemove($fname) {
 if (strpos($fname, '..')!==false) { // hack attempt
 return false;
 }
 global $MDBVARS;
 @unlink($MDBVARS['cache'].$fname);
 $conn=new Mongo($MDBVARS['dbhost']);
 $db=$conn->{$MDBVARS['dbname']};
 $db->authenticate($MDBVARS['username'], $MDBVARS['password']);
 $grid=$db->getGridFS();
 $existing=$grid->findOne($fname);
 if (!is_null($existing)) {
 $grid->delete($existing->file['_id']);
 }
 $conn->close();
}
The above will delete a file from the local server and from the MongoDB database, but will not clear the file from other server caches.
To delete from the other machines, we need to set up a deletion queue, which we'll do later in the File Delete Queues section.
Creating File Delete Queues
To delete files from all servers, we need to send a message to those servers to tell them to delete their local copies of the file.
Sending a message to every single server in your network is a waste of resources, as most of the servers may not actually have a copy of the file you are trying to delete.
So, we need to adapt the mdbFileSet and mdbFileGet functions so they add a record to the database telling it exactly what servers have copies of the files. This will then allow us to target just those servers and to know that we're not wasting time.
Edit the mdbFileSet function and change this line:
$grid->storeBytes($file, array('filename'=>$fname), array('safe'=>true));
to this:
$grid->storeBytes(
 $file,
 array('filename'=>$fname, 'servers'=>array($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])),
 array('safe'=>true)
);
As a test, I uploaded an image called 3184/user-photos/3184.jpg, then checked my MongoDB instance:
> db.fs.files.find({filename:'3184/user-photos/3184.jpg'})
{ "_id" : ObjectId("545b68a160b993b86b8b4567"), "filename" : "3184/user-photos/3184.jpg", "servers" : [ "cp3.myserver.com" ], "uploadDate" : ISODate("2014-11-06T12:25:05.344Z"), "length" : NumberLong(37182), "chunkSize" : NumberLong(261120), "md5" : "9def8b14cb1611097e755692d04dcbdd" }
Note the highlighted servers section. As part of the file upload, we are initialising an array which states what servers have a copy of that file.
An important thing to note as well, is that in GridFS, the file is recorded in a set of chunks which are standard MongoDB documents, and the metadata of the file is recorded in another normal document. What we look at with db.fs.files.find is the metadata, not the file chunks. It would be uneconomical to store metadata within the same document(s) as the file chunks, as checking something as simple as its creation date, or the list of servers that have it, would then involve downloading the entire file.
Next, we need to adapt the mdbFileGet() function. Change the following:
touch($MDBVARS['cache'].$fname, date('YmdHis', $file->file['uploadDate']->sec));
$conn-


text: English painter, illustrator, designer, writer and teacher. He showed artistic inclinations as a boy and was encouraged to draw by his father, the portrait painter and miniaturist Thomas Crane (1808-59). A series of illustrations to Tennyson's The Lady of Shalott (Cambridge, MA, Harvard U., Houghton Lib.) was shown first to Ruskin, who praised the use of colour, and then to the engraver William James Linton, to whom Crane was apprenticed in 1859. From 1859 to 1862 Crane learnt a technique of exact and economical draughtsmanship on woodblocks. His early illustrative works included vignette wood-engravings for John R. Capel Wise's The New Forest: Its History and its Scenery (1862).

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In SQL Server, I'm looking at TableA, which currently has a uniqueidentifier clustered primary key. The GUID has no meaning in any context.
(I'll give you a second to clean up your keyboard and monitor and set down the soda.)
I'd like to drop that primary key and add a new unique integer primary key to the table. My question is this: when I drop the index, modify the column from uniqueidentifier to int, and add the new clustered unique primary key to the modified column, will the new PK values be in the order of insertion into the table, or will they be in some other order? Is this the right way to go here? Will this work? (I'm kind of a noobkin with regard to table creation/modification.)
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When you drop a clustered index the table becomes a heap. Since heaps have a very different physical structure from indexes, the data will have to be copied into the new structure. Heaps have no order whatsoever. When you add back a new clustered index, the data will be copied from the heap into the new index, and the order will be defined by the new clustered key.
If you want to preserve the existing order then all you have to do is assign the new integer ids properly:
ALTER TABLE Table ADD Integer_Id INT;
GO
WITH cte AS (
 SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Guid_Id) as RowOrderByGuid,
 Guid_Id
 FROM Table)
UPDATE t
 SET t.Integer_Id = c.RowOrderByGuid
FROM Table t
JOIN cte c ON t.Guid_Id = c.Guid_Id;
Now the order of Integer_Ids will match the order of Guids. You can drop the Guid column and add a clustered index on the new Integer column and the physical order of records was preserved.
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A clustered index, by definition, determines the physical order of the data, so when you create the new clustered index, the data will be re-ordered; if it's a large table, plan for that to take a while.
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Cool that's good to know. I thought indexes were just how SQL Server read the data and not necessarily having to do with the actual physical location of it. I'm still pretty limited in my knowledge about indexes so this was helpful. – Sean Howat Jun 3 '10 at 17:14
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That's true for normal (unclustered) indexes; the clustered one (there can be only one per table) is different exactly for this reason. – Massimo Jun 3 '10 at 17:16
By definition, a clustered index imposes a physical ordering on actual data pages; so, yes, if you drop a clustered index and create a new one, this will force a physical reordering of data.
In your case, I think it's safe to assume the following will happen:
 - The existing clustered index will be dropped, but the actual data on disk is not going to move because of this.
 - You will modify the column type (or drop the existing column and create a new one), setting costraints for it to be not null, unique, primary key, identity and autoincrementing (this is vital, or SQL Server won't even let you add it as it wouldn't know what to put into it).
 - At this point, the column will be automatically populated by SQL Server. I don't know for sure what will happen here, but I think it will be populated in the order rows are phyically stored in the database. But I'm just guessing about this.
 - Problem is, ordering can be quite messy when UIDs are involved; so you don't know how data is actually stored now, and you don't know how it will be stored later; if my guessing about column population is correct, there will not be a huge reordering... but it could happen; and, even if I'm correct, the index building is anyway going to take a while, if the table is large enough.
Bottom line: you will have a huge impact, and you could get rows from an unordered SELECT in the same order you get them now. You will have to try.
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If you create a table with a clustered primary key and then drop the clustered PK the physical order of the data in the table will be undisturbed. However, the physical order of query results are not guaranteed to be the same as the order in the table, so this ordering is fairly meaningless.
If you then add an integer column and create a clustered primary key on that, the table will be rearranged into whatever order the key sorts in. This may or may not be the same physical order as the GUID depending on how the key is assigned. You could explicitly assign it based on the sort order of the GUID key (e.g. using row_number() over the old key ordering), or you could assign it some other way. Unless you take steps to ensure that the ordering is explicitly made the same the physical order or the rows in the table is not guaranteed to drive the ordering of your new key.
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collection management, collaborative selection, active selection, weeding, mental health libraries
Weeding is a common theme in library literature. But, while librarians often use circulation statistics or other data as general guidelines for weeding print collections, few consider the value of actively engaging affected populations during the weeding lifecycle, particularly in the early stages of selecting material for retention. This paper describes a collaborative project between librarians and non-library faculty and staff to identify and retain the materials that would establish a core library collection, increase collection and resource accessibility, and aid in a library's transformation into a more student-centered space. The paper concludes with an overview of outcomes and describes how the weeding project contributed to the library's ablity to function within a more contemporary framework of service while also shifting expectations of the library's role within the greater university.


