How The Clerk.io Platform Works
An overview of the Clerk.io architecture for developers or other technically interested people.
The purpose of this page is to give a simple insight into the Clerk.io platform to make it easier to understand how to work with it and how to use it for developers and others with technical flair.
Clerk.io In 60 Seconds
In the shortest form Clerk.io does the following:
 1. Takes a stores order history and current product catalog.
 2. Runs the data through the ClerkCore predictive algorithm to learn customer intent.
 3. Makes the predicted behavior available through the Clerk.io API at api.clerk.io.
Through the Clerk.io API other applications can then ask Clerk.io for answers on customer intent queries such as:
 - "Customer X is watching product Y, what would be good alternatives to Y?": _URL_
 - "Customer X just added product Y to the basket, what's most likely that X will buy next?": _URL_
 - "I want to create an offer for product X, who of my customers should I send it to?": _URL_
It's on top of these types of queries that we have build our 4 services Search, Recommendations Email and Audience.
The Clerk.io Arcitecture
When working with a platform a glimpse under the hood can greatly help you understand how to use it wisely. That what we'll try to give you in this section.
Clerk.io consists of 3 main subsystems arranged separately around the core Data Store:
 1. Clerk.io Data Sync Infrastructure: The purpose of this systems is to sync all relevant data such as products and orders to Clerk.io.
 2. Clerk.io Compute Cluster - ClerkCore: The purpose of this system is I analyze the store's data in the Data Store and pre-compute core customer intents and behaviors. These basic insights are then stored back in the Data Store to be used when the API is requested for a prediction.
 3. Clerk.io Prediction API - api.clerk.io: The purpose of this system is to answer customer intent queries on demand. The system combines the pre-computed customer intents and behaviors and combines it with the current customer's real-time behavior to answer the intent query.
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A simple diagram overview of the Clerk.io platform and the 3 sub-systems.
Clerk.io Data Sync Infrastructure
The purpose of the Clerk.io Data Sync Infrastructure is to make sure that Clerk.io at all times have the correct information about products, orders and customers in order to make the correct predictions. If you see a drop in prediction quality it is 99.99% of times because the wrong data has been synced to Clerk.io (we offer a Data Health dashboard to help detect data issues).
The synchronization infrastructure is two layered:
 1. A Core Importer takes data in an internally well-defined format and validates and stores it.
 2. A series of platform-specific importers loads data from the given platform into the Core Importer.
With this system Clerk.io is able to support a variety of platforms and data formats with an extremely small overhead.
Every time you start a Data Sync in the Clerk.io Backend you load an instance of your selected platform-specific importer that loads syncs data from your store into Clerk.io.
Data Syncs are also scheduled to be run automatically depending on the rate of change in the store and the time (as a metric for the load on the store) it takes to complete the import. The frequency is reported in the Data Sync backend.
On top of that, we try to make all data synchronization in real-time though it is not possible on all platforms. If real-time updates are enabled is also show under Data Sync in the backend.
Clerk.io Compute Cluster - ClerkCore
ClerkCore is the heart of Clerk.io! This is where we predict the future intent of a store's customers.
A store is periodically analyzed dependent on the amount of change made to a store and time since last analyzation.
Analyzations are also done on the fly upon changes so it should never be visible when they are run but it means that the first time you populate a store with data it might take some minutes before you see results through the API.
Clerk.io Prediction API
Insights and knowledge have no value if not used to help people and that's what the Clerk.io Prediction API is for. The API is located at api.clerk.io and the full reference can be found under API Reference.


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Physical Therapy Systems and Methods
The invention is directed to a physical therapy system including a glove with a set of acoustic sensors and a positive feedback system and method for teaching finger extension. The system may also include a pair of gloves with a set of acoustic sensors and a positive feedback system to teach clapping. In another aspect, the system may include a glove with an acoustic sensor, an object with a corresponding sensor and a positive feedback system for teaching arm extension. The invention may be particularly useful for providing a rehabilitation method for individuals affected with hemiplegic cerebral palsy.
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Article abstract: At issue: Boundary between Persia and the Ottoman Empire and religious differences. Result: Stalemate; Ottomans unable to control conquered territory and Persians unable to militarily defeat Ottoman forces.
These wars, motivated by both nationalistic and religious differences, occurred during the reigns of several sultans and distracted them from their efforts to conquer the central European nation of Austria. In 1502, Ismāʿīl I assumed the title of shah and declared Shīʿism as the official religion of Persia. The sultan...
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Announcing the 18th annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festivasl, April 6-12, 2015
Environments inhabited by animals, plants, organisms, minerals, fungi, bacteria. Terrains, waters, atmospheres defined by layers, relationships, and complexities surrounding the human and the nonhuman. Ecological systems offering sustenance and life. Territories sculpted by the small and the local: havens, dwellings, abodes, sites.
Habitus extends habitats: cultures anchored in bodies, groups, nations, habits, skills, styles, tastes. Through everyday life and historical memory, habitus spawns values and expectations. Habitats and Habitus: generative havens, dynamic environments, sustaining locales.
But while habitat often implies stability, sustenance, and a natural order, conflicts and contradictions pervade actual habitats. As competing organisms and species vie for niches, a habitat's appearance of coherence can be illusory, disguising violence.
As habitats evolve from internal dynamics and external challenges, boundaries unhinge in constant flux. And how do we mark the borders of a habitat or habitus? Are cities habitats? Parks? Farms? Neighborhoods? Skyscrapers? Museums? Universities? Shopping malls? War zones? Prisons? Databases? Server farms? Phone apps? Concert halls? Film festivals?
Funding for the 2015 Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival is provided by Ithaca College, the major presenting sponsor, and the generosity of other outside funders.


