_USER_{NBERw15500, title = "Human Capital In China", author = "Haizheng Li and Barbara M. Fraumeni and Zhiqiang Liu and Xiaojun Wang", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "15500", year = "2009", month = "November", doi = {10.3386/w15500}, URL = "_URL_ abstract = {In this paper we estimate China's human capital stock from 1985 to 2007 based on the Jorgenson-Fraumeni lifetime income approach. An individual's human capital stock is equal to the discounted present value of all future incomes he or she can generate. In our model, human capital accumulates through formal education as well as on-the-job training. The value of human capital is assumed to be zero upon reaching the mandatory retirement ages. China's total real human capital increased from 26.98 billion yuan in 1985 (i.e., the base year) to 118.75 billion yuan in 2007, implying an average annual growth rate of 6.78%. The annual growth rate increased from 5.11% during _PHONE_ to 7.86% during _PHONE_. Per capita real human capital increased from 28,044 yuan in 1985 to 106,462 yuan in 2007, implying an average annual growth rate of 6.25%. The annual growth rate also increased from 3.9% during _PHONE_ to 7.5% during _PHONE_. Therefore, although population growth contributed significantly to the total human capital accumulation before 1994, per capita human capital growth was primary driving force after 1995. The substantial increase in educational attainment during _PHONE_ contributed significantly to the growth in total and per capita real human capital.}, }


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, also called dry orgasm is very common, if not the rule after TURP. With this condition, the semen is ejaculated into the bladder rather than out through the urethra. Retrograde ejaculation does not affect sexual pleasure, but it does impair fertility.
- Erectile dysfunction.Erectile dysfunction, the inability to achieve or maintain an erection, can occur rarely after TURP.
- Urinary incontinence. Temporary urinary incontinence is common after TURP but in rare cases some men become completely unable to hold back their urine.
- Repeat surgery. Up to 10% of people who undergo TURP need a repeat operation within 5 years. Sometimes, scarring in the prostate severe enough to cause obstruction occurs within a year of the procedure and may require transurethral incision (TUIP) or repeat resection. More often, the urethra is scarred and narrows, but usually this condition can be corrected by a simple stretching procedure performed in the doctor's office. Sometimes, this requires a small internal cut in the urethra to open it up.
Other Invasive Surgical Procedures
Transurethral Incision of the Prostate (TUIP)
In TUIP, the surgeon makes only one or two incisions in the prostate, causing the bladder neck and the prostate to spring open and reduce pressure on the urethra. TUIP is generally reserved for men with minimally enlarged prostates who have obstruction of the neck of the bladder.
TUIP is less invasive than TURP, has a lower rate of the same complications (particularly retrograde ejaculation), and usually does not require a hospital stay. More studies are still needed, however, to determine whether they are comparative in long-term effectiveness.
In simple prostatectomy, the enlarged prostate is removed through an open incision in the abdomen using standard surgical techniques. This is major surgery and requires a hospital stay of several days. Simple prostatectomy is used only for severe cases of BPH, when the prostate is severely enlarged, the bladder is damaged, there are many stones or one large stone in the bladder, or other serious problems exist. Some people need a second operation because of scarring. Side effects of simple prostatectomy can include erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence. This surgery can be performed through an incision in the lower abdomen or keyhole incisions for robot-assisted laparoscopy.
Laser technology is used for removal of prostate tissue. Laser procedures can mostly be done on an outpatient basis, and there is little risk for bleeding. The procedure involves passing a small tube with a tiny camera and the laser fiber through the urethra of the penis. The procedure is performed under spinal, epidural, or general anesthesia.
Laser procedures have a faster recovery time and less risk of incontinence than invasive surgical procedures, but their long-term effectiveness is less clear. Laser surgery may not be appropriate for men with larger prostates. The procedures use various forms of heat to destroy cells with mechanisms that range from coagulation to complete vaporization:
- Transurethral holmium laser ablation of the prostate (HoLAP) uses laser energy to target and vaporize obstructing prostate tissue. The removal of the tissue helps to restore urine flow.
- Transurethral holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is similar to HoLAP except a portion of the prostate is cut into smaller pieces and then flushed out from the bladder.
- Photoselective vaporization of the prostate (PVP) uses a potassium-titanyl-phosphate (KTP) laser ("green-light" laser) to vaporize prostate tissue. The procedure may be a better option for men taking anticoagulant ("blood thinner") medication. Improvement lasts for up to 1 year after the procedure. More studies are needed to confirm long-term efficacy.
Other Less Invasive Procedures
These minimally invasive procedures carry fewer risks for incontinence or problems with sexual function than invasive procedures, but it is unclear how effective they are in the long term.
Transurethral Microwave Thermotherapy (TUMT)
Transurethral microwave thermotherapy delivers heat using microwave pulses to destroy prostate tissue. A microwave antenna is inserted through the urethra with ultrasound used to position it accurately. The antenna is enclosed in a cooling tube to protect the lining of the urethra. Computer-generated microwaves pulse through the antenna to heat and destroy prostate tissue. When the temperature becomes too high, the computer shuts down the heat and resumes treatment when a safe level has been reached. The procedure takes 30 minutes to 2 hours, and the patient can go home immediately afterward.
Transurethral Needle Ablation (TUNA)
Transurethral needle ablation is a relatively simple and safe procedure, using needles to deliver high-frequency radio waves to heat and destroy prostate tissue.
Transurethral Electrovaporization (TUVP)
Transurethral electrovaporization uses high voltage electrical current delivered through a resectoscope to combine vaporization of prostate tissue and coagulation that seals the blood and lymph vessels around the area. Deprived of blood, the excess tissue dies and is sloughed off over time.
Water Vapor Thermal Therapy (Rezum)
In this procedure, small amounts of steam are delivered through a transurethral needle to destroy prostate tissue. The destroyed tissue is then broken down by the body over the next 6 weeks leaving a wider passage way. The procedure takes between 5 to 10 minutes. A catheter is left in place for 2 to 5 days afterwards. There is virtually no risk of retrograde ejaculation.
The UroLift system is the first permanent implant to treat men ages 50 and older with BPH. The implants are placed during a minimally invasive procedure and help to keep the lobes of the enlarged prostate gland open to improve urine flow. It appears to have less impact on sexual health than other surgical procedures.
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Cassandra Writes: A Mystery?
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Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source distributed NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, providing high availability with no single point of failure.
It is a peer to peer database where each node in the cluster constantly communicates with each other to share and receive information (node status, data ranges and so on). There is no concept of master or slave in a Cassandra cluster.Any Node can be coordinator node for each query.
In this blog, we'll take a look behind the scenes to see how Cassandra handles write queries. For Cassandra Basics and installation, you can refer to our earlier blog.
Writing in Cassandra
When a client performs a write operation against a Cassandra database, it processes data at several stages on the write path, starting with the immediate logging of a write and ending in with a write of data to disk:
 - Logging data in the commit log
 - Writing data to the memtable
 - Flushing data from the memtable
 - If a crash occurs before the MemTable got flushed to disk, the commit log is used to replay that data and to rebuild the MemTable. All data successfully written to disk during the flush operation is then removed from the commit log.
 - Storing data on disk in SSTables
 - SSTables are immutable and can not be altered/changed post data insertion.
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Cassandra Interactions on the write path
The write path describes how data modification queries initiated by clients are processed, eventually resulting in the data being stored on disk.
For nodes in the same local data center of the coordinator, the coordinator sends a write request to all replicas that own the row being written.
As long as all replica nodes are up and available, they will get the write regardless of the consistency level specified by the client. The write consistency level determines how many replica nodes must respond with a success acknowledgment in order for the write to be considered successful.
When a node writes and responds, that means it has written to the commit log and puts the mutation into a memtable.

Interactions between nodes on the write path
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If the cluster spans multiple data centers, the local coordinator node selects a remote coordinator in each of the other data centers to coordinate the write to the replicas in that data center. Each of the remote replicas responds directly to the original coordinator node.
The coordinator waits for the replicas to respond. Once a sufficient number of replicas have responded to satisfy the consistency level, the coordinator acknowledges the write to the client. If a replica doesn't respond within the timeout, it is presumed to be down, and a hint is stored for the write.

Interactions within a node on the write path
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Within a node, for a write request :
 1. First, the replica node receives the write request and immediately writes the data to
 the commit log.
 2. the replica node writes the data to a memtable
 3. If row caching is used and the row is in the cache, the row is invalidated.
 4. If the write causes either the commit log or memtable to pass their maximum thresholds, a flush is scheduled to run.
 5. Hints, if any, are saved by the coordinator nodes
Write Path Advantages
 - Writing data to Cassandra is very fast as all the writes are append-only.
 - The write path is one of Cassandra's key strengths: for each Write Request one sequential disk write plus one in-memory write occur, both of which are extremely fast.
 - During a write operation, Cassandra never reads before writing (with the exception of Counters and Materialized Views), never rewrites data, never deletes data and never performs random I/O. So, no chances of Data Corruption.