Remanufacturing of transformers vs repairing
transformer1
Transformers are among the expensive assets used by industries in an electrical system. Usually replacement of transformer costs more than transformers repairing services. To compensate the cost, manufacturers bring the option of remanufacturing or restoring the transformers. Remanufacturing of transformers is the replacement of the faulty parts and equipments.
Repairing services offered by suppliers and manufacturers who are designing transformers for distinct customers are having resources, expert personnel, and equipment to instantly get the transformer unit back in service.
How manufacturers commence the process?
Transformer manufacturers start with the assessment of the transformer. They perform various tests and inspection to find all the defects in the unit. Once the defects are recognized, they start fixing them one by one.
They replace your transformer oil if it is very contaminated. They replace any broken part of the unit, and use genuine components made with quality materials. New windings and components are readily available at OEM's store for installation. You can source these components and install them once the unit is dismantled.
Companies operate the unit throughout their system regardless of the location. Remanufacturing of transformers avoids the failure impact prior its occurrence and expand the lifecycle of the transformer at low cost and time.
Remanufacturing is different from repairing. If you have a transformer and it is not working, you can take it to the manufacturer's facility. There experts will diagnose the entire unit and perform desired tests to avail the report of the unit. If you want to enhance any functionality, you can do it with the help of experts. This is remanufacturing.
If they just replace the damaged component and install the brand new or well-maintained used component to your unit, this process is known as repairing because they just installed the faulty part to your unit to make it functioning again.
Repairing of transformer includes working on its original electrical, mechanical, and thermal design. Whereas, restoration or remanufacturing is a different thing, you cannot take repairing as a light matter.
Repairing involves, but not limited to rewinding of coils, tap changer work, bushing replacement, re-gasket, install relays, etc.
Remanufacturing is a change to a unit's electrical, mechanical, and thermal design. It includes, but not limited to re-designing of the coils to enhance kV, MVA, core modifications, etc.
For more updates on transformers repairing and remanufacturing, you can ask the manufacturers and suppliers online. They will share extra information about the subject.
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Welcome to the latest edition of Eco Africa
On this week's Eco Africa, we look into sustainable forestry practices in Ghana, meet a tireless anti-plastic campaigner in Senegal and learn to love Kenya's endangered vultures.
On this week's edition of Eco Africa, we bring you a host of smart innovations for a greener planet!
First, we visit the Social Innovation Academy in Mpigi, near the Ugandan capital. It is a unique talent campus where young people can try to turn their social and environmental dreams into reality.
Then we head over to Ghana where an entrepreneur is fighting deforestation. He has acquired a tract of land where he practices sustainable forestry and makes environmentally friendly products like soaps and candles.
In Germany, we have a look at how cities are future-proofing despite growing urbanization.
After that we meet Nigerian artist Olalekan Olasekan who has never met a tree he doesn't like. He also hates when wood is wasted and his art draws attention to the animals and insects losing their habitats through deforestation.
In Kenya, we learn to love one of nature's best cleanup crews — vultures. They clean up carcasses in the wild, but they are under threat themselves. An NGO is teaching locals the vital role these birds play in the ecosystem in the hope of saving them.
Finally, we catch up with Modou Fall. For years he has been a tireless anti-plastic campaigner in Senegal. There he gladly swaps a paper bag for a plastic one just to get it out of circulation. Now his work is paying off as the country bans some single-use plastic items.


Xywav (Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, and Sodium Oxybates) - Oral
Warning:
Xywav has a boxed warning about the potential of central nervous system (CNS) depression and abuse and misuse. Xywav is a CNS depressant. Respiratory depression (breathing problems) can occur in people using Xywav at recommended doses. The abuse or misuse of illicit oxybate, also known as gamma-hydroxybutyrate, is associated with CNS adverse reactions. This includes seizure, respiratory depression, decrease in the level of consciousness, coma, and death. Because of the risks of CNS depression and abuse and misuse, Xywav is available only through a restricted program under a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program called the XYWAV and XYREM REMS.
What Is Xywav?
Xywav is a central nervous system (CNS) depressant that treats sleeping disorders in people 7 years of age and older.
Xywav is a combination of different oxybate molecules: calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium oxybates. The molecule oxybate is also known as gamma-hydroxybutyrate, or GHB, and is the active ingredient in Xywav. It is not known exactly how GHB affects sleep. However, the most common theory is that it acts on GABA receptors in the brain, which help regulate sleep.
GHB by itself is a Schedule I drug and has no legal use. Xywav is a Schedule III controlled substance, which means it is tracked and regulated more carefully than a normal prescription drug. A Schedule III class for a drug also means that there is moderate to low potential for physical or psychological dependence. Xywav has its own monitoring program called a REMS program. You will need to get it from a pharmacy that is certified to dispense it, rather than a local pharmacy.
Drug Facts
Generic Name: Calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium Oxybates
Brand Name: Xywav
Drug Availability: Prescription
Therapeutic Classification: CNS Depressant
Available Generically: No
Controlled Substance: Schedule III
Administration Route: Oral
Active Ingredient: Oxybate (GHB or gamma-hydroxybutyrate)
Dosage Form: Solution
What Is Xywav Used For?
Xywav is approved for two indications: daytime sleepiness and cataplexy in narcolepsy, and idiopathic hypersomnia.
Individuals with narcolepsy may have any number of four symptoms: excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), cataplexy, hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. Xywav is approved to treat two of these: EDS and cataplexy. Cataplexy is the sudden onset of weak or paralyzed muscles. A person may lose control of their muscles and collapse in any given situation.
Idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) causes excessive sleepiness during the day even after a good night's sleep. Like narcolepsy, it can be dangerous because the sleepiness can strike at any time, like while driving or working. However, IH does not include cataplexy.
Xywav ( Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, and Sodium Oxybates) Drug Information - Illustration by Zoe Hansen
Verywell / Zoe Hansen
How to Take Xywav
Xywav is taken by mouth two times per night, once at bedtime and again two and a half to four hours later. The dose will likely be started on the lower end and may be increased by your healthcare provider based on how much it's helping you and how well you're tolerating it.
Prepare both doses of Xywav prior to bedtime. Each dose is prepared by adding about ¼ cup (60 milliliters) of water to Xywav in the empty containers provided. Once prepared, doses need to be consumed within 24 hours. Take Xywav while you're in bed, and lie down right after you take it. It may cause you to fall asleep abruptly without first feeling drowsy.
You may need to set an alarm to wake yourself up for your second dose each night. You can keep Xywav by your bed so you don't have to get up to take the dose. If the second dose is missed, skip it and don't take Xywav again until the next night. Never take two doses at one time.
Storage
Store Xywav at room temperature (68 degrees to 77 degrees F). Once you prepare your Xywav dose, it needs to be taken within 24 hours, so only prepare one night's worth (two doses) at a time. If you need to waste a dose, it is safe to dispose of Xywav down the drain.
When traveling, keep Xywav packed in your carry-on luggage with the lid on tight. Make sure to bring your prescription information and notify TSA personnel when you're going through security that you have the drug with you.
How Long Does Xywav Take to Work?
After taking Xywav, you will typically fall asleep within five to 15 minutes, though this may vary from night to night. Take Xywav while you're in bed lying down, as it may cause you to fall asleep abruptly without feeling drowsy first.
What Are the Side Effects of Xywav?
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. A healthcare provider can advise you on side effects. If you experience other effects, contact your pharmacist or a healthcare provider. You may report side effects to the FDA at _URL_ or 1-800-FDA-1088.
Common Side Effects
The following are some of the more common side effects of Xywav. If you notice these side effects and think they are severe or do not go away you should notify your healthcare provider:
 - Headache
 - Nausea
 - Dizziness
 - Decreased appetite
 - Abnormal dreams
 - Night sweats
Severe Side Effects
Notify your healthcare provider right away if you notice these side effects. Call 911 if your symptoms feel life-threatening or if you think you're having a medical emergency. Serious side effects and their symptoms can include the following:
 - CNS depression. Significant respiratory depression (breathing problems) and a lowered level of consciousness have occurred in some people taking Xywav, as it is a CNS depressant. Wait until you know how Xywav affects you before you drive or operate other machinery.
 - Abuse and misuse. The active ingredient in Xywav, oxybate or GHB, does have abuse and misuse potential due to its rapid onset of action and amnestic features, or its ability to cause some short-term memory loss. GHB is a schedule I (illegal) drug that is sometimes used on victims of assault–a "date-rape drug". This is why it is important to avoid use with alcohol and to be cautious in individuals who may have a history of drug abuse or misuse.
 - Neuropsychiatric reactions. Some adults have experienced hallucinations, paranoia, aggression, or agitation while on Xywav. Make sure to let your healthcare provider know as soon as possible if you think Xywav may be affecting you in these ways.
Long-Term Side Effects
As long as you continue to take Xywav exactly as prescribed, no side effects are known to emerge after long-term use compared to the shorter-term effects listed above.
Report Side Effects
Xywav may cause other side effects. Call your healthcare provider if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
If you experience a serious side effect, you or your provider may send a report to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting Program or by phone _PHONE_).
Dosage: How Much Xywav Should I Take?
Drug Content Provided and Reviewed by IBM Micromedex®
The dose of this medicine will be different for different patients. Follow your doctor's orders or the directions on the label. The following information includes only the average doses of this medicine. If your dose is different, do not change it unless your doctor tells you to do so.
The amount of medicine that you take depends on the strength of the medicine. Also, the number of doses you take each day, the time allowed between doses, and the length of time you take the medicine depend on the medical problem for which you are using the medicine.
 - For oral dosage form (solution):
 - For cataplexy or excessive daytime sleepiness:
 - Adults—At first, 2.25 grams (g) taken at bedtime (first dose), then 2.25 g taken 2.5 to 4 hours later (second dose). Your doctor may adjust your dose as needed and tolerated. However, the dose is usually not more than 9 g per night.
 - Children 7 years of age and older—Dose is based on body weight and must be determined by your doctor:
 - Weighing 45 kilograms (kg) or more—At first, 2.25 g or less given at bedtime and repeated one time during the night. The first dose should be taken at bedtime and the second dose taken 2.5 to 4 hours later. Your doctor may adjust your dose as needed and tolerated. However, the dose is usually not more than 4.5 g per night.
 - Weighing 30 kg to less than 45 kg—At first, 1.5 g or less given at