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US FDA Approves New Drugs Faster than Its European or Canadian Counterparts
- Jun 05 2012
In the race to introduce new drugs to the market, the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been criticized for dragging its feet in issuing regulatory approvals. Yet a recent study in The New England Journal of Medicine indicates that contrary to popular perception, the FDA actually approves new drugs more quickly than its European or Canadian counterparts.
In the US, before pharmaceutical companies can sell new drugs to the public, they must submit an application to the FDA that details the drug's safety and efficacy. Officials at the FDA review the application and decide whether or not to approve the drug. Some drugs must go through multiple rounds of review, with the manufacturer supplying additional information each time to satisfy the FDA's requirements.
To speed regulatory approval of new drugs, the US Congress enacted the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) in 1992. The PDUFA authorizes the FDA to collect fees from drug manufacturers for each new application. The fees help cover the costs needed to speed drug review, including the hiring of additional staff. Congress must reauthorize PDUFA every 5 years, with the next renewal slated for 2012.
Joseph Ross, M.D., M.H.S., at Yale University, and his colleagues wondered how the length of time of the FDA's application review for new drugs compares with that required by regulatory agencies in Europe and Canada. So they compared review times for new drugs among the FDA, the European Medicines Agency (EMA, the primary regulator serving the European Union), and Health Canada (the regulator serving Canada) during the most recent PDUFA periods (2001 to 2010).
- A total of 510 applications for new drugs were approved from 2001 to 2010: 225 by the FDA, 186 by the EMA, and 99 by Health Canada. Of these, 289 were unique drugs.
- The median length of time for completion of the first review was 303 days for applications approved by the FDA, 366 days for those approved by the EMA, and 352 days for those approved by Health Canada.
- The median total review time (the combined length of all rounds of review required for drug approval) was 322 days for the FDA, 366 days for the EMA, and 393 days for Health Canada.
- 190 new drugs were approved in both the US and Europe, and 121 (63.7 percent) of these were first approved in the US. Similarly, 154 drugs were approved in both the US and Canada, of which 132 (85.7 percent) were first approved in the US.
What Does It Mean?
For new drugs approved between 2001 and 2010, the FDA reviewed applications more quickly, on average, than the EMA or Health Canada. Most of the drugs approved by more than one agency were approved first in the US. These findings counter recent criticisms of the speed of review by the FDA, since the FDA outpaces its European and Canadian counterparts.
Regulatory agencies have dual responsibilities to ensure patient safety while providing timely access to promising new medicines. This study examined only the speed of the regulatory review process and did not attempt to compare the quality of regulatory decisions. Therefore, future studies should examine safety parameters such as label changes or drug withdrawals, which might reflect quality and adequacy of (or oversights and gaps in) FDA's drug review process.
Another limitation of the study is that the researchers only examined applications that were approved by the regulatory agencies, because information about unapproved applications is not publicly available. Also, they focused on applications for new drugs, rather than on applications for reformulated drugs, generic drugs, or medical devices.
Lastly, the research did not compare the cost of submission among the different regulatory agencies. Given that a higher cost of submission may lead to an increased cost of medications, and given the increased cost of medications in the US as compared to Europe or Canada, this should also be investigated.
The study provides researchers and people with Parkinson's with a better understanding the drug development process. For further information about the process and how to help speed new treatments for Parkinson's in your community, join PDF's upcoming online course – a component of its Parkinson's Advocates in Research program - which launches on Thursday, June 7.
Reference: Downing, N. S., Aminawung, J. A., Shah, N. D., Braunstein, J. B., Krumholz, H M., & Ross, J. S. (2012) Regulatory Review of Novel Therapeutics—Comparison of Three Regulatory Agencies. N. Engl. J. Med., doi:10.1056/NEJMsa1200223
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|salicylic acid (ˌsælɪˈsɪlɪk)|
|a white crystalline slightly water-soluble substance with a sweet taste and bitter aftertaste, used in the manufacture of aspirin, dyes, and perfumes, and as a fungicide. Formula: C6H4(OH)(COOH)|
|[C19: from salicyl (via French from Latin salix a willow + |
|an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.|
|a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.|
salicylic acid sal·i·cyl·ic acid (sāl'ĭ-sĭl'ĭk)
A white crystalline acid used in making aspirin and in the topical treatment of skin conditions such as eczema.
|salicylic acid (sāl'ĭ-sĭl'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
A white, crystalline acid used to make aspirin, to treat certain skin conditions, and to preserve and flavor foods. Salicylic acid is benzoic acid with a hydroxyl group (OH) attached to the carboxyl group (COOH). Chemical formula: C7H6O3.


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 5.8 Allow the user to turn on and off support for scripts and applets.
 Amaya does not interpret scripts or applets - n/a
 10.1 Provide information about document and view changes (to the user
 and through programming interfaces). Amaya does not interpret
 scripts or applets - n/a
 For Standards and Conventions (Priority 1) Yes No N/A
 11.1 Implement the accessibility features defined for supported
 technologies. Amaya does not do this yet
 12.1 Use and provide accessible interfaces to other technologies.
 This checkpoint is not really clear. How does it differ from 1.1?
 12.2 Provide programmatic read and write access to user agent
 functionalities and user interface controls (including selection and
 focus) by using operating system and development language
 accessibility resources and conventions. Amaya does this by using
 standard libraries only.
 12.3 Notify dependent user agents of changes to the document and user
 interface controls (including selection and focus) by using operating
 system and development language accessibility resources and
 conventions. Amaya does this using standard operating system
 libraries (eg Motif)
 12.4 For graphical desktop browsers. Comply with W3C Document Object
 Model specifications and export interfaces defined by those
 specifications. I don't know if Amaya does this.

Priority 2 checkpoints
 In General (Priority 2) Yes No N/A
 3.3 Describe product features known to promote accessibility in a
 section of the product documentation. How is this different from 3.2
 (which is priority 1)?
 7.4 When no alternative text representation has been specified,
 indicate what type of object is present. Attributes are available
 to the user, but information such as the content-type is not
 8.4 Allow the user to navigate among all active elements in the
 document. Amaya supports links and form controls. The user can
 navigate links in the links view.
 8.5 Allow the user to search for rendered text content, including
 alternative text content.
 8.6 Allow the user to navigate the document structure. Amaya provides
 a structure view, which allows element-by-element navigation, and a
 table of contents view which allows navigation of the header elements.

 9.4 Make available information about an element's context within a
 document (e.g., numerical or relative position). I don't think Amaya
 does this, except through the scrollbar position. It does give the
 ancestor elements of the current element in the status bar
 User Interface (Priority 2) Yes No N/A
 4.1 Allow the user to configure the user agent in named profiles that
 may be shared (by other users or software). This can be done through
 the use of multiple configuration directories. They are only read at
 application intialisation time - changing the directory requires
 exiting and restarting Amaya
 6.15 Allow the user to control speech volume, pitch, gender and other
 articulation characteristics. Amaya does not render Audio - n/a
 9.3 For dependent user agents. Allow the user to view a document
 outline constructed from its structural elements (e.g., from header
 and list elements). Amaya is not a dependent user agent, but does
 this anyway
 10.2 Ensure that when the selection or focus changes, it is in the
 viewport after the change. Amaya does this, except that it allows a
 selection to be under a search or dialogue window.
 Keyboard Support (Priority 2) Yes No N/A
 2.4 Allow the user to configure the keystrokes used to activate user
 agent functionalities. Wherever possible, allow single key activation
 of functions. Amaya does this
 2.5 Allow the user to turn on and off author-specified keyboard
 configurations. Amaya does not support accesskey (so far as I know)

 2.6 Use platform conventions to indicate which keys activate which
 user agent functionalities. Amaya does this
 2.7 Avoid default keyboard configurations that interfere with system
 conventions. Amaya does this
 For Links (Priority 2) Yes No N/A
 9.5 Make available whether following a link will involve a fee.
 It is not clear how this can be known by the user agent.
 For Frames (Priority 2) Yes No N/A
 5.12 Allow the user to turn on and off rendering of frames. Amaya
 does not render frames
 6.16 When new windows or user interface components are spawned, allow
 the user to control window size and position. Amaya does this through
 system conventions and a configuration option
 9.2 For dependent user agents. Provide the user with information about
 the number of viewports. Amaya is not a dependent user agent,
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 For Forms (Priority 2) Yes No N/A
 9.9 Provide the user with access to any label explicitly associated
 with a form control. I don't think Amaya does this
 For Images, animations, and image maps (Priority 2) Yes No N/A
 6.7 Allow the user to control animation rate. Amaya does not
 support animations - n/a
 For Multimedia (Priority 2) Yes No N/A
 6.10 Allow the user to start, stop, pause, and rewind video.
 Amaya does not support multimedia - n/a
 6.12 Allow the user to control audio volume. Amaya does not
 support multimedia - n/
 6.13 Allow the user to start, stop, pause, and rewind audio.
 Amaya does not support multimedia - n/
 For Standards and Conventions (Priority 2) Yes No N/A
 11.2 Support appropriate W3C Recommendations. Amaya does this (mostly
 - in theory all specifications will be fully implemented)
 12.5 For graphical desktop browsers. Provide programmatic exchange of
 information in a timely manner. This is done through the operating
 system.
 12.6 Follow operating system conventions and accessibility settings.
 In particular, follow conventions for user interface design, default
 keyboard configuration, product installation, and documentation.
 Amaya mostly does this on unix, and to a lesser extent on windows.