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Cassandra also performs some special tasks during/after writing the data to Cassandra. These include :
 - Compaction
 - Hinted Handoff
 - Caching

Compaction
Compaction in Apache Cassandra refers to the operation of merging multiple SSTables into a single new one.
This is done by merging rows and columns by partition key and time stamp. Only the latest version is merged into the new file. Deleted data (i.e. data marked with a tombstone) is dropped out.
After compaction, the old SSTables will be marked as obsolete. These SSTables are deleted asynchronously when JVM performs a GC, or when Cassandra restarts, whichever happens first.
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Hinted Handoff
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What if, when a write request comes to coordinator node and the actual node is down?
The coordinator stores a hint about the dead node on local system for a period of time (specified in the config file)
Whenever dead node recovers, the data is transferred to the recovered node.
One concern for hinted handoff is that a lot of hints may be created for a node which goes offline for quite some time. And once the node is back, it is going to be flooded by the hints. It is possible to disable hinted handoff or reduce the priority of hinted handoff messages to avoid this issue.

Caching
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Cassandra includes integrated caching and distributes cache data around the cluster for you. The integrated cache solves the cold start problem by virtue of saving your cache to disk periodically and being able to read contents back in when it restarts. So you never have to start with a cold cache.
Basically, Cassandra provides with 2 major types of caching :
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With proper tuning, hit rates of 85% or better are possible with Cassandra, and each hit on a key cache can save one disk seek per SSTable. Row caching, when feasible, can save the system from performing any disk seeks at all when fetching a cached row. Then, whenever growth in the read load begins to impact your hit rates, you can add capacity to quickly restore optimal levels of caching.
Thus, most high-profile Cassandra users like Netflix make heavy use of Cassandra's key and row caches.

To Know more about how Cassandra handles its write operations, you can refer to the Cassandra Official Documentation.
In this blog, we basically tried to cover how Cassandra handles its write queries and how internally it tries to archive high throughput rates for write operations.
I hope you enjoyed reading this article. 🙂
We will also be discussing about the Reading part in the next blog. So Stay tuned to know more about Apache Cassandra.
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text: Pottery & Porcelain Marks – Arrows: Arrows have been used as marks since the early 19th century, about 1828, and are still used today. Earliest marks are a line with an upside-down v-shaped symbol on top. Later marks have two arrows, usually crossed, with a few lines jutting outward on each side at the bottom. These marks appear most often on earthenware, but they also appear on art pottery and stoneware. Harker Pottery Co. is one of the main producers of 20th century American pottery with arrow marks.

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Minytrema Melanops
Smaller River, Swamp
1 - 1 pounds
12" - 20"
Spotted Sucker Game Fish Quality Decent
Spotted Sucker Meal Quality Poor
Spotted Sucker Fly Fishing Quality Very Good
Spotted Sucker
Spotted Sucker
Also Known As: corncob sucker, striped sucker, black sucker, winter sucker, speckled sucker.
Spotted Sucker (Minytrema melanops) Fish Description
The Spotted sucker fish, is also known as the corncob sucker, striped sucker, black sucker, winter sucker, and the speckled sucker.
Spotted suckers can be distinguished from other suckers by a brown-black spot appearing on the base of each scale, giving the impression of several rows being running lengthwise of small dark spots along the sides of its entire body. They have 11-12 soft rays on their dorsal fins, which are slightly concave, and edged black along its free margin. Spotted suckers have 43 or more lateral scales present, and have a poorly developed or no lateral line present. Smaller Spotted suckers have a light tan backside and a dark olive green color when turning into adults. Their venters are usually colored white to cream.
Diet and Size
Spotted suckers primarily predominantly consume organic fragments, and small crustaceans, and other benthic invertebrates, but considered to take only a small portion in their diets.
Spotted suckers can grow at a maximum length of about 19 inches, but on average seen to be around 12 to 18 in. in length. The maximum recorded weight for a Spotted sucker is about 2.6 lbs.
Interesting Facts about Spotted Sucker
 - Spotted suckers are very sensitive to water pollution. Therefore if there's a presence of spotted suckers in a particular stream, it would stand to be a great indicator of the quality of the water.
 - But because of their highly sensitive nature to poor water quality and high turbidity, these species have been wiped out from some Florida streams.
 - These fish have no teeth in their mouths but in their pharynx. This is why they rely on sucking their prey into their mouths to eat.
 - By the age of 3, they have reached sexual maturity and can participate in spawning activity that occurs from late March to early May. They spawn on shallow riffles over rubble or gravel in moderate current.
 - It is quite a common occurrence for several males to court a single female, and this is needed for successful spawning, as females spawn repeatedly. Then finally the semi-adhesive eggs are cast at random and hatch within a 7 to 12 day period.
Fishing Techniques
You may find different types of sucker fish in varying water types, such as lakes, ponds, rivers and streams. Finding cool and clean water would be best when fishing for Spotted sucker fish, especially during springtime, because that is when suckers would migrate upstream to spawn and they tend to be active feeders during their travel.
When angling for the Spotted sucker, you need not anything fancy. A fish tackle on the lighter side would do the trick. Try using a light to medium spinning tackle with a 6 lb. test monofilament line, and use enough weight to keep the rig near the bottom where the Spotted sucker fish feed. Or, as another option, you could try using a ⅛ oz. jig head as an alternative to the plain hook, then adds a slip float or a bobber a few feet above it, just be sure to adjust the distance and keep the bait at the bottom. By using this trick, it would keep your bait moving to make it more attractive to sucker fish when they're feeding in quite shallow waters.
When choosing a bait for the Spotted sucker fish, nightcrawlers are often the common pick as they're the best fit to do its job. You can break them into halves or even thirds to make the bait last a little longer. Other baits you can use, such as red worms, leeches, small crayfish, and minnows. While using live bait is a usual tactic for fishing for Spotted sucker, you can also try fly fishing for them. Some anglers reap success by using wet flies in patterns such as nymph and scud, along with other flies that imitate worms and fish eggs.
Habitat and Distribution
Spotted sucker fish are often observed in varying habitats, such as reservoirs, swamps, springs, small and large streams and rivers. They are best in clean waters with a firm substrate.
They range in wide distribution as they can be found throughout the central and southeastern United States and reach up to southern Canada. They have remained to be a stable population and are still considered to be a relatively common species in the United States, but have declining numbers in places such as Ohio and Kansas.


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Beginning to Understand Every Child Matters
In the chapter 'Beginning to Understand Every Child Matters', Richard Barker looks at the background to the Every Child Matters agenda, and the range of initiatives and developments that are contained within it and relate to it. Key developments are introduced and described to set the overall context for subsequent chapters.
Topics covered include the background to Every Child Matters, the integrated qualifications framework, the Common Assessment Framework (CAF) and Lead Professionals, Children's Trusts, the role of Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs), the NSF for Children, and the National Children's Plan.
The chapter is a useful short yet detailed overview for professionals and students in education or training who are wanting information about the development and main features of ECM and children's services


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Dialogue in a Rapidly Changing World: Practitioner Assessments of the Potency of Intercultural Dialogue for Improving Social Cohesion
AbstractIn 2008, the Council of Europe Ministers of Foreign Affairs set out a new framework for approaching ethno-religious diversity within member states. As a direct response to expressed concerns about the failure of multiculturalism, or at least of multicultural policies, Intercultural Dialogue was promoted as a better way of connecting communities. However, critics claim it is unclear how the approach differs from previous integration frameworks; furthermore, they argue that ICD contributes towards unequal platforms for exchange between minorities and the majority group and can reinforce exclusion. This paper examines such concerns by exploring practitioners' understanding of the concept. Structured interviews were conducted with 52 delegates at the World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue held in Baku in 2015 These distinctive findings demonstrate that participants frequently discussed ICD interchangeably with other concepts and frameworks, most commonly multiculturalism and inter-faith dialogue, supporting claims that it has been difficult to define, even among practitioners attending a global summit on the topic. In addition, delegates from outside of Europe were more likely to highlight issues related to power imbalance when engaging with dialogue processes. The paper provides an important addition to empirically informed literature on both the conceptualisation and utility of ICD as a framework for engaging with diverse societies.
|REFLECTION: Promoting and Advancing Multicultural Dialogues in Education|
|Faith, Peace Building, and Intra-Community Dialogue in South Yorkshire, UK|


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The metrics message producer shown in Figure 3–3 receives information from the metrics generator at regular intervals and writes the information into messages, which it then sends to one of a number of metric topic destinations, depending on the type of metric information contained in the message.
Message Queue clients subscribed to these metric topic destinations can consume the messages and process the metric data contained in the messages. This allows developers to create custom monitoring tools to support messaging applications. For details of the metric quantities reported in each type of metrics message, see Chapter 20, Metrics Information Reference, in Sun Java System Message Queue 4.3 Administration Guide. For information about how to configure the production of metrics messages, see Chapter 4, Using the Metrics Monitoring API, in Sun Java System Message Queue 4.3 Developer's Guide for Java Clients and Using the Message-Based Monitoring API in Sun Java System Message Queue 4.3 Administration Guide.


