describes a product history of electric rice cookers developed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. At first, it is stressed that the world's first electric rice cooker was commercialized in 1923 by Mitsubishi Electric, although it was not widespread so much for home use, mainly because the home electrification had been still underdeveloped in Japan. In addition, it is also stressed that the old Japanese culture of holding the cooked rice in heat-insulated serving containers could be maintained in a different way by using a new type of electric rice cooker and warmer commercialized in 1976 by Mitsubishi Electric. Following the early history of electric rice cookers, this article steps into an introduction of several rice cookers commercialized afterwards by Mitsubishi Electric.
(2) Reference [2]: This article reveals a hidden story of the world's first 'automated electric rice cooker' commercialized in 1955 by Toshiba Corporation. The story written here briefs the following facts:
1) This 'automated electric rice cooker' contributed greatly to the kitchen revolution.
2) This rice cooker was commercialized by employing the so-called 'double-chamber indirect rice cooking method'.
3) This rice cooker was used in the following manner: Rice was placed into a rice bowl, and water into a surrounding container. When the water in the container boiled off, the temperature of the rice bowl rose rapidly, and a thermostat then activated and automatically turned off the heater to prevent burning of the cooked rice.
This article also touches on an early series of Toshiba's products; a rice cooker with a keep-warm facility commercialized in 1972, one with microprocessor-controlled facilities released in 1979, a higher-end IH rice cooker put on sale in 1988, etc. Finally, it is added that since 1990 Toshiba had commercialized 6～7 million units of rice cookers par year.
(3) Reference [4]: The contents of this article are almost the same as those of reference [3], that is, this article provides an overview of several kinds of rice cookers on 10 pages, as outlined below:
1) Overview
2) Electric Rice Cookers
3) Gas Rice Cookers
4) Other Rice Cookers
5) Major Makers
(4) Reference [5]: This article briefs a historic overview of the world's first 'automated electric rice cooker' commercialized in 1955 by Toshiba. This overview consists of the following contents, each of which is written in both Japanese and English.
1) Social background of developing the world's first 'automated electric rice cooker',
2) Koshinsha,'s collaboration with Toshiba, starting in 1952,
3) Results attained by the joint R&D in 1952 through 1955, and
4) Success story of the 'automated electric rice cooker'.
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the same steps, but press the VCR or DVD button at step 3.
1. Point the remote control at your TV and press the TV button.Then, press the POWER button. If your TV turns on or
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3. Press the TV button.
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been programmed.The LED will then turn off.
7. If an invalid 4-digit code has been entered, the LED will turn off.
8. Press the POWER button. If the remote control operates your TV, you're finished.
9. If the remote control doesn't operate your TV and if there is more than 1 code for your TV brand, repeat steps 2-8.
10.For future reference, list the 4 digit code numbers you program into your remote:
TV code: __ __ __ __
VCR code: __ __ __ __
DVD code: __ __ __ __
11.If you cannot find a code that operates your TV, if the remote still does not operate your TV, follow the Automatic
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Automatic Search
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seconds.The TV LED will blink twice and remain on.
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return to the previously programmed code.The automatic search will begin after the POWER button has been
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then turn off. If all codes have been tried and the TV has not turned on or off the LED will stay on briefly, then turn off.
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TV Codes
AOC ..............................................0046, 0057
Admiral ........................................0120, 0490
Aiko ........................................................ 0119
Akai.......................................................... 0057
Alaron ......................................................0206
Ambassador ............................................0204
America Action ......................................0207
Ampro ......................................................0778
Anam ...................................................... 0207
Audiovox ..........................0119, 0207, 0478
Baysonic ..................................................0207
Belcor ......................................................0046
Bell & Howell ..............................0043, 0181
Bradford ..................................................0207
Brockwood..............................................0046
Broksonic ....................................0263, 0490
CXC ........................................................0207
Candle ..........................................0057, 0083
Carnivale..................................................0057
Carver ......................................................0081
Celebrity..................................................0027
Cineral ..........................................0478, 0119
Citizen..........0083, 0057, 0066, 0087, 0119
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Should flowers be cut from garden garlic?
Consumer Q's is produced by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, Gary W. Black, Commissioner.
<\Bz16>Question: The garlic I planted in my garden is now in bloom – a lavender ball of flowers. Someone has told me I need to cut these off to help the plant produce bigger bulbs. Is this true? I hope not, as they are pretty and the bees like them.
Answer: Some garlic growers cut off the emerging flower stalks, also called scapes, because they feel the flowers divert strength away from the developing bulbs. However, not all growers believe this, at least with some garlic varieties. You may want to experiment to find out what is best for the garlic you are growing.
Remember, the home garden is not always about maximizing production at every turn but is also about finding enjoyment and beauty. If you and the bees are enjoying the flowers, you can leave them be. You can also cut the flowers and put them in a flower arrangement. Some home gardeners even let the flower stalks dry and use them in dried flower arrangements.
Although yours are past this stage, some people like to cut off the scapes when they are young and tender and use them in the kitchen. They can be chopped into salads. They can also be sautéed or stir-fried with olive oil or tossed with oil, salt and seasonings and grilled. They can be chopped and sautéed with butter and mixed into mashed potatoes, summer squash or other vegetables.
If you do cut off the flower stalks, be sure to cut only the stalk and not the leaves. Like daffodils and other bulbs, the leaves are manufacturing food to nourish the bulb.
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A: Gallberry (Ilex glabra) is a black-berried holly that is native to coastal areas from Nova Scotia to Florida and Texas. It is also known as inkberry. There is another native holly that usually goes by the common names "sweet gallberry" or "large gallberry." Its botanical name is Ilex coriacea, and it is native to coastal areas from Virginia to Florida and Texas. Honeybees working the copious flowers of either or both of these two species of holly are the source of the gallberry honey that you and so many others enjoy.
Another native holly that is the source of a delicious honey is the familiar American holly (Ilex opaca). Georgia honeybees and their keepers produce numerous varieties of honey. Try them all!
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Demystifying Elasticsearch Memory Limits
If you've spent any amount of time working with Elasticsearch, you've probably wondered about all those confusing settings around memory usage. Terms like "heap size", "OOM exceptions", and "swapping" get thrown around making it hard to gauge what optimal memory configuration should look like.
In this comprehensive guide, we'll cut through the complexities in easy-to-understand language so you can confidently size memory for peak Elasticsearch performance.
Specifically, we'll cover:
 - Common memory-related pitfalls and how to avoid them
 - Key differences between heap vs non-heap memory
 - How Elasticsearch uses your operating system's memory
 - Proven formulas for calculating ideal heap size limits
 - Step-by-step instructions for applying memory configurations
 - Monitoring techniques to finetune memory usage over time
So if you've dealt with inexplicable node crashes, slow queries, or frequent garbage collection pauses, this guide is for you. Let's quickly overview the types of pesky memory issues we aim to eliminate for good.
The Pitfalls of Poor Memory Configuration
Elasticsearch relies heavily on available system memory for fast indexing and search performance. However, we don't want it grabbing more resources than necessary or risk running out of capacity to handle concurrent user requests.
Some all-too-familiar scenarios that can occur from ineffective memory tuning include:
 - OutOfMemory Exceptions – Your Elasticsearch log files fill up with nasty OOM errors causing nodes to abruptly crash and restart. This quickly snowballs into a cluster-wide disruption as load balancing and replicas attempt to recover.
 - Excessive Garbage Collection – As the Java heap fills up, longer GC pauses freeze indexing threads and spike query latency over 500ms. Node performance remains erratic no matter how much hardware you throw at it.
 - Sluggish OS Response – Your Elasticsearch cluster hogs over 90% of system memory leaving no room for disk caches, network buffers, etc. The OS starts heavily swapping to disk grinding node performance to a halt.
The good news is all of the above problems share a common and easily treatable cause – ineffective JVM memory limits!
First, Understand The Playing Field
Before we dive into configuration specifics, it helps to level-set on a few core concepts related to Elasticsearch memory architecture:
Elasticsearch memory segments
There are two primary memory segments:
Heap Memory – Storage for all data structures and objects needed to perform indexing, search and analytics operations within Elasticsearch. The heap size determines your maximum document capacity and query performance. It's critical to size it appropriately.
Non-Heap Memory – Reserved for memory-mapped Lucene files, internal buffers, thread stacks and networking traffic. While not under your direct control, having ample non-heap memory is vital for fast I/O operations.