Priority 3 checkpoints
 In General (Priority 3) Yes No N/A
 7.5 When alternative text has been specified explicitly as empty
 (i.e., an empty string), render nothing. Amaya does this
 8.7 Allow the user to configure structured navigation. Amaya does
 not do this
 10.4 When loading a document, make available what portion of the
 document has loaded, whether loading has stalled, and when the user
 may begin to browse. This is in the status bar (when the user can
 begin to browse is when the rendering changes. I think that triggers
 an event in the system toolkits but I am not sure)
 10.5 Make available what portion of the document the user has viewed.
 Amaya does this through the scrollbar
 User Interface (Priority 3) Yes No N/A
 4.2 Allow the user to configure the graphical arrangement of user
 interface controls. Amaya doesn't do this
 5.13 Allow the user to turn on and off author-specified page forwards
 that occur after a time delay and without user intervention. Amaya
 does not support http-equiv refresh (since it isn't part of http)
 5.14 Allow the user to turn on and off automatic page refresh.
 Amaya does not support automatic refreshing
 9.10 Maintain consistent user agent behavior and default
 configurations between software releases. Consistency is less
 important than accessibility and adoption of system conventions.
 Amaya does this as far as possible, consistent with accessibility
 being a higher priority (for example, some default keyboard shortcuts
 have changed in order to conform to platform standards or allow for a
 wider range of available shortcuts)
 Keyboard Support (Priority 3) Yes No N/A
 2.8 Provide a default keyboard configuration for frequently performed
 operations. Amaya does this (to a cetain extent - not all functions
 can be activated from teh keyboard, and not all functions which can
 have a default keyboard activation)
 For Links (Priority 3) Yes No N/A
 7.9 Provide a mechanism (e.g., through style sheets) to distinguish
 visited links from unvisited links. Amaya does this through CSS
 7.10 Allow the user to specify (e.g., through style sheets) that
 images used in links must have borders. Amaya does this through CSS

 9.6 Make available information about a link that will enable the user
 to decide whether to follow the link. Apart from the fee question
 and the attributes of the link element ( for which see above) it is
 not clear what information can be provided.
 For Tables (Priority 3) Yes No N/A
 9.8 Make available the dimensions of a selected table. Amaya does
 not do this
 For Forms (Priority 3) Yes No N/A
 10.6 Allow the user to request to be prompted before a form is
 submitted. The user must activate a form manually, but there is no
 further prompting required
 For Events, applets, and scripts (Priority 3) Yes No N/A
 10.3 Allow the user to configure the user agent for notification of
 certain types of document changes only. Amaya doesn't really do
 this.
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Welcome, educators! The Valentien exhibit now has a valuable Teacher's Resource Guide in English or Spanish. This guide includes exhibition overview, background information, glossary, references, classroom activities, and a Musuem visit exercise.
This guide will assist educators in lesson planning around this fascinating exhibit. This exhibition displays 80 stunning watercolor paintings of California plants painted in the early 1900s by Albert R. Valentien.
In conjunction with the exhibit, a full-color book about the watercolors, the artist, the historical context of his work, and the importance of conservation of native California habitats has been published by the Irvine Museum in collaboration with the San Diego Natural History Museum. This volume includes over 325 color plates from the collection, finally published almost 100 years after their creation. The exhibition occured in San Diego and it ran until September 7, 2004, after which it began touring the U.S.


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The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN)
- First Global Meeting of INFOSAN
- INFOSAN Progress Report 2004-2010
- INFOSAN Information Notes
- FAO/WHO framework for developing national food safety emergency response plans
- FAO/WHO guide for application of risk analysis principles and procedures during food safety emergencies
- FAO/WHO guide for developing and improving national food recall systems
The rapid globalization of food production and trade has increased the potential likelihood of international incidents involving contaminated food.
Food safety authorities all over the world have acknowledged that ensuring food safety must not only be tackled at the national level but also through closer linkages among food safety authorities at the international level. This is important for exchanging routine information on food safety issues, sharing experiences and expertise and to have rapid access to information in case of food safety emergencies.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) is is a joint initiative between WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). This a global network includes of 177 member states. Each has a designated INFOSAN emergency contact point for communication between national food safety authorities and the INFOSAN secretariat regarding urgent events. Recognizing that food safety is often a shared responsibility, countries are also asked to identity focal points in other ministries or relevant agencies to receive INFOSAN communications.
The network aims to:
- Promote the rapid exchange of information during food safety related events
- Share information on important food safety related issues of global interest
- Promote partnership and collaboration between countries
- Help countries strengthen their capacity to manage food safety risks
As part of its routine activities, INFOSAN publishes Information Notes, in the six official WHO languages, to provide its members with summaries on relevant food safety issues. Guidance is being developed on a number of topics related to food safety emergency response and management.
INFOSAN also facilitates the exchange of food safety information and experience among its members. In collaboration with the WHO Global Foodborne Infections Network (GFN), training is provided on the reporting of international food safety events to the global community.
INFOSAN systematically monitors for potential international food safety related events in addition to receiving information through INFOSAN emergency contact points. This monitoring is done in close collaboration with the WHO Alert and Response Operations program (provide link) as part of WHO's event detection activities. Working under the umbrella of the International Health Regulations (2005) INFOSAN Emergency facilitates the identification, assessment and management of food safety events of possible international concern. Collaborating closely with countries, alerts may be developed and disseminated to the INFOSAN emergency network. To help respond to country requests for assistance during food safety emergencies. INFOSAN Emergency partners with the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN).
INFOSAN also works with the Global Early Warning System for Major Animal Diseases, including Zoonoses (GLEWS) to promote seamless action throughout the food-chain continuum.
For further information please contact:
Department of Food Safety and Zoonoses (FOS)
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20
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TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli announced on Tuesday that Iran plans to display several new home-made air defense systems in April.
"New air defense systems in radar and missile fields will be unveiled on April 18," Esmayeeli told reporters in Tehran today while participating in the February 11 annual rallies held to mark the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
He also said that construction of a low-altitude missile system is in its final stage and the system will go on display on April 18.
In relevant remarks in mid-May, Esmayeeli said Iran's air defense capability is so advanced that it is not comparable to what it could do during the Iraqi imposed war on Iran in 1980s.
"At present, the air defense unit's capability, capacity and expertise can defuse any threat existing in the region," Esmayeeli stressed, adding that the air defense forces enjoy a "desirable" level of preparedness.
The Iranian Armed Forces have recently test-fired different types of newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a large number of home-made weapons, tools and equipment, including submarines, military ships, artillery, choppers, aircrafts, UAVs and air defense and electronic systems, during massive military drills.
Defense analysts and military observers say that Iran's wargames and its advancements in weapons production have proved as a deterrent factor.
In September, the Iranian Armed Forces displayed the country's latest home-made military tools, weapons and equipments in large military parades in Tehran and across the country.
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Proceedings of SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering
Modeled hyperspectral reflectance signatures just above the water surface are obtained from radiative transfer models to create synthetic images of targets below the water surface. Images are displayed as 24 bit RGB images of the water surface using selected channels. Example model outputs are presented in this paper for a hyperspectral Monte Carlo and a hyperspectral layered analytical iterative model of radiative transport within turbid shallow water types. Images at the selected wavelengths or channels centered at 490, 530 and 680 nm suggests the two models provide quite similar results when displayed as RGB images. The techniques are demonstrated to the problem of extracting synthetic targets from hyperspectral synthetic images in the presence of water surface wave, using spectral wave models. The most sensitive parameters for generating realistic images are water depth and bottom reflectance in clean natural and optically shallow waters. Also presented are platforms for use in ports, harbors, inlets and waterways developed and designed for current and future monitoring to insure sustainable safe shallow water environments.
Bostater Jr., C. R. (2005). Hyperspectral simulation and recovery of submerged targets in turbid waters. Paper presented at the Proceedings of SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering, 5780 107-127. doi:10.1117/12.607531


