plummeting elevator, and AF447.
This sense is fairly well understood, so I'll limit this bullet point to pointing out that the visual sense is correlated in the human brain to the vestibular sense. In the amusement park ride, the inputs recieved from the vestibular sense and vision match, and there is no resulting confusion about the perceived motion. In cases where those two senses are decoupled, it is common for nausea to result. In the elevator and airplane in instrument conditions, a visual sense grounding you to a world reference frame is denied. This is one of the senses which can detect unaccelerated motion, more on "unaccelerated" below.
Here we have information which comes in through our sense of touch, primarily through nerve endings in the skin. The roller coaster comes through here again by exposing you to the elements giving you a "rush of wind" in your face as you move through what may be a stationary mass of air. In the closed environments of the elevator and cockpit, this is again denied.
Here is where things get interesting. For the purposes of this discussion, I'll add to the vestibular senses the "seat of the pants", "pit of the stomach" and other bodily means of detecting acceleration. Several other answers have pointed out that all of these senses are sensitive not to velocity but to acceleration, which high school physics reminds us is the the time rate of change, or derivative, of velocity. This means that if velocity is not changing we are not going to have a sensation of motion, although in a gravity field, we may have some sense of orientation (you can have a sense of hanging upside down or laying sideways). There is no difference to these senses between sitting on the ground with the engines running, cruising at 500 knots in level flight, or being in a 500,1000, or 3000 foot per minute descent. As long as velocity is not changing, these senses cannot tell the difference. This is the problem with AF447, No visual, no touch, and in unaccelerated descent, no vestibular sense.
If the airdata instruments are offline, there is nothing to indicate the descent until the cabin pressure starts to increase, putting some pressure on your eardrums. That also won't happen until the aircraft descends to a point where the outside air pressure increases to a point above the cabin pressure then continues to build to a point that you notice. They were doomed.
There is another problem, even with detecting acceleration. The problem is connected to the human brain's remarkable ability to filter out stimuli. A normal human brain is capable of adjusting to the tint of your sunglasses, ignoring conversations in a crowded room, and is very good at not notifying the conscious thought center of the pressure your elastic socks are putting on your ankles. Indeed, it can even lose track of constant accelerations. If you live near a playa, you can do a blind test by driving your car out and enter a gentle turn giving a tenth of a "g" of lateral acceleration. Have someone else do the driving. I am here to tell you that the resulting sensation can be filtered out. Even our sense of acceleration can be lost under constant acceleration. In physics, there is yet another level of derivative, the time rate of change of acceleration, called "jerk", which is harder to not detect.
For more information on the brain's filtering capability, look up the "Reticular Activating System". Understanding it can help you be more safe, and also help you reach your goals.
A few things.
That accident took place at night and in IMC while the aircraft was passing through a storm which I suspect had quite a bit of turbulence in its core. This would most likely have caused enough vestibular disturbance for the crew to make the acceleration towards the deck go unnoticeable.
Secondly the crew was on an IFR flight which means flying by instruments in conditions and specifically trained to rely on cockpit instruments for aircraft orientation and not vestibular senses. Doing otherwise will get you killed in any other situation. Once the aircraft reached its peak descent rate in dark night over water and with the air data sensors iced over, preventing the flight control computers from receiving accurate air data, there was no perceptible means for the crew to sense they were in danger until it was all over.
Pilots do experience the vestibular sense of accelerating as occupants in a carnival ride do - try flying aerobatics some time and yes, it's quite noticeable when pulling negative Gs, etc. it's just not a good standard to use to judge movement in an airplane by and without visual references outside of the aircraft it is difficult and very dangerous to use vestibular senses to accurately assess aircraft attitude from.
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The node word appears at the top, and up to 100 collocates are displayed below (ordered alphabetically).
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Definition of Equipotential Surface
Definition of Equipotential Surface
Equipotential surface
We have come to know that potential everywhere on earth's surface is same (zero), as the surface of the earth is a good electric conductor. On the surface of the conductor potential difference cannot exist, because if there is potential gradient an electric field will act on the surface and electrons of the surface will distribute in such way, due to the influence of the electric field, that electric field disappears. The total charge of the conductor whether positive or negative or the conductor is chargeless or whatever may be the actual potential of the conductor with respect to an object, potential on the surface all cases will be equal everywhere.
So, it can be said that the surface or volume becomes such that its potential is everywhere same, then that surface or volume is called equipotential surface or volume.
For example, consider two points A and B on an equipotential surface as shown in the figure.
VB – VA = 0
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It may be noted that an equipotential surface may be the surface of a material body or a surface drawn in an electric field.
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The RAM Ultrasonic Humdifier allows the grower to increase the humidity of the growing environment up to 400ml / hour
Complete with a 5L tank, this humidifier is fully adjustable and easy to use.
To get the RAM Ultrasonic Humidifier to perform at it's best here are some tips:
- Never restrict the mist flow as this will force it back into the body of the humidifier.
- Remove the humidifier from excessively humid areas where it is not required.
- Never try to fill the tank from the top.
- When refilling the tank, make sure that you always empty any water that remains inside first. This will prevent a build up of residue salts that can shorten the life of the humidifier.
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Our moods change when we hear music, but not all music affects us the same way. Slow, soft, higher-pitched, melodic songs soothe us; upbeat classical music makes us more alert and active; and fast, harsh, lower-pitched, dissonant music can rev us up and stress us out. Why would certain sounds affect us in specific emotional ways? One possibility is because of an overlap between how we perceive music and how we perceive human voice. Across human languages, people talk to their babies in slower, softer, higher-pitched voices than they speak to adults. And when we're angry, we belt out low-pitched growly tones. The specific vocal attributes that we use in different emotional contexts are specific to our species… So what makes us so egocentric to think that other species might respond to our music in the same ways that we do?
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Cotton-top tamarins are squirrel-sized monkeys from northern Colombia that are highly social and vocal. As in humans (and pretty much every other vocalizing species studied), they tend to make higher-pitched tonal sounds when in friendly states and lower-pitched growly sounds when in aggressive states. But tamarin vocalizations have different tempos and pitch ranges than our tempos and pitch ranges.
Chuck and David musically analyzed recorded tamarin calls to determine the common attributes of the sounds they make when they are feeling friendly or when they are aggressive or fearful. Then they composed music based on these attributes, essentially creating tamarin happy-music and tamarin death metal. They also composed original music based on human vocal attributes. They played 30-second clips of these different music types to pairs of tamarins and measured their behavior while the song was being played and for the first 5 minutes after it had finished. They compared these behavioral measures to the tamarins' behavior during baseline periods (time periods not associated with the music sessions).
An example of happy tamarin music (Copyright by David Teie and available through Biology Letters) can be found here.
An example of aggressive tamarin music (Copyright by David Teie and available through Biology Letters) can be found here.As the researchers had predicted, tamarins were much more affected by tamarin music than by human music. Happy tamarin music seemed to calm them, causing the tamarins to move less and eat and drink more in the 5 minutes after the music stopped. Compared to the happy tamarin music, the aggressive tamarin music seemed to stress them out, causing the tamarins to move more and show more anxious behaviors (like bristling their fur and peeing) after the music stopped.
The tamarins also showed lesser reactions to the human music. They showed less anxious behavior after the happy human music played and moved less after the aggressive human music played. So, human voice-based music also affected the tamarins to some degree, but not as strongly. This may be because there are some aspects of how we communicate emotions with our voice that are the same in tamarins. (How did the tamarin music make you feel?)
Can you imagine what we could do with this idea of species-specific music? Well, David and Chuck did! They have since developed music for cats using similar techniques. Although they're still working on the paper, they have said that the cats prefered and were more calmed by cat music compared to human music. You can find samples and get your own copies here.
We often think of vocal signals conveying messages in particular sounds, like words and sentences. But calls seem to do much more than that, making the emotions and behaviors of those listening resemble the emotions of those calling.
Want to know more? Check this out:
Snowdon, C., & Teie, D. (2009). Affective responses in tamarins elicited by species-specific music Biology Letters, 6 (1), 30-32 DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0593