The second concept to note is that Elasticsearch relies heavily on your operating system and its memory management capabilities:
OS architecture
Ideally, you want to maximize the available RAM for file system caching while also ensuring adequate heap for Elasticsearch to perform queries and aggregations fast.
This requires a balanced approach between your OS and Elasticsearch to share resources efficiently. Getting the right balance comes down to optimally configuring your heap limits.
Calculating The Optimal Max Heap Size
You typically want to allocate no more than 50% of available RAM for Elasticsearch heap usage. However, in most cases sizing between 20-30GB heaps per node provides the best performance.
To determine the max heap limit:
1. Check your available RAM per node
This is the total unused RAM available for each Elasticsearch node after accounting for OS and other processes.
2. Multiply by 70% to allow room for non-heap overhead
Available RAM per Node * .70
This allows sufficient memory for disk caches, network buffers, thread stacks, etc.
3. Set max heap size to 70% of result from Step 2
As a rule of thumb, optimal heap usage hovers between 65-70% with the remainder set aside for survivable usage spikes.
Example:
 - Server has 96GB unused RAM available per Elasticsearch node
 - 96GB x .70 = 67GB
 - 67GB x .70 = 46GB
 - Set max heap size to 46GB
Here are some standard recommended heap allocations:
Unused RAM Per NodeMax Heap Setting
<= 16GB50% of RAM
32GB20GB
64GB30GB
128GB+32-48GB
The above 30GB per node heap limit offers a great blend of throughput and GC efficiency for most standard deployments. But remember – your ideal heap size is driven primarily by the average document size and peak query load in your cluster.
Now let's walk through the configuration steps to apply these heap settings.
Setting Min and Max Heap Size in Elasticsearch
The process for specifying heap memory limits is the same whether running standalone nodes or fully clustered topologies.
Here are the detailed steps:
1. Create Custom Configuration File
All Elasticsearch memory settings reside under the $ES_HOME/config/jvm.options file. However, best practice is to use the /jvm.options.d directory for custom configs.
First, create a file to hold the custom heap size settings:
sudo touch /etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options.d/10-memory.options
2. Update the Configuration File
Next, edit the new file and specify the minimum and maximum heap size in GBs:
-Xms10g
-Xmx30g
We set the max at 30GB from our calculation earlier. The min expands heap on demand but reserves at least 10GB upfront.
3. Restart Elasticsearch
For the new memory limits to take effect, restart the Elasticsearch process:
sudo systemctl restart elasticsearch.service
Give a few minutes for nodes to cleanly exit and elect new masters after rebooting.
4. Verify Updated Configuration
Finally, you can verify the new heap settings via:
REST API
GET /_nodes?filter_path=**.jvm.mem**
Command line
curl -XGET "localhost:9200/_nodes/stats/jvm?pretty"
This provides a detailed breakdown of your min and max heap values in bytes.
And that's it! With 8 simple lines of configuration, we've optimized memory usage for reliable operations.
Proactively Monitoring & Tuning Memory
Setting the heap limits is just the beginning. Next we need to actively monitor cluster health and performance characteristics to answer:
 - How are the new memory settings impacting throughput?
 - What is our average heap utilization trending at?
 - How efficient is garbage collection?
Some key metrics and tools to track include:
Heap Usage % – Target 65-70% usage for sustained periods. Tune caches if exceeding 75%.
Swap Space – Frequent swapping signals inadequate system RAM. Add more hardware.
GC Efficiency – Young generation collections under 1 second. 10 second max old gen collections.
Indexing, Search Latency – Spikes may indicate insufficient heap. Trend over time.
Page Cache Hit % – File system cache misses slow queries. Should exceed 90% hits.
OS observability tools – htop, dstat, iostat, vmstat
JDK monitoring – jstat, jmap
Elasticsearch Cat APIs – _cat/nodes, _cat/allocation, _cat/shards
Monitor across these various layers to correlate heap configurations with real-world cluster performance. Tune cache sizes, thread pools, indexing buffers incrementally based on data-driven analysis.
Our bottom line: Squeeze the most value from your existing hardware investments before throwing more resources at the problem!
Summary – Key Takeaways
We've covered quite a bit of ground here on the intricacies of configuring Elasticsearch for peak efficiency. Let's recap the key learnings:
 - Heap vs non-heap memory serve different purposes. Allocate heap between 20-30GB for best performance.
 - Leave ample non-heap memory for filesystem caches to accelerate I/O.
 - Start conservatively then monitor usage trends to guide incremental tuning.
 - Use dedicated configurations files under jvm.options.d.
 - Active monitoring provides the feedback loop for ongoing improvements.
Getting the most from your Elasticsearch environments requires asking the right questions around memory limits while also understanding interactions with the rest of the OS stack.
We hope these comprehensive guidelines provide a useful framework for unlocking the speed and scale your applications demand! Our door is always open for feedback too.
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TOPIC: Advanced Lift Gain Gamma... could use help please.
Advanced Lift Gain Gamma... could use help please. 3 years 1 month ago #1
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to better learn how shaders, and Reshade all work. As part of that, I'm putting together some customized and modified shaders. So far, I haven't had any issues, but I've been mostly limiting myself to simple things. But now I'm running into a slightly larger issue that I need some help with.
I'm trying to create a new shader, called Advanced Lift Gain Gamma, which is based off of the SweetFX shader Lift Gamma Gain v.1.1 by 3an and CeeJay.dk.
Here's what I currently understand from the code (assuming I'm understanding it correctly)
 - Lift affects darker values more strongly than lighter values (values below 1.0 will increase contrast by making darks darker, while values above 1.0 will decrease contrast by making darks lighter).
 - Gain affects lighter values more strongly than darker ones (values above 1.0 will increase contrast by making brights lighter, while calues below 1.0 will decrease contrast by making brights darker).
 - Gamma affects values differently, depending on if the settings value is greater than or lesser than 1.0, but any change from 1.0 will increase contrast (values below 1.0 will increase contrast by making darks darker, while values above 1.0 will increase contrast by making brights lighter.
 - And of course, you can alter how those changes affect each individual RGB color component.
It occurs to me that some, like myself, might be interested in being able to use the Gamma aspect to both darken darks and lighten brights, thus increasing contrast further, or alternatively, to reduce both and decrease contrast. So the first change I made was to add in a second set of Gamma code and change settings entries to include RGB_Gamma1 and RGB_Gamma2 instead of just RGB_Gamma. I also found I personally have reason to make flat +/- adjustments across the board sometimes, so I added in an RGB_Offset setting (-1.0 to 1.0) and added code to add the offset values to the color prior to returning the output. So now I have Lift, then Gain, then Gamma1, then Gamma2, then Offset all affecting the color and then the final color from that process being returned by the function.
All of that works.
But I want to also make it so that the system will automatically adjust the colors to be either lighter or darker depending on the darkness/brightness of the scene. The reason for this is that if contrasts are increased, and especially if a flat offset is applied, you could end up with adjusted scenes that are too bright (washed out) or too dark (totally in shadow) in such a way that your enhanced contrasts are lost to the overall brightness levels. So I want to make it so that if the scene is bright, everything is darkened a little, but if the scene is dark, then everything is brightened a little.
In order to do this, I need to be able to get the average luma of the scene and compare it to a baseline center point of 0.5 (unless someone has a better/different idea on how to make the comparison). The idea is that total dark would be a luma of 0.0 and total bright would be a luma 1.0, hence why 0.5 for the center point. Unfortunately, I don't know how to get the average luma of the scene, and that's what I need help with.
I looked at Deriest's Eye Adaptation code and the other comments in that thread. It looks like that code is comparing the max luma of the scene, which could be useful instead of using average luma, but if a scene has both strong brights and strong darks (high disparity), then I think it could pose problems by darkening a scene that should be left alone. Additionally, I'm not sure how to adjust the calls to my function (LiftGainGammaAdvPass) to incorporate the input that Deriest utilized (instead of "(float4 colorInput)" he uses "(in float4 pos : SV_Position, in float2 texcoord : TEXCOORD0) : SV_Target" and I'm not sure yet how to work with that).
I'd really appreciate it if someone could help me figure out how to determine the average luma of the scene. But right now I'm thinking of using Deriest's method, but duplicating the max checks and turning them into min checks, then simply calculating the average based on ((LumMax + LumMin) / 2). This would still be less than totally accurate, but at least it would take dark vs. bright disparity into account. However, if I do it that way, I still need to figure out how to properly write the function definition as well as the function calls/references so that I pass in the colorInput as well as the pos, texcoord, and target info. Or would those be unnecessary (could I just define new local variables that call those values)?