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Background: Bietti crystalline corneoretinal dystrophy (BCD) is an autosomal recessive retinal dystrophy which is caused by the mutations of CYP4V2.Here we identified new CYP4V2compound heterozygous mutations in BCD.
Methods:381 pathogenic genes related to retinal diseases were screened by targeted sequence capture array techniques and confirmed by Sanger sequencing.
Results:Two female siblings with BCD carry two compound heterozygous mutations in CYP4V2. One was missense mutation c.1198C>T (p.R400C) and the other was frameshift mutation c.802-8_810delinsGC (p.V268_E329del).Optical coherence tomography (OCT) showed that the ellipsoid zone was absent in the macular regions and electroretinogram (ERG) revealed poor cone and rod responses.
Conclusions:Newcompound heterozygous mutations in CYP4V2 are related to the BCD.Our study expands our knowledge of heterogenic phenotypes and genotypes through genetic diagnosis of the BCD patients.

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Medical Humanities Sheffield is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to apply for three PhD studentships in a linked network studying the impacts of disease on personal identity, and the roles of shame and stigma. Concepts of shame and stigma have shaped our responses to disease throughout history, whether the diseases themselves are associated with stigma (for example, leprosy), or the consequences of disease-related behaviours which cause shame (addiction). These personal responses have profound impact on the ability of subjects to access treatment and engage with therapies with confidence.
Many diseases with psychological components are associated with complex sensations of stigma and shame that are rarely vocalized, poorly understood, and which change over time and with culture and context. The meanings of diseases as constructed through the interaction of medicine, the law, and societal assumptions requires a new, multidisciplinary vision to identify, dissect and explore their historical, cultural, emotional and clinical perspectives. Medical Humanities Sheffield was created specifically to enable these translational networks, and we propose what we believe to be the first interdisciplinary network worldwide to use multiple diseases and interdisciplinary techniques to inform and understand this critical pathway.
The network will establish the contemporary intersections and tensions between medical knowledge and practice, popular conceptions and attitudes, and the emotional state of patients. It involves placing these current scenarios and situations in meaningful historical and cultural perspective and linking the studentships together in a network makes for an in-built comparative dimension to the project.


The Impact of Stress on Fertility
How To Increase Male Fertility
The Impact of Stress on Fertility
How does chronic stress affect your fertility? Read on to learn more.
Stress, which can occur for numerous reasons, can negatively impact infertility. Stress causes the body to produce high levels of cortisol which can negatively impact sperm quality. Scientists have published data showing that acute stress, stress pertaining to a specific stressful event, can inhibit testicular function. Research has shown that men who experience two or more stressful events in a year displayed a decreased percentage of sperm motility and an increased percentage of abnormal sperm. Stress can also occur because of everything from job stress to relationships to fertility concerns. Another study concluded that occupational stress could lead to reduced testosterone production.
Stress is pretty much impossible to completely avoid, so it is necessary to find methods to manage it. Although this is especially true if you have a highly stressful job or have been diagnosed with a fertility problem, stress management can be beneficial regardless. The effects of stress are not limited to fertility but can affect other aspects of physical health and mental health.
A few methods to manage stress include exercise, yoga, walking, or meeting with a therapist. Exercise releases endorphins that heal sore muscles and improve your mood, combating the effects of stress. Yoga similarly encourages people to clear their mind, improving your mood and helping you take a break from what is causing you stress. Exercise as little as walking outside can have a therapeutic effect on mental health, reducing stress. Lastly, meeting with a therapist can help if you are struggling with stress management. Many stress-inducing circumstances can be challenging to overcome, and a therapist can often help you find a method to do so.
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This CLE webinar will review nursing home litigation defense strategies to counter the plaintiff's theories for frequently alleged injuries, such as pressure sores, falls, malnourishment, medication errors, neglect, or infection. The program will help counsel anticipate and curb plaintiffs' discovery and deposition strategies, mount defenses to liability, and navigate around the plaintiff's attacks on unavoidability, comorbidities, third-party fault, and failure to thrive. The program will also address when and how to invoke the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness (PREP) Act.
Litigation is inevitable for almost all long-term care facilities. Defense counsel must anticipate plaintiff strategies that often revolve around nursing homes and medical professionals' noncompliance with complex and elaborate regulations, internal procedures, or best practices.
Defense counsel must prepare to address broad discovery requests and scores of deposition notices as plaintiffs seek gaps or inconsistencies in medical records, care plans, and nurses' notes. A facility's best defense may be a strong documentary record.
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Beijing is observing Earth Hour 2021 by powering off the Olympic Bird's Nest Stadium.
It has since spread to more than 7,000 cities, with the world's best-known landmarks keeping their lights off for one hour on this day every year.
Earth Hour is an annual international event hosted by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on the last Saturday of March. Its goal is to encourage the world's population to take care of nature and its resources. During the event, its participants - individuals, organisations, municipal and commercial institutions - for one hour (from 20:30 to 21:30 local time) turn off the lights in residential buildings, as well as the illumination of famous city buildings and monuments (the event does not apply to street lighting, aeronautical lights, or traffic lights).
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In FTB, when right-clicking on a person and selecting "relation" to open the relationship calculator, the result is in text. For example :
A is the daughter of B
B is the sister of C
C is the husband of D
D is the brother of E
E is the father of F
and so on. While this is useful in some ways, it is not easy to see whether A and F are what I would call "close" or "distant" relatives - whether they are actually blood relatives or related by marriage. I would really appreciate an option to show the relationship graphically. Names would not be important (though some users might prefer them), so something like dots joined by lines, where a single dotted horizontal line is a marriage, a solid horizontal line a sibling, and vertical lines show descendents/amcestors. The above would look sonething like (forgive the poor representation, as I am limited to typed characters):
I inserted the letters for clarity, but all I am asking for are dots to represent the people. maybe pink and blue to indicate sex. Looking at this digram, I can see MUCH quicker that A's parent's sibling's spouse's sibling's child is F, than I could in the text format. I can also quickly see that A and F are related by marriage, not blood.
Given that your program has already calulated the information in text, converting it to the diagram should be easily programmed.
You could widen the realtionship calculator window and add the diagram to one side of the text/memo box.
What it is doing is that it is disallowing any query to be posted on the site. It just displays a loading message and nothing happens...
Your older method of contacting customer support was functional and response was also good.
I wanted to find out how to nest a photo album into another album. For example, I make a grandparent album, under it make parent albums and under them albums forall the children. Automatically all photos would get loadedin thecorrect place.
I am unable to find out how to nest an album within another. Something akin to a tree structured directory/folders
Please guide me how to do it,
And in case the faciliy is not there, please buildit in.
Not just occupations - there are a whole lot of database fiields that do not appear merge when smart-matched, in fact, it seems that most do not. Surely, when merging, ALL fields in the match should be available for comparison and copy?
I note that your website for FTB still advertises smart match technology, even though this no longer works properly in version 8.0. I have just downloaded build 8225, and clicking on the green circle on a person's tab gets me a statement that there are "35 smart matches" for a person I recently added to my tree, but none of the matches show up, even after clicking "update now". However clicking on some people, that I have previously confirmed matches for, sometimes does show the matches. FTB has a bug!
There are instances where you see the Smart Match indicator but when you go to check the matches there are none.
The reason is due to a lag in processing Smart Matches.
When you type the information into your tree, we check to see if there are matches "ad-hoc" or "on the fly".
If there is a match, the green icon appears to indicate we've found a preliminary match.
The actual matches usually take a few days to be processed, so if you go to check your matches right away you won't see any, but ideally you should get matches within 2-3 days, and with large trees 1000 persons, it may take 4-5 days.
No, it has not helped. You miss the point. I click on the green indicator, and go to the smart match page. I get a message at the top of the window saying "Retrieving smart matches for <whoever>". A few seconds later I get "There are <xx> Smart Matches for <whoever>" but THEY DO NOT DISPLAY in the bottom of the window. Pressing the "Update Now" button just repeats the whole process, but they still do not display.
I have attached a pdf with a screen shot showing what I mean. On the attached file shot, there was a "Show the additional 7 Smart Matches" option, and when I clicked that, then the 7 additional matches appeared, but not the other 9. However, that option does not appear with many of the smart match pages - for example, I have an ancestor with 35 matches, but none show, and there are no options to select (ncluding no "Change Smart Match options").
I have looked through the options, and do not find one for not showing previously confirmed options - that may be the cause - is there one? But I don't think that is the problem, as one of the 7 additional matches in the example has been previously confirmed.
From your reply, are you saying that we have to click on the green icon, and then wait a few days for the matches to come through? The ones I am complaining about are people I have had on the tree for a couple of years, and have previously seen smart matches for (using version 7 of FTB, not version 8) but I did not work through all of them.
Thank you for your detailed reply and the Pdf you kindly provided.
I have now pushed your family tree closer to the front of the generation queue and I would like for you to now go back and click on the update button and let me know if this has helped resolve the issue for you.
Thank you for your reply and I am happy to hear that you are back on track.
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Suggest that you update Scottish records eg. Census - there are records after 1861. Please make it clear before people sign up that your Scottish records are limited and when a search is made for Scottish genealogy sites your name pops up. Misleading
I would like to see the Apps page of your main site modified with a user choice of downloading either Version 7 or Version 8 of Family Tree Builder. This option would be a life saver for many of those who have reported and complined about failures, loss of function, and loss of data. The injured could recover function with backup files, while the bloodied but unbowed could bravely soldier on.
Personally I have not seen any geolocation or location matching functionality in MyHeritage. From the sounds of what you guys are saying it seems like you have it? Odd!
If I create a "family book" via the chart generator, the same place will be listed 100 times in the appendix with slightly different formatting (abbreviations, postcodes being added, more or less specific version of the same place name, different language variants of the same place name, typos, etc...).
I was actually going to suggest they add something to sort all of this out.
I intend to go through 2000 records and reformat the place names manually.... *sigh*
I do support suggestion of Graeme. Current data set let to register places of living, birth and death of currently available countries. However historical countries (and flags) shall be available as well.
Possible solution is to give access for the users to edit country list.
Alternative solution is to keep curruent country set as master country list and let the users to create own custom country list.
Names of places should be as they were at the time of the record that the event decribes, thus they will correspond with the original, as part of the data set of that place should be it's geolocation (Latitude & Longitude) and a date range that it was callled that name
In version 5.x we had a very great treeview (next to the list). Since version 6 or so its no longer there.. why leave out this practical navigation method? I'm still working with version 5.. waiting untill it returns..
Excellent question. In version 8, there are a number of additional things left out, for example the tree consistency checker, Translation wizard , GEDCOM merge, ToDo task list, and all 'save' functions (especially "save as"). It is a pity that MH does not think it necessary to warn its customers when they bring out a new version that does not do as much as the replaced version. I upgraded without even thinking that I would lose some very important functionality. What programming company EVER does that? I regret having upgraded, as version 7 no longer seems available.