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|Castle Wall Offsets
Ben E. 30 VIII 06
This article will outline various techniques of creating offsets from castle walls.
Offsets help us create the architectural details that give character to castles.
First it is important to understand the units that each brick can be divided into.
The brick below has the height to width ratio of 6 to 5.
One plate is two units high.
Jumper Tiles: The jumper tile is the most common method of creating an offset.
This 1x2 tile has a stud centered on it's width.
It allows offsets of 2.5 units, or half of a stud.
This can be used effectively to create details such as window and door surrounds, stairs, buttresses, and parapets.
Check out the window surround instructions below.
Technic and Tiles: You may want even smaller offsets on your walls.
Using tiles rotated 90 degrees is very effective.
Tiles are 2 units thick.
They can be attached to headlight bricks or technic bricks with half pins.
Steve DeCraemer effectively used this technique at BrickFest 2005 and 2006 in his stone castles,
one of which is pictured below.
The only disadvantage of this technique is that all offsets are 5 units tall instead of 2 units found in plates.
Panels: I discovered the latest offset technique by accident this year by noticing the units of a common 1x2 panel.
The back of each panel is a 1/5 of a stud wide.
This allows us to offset details by one unit.
Instructions of my White Tower corbel's below show how panels can be stacked and locked into place by other bricks.
It creates small but very stable projections for the tower parapet.
Discussion of the tower and technique can be found in this
The final result is a creation with more depth and detail than using traditional brick methods.
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Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone corvina) - Wiki
Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Seychelles Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone corvina) is a rare bird from the genus of paradise-flycatchers (Terpsiphone) within the subfamily Monarchinae. It is endemic to the Seychelles.
The length of the males is about 20 cm. In addition there are two long black central tail feathers which can reach a length of 30 cm. The females can reach a length between 16 and 18 cm (including the tail). The males are entirely glossy black with a deep blue sheen. The upperparts of the females including wings and tail are reddish brown. The underparts are pale cream white. Facial skin, bill, and legs are blue.
It lives in the Veuve Nature Reserve on La Digue, Seychelles where it inhabits dense Calophyllum forests.
It preys on insects in flight or from a perch. It is also feed on larvaes and spiders. The oval bowl-shaped nest is build on branches and consists of twigs, palm fibre, and spider webs.
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Quick Answer: What'S This Song Called?
Can Siri identify songs?
What are female singers called?
Can you hum a song to Shazam?
Shazam is also built-in to Siri, so you could just ask Siri what a song is and she'll tell you. The downside to Shazam is that it requires the original song to identify, so you can't just hum or sing into it, and tagged songs can't be bookmarked for later reference.
How do I get Google to identify a song?
On your phone, touch and hold the Home button or say "Hey Google." Ask "What's this song?" Play a song or hum, whistle, or sing the melody of a song. Hum, whistle, or sing: Google Assistant will identify potential matches for the song.
What is that song App?
ShazamWhen you want to know "what is that song" playing at a bar, club or party, Shazam will identify it for you in a matter of seconds. What's more, you can use it on Android, iPhone, and Windows Mobile phones. The only disadvantage with Shazam is that it doesn't identify tunes by humming.
How can I find a song by humming?
Can Siri identify a song by humming?
Apple Siri and Google Voice Assistant You can activate the voice assistant by saying Siri or OK Google. Then say 'What song is this'. … If you are using a Windows Phone, Microsoft's Cortana can also perform a similar search and help you recognize songs by humming.
Can't find a song I heard?
Use Shazam or MusicID. These are popular apps that analyze sounds and identify songs from their database of recordings. If you've got Shazam on your phone and hear a song you can't identify and don't know anything about, activate the app and hold it toward the audio source and wait for a result.
What are 4 singers called?
A group of four singers or instrumentalists is called a quartet or quartette (French: quatuor, German: Quartett, Italian: quartetto, Spanish: cuarteto, Polish: kwartet). A quartet can also be a composition for four instruments or voices.
What is that song called?
SoundHound can listen to you sing the song you want to identify. SoundHound does pretty much everything Shazam does and even more. Just like Shazam, SoundHound can tell you what song is playing at the tap of a button. But let's say that song you just heard ended before you could whip out your phone and open Shazam.
How do I identify a song?
Google built song identification into the Google search app on Android. Arguably part of Google Now, identifying songs is one of the many "OK Google" voice commands you can use on Android. To identify a song, you can just say "OK Google, what is this song?"—provided you have the OK Google feature enabled.


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In today's connected world, geospatial technology is touching every aspect of our lives. From how natural resources are monitored and distributed, to how communities are developed and kept safe—dimensional intelligence is critical for shaping a better global society.
In his keynote address, Hexagon Geosystems President Juergen Dold discusses how the business is empowering geospatial professionals with dimensional intelligence. Dold will share stories from around the world about how to efficiently explore natural resources, reduce waste when using these resources to construct and maintain our infrastructures, and empower the space industry to explore from and in space.
Come along on a geospatial journey that will leave you inspired and ready to take on any challenge.