Please note that I've already added MasterEffect global textures and shaders into my Reshade/Common/Util.h file, so I should be able to easily access samplerBloom4 the way Deriest has done, and I'm assuming that I would need to change samplerColor to either RFX_backbufferColor or RFX_originalColor (backbuffer I think, but not positive at this time... and all of this is based on ReShade 0.19.2 Framework by the way).
I'd really appreciate the help.
Thanks,
Drake Phoenix
P.S. Sorry for the long post.
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Advanced Lift Gain Gamma... could use help please. 3 years 1 month ago #2
OK, I've learned a little more about Deriest's code, and I'm pretty sure that the samplerBloom4 results in a highly blurred texture (hoping for confirmation/clarification on that), which allows the sample taken to be roughly average anyway. I adapted the code from MasterEffect to expand texBloomX and samplerBloomX up to X values as high as 8 (dividing the buffer dimensions by 64 at that level). This should blur/average the texture even further and allow the sample point to more accurately represent the average of the scene. I have also adapted Deriest's code to check not only the max luma, but also the min luma, and average the two together, thus making it even more likely that I've retrieved a very close approximation of the actual average luma of the scene.
I've updated my code for the shader on the whole, and would appreciate it if people could look through it really quick and let me know if they think it will achieve what I'm after (Lift as per normal, Gain as per normal, option to adjust gamma both up and down simultaneously, dynamic adjustment offset based on scene average luma, and optional flat offset adjustment).
Code follows:
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That's all for now.
Thanks,
Drake Phoenix
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Advanced Lift Gain Gamma... could use help please. 3 years 1 month ago #3
To debug the accuracy of your brightness detection, it is probably easiest to
return tex2D(samplerBloom8, 0.5);
In a few different scenes and compare the original image with the result of that debug.
Could you post a few comparison screens of that? I would be interested to see how accurate that can be. (unfortunately, I cannot reproduce it myself, since I do not see your samplerBloom code)
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Advanced Lift Gain Gamma... could use help please. 3 years 1 month ago #4
Thanks for the debugging suggestion LuciferHawk.
I wasn't actually able to do it, unfortunately, because for some reason the shader fails to make any changes whatsoever. It acts as though the USE_LIFTGAINGAMMA_ADV setting is set to 0 even when it is properly set to 1. I'm not getting any compiler errors or effect errors, and not even any warnings as near as I can tell.
My other two shaders I've been working on are working just fine. And I cannot figure out why this one is refusing to actually do anything.
However, I took one of my other shaders, my HUD shader, and replaced the normal HUD texture with a full image with dimensions equal to my display resolution. But I applied the texture width and height values as BUFFER_WIDTH/64 and BUFFER_HEIGHT/64 respectively. The result was a highly blurred version of the original image texture, but not nearly averaged out. So I tested again, using a divisor of /1024 to see if I could get a better result. That result was much better, but still imperfect, so I changed the divisors to equal each dimension respectively, so BUFFER_WIDTH/BUFFER_WIDTH and BUFFER


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Class::Delay - delay method dispatch until a trigerring event
 package PrintOut;
 sub write {
 my $self = shift;
 print "printing: ", _USER_, "\n";
 sub flush {
 print "flushed\n";
 package DelayedPrint;
 use base 'PrintOut';
 use Class::Delay
 methods => [ 'write' ],
 release => [ 'flush' ];
 package main;
 DelayedPrint->write( "we'll write this later" ); # won't get through
 # to PrintOuts 'write' yet
 DelayedPrint->write( "this too" );
 DelayedPrint->flush; # all of the queued call are dispatched
 DelayedPrint->write( "this won't be delayed" );
Class::Delay provides a mechanism for the delay of method dispatch until a triggering method is called.
You simply define a proxy class, and then call on the module to set up a set of methods that will defer.
The use statement takes the following options when generate the proxying behaviour.
An array reference naming the methods to delay until a trigger event.
What a delayed method will return, defaults to 1.
An array reference naming the methods to ise as triggering events.
A subroutine that will be passed the all the delayed messages as Class::Delay::Message objects. The routine should return these in the order that the messagages are to be deilvered.
For example, if we want to ensure our trigger event arrives before the rest of the events we may do something like this:
 use Class::Delay
 methods => [qw( foo bar baz )],
 release => [qw( quux squirkle )],
 reorder => sub { sort { $b->is_trigger <=> $a->is_trigger } _USER_ };
An extended example of this module is in Mariachi::DBI which uses the module to delay database setup until the final of the database is known.
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National Wetlands Update February 2013
Issue No. 22, February 2013
Wetlands at risk of weeds
Philippa Bailey, Friends of Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands
The Friends of Edithvale Seaford Wetlands Weed Maze.
Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands in the southern suburbs of Melbourne are the last remnants of the Carrum Carrum swamp. In 2001, the wetlands were listed under the Ramsar Convention as being of international significance.
The Friends of Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands, FESWI (established 1988), embarked on a steep learning curve in 2012, taking on a weed eradication project that will ultimately maintain and improve water quality at the wetlands.
The group arranged plant identification training in the wetlands with botanist Dr Graeme Lorimer, who taught group members about the variety of native plants which enhance the wetland environment and presented an example of a weed of national significance, Juncus acutus (spiny rush), a growing problem at Seaford wetlands.
FESWI then researched local weeds which mainly escape from household gardens and can prove hazardous in the wetlands environment. It may surprise readers to learn the colourful gazania can be a menace if left to multiply. Another prolific weed in the area is mirrorbush, which is found on many vacant plots of land and has been spotted thriving within the wetlands.
FESWI put all this new knowledge into a booklet "Wetlands at Risk of Weeds" which was launched at our Wetlands Awareness Day, held on 16 September 2012 at Seaford North Primary School.
Launch of the Wetlands at Risk of Weeds booklet, September 2012.
With funds provided by the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment's Coastcare program, FESWI were also able to design and purchase a weed maze, which draws children into its compartments, where they discover information and hands on experiences with plants and weeds.
FESWI will be distributing the weed booklets through local community channels close to both wetland areas. The group will be displaying the maze at local events and hope to educate young people about the risk of weeds destroying fragile wetland environments.
For further information visit the FESWI website.

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text: Trufield project aims to create an innovative electronic medical records system for people living in poor countries. In many developing countries, medical records are still kept on paper forms. Paper-based medical record keeping is slow, inefficient, time-consuming and simply inadequate to meet patient needs today. Trufield aims improve healthcare by creating an electronic medical records platform for everyone. Good medical record keeping is essential to assuring quality health care. Trufield aims to create a big data revolution to foster better healthcare using blockchain technology to solve real-world problems. The Trufield platform will have a patient-centered approach to storing medical data. This will enable patients to act appropriately when granted access to their own health records. Trufield decentralized application will improve the coordination and continuity of care, reduce errors in information transfer, provide decision-making support for health providers, boost staff accountability, improve legibility of clinical notes and achieve more accurate statistics.


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Firstly, the accuracy of the location of a point depends on the signal of the GPS device. Generally speaking, if there is a 3G signal, the signal of the GPS device is good. Of course, you can control the accuracy from the settings, but if the signal is not good, the accuracy would be as good as the signal is!
Every time you want to add a point press the "+" button.
In the current version, iPinPoint can measure the magnitude of an angle, and the distance between two points or the length of an object. You need to add 3 points to measure an angle, and two points to measure a distance. In the case of an angle, the second point is the angle vertex.