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Stability of toroidicity induced drift waves in divertor tokamaks
The stability of toroidicity induced drift waves in a tokamak equilibrium with magnetic separatrix is studied both analytically and numerically. In particular, the task of a proper determination of the complex ballooning parameter Ú(0) is performed by solving the stationarity condition for the eigenvalue. Results show qualitative dependence on the location of the x-point in the meridian plane. Specifically, locating the x-point in the equatorial plane, both on the outside and on the inside of the plasma, causes a deepening of the well structure in the potential for the eigenmode, so enforcing the inhibition of the shear damping and the marginal stability result obtained in the circular magnetic surfaces case. On the other hand, the location of the x-point at the top of the plasma produces a flattening of the well and restores the shear damping, yielding stabilisation of the mode. A new quasi-marginally stable branch, corresponding to modes localised around the x-point, is shown to exist at high values of the separatrix parameter k and x-point location close to the equatorial plane.
Bibliographic Reference: Report: RT/FUS/88/16 EN (1988)
Availability: Available from Servizio Studi e Documentazione, ENEA, Centro Ricerche Energia Frascati, C.P. 65-00044 Frascati, Roma (IT)
Record Number: 198911010 / Last updated on: 1994-12-01
Original language: en
Available languages: en


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Effect of Leaf Clipping on Yield Attributes of Modern and Local Rice Varieties
Keywords:Leaf clipping, rice variety, yield attributes
Impact of five different types of leaf clipping on the yield attributes of modern (Binadhan-8) and local (Terebaile) rice variety was evaluated on pot experiments following a completely randomized design (CRD) with three replications. Leaves were cut according to the treatment. Data were collected on panicle length (cm), filled grain panicle-1, unfilled grain panicle-1, thousand grain weight (g), grain weight panicle-1 (g). In Binadhan-8, flag leaf alone or flag leaf with 2nd leaf and 2nd and 3rd leaves cutting showed profound reduction in grain number panicle-1 (35.14, 62.62, and 51.83%, respectively) and grain weight panicle-1 (29.18, 58.37 and 48.93%, respectively) while, cutting of 2nd leaf and 3rd leaf alone exert no significant impact compared to control. Number of unfilled grain increased with higher intensity of leaf cutting. In Terebaile, only flag leaf cut showed non-significant impact on grain number panicle-1 and grain weight panicle-1. Profound impact was observed by cutting flag leaf with 2nd leaf (55.47 and 48.98%, respectively) and flag leaf with 2nd and 3rd leaf (58.96 and 63.13%, respectively). Leaf clipping had non-significant effect on thousand grain weight of modern variety Binadhan-8 while, it had significant effect in Terebaile
Bangladesh Rice j. 2017, 21(1): 101-104
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Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/CAE
Warning: Except when used with truss or beam elements, ABAQUS/Standard does not form an exact material stiffness for this option. Therefore, the convergence can sometimes be slow.
The no compression and no tension elasticity models:
are used to modify the linear elasticity of the material so that compressive stress or tensile stress cannot be generated; and
can be used only in conjunction with an elasticity definition.
The modified elastic behavior is obtained by first solving for the principal stresses assuming linear elasticity and then setting the appropriate principal stress values to zero. The associated stiffness matrix components will also be set to zero. These models are not history dependent: the directions in which the principal stresses are set to zero are recalculated at every iteration.
Property module: material editor: MechanicalElasticityElastic: No compression or No tension
The no compression effect for a one-dimensional stress case such as a truss or a layer of a beam in a plane is illustrated in Figure 17.2.21. No compression and no tension definitions modify only the elastic response of the material. The overall behavior in a one-dimensional no compression elasticity model where the member is pulled, pushed, and then pulled again is as indicated in Figure 17.2.22.
Using no compression or no tension elasticity can make a model unstable: convergence difficulties may occur. Sometimes these difficulties can be overcome by overlaying each element that uses the no compression (or no tension) model with another element that uses a small value of Young's modulus (small in comparison with the Young's modulus of the element using modified elasticity). This technique creates a small "artificial" stiffness, which can stabilize the model.
No compression and no tension definitions can be used only in conjunction with an elasticity definition. The models can be used when the material behavior includes plasticity. See Combining material behaviors, Section 16.1.3, for more details.