Thought of the day - strong will power
Where there is a will there is a way
A man of strong will power is sure to succeed in life. To a man of will power nothing is impossible. Life is not a bed of roses. It is full of difficulties. At every step, we have to face dangers. If we have no strong determination, we may lose hope in life. Failure in life is largely because of a lack of strong mental make-up. Weak-minded persons lose all spirit when they fail. A strong-minded man never broods on defeat. He throws himself heart and soul into further efforts and achieves almost the impossible.
Usain Bolt motivational quote
Strong will power and determination
Strong will power and determination is the key of success. The history of Thomas Alva Edison (Thomas Edison's teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-productive." As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts at inventing the light bulb) is an example. He tried and tried. At last, he succeeded. So, we can surely do something in life if we have a sincere desire and firm will to act.
This short motivational speech can change your life.
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Crystal, Washington-TOPO Series Map
Crystal Mountain is located southeast of Seattle in the Cascade Mountain Range and is the largest ski resort in the state. Started in 1962, it gets 350 inches of snowfall annually and has over 2,600 acres of terrain.
TOPO Series Maps:
Our maps show elevation changes in the landscape through contour lines. Each line represents a particular elevation, so you can determine the degree of slope by how close the lines are to one another (very close lines indicate a steep slope area). The dot on the map represents the base of the ski area. The elevation climbs away from the dot and shows the shape of the ski area from above, as well as the surrounding areas. The elevation and geographic coordinates indicated at the bottom of the map refer to the base of the ski area. The interval distance represents the elevation change between each line.
The maps are based off of US Geological Survey topographic maps which were created in quadrant sections. In other words, the USGS created maps that can be pieced together like a mosaic to create the entire US. Our maps use up to 4 quadrants to form a map of the ski mountain area. If there is a vertical and/or horizontal line on our map, they show where two or more quadrants meet.
We print all of our designs ourselves on the highest quality materials made in the USA. We use an award winning Canon ipf8300 printer with their 12 color inkset to get the most vibrant colors that will last a lifetime.
(Please refer to FAQ's for more info and pictures.)
- Paper-Archival, heavyweight and thick 310g 100% cotton, white art paper with a textured matte surface.
- With Reclaimed Wood Frame-Handmade frames made with reclaimed wood from the Clinton Woolen Mill founded in 1866 in Michigan. They are each unique with a natural oil finish, 1.75" face and .75" rough cut sides.
- With Black Wood Frame-Clean matte black frame with a 1.25" face and 1" thick.
- Canvas-Gallery wrapped using heavyweight 400g, archival canvas. It's protected with a satin varnish, and stretched around a 1.5 inch pine wood frame, ready to hang.
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Order was shipped and arrived super fast, print looks great, colors are awesome! Glad to have my favorite mountain on my wall.
Where we got married
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The quality of the product is awesome, the paper, the print and the color. It was nice that it arrived early and that I was kept in the loop the whole time from the moment I ordered. Wonderful bonus of the stickers that came with the print were a wonderful addition. Costumer service is key and you went beyond.
Can't wait to buy a second
Really like my large canvas topo map and can't wait until my other favorite resorts are offered to complete the living room set.


Leave your walker in the bridge
English: Leave your walker in the bridge
French: Laisser votre marchette dans la passerelle
Walkers and passengers' own wheelchairs are larger and probably won't fit anywhere in the cabin of the airplane. Usually, as the passenger boards the plane down the bridge, as they enter the plane, they leave their wheelchairs and walkers at the door of the airplane, inside the bridge. The walker or wheelchair is then taken down by the ramp agents and put into the cargo for the flight. Upon arrival, the walker or wheelchair is brought up again to the door of the airplane and the passenger can use it as soon as they exit the plane.
Sometimes, passengers are unsure where to leave their mobility device. For wheelchairs and walkers, you can tell them to leave them inside the bridge, beside the plane.
Vous pouvez=You can
Laisser=To leave (to allow something to remain)
La chaise (f) roulante=The wheelchair
La marchette (f)=The walker
La passerelle (f)=The bridge (terminal boarding bridge)
Vous pouvez laisser la chaise roulante dans la passerelle.
You can also point to the place in the bridge where they can leave the walker and say:
Vous pouvez laisser la marchette là-bas.
Là-bas=Over there, there
Note that "to leave" can be translated as "partir" or "laisser". "Partir" means "to leave" in the sense of "to depart". "Laisser" means "to leave" in the sense of "allowing something to remain".
Also note the "bridge" that connects the terminal to the airplane is called "passerelle" in French. A generic bridge, over a river for example, is a "pont" (m).
Now available! Module 4 of Canadian French for Flight Attendants. Learn the French for:
-Less common food/drinks/special meals.
-Bag issues (bag won't fit/no more space).
-Announcements for mechanical problems, cancellations, airplane changes, diverting, etc.
-Delays because of fuel, catering, connection passengers, weather, etc.
-Tight/missed connections.
-And much, much more!
See full course description.
Flight Attendant Souvenirs. Souvenirs d'un agent de bord. Morocco, December 2019. Maroc, décembre 2019. Rabat part 2. Mausoleum of Mohammed V. The Mausoleum grounds are where the remains of the king and of his two sons are kept. Named after Mohammed V, the late sultan of Morocco, its construction was completed in 1971.