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 /// <summary>
 /// Here is actual save method. Element should be already created one
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="node"></param>
 public virtual void SaveItem(XmlDocument doc, System.Xml.XmlElement element)
 {
 UnitsManager unitMng = new UnitsManager();
 // save name attribute
 XmlAttribute attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Name");
 attr.Value = Name;
 element.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 // save location
 XmlElement el = doc.CreateElement("Location");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("PositionX");
 attr.Value = LocationInUnitsX.ToString() + unitMng.UnitToString(MeasureUnit);
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("PositionY");
 attr.Value = LocationInUnitsY.ToString() + unitMng.UnitToString(MeasureUnit);
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 // save Width and Height. This is same as shape but generator wants those information as well
 el = doc.CreateElement("Width");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Value");
 attr.Value = this.WidthInUnits.ToString() + unitMng.UnitToString(MeasureUnit);
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 el = doc.CreateElement("Height");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Value");
 attr.Value = this.HeightInUnits.ToString() + unitMng.UnitToString(MeasureUnit);
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 el = doc.CreateElement("WidthInPixels");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Value");
 attr.Value = this.WidthInPixels.ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 el = doc.CreateElement("HeightInPixels");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Value");
 attr.Value = this.HeightInPixels.ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 // save Shape
 el = doc.CreateElement("Shape");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Type");
 attr.Value = "Rectangle";
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 XmlElement el2 = doc.CreateElement("Dimensions");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Width");
 attr.Value = this.WidthInUnits.ToString() + unitMng.UnitToString(MeasureUnit);
 el2.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 el.AppendChild(el2);
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Height");
 attr.Value = this.HeightInUnits.ToString() + unitMng.UnitToString(MeasureUnit);
 el2.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 el.AppendChild(el2);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 // Save Scale
 el = doc.CreateElement("Scale");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("x");
 attr.Value = this.ScaleXFactor.ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("y");
 attr.Value = this.ScaleXFactor.ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 // save transformations
 el = doc.CreateElement("Transformation");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("a");
 attr.Value = this.TransformationMatrix.Elements[0].ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("b");
 attr.Value = this.TransformationMatrix.Elements[1].ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("c");
 attr.Value = this.TransformationMatrix.Elements[2].ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("d");
 attr.Value = this.TransformationMatrix.Elements[3].ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 // save rotation
 el = doc.CreateElement("Rotation");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Value");
 attr.Value = this.RotationAngle.ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 // save dock position
 el = doc.CreateElement("DockPosition");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Dock");
 attr.Value = this.DockPositionString;
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 // save anchor properties
 if(anchor != null)
 {
 el = doc.CreateElement("Anchor");
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Top");
 attr.Value = this.anchor.TopAnchor.ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Bottom");
 attr.Value = this.anchor.Bottomanchor.ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Left");
 attr.Value = this.anchor.LeftAnchor.ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 attr = doc.CreateAttribute("Right");
 attr.Value = this.anchor.RightAnchor.ToString();
 el.SetAttributeNode(attr);
 element.AppendChild(el);
 }
 }
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 /// <summary>
 /// Set the handle
 /// </summary>
 /// <param name="oNode"></param>
 /// <param name="strHandle"></param>
 private void SetHandle(System.Xml.XmlElement oNode, string strHandle)
 {
 if (strHandle != null && strHandle.Length != 0)
 {
 System.Xml.XmlAttribute hAttr;
 hAttr = oNode.OwnerDocument.CreateAttribute(Constant.Attribute.HANDLE_ATTR);
 hAttr.Value = strHandle;
 oNode.SetAttributeNode(hAttr);
 }
 }


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What is a gateway? Definition and meaning
The term gateway has many different meanings, depending on whether you are talking in a business, IT, or other context. 'IT' stands for Information Technology. Gateways, in information technology, are hardware devices or software that connect to different computer networks. Also in IT, gateways could be computers systems on Earth that switch voice and data signals between terrestrial networks and satellites.
The term may refer to any point or passage through which people may enter a region. For example, "New York is the gateway to America." In architecture, gateways are passages or entrances that people enter by opening a gate.
Doorways surround doors. Likewise, gateways surround gates.
Gateways are also mechanisms or agencies that provide access to information, systems, or other agencies.
When we say "Hard work and dedication are the gateways to success," the term means 'ways of achieving something."
If I say "My local bank is my gateway to a wide range of financial services," what does the term mean? It means something within a system that allows me to use other parts of it.
"A gateway is a network node that connects two networks using different protocols together."
"While a bridge is used to join two similar types of networks, a gateway is used to join two dissimilar networks."
A gateway – telecommunications
Gateways, in telecommunications, are pieces of networking hardware that interface with other networks. Specifically, they interface with other networks that use different protocols.
Telecommunications or telecom means communicating over long distances; usually using hi-tech equipment.
Gateways may contain rate converters, fault isolators, signal translators, impedance matching devices, or protocol translators. The devices provide what is necessary for system interoperability.
Protocol translation/mapping gateways allow different networks to communicate. They perform the necessary protocol conversions. Hence, we also call them protocol converters.
Their activities are more complex than those of switches or routers because they communicate using two or more protocols.
B2B Gateways integrate data from back-end systems. They enable information exchange across trading entities or partners. B2B stands for business-to-business, i.e., companies doing business with other companies rather than individual consumers.
Payment gateways provide means of authorizing electronic payments. The payer either performs these e-payments online or offline.
Payment gateways claim to protect sensitive personal data such as credit card and pin numbers. In other words, they protect the data when they transmit to payment processors and merchants.
When you pay for something in a shop using your credit card, you place your card in or on a device. We call these devices payment gateways.
Business Gateway – Scotland
In Scotland, the Business Gateway is a service that contributes to the economic well-being of the country. The publicly-funded service provides access to free business support services.
According to Business Gateway:
"We give assistance and impartial advice to people starting or growing their business."


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const void * memchr ( const void * ptr, int value, size_t num );
void * memchr ( void * ptr, int value, size_t num );
Locate character in block of memory
Searches within the first num bytes of the block of memory pointed by ptr for the first occurrence of value (interpreted as an unsigned char), and returns a pointer to it.
Both value and each of the bytes checked on the the ptr array are interpreted as unsigned char for the comparison.
- Pointer to the block of memory where the search is performed.
- Value to be located. The value is passed as an int, but the function performs a byte per byte search using the unsigned char conversion of this value.
- Number of bytes to be analyzed.
sizet is an unsigned integral type.
A pointer to the first occurrence of value in the block of memory pointed by ptr.
If the value is not found, the function returns a null pointer.
In C, this function is only declared as:
void * memchr ( const void *, int, size_t );
instead of the two overloaded versions provided in C++.
/* memchr example */
int main ()
char * pch;
char str = "Example string";
pch = (char*) memchr (str, 'p', strlen(str));
printf ("'p' found at position %d.\n", pch-str+1);
printf ("'p' not found.\n");
- Compare two blocks of memory (function
- Locate first occurrence of character in string (function
- Locate last occurrence of character in string (function


the frame is being composited by the XR hardware. Any subsequent calls the developer makes to updateRenderState() will not be applied until the next XRFrame's callbacks are processed.
The timestamp provided is acquired using identical logic to the processing of window.requestAnimationFrame() callbacks. This means that the timestamp is a DOMHighResTimeStamp set to the current time when the frame's callbacks begin processing. Multiple callbacks in a single frame will receive the same timestamp, even though time has elapsed during the processing of previous callbacks. In the future if additional, XR-specific timing information is identified that the API should provide, it is recommended that it be via the XRFrame object.
The XRWebGLLayers framebuffer is created by the UA and behaves similarly to a canvas's default framebuffer. Using framebufferTexture2D, framebufferRenderbuffer, getFramebufferAttachmentParameter, and getRenderbufferParameter will all generate an INVALID_OPERATION error. Additionally, outside of an XRSession's requestAnimationFrame() callback the framebuffer will be considered incomplete, reporting FRAMEBUFFER_UNSUPPORTED when calling checkFramebufferStatus. Attempts to draw to it, clear it, or read from it generate an INVALID_FRAMEBUFFER_OPERATION error as indicated by the WebGL specification.
Once drawn to, the XR device will continue displaying the contents of the XRWebGLLayer framebuffer, potentially reprojected to match head motion, regardless of whether or not the page continues processing new frames. Potentially future spec iterations could enable additional types of layers, such as video layers, that could automatically be synchronized to the device's refresh rate.
Viewer tracking With WebGL
Each XRFrame the scene will be drawn from the perspective of a "viewer", which is the user or device viewing the scene, described by an XRViewerPose. Developers retrieve the current XRViewerPose by calling getViewerPose() on the XRFrame and providing an XRReferenceSpace for the pose to be returned in. Due to the nature of XR tracking systems, this function is not guaranteed to return a value and developers will need to respond appropriately. For more information about what situations will cause getViewerPose() to fail and recommended practices for handling the situation, refer to the Spatial Tracking Explainer.