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Shakespeare Globe will be running a series of innovative lectures, readings, plays, courses, exhibitions and seminars on the subject of Shakespeare and Islam. Patrick Spottiswoode, Director of Globe Education, shares with us his hopes and aspirations for this season's events.
Globe Education is the education arm of the reconstructed Globe Theatre on Bankside in Southwark. We aim to introduce people of all ages to the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries and to explore how the theatre architecture of the Globe influenced the writing of plays and the relationship between actors and audiences. The Globe is an outdoor theatre in the round. Actors walking onto the Globe stage can see over 1,400 people gathering around them, standing and sitting. This creates a charged atmosphere and a sense of a shared community in the theatre.
Globe Education works with about 70,000 people every year in a range of workshops and courses as well as with lectures and staged readings. Every spring and autumn we choose themes for a series of public events and this year our theme is Shakespeare and Islam.
The idea for a season on Shakespeare and Islam may seem at first surprising. We have chosen a variety of themes over the years including 'Shakespeare and Spain' and 'Shakespeare and the Lawyers' but one of my favourites was 'Shakespeare and Shoes'.
The original idea for Shakespeare and Islam was to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's Othello. Othello is a Moor living in Venetian, and therefore a Catholic, society. While Shakespeare does not allude to his faith, it is probable that he was born a Muslim but had to convert to Catholicism. He is then sent to fight the Ottoman Empire. The villain of the play who ends up destroying him is called Iago. Sant Iago is the patron saint of Catholic Spain. Sant Iago is said to have appeared in a vision to the Spanish army on the eve of a battle against an army of Moors. He has thus become known as Sant Iago Matamoros (St James the Moorslayer). Shakespeare's Iago is far from saintly.
It was a conversation with His Excellency the Moroccan Ambassador that encouraged us to explore England's relationship not only with Morocco but also with other Islamic lands at the time of Shakespeare. The Ambassador believes that Othello would have been a Moroccan. Queen Elizabeth Ist was involved in treaty negotiations with Morocco to combine forces against the Spanish. Both Elizabeth and the Moroccan sultan Al-Mansour, died in 1603.
However it is important for us not to 'live in the past'. Theatre is about 'now' and we felt it was important to explore current attitudes to and understanding of Islam in Britain. I therefore met with representatives of the MCB to discuss ways in which the season might build bridges and understanding. I was moved by the nature of the response and have always only met with a positive desire to help.
I am particularly indebted to Dr Bari who introduced me to other members of MCB, all of whom have offered support. Dr Akbar and Dr Sherif have made invaluable recommendations and I had the good fortune to meet Dr Ali of the Khayaal Theatre Company. Most recently I have met with Dr Murshad, Head of the Hermitage School in Tower Hamlets and we will be working on a project with his students. Everyone is offering advice and guidance. I very much need that advice and guidance!
Together we will plan an exciting autumn programme that will build on the spring season. The Association of Muslim Schools has expressed interest, too. This would be a wonderful organisation to work with.
This spring Shakespeare and Islam will explore the complex web of diplomatic, trade and cultural negotiations between England and Islamic lands and include staged readings of some plays by Shakespeare's contemporaries in which Moors and Turks are presented.
Lectures from distinguished scholars will provide a variety of insights and perspectives. Professor Matar will lecture on the Elizabethan Stage Moor while Professor Haleem will give an introduction to The Qur'an and its aural beauty as well as an overview of Shakespeare in Arabic.
Children from Southwark schools will be presenting Othello on the Globe stage and some will be visiting the East London Mosque and St George's Cathedral as part of their research. Primary schools from Tower Hamlets and Westminster will be working on handkerchief designs following a visit to the Art from Islamic Lands exhibition at Somerset House. A handkerchief spotted with strawberries was the gift Othello gave to his wife Desdemona. Children will design their own love token handkerchiefs and some will be embroidered professionally. A web resource on Ottoman handkerchiefs and Othello will be created.
It is difficult to appreciate the soul of a play sitting at a desk in a classroom. School Shakespeare is often difficult especially if you know you are going to be tested on the play. You are encouraged to take your heads into an exam room and not your hearts. Faced with an exam question you often scratch your head while Shakespeare asks you to scratch your heart.
The best place to meet Shakespeare is in a theatre but then not all productions scratch the heart either. The most important thing, I think, is to consider Shakespeare as modern and writing about modern situations. I know his language can be difficult, especially if it is not heard or spoken, but workshops on plays can help to overcome some difficulties and help get Shakespeare into your bloodstream.
I believe that the relationships that Globe Education is developing with the MCB and with various Muslim organisations will continue to develop once the Shakespeare and Islam seasons end. Judging by the conversations I have been having thus far, longer-term projects will follow.
Director of Globe Education
*This is an abridged version of the original interview with Patrick Spottiswoode. To read the complete version please see External links (to the top right of this page).


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Go to Set Theory Part II. Linear Sets (Serial Theory)
Abdo. see pitch number
div, or directed-interval vector, also interval string. The distance between successive (ordered) pcs cycling to an octave. A prime div is the div of a prime form.
Forte Prime. A generalized version of a set that includes its inversion.
Index number. The transposition number, in semitones, above a reference pc. P5 would be a transposition up 5 semitones from P0.
Interval. The distance between two pitches. In set theory intervals are measured by the number of semitones. Thus, CE is not a major third (M3) but 4 semitones, or simply 4. A minor sixth would be 8.
Interval class (ic). The distance between two pitch classes, measured by the shortest distance. C to G may be the interval of 7, but its interval class is 5. Thus, the largest ic is the tritone (6).
Interval String. see div
Modulo 12 (mod12). An arithmetic system nearly identical to that of a clock, where 13=1, 14=2 etc. However, in modulo 12 the number 12=0. If we want to know what 2 hours past 11 is (11+2), we say it is one o'clock (1). Thus, in mod12, 11+2=1, and there is no number greater than 11.
Normal form or normal order. A cyclic permutation of a pc set arranged in ascending order as compactly as possible with respect to the first pc. Each pc is represented by a pitch number in the absolute-do system. The normal order of an F major chord would be 590.
Pitch class (pc). All pitches with the same name plus their enharmonic equivalents; e.g. all C#s make up a single pitch class. But, Db and Bx are also in the same class.
Pitch number (pin). Each pc can be represented by a number from 0 to 11 in the twelve-tone system.
The first row of numbers in this table indicates the decimal notation for each pc. The last row shows the same pcs in hexadecimal (base 16) notation. The table shows abdo (absolute-do) notation, where C is always zero (0). In the reldo (relative-do) notation, any pc may be set to zero, usually the first of an arbitrary rotation. Thus, FAC is represented as 590 in abdo, but as 047 in reldo.
pcs or pitch-class set. A group of pitch classes.
Protoprime. The prime form of a set without including its inversion.
Reldo. see Pitch number
Unordered set, (or nonlinear set). A set whose temporal order is irrelevant, as in chords.
The first and most important way that a pc set is identified is by its protoprime, or simply prime. However, sometimes the normal form, or normal order, is used. The normal order may be considered as a step on the way to the prime. So, we'll start by figuring it. As in the above glossary, the normal order is a cyclic permutation of a pc set arranged in ascending order as compactly as possible with respect to the first pc. Each pc is represented by a pitch number in the absolute-do system. Thus, the normal order of an F major chord would be 590. Here are the quickest steps for finding the normal form and then the prime:
1. Eliminate any duplicate pcs. For example, D# C G# F# A C G#, eliminate the duplicate G# and C. Thus, this pc set is initially labeled 30869, with the pitch duplications eliminated.
2. Place the numbers in ascending order, 03689.
3. Figure the intervals between consecutive pairs of pitch numbers, cycling back to the initial pc. 3-0=3, 6-3=3, 8-6=2, 9-8=1, 0-9=3. Thus, the intervals are 33213. This is called the directed-interval vector, or div.
pins= 0 3 6 8 9
div= 3 3 2 1 3
4. Find the index number by locating the largest interval number. In this case, the largest interval number is 3, but there are three of them. When there are more than one of the largest number, choose the one with the smallest number following it (cyclically). This would be the second 3 in the above example. The pin (pitch number) following this is the index number. In our example the index pin is 6. (If the "smallest" number occurs more than once following a tie, then the next number should be considered using the same criteria, etc.)
5. Arrange the pins ascending from the index number: 68903. This is the normal form. The normal form has very little use and can be discarded.
6. The prime is figured from the normal form by setting the first pin to zero by transposition. This is done in our example by subtracting 6. Subtract the same number from all the pins. [6-6=0, 8-6=2, 9-6=3, 0-6=6, 3-6=9]. The result is 02369. This is the prime, which may be simplified to 2369, omitting the superfluous leading zero.
A more elegant (simpler) way to get the prime is to use the div, or interval string. In our example this is 33213. The largest interval followed by the smallest is the second 3. This points to the next interval as the starting interval for the prime. Therefore, cycling the intervals, we get 21333. The digits should always sum to 12 to complete an octave. If we build a set class from this we get 02369. To get the Inversion (I), reverse the div: 33312. Then find the inversion's prime div by the same method: 12333. Building a set class from this we get: I=01369.
6. The Forte prime may or may not differ from the protoprime. To get the Forte Prime (after Allen Forte), compare the prime with its inversion. The one which is most compacted toward zero is the Forte Prime. In this case, compare P=02369 with I=01369. The latter is most compacted (smallest interval) near zero. So, the Forte Prime is 01369. Remember that Forte Primes do not discriminate between major and minor.
NOTICE: This is all that is required to identify the set class (The set class is the protoprime). The following are additional steps for computing the inversion and the Forte Prime.
To find the Forte Prime;
The Forte Primes can be computed in real time on the Internet at Paul Nelson's Tools.
Primes from the Keyboard
The keyboard of a piano, organ, or other electronic keyboard, can be used to simplify the determination of the prime. For example, a dominant seventh chord, e.g., a C7, can be imagined or played on a keyboard in four possible configurations or positions.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
These are the cyclical rotations of this set, commonly known as root, first, second, and third inversions. From these, choose the most compact form under the hand, i.e., number 2, which encompasses the smallest inverval of a minor sixth or 8 semitones. Using this form, set the first pc to zero, i.e., using reldo, and figure the intervals in semitones above it; i.e., 0368. This is the prime. This method can be used for any set. If two or more forms compete with the smallest span, choose the one with the smallest interval from the bass to the next note above.
Interval String Notation
The most elegant way to represent a set class is with Interval String Notation (ISN), first documented by Ernst-Lecher Bacon in The Monist, 27:1, October 1917, under the title "Our Musical Idiom". In this system a pc set is represented by a series of intervals (in semitones) that fills an octave. Thus, the minor 7th chord, 037, becomes 345 in ISN, the intervals between the pcs with one more to complete the octave. On close scrutiny it will be ascertained that a set class is really a directed-interval vector, or div, rather than a pitch-class set. A new catalog of sets may be constructed with this notation in which set identity is very elegant and economical, without the need for set names; e.g., C7 chord, 0368 ( 4-27B), becomes 3324. The half-diminished seventh (0258 or 4-27) becomes simply 2334. In ISN, the difference between major (435) and minor (345) chords are clearly nonequivalent, just as are the dominant seventh and half-diminished seventh. The intervals in ISN should always add up to 12.
Allen Forte's "prime forms" are actually combined pairs of protoprimes (or simply, primes) that are not perceived or conceived as such in our music. As a simple example, 047, the major chord, does not appear in Forte's table, but