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American City Politics
Routledge – 2006 – 118 pages
This book begins with an introductory outline of the structure of the city politics of the United States. There is a study of the city in the federal system, including the politics of feudal aid. This is followed by four case studies: the political roles of mayor, manager, boss and adminstrator-entrepreneur in the city.
Madgwick concludes with some comparative reflections indicating the significance of this study for British local government.
This book was first published in 1970.
1. The city in the USA
2. The structure of city politics
3. The city in the federal system
4. Four political roles
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More than 500 Neolithic and Bronze Age sites have been excavated in the Isles of Scilly. With another 30 or so only accessible at the lowest tides, how many more are permanently submerged? Once a single island (with the exception of Agnes and Annet) did the inundation of Scilly give rise to the legend of Lyonesse?
The Isles of Scilly were formerly one island and many archaeological sites now lie beneath the sea. Excavations have only been possible at the lowest tides and there are certain to be more sites permanently under water (there are more than 500 sites above the high water line). Normally submerged sites that have been excavated include: 10 hut circles, 7 cists and graves, 4 field wall enclosures and 12 other occupational sites and partial exposures in eroding cliffs.
There is a persistent legend that the Lost Land of Lyonesse once stretched from Scilly to Land's End. This realm was said to be the home of Tristan who went on to woo Iseult etc. The capital of Lyonesse was the City of Lions and was built around the hill which is now the treacherous reef of the Seven Stones. One night a huge wave (tsunami?) swept over Lyonesse and only one man escaped. This was Trevilian who galloped ahead of the flood on a white horse and survived to found the Cornish Trevelyan family.
There are many field walls and hut circles to be seen at the lowest tide when it is possible to walk from Samson to Bryher and from Bryher to Tresco. In Roman times, all of the islands were one (variously referred to as Sylina Insula and Siluram Insulam - singular, not plural ie The Scilly Island) with the exception of St Agnes and Annet. This has given rise to the legend that Scilly is a remnant of the Lost Land of Lyonesse. The legend further relates that the rest of Lyonesse lies beneath the sea between Scilly and Lands End and over towards the Lizard. There really is a submerged forest in Mount's Bay and fishermen have reported seeing the tops of houses near the Longships lighthouse. The legend is further related in Cheryl Straffon's excellent guide to Ancient Sites on the Isles of Scilly (Meyn Mamvro). Whatever else may lie beneath the waves, there are the remains of hundreds of shipwrecks awaiting the marine archaeolgist.
|Love the Scillies my Spiritual Home The Land of The Blessed worked there several years in the 60s and tripped on Bants Carn and Innisigen Burial Chambers in the old days was 1 island for sure always been a spiritual place but now icecaps are melting the sea levels are rising take to the high ground remember Atlantis and Noahs Flood keep the faith|
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enge, J.M. (2007) The need to belong: Understanding the interpersonal and inner effects of social exclusion. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 1, 506–520.
MacDonald, G., and Leary, M.R. (2005) Why does social exclusion hurt? The relationship between social and physical pain. Psychological Bulletin, 131, 202–223.
Williams, K.D. Ostracism: Effects of being excluded and ignored. (2009) Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 41, 279–314.


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- Bereavement in youth.
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- Bibliography: p. 213-234.
- Frontispiece Rebecca Willis and Virginia Ironside Part one: Contexts Knowledge production in context Young people, death and bereavement in contemporary Western societies Part two: Evidence The perspectives of young people Sue Sharpe, Julie Jessop and Jane Ribbens McCarthy Bereavement as a 'risk' factor in young people's lives The social contexts of bereavement experiences and Interventions Part Three: Conclusions Knowledge,'meaning', and inter-disciplinarity Index.
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The Upper Wardha Dam is an earthfill straight gravity dam across the Wardha River, a tributary of the Godavari River, near Simhora village in Morshi taluk in Amravati district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The dam provides multipurpose benefits of irrigation, drinking water supply, flood control and hydropower generation. The Upper Wardha Dam is also known as the Nala Damayanti Sagar, named after the famous characters Nala and Damayanti of an epic love story in Hindu mythology, Nala Damayanti.
The multipurpose Upper Wardha Dam project is considered the lifeline for Amravati city, and Morshi and Warud Talukas. It is an integral component of the Upper Wardha Irrigation Project, which envisages providing water for irrigation, drinking water supply and for industrial use and also flood control. Hydropower generation is planned only when irrigation develops. The project is located near Morshi, about 8 km towards to the east of Morshi and 56 km from the Amravati town, in the Godavari River Basin. The river drains a catchment area of 4,302 sq km (1,661 sq mt) up to the dam site.

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A gourmet extravaganza, the La Tamatino Festival honors the creative culinary fusion of Latin American and Mediterranean cuisines. To honor the harmonic fusion of tastes, customs, and cultural exchanges that gave rise to the distinctive La Tamatino culinary concept, food enthusiasts, chefs, and culture enthusiasts come together for this exciting and energetic event. The festival provides an opportunity to savor a delicious variety of foods, learn about various cuisine cultures, and celebrate the spirit of unity through food. Let's examine the core elements and salient features of this remarkable culinary festival in more detail.
The festival's importance resides in its capacity to advance variety, comprehension, and appreciation for other culinary cultures. It promotes cooperation between chefs from all backgrounds, facilitating the exchange of information and skills, leading to the development of creative and delectable La Tamatino meals.
The La Tamatino Festival is a living example of how food has the ability to unite people across boundaries and celebrate variety. Through the universal language of food, it promotes cross-cultural understanding, culinary exploration, and intergroup harmony. A delectable and unique gastronomic trip created by the confluence of Latin American and Mediterranean cuisines continues to enthrall food lovers around the world.
As the La Tamatino Festival develops and gains popularity, it emphasizes the value of accepting cultural diversity, encouraging open communication, and celebrating individuality. We can nourish a more inclusive and harmonious world, one dish at a time, by participating in this yearly celebration of La Tamatino.


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A Dynamical Model for Operational Risk in Banks
Operational risk is the risk relative to monetary losses caused by failures of bank internal processes due to heterogeneous causes. A dynamical model including both spontaneous generation of losses and generation via interactions between different processes is presented; the efforts made by the bank to avoid the occurrence of losses is also taken into account. Under certain hypotheses, the model can be exactly solved and, in principle, the solution can be exploited to estimate most of the model parameters from real data. The forecasting power of the model is also investigated and proved to be surprisingly remarkable.
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FRIDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Dogs can teach children about responsibility, shower them with love and maybe even help them maintain their reading skills.
Researchers found that reading aloud to canine companions over the summer slightly improved some second-graders' ability to read and their attitude about reading. On the other hand, children who read to adults experienced declines in both areas, the study found.
The study, published online by the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in North Grafton, Mass., involved second-grade students with different reading abilities and attitudes about reading. Last summer, the children were paired with either dogs or people and asked to read aloud to them once a week for 30 minutes for five weeks.
The therapy dogs used for the study were trained for the Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) Program, which runs programs at the public library near the school.
The study authors were surprised to see no significant improvement in below-average readers who were paired with dogs.
"As with all academic studies exploring a new area, this small study raises more questions than creates answers," said study co-author Dr. Lisa Freeman. She said she hopes answers will emerge as the reading program continues at the local library.
But in terms of persistence, the dogs paid off. Whereas one-third of the children who were asked to read to people dropped out, all of the dog readers completed the project.
Experts note that research is considered preliminary if it has not been subjected to the rigorous scrutiny required for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.
The U.S. National Institute of Child Health & Human Development provides more information on human-animal interaction.
SOURCE: Tufts University, news release, Aug. 10, 2011
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In the recent past years horticulture sector has been diversely developed in parallel with technology advancements and turned in to an ecofriendly, sustainable industry. These initiatives have
The world started facing a huge crisis in the supply chain due to the COVID19 pandemic and all the sectors including agriculture and food processing sector were
Sri Lanka is very rich country with the highest quality coir fibre that is extracted from Coconut husk and its renowned for the strength and the durability among many industries.
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Living sustainably has become a global trend among many nations and one of the major concerns is to responsibly consume the natural resources. Also avoiding the deforestation