The XRViewerPose contains a views attribute, which is an array of XRViews. Each XRView has a projectionMatrix and transform that should be used when rendering with WebGL. The XRView is also passed to an XRWebGLLayer's getViewport() method to determine what the WebGL viewport should be set to when rendering. This ensures that the appropriate perspectives of scene are rendered to the correct portion on the XRWebGLLayer's framebuffer in order to display correctly on the XR hardware.
function onDrawFrame(timestamp, xrFrame) {
 // Do we have an active session?
 if (xrSession) {
 let glLayer = xrSession.renderState.baseLayer;
 let pose = xrFrame.getViewerPose(xrReferenceSpace);
 if (pose) {
 // Run imaginary 3D engine's simulation to step forward physics, animations, etc.
 scene.updateScene(timestamp, xrFrame);
 gl.bindFramebuffer(gl.FRAMEBUFFER, glLayer.framebuffer);
 for (let view of pose.views) {
 let viewport = glLayer.getViewport(view);
 gl.viewport(viewport.x, viewport.y, viewport.width, viewport.height);
 // Request the next animation callback
 } else {
 // No session available, so render a default mono view.
 gl.viewport(0, 0, glCanvas.width, glCanvas.height);
 // Request the next window callback
Each transform attribute of each XRView is an XRRigidTransform consisting of a position and orientation. (See the definition of an XRRigidTransform in the spatial tracking explainer for more details.) These should be treated as the locations of virtuals "cameras" within the scene. If the application is using a library to assist with rendering, it may be most natural to apply these values to a camera object directly, like so:
// Apply the view transform to the camera of a fictional rendering library.
function drawScene(view) {
Or it may be easier to pass the transform in as a view matrix, especially if the application makes WebGL calls directly. In that case the matrix needed will typically be the inverse of the view transform, which can easily be acquired from the inverse attribute of the XRRigidTransform.
// Get a view matrix and projection matrix appropriate for passing directly to a WebGL shader.
function drawScene(view) {
 viewMatrix = view.transform.inverse.matrix;
 projectionMatrix = view.projectionMatrix;
 // Set uniforms as appropriate for shaders being used
 // Draw Scene
In both cases the XRView's projectionMatrix should be used as-is. Altering it may cause incorrect output to the XR device and significant user discomfort.
Because the XRViewerPose inherits from XRPose it also contains a transform describing the position and orientation of the viewer as a whole relative to the XRReferenceSpace origin. This is primarily useful for rendering a visual representation of the viewer for spectator views or multi-user environments.
Audio Listener Tracking
Each XRFrame the viewerPos. transform.matrix needs to be modified to fit with the orientation values for the AudioContext.listener front and up values. Note that in the viewer xrReferenceSpace, the position and orientation move along with the headset (and presumably the user's head). This means it has a native origin always at the viewerPos. transform.matrix, so only the orientation of the audio listener will change in this ' xrReferenceSpace'. It's also important to clarify that there's no such thing as the listener position. The scene can have multiple coexisting coordinate systems. In this example, you're getting the viewer pose in a specific xrReferenceSpace, and using the pose transform matrix to update the AudioListener with position and orientation in that reference space's coordinate system. The unstated assumption is that the audio sources will also use coordinates in that same reference space's coordinate system, and if that's the case you'll get a consistent experience. It would be perfectly valid (if a bit odd) to do everything in viewer space, keeping the AudioListener at the viewer space origin with fixed forward along -z and up along +y in that space, and then ensure that the coordinates for audio sources are in this same viewer space, relative to the current head position and orientation.
Here is an example of how to connect the viewerPos. transform.matrix to the AudioContext.listener:
// initialize the audio context
const AudioContext = window.AudioContext || window.webkitAudioContext;
const audioCtx = new AudioContext();
function onDrawFrame(timestamp, xrFrame) {
 // Do we have an active session?
 if (xrSession) {
 let listener = audioCtx.listener;
 let pose = xrFrame.getViewerPose(xrReferenceSpace);
 if (pose) {
 // Run imaginary 3D engine's simulation to step forward physics, PannerNodes, etc.
 scene.updateScene(timestamp, xrFrame);
 // Set the audio listener to face where the XR view is facing
 /// The pose.matrix top left 3x3 elements provide unit column vectors in base space for the posed coordinate system's x/y/z axis directions,
 /// so we use the negative of the third column directly as a forward vector corresponding to the -z direction.
 // The given pose.transform.orientation is a quaternion and not a forward vector, so is not used with web audio
 const m = pose.transform.matrix;
 // Set forward facing position
 [ listener.forwardX.value, listener.forwardY.value, listener.forwardZ.value ] = [-m[8], -m[9], -m[10]];
 // set the horizontal position of the top of the listener's head
 [ listener.upX.value, listener.upY.value, listener.upZ.value ] = [ m[4], m[5], m[6] ];
 // Set the audio listener to travel with the WebXR user position
 // Note that pose.transform.position does equal [m[12], m[13], m[14]]
 [ listener.positionX.value, listener.positionY.value, listener.positionZ.value ] = [m[12], m[13], m[14]];
 // Request the next animation callback
Handling session visibility
The UA may temporarily hide a session at any time. While hidden a session has restricted access to the XR device state and frames will not be processed. Hidden sessions can be reasonably be expected to be made visible again at some point, usually when the user has finished performing whatever action triggered the session to hide in the first place. This is not guaranteed, however, so applications should not rely on it.
The UA may hide a session if allowing the page to continue reading the headset position represents a security or privacy risk (like when the user is entering a password or URL with a virtual keyboard, in which case the head motion may infer the user's input), or if content external to the UA is obscuring the page's output.
In other situations the UA may also choose to keep the session content visible but "blurred", indicating that the session content is still visible but no longer in the foreground. While blurred the page may either refresh the XR device at a slower rate or not at all, poses queried from the device may be less accurate, and all input tracking will be unavailable. If the user is wearing a headset the UA is expected to present a tracked environment (a scene which remains responsive to user's head motion) or reproject the throttled content when the page is being throttled to prevent user discomfort.
The session should continue requesting and drawing frames while blurred, but should not depend on them being processed at the normal XR hardware device framerate. The UA may use these frames as part of it's tracked environment or page composition, though the exact presentation of frames produced by a blurred session will


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The Chiral Switch of Metolachlor: The Development of a Large-Scale Enantioselective Catalytic Process
The development of an enantioselective catalytic process for the technical preparation of chiral agrochemicals is illustrated by the case history of the herbicide (S)-metolachlor (trade name Dual Magnum®). Four synthetic routes were investigated in some detail. The key step for the technical process of the enantiomerically enriched compound is the asymmetric hydrogenation of an imine intermediate made possible by a new iridium ferrocenyl diphosphine catalyst system. Using optimized conditions, the isolated imine can be hydrogenated at a hydrogen pressure of 80 bar and 50°C with a substrate-to-catalyst ratio of >1'000'000. Complete conversion is reached within 4 h with an enantioselectivity of 79% with an initial turnover frequency (tof) exceeding 1'800'000 h-1. This sets a new standard for the technical application of enantioselective catalysts. Important aspects and results for the different phases of the process development of the catalyst system as well as minimal prerequisites for the use of enantioselective catalysts for the production of agrochemicals are discussed.
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Quick Answer: What Is A Borough Council?
What is the purpose of a borough council?
District, borough and city councils These cover a smaller area than county councils. They're usually responsible for services like: rubbish collection. recycling.
What is the difference between a district council and a borough council?
District councils, which may also be called borough councils or city councils if the district has borough or city status, cover a much smaller area and provide more local services.
How do borough councils work?
Councillors work with local people and partners, such as local businesses and other organisations, to agree and deliver on local priorities. The decisions are implemented by permanent council staff, council officers, who deliver services on a daily basis.
How many borough councils are there in the UK?
England has 339 councils of seven types: 25 county and 188 district councils (two tiers with separate responsibilities covering the same physical area), 56 unitary authorities plus the sui generis Council of the Isles of Scilly, 36 metropolitan boroughs, 32 London boroughs plus the ancient, sui generis City of London
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What powers do councils have?
Functions and powers Under the Local Government Act 2000, councils have a general power to "promote the economic, social and environmental well-being" of their areas.
What are the 4 types of local government?
What is a council?
(Entry 1 of 2) 1: an assembly or meeting for consultation, advice, or discussion the Second Vatican Council. 2: a group elected or appointed as an advisory or legislative body a governor's council a city council. 3a: a usually administrative body a council on housing.
What are district councils responsible for?
Each district council covers a smaller area and provides more local services, including council housing, local planning, recycling and refuse collection and leisure facilities.
How is England divided?
Overall, England is divided into nine regions and 48 ceremonial counties, although these have only a limited role in public policy. For the purposes of local government, the country is divided into counties, districts and parishes. Parishes cover only part of England.