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Steel plate rolling is often done to create full cylinders or cylinder segments. These parts often have bevels to facilitate the welding of the curved steel sections. The bevels can be required on either the longitudinal seam of a cylinder or on the circumferential seam between two cylinders or end plates. Cylinder segments can also be beveled on all sides. There are several types of bevels. In general an edge that is beveled is not perpendicular to the face of the steel plate. It is often at 45 degrees to the face. The image below shows two bevels. The second is sometimes called a chamfer but the two terms are often used interchangeably.
At times plates are welded together without any bevel but with only a tight fit or a slight gap between the plates.
Plates can be singly or doubly beveled to perform a V-groove weld.
When only one edge of the steel plate is beveled and the other edge is left square, then a bevel groove weld can be performed.
There are other methods of beveling and welding but these are the most common. Clear and complete communication between the customer seeking the plate rolling, beveling, and welding services and the supplier will guarantee that the parts will meet the required specifications.
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This module explores how legal systems manage cultural diversity, which includes religious, ethnic and linguistic diversity. The module takes the English legal system as the core case study and compares it to the experience of other legal systems in the management of cultural diversity. The comparative study of legal approaches to cultural diversity includes an exploration of legal pluralism, the significance of long-standing and newer diversities introduced through immigration, the problems of assimilation and integration, and paradigms of citizenship, multiculturalism and secularism.
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Since very little of occlupanid's behavior has been recorded, its life cycle remains a mystery. Most scholars agree that occulpanids attach themselves to the plastic bags to gain nourishment. Plastic bags, when distended with matter, twist their anterior aperature (usually clockwise, but research is inconclusive), forming a tight stricture that ends in a halo formed by the fringe of the bag.
It is on this stricture that the occlupanid attaches itself, drawing nourishment, in some manner, from the bag.
Dr. N. Eliot of Edinburgh performed an experiment to test the bread/occlupanid relationship and found evidence to suggest that when occlupanids are removed from bread bags, the sliced bread can suffer from premature hardening and fungal infection.
In Supermarket biomes the Bag to Occlupanid ratio is 100 percent, but once the bag leaves the supermarket, that ratio drops off sharply. It is thought that once outside the supermarket environment, the occlupanid eventually drops off to reproduce, then die.
Rarely, chains of occlupanids are found, offering evidence that their life cycle is far more complex than previously imagined. Are they part of a fruiting body like a slime mold? Or perhaps forming new occlupanids like the proglottids of a tapeworm? Clearly more research must answer these uncomfortable questions.


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Sugar in the Blood: A Family's Story of Slavery and Empire by Andrea Stuart – review
An absorbing but uneven family memoir taking in both sides of the Barbadian slave trade and its legacy — (_URL_ review)
Modern Britain was built on sugar; there is hardly a manufacturing town on these shores that was not in some way connected with the "Africa trade". The glittering prosperity of slave ports such as Bristol and Liverpool was derived in large part from commerce with Africa.
In the heyday of the British slave trade, from 1700 to 1808, West Indians (as white sugar barons were then known) became conspicuous by their new wealth. Often they cast Barbados or Jamaica aside like a sucked orange in order to fritter their profits in England. A popular melodrama of 1771, Richard Cumberland's The West Indian, satirised planters as drunken layabouts in ostentatiously buckled shoes and hats. Continue reading