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Introduction: Find the IP Address of a Website Using Command Prompt
This Instructable will show you how to find the IP address of of any website you want and find where the IP address originates from.
And using this method instead of pinging the address shows you the fastest connection speed between servers/connections.
Btw, tell me how you go using it.
Step 1: Find the IP Address
Open command prompt and type in "tracert" then type in the website for example "tracert _URL_" without these things"".
The second picture shows what comes up.
The IP address is what comes up next to where it says "tracing route to (the website you inserted)(the IP address).
Step 2: Tracing the IP Address
To trace where the signal originates from use a website like this and that tells you where it originates from, but to find the company and other things about them use this.
That concludes my instructable.
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 OK, you enter :
 tracert _URL_
 and you get the IP.So to use it you need to go to :
 _URL_
 On the right side there is a ip location.Just enter the IP you got and sometimes you may get the post number of the corporation.
 face book ips. not sure when thay expire. all are working now. 69.63.189.11 and 69.63.189.16 and 69.63.181.12
 they are all at a school my good man
 guys i am not able to get the exact ip address of the website when followed the instructions as above. all the ip address that i am getting are redirected to google. Why is it so??
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 I have found IP of my own website hosted on 1dollarwebhosting. But when i entered that IP to web browser, it tool me to a website that was not mine. Hows this possible?
 because shared hosting host many websites on same ip
 what is the ip address of perth main roads
 Well, IP address is just not sufficient to route to your website. The server which has the above address holds many websites as that of yours. Thus, it just displays the default page instead of your webpage.
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Elizabeth Ann is currently engaged in academic reseach concerning the developement and evolution of old west and American cancan dance. Her endeavers have taken her to such cancan historical places and notable current day dance venues as Virginia City, Nevada; Branson, Missouri; Maggie Valley, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; New York City, New York; San Fransciso, California; Orlando, Florida; Old Tuscon and Toomstone, Arizona.
Elizabeth Ann first became intersted in cancan when she and her husband visited Virginia City, Nevada some years ago. She found that the dance moves were strangely familiar and then realized that her Rom, Oriental, and Latin dance experince had much to do with the easy transition. From there she began to research the specific building blocks and migration of the dances and found a relationship of all of them to each other. An article is in the works for publication in Zaghareet magazine concerning her research findings.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth Ann has taught workshops on the subject of American Cancan and Cancan Belly Dance.


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Country Size Comparison
Algeria is about 1.4 times smaller than India.
India is approximately 3,287,263 sq km, while Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, making Algeria 72.45% the size of India. Meanwhile, the population of India is ~1.3 billion people (1.3 billion fewer people live in Algeria).
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Ever since the Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell made his first phone call on March 10, 1876, the words: "Mr. Watson - Come here - I want to see you" became legendary. At the time, his assistant was next door and Bell didn't really have to dial a number as there were only two phone sets in the world.
The expansion of telephone network in Europe started in 1881, when the American Bell Telephone Company signed a contract with Russia to create phone networks in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw, Odessa, Riga and Lodz, and has not stopped since. By 1890, there were already 26,000 phones in Great Britain, and 22,000 in Germany.
There were numerous attempts to create a cable connection between the United States and Europe and in 1953 the laying of the first successful transatlantic telephone cables began, making it possible for Americans to call Europe.
Today, Europe has a vast phone network, covering almost every corner of the continent, with both fixed and cellular phones. What was once Bell's dream became reality in the 21st century.
Here is the list of telephone calling codes for 39 European countries.