What is the difference between a borough and a city?
Often, a borough is a single town with its own local government. However, in some cities it is a subdivision of the city (for example, New York City, London, and Montreal). In such cases, the borough will normally have either limited powers delegated to it by the city's local government, or no powers at all.
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How are local councils funded?
Local authorities are funded through a combination of business rates, central government grants and council tax. They also generate income through rents, fees and charges, sales, investments and contributions.
Is the Greater London Authority a local authority?
It is a strategic regional authority, with powers over transport, policing, economic development, and fire and emergency planning. The GLA is unique in the British devolved and local government system, in terms of structure (it uses a presidential system-esque model), elections and selection of powers.
What is the largest council in England?
Kent County Council is the largest local authority by population with 1,554,636 people as of 2017. The most changeable council is probably London Borough of Merton.
How many Las are in England?
There are 343 local authorities in England.
How many councils are there in London?
The 32 London borough councils and the City of London provide the majority of day-to-day services for their local residents, including education, housing, social services, environmental services, local planning and many arts and leisure services.
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Using physical units in Underworld
Using physical units in Underworld
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Using physical units and how to appropriately scale a model is a top question users ask when beginning with Underworld. The equations Underworld solves are stated in a physically correct form, they remain valid as long as every material constant, geometry, time, etc., are expressed in the same system. There is no explicit concept of units no scaling in Underworld, the choice is entirely left to the user. One can thus decide to use the Meter Kilometer Second system or a dimensionless system, defining the model such that length, density and viscosity of the material are one, etc. Both approaches are correct and allow for more flexibility, but with great power comes great responsibility. The user must ensure the units are consistent.
The scaling of the problem, although related to the choice of system units, is a much broader subject. Computers generally have trouble accurately solving for a wide range of numbers. In numerical methods, this issue can result in a matrix with a large Condition number and is difficult to invert(solve) accurately. By using an appropriate scaling, the wide range of numbers can be reduced, thus minimising numerical errors.
From a mathematical point of view, non-dimensionalisation conserves the relationships between parameters. From a numerical point of view, it is often unclear whether the choice of reference value will ensure numerical stability. A rule of thumb is to keep values as close to one as possible. This can become challenging for Earth modeling problems when dealing with non-linear viscosities and values spanning several orders of magnitude.
Another problem arises from the fact that different communities in Earth Science have different backgrounds and usages. A simple example is the number of units we constantly switch between when dealing with space and time: as for when we describe the diffusion of temperature at the grain scale or the cooling of the entire planet.
Here I detail a workflow used to overcome these issues. It is by no mean the only way, but I have found it easy to use and it reduces the risk of error considerably. It is a simple way to solve the problem of unit consistency and scaling.
I have written a small python module which leverages Pint, a python package used to define and manipulate physical units. Pint uses a system of unit registries to define a large set of units and most of their prefixes. A Pint Quantity object is a physical value which has a specific unit attached to itself. Quantity objects can be use in mathematical expressions which also return Quantities in appropriate units.
The example is available here:
Units/Scaling Example
And if you want to explore the convection simulation:
[M. Kronbichler, T. Heister, and W. Bangerth. High accuracy mantle convection simulationthrough modern numerical methods.Geophysics Journal International, 191:12–29, 2012.]
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Oakley, Christopher Arris. "The legend of Henry Berry Lowry: Strike at the Wind! and the Lumbee Indians of North Carolina." Mississippi quarterly 60.1 (Winter/Spring 2007): 59–80. Key source
This article is a richly detailed, clearly written history of the outdoor drama Strike at the Wind!, from the planning stages in 1968, to the first opening night of its premiere season (July 1, 1976), through its reopening under the auspices of the Carolina Arts Network in the summer of 2006. Oakley provides a concise, clear summary of the late-nineteenth-century historical events portrayed in Strike at the Wind!. He also explains the subsequent position of the Lumbee in tri-racial Robeson County, especially when the North Carolina Constitution, state laws, and local practices made the Lumbee disenfranchised and increasingly separate. Thus, Oakley's cultural, political, and historical overview provides crucial context for Henry Berry Lowry's coming to be viewed, by the time Strike at the Wind! premiered, as the folk hero of the Lumbee.
Along the way, Oakley discusses the outdoor drama's predecessor, The Life-Story of a People. This pageant on Lumbee history, written by Ellen C. Deloria, was performed with a mostly local cast of 150, in 1940 and 1941. He explains the other factors at play during the planning stages of the drama as well. He discusses interest in bringing in tourist revenues; growing interest, in the late 1960s, in Native American culture; the popular as well as financial success of other outdoor dramas in North Carolina; and a desire to educate people about the history of the Lumbee, who had attained a limited form of federal recognition in 1956.Oakley also traces decisions such as which time periods and historical events the drama should focus on and who would write the play and compose the music. He reviews earlier fictional accounts of Henry Berry Lowry, briefly contrasting their treatment of him with Umberger's in the Strike at the Wind! script.
The article also describes concerns, during the development period, about casting; creative control of the play; and finances for building the amphitheater and producing the play. The article traces attendance, casting changes, and commentary on the play in local newspapers in the first few seasons; it then touches on the increasing financial struggles in the 1990s and the production lapses of 1996–1998 and 2004–2005.Most importantly, Oakley relates Henry Berry Lowry and Strike at the Wind! to Lumbee cultural identity and pride. The article concludes with Carolina Arts Network's acquisition of the rights to Strike at the Wind! in 2005, its aims for the drama, and its reopening at the of the production in 2006. There is also a summation of the position Strike at the Wind! came to hold in Lumbee society and as a manifestation of Lumbee identity.
This article is a useful and much-needed contribution to the scholarship on Strike at the Wind! and on Henry Berry Lowry.


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Caryota Ochlandra Seeds | Fishtail Palm
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HOW TO GERMINATE FISHTAIL PALM SEEDS
Choose seeds that are plump, firm, and free from any signs of damage or disease. You will get the best from us. Soak the seeds in room temperature water for 24-48 hours. This will soften the seed coat and make it easier for the seedling to emerge. Fill a seed tray or small pots with a well-draining potting mix. Moisten the soil with water, but avoid making it too wet, which can lead to fungal growth. Place one or two seeds in each pot and cover them with a thin layer of soil. The seeds should be planted about 2-3 centimeters deep. Place the seed tray or pots in a warm, humid location like a greenhouse or a warm, sheltered spot indoors. Keep the soil moist but not waterlogged. Germination can take 1-3 months, depending on the temperature and humidity levels. Be patient and avoid disturbing the seeds or soil during this time.
CARE FOR CARYOTA OCHLANDRA PLANT AFTER GERMINATION
Once the seedlings have grown to about 10-15 centimeters tall, they can be transplanted into larger pots or the ground. Be sure to choose a location with bright, indirect light and well-draining soil. Keep the soil evenly moist but not waterlogged. Caryota ochlandra prefers consistently moist soil, but it is essential to avoid overwatering, which can cause root rot. Apply a balanced fertilizer every 2-3 months during the growing season to provide crucial nutrients for healthy growth. Caryota ochlandra plants prefer bright, indirect light. Avoid direct sunlight, which can scorch the leaves. This plant prefers warm and humid conditions, so it is best to keep it in a location with temperatures between 18-27°C and high humidity levels. As the plant grows, it may need to be repotted into a larger container with fresh soil.
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The fishtail palm is a popular ornamental plant due to its attractive foliage and impressive size. The fishtail palm's young shoots and fruits are edible and used in some traditional dishes. The plant has been used in conventional medicine to treat various ailments, including fevers and headaches. The fibrous trunk of the fishtail palm can be used to make ropes, mats, and other woven products. Like many other plants, Caryota ochlandra helps to purify the air by removing toxins and pollutants. Some studies suggest that the plant may have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, which could have potential health benefits.
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- Use: Ornamental, food, medicinal, fibers
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- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Order: Arecales
- Family: Arecaceae
- Subfamily: Coryphoideae
- Genus: Caryota
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Mexican Mad Mash (Crazy Monkey) Coffee 250g
Meet the Grower:
"Mad Mash," produced by a group of smallholder farmers in the region of Chimhucum ( "Two Rivers" in the Tzotzil language), located in Los Altos, the upper area of Chiapas. The population is 100% indgenous, speaking Tzotzil. The Tzotziles (Tsotsiles) and the Tzeltales (Tseltales) are two related Mayan groups that, together with the Tojolabales, inhabit Los Altos and some municipalities in the surrounding area.