Rooms and Resources design in Lotus Notes/Domino 7
Learn about how we've improved the design and function of the Rooms and Resources feature in Lotus Notes/Domino 7.
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Lotus Domino 4.5 saw the introduction of Rooms and Resources (R&R) functionality, along with Calendaring and Scheduling (C&S). The R&R system is intended to be an integrated way for users to reserve rooms or resources for meetings, events, or any sort of activity. When setting up a meeting, you can invite a desired meeting room and/or resource, as you would other users, either from within the C&S interface or from an R&R database. Unlike C&S, which is part of each user's mail file, R&R requests were handled by using a shared database in which each room or resource resides.
Notes/Domino 7 brings significant enhancements to the R&R system. This article explains these enhancements. We begin with a quick look at the history of R&R in Notes and Domino. We then look at specific new R&R features in Notes/Domino 7, including interface improvements and "clusterability." This article assumes you're familiar with basic Notes and Domino features.
A brief history of Rooms and Resources
In Notes/Domino 4.x, R&R used a set of agents and relied on the Agent Manager to handle reservation requests, updates, and cancellations (which we will collectively refer to as "reservation requests" for the remainder of this article). Although this provided the required R&R functionality, it left some room for performance improvements, due to inherent delays involved in processing reservation requests.
For Domino 5.x and 6.x, we upgraded the R&R system to use template scripts and/or backend processing code to handle the processing of reservation requests. There was still one agent involved, but its sole purpose was to just do "past event" purging, so timeliness was not that important. This revised system was an improvement over the R4.x design, primarily because it performed faster. In addition, it also shared the C&S autoprocessing feature used to autoprocess messages sent between users. This code reuse meant that users could expect more consistent behavior.
While the newer R&R system was more responsive than the original one, it still had some external dependencies that in some instances could allow rooms or resources to be double-booked. Autoprocessing was performed by server-side code or in the database, but both relied on the accuracy of busytime data to function optimally. Given that busytime information is updated in an asynchronous manner by the Schedule Manager (SchedMgr), there were small windows of opportunities that could allow a single room to be reserved by conflicting reservation requests from either C&S or via the R&R database. This window was tiny (a few seconds at most), and for it to be encountered, conflicting reservation requests needed to be created or delivered to the R&R database within that window. In practice, we did not find this occurring with any real frequency except in environments that had a large number of users contending for a very small pool of conference rooms. The number of potential conference room scheduling conflicts is much smaller with a pool of 200 users than it is with a population of thousands of users.
This window for double (or more) booking would actually be much larger if we permitted R&R databases to have replicas on multiple servers. The reason for this is that any reservation requests created directly in the R&R database was automatically accepted if the room or resource did not already appear as "busy" in the busytime system. As a result, the window for double booking becomes much larger due to the latency between saving the accepted reservation into a second replica and having it replicate back to the R&R database's home server so it can be put into busytime. This increased potential risk was key to our decision to disallow replicas of R&R databases in Domino 5.x and 6.x.
Figure 1 is a high-level diagram of the Domino 5.x/6.x R&R design; request processing logic existed in the Notes client and router:
Figure 1. R&R system for Domino 5.x/6.x
Domino 7: A new model for Rooms and Resources
For Domino 7, we wanted to address customer comments regarding the usability and reliability of the R&R system. To this end, we redesigned the R&R system with a primary goal of closing the window for double bookings. This was the principal criterion by which all design decisions were evaluated. If a proposed feature or enhancement permitted double bookings, it was disallowed. Our secondary criterion was to redesign the system in such a way that we could allow for replicas of an R&R database on multiple servers. We took this criterion a step farther and actively embraced "clusterablity" by adding cluster failover to the processing of reservation requests.
In addition, we provided a set of new R&R-related features that any Notes client can use. To enjoy the benefits of the new R&R system, all you have to do is upgrade your server and R&R database to Domino 7. Your users can still use their current version of the Notes client they want, and still get all the benefits of the new design. The new R&R system is designed to be independent of the Notes client version, although for other client activity, it is good practice to stay within two Notes releases of the Domino server release.
The new design for R&R involves centralizing all the reservation request processing and anything it actively depends on for proper function. To this end, we created a new Domino task, the Rooms and Resource Manager (RnRMgr). Figure 2 is a high-level diagram of the Domino 7 R&R design:
Figure 2. R&R system for Domino 7
R&R system for Domino 7
In addition to centralizing all request processing logic/authority into RnRMgr, we updated the SchedMgr and Router tasks. SchedMgr no longer tries to update busytime for a room or resource; it now updates busytime solely for users. As for the Router, only requests to C&S users are still actively autoprocessed; the autoprocessing routines it uses no longer process any R&R-destined requests.
The job of the RnRMgr task is to watch for reservation requests in an R&R database and to process them in the order in which they arrive or were created. As part of this processing, RnRMgr will both query and update busytime to be as current as possible, so that even the delivery of back-to-back conflicting requests will not cause a double booking to occur. Since the decision to accept or decline a reservation request is performed in a single place (rather than in multiple places), there is no possibility of conflicting requests being accepted and thus double booking a room or resource.
To centralize all the request processing logic, we trimmed the R&R template and removed all logic that would accept a request. We still preserved some of the original logic so that the R&R database can perform assorted checks, such as owner restrictions checking and disallowing requests that would be rejected by RnRMgr. It also still does busytime checks, so that a user is not allowed to save a request for an already-reserved date and time. (Nothing would be more frustrating than to have to repeatedly save new reservation requests for an already-reserved room just because the database lets you request it anyway!)
R&R database feature enhancements
In Notes/Domino 7, the R&R database performs much of what it did in previous releases, but with a subtle change. In earlier releases, you could assume that if you could save your reservation request, the reservation was accepted and the room was yours. Because the final decision on a reservation request is now handled by RnRMgr, your expectations should now be that if you can save the reservation request, you are likely to get your request accepted. However, there could be someone "in line" ahead of you, and then you might not get the request. This minor change to the behavior is necessary to ensure the integrity of the system and to increase user confidence.
The most noticeable change to the R&R user interface in Notes/Domino 7 is the addition of new reservation request status indicator icons. The purpose of these icons is to visibly indicate the status of any reservation request. These new indicators are:
 - An hourglass to indicate an unprocessed reservation request.
 - A green checkmark to indicate an accepted reservation request.
 - A red X to indicate a declined reservation request.
Each reservation displayed in the views will have one of these three status indicators on it, as shown in figure 3:
Figure 3. Reservation status indicators
Reservation status indicators
Typically, unless RnRMgr is not running, you will rarely see the hourglass icon (and if you do, it only appears for a few seconds at most). In the By Resource view shown in figure 3, you can see that the user has two accepted reservations, one declined reservation (because it conflicted with another), and one pending reservation request. The R&R database will not let you create a reservation request that it knows will be declined because another reservation was already accepted, so you should not see many red X icons either. Those that you do see typically are the result of conflicting requests being created or delivered simultaneously.
There are also several new features added to the R&R template in Notes/Domino 7 to make R&R more productive and useful for Notes users.These include:
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after that they call or text you? There's something to be said for intuition. It's not definitive that if you're thinking about a person, then they're thinking about you. However, it is possible! But thinking that way isn't necessarily helpful. If you want to get to know the object of your affection or a crush - you can start a conversation. By opening up a dialogue, you can explore what could be a great connection between you two. It's not good for your mental health to obsess over whether a person is thinking about you too. You will eventually find out the truth.
How do you know if a person misses you?
You know if someone misses you if they reach out in any way. For example, a clear indication if a person is thinking of you is if they text you, "I miss you." A more covert way that someone could show that they miss you is liking, commenting, or interacting with your social media posts. It's a significant boost to your mental health when you notice that someone you care about misses you. Hearing from that person can increase dopamine in your brain, which is a love hormone. It feels good to have someone you are crushing on miss you because it means that they notice your absence.
Can you make a person talk to you?
Unfortunately, you can't make someone talk to you. It's frustrating when you want to hear from a certain someone, and they appear to be ghosting you. Nobody wants to be ignored. But remember that they could be busy and not hearing from them doesn't mean that they don't like you. Life can be hectic, and people have a lot to do. You may feel anxious to talk to that person, and perhaps you communicate differently than them. Maybe you're the type of person to reply quickly to texts or emails. They could be different. Not hearing from someone you like could affect your mental health. And that's understandable, but you can vent to friends about it. If you find that you are obsessing over your crush, it's time to take a break. Instead of texting your crush, send a message to a friend. That way, you can distract your brain for a while.
How do you know if you're meant to be with someone?
Time will tell if you and your crush are meant to be. The best thing you can do for your mental health is to work on yourself. That self-understanding can happen in therapy, either with a counselor online or in your local area. Obsessing over a person can be painful, but some therapists understand this behavior and can help.
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Now that you know the real truth behind what's going on when you can't stop thinking about someone, you can reach out for help from a licensed professional or counselor to learn coping skills and strategies for healing and recovering from obsessive-thoughts.
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Now that you know the real truth behind what's going on when you can't stop thinking about someone, you can reach out for help from a licensed professional or counselor to learn coping skills and strategies for healing and recovering from obsessive-thoughts.
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At the College of Professional and Liberal Studies, an academic advisor's role is:
- to help you with the transition into college by monitoring your academic load, course selection and academic performance;
- to support you in initiating long range educational planning; and,
- to direct you to opportunities and resources that will enrich your education.
You are strongly encouraged to plan visits with an advisor during the first year for in-depth discussion about long term goals or other concerns. You are also required to meet each semester for an advising session before early registration at which time an advisor will focus on course selection and scheduling for the upcoming semester.
Preparing for Your Advising Session
Come to your session prepared with questions that you would like to discuss.
If you are meeting with an advisor to talk about requirements, do your homework first by reviewing information provided on the PLS Student Cumulative Record Sheet, the PLS Catalog, and class schedules.
If you need to talk with an advisor about academic difficulties, be prepared to identify and discuss obstacles. Have a tentative plan for addressing the identified obstacles and follow up on any recommendations that may be suggested.
If you are meeting with an advisor for course selection, bring a list of possible courses to your session.
If you wish to discuss an unofficial plan of work or change your major, bring a copy of your transcript to the session.
Planning ahead can make your time with an advisor more productive.
What You Can Expect of Advisors
- Assist you in discerning your educational goals, including discussion of choice of major.
- Understand University requirements, and effectively communicate them to you.
- Recommend class choices on a semester basis.
- Provide resources, referrals, and strategies for using available resources on campus.
- Listen carefully to your questions, concerns, and confusion.
- Assist you in understanding the purposes and goals of higher education.Be accessible to students during posted office hours, by telephone, email or web.
- Encourage and support you as you gain the skills and knowledge necessary for success.
- Monitor yiour progress and discuss concerns, including intervention during the current semester when necessary.
- Provide accurate information regarding requirements, policies and procedures.
What We Expect of Students
- Discern your educational goals and make an educational plan that includes courses and out-of-class activities.
- Know your curriculum requirements and track their progress towards graduation.
- Follow PLS academic policies, procedures (such as drop/add), and deadlines. (Note: University responsibility for making information available and advisor responsibility for answering questions accurately.)
- Use MySJU, the course catalog, and the Student Handbook effectively as information resources.
- Use advising sessions effectively, arriving on time, bringing needed materials such as a Student Cumulative Record Sheet, asking specific questions, and expecting your advisor to work within his/her defined roles.
- Check your SJU e-mail regularly (at least 2 to 3 times per week). This is the only e-mail account that the University will use to contact you.
- Be courteous and plan ahead (schedule appointments early and cancel or reschedule if necessary).
- Seek help when needed and use appropriate campus resources.
- Use MySJU and the PLS online course schedule to search for available courses, register and drop/add.


He aha? What is crystallised honey?
Firstly and most importantly, crystallised honey tastes exactly the same, and is a sign that your honey is unadulterated, unpasteurised and unfiltered.
We get asked often why our honey crystallises. It looks different, and sometimes people assume that's a bad thing. It gets grainy, crunchy and sort of chewy. But crystallised honey is completely natural, just as delicious, and if you ask us, even better to eat. There's something extra satisfying about that crunch when you have a spoonful as it is or on toast.
He aha ai? Why?
Three things influence if your honey crystallises or not:
The ratio of the two major sugars inside that delicious jar: fructose and glucose. When the glucose molecules separate from the water, they start forming a crystal, then the domino effect kicks in and more crystals build on top of each other. This ratio depends on what plants the bees have fed on to create the honey.
Cooler temperatures encourage crystallisation (both in the hive and in containers/storage).
The more pollen in the honey, the more likely it is to crystallise. If the honey is raw and fresh, it's more likely to crystallise.
As you can see, those three factors are all good things - so if your honey crystallises, awesome! We just hope you love the crunch as much as we do.
What if I don't like it?
If you really don't like it, you can heat your honey gently to liquefy it.
If you want to avoid it crystallising in the first place, avoid keeping it in cool places, and definitely don't keep it in the fridge.


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CT teens develop bullying app to protect peers
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WHDH) -- A group of Connecticut teens has developed an app to protect their peers. The app is called 'Back off Bully' or 'BOB'.
They hope it will change the way schools respond to the issue across the state.
Statistics show one in four Connecticut kids suffers the horrors of bullying.
"Students are bullied and they don't know how or where to go to get help," said Christina Puglisi, a BOB developer.
The brainchild of 14 teens in a New Haven design class may become standard operating procedure at schools across the state.
The web app is an anonymous resource. When kids witness or are the victim of bullying they can use their computer, smart phone, or iPad to report the incident. The app will ask questions about where and when the bullying is happening. All of the reported information is put in a data base so administrators can study it for common threads, intervene and break the bully's pattern.
"It's not something adults are telling them something to use, it's something kids are making for one another," Adam Scott who worked with research and design, said of the app.
"Instead of doing negative things for their phone, do a positive thing. Report somebody," said Michelle Zheng, a Bob developer.
"We're making reporters out of the 400 students at our school. So we can hope that we're catching more of that bullying and be able to actually affect change," said Puglisi.
Students have already begun promoting the app around the Metropolitan Academy. They plan to make a big push with next year's freshman class.