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Choose littermates of the same sex to reduce the chance of chinchillas fighting. Only put them together if have grown up together – and make sure they are of the same sex – male with male, female with female.
Avoid unwanted litters. Keep male and female chinchillas apart well before eight months old, as this is when they become sexually mature. Unless neutered, they will breed and usually produce a litter of two babies. It can be difficult to find homes for their young.
Choose littermates of the same sex to reduce the chance of ferrets fighting. Only put them together if have grown up together – and make sure they are of the same sex – male with male, female with female.
Avoid unwanted litters. Keep unneutered male and female ferrets apart as they will breed. It can be hard to find homes for their young.
Avoid unwanted litters. Keep males and females apart as they can breed from about 10 weeks of age. Each litter can produce three to six babies, which can be hard to find a home for.
Choose littermates of the same sex to reduce the chance of guinea pigs fighting. Only put them together if have grown up together – and make sure they are of the same sex – male with male, female with female.
Avoid unwanted litters. Keep male and female guinea pigs apart unless they are neutered. Males can father babies at around nine weeks of age – and females as young as three weeks old. They will breed litters, usually of one to six babies, which can be hard to find homes for.
Keep rabbits and guinea pigs apart. Rabbits can bully and injure guinea pigs. They need their own kind for company.
Avoid unwanted litters. Keep male and female mice apart from before six weeks old. After that they become sexually mature, they will breed and produce an average litter of 5 to 12 babies, which can be difficult to find homes for.
If they do live alone, let them interact with you and other people they trust every day.
How to put rats together
- It's best to put littermates together who have grown up together – males with males, females with females – as they are less likely to fight.
- Females are less likely to fight each other than males living together.
- Keep males and females apart to avoid unwanted litters.
- To put two males together, it may be better to make one of them a baby male, as the older one will be more likely to accept them.
How to introduce unrelated rats
- Always introduce unrelated rats on neutral territory, as rats can be very territorial.
- Initially let them meet for a small amount of time. Gradually extend the time, until they show signs of getting along. Give them a couple of weeks to learn to get along: after that, they usually become the best of friends. They can then move into a cage together that neither have lived in for a week or so – or the smell of the other rat will be there and rats will become territorial.
- Keep a close eye on them and if there is bullying behaviour or fighting, it's best to keep them apart. You need to remain calm too: rats are very good at picking up signs of stress.
Avoid unwanted litters. Keep male and female rats apart from five weeks old. They become sexually mature between six to eight weeks old and can produce litters of between 8 to 18 babies.
How do I know if my rats are being aggressively fighting or just play-fighting?
Look for the signs below. Rats often play with each other, even as adults. Some owners confuse harmless play fighting with true aggression – and make them live alone unnecessarily. Squeaking doesn't always mean a rat is harmed: they do this with both play fighting and aggressive fighting.
Signs of aggressive fighting:
- One of the rats' fur stands on end during the fighting
- Injuries are caused
- One rat attempts to bite the other's bottom or sides
- One of the rats – the weaker one – hides a lot, or creeps nervously around the cage
Signs of play fighting:
- Both rats take turns in chasing and pinning the other rat
- The "bites" – which don't cause injury – are aimed at the back of the neck
Separate rats who frequently fight each other aggressively, to avoid stress and injury.
Syrian hamsters must be housed alone or they will fight if kept together. Dwarf hamsters will often live happily in pairs.


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A Wind-Tunnel Method for Evaluating the Aerodynamic Noise of Cars 860215
In this paper a test method for measuring the car aerodynamic noise in the Fiat wind tunnel is reported. Through this method measurements of vehicle interior noise in the test section generated by air flow are performed. The separation between interior aerodynamic noise and background noise (fan noise, self generated noise in the tunnel, etc.) is performed by simulation of the last one with loudspeakers without air flow. The present method allows also to separate the shape noise contribution from aspiration wind noise and to localize the most critical acoustical areas into the car. By means of this method it is possible to optimize the car shapes and seals in order to improve the vehicle acoustical comfort.


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Cut, copy and paste on the iPhone are three easy shortcuts to save time and increase productivity on the iPhone.
These three actions work much like on a Mac or PC and users will find it is possible to cut copy and paste to and from almost any app on the iPhone, even from fields users can't enter text into.
For example iPhone users could take an address that someone has sent in a text message and copy it then paste it into Maps. With a little experimenting users can find many uses and shortcuts by using cut, copy and paste on the iPhone.
How to Cut Text on the iPhone
Find the text to cut and tap on the screen. Tap for a second time and this menu will appear.
Choose Select to would like to choose one word to cut or to highlight a selection but not the entire amount of text. Choose Select All to highlight all of the text in a document so it can be cut.
Once the text is selected, choose Cut.
How to Copy Text on the iPhone
Select text with either the Select or Select All commands.
Once the text is selected choose Copy.
How to Paste Text on the iPhone
Tap on the screen to insert the copied text and then tap for a second time. Tap and hold to move between text easier.
After releasing the tap and hold or tapping in text entry the following options should appear.
Choose Paste and the text will be pasted into the document or field.
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To Prescribe or Not To Prescribe? Surrogate Decision Making For Life-Enhancing Products
Journal of Consumer Research, vol.
With rapid biotechnological advances in specialty drugs and direct-to-consumer advertising, consumers are under tremendous pressure to look, perform, feel, and live better. This is often accomplished through the use of life-enhancing products, sometimes referred to as performance-enhancing products, which can be accessed only through a gatekeeper, such as a physician. Integrating consumer and medical research, this article investigates how physicians make trade-offs between objective medical and nonmedical factors to determine consumers' access to life-enhancing products by examining US pediatric endocrinologists' prescription decisions for growth hormone (GH) for healthy but short children. The results of a conjoint study indicate that consumer medical criteria have less impact on a physician's decision to prescribe GH if the consumer requests a prescription or the physician believes in the intangible product benefits, and more impact when the product is more expensive. A physician's length of experience increases the impact of consumer medical criteria and decreases the influence of a consumer's preference for a prescription on the decision to prescribe. Overall, this research shows that not all consumers have equal access to life-enhancing products; their access depends on a complex combination of medical and nonmedical factors related to the consumer, product, and the physician.


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Bridges Rehabilitaion, Highway 4
ViaBridges was contracted to design the rehabilitation of Palmchim, Sorek and Pleshet railroad double-bridges along Israel's Highway 4, on the country's coastline. Requirements included geometry adjustments to accommodate a new third lane, and seismic retrofit upgrading to comply with latest standards and rehabilitaion including sealers and coating.
Success story 1: To suite a smooth lane transition at normal driving speed, one shoulder of each bridge was cut and re-cast on a raised plane. Then MMA technology was used for paving the top coat, providing a dual solution both as a waterproof sealer and as a friction overlayer (instead of the permeable and slippery concrete paving). ViaBridges is the first in Israel to use MMA, and results were immensely successful.
Success story 2: To ensure minimal interference with traffic, while ensuring bridge resistance to seismic activity, ViaBridges developed a new type of a fuse. This fuse comprises four hidden poles, placed under the approach ramps of each bridge. This simple yet effective solution was embraced with much success.
Success story 3: During the project execution, Palmachim bridge was struck by a passing semi-trailer truck that completely destroyed three of its girders. Traffic was detoured due to the hazard, and ViaBridges was asked to provide a quick solution. The girders were replaced with and improved design, especially designed with new shellow beams, to increase clearance height.


text: Approaching Carbine manipulation fundamentals from the stand point of human biomechanics, ergonomics and mental processing, the D5 Carbine program is as much about understanding the carbine as it is about understanding yourself and the principles that make you who you are. Developed for beginner, intermediate and advanced shooters, Disruptive Science™ Carbine is designed to give students a template for increasing; mental acuity, focus, dexterity, balance and spatial awareness while performing skill based Carbine manipulations. These same skills have direct application in your daily life and your interactions with the people around you. The D5 Carbine program will not just make you a better shooter. It will help you find performance and understanding in all aspects of your life.