The coffee is grown under shade trees in the mountains of Los Altos, including Sarchimor, Caturra, and Catuai varieties. The farms are treated with sustainable practices, such as compost and water treatment. This settlement is in the highest part of the region, which is why it is characterized by a normally humid and cold climate for much of the year. This creates a microclimate for an exceptional flavor in the cup.
The producers use artisanal processes such as hand depulping, fermentation tanks, and sun drying. The most peculiar thing regarding this coffee is that the producers do semi-washed processing, as they only ferment the coffees between six to 12 hours, creating unique flavours.
"Mad Mash" is a combination of English and Tzotzil. Mad in Tzotzil is monkey, so Mad Mash means Crazy Monkey.


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Gary Charles
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Joined: Oct 29, 2012
Posts: 32
I'm self-studying Java and I do not understand some things from one of the end-of-chapter exercises and I don't have a teacher to ask. Here it is in its entirety:
"Create class IntegerSet. Each IntegerSet object can hold integers in the range 0-100. The
set is represented by an array of booleans. Array element a[i] is true if
integer i is in the set. Array element a[j] is false if integer j is not in the
set. The no argument constructor initializes the array to the so-called "empty set,"
(i.e., all false values).
Provide the following methods: Method union creates a set that is the
set-theoretic union of two existing sets(i.e., an element of the new set's
array is set to true if that element is true in either or both of the
existing sets---otherwise, the new set's element is set to false). Method
intersection creates a set which is the set-theoretic intersection of two
existing sets(i.e., an element of the new set's array is set to false if that
element is false in either or both of the existing sets--otherwise, the new
set's element is set to true). Method insertElement inserts a new integer k
into a set(by setting a[k] to true). Method deleteElement deletes integer m
(by setting a[m] to false). Method toString returns a String containing a set
as a list of numbers separated by spaces. Include only those elements that are
present in the set. Use --- to represent an empty set. Method isEqualTo
determines whether two sets are equal. Write a program to test class
IntegerSet. Instantiate several IntegerSet objects. Test that all your
methods work properly. "
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I don't want a direct code example answer. There are several of those on the www already that I could use if I wanted.
The first paragraph is easy. Create a boolean array with 100 elements set to false. But what do I use that array for? Please read on.
The second paragraph starts by saying to create a set(I'll call that set 0) from two existing sets(call these sets 1 and 2). What two existing sets? I guess that I'm supposed to make them up with values, right? So I now have two arrays with numbers in them? Then my isEqualTo method compares the sets 1 and 2, and my set 0 is populated based on the comparison of
sets 1 and 2?
Method intersection does something similar except using false values. So far so good?
Method insertElement and deleteElement aren't really inserting or deleting elements because I'm just changing the value to true or false aren't I? So the three sets would look like this when I'm done?
set 1 - [1, 2, 6]
set 2 - [1, 2, 4 ]
union set 0 - [true, true, false, true, false, true, false, false... to 100]
Then output would be "1, 2, 4, 6".
Have I got this right?
Then the last question I have about this instruction "Instantiate several IntegerSet objects". I understand how to instantiate new objects but not what the book is suggesting here? Is the idea to make a separate class for these test sets? Then call this class when I need a new set?
If you read this far, thanks!
Campbell Ritchie
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Gary Charles wrote: . . .
The first paragraph is easy. Create a boolean array with 100 elements set to false. But what do I use that array for? Please read on.
. . .
One: Do it is little stages. Get one stage working before you try the next stage.
Two: You have an error in that statement.
Three: you add a value to the set by changing one element in that array to true.
Michael Krimgen
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Joined: Jul 08, 2012
Posts: 35
Hi Gary,
I see two possible implementations for the set-theoretic methods (union, intersection, ...).
1. Static methods
2. Instance methods.
Now, you are asking what exactly are these sets (set1 and set2). This will be clear if you instantiate several objects of IntegerSet, as asked in the last sentence of the task.
The easiest thing would be a simple main method:
Your example of the union
set 1 - [1, 2, 6]
set 2 - [1, 2, 4 ]
union set 0 - [true, true, false, true, false, true, false, false... to 100]
Then output would be "1, 2, 4, 6".
is almost correct. The possible values of your integer set are 0 to 100, not 1 to 100.
Gary Charles
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Joined: Oct 29, 2012
Posts: 32
Thank-you for the feedback. Here is my attempt at part of the exercise. It works and I'm using somewhat of a hybrid approach with TestNG by not using assertEquals(for example) and using System.out.printf(). I know I wouldn't do that if I were preparing this for automated testing.
If you have any feedback I would welcome it. Thank-you.
My test class:
Which prints:
Union Set: 3 5.
Winston Gutkowski
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Joined: Mar 17, 2011
Posts: 7639

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Gary Charles wrote:If you have any feedback I would welcome it.
OK:
 - 1. Why is SET_LENGTH == 99?
 - 2. insertElement() is a bit of a misnomer because you're not really 'inserting' anything; you're setting an element if it isn't already set, ie, you're doing a Boolean "union" function (in computer logic, this is called an 'OR') on a single element.
 In the Java collections framework, add() is only used to augment a dataset; the List interface, which allows access by element, also has a set() method, which is much closer to what you're doing.
 - 3. Your union() logic is overly complex, mainly because you're trying to keep everything in the same class. Why not have it return a new IntegerSet that is the result of the union function? Then you could get rid of the set0 field and the printString() method.
 General tip: Apart from setters, don't write methods that return void unless you really have to. Methods (especially public ones) should do something; and that almost always means that they should also return something.
 - 4. Use meaningful names. Things like set0 and set1 don't really mean anything to anyone except you, and programs are designed to be read by other people. Otherwise, why wouldn't we all just write in machine code?
 Also: you don't need to use different identifiers for all your integer variables, especially if they're in different methods or loops. My advice: if it's an index (and all of yours are), use 'i' (or 'index') unless you're forced to use something else.
 - HIH
 Winston
 Isn't it funny how there's always time and money enough to do it WRONG?
 Articles by Winston can be found here
 Gary Charles
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 Joined: Oct 29, 2012
 Posts: 32
 Thanks Winston. I appreciate the feedback and it gives me some things to work on.
 Some things I wasn't sure about in your comment are these:
 Winston Gutkowski wrote:
 - 2. insertElement() is a bit of a misnomer ...
 - 3. Your union() logic is overly complex, mainly because you're trying to keep everything in the same class. Why not have it return a new IntegerSet that is the result of the union function? Then you could get rid of the set0 field and the printString() method.
 - On item #2 I wasn't sure if you mean the logic, the method name, or both. FWIW - It's an exercise requirement. The book says:
 Method insertElement inserts a new integer k into a set(by setting a[k] to true).
 I don't have a teacher that I need to turn in the assignment to so I can do whatever I want but I guess the author is trying to get the reader thinking about some concept. Or maybe you mean the whole thing is wrong in how I interpreted the instructions.
 On your item #3, I would then have three classes? Maybe something like this?
 - IntegerSet
 - IntegerSetDriver
 - IntegerSetTestNG
 - It's not clear to me exactly how/when to break a class into smaller classes. There was a


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In order to contribute to the increase of the body of knowledge on the sensitivity of tropical indigenous species to pesticides, acute and chronic toxicity tests were conducted with the neotropical cladoceran Ceriodaphnia silvestrii. Tests were carried out with the active ingredients diuron and carbofuran and one of their commercial formulations, the Diuron Nortox® 500 SC and the Furadan® 350 SC, respectively. For carbofuran, the active ingredient was more toxic than the commercial product, whereas for diuron, the commercial product appeared more toxic. In addition, hormetic effects on fertility were recorded for intermediate diuron concentrations. Acute and chronic toxicity data indicated that C. silvestrii was among the most sensitive invertebrate species for both test compounds. Based on concentrations measured in Brazilian water bodies, these compounds represent ecological risks for causing direct and indirect toxic effects on C. silvestrii and other aquatic organisms. Our results support previous claims on the advantages of using native species to better tune ecological risk assessment of chemicals in tropical ecosystems.
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R. To compute x's leader, just follow the bosses up to the leader. You are required to use this function any time you want to find the leader of a value.
 2. equivalent(R, x, y) returns true if x and y are currently in the same equivalence class in equivalence relation R. (They are in the same equivalence class if they have the same leader.)