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I am new to web service and WSDL. I have a MySQL database stored in a server and I need to create a very simple web service that allows third party Java applications to input an integer (say'membership number') and receive a string (say'member name'). This should be done with WSDL.
Can someone please tell me what files do I need? A WSDL file, a schema file? Do I need a Java class stored in the server responsible to communicate with the database? I am pretty lost, I would be thankful if you could give me some suggestion
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As the simplest form of webservice is you can continue with JAX-WS, upon deployment of appilication it will publish a WSDL file and you can use this WSDL to communicate it from client
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JAX-WS is the simplest way to convert an existing method into a web service endpoint, with a few annotations, and the simple web server in the standard Java 6 JRE. It can autogenerate the WSDL too.
This tutorial covers the essentials for getting started:
I have found this to be a very robust technology.
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Using the SOAP Webservices can get pretty messy. Unless you are forced, I would recommend you use REST for webservices, it is much less complex than SOAP. You can find a good REST tutorial here.
If on the other hand you must use SOAP, you could strat by taking a look here.
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Ground Water Program
Sources of high quality ground water underlie virtually all
of Florida. Ninety percent of this state's population relies
on these ground water resources for their drinking water.
Additionally, over 50% of all other water needs including
agricultural, industry, mining, and electric power
generation are supplied by ground water resources. Ground
water also serves as the source for Florida's many springs
and provides a significant input to many of Florida's lakes
In DEP, responsibility for ground water is distributed
throughout the agency, but ground water quality on a
regional scale is addressed in two programs, the Aquifer
Protection and Ground Water Management Programs.
The Ground Water Management
Program is responsible for evaluating and addressing
ground water resources that adversely affect surface water
quality as part of Florida's Watershed Restoration Program.
These activities include conducting assessments of the
interaction of ground water with surface waters that are
impaired, identifying causes of these impairments and
helping to identify actions that can be taken to restore
them. Much of this work focuses on springs, which are among
the most treasured natural resources of the state. Other
responsibilities of this section are to coordinate with
other programs in the development of Florida's Integrated
Water Quality Assessment Report to EPA, manage spring
research and monitoring, provide oversight of agricultural
best management practice ground water monitoring studies,
and participate in evaluations of new pesticides that have
potential ground water impacts.
Ground Water Management activities include:
- Ground Water – Surface Water Interaction & Basin
- Springs Restoration
- Ground Water and Springs Data Management
- Agrichemical Effects – Pesticides & Best
Management Practices (BMPs)
The Aquifer Protection Program
is responsible for implementation and support of regulatory
programs affecting ground water. The Department of
Environmental Protection exercises regulatory authority over
ground water quality under Chapter 62-520, F.A.C. In Florida
the ground water standards are equivalent to the drinking
water standards. By definition, a violation of any ground
water standard or criterion constitutes pollution.
Regulatory programs within the Aquifer Protection
Underground Injection Control Program (UIC)
Regulation of Wells
Water Well Construction
Source Water and Wellhead Protection Programs
Ground Water Classes, Standards and Monitoring
Protection of ground water is integrated into many other
Department Programs, including Solid Waste, Phosphogypsum,
Industrial and Domestic Wastewater and Drinking Water. The
following list provides links to some of the most frequently
Where do I go if I need information about:
Ground Water Cleanup Target Levels?
Discharge of Produced Ground Water from any
Non-Contaminated Site Activity?
DEP Document 62-621.300(2), F.A.C.
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requirements, please contact the Industrial
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Sophisticated Alignment Process
The alignment process is subject to a series of highly challenging requirements. In particular:
- Maintaining the optimum distance between the probe (glass fiber) and photonic structure in order to minimize the loss of signal and to ideally simulate the operating conditions
- Aligning in all six degrees of freedom in order to best superimpose the optical axis of the structure to be tested with the test fiber
- Optimizing the position in the shortest time
- Avoiding a physical contact between the probe and the wafer at all costs
In order to fulfill these requirements, alignment mechanisms are required that work with accuracies in the nanometer range. Since visual or mechanical references are not precise enough, optimization is carried out via the optical signal itself. In the SiPh wafer probers from FormFactor, PI's >> Fast Multi-Channel Photonics Alignment-System (FMPA) takes on this central task.
The initial goal of the listed requirements is to be able to react with high flexibility to differing chip designs. Edge emitters, for example, require a horizontal alignment of the test fiber, whereas grating couplers require a vertical alignment at wafer level. With the alignment on edge emitters, testing at die-level also becomes possible.
The high speed of the alignment process is a further important goal for achieving an economical series production of SiPh components. Thousands of photonic structures are present on a wafer. The faster the alignment of the signal-carrying glass fibers, the faster and, therefore, more economical the test. The FMPA systems from PI position glass fibers and photonic structures in FormFactor's silicon photonic wafer probers in a fraction of a second. This makes the testing of a wafer in hours or a few days possible, instead of conventionally taking weeks or even months.
Despite the speed and precision, it is absolutely necessary to avoid a direct contact between the probe and wafer. Behind this requirement, the goal is to avoid direct damage to chip structures and the formation of particles. For this purpose, sensor technologies from PI are also being employed.

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FAKE SERVO CAMERA
Introduction: FAKE SERVO CAMERA
We made a fake(real-looking) camera using arduino uno, servo motor and LEDs.
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Step 1: Fake CCTV Camera
What is it ?
It is a real-looking camera that can be installed to intimidate people.
Why to use it ?
it can be use to scare away people(or animals) that enter your house.
Step 2: Requirements
cardboard - 1
jumper wires - as required
LED - 4
micro servo - 9g
arduino uno - 1
power supply - 2 x 9v battery
Step 3: Procedure
connections
1. connect the (+) pin of the battery to Vin and (-) pin to Gnd.
2. connect the (-) pin of servo to Gnd, (+) pin to 5V and Out pin to pin 9 on arduino.
3. make a series of 4 led's using 1 battery.
camera using cardboard
1. Cut a rectangular piece of a cardboard. Then fold it into a cylinder. Make 4 holes on one of the circular faces of the cylinder.
2. Make a cuboid using the cardboard by folding it.
Step 4: Code for the Camera
#include
int potPosition;
int servoPosition;
Servo myservo;
void setup() {
myservo.attach(9);
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void loop() {
potPosition = analogRead (A0);
servoPosition = map(potPosition, 0,1023,20,160);
myservo.write(servoPosition);
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Morgan Neville, Imagine Documentaries, and Peanuts have teamed for Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10, a documentary of sorts that seeks to answer the question: Was Snoopy a world famous, top-secret astronaut? It will launch in May will be available in May on the Apple TV app. Aaron Bergeron wrote the script.
Imagine's Ron Howard stars as himself along with Jeff Goldblum as a self-published NASA historian to take on the quest, which lightly spoofs the May 1969 NASA Apollo 10 mission that required the lunar module to skim the moon's surface within 50,000 feet and "snoop around" scouting a site for the upcoming Apollo 11 moon-landing.
NASA and the crew — the astronauts were Gene Cernan, John Young and Thomas Stafford — named the lunar module "Snoopy" and the command module "Charlie Brown."
Peanuts In Space is produced by Imagine Documentaries, DHX Media and Tremolo Productions, with Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Justin Wilkes and Marc Gilbar exec producing for Imagine.
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Welcome to the Horizontal Issues Knowledge Centre!
Here you will be able to find regularly updated database of theoretical and practical materials & resources on Horizontal Issues for service provision to people with disabilities, such as :
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Venture Philanthropy in Development - Dynamics, challenges and lessons in the search for greater impact
This report reviews the experience of members of the OECD Global Network of Foundations Working for Development (netFWD). It seeks to distil and disseminate the rationale, organisational implications and perceived benefits of the changes some foundations have undertaken.
Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability
The Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability is a model with a developmental frame of reference combined with existentialism, phenomenology and motivation theory. The central belief is that motivation governs action and action is the manifestation or expression of motivation. Motivation and action are inextricably linked, and therefore one can identify an individual's motivation by observing the person's action.