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As a parent, you already know the importance of childproofing your house. Kids are full of energy and it can sometimes be difficult to ensure their safety. If you own a garage, it is your responsiblity to make sure it is childproof. In order to faciliate this task for you, PLANit BUILDERS, a company dealing in Calgary garage development, has compiled a list of tips for you to go over.
1. Keep your garage door in check. This is extremely important as garage doors have been known to kill children and pets. Ensure that your door is working properly, and if need be, install a new one with a photoelectric sensor.
2. Become a child. Once you have taken care of your garage door, take a good look at your garage and try to see it the way a child would see it. This way, you will become more aware of the potential harm your garage could inflict upon your child.
3. Put a lock on the door. Never forget to lock it when you are not around.
4. Be aware of liquids and toxic substances. Always keep your chemicals tightly sealed and away from the reach of children.
5. Store sharp objects away. Consider cabinets high enough to prevent children accessing them.
6. Keep your vehicles in check. Never, under any circumstance, allow your child to stand around a running vehicles. Make sure to always lock your doors and to keep the keys on your person.
7. Be consistent. Remember that even one forgetful mistake could greatly harm your child. Be consistent when childproofing your garage in order to avoid accidents.
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How many member states will the European Union have in 2025?
The European Union has 27 member states (as of May 2020). The last change in the number was the exit of Great Britain.
Currently, Five countries registered their interest to become a member of the EU. Turkey (applied in 1987), North Macedonia (applied in 2004), Montenegro (applied in 2008), Albania (applied in 2009), and Serbia (applied in 2009). Turkey accession talks are currently at a standstill; the other four countries are actively negotiating conditions of the entry.
On the other side, Great Britain showed the way out of the EU. The mechanism of how to exit the EU officially does not exist, but Great Britain set a precedent.
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What Does a Tree Surgeon do
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A tree surgeon has many responsibilities related to tree safety and management, including planting, pruning, felling and offering general treatment to care for and maintain trees. Depending on the services a tree surgeon is offering, they should be proficient with a range of tools, be able to work outside in all weather conditions and be physically fit.
A tree surgeon will offer professional advice on how you should take care of hedges, trees and other vegetation in your property. They have a responsibility for safety and care and can get into a lot of trouble for neglecting or failing to fulfil their responsibilities. Besides having an overgrown hedge on your property, there are a number of worse things that can happen:
- Do you need permission from the council?
- Do you live in a conservation area?
- What is the level of risk to you, neighbours and passersby for tree surgery on your property?
- Are there relevant Tree Preservation Orders (TPO)?
If you ignore any of these things, you might end up in a lot of trouble especially when you break the law. You don't have to hire anybody who owns a chainsaw or claims to be a tree surgeon without the right qualifications. The services might be affordable at first, but they can be very costly in the long run. Therefore, it is advisable to hire a professional tree surgeon to help you determine the right course of action.
It is the responsibility of a tree surgeon to carry out hazard assessments and inspections with the aim of assessing the health of trees and if there are any potential dangers. When tree surveys are conducted, they help a tree surgeon to determine the amount of work that needs to be done, how long will the work take and how will the work affect the public (if applicable). If the tree surgeons are handling private work, the survey will determine what's need to be done, what the client needs, the cost, amount of disruption and estimated time.
Tree felling is considered a dangerous activity as can lead to damages and causalities. It is the tree surgeon's responsibility to ensure that they consider all the factors before they fell a tree. This job is very technical because the equipment to be used and the process of felling the tree should be determined before everything commences. Here are some of the things a tree surgeon must consider before making a final decision:
- The location of the tree
- Where it will fall when it is finally felled?
- The best way of felling the tree?
- The manpower required
- Equipment and tools to be used
Depending on the location, trees that need to be felled might be very challenging and only accumulated knowledge and skills could be of help. Ensure you hire a professional tree surgeon if you need any of the services we have discussed above.


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In memory of the noted Oriental carpet collector, Dr Marino Dall'Oglio of Milan, who passed away peacefully on Thursday, 21st November 2013, we publish here five articles written by him. The first, on 'White Ground Anatolian Carpets' was first given as a paper to the 1983 London ICOC, and was published in 1986 in Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies II: Carpets of the Mediterranean Countries _PHONE_. The second article, 'A Discovery at Sion', featured in HALI Issue 27 in 1985. Dr Dall'Oglio's Wher Collection was one of the most important and wide ranging assemblies of classical, historical, tribal and village oriental carpets formed during the second half of the 20th century.


Starstone
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The Starstone is a unique gemstone meteorite that was part of a massive meteoroid which shattered and struck Golarion in -5293 AR. This event, known as Earthfall, caused the destruction of many ancient empires including Azlant, Thassilon, Koloran, and Ninshabur; it created the Inner Sea; and it ushered in the Age of Darkness.[1][2][3]
History
The Azlanti empire was the first known human civilization on the face of Golarion. Raised from barbarism by the alien alghollthus during the Age of Legend, the Azlanti eventually developed a level of technology, magic, and civilization the likes of which have not been seen since. But this advancement caused the Azlanti people to become arrogant and proud, and they no longer felt the need to obey and respect their inhuman benefactors.[4] This angered the alghollthus, and in retribution they used their ancient magic to call down an ancient, poisonous remnant of an unborn planet to destroy all life on the surface of Golarion.[2]
Luckily, the Azlanti were not without their protectors. When Acavna, their goddess of the moon and battle, learned of the alghollthus' plan, she pulled Golarion's moon from its orbit to intercept the massive meteoroid. The impact with the moon shattered the world-killing projectile into thousands of pieces, but did not slow or deflect it from its course. Instead, its shards inflicted lethal wounds on the goddess's physical manifestation. Distraught by her death, the Azlanti god of magic, Amaznen, sacrificed himself to render the remaining deadly alghollthu magic clinging to the meteor fragments inert, transforming it from a world-killer into one that, while still incredibly destructive, gave life on Golarion a chance to survive.[2]
When the fragments impacted on Golarion, they completely obliterated the continent of Azlant and plunged the world into the Age of Darkness,[4][5] but thanks to Acavna and Amaznen, they did not destroy all life on the planet.[2] This occurrence has been passed down over time as an ancient rumour telling that when the Starstone plunged to Golarion, parts of it broke off in the planet's atmosphere and ended up landing on the moon.[6]
Over 5,000 years after the destruction of Earthfall, Aroden—then still a mortal—was called to the Inner Sea where the heart of the ancient alghollthu weapon still lay. It erupted from the waves as an entire massive island, topped by a unique gem made of celestial materials, alghollthu magic, the blood of the goddess Acavna, and the scar tissue of the planet itself: the Starstone. Aroden used his magic to keep it from ever being misused again. In response, the gods elevated him to become one of them, and the Starstone has served as a vehicle to attain divinity ever since.[2] Aroden then founded the city of Absalom and placed the Starstone in the heart of the city.[7]
Starstone Cathedral
The Starstone now rests in the largest cathedral of the Ascendant Court, where anyone can take the Test of the Starstone to attempt ascension to godhood.[8] In the ensuing ages, only four mortals are known to have succeeded in the task: Aroden, Cayden Cailean, Iomedae, and Norgorber.[9]
References
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 2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Benjamin Bruck, Jason Bulmahn, Amanda Hamon, et al. (2013). Mythic Realms, p. 16. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-567-9
 3. Jason Bulmahn et al. (2014). Occult Mysteries, p. 8. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-649-2
 4. 4.0 4.1 Greg A. Vaughan. (2008). Shadow in the Sky. Shadow in the Sky, p. 7. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-115-2
 5. James Jacobs et al. (2011). The Inner Sea World Guide, p. 33. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-269-2
 6. Ethan Day-Jones, Jim Groves, Jonathan H. Keith, Andrew Romine, David N. Ross, and James L. Sutter. (2014). People of the Stars, p. 11. Paizo Inc. ISBN 978-1-60125-674-4
 7. Erik Mona et al. (2008). Campaign Setting, p. 170. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-112-1
 8. Owen K.C. Stephens. (2008). Guide to Absalom, p. 13. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-141-1
 9. James Jacobs et al. (2011). The Inner Sea World Guide, p. 35–36. Paizo Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-60125-269-2


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Brief interruptions can lead to crucial errors
People are more prone to making mistakes when their attention is caught by even the shortest of interruptions. This is the suggestion of new research from Michigan State University (MSU), which found a person's ability to accurately complete a task is significantly impacted by small disturbances, such as taking the time to silence a ringing phone.
Published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, the findings, which were gathered from more than 300 participants, revealed error rates doubled when individuals performing a sequence-based task on a computer were disrupted for just three seconds.
Erik Altmann, Associate Professor of Psychology at MSU, said: "What this means is that our health and safety is, on some level, contingent on whether the people looking after it have been interrupted."
The authors explained the findings show interruptions - of which there are often many in people's daily lives - can have serious consequences, especially for professionals such as emergency room doctors.
Professor John Davies from the University of Strathclyde, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, comments:
"The research from MSU confirms similar findings from a number of previous studies. Distraction is a major cause of the 'attentional lapse', which increases the probability of subsequent error. Although there are several reasons as to why this happens, one of the simplest to understand is that sometimes people forget where they left off the task at hand, prior to the interruption. This can lead to missing out a crucial step (such as leaving something in a wound for example) or alternatively duplicating something they have already done."
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Chapter 1: "In the Eye of the Beholder" (ein Bildungsroman)
In this chapter, we'll explore the inspiration behind creating Explore Missouri's German Heritage, the beginnings of MH's German Heritage program, and the fascinating evolution of this publication.
Missouri Humanities has spent the last several years forming partnerships and developing programming dedicated to commemorating and interpreting Missouri's rich German cultural heritage. In 2019, Missouri Humanities partnered with Missouri Life Publishing to create a "book-a-zine" exploring the many facets of "Germanness" in our state: Explore Missouri's German Heritage. Authored by Dr. W. Arthur Mehrhoff, the publication serves as both a travel guide and coffee table book.