 3. merge(R, x, y) merges the equivalence classes of x and y in R as follows. First, it finds the leaders xâ€² and yâ€² of x and y. If xâ€² and yâ€² are different (so x and y are not already in the same equivalence class) then yâ€² becomes the new boss of xâ€². (How can you changes xâ€²'s boss?) So yâ€² becomes the leader of the combined equivalence class.
 4. destroyER(R) deallocates R.
 5. showER(R, n) prints the entire contents of array R (of size n) in a readable form for debugging.
Important note. It is crucial that your program never change the boss of a value that is not a leader.
The professor provided the following header (I'm glad he did, gives me a better understanding on how he likes his contracts. I do know he doesn't want any body comments):
// These #ifndef and #define lines make it so that, if this file is
// read more than once by the compiler, its body is skipped on all
// but the first time it is read.
#ifndef EQUIV_H
#define EQUIV_H
// An equivalence relation is an array of integers.
// So ER abbreviates int*.
typedef int* ER;
// Public functions
ER newER (int n);
void destroyER (ER e);
bool equivalent (ER e, int x, int y);
void merge (ER e, int x, int y);
// The following is advertised here solely for debugging. These must
// only be used for debugging.
void showER(ER e, int n);
int leader(ER e, int x);
#endif
Below is what I have so far. I'm looking to change ER e to R, but not sure if that is possible. Based off of what I provided, am I at least on the right path? _URL_
// These #ifndef and #define lines make it so that, if this file is
// read more than once by the compiler, its body is skipped on all
// but the first time it is read.
#ifndef EQUIV_H
#define EQUIV_H
// An equivalence relation is an array of integers.
// So ER abbreviates int*.
typedef int* ER;
// Public functions ///////////////////////////////////////////////////
/*
// ER new ER(int n)
// Returns an array of 'n' + 1 integers
*/
ER newER(int n)
{
 int* R = new int[n];
 for (int index = 1; index < n; index++)
 {
 R[index] = (n + 1);
 }
 return R;
}
/*
// destroyER(Er)
// Deallocates R.
*/
void destroyER(ER e)
{
 // Changed ER e to R.
 delete R;
 int* R = NULL;
 // Is this considered a dangling pointer?
}
/*
// equivalent(ER e, int x, int y)
// Returns true if x and y are currently in the same equivalence class in equivalence relation R.
*/
bool equivalent (ER e, int x, int y);
{
}
/*
// merge(ER e, int x, int y)
// Merges the equivalnece classes of x and y in R.
*/
void merge(ER e, int x, int y);
{
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// The following is advertised here solely for debugging. These must
// only be used for debugging.
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/*
// showER(ER e, int n)
// Prints the entire contents of array R (of size n) in a readable form for debugging.
*/
void showER(ER e, int n);
{
}
/*
// leader(ER e, int x)
// Returns the leader of x in equivalence relation R
*/
int leader(ER e, int x);
{
 // I changed ER e to R
 if (R[x] == 0)
 {
 return x;
 }
 else
 {
 return leader(R, R[x])
 }
}
#endif
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Populate php curl array from submitted json array _URL_ Mon, 20 Feb 2017 16:02:54 +0000 I have a form that creats a json array from user input data. Array ( [full_name] => First Name + Last Name [company_name] => Company Name [email] => Email [free_trial] => trial (Yes/No) [quota] => quota [contract] => 0 (0/1) [per_gb] => cost per gb [per_month] => contract length in ... I have a form that creats a json array from user input data.
Array
(
 [full_name] => First Name + Last Name
 [company_name] => Company Name
 [email] => Email
 [free_trial] => trial (Yes/No)
 [quota] => quota
 [contract] => 0 (0/1)
 [per_gb] => cost per gb
 [per_month] => contract length in months
 [wanaccel] => No (Yes/No)
)
I need to send that to a php curl file so that it can be sent to an ip address.
How do I populate the curl data array from that json file?
Here is where I am starting with the curl page.
<?php
$url = '#';
$data = array(
 'full_name' => $_POST["full_name"],
 'company_name' => $_POST["company_name"],
 'email' => $_POST["email"],
 'free_trial' => $_POST["free_trial"],
 'contract' => $_POST["contract"],
 'wanaccel' => 'No',
 'per_month' => $_POST["per_month"],
);
 $data_string = json_encode($data);
 $post = curl_init('localhost');
 curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true);
 curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_POST, count($data));
 curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data_string);
 curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
 curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13');
curl_setopt($post, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array(
 'Content-Type: application/json',
 'Content-Length: ' . strlen($data_string))
);
 $result = curl_exec($post);
 curl_close($post);
 echo "here is the result".$result." |\n";
 echo ( $result );
print_r($data);
?>
Any thoughts?
Thanks so much!
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Gulf Oil Spill 2010: Light Crude Oil and Your Health
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For most people brief contact with a small amount of oil will do no harm. Some people are more sensitive to chemicals, including those found in crude oil. These people may develop a rash or skin irritation or have other allergic reactions.
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How can I avoid the health threats of light crude oil?
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Wheat is one of the most widely grown crops in the world. It plays an important role in feeding a growing global population. Researchers around the world are working on the hybridization of wheat.
One important aspect when it comes to hybrid wheat is the fact that wheat is a self-pollinated species. For hybrid seed production, the male and female inbred lines are grown normally in stripes and only the female lines are harvested. To optimize seed production, a high female to male ratio is aspired. This requires the selection of an inbred male donor with a large pollen production and high viability to secure the fertilization.
Wheat Pollen Storage - It's a Challenge!
It is no secret that wheat pollen is very short-lived. Literature indicates that the survival time of pollen after shedding is usually between 30 minutes and three hours.
This presents a major challenge for plant breeders when it comes to controlling pollination in hybrid wheat breeding and production. Hybrid wheat breeding requires high viability and long pollen life, as pollen must migrate from the male to the female plant. Several attempts to establish protocols for the successful storage of wheat pollen have unfortunately been unsuccessful to date.
Just recently, a group of researchers of the Leibnitz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research has evaluated the effects of fast-drying and cooling on the storability of wheat pollen. With the aim of identifying a new practical method for longer storage of wheat pollen without loss of pollen viability .
Unfortunately, the results of the study only confirmed the fact, that long-term wheat pollen storage is still not efficient due its extreme sensitivity to the removal of water molecules and osmotic concentration.
Pollen Expert Blog on Wheat Pollen Analysis
In a previous blog article, Dr. Georg Roell highlites the important role of pollen in wheat breeding and hybrid wheat seed production.
In his article, he provides a practical overview of three different methods for wheat pollen extraction. Furthermore, he shares his experience with wheat pollen lifetime and shares his insights on how to store wheat pollen just a little longer.
A Proactive Alternative: In-Field Pollen Analysis
Based on the feedback of our customers and our own experience with wheat pollen at Amphasys, we have developed a proactive approach to measure wheat pollen directly in the field.
With the fully portable Ampha P20 Pollen Analyzer, wheat pollen can easily be measured directly in the field. Be it for the selection of male lines with high quantity and quality of pollen or to check the pollen of CMS lines in hybrid seed production.


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In CSS, you can use the prefers-color-scheme media feature (docs) to detect if the user prefers using a light or a dark theme in their operating system. This is useful to style your website in a way that better blends with the rest of the operating system and respects the user's preference.
However, it can be a pain to test since you have to go in the operating system's settings and change the theme there. This can be slow and you might not actually want to change your entire theme just to test a website.
DevTools to the rescue! With DevTools, you can emulate a different color scheme just for the inspected page. All browsers support it, but it's slightly different in each one of them.
 - In Firefox:
 1. Open the Inspector tool.
 2. In the toolbar of the Rules sidebar tab, use the light and dark color scheme buttons.
 Firefox, with DevTools open, showing the Inspector tool, with the color scheme buttons
 - In Edge or Chrome:
 1. Open the Elements tool.
 2. In the toolbar of the Styles pane, open the Toggle common rendering emulations menu (it looks like a paint brush).
 3. Choose one of the prefers-color-scheme options.
 Edge, with DevTools open, showing the Elements tool, with the emulation button and color-scheme dropdown menu
 - In Safari:
 1. Open the Elements tool.
 2. In the toolbar of the tool, click the emulation button and choose a color scheme.
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 - In Polypane:
 1. Next to the pane you want to change, click the emulation icon in the pane header.
 2. Click the Media tab.
 3. Choose a scheme in the prefers-color-scheme toggle.
 Polypane's emulation pane, with the Media tab, showing the prefers-color-scheme toggle