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Geohex Soil Erosion Control & Surface Stabilisation Paver
Geohex is manufactured in recycled polypropylene and is manufactured in Australia. It is unaffected by moulds and algae, soil-bourne chemicals and bacteria. The product has a load bearing capacity of 1200 t/m2 (filled) and 300 t/m2 (unfilled).
Note: One panel equals 2 press together units of 1000mm x 500mm = 1 square meters. This allows panels to be installed in various configurations.
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- turf reinforcement
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B.C.'s Yucwmenlúcwu forestry operation passes audit
March 24, 2023 By Forest Practices Board
An audit of non-replaceable forest licence (NRFL) A89359, held by Yucwmenlúcwu (Caretakers of the Land) 2007 LLP, found Yucwmenlúcwu's planning and practices generally complied with British Columbia's forestry legislation.
The audit covered activities conducted between Sept. 1, 2020, and Sept. 22, 2022. Activities included forest stewardship and site planning, timber harvesting, wildfire protection, silviculture, and constructing, maintaining and deactivating roads and drainage structures. Auditors assessed these activities for compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA), the Wildfire Act, and applicable regulations and legal orders.
"Our audit found that Yucwmenlúcwu complied with most requirements of FRPA and the Wildfire Act," said Bruce Larson, vice-chair of the Forest Practices Board. "However, the audit identified some practices that need to be improved. Yucwmenlúcwu did not always conduct fire hazard assessments after harvesting or take precautions to prevent damage to nearby trees when burning slash piles."
The audit also found four of the cutblocks examined were not regenerated by the required date. Yucwmenlúcwu recognized this error prior to the audit and took steps to regenerate these cutblocks in 2023.
The NRFL permits Yucwmenlúcwu forestry operations in the North Okanagan Shuswap area within the territories of the Secwepemc and the Syilx Nations. Specific areas audited are near the communities of Salmon Arm, Enderby and Sicamous.
The Forest Practices Board is B.C.'s independent watchdog for sound forest and range practices, reporting its findings and recommendations directly to the public and government. The board audits forest and range practices on public lands and appropriateness of government enforcement. It can also make recommendations for improvement to practices and legislation.
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What tricks make an iOS app feel responsive? By Laitkor Infosolutions iOS App development
- July 16, 2016
- Posted by: admin
- Category: iOS app
At the point when adding to an iOS app development, it is important that your application has greater execution. Your users expect it, and it will hurt your surveys if your application seems lethargic or moderate. There are a number of ways which can make an app responsive.
Making a responsive iOS app
1. Avoid using the main thread for processes that don't really need updates on the UI like reading from and writing to files, parsing a feed, etc.
2. There must be some content on the screen at all times as far as probable, even if the content is stale, and there is a feed updating in the background.
3. You must make sure that there is never a point of time in your app that a button or control is uncaring due to any handling. You must use background threads. Apple's cocoa framework has made it justly easy for developers to couple the power of multi-threading without needful in-depth awareness of how threads work.
4. Apart from these, there are some tips you need to consider while constructing the UI:
- You must use opaque opinions somewhere probable, specifically on table view cells. For view that is condensed with vibrant color background, the system has to truly calculate its color from the view beneath it. This demonstrates down the scroll speed of table view cells to a significant range.
- It is better idea to draw content on table view cells, rather that add Subview-ing UI Laberls or any UIViews for that matter.
Competition could also take place on the basis of pricing. Cost price may be the element on the basis of which the competitors generally compete with each other. Whose price structure is relative and comparatively low would be demanded more and all these platforms are reducing their cost in order to interact with large section of society and Azure at the same time is trying its best to be Developer friendly.
5. You must use Core Animation to your maximum benefit. This is an area of the API of iOS app development that can sometimes be poorly understood by devs. Cache UI elements intelligently. The should Rasterize flag on CALayer objects is a powerful tool that takes a great deal of pain out of caching.
6. You should also understand the behavior before caching. For example, the shouldRasterize flag can cause *damaging* concert influence if used on habitually invalidated views. The firmest drawing you can do is an elongated series of Core Graphics calls. If you are in an awfully concert intensive environment, an absolutely flattened set of calls in drawRect can be several times quicker than the intuitive application of many sub-views and a proportion of compositor work at render-time.
7. You can learn from the UITableView implementation and recycle frequently nullified/produced objects. Every alloc and dealloc is a presentation adverse, so if you are working to be doing a lot of it, try to find methods to decrease this load. There are some of the following ways which can make an app feel responsive:
- Use ARC to Manage Memory
- Use a reuse Identifier where Appropriate
- Set views as Opaque when possible
- Try not to Block the Main Thread
- Size Images to Image views
- Pick the Correct Collection
- Empower GZIP Compression
- Reuse and Lazy Load Views
- Reserve, cache, cache
- Consider Drawing
- Handle Memory Warnings
- Reuse Expensive Objects
- Maintain a deliberate detachment from Re-processing Data
- Prefer the True data Format
- Background Images Suitably
- Diminish your web footprint
- Pick correct data storage option
- Speed up Launch Time
Anticipate work that will need to be done in the near future. There must also be a Limit UI complexity. An app that is impeccably enhanced and follows *all* of the above suggestions would still feel slow if it takes many compliments and changeovers to get from one anticipated place to the succeeding. Start asynchronously rendering upcoming cells before your table views asks for them. The above stated tricks and many more indeed, can make iOS app feel more responsive.


The Greater Chatham Initiative was born from a comprehensive plan for economic growth and neighborhood vitality (The Plan). Our mission is to strategically invest (consistent with The Plan) in the Chicago communities of Chatham, Greater Grand Crossing, Avalon Park, and Auburn Gresham so they can re-emerge as communities of opportunity and choice.
About Us
Historically, the Chatham neighborhood's residential and economic stability has been both a beacon and an anchor for Chicago's south side, which bodes well for Chicago as a whole.
In recent years, Greater Chatham has been confronting new challenges: the number of middle-income jobs in the US economy has shrunk, including middle-wage public sector jobs, with a disproportionate impact on the African-American middle class; the aftermath of the national foreclosure crisis is painfully evident in Greater Chatham's "frozen" housing market; and the area is experiencing the in-migration of a lower-income, lower-skilled population looking for higher-quality housing options and better quality of life.
The Greater Chatham Initiative is an organization charged with developing and driving the implementation of a comprehensive strategy to revitalize the Chatham, Auburn Gresham, Avalon Park and Greater Grand Crossing neighborhoods on Chicago's south side.
In 2016, our organization authored a plan to spearhead a new approach to integrated neighborhood and regional development, tailored to the assets, dynamics and economics of the new, 21st century economy.
Residents often identify not only with "Greater Chatham" or one of the four community areas but also with the many and varied "neighborhoods" within them, including West Chatham, Park Manor, Marynook and Chesterfield.
Cultural icons like Mahalia Jackson and
Gwendolyn Brooks as well as African-American businesses like Johnson Products and
Seaway National Bank have called Greater Chatham their home.
To build something that is real and tangible, it is important to follow these principles:
 1. State the goals and what metrics will need to be tracked
 2. Outline the strategies that could help achieve the goals
 3. Identify a series of initiatives that are tactical project/ program ideas to execute. They must be:
 - scalable so they can broadly and substantially impact the community
 - sustainable so they can continue after strategic-investments conclude
 - innovative and transformative, minimally making great strides to positively changing existing systems and maximally making fundamental paradigm shifts
 - rapidly deployable and have a fast-moving trajectory toward a successful tipping point.
 4. Create an action plan that builds a platform to identify and prioritize initiatives based on neighborhood specific goals, identify resources and community partnerships, and put forth timelines.
The Greater Chatham Initiative is a necessarily ambitious undertaking. This plan aims to make the community one of both opportunity and choice. These are suggested goals and metrics. We will further refine the below as we investigate, plan and undertake the Initiatives.
Connect and align the residents and businesses of Greater Chatham with the Chicago region's next economy growth opportunities.
Revitalize and upgrade housing, stabilizing underwater homeowners and enabling new homeownership.
Enrich the community's array of retail, support services and other community amenities.
Increase public-sector and private-sector investments and decrease in individual public supports.
Create a next-economy inclusive civic infrastructure that connects community residents and businesses with regional stakeholders in fluid, flexible and innovative networks that are accountable to both communities and markets.
Enhance the social system and quality of life.
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In some circumstances, we can disregard a live-in carer when counting up the number of people in a property. If just you and your carer live in your home, you may be able to get a Carer's Discount to reduce your bill by 25%.
There are two types of carer (as defined by Council Tax legislation), the professional carer and the "unpaid carer or relative".
Either could be disregarded (not counted) for the purposes of calculating Council Tax provided the following criteria are met.
The Professional Carer
A person will be disregarded if they are;
- Engaged to provide care and support to a person on behalf of either a Local Authority, the Common Council of the City of London, the Council of the Isles of Scilly, the Crown or a Charitable Body,
- They are employed by a person to whom they are providing care and they were introduced by one of the above,
- They are employed to provide care for at least 24 hours a week, and are paid no more than £44.00 per week,
- They are resident in premises provided either by the relevant body (i.e. the charity) or by the person to whom they are providing care.
The "Unpaid Carer or Relative"
A person will be disregarded for the purposes of council tax if they are;
- Providing care to a person who is in receipt of:
i. An attendance allowance under section 65 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(2);
ii. The highest or middle rate of the care component of a disability living allowance under section 72(4)(a) of that Act;
iii. An increase in a constant attendance allowance under the proviso to article 14 of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983(3), or under article 14(1)(b) of the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983(4);
iv. An increase in the rate of his disablement pension under section 104 of that Act; or
v. The standard or enhanced rate of the daily living component of personal independence payment under section 78(3) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012; and
- Resident in the same dwelling as the person to whom they are providing care;
- Providing care for at least 35 hours a week on average;
- Not the spouse or partner of the person being cared for, or the child's parent if the person being cared for is under 18.
Apply for Carer's Discount
Print off the application form, fill it in and return it to us:
Email - scan it and send it to us at _EMAIL_
Post it to - Council Tax, Lewis House, Manvers Street, Bath, BA1 1JG
Can't print the form? Call us on 01225 47 77 77 (during office hours*) and we'll send you one.
(*office hours are: Mon, Tues & Thurs 8:30am - 5.00pm, Weds 9:30am - 5:00pm and Fri 8:30am - 4:30pm)
After you've applied for the discount
You must continue to pay the instalments shown on your Council Tax bill until you hear from us.
We periodically check accounts that have been granted discounts and exemptions, and we reserve the right to use credit reference agencies to validate claims. If we contact you to review your discount and we don't hear back from you, we will cancel it.
You must tell us if there is a change in your circumstances that may affect your discount. If you don't tell us you may have to pay a penalty.