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This chapter focuses on Gokhale's speech during the budget debate of the Imperial Council on 26 March 1902. Gokhale pointed out how, in the preceding sixteen years, the income tax, the salt tax, the excise duty, and the cotton duties had gone up; even the collections of land revenue had registered an upward trend at a time when drought and famine afflicted large parts of the country. He called for a relief in tax burdens, for a cut in the salt duty, and an increase in the taxable minimum for income tax to Rs 1,000 a year. The speech had an electrifying effect upon the Indian intelligentsia. Congratulatory letters poured in from his friends and admirers. Thoughtful Europeans, not blinkered by racial prejudice, were quick to perceive the talents of the youngest member of the Council.
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St. Nikita Monastery in Village Banjani (Манастир Св. Никита, с. Бањани) is located on Skopska Crna Gora near the village Banjani.
The monastery was built in the first decades of the XIVth century with help of the medieval Serb king Milutin (_PHONE_). Also at that time, a chapel in honour of St. John the Baptist (Св. Јован Крстител) has been built on the south side of the church. This chapel was ruined somewhere in the XVI/XVII centurie.
The monastery is built of carved stones, bricks and mortar. It has a cruciform shape in a rectangular space with a dome. The fresco painting inside the monastery is in very good condition. The fresco paintings date back since 1324 and it was painted by the painters Mihail and Evtihij.
The fresco paintings of the monastery St. Nikita Monastery in Village Banjani, due to its rich iconographic repertoire and high artistic value, are considered masterpiece in the medieval art in Macedonia.
Fresco: Expulsion of the merchants from the temple in church St. Nikita, Banjani


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Finding a suitable apartment and successfully securing it can be an exciting yet time-consuming process. One important aspect of this process is the approval of your rental application by the landlord or property management company. The time it takes to get approved for an apartment can vary depending on several factors. Let's take a closer look at these factors to understand how long the approval process may take.
1. Completing the Application: The first step towards getting approved for an apartment is filling out the rental application accurately and thoroughly. This includes providing personal information, rental history, employment details, and references. The time it takes to complete the application can vary depending on how organized and prepared you are. It is advisable to have all the necessary information and documents ready in advance to expedite the process.
2. Background and Credit Check: After submitting your application, the landlord or property management company will typically conduct a background and credit check. This step is crucial for them to assess your financial stability and ensure you have a clean criminal record. Background and credit checks can take anywhere from a few hours to a few days, depending on the efficiency of the screening process.
3. Verifying References and Employment: Landlords often contact references and employers provided in the application to verify the information provided. This may involve reaching out to previous landlords, supervisors, or colleagues to gather insights about your character, punctuality, and ability to pay rent on time. The time it takes to complete this step largely depends on the responsiveness of your references and employers.
4. Waiting for Approval: Once all the necessary checks and verifications have been completed, the landlord or property management company will review your application in its entirety. They will consider factors such as your credit history, income, rental history, and references to make an informed decision. The duration of this review process can vary depending on the volume of applications received and the diligence of the landlord.
5. Negotiating Lease Terms: After approval, you may need to negotiate lease terms with the landlord. This can involve discussing rent, security deposit, lease duration, and any additional clauses. The negotiation process can take a few days or longer, depending on the landlord's availability and willingness to accommodate your requests.
In conclusion, the time it takes to get approved for an apartment can range from a few days to a few weeks. To expedite the process, it is essential to be proactive, organized, and responsive. Being prepared with all necessary documents, having good references, and a stable financial history can increase your chances of a quick approval. Keep in mind that each landlord or property management company may have their own unique timeline and procedures, so it is always a good idea to inquire about their specific process upfront.


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This is a coloring book that will introduce you to all the basic arithmetic facts using The Human Calculator Matrix.
- You will need 10 colored pencils for the exercises. Suggested colors are black, red, blue, pink, green, orange, violet, yellow, brown, and gray.
Discover all the patterns that will make you feel like a mathlete and a human calculator. The Turn on The Human Calculator in You Answer Guide is available at the link on this page.
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In this provocative and accessible urban history, Lila Corwin Berman considers the role that Detroit's Jews played in the city's well-known narrative of migration and decline. Taking its cue from social critics and historians who have long looked toward Detroit to understand twentieth-century urban transformations, Metropolitan Jews tells the story of Jews leaving the city while retaining a deep connection to it. Berman argues convincingly that though most Jews moved to the suburbs, urban abandonment, disinvestment, and an embrace of conservatism did not invariably accompany their moves. Instead, the Jewish postwar migration was marked by an enduring commitment to a newly fashioned urbanism with a vision of self, community, and society that persisted well beyond city limits.
Complex and subtle, Metropolitan Jews pushes urban scholarship beyond the tenacious black/white, urban/suburban dichotomy. It demands a more nuanced understanding of the process and politics of suburbanization and will reframe how we think about the American urban experiment and modern Jewish history.


Russia deploys S-300 missile systems to Kuril Islands
As part of the exercise, the anti-aircraft missile unit of the Eastern Military District, equipped with the latest S-300V4 missile system, will be deployed to the Kuril Islands, announced the press service of the Eastern Military District.
"The anti-aircraft missile division of the Eastern Military District stationed in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast began the exercise to relocate one of its units over a long distance," the district's press service said.
As part of the exercise, the unit will be transported by rail and sea. After that, the unit will begin deployment on one of the islands of the Kuril ridge and practice countering an enemy's subversive group.
According to the press service, the main goal of the exercise will be to train personnel to perform tasks on unfamiliar terrain in the island zone of the Eastern Military District.
Last September, Russia completed equipping the newly formed 38th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Eastern Military District with the S-300V4 anti-aircraft missile systems. The new military unit of the brigade is stationed in the village of Ptichnik, Birobidzhan region, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.
In 2016, Russia announced that it would be deploying Bal and Bastion coastal missile in the Kuril Islands to ensure control of the waterways, which provide entry from the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Okhotsk. The islands' air defense is currency ensured by Buk-M1 medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems and Su-35S fighters from the Eastern Military District.
During 2020, American strategic bombers B-1B and B-52H flew to the Sea of Okhotsk several times through the Kuril straits, without violating Russian borders. They were escorted by Russian Su-35S fighters.
The dispute over the four Kuril Islands, which Tokyo considers its "northern territories," complicates relations between Russia and Japan. Moscow claims that the islands became part of the Soviet Union following the Second World War and that Russian sovereignty over them is not subject to revision. Tokyo insists that the islands are Japanese territories.
Japan does not recognize Russia's ownership of the Iturup, Kunashir and Habomai Islands. They were annexed by Russia during World War II. Russia and Japan still have not signed the peace treaty because of the sovereignty dispute over the Islands.
In November, 2018, after the meeting between Abe and Putin, Japan announced that it was ready to adhere to the Soviet–Japanese Joint Declaration of 1956. According to this Declaration, the USSR agreed to hand over the Habomai and Shikotan Islands to Japan after the peace treaty between the two countries is signed.
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This technique, for the nighttime, consists of four stages of fifteen minutes. The first two stages are preparation for the spontaneous Latihan of the third stage. if the breathing is done correctly in the first stage, the carbon dioxide in the bloodstream will make you feel as high as Gourishankar (Mt. everest).
1st stage: 15 Minutes
Sit with closed eyes. Inhale deeply through the nose, filling the lungs. Hold the breath for as long as possible; then exhale gently through the mouth, and keep the lungs empty for as long as possible. Continue this breathing cycle throughout this stage.
2nd stage: 15 Minutes
Return to normal breathing and with a gentle gaze look at a candle flame or a flushing blue light. Keep you body still.
3rd stage: 15 Minutes
With closed eyes, stand up and let your body be loose and receptive. Allow your body to move gently in whichever way it wants. Don't do the moving; just allow it to happen gently and gracefully.
4th stage:15 Minutes
Lie down with closed eyes, silent and still.