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Introducing Support for Generating Ruby SDKs in Amazon API Gateway
by Jingyi Chen | on | in Ruby | Permalink | Comments | Share
We're excited to announce support for generating Ruby SDKs from Amazon API Gateway. The Ruby SDKs you generated are compatible with Ruby 1.9 and later. Generated SDKs have first-class support for API keys, custom or AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) authentication, automatic and configurable retries, exception handling, and all privileges of aws-sdk-core version 3 has as well. In this blog post, we'll walk through how to create an example API and generate a Ruby SDK from that API. We also explore various features of the generated SDK. In this post, we assume you have some familiarity with API Gateway concepts.
Creating an example API
To start, let's create an sample API by using the API Gateway console.
Open the API Gateway console, choose Create API, and then choose Example API. Then choose Import to create the example API.
This simple, example API has four straightforward operations:
 - A GET on the API root resource that returns HTML describing the API
 - A GET on the /pets resource that returns a list of Pets
 - A POST on the /pets resource that creates a new Pet
 - A GET on the /pets/{petId} resource that returns a specific Pet by ID
You can find more information about this example in the API Gateway documentation.
Deploying the API
Next, let's deploy our API to a stage.
From Actions choose Deploy API.
On the stage deployment page, name the stage Test, and then choose Deploy.
After deploying, the SDK Generation tab is available. For Platform, choose Ruby
For Service Name, type Pet.
Choose Generate SDK, and then extract the downloaded SDK package.
The following are the configuration options available for the Ruby platform:
 - Service Name – Used to generate the Ruby gem namespace for your APIs.
 - Ruby Gem Name – The name of the Ruby gem your generated SDK code will be placed under. If you don't provide a name, this defaults to the service name in lowercase, with the "sdk" suffix.
 - Ruby Gem Version – The version number for the generated Ruby gem. If you don't provide a version number, this defaults to 1.0.0 if not provided.
These are basic Ruby gem configuration options. You can customize your Ruby gemspec in the generated SDK gem later.
Using the generated Ruby SDK gem
Navigate to the location of your downloaded SDK gem. The directory structure looks like the following.
Note
/features and /spec directories are currently left empty for integration and unit tests that you can add to the SDK. The generated SDK is fully documented for operations and shapes in the source code.
Exploring the SDK
Let's explore the SDK by building a Ruby gem from the generated source, as follows.
# change to /pet-sdk directory
cd pet-sdk
# build the generated gem
gem build pet-sdk.gemspec
# then you can see pet-sdk-1.0.0.gem is available
Then, install the gem, as follows.
gem install pet-sdk-1.0.0.gem
Finally, create the client.
require 'pet-sdk'
client = Pet::Client.new
Features in the client
Now you have your own client that includes multiple features from the official AWS SDK for Ruby. These include default exponential backoff retries, HTTP wire logging options, configurable timeouts, and more.
For example:
require 'pet-sdk'
client = Pet::Client.new(
 http_wire_trace: true,
 retry_limit: 5,
 http_read_timeout: 50
 )
Making API calls
Let's see all the API methods that are available and use your SDK's built-in parameter validators to make a successful API call:
client.operation_names
# => [:create_pet, :get_api_root, :get_pet, :get_pets]
# get me all my pets
resp = client.get_pets
You should see a response like the following.
# I want the cat
client.get_pet
# ArgumentError: missing required parameter params[:pet_id]
# providing :pet_id
client.get_pet(pet_id: 2)
# ArgumentError: expected params[:pet_id] to be a String, got value 2 (class: Fixnum) instead.
# fix the value type
resp = client.get_pet(pet_id: "2")
Now you can see a correct response like the following.
If you have some familiarity with the AWS SDK for Ruby, you should find the experience similar to using an AWS service client.
Generate a Ruby SDK from an API
In addition to using the API Gateway console to generate a Ruby SDK, the get_sdk API is available in all of the AWS SDKs and tools, including the AWS SDK for Ruby.
For this example, we assume that you have some familiarity with the AWS SDK for Ruby. You can find a quick introduction to the SDK for Ruby here.
require 'aws-sdk-apigateway'
client = Aws::ApiGateway::Client.new(region: 'us-west-2')
resp = client.get_sdk({
 rest_api_id: MY_REST_API_ID, # required
 stage_name: DEPLOY_STAGE_NAME, # required
 sdk_type: "ruby", # required
 parameters: {
 "service.name" => "PetStore", # required
 "ruby.gem-name" => "pet",
 "ruby.gem-version" => "0.0.1"
 },
})
Final thoughts
This post highlights how to generate a Ruby client SDK for an API in API Gateway, and how to call the API using the generated SDK in an application. For more information about using a generated SDK, see your README.md file in the uncompressed generated SDK gem folder. Details of example usage of your API are also generated in source file documentation blocks.
Feedback
Please share your questions, comments, and issues with us on GitHub. Feel free to open a support ticket with AWS Support if you find an issue with your API model. You can also catch us in our Gitter channel.
Introducing Support for Java SDK Generation in Amazon API Gateway
by Andrew Shore | on | in Java | Permalink | Comments | Share
We are excited to announce support for generating a Java SDK for services fronted by Amazon API Gateway. The generated Java SDKs are compatible with Java 8 and later. Generated SDKs have first-class support for API keys, custom or AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) authentication, automatic and configurable retries, exception handling, and more. In this blog post, we'll walk through how to create a sample API, and generate a Java SDK from that API, and explore various features of the generated SDK. This post assumes you have some familiarity with API Gateway concepts.
Create an Example API
To start, let's create a sample API by using the API Gateway console. Navigate to the API Gateway console and select your preferred region. Choose Create API, and then choose the Example API option. Choose Import to create the example API.
create-example-api
The example API is pretty simple. It consists of four operations.
 1. A GET on the API root resource that returns HTML describing the API.
 2. A GET on the /pets resource that returns a list of Pets.
 3. A POST on the /pets resource that creates a new Pet
 4. A GET on the /pets/{petId} resource that returns a specific Pet by ID.
Deploy the API
Next, you'll deploy the API to a stage.
Under Actions, choose Deploy API, name the stage test, and then choose Deploy.
deploy-example-api
After you deploy the API, on the SDK Generation tab, choose Java as the platform. For Service Name, type PetStore. For Java Package Name, type com.petstore.client. Leave the other fields empty. Choose Generate SDK, and then download and unzip the SDK package.
generate-java-sdk
There are several configuration options available for the Java platform. Before proceeding, let's go over them.
Service Name – Used to name the Java Interface you'll use to make calls to your API.
Java Package Name – The name of the package your generated SDK code will be placed under. This name is typically named based on your organization.
The following optional parameters are used when publishing the SDK to a remote repository, like Maven Central.
Java Build System – The build system to configure for the generated SDK, either maven or gradle. The default is maven.
Java Group ID – Typically identifies your organization. Defaults to Java Package Name if not provided.
Java Artifact ID – Identifies the library or product. Defaults to Service Name if not provided.
Java Artifact Version – Version identifier for the published SDK. Defaults to 1.0-SNAPSHOT if not provided.
Compile Client
Navigate to the location where you unzipped the SDK package. If you've been following the example, the package will be setup as a Maven project. Ensure Maven and a JDK have been installed correctly,


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A dot map, also known as a dot distribution map or a dot density map, uses dots (or any other small shape) to mark the distribution of data over a geographical region. The point may represent a single unit, or may be keyed to represent multiple units. Differently sized points can also be used to indicate higher/lower frequency in an area, provided a legend is shown. Different shapes can also be used on a single map to indicate additional information.
Dot maps can provide useful information based on the pattern of clusters formed. Overlapping points may make the map difficult to read.

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


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Particle motion and sound propagation near boundaries
Sprague, Mark W.; DeVille, Phillip; Luczkovich, Joseph J.
It has been well-established that the inner ears of fishes act as particle motion detectors (Popper and Hawkins, 2018) and that fishes use particle motion to determine the direction of a sound source (Hawkins and Popper, 2018). Many soniferous estuarine fishes live in very shallow water at depths less than 3 m, where sound propagation is complicated by reflection and transmission of waves by and through the substrate and the surface. In these very shallow environments, maxima and minima of sound pressure often occur at different locations than maxima and minima of particle motion, making it difficult to relate hydrophone measurements of sound pressure to the effects of sound on the fishes that perceive particle motion. A recent study (Sprague et. al, 2016) used hydrophones to measure sounds of vessels in nearby channels to determine sound exposure levels at very shallow oyster toadfish Opsanus tau nesting sites. In this study we model the propagation of vessel sounds from deeper channels into nearby very shallow regions to determine the relationship between the pressure and particle motion both in the water and in the substrate in these environments and to gain insight into sound propagation in similar situations. Our results indicate that the sound waves in the very shallow regions contain significant particle motion components parallel to the seafloor (horizontal) and a reduced particle motion component perpendicular to the seafloor (vertical). Hawkins, A. D., and Popper, A. N. (2018). "Directional hearing and sound source localization by fishes," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 144, 3329–3350. Popper, A. N., and Hawkins, A. D. (2018). "The importance of particle motion to fishes and invertebrates," J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 143, 470–488. Sprague, M. W., Krahforst, C. S., and Luczkovich, J. J. (2016). "Noise propagation from vessel channels into nearby fish nesting sites in very shallow water," Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 27, 010012.
Powerpoint file from presentation given at the meeting. This file includes several embedded videos.