SPHN Federated Query System
Information retrieval systems enabling researchers to query for specific clinical information of patients have so far been limited to individual clinics or single hospitals. With the new Federated Query System (FQS), established in the realm of the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN), it is now possible to search for fully anonymized clinical information across all five university hospitals, while allowing the hospitals to retain full control over their data.
The SPHN Federated Query System (FQS) allows queries on anonymized and nationally harmonized data coded in national or international terminologies. Researchers can assess whether and where patients or patient data potentially suitable for a specific research question exist at one or several of the Swiss University Hospitals (UHs). The system enables researchers to verify the feasibility of their project by running simple queries against a subset of clinical data of all UHs. Additionally, it allows designing and optimizing inclusion and exclusion criteria for study protocols without transferring any patient data.
These queries may include demographic information (age and gender), diagnosis (ICD-10), procedures (CHOP), medication (ATC) with substance amounts and lab test (LOINC) with lab results and units (according to UCUM). Overall, the system includes over 700 Mio data points from currently over 700 000 patients, who signed the general consent.
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Access Criteria
The FQS is accessible for authorized users through the BioMedIT portal (find instructions here).
Access requirements:
 - The user's institution has signed an agreement with SIB. Currently, the five Swiss university hospitals and the Universities of Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne, EPFL and ETH Zurich are part of the network. Additional institutions (e.g. further Swiss universities) have the possibility to join the consortium (contact the DCC for more details).
 - Users have a SWITCH edu-ID account with their employing institution linked in their profile (though SWITCHaai). USB users need to contact their local IT to manually set up the authentication through SWITCHaai via SWITCH edu-ID
 - Each user has individually agreed to abide by the FQS Acceptable Use Policy.
Software and Data Architecture
The FQS is a federated distributed query system based on a customized version of the Patient Network Explorer (PNEx) software product developed by Clinerion. The local implementation at the hospital side is taken care of by the FQS WG. The data follows the same semantic standards as the SPHN semantic interoperability framework, so feasibility studies for research projects and real-world data provision are aligned in terms of semantic data standards.
Regular Data Loads
New anonymized data are loaded into the FQS on a regular basis, which means that the number of eligible patients in a given query may change over time as the total number of data points increases. The new data is loaded on the first Tuesday and Wednesday after the first Monday of each month. During this time, the system will be offline.
Watch our demonstration of the system here.
FAQ User Guide
Please send us an email if you have any question or feedback regarding the SPHN FQS.
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Definition of Aliasing
Aliasing refers to the effect produced when a signal is imperfectly reconstructed from the original signal. Aliasing occurs when a signal is not sampled at a high enough frequency to create an accurate representation. This effect is shown in the following example of a sinusoidal function:
In this example, the dots represent the sampled data and the curve represents the original signal. Because there are too few sampled data points, the resulting pattern produced by the sampled data is a poor representation of the original. Aliasing is relevant in fields associated with signal processing, such as digital audio, digital photography, and computer graphics.
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text: This work presents a comparative study of design and development, in addition, of analyses of variable span morphing of the tapered wing (VSMTW) for the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The proposed concept consists in the sliding of the inner section into the fixed part along the wing with varying the angle of the inner section inside the fixed part (parallel with the leading edge and the moving-wing axis is coincident to the fixed-wing axis) within two configurations. The wing design is based on a NACA 4412 aerofoil with the root chord of 0.675m and the tip chord of 0.367m for the fixed segment and 0.320m for the moving segment. Morphing wing analysis occurs at three selected locations that have been specified for extending and modifying span length by (25%, 50%, and 75%) of its original length to fulfill various flight mission requirements. The main objective of this paper is to compare the aerodynamic characteristics for several span lengths and sweep angles and to find their most efficient combinations. The wing is optimised for different velocities during all phases of flight (min speed, loiter, cruise, and max speed) which are 17, 34, 51, and 68m/s, respectively. The analyses are performed by computing forces (drag and lift) and moments at various altitudes, such as at the sea level, at 5,000 and 10,000ft. Two-dimensional aerodynamic analyses are carried out using XFLR5 code, and the ANSYS Fluent solver is used for investigating the flow field on the three-dimensional wing structure. It has been observed that a variable span morphing of tapered wing technology with a variable sweep angle can deliver up to 32.93% improved aerodynamic efficiency. This concept design can also be used for the aircraft roll motion technique instead of conventional control devices. Furthermore, the range flight mission increases up to 46.89% when the wing is placed at its full length compared to an original position. Finally, it has been concluded from this study that the wing design is more sensitive to the changing angle of the inner section and more efficient in terms of aerodynamic characteristics.


Intensification for sustainability
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Would it be possible to valorise a waste stream… by purifying another? Dr. Jean Septavaux, co-founder of Secoya Technologies, co-authored a paper in Nature Chemistry describing a methodology for the convergent purification of electronic and gas waste streams. By using the unique properties of polyamines solutions upon capture of CO2 from car exhaust fumes, the authors manage to separate with a high selectivity the valuables metals contained in a dissolved car battery electrode.
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Zooplankton community dynamics
Ballast water transport as a taxonomic and numeric 'filter'
Zooplankton data collected from ballast tanks at the beginning and end of 25 voyages showed an overall decline in total zooplankton abundance during a voyage. Mortality within tanks could be caused by a number of factors, including:
- Lack of settlement substrate
- Exposure to toxic substances
- Physiological stress caused by changes in physical conditions
In addition, the duration of a voyage or the age of the ballast water is also an important factor, as mortality within tanks appears to increase with time.
For example, our data indicated that:
- On short voyages (<10 days) survival of zooplankton is unpredictable, but typically high (both increases and decreases in abundance were recorded).
- On long voyages (16-22 days) there were large declines in survivorship (>95% decrease in abundance in all cases.
This an important finding because in order to survive, establish, and thus achieve a successful ballast-mediated invasion, an organism must be delivered in adequate densities to increase the chances of encountering a mate and reproducing. This means that shorter coastwise voyages, where survivorship is more variable and the final densities are relatively higher pose a greater 'invasion threat' than do longer voyages.
Though these data bring us closer to identifying predictors of overall zooplankton survivorship, identifying individual taxonomic groups that are more likely to become successful invaders remains elusive. Survivorship varied both between taxonomic groups and within taxonomic groups for different voyages. Thus, we still do not fully understand the extent to which particular taxonomic groups are better able to survive transport in ballast tanks than others.
These data strongly point to the need for rigorous ballast water management policies across the board to effectively handle the release of domestic ballast water, particularly that portion of it which has only been subject to short-term transport.