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An employee who has the skills to perform a variety of tasks can be an asset to a healthcare organization. A patient care technician (PCT) typically performs clinical and office tasks. Having this broad skill set enables them to assist with patient services as well as administrative tasks. A patient care tech offers a unique combination of skills to support doctors and nurses as they care for patients.
Responsibilities of a Patient Care Technician
Like many allied health careers, there can be variety in a patient care technician's day-to-day work. PCTs may perform functions such as:
- Helping patients with the activities of daily life
- Using diagnostic equipment such as an EKG machine
- Collecting blood specimens
- Inputting information into patient medical records
- Assisting with daily activities like helping a patient bathe, dress, eat, walk, and get in and out of bed.
How to Become a Patient Care Technician
Education as a patient care technician typically takes one to two years. A diploma program includes courses like:
- Principles of Allied Health
- Anatomy & Physiology and Medical Terminology
- Clinical Lab Procedures and Phlebotomy
Additionally, a patient care technician program offers hands-on training to use diagnostic equipment and how to maintain a sterile environment. When in-class coursework is completed, put your skills into practice during a clinical externship. An externship at an actual healthcare office gives you hands-on experience working with actual patients and clinicians. Externships also provide networking opportunities.
Earning Patient Care Technician Certification
You should attend a school that provides course preparation to sit for the State of Florida Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) exam, the Certified Patient Care Technician (CPCT) exam and Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) exam. Graduates must meet eligibility requirements to take the examinations.


3 major facility management outsourcing trends for 2020
As 2019 draws to a close, we look ahead to what trends lay ahead. What global economic, societal and cultural forces are shaping the future of the facility management industry? Let's look at what you need to consider to future-proof your businesses and secure long-term success.
1. Outsourcing and rising employment costs
First off, outsourcing of facilities management continues to increase in popularity. This trend is largely driven by the demand for both high-quality workplace experiences and reduced operating costs. This trend is further fuelled by the increased cost of employing in-house FM teams and the complex task of managing a large suite of services.
There is a lot of pressure on companies in the modern world to offer value to their customers, forcing them to constantly innovate and expand their core services to deliver more and more value. The consequence of this is often a reduction in their non-core FM budget, at the exact same time as employees and clients expect better workplaces experiences. Which is exactly what makes outsourcing such an attractive proposition.
2. Revolutionising technology and digitisation
Further to the previous point made about the rising cost of employment is the modern paradigm of technology, which is increasingly being used to improve efficiency and drive down costs. The first is Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, which are being adopted more and more in computing, internal building lighting and climate control.
The second aspect of technology that's being employed by companies to reduce FM costs is that of robotics. Robotic automation is well-suited to both hazardous and repetitive tasks, with some FM executives choosing robots to fulfil cleaning and security roles. The operational savings that technology offers will likely see widespread adoption of IoT and robotic hardware in the coming decade.
3. Workplace personalisation and wellbeing
The productivity and wellbeing of employees have taken centre stage in recent years, with the value of happy, engaged staff being fully recognised. This has led to a trend in FM managers focusing on the creation of workplace strategies that actively promote the engagement, wellbeing and ultimately, the productivity of their staff.
These workplace strategies must adapt to an increasingly diverse workforce, personalising services to their distinct needs. A major part of the personalisation of the workspace is adapting to the priorities of a younger generation, with modern workers demanding climate-friendly food services, sustainable workplace designs and events that cater to a blurring of the home/work-life boundaries. What workers expect from their workplace has changed much in the past 20 years – and will continue to change rapidly. The facilities management sector will need to continue to evolve to meet tomorrow's trends.
In summary
Essentially, outsourcing will continue to increase across all areas of industry, including aviation, banking, life sciences, healthcare, manufacturing and the tech sector. The only point of uncertainty is where exactly the priorities of outsourcing customers will lie, as they seek to add value to their services.
Of course, cost is always going to be one of the main deciding factors, as this is usually what prompts companies to outsource their services in the first place. However, companies will also likely invest in premium services, as they see the competitive advantage of leading their industry in talent attraction and retention – and as studies provide more and more evidence for workplace experience impacting health, wellbeing and productivity.
Want to learn more? Our ideas were inspired by this recent report by McKinsey and our own ISS 2020 Vision White Book.


With its Global Militarization Index (GMI), BICC is able to objectively depict worldwide militarization for the first time. The GMI compares, for example, a country's military expenditure with its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and its health expenditure.
It contrasts the total number of military and paramilitary forces in a country with the number of physicians. Finally, it studies the number of heavy weapons available to a country's armed forces. These and other indicators are used to determine a country's ranking, which in turn makes it possible to measure the respective level of militarization in comparison to other countries.
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Military Expenditure Index
Military Personal Index
Heavy Weapons Index
The GMI includes historical as well as current data, starting in the 1990s up to 2014, the most recent year for which data has been available.
GMI Categories and method
The GMI is divided into three overarching categories: expenditure, personnel and heavy weapons.
Military spending in relation to GDP and health spending are the most important indicators for determining the level of militarization. Financial resources which are made available via the military budget by a government are an important factor which affects capacities and size of a state's armed forces. The other indicator the GMI uses is the comparison between the total military budget and government spending on health services.
Figures for military expenditure are compiled from the data base of the Stockholm Peace Research Institute SIPRI. Even though SIPRI may currently be regarded as the most reliable source, data on military expenditure has to be treated with extreme caution. For many countries, especially in the developing world and autocratic states, the figures are but rough estimates. In cases where SIPRI does not provide any up-to-date information, we adopted the latest available figures provided they were no older than three years.
Data on gross domestic product was taken from the International Monetary Fund. Data on health expenditure used have been extracted from the data base of the World Health Organization.
Besides military expenditure, the level of militarization is also represented by the relation of military personnel to the total population and physicians. The first and most important indicator in this category is the active (para)military personnel to the total population. Paramilitary personnel were included here, since in many countries the regular military alone does not adequately reflect the total size of the armed forces. The main criterion for coding an organizational entity as either military or paramilitary is that the forces in question are under the direct control of the government in addition to being armed, uniformed and garrisoned.
For a comprehensive presentation of the available personnel and an adequate representation of the relative level of militarization, a second indicator in this category takes into account the percentage of reserve forces in the total population. This factor is relevant for some countries, such as Switzerland that have a comparably small standing army but a more substantial amount of available reserves within society. The third indicator compares the total amount of military and paramilitary forces with the number of physicians in a country in order to express the relation between military and non-military expertise in a society.
All data on military personnel was compiled from the Military Balance, the yearbook published by the Institute for Strategic and International Studies (IISS). Population size figures were taken from the Vital Statistics Report of the United Nations; data on the number of physicians from the World Health Organization.
Finally, to determine the level of militarization of a country, which does not only consist of resources and personnel, specific types of heavy weapons have to be taken into account. This is why the GMI, as its third category takes into consideration the number of an armed forces' heavy weapons in relation to the total population. Heavy weapons are defined here as any piece of military equipment which fits into either one of four categories: armored vehicles (armored personnel carriers, light tanks, main battle tanks), artillery (multiple rocket launchers, self-propelled artillery, towed artillery) above 100mm caliber, combat aircraft (attack helicopters, fixed-wing fighter aircraft), and major fighting ships (submarines, major surface combatants above corvette size). Data on weapons holdings was collected by BICC from different sources, mainly the Military Balance from ISS. Data on small arms and light weapons (SALW) is not only extremely difficult to obtain but also unreliable and was thus not included in the GMI.
The Method of the GMI
In order to increase the compatibility between different indicators and preventing extreme values from crating distortions when normalizing data, in a first step every indicator was represented in a logarithm with the factor 10. Second, all data was normalized using the formula x=(y-min)/(max-min), with min and max representing, respectively, the lowest and the highest value of the logarithm. In a third step, every indicator was weighted in accordance to a subjective factor, reflecting the relative importance attributed to it by BICC researchers. In order to calculate the final score, the weighted indicators were added together and then normalized one last time on a scale ranging from 0 to 1,000. For better comparison of individual years, all years were finally normalized.
CategoryIndicatorGMI weighing factor
Expenditures Military expenditures as percentage of GDP 5
Military expenditures in relation to health spending 3
Personnel Military and paramilitary personnel in relation to population 4
Military reservers in relation to population 2
Military and paramilitary personnel in relation to physicians 2
Weapons Heavy weapons in relation to population 4
The initial results of the GMI show clear regional differences. The Middle East is probably the most highly militarized region in the world. Five of the ten countries with the world's highest level of militarization are to be found there. This indicates the outstanding position of the military apparatus compared with the rest of society.
In many countries, excessive militarization hinders the necessary structural change of the economic and social framework conditions and enforces development deficits in its industry and agriculture. On the other hand, a low degree of militarization can also be problematic and thus hinder development as it can point to fundamental deficits in the security sector. A weak or not functioning security sector cannot prevent violence and conflicts which negatively affect the population and its development as it cannot successfully enforce and uphold a monopoly of violence. One result is often fragile and weak states in which economic growth and development cannot prosper.
These examples illustrate the dilemma of the debate. The GMI is attempting to dispel the wide assumption that a high level of militarization is bad and a low level per se good, and to contribute to a new approach on studying militarization. An assessment of the situation requires the specific consideration and analysis of individual countries and regions—and the GMI is the right tool for evaluating the development orientation of states as well as regional developments.