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By Evangelia Stefanakos, Writer, College Marketing and Communications, College of the Holy Cross
The holiday season provides an opportunity for colleges and universities to raise awareness of hunger and homelessness across the country through campus food drives and donations. Last fall, the College of the Holy Cross went a step further by offering a unique alternative program to address awareness of poverty.
During the fall semester, the College's Office of Multicultural Education gave Holy Cross students, faculty and staff the opportunity to learn about poverty through the first-person experience of a poverty simulation. The program, developed by the Missouri Association for Community Action, is the only one of its kind being used by a college in Central Massachusetts.
"The simulation is a wonderful way to move our community toward thinking about ways we can begin to address some of the root causes of poverty, hunger, and homelessness in our society," says Robert Jones, associate director of multicultural education, who is spearheading this initiative at Holy Cross.
Thus far, two separate simulations (in October and November) have been conducted on campus, with a total of 66 student, faculty and staff participants role-playing the lives of individuals living near or below the poverty line. The simulations were open to the entire College community and all were encouraged to participate.
In each simulation, participants were divided into ten different family units, ranging from individual elderly caring for themselves to families of as many as five or six, with each member facing unique challenges. After participants received their roles with a specific scenario, they role-played through four 20-minute "weeks" facilitated by student and faculty volunteers, where they were faced with real-world problems (money, transportation, child care, etc.) that they had to resolve with the resources allotted to them. They were also given "luck of the draw" scenarios that introduced either a new problem or a possible solution into their lives, such as "found $20," "your car broke down," or "your child is sick." Faculty and staff volunteers were part of the community by playing such roles as law enforcement officials, grocery store clerks, job placement agency staff, bankers and child care providers.
"In 90 minutes, the participants went through the stress and turmoil that people in those conditions experience on a day-to-day basis," says Jones.
Participant Mia Yee '19 says that while the simulation began with a sense of optimism, with the idea that the solution was as easy as budgeting, the mood in the room quickly shifted as the expected—and unexpected—trials of each week began to build on one another. "The tensions in the simulation room were palpable," explains Yee.
"I came into the simulation thinking that I probably would have a better chance getting through it than others," Yee continues. "My family has known economic hardship, and I have known many other families who had even more economic stress on them, and have seen how they managed. But I was an 85 year old woman in the simulation, widowed, with only social security as my income. By the end of the simulation, I had pawned off all of my possessions in order to get through the expenses of a single month."
Gregory Chin '18, who was assigned the role of a delinquent arrested during the simulation, had a similarly potent experience. "I got to see firsthand what it feels like to be helpless, to understand that there were many things I could not control, and watched as my loved ones suffered because of my mistake."
Chin also credits the simulation with expanding his understanding of poverty beyond simply studying the statistics of those who are marginalized. "A lot of times here at Holy Cross, we hear the phrase 'men and women for and with others,' but what does it mean to be an 'other'?" he says. "True learning means putting yourself in another's shoes and discovering that the life of another is just as important as your own."
For Jones, this is exactly the kind of influence he hoped the simulation would have. "The simulation is not the be-all and end-all, but it can be transformational," he says, explaining that the experience not only builds empathy, but can also inspire participants to move beyond volunteering and direct service toward influencing change on a larger scale through, for example, legislation, policies and procedures. Jones explains that the simulation can act as a catalyst for moving in this direction, in tandem with existing efforts on campus, such as the work of the Donelan Office for Community-Based Learning through which students have the opportunity to connect academic learning with civic engagement.
Jones hopes to institutionalize the simulation, integrating it into different parts of campus life, including the College's first-year Montserrat seminar program, student leadership training, and professional development for faculty and staff. He also plans to bring the simulation to other local area colleges, furthering its use in the region.
"I hope participants gain a better understanding of the poverty and challenges we face in our country through this simulation," says Jones. "I hope they begin to question how and why we are in the state we are in, and are propelled to ask more and do more to eliminate the root causes of the challenges faced daily by those living in poverty."


How to Mix Glaze
 1. Make sure we have all of the materials you plan to use BEFORE mixing them together
 2. Clean two 5 gallon buckets. Make sure they are really clean! If you can find the 6 gallon bucket, use that to dry mix your ingredients
 3. Use the small triple beam scale and balance it so that the pointer is lined up with the "0" when only the container you are measuring in is sitting on the scale.
 5. Measure your materials out, keeping in mind that you will need to keep track of what you are measuring on a scrap piece of paper. For example, if you need 2700 grams of Custer Feldspar, you set the scale for 500 grams and weigh that out 5 times (making a note of each 500 gram weighing). Then do another weighing at 200 to equal 2700.
 6. Put all of your dry materials into one bucket.
 7. Dry off the glaze mixer on the end of the drill and use that to dry mix the materials until it looks like it's all the same color.
 8. Add water, mixing as you add it. Keep in mind that it's much easier to ADD water than take it out!
 9. Put the rotary sieve on the other clean bucket and sieve the glaze into that bucket.
 10. Clean the first bucket out, then sieve the glaze back into the first bucket. Sieving the glaze twice helps to mix the glaze thoroughly. You may need to add some water as the sieving process sometimes makes the glaze thicker.
 11. Thoroughly clean the sieve and any tools you used to mix the glaze.
 12. Follow the directions below to make sure you add the right amount of glaze.
The triple beam scale should balance like this


Kellies Castle
The 100-years-old castle
Kellies Castle
Somewhere near Batu Gajah, suburb of Ipoh, stood the Kellies Castle surrounding by river.
It was intended to be the hub of social life for the area's wealthy colonial planters and administrators - a grand mansion with a six-storey tower, wine cellar, and stately columns. Moorish arches and walls embellished with Greco-Roman designs.
There was to be a rooftop courtyard for parties, a helicopter landing space and even the first shaft lift in the country to connect the underground tunnel up to the top floor.
History of the never completed castle...
William Kellie Smith, born in Dallas, North-Eastern Scotland to a farmer and his wife on 1st of March, 1870. At the tender age of 20, he traveled to Malaya (old name of Malaysia) to seek for his fortune.
This had proven to be a wise choice, since he was soon engaged by an estate owner to help in the construction of public roads in South Perak and gathered some fortune from his share of the venture's profits. With this capital, he bought over nearly 1000 acres of jungle land in the Kinta District, and cleared it to become rubber estate named.
Kellie's Castle
Followed by his success in rubber plantation, the Smith brought over his family to stay at his first mansion in Malaya, Kellas House which built in 1905 as symbol of his prospering rubber estate venture.
Later in 1915 with the birth of a son and heir, Smith decided to build the Kellies Castle (just in front of the Kellas House). It is believed to be a gift for his wife or for the birth of his son - Anthony.
Halt of the construction...
70 tough workers, mostly from Madras, were employed. Bricks and marble were imported from India. But the construction work was not smooth, a mysterious illness (Spanish Flu) broke out and killed many of the workers.
The superstitious Smith was told that a temple must be built to appease the gods. He immediately transferred his workers to build a Hindu temple nearby, and there is an underground tunnel lying beneath the castle to the temple.
This tunnel was discovered accidentally during a road widening exercise at the 6th kilometer stretch of the Gopeng-Batu Gajah road in 2003. An excavator broke through the timber structure and revealed a section of a tunnel. The passageway is about 1.5m height and 1m wide. The tunnel is believed to go under the river and connecting the castle to the Hindu temple.
Anyway, this tragedy didn't stop the construction of the castle. But the sudden death of Smith on a visit to Lisbon in 1926 had made a halt to it. He was died of pneumonia. His wife, Agnes, with a broken heart made the decision to sell out all of the Smith's properties in Malaya and moved back to Scotland sadly.
Me at the Kellies Castle roof top, which suppose to be a courtyard
Myths... legends... rumors...
There have been many myths or legends or rumors spreading around about the mysterious castle.
Some say that the Smith's spirit still wandering inside the castle, especially along the corridors, guarding his great mansion. And that's why much of the structure still intact after so many years.
Some say there are lots of "spirits" wandering around the castle since workers died during the construction and people died during the 2nd world war.
It is believed that there are 4 underground tunnels. One is connecting the Kellies Castle to the Hindu temple 500m in the west, one is connecting to the main gate garage in the south and one is connecting to the road in the east.
How about the last one? It's still undiscovered. There are rumors about this secret tunnel had been used as an execution hub of the Japanese army in World War II. And some say it was the secret tunnel being used by Chen Ping (the famous communist leader in Malaya) in between 50s to 60s.
Some say the Smith's car is parked in one of the tunnels.
The mysterious corridor where Smith's spirit said to be wandering along
All these years faded into memory, the castle has been reconditioned to serve as a visitor spot. It's just about 20 minutes drive from Ipoh.
I just went to Kellies Castle for the third time during Chinese New Year holiday in 2009 to update information for you, such as the ticket price. And I found that I really enjoy the scenery and breeze at the rooftop.
Anyway, just as a reminder, don't forget to look for the information tag on the walls.
Visiting Time: Everyday 9am to 6pm
Ticket Price: Foreign Tourist - RM5
 Adults - RM4
 Students/Children - RM3
Return from Kellies Castle page to Perak Attractions
Return to Explore Ipoh