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This page summarizes information about AP ID labels and answer sheets. For complete information, review the "AP ID Labels and the Answer Sheet" section in the AP Coordinator's Manual, Part 2, available later this year.
AP ID Labels
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This question arose in the comments of A question about groups of intermediate growth. I think it might be interesting to put it more in evidence.
Let $G$ be a f.g. group with a fixed symmetric set of generators $S$ and denote by $B(n)$ the ball of radius $n$ about the identity w.r.t. the word metric induced by $S$.
Fix an integer $k\geq1$ and define $\overline\zeta_k(G)=\lim\sup_n\frac{|B(nk+k)|}{|B(nk)|}$.
Observe that
 1. If $G$ has polynomial growth, then $\overline\zeta_k(G)=1$, for all $k$.
 2. If $\overline\zeta_k(G)=1$ for all $k$, then $G$ has sub-exponential growth.
General question: What can we say about $\overline\zeta_k(G)$ if $G$ has intermediate growth?
Martin Kassabov, in the comment to my question, suspects that it should be always (or most of the times) equals to $1$, but I cannot find even a single examples of a group of intermediate growth for which it is equal to $1$. I have to say that my knowledge about groups of intermediate growth is very little and I just tried to apply Corollary 1.3 in, but, as already observed by Martin, it is not strong enough to give an example of groups of intermediate growth whose $\overline\zeta_k(G)=1$.
Particular question: Is there an example of group of intermediate growth for which $\overline\zeta_k(X)=1$, for all $k$?
Thanks in advance,
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there is not "easy proof" of the observation 1, and for observation 2 it is enough to have it for some $k$. – kassabov Nov 15 '11 at 16:41
Yes, I was sure about the second point... – Valerio Capraro Nov 15 '11 at 19:32
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It seems that if $\bar \zeta_k > 1$ for some $k$ then $\bar \zeta_k > 1$ for all $k$. Also it is clear $\lim_k \sqrt[k]{\bar \zeta_k} = 1$.
My guess is that most known groups of intermediate growth satisfy $\bar \zeta_k=1$, but proving this require very carefull estimates for the size of the balls. Notice that until recently the growth type on any group of initermediate growth have not be computed, which requires just a "crude" estimates of the growth type. You can see the recent papers of Bartholdi and Eschler: and, where they have computed the growth type of many groups, but I fell that their estimates are far from what you need to get $\bar\zeta_k=1$.
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the second claim (about the limit) is clear and follows from your argument in the other question. Can you please give me some details about the first claim: if $\overline\zeta_k >1$ for some $k$, then $\overline\zeta_k>1$, for all $k$? Thank you very much in advance. – Valerio Capraro Nov 15 '11 at 22:27
Using that $B(n)$ is an increasing function one can easily see that $\sqrt{\zeta_k} \leq \zeta_l$ for $k


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By recycling steel fenders for new cars, the world's airliners could fly almost 100 million miles alone with the energy saved, according to a new study by the University of Colorado for the United Recyclers Group.
"The CU study estimates that nearly 11 million vehicles are taken off the road in America each year when they reach their so called 'End of Life' (EOL)," said Michelle Alexander, URG executive director, in the report. "This process of attrition is caused by accidents and also occurs as vehicles age. There are tremendous quantifiable environmental and financial benefits for consumers that are provided by the green American automobile recycling industry as these vehicles are processed both for the reuse of certain parts (known as 'green parts') and recycling of most of the remainder."
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Narrowing conversions change the destination copy of the source value, with potential information loss. For example, a fractional value is rounded when converted to an integral type, and a numeric type being converted to Boolean is reduced to either True or False.
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The main effect of an electromagnetic wave is basically that the electric field in the electromagnetic wave shoves charged particles around (ions and/or electrons). That's called "Electric dipole coupling". Electric dipole coupling is almost always much stronger than other effects of the electromagnetic wave. For example, the electromagnetic wave has a magnetic field too, which can exert forces on molecules. This "magnetic dipole coupling" is a much smaller effect than the electric dipole coupling.
Shoving an electron around (the electric dipole coupling) does not directly change or rotate the electron's spin. It only changes the spin a little bit, due to "spin-orbit coupling", an effect related to special relativity (in the "rest frame" of the moving electron, the electric fields get converted to magnetic fields, which torques the spin). Therefore, since spin-orbit coupling is a weak effect (unless the electron is traveling near the speed of light), the coupling between electromagnetic waves and molecules cannot usually involve a change of spin. That means that a spin-singlet molecule absorbing light almost definitely goes into a spin-singlet excited state. Conversely, it is exceedingly unlikely for a spin-triplet excited state to emit light while changing into a spin-singlet ground state.
By the way, another possibility is for the magnetic field of the light wave to directly torque the spin of the electron. This effect is normally even weaker than the effect of the wave via the spin-orbit effect.


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Meaning: 1. Someone or something that is annoying, pestering. 2. (Law) Anything that interferes with the legal rights of others.
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In Play: Anything that annoys us is a nuisance: "Responding to all these letters is such a nuisance, and I don't even have an underling I can assign the annoyance to." People can be nuisances, too: "The children are such nuisances, always begging for candy and ice cream, but I love them all the same." The difference between a nuisance and an eccentric is how much money you have in the bank.
Word History: Today's Good Word came to English from Old French (where else?) nuisance "nuisance, pollution", the noun from nuire, nuis- "to harm". French inherited nuire from its ancestor, the Latin verb nocere "to injure, harm". Latin, in turn, inherited the word from Proto-Indo-European nek-/nok- "death, die", a word that went into the creation of several other interesting words that English borrowed. Noxious is but one; others include innocuous, innocent, and obnoxious. Greek used the E-form of the PIE word in producing necrosis "death of tissue". An interesting twist in the history of this root is how it went into the making of nectar, the drink of the Greek gods. How? It was originally a compound noun, made up of nek- "death" + ter- "overcome" = "(something that) overcomes death". (Albert Skiles is no nuisance at all, but a prolific contributor of suggestions as good as today's very, very Good Word.)
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Decoding food labels can be a tricky business, particularly for those following strict dietary guidelines like vegans. One such label ingredient you might come across is E528, also known as Magnesium Hydroxide. So, let's dissect what E528 is, its origins, its uses, and importantly, whether it is vegan-friendly or not.
What is E528?
E528, also recognized as Magnesium Hydroxide, is an inorganic compound often utilized as a food additive. It's a white, odorless, non-toxic powder with alkaline properties. Magnesium Hydroxide's roles in food products are many, including acting as an acidity regulator, firming agent, and mineral supplement.
What is E528 made of?
E528 consists of magnesium, a mineral, and hydroxide, an ion made of oxygen and hydrogen. This substance is generally produced by reacting magnesium chloride with sodium hydroxide. As this process does not involve any animal derivatives, it is typically considered vegan-friendly.
What E528 is used for
In the food industry, E528 plays a variety of roles. Its primary use is as an acidity regulator, which helps maintain the pH balance in foods. Moreover, it is also used as a firming agent in canned vegetables, and as a mineral supplement in breakfast cereals and other fortified foods.
What Food Contains E528
You can find E528 in an array of food products. It's frequently used in the production of canned vegetables and fruits to keep them firm. E528 can also be found in some baked goods, confectionery, and fortified food items where it's added as a source of magnesium.
Is E528 Vegan?
Yes, E528 is vegan. It's synthesized from inorganic substances, namely magnesium chloride and sodium hydroxide, which are not derived from animals. However, as with all food products, vegans should read the complete list of ingredients to ensure everything complies with their dietary choices.
Can Vegans Eat E528?
Indeed, E528 is suitable for vegans. Its manufacturing process doesn't involve any animal-derived ingredients. But it's always good practice for vegans to scrutinize the whole ingredient list, as a product could contain other non-vegan elements.
- Potential Animal Testing with E528: E528 itself is vegan, but it's worth noting that some might argue its use indirectly supports animal testing. Many food additives undergo safety tests which may involve animals, despite the substance itself being vegan.
- Animal-Derived Ingredients in E528: There are no animal-derived ingredients in E528. Its creation involves purely inorganic substances.
- Origins and Production of E528: E528 is created synthetically from magnesium chloride and sodium hydroxide, involving no animal materials or by-products.
- E528 in a Vegan Diet: Given its non-animal origins and production, E528 can be included in a vegan diet without violating vegan principles.
Is E528 Safe?
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E528, also known as Magnesium Hydroxide, is a food additive that is safe and suitable for vegans. While it is produced synthetically and involves no animal products, vegans should still ensure that other ingredients in the food product are also vegan-friendly. Lastly, as with all things, moderation is crucial to maintain a healthy and balanced diet