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All About Locks
Without their locks the two Wey Navigations would not function. The seventeen locks between Godalming and Weybridge allow the level of water along the canal to be managed providing enough depth for vessels to navigate whilst also allowing controlled passage between the sections of waterway.
There are 13 locks on the Wey Navigation and 4 on the Godalming Navigation.
A lock has a simple function, that being to provide a control to maintain or change the level of water within a stretch of a navigation. A typical lock has a chamber dug into the channel and is lined with brick, although the early locks along the Wey were turf lined. Gates with a system of gearing to allow a paddle to be raised and lowered to allow or restrict the flow of water are hinged to enable them to be opened and closed by pushing on a heavy balance beam which protrudes horizontally from the gate to provide sufficient leverage, particularly useful given the heavy weight of the gates found on the Wey Navigations.
There are two common types of locks found on British waterways and these were originally both found on the Wey and Godalming Navigations. Today modernisation has left only the easier to operate pound locks, and even these have been dramatically improved in their construction and operation to facilitate their use by the large numbers of relatively inexperienced pleasure boaters that help keep the waterway a viable proposition.
A Pound Lock is effectively the placing of two Flash Locks (see below) close together to provide a simple method of raising or lowering the level of water to enable craft to effectively navigate upstream or downstream. The lock also provides a guarantee that the water level between the individual locks will be maintained to a degree that vessels won't run aground. The chamber dug into the bed of the river is large enough to accommodate the type of craft typically plying the navigation. At each end gates robust enough to withhold the pressure of water are hung from substantial <> and contain within them paddles that can be raised and lowered to control the flow of water.
Some pound locks have a single gate upstream as this gate is a lot shorter and hence lighter than the bottom gates. However those on the Wey are double gates as the lock chambers are relatively wide and would result in an overly heavy single gate.
Pound locks were invented in Holland, although there were primitive examples in Italy by 1440. Archaeologists have postulated that remains of river structures in Egypt are pound locks dating back to the reign of Pharoah Seneferu, the great pyramid builder, app. 2600 BC.
A Flash Lock is effectively a weir with a single gate to allow boats to navigate beyond the structure. Originally very simple structures allowing boards to be dropped into place across the water to build up depth later versions used movable gates. Flash locks did exist on the Wey in the early days but were replaced with pound locks as soon as it became practical to do so. Flash locks are extremely difficult to navigate and inherently dangerous, often resulting in damage to vessels and injury to their crews.
When closed the gates allowed the stretch of river behind them to fill with water. As there was only a single gate without any method of containing the water, once the gate was opened the water would rush out down to the lower level of the river on the other side gradually depleting the water level upstream. Boats would literally have to ride the rush of water to move to the next level, an extremely difficult manoeuvre if you're having to haul a barge upstream against the flow of water with only horse or human power to do so, although winches were later installed to aid the process. Flash locks were also called Navigation Weirs and Staunches.
The stretch of canal lying between two locks is called the Pound, with the length of the Pound depending upon how rapidly the terrain was falling away. In some canals the Pound may only be a few feet, and in others many miles. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal for example has to navigate steep terrain and features locks that act like a staircase with a series of interlinked gates and chambers in the case of Botterham, or individual locks a few feet apart at Bratch. The fall of the Wey is gentle, dropping only 98 feet (30 m) over the full 87 miles (140 km) of the river, with the Navigations only contending with the last 20 miles (32 kim). This amount of fall only requires a lock every few miles.
Working a vessel through a lock is termed 'to lock'. A Lock Wheeler was a member of the barge crew who traveled ahead, often by bicycle, to prepare the locks.
On navigable waterways large posts, Lock Distance Posts, are set into the riverbank fifteen or twenty yards (14 – 18 m) from the head and tail of a lock. The first boat to pass the post has claim to the lock.
Most of the locks on the Wey Navigation were originally turf-sided. The chamber was excavated to ensure that it was wide enough to accommodate a barge, which was considerably wider than the narrowboats that you now commonly see along the waterway today. At either end of the chamber substantial walls of timber were built in order to support the massive and heavy lock gates, which had to be strong enough to bear considerable water pressure. The rest of the lock sides between the gates and these retaining walls did not have to be particularly robust and were left as sloping bare earth over which turf was allowed to grow. Provided they didn't leak water these earth banks worked perfectly well, although on the Wey half-height timber walls were built from end to end in order to keep the heavy barges in line with the gates.
Alders are very common trees along the river and once felled and sawn make for a very hard wood that resists movement after repeated wetting and drying. Alder was therefore a perfect wood for constructing lock gates.
In the 20th century all of the Wey locks were renovated and rebuilt at one time or another in concrete or brick and providing the lock chambers with vertical walls throughout their full length. This, and the adopting of modern winding mechanisms and lock paddles that were easier to operate, were brought in both to assist the inexperienced pleasure boaters of today and to meet stringent safety regulations. Walsham Gates (GR: TQ050578) on the Wey Navigation near Ripley in Surrey is a flood lock that still has turf-sides and the original system of pegged boards to raise and lower the paddles in the gates.
How a Lock Operates
The principles of pound lock operation are simple.
The paddles are raised and lowered using a windlass, similar in appearance to a car's wheelbrace, that is attached to the paddle's square tapering bar and turned in the appropriate direction. The term 'windlass' comes from Middle English 'wyndlas' with origins in Old Norse 'vindass' meaning 'winding pole'.
This method is a relatively modern adaptation as the original locks required that boards be manually levered up whilst straddling precariously on the beam of the gates above the water and wielding a 3 ft (1 m) crowbar.
© Wey River 2005 - 2012