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The Data Ranger is built for easy maneuverability and low maintenance. The quick steering, three-wheeled hydraulically driven vehicle handles moderately rough terrain and negotiates moderate grades when fully loaded. Forward and reverse drive is designed for repeated start and stop operation. The Briggs & Stratton 16 HP electric start gasoline engine has a traveling speed of 0-5 MPH and a four hour fuel capacity.
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The result? More accurate data. Greater labor efficiency.
AMERICAN CALAN , long recognized as a leader in the technology of individualized animal feeding systems, designed the Data Ranger to meet the specialized needs of research installation for precise feed management -- from the storage bin, to each animal, to the data bank.
The DATA RANGER is a modern research tool, a state-of-the-art machine which brings the daily routines of feeding animals in line with advances in research design and analysis. Fast, efficient, accurate and smart. The computer-equipped Data Ranger is the missing technological link between the research facility's feed room and the researcher's data processing system.
From ration formulation through refuse weigh-back, the Data Ranger stores, retrieves and processes all the data generated in the entire animal feeding program. Its microprocessor uses software designed expressly for animal research. Programmable for up to 15 different feed recipes, each containing up to 10 ingredients, the Data Ranger calculates, weighs, records and mixes rations for one animal or many.
The machine transports, dispenses and weighs-back feed, maintaining transaction data for up 400 animal identities. Data can be transferred electronically from the Data Ranger to a host computer or printer.
Built and tested for research, the multi-purpose Data Ranger is engineered for precise, labor efficient feed and data handling operations.
THE TUMBLE MIXER:
- is programmable for up to 15 ration recipes, each with a maximum of 10
- operates in kilograms to one tenth of a kilo and in standard pounds to two tenths of a
- calculates the amount of each ingredient required based on the selected recipe and
total ration desired.
- monitors the scale system measuring the rate at which material is being loaded.
- signals operator at 10 seconds, 3 seconds and immediately before the target ingredient amount is reached.
- maintains single ingredient required and actual loaded data for each batch, as well as cumulative ingredient and batch totals.
- can secure recipe values.
- has a memory that is protected by a back-up lithium battery.
THE ELECTRONIC SCALES:
- handles grass silage, corn silage, haylage, ground concentrate, pellets or by-product feeds, including molasses.
- provides thorough, trouble-free mixing of all ingredients in one minute while en route to feed troughs.
- has a mixer drum that holds up to 40 cubic feet of rations.
- loads by hand, conveyor or directly from feed bin chute.
- have industrial standard weight transducers that are accurate to within one-quarter of one percent of applied load.
BATCHING - Figuring the mixer's capacity by weight depends on the density of the ration. A full 40 cubic foot load of corn silage based total mix ration might weigh about 330 kilos. A full batch of straight pelleted grain could weigh as much as 600 kilos.
THE DISPENSING MODE
The Unload Elevator:
- stores up to 400 individual animal identities and their individual target feed quantities.
- displays target feed amount to be dispensed when the animal identity number is
- date & time stamps all feeding and weigh-back transactions as they occur.
- allows operator to dispense an alternative quantity of feed.
- signals operator when the programmed cut-off amount is unloaded.
- records the actual amount of feed dispensed.
- two way communication permits uploading of new animal IDs and feed target values.
- inventories total quantities of feed ingredients used in the entire feed trial.
- has a variable speed, hydraulic drive motor which powers a continuous chain, paddle elevator.
- dispenses a smooth ribbon of feed, from a trickle to full throat delivery.
- delivers feed from a 45" height to accommodate high-walled feed troughs.
- empties mixer drum completely.
FAST, EFFICIENT, ACCURATE AND SMART - The total daily chore-time spent feeding cows individually twice a day using the Calan Data Ranger, including record keeping, weigh-back and data transfer is about 4 to 5 minutes per animal. For research purposes when precise individual data is needed, feed bunks used with the Data Ranger should safeguard the ration against unrecorded losses from poaching, throwing or contamination. Here the operator recovers feed from a Calan Mobile Test-Tub, specially designed to securely contain rations for confined dairy cattle. So that data collected during the day accurately reflect what the animal received and consumed.
FEED WEIGH-BACK MODE
The Feed Weigh-Back Mode:
- streamlines leftover feed recovery, weighing and recording tasks, reducing to seconds the time required to conduct an animal weigh-back operation.
- converts quickly from Dispensing Mode to Weigh-Back Mode by locking the feed/mix mechanisms, attaching the vacuum hose and engaging the vacuum system.
- allows operator to enter animal identity number, then vacuums leftover material -- at a rate of one pound per second.
- weighs and records the amount of recovered feed, thereby eliminating the possibility for human error common to manual operations.
- Dates and time stamps weigh-back transactions.
- handles all common feed ingredients, except long hay.
DATA RANGER CONTROL UNIT.
The Data Ranger owes its performance capabilities to its unique, state-of-the-art electronics -- the on-board microprocessor. This sophisticated yet simple-to-use computer manages all feed transactions conducted by the Calan Data Ranger and documents them as well. Then it sends the data to the researcher's office computer.
The microprocessor's exclusive built-in software package, Trial Track II, enables the Calan Data Ranger to perform specialized feed data functions. Precise, individual feed documentation begins the moment a ration recipe is programmed into the microprocessor.
- Data generated in each operational mode -- ration recipes, animal identities, cut-off target values, actual feed dispensed, weigh-back data and date and time of transaction is monitored, recorded and stored.
- While conducting daily feeding routines, the operator can recall any portion of the animal's current feed record for immediate review on the microprocessor display.
- Data records can be transferred directly from the Data Ranger to the researcher's data processing system via a standard RS-232 serial port hookup. Or data can be down-loaded to a portable computer or data-logger.
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