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Every Monday we profile a Dow Live Earth Run for Water partner organization that works toward providing solutions to the nearly 1 billion people who lack access to clean, safe water. To donate to one of these projects, visit _URL_.
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ACR is an implementing organization and has projects, offices and staff in Cambodia, China, Ethiopia and Nepal. All projects are monitored routinely by in country staff for efficacy and safety, and each site project assists between 100 - 5,000 children (depending on the site). The process and system coverage are scalable and have been used in both Cambodia and Nepal's largest pediatric hospitals to assist more than 100,000 children per site annually.
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Windows 7 Goodies in C++: Taskbar Progress and Status Indicators
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An intro to using Taskbar progress bars and overlay icons with your Windows 7 applications
Contents
Introduction
One of the major changes to how the Windows 7 Taskbar operates is in an area that Microsoft calls peripheral status. This covers two types of status indicators: progress for long operations, and icons for important notifications. Apps can continue to use progress dialogs during long operations, but the Windows 7 Taskbar lets the app show a progress bar in its Taskbar button as well, so the user can see the progress indicator at a glance, without having to switch to the app.
Many apps also use the notification area to convey important status information. For example, Outlook shows an icon when you have new email. However, in Windows 7, notification area icons are hidden by default, so the notification area is no longer useful for displaying this kind of status. The Taskbar lets an app display a 16x16 icon that is overlaid on the existing icon in its Taskbar button. This prevents the notification area from getting too crowded, and keeps the status icon visually associated with the app that created it.
This article's sample app is a re-write of the file downloader from my article Using Internet Explorer to download files for you. The app shows the download progress in its Taskbar button, in addition to a traditional progress bar in the dialog. This app didn't have a notification area icon before, but for the purposes of demonstrating the API calls involved, it has commands for showing a status icon as well.
The sample code for this article was built with Visual Studio 2008, WTL 8.0, and the Windows 7 RC SDK.
Using the New Taskbar Interfaces
Here is a screen shot of the revised downloader app:
As with jump lists, progress indicators are exposed through a new COM interface.
The ITaskbarList3 interface
Before our app can use peripheral status features, we must create an ITaskbarList3 interface. ITaskbarList3 is a new interface in Windows 7 that provides access to many of the new Taskbar features. There is a bit more to this than just calling CoCreateInstance(), however. We must wait for Windows to tell us that our Taskbar button has been created. Windows does this by sending our main window a registered message called TaskbarButtonCreated. Once we receive that message, it's safe to create an ITaskbarList3 interface and call its methods.
The main dialog class has a private data member that holds the ID of this message. This member is initialized during the app's startup sequence, and used in the message map:
class CMainDlg : public CDialogImpl<CMainDlg>
{
public:
 BEGIN_MSG_MAP(CMainDlg)
 MESSAGE_HANDLER_EX(m_uTaskbarBtnCreatedMsg, OnTaskbarBtnCreated)
 // other message handlers...
 END_MSG_MAP()

 LRESULT OnTaskbarBtnCreated ( UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam );

private:
 static const UINT m_uTaskbarBtnCreatedMsg;
};

const UINT CMainDlg::m_uTaskbarBtnCreatedMsg =
 RegisterWindowMessage ( _T("TaskbarButtonCreated") );
CMainDlg also has a member m_pTaskbarList, which is a CComPtr<ITaskbarList3>.The message handler for the TaskbarButtonCreated message calls CoCreateInstance() to initialize this interface:
LRESULT CMainDlg::OnTaskbarBtnCreated ( UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )
{
 m_pTaskbarList.Release();
 m_pTaskbarList.CoCreateInstance ( CLSID_TaskbarList );
 return 0;
}
It's possible for the Taskbar to send this message multiple times. For instance, if Explorer crashes and restarts, it will recreate the Taskbar, and notify all running apps again that their buttons have been created. To handle the case where we get multiple TaskbarButtonCreated messages, we release any existing interface we might have, and create a new one.
If your app will run on versions of Windows before Windows 7, be aware that anyone could register a window message called TaskbarButtonCreated and broadcast it. To protect against this, you should ignore the message if the OS is older than Windows 7. Here's the updated message handler that checks the OS version:
LRESULT CMainDlg::OnTaskbarBtnCreated ( UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )
{
DWORD dwMajor = LOBYTE(LOWORD(GetVersion()));
DWORD dwMinor = HIBYTE(LOWORD(GetVersion()));

 // Check that the OS is Win 7 or later (Win 7 is v6.1).
 if ( dwMajor > 6 || ( dwMajor == 6 && dwMinor > 0 ) )
 {
 m_pTaskbarList.Release();
 m_pTaskbarList.CoCreateInstance ( CLSID_TaskbarList );
 }

 return 0;
}
There's one final detail to take care of: We have to tell Windows to allow the TaskbarButtonCreated message to be sent to our window if our app is running elevated. We do this in our WM_INITDIALOG handler:
BOOL CMainDlg::OnInitDialog ( HWND hwndFocus, LPARAM lParam )
{
CHANGEFILTERSTRUCT cfs = { sizeof(CHANGEFILTERSTRUCT) };

 ChangeWindowMessageFilterEx ( m_hWnd, m_uTaskbarBtnCreatedMsg,
 MSGFLT_ALLOW, &cfs );

 // other initialization steps...

 return TRUE:
}
We can do this all the time, because if our app isn't running elevated, the ChangeWindowMessageFilterEx() call is a no-op.
Showing a Progress Bar
Now that we've seen how to create an ITaskbarList3 interface, let's look at the methods for showing a progress bar. There are two methods that control the position and appearance of the progress bar:
 - SetProgressState(): Controls whether the bar is visible, and what state it's in: normal, indeterminate, paused, or error.
 - SetProgressValue(): Sets the position of the bar.
The prototype for SetProgressState() is:
HRESULT SetProgressState ( HWND hwnd, TBPFLAG tbpFlags );
hwnd is the HWND of our window. We must pass our dialog's HWND so the Taskbar knows which button to show the progress indicator in. tbpFlags is a TBPFLAG value indicating the state:
 - TBPF_NOPROGRESS: The progress bar is not visible.
 - TBPF_INDETERMINATE: The progress bar shows indeterminate progress by running in marquee mode.
 - TBPF_NORMAL: The normal state (green in the default theme).
 - TBPF_PAUSED: The paused state (yellow in the default theme).
 - TBPF_ERROR: The error state (red in the default theme).
The last three states are analogous to the states that were added to the progress bar control in Vista.
The other method, SetProgresValue(), sets the position of the bar, if the bar is visible. Its prototype is:
HRESULT SetProgressValue ( HWND hwnd, ULONGLONG ullCompleted,
 ULONGLONG ullTotal );
As before, hwnd is the HWND of our dialog. ullCompleted represents the amount of work completed so far, and ullTotal represents the total amount of work. The Taskbar will convert ullCompleted to a percentage, and the progress bar will display that percentage. If the bar is currently in the indeterminate state, calling SetProgressValue() will automatically put the bar into the normal state.
How the sample project uses the progress bar
Since the dialog has a progress bar as well, that progress bar and the Taskbar progress bar are typically in the same state and showing the same information. For instance, when a download starts, we reset the progress bar and clear any existing progress indicator:
void CMainDlg::OnStart ( UINT uCode, int nID, HWND hwndCtrl )
{
 // Clear the taskbar progress bar.
 if ( m_pTaskbarList )
 m_pTaskbarList->SetProgressState ( m_hWnd, TBPF_NOPROGRESS );

 // m_cProgress is a CProgressBar