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Define work requests
The getting started guide covered how to create a simple WorkRequest and enqueue it.
In this guide you will learn how to define and customize WorkRequest objects to handle common use cases, such as how to:
 - Schedule one-time and recurring work
 - Set work constraints like requiring Wi-Fi or charging
 - Guarantee a minimum delay in work execution
 - Set retry and back-off strategies
 - Pass input data to work
 - Group related work together using tags
Overview
Work is defined in WorkManager via a WorkRequest. In order to schedule any work with WorkManager you must first create a WorkRequest object and then enqueue it.
Kotlin
val myWorkRequest = ...
WorkManager.getInstance(myContext).enqueue(myWorkRequest)
Java
WorkRequest myWorkRequest = ...
WorkManager.getInstance(myContext).enqueue(myWorkRequest);
The WorkRequest object contains all of the information needed by WorkManager to schedule and run your work. It includes constraints which must be met for your work to run, scheduling information such as delays or repeating intervals, retry configuration, and may include input data if your work relies on it.
WorkRequest itself is an abstract base class. There are two derived implementations of this class that you can use to create the request, OneTimeWorkRequest and PeriodicWorkRequest. As their names imply, OneTimeWorkRequest is useful for scheduling non-repeating work, whilst PeriodicWorkRequest is more appropriate for scheduling work that repeats on some interval.
Schedule one-time work
For simple work, which requires no additional configuration, use the static method from:
Kotlin
val myWorkRequest = OneTimeWorkRequest.from(MyWork::class.java)
Java
WorkRequest myWorkRequest = OneTimeWorkRequest.from(MyWork.class);
For more complex work, you can use a builder.
Kotlin
val uploadWorkRequest: WorkRequest =
 OneTimeWorkRequestBuilder<MyWork>()
 // Additional configuration
 .build()
Java
WorkRequest uploadWorkRequest =
 new OneTimeWorkRequest.Builder(MyWork.class)
 // Additional configuration
 .build();
Schedule periodic work
Your app may at times require that certain work runs periodically. For example, you may want to periodically backup your data, download fresh content in your app, or upload logs to a server.
Here is how you use the PeriodicWorkRequest to create a WorkRequest object which executes periodically:
Kotlin
val saveRequest =
 PeriodicWorkRequestBuilder<SaveImageToFileWorker>(1, TimeUnit.HOURS)
 // Additional configuration
 .build()
Java
PeriodicWorkRequest saveRequest =
 new PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder(SaveImageFileWorker.class, 1, TimeUnit.HOURS)
 // Constraints
 .build();
In this example, the work is scheduled with a one hour interval.
The interval period is defined as the minimum time between repetitions. The exact time that the worker is going to be executed depends on the constraints that you are using in your WorkRequest object and on the optimizations performed by the system.
Flexible run intervals
If the nature of your work makes it sensitive to run timing, you can configure your PeriodicWorkRequest to run within a flex period inside each interval period, as shown in Figure 1.
You can set a flex interval for a periodic job. You define a repeat interval, and a flex interval that specifies a certain amount of time at the end of the repeat interval. WorkManager attempts to run your job at some point during the flex interval in each cycle.
Figure 1. Diagram shows repeating intervals with the flexible period in which the work can run.
To define periodic work with a flex period, you pass a flexInterval along with the repeatInterval when creating the PeriodicWorkRequest. The flex period begins at repeatInterval - flexInterval, and goes to the end of the interval.
The following is an example of periodic work that can run during the last 15 minutes of every one hour period.
Kotlin
val myUploadWork = PeriodicWorkRequestBuilder<SaveImageToFileWorker>(
 1, TimeUnit.HOURS, // repeatInterval (the period cycle)
 15, TimeUnit.MINUTES) // flexInterval
 .build()
Java
WorkRequest saveRequest =
 new PeriodicWorkRequest.Builder(UploadWork.class,
 1, TimeUnit.HOURS,
 15, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
 .build();
The repeat interval must be greater than or equal to PeriodicWorkRequest.MIN_PERIODIC_INTERVAL_MILLIS and the flex interval must be greater than or equal to PeriodicWorkRequest.MIN_PERIODIC_FLEX_MILLIS.
Effect of Constraints on Periodic Work
You can apply constraints to periodic work. For example, you could add a constraint to your work request such that the work only runs when the user's device is charging. In this case, even if the defined repeat interval passes, the PeriodicWorkRequest will not run until this condition is met. This could cause a particular run of your work to be delayed, or even skipped if the conditions are not met within the run interval.
Work constraints
Constraints ensure that work is deferred until optimal conditions are met. The following constraints are available to WorkManager.
NetworkType Constrains the type of network required for your work to run. For example, Wi-Fi (UNMETERED).
BatteryNotLow When set to true, your work will not run if the device is in low battery mode.
RequiresCharging When set to true, your work will only run when the device is charging.
DeviceIdle When set to true, this requires the user's device to be idle before the work will run. This can be useful for running batched operations that might otherwise have a negative performance impact on other apps running actively on the user's device.
StorageNotLow When set to true, your work will not run if the user's storage space on the device is too low.
To create a set of constraints and associate it with some work, create a Constraints instance using the Contraints.Builder() and assign it to your WorkRequest.Builder().
For example, the following code builds a work request which only runs when the user's device is both charging and on Wi-Fi:
Kotlin
val constraints = Constraints.Builder()
 .setRequiredNetworkType(NetworkType.UNMETERED)
 .setRequiresCharging(true)
 .build()
val myWorkRequest: WorkRequest =
 OneTimeWorkRequestBuilder<MyWork>()
 .setConstraints(constraints)
 .build()
Java
Constraints constraints = new Constraints.Builder()
 .setRequiredNetworkType(NetworkType.UNMETERED)
 .setRequiresCharging(true)
 .build();
WorkRequest myWorkRequest =
 new OneTimeWorkRequest.Builder(MyWork.class)
 .setConstraints(constraints)
 .build();
When multiple constraints are specified, your work will run only when all the constraints are met.
In the event that a constraint becomes unmet while your work is running, WorkManager will stop your worker. The work will then be retried when all the constraints are met.
Delayed Work
In the event that your work has no constraints or that all the constraints are met when your work is enqueued, the system may choose to run the work immediately. If you do not want the work to be run immediately, you can specify your work to start after a minimum initial delay.
Here is an example of how to set your work to run at least 10 minutes after it has been enqueued.
Kotlin
val myWorkRequest = OneTimeWorkRequestBuilder<MyWork>()
 .setInitialDelay(10, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
 .build()
Java
WorkRequest myWorkRequest =
 new OneTimeWorkRequest.Builder(MyWork.class)
 .setInitialDelay(10, TimeUnit.MINUTES)
 .build();
While the example illustrates how to set an initial delay for a OneTimeWorkRequest, you can also set an initial delay for a PeriodicWorkRequest. In that case, only the first run of your periodic work would be delayed.
Retry and Backoff Policy
If you require that WorkManager retry your work, you can return Result.retry() from your worker. Your work is then rescheduled according to a backoff delay and backoff policy.
 - Backoff delay specifies the minimum amount of time to wait before retrying your work after the first attempt. This value can be no less than 10 seconds (or MIN_BACKOFF_MILLIS).
 - Backoff policy defines how the backoff delay should increase over time for subsequent retry attempts. WorkManager supports 2 backoff policies, LINEAR and EXPONENTIAL.
Every work request has a backoff policy and backoff delay. The default policy is EXPONENTIAL with a delay of 10 seconds, but you can override this in your work request configuration.
Here is an example of custom


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Another step closer towards my New Zealand Geographic assignment on 'Life in tree-tops.'
A Rata tree usually germinates in the branches of a mature forest tree. Over centuries the young tree sends descending and girdling roots down and around the trunk of its host, eventually forming a massive, independent trunk composed of fused roots. Although called a "strangling hemiepiphyte", the rata in New Zealand is not thought to strangle its host but rather outlive it. This giant Northern Rata is estimated to be around 1 500 years old.
Many thanks to Paul Stanley Ward, Tim Park and Ninette Rowland for an amazing day full of adventure and for giving me the opportunity to photograph this awesome tree.


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KSA Dental Services Market is in the growing stage, being driven by improvements in already existing services along with introduction of new improved technologies and government policies. There are 14 major players in the KSA Dental Services Market of which AlMeswak Dental Clinics and AlMUHAIDB Dental Group are the two leading players in the market.
The KSA Dental Services Market is expected to grow by a CAGR of 7.1%, 2022P-2027F. The rising consciousness towards looks and strong government initiatives along with rising general awareness are expected to fuel the growth for the forecasted period.
Demand for Dental Services like Orthodontic treatment is rising due to snowballing patients suffering from tooth decay, malocclusions, jaw pain, and other jaw illnesses in the country. Additionally, it has become a trend among the Teenagers since it's easier to reposition teeth at young age.
Dental services market is anticipated to witness significant growth due to the improvements in already existing services along with introduction of new improved technologies and government policies.
Rising Oral Health Awareness: The population of KSA is becoming aware about the issues related to oral hygiene and taking precautionary measures for the same, which is expected to fuel the growth of the dental services in various regions. Additionally, oral health weeks are conducted at an early age of schooling and are expected to be involved in different activities by other dental service providers like the private sector, universities, educational institutions and other govt. dental health initiatives, will boost the dental services in KSA.
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Government Support: The Government plans on increasing the awareness among the citizens and took initiatives such as The National Oral Health Programme for Primary School Children, Ante-natal Preventive Dentistry Program, Pit and Fissure Sealant Programmes and more, which will increase the awareness among the people. Under the Vision 2030, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia aims to improve the quality of healthcare in the region while maintaining the efficacy of spending. The oral healthcare market is expected to benefit and grow from these initiatives.
Increasing consciousness towards looks: The population of KSA is becoming more conscious towards their looks and the growing demand for aesthetic treatments for better smiles is expected to add to the growth of dental services market in KSA. Aesthetic dentistry is continuously influenced by the growing accessibility of media and online information and has become highly demanded by patient. Popular media affect aesthetic dentistry by increasing the demand for teeth whitening and veneers due to the inﬂuence of television programs in KSA.
Analysts at Ken Research in their latest publication "KSA Dental Services Market Outlook to 2027F- Driven by Rising Oral Health Awareness, Demand for Aesthetics among Saudi Arabians and Government Initiatives" by Ken Research observed that KSA Dental Service market is in the growing phase. The Rise in General Awareness, Use of Advance Technological Dentistry Devices, Organisation of multiple Dental Chains, increasing spending power and Government Initiatives are some of the factors that has contributed to the KSA dental service market growth. It is expected that KSA dental service market will grow at a CAGR of 7.1% for the 2022P-2027F forecasted period.
Key Segments Covered:-
KSA Dental Service Market
By Type of Services
By Type of Dental Clinics
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Key Target Audience:-
Dental Service Providers
Dental Equipment Distributors
Dental Equipment Manufacturers
Government Bodies & Regulating Authorities
Time Period Captured in the Report:-
Historical Period: 2018-2021
Base Year: 2022P
Forecast Period: 2022P– 2026F
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AlMeswak Dental Clinics
ALMUHAIDB Dental Group
Safwat Al Muhaidib
Al-Farabi Dental and Orthodontic Company
Ram Clinics Group
Image Dental Clinic
Abdulaziz Al Ajaji Dental Clinics
Avicena Dental Center
Andalusia Al-Sanabel and Prince Fawaz clinics
Sigal Dental Clinic
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Key Topics Covered in the Report:-
KSA Healthcare Overview
Ecosystem and Business cycle of KSA Dental Services Market
KSA Dental Services Market Size, 2018-2022P; and Segmentations, 2022P
End User Analysis of KSA Dental Services Market
Consumer Analysis of KSA Dental Services Market
SWOT Analysis of KSA Dental Services Market
Growth Drivers for KSA Dental Services Market
Trends Driving Adoption of Digital Innovation
Government Regulatory Bodies and Regulations of KSA Dental Services
Major Challenges Faced in the KSA Dental Care Market
Competition Analysis of KSA Dental Services Market
Cross Comparison of Major Players in KSA Dental Services Market (Year of Establishment, No of Dentist, No of Dental Chairs, No of Employees, Avg ticket Size in SAR, Estimated Revenue, Insurance Partners)
Cost Sheet of Major treatments and Price List of major Players
Covid-19 Impact on KSA Dental Services Market
Future Outlook & Projections of KSA Dental Services Market
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