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Hydra-Cell Crank Shaft Design Principle of Operation
Crank Shaft Models
|Precision ball bearings
|Suction valve assembly
|Discharge valve assembly
|Hydraulic cells (patented)
|Pressure regulating valve (in-line)
Reliable, Efficient Pumping
The drive shaft (1) is held in position by two ball bearings (2) positioned at either end of the shaft. Located between these bearings are either one or three cam shaft lobes with connecting rods (3) that are hardened, precision ground, and polished. By machining to very close tolerances on the cam lobes and connecting rod surfaces ensures proper lubrication and reduced operating temperatures in the hydraulic end of the pump.
As the drive shaft turns, each cam actuates the attached connecting rod that is fixed in position at the end of each hydraulic piston. This action moves the piston forward and backward, converting the axial motion into linear pumping motion. The complete drive shaft and connecting rod assembly is submerged in a lubricating oil bath.
Each piston contains a patented Hydra-Cell hydraulic cell (4) that is moved sequentially by the crank-shaft. The innovative Hydra-Cell design maintains the precise balance of oil behind the diaphragm (5) regardless of the operating conditions. The oil in the Hydra-Cell is pressurized on the forward stroke of the piston causing the diaphragm to flex, which drives the pumping action. The oil held in the Hydra-Cell balances the diaphragm against the fluid being pumped, maintaining no more than a 3 psi/0.2 bar differential regardless of the pressure at which the fluid is being delivered – up to 172 bar on standard Hydra-Cell models and Hydra-Cell metering pumps.
Hydra-Cell crank shaft pumps have up to three diaphragms and each diaphragm has its own pumping chamber that contains a suction and discharge self-aligning horizontal disk check valve assembly (6). As the diaphragms move back, fluid enters the pump through a common inlet and passes through one of the suction check valves. On the forward stroke, the diaphragm forces the fluid out of the discharge check valve (7) and through the manifold common outlet. Equally spaced from one another, the diaphragms operated in sequence to provide consistent, low-pulse flow.
A Hydra-Cell pressure regulating valve (8) is typically installed on the discharge side of the pump to regulate the pressure of downstream process or equipment and to protect the system from over-pressure.
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Overview of relevant COSMIC terms.
Texts underlined refer to terms defined on this page. Between parentheses the abbreviation of the term.
Software system for collecting, saving, processing, and presenting data by means of a computer.
Base Functional Component (BFC)
Elementary unit of Functional User Requirements defined by and used by an FSM method for measurement purposes.
Conceptual interface between the software being measured and its functional users.
Any part of a software system that is separate for reasons of the software architecture, and⁄or that was specified, designed or developed separately.
Control command
Command that enables human functional users to control their use of the software but which does not involve any movement of data about an object of interest of the FUR of the software being measured.
COSMIC unit of measurement.
1 CFP (COSMIC Function Point), which is defined as the size of one data movement.
Data attribute
Smallest parcel of information, within an identified data group, carrying a meaning from the perspective of the software's Functional User Requirements. [3]
Data group
Distinct, non-empty, non-ordered and non redundant set of data attributes where each included data attribute describes a complementary aspect of the same one object of interest. [3]
Data manipulation
Any processing of the data other than a movement of the data into or out of a functional process, or between a functional process and persistent storage.
Data movement
Base Functional Component which moves a single data group.
Entry (E)
Data movement that moves a data group from a functional user across the boundary into the functional process where it is required.
Error/confirmation message
Exit issued by a functional process to a human user that either confirms only that entered data has been accepted, or only that there is an error in the entered data.
Exit (X)
Data movement that moves a data group from a functional process across the boundary to the functional user that requires it.
Something that happens.
Functional process
Elementary component of a set of Functional User Requirements, comprising a unique, cohesive and independently executable set of data movements.
Functional process level of granularity
Level of granularity of the description of a piece of software at which
 - the functional users are individual humans or engineered devices or pieces of software (and not any groups of these) AND
 - single events occur that the piece of software must respond to (and not any level of granularity at which groups of events are defined).
Functional size.
Size of the software derived by quantifying the Functional User Requirements.
Functional Size Measurement (FSM)
Process of measuring Functional Size.
Functional Size Measurement method (FSM method)
Specific implementation of FSM defined by a set of rules, which conforms to the mandatory features of ISO/IEC 14143-1:2007.
Functional user
User that is a sender and/or an intended recipient of data in the Functional User Requirements of a piece of software.
Functional User Requirements (FUR)
Sub-set of the user requirements describing what the software shall do, in terms of tasks and services.
Data moved by all the Entries of a given functional process.
Partition resulting from the functional division of a software system.
Level of decomposition.
Any level resulting from dividing a piece of software into components (named 'Level 1', for example), then from dividing components into sub-components ('Level 2'), then from dividing sub-components into sub-sub components (Level 3'), etc.
Level of granularity
Any level of expansion of the description of any part of a single piece of software (e.g. a statement of its requirements, or a description of the structure of the piece of software) such that at each increased level of expansion, the description of the functionality of the piece of software is at an increased and uniform level of detail.
Measurement method
Logical sequence of operations, describe generically, used in the performance of measurements.
Measurement process
Process of establishing, planning, performing and evaluating software measurement within an overall project or organizational measurement structure.
Measurement (strategy) pattern
Standard template that may be applied when measuring a piece of software from a given software functional domain, that defines the types of functional user that may interact with the software, the level of decomposition of the software and the types of data movements that the software may handle.
Description or analogy used to help visualize a concept that cannot be directly observed.
Object of interest (OOI)
Any 'thing' that is identified from the point of view of the Functional User Requirements about which the software is required to process and⁄or store data.
Data moved by all the Exits of a given functional process.
Peer software
Piece of software that reside in the same layer as, and exchanges data with, another piece of software.
Persistent storage
Storage which enables a functional process to store data beyond the life of the functional process and/or which enables a functional process to retrieve data stored by another functional process, or stored by an earlier occurrence of the same functional process, or stored by some other process.
Purpose of measurement
Statement that defines why a measurement is being made, and what the result will be used for.
Read (R)
Data movement that moves a data group from persistent storage within reach of the functional process which requires it.
Set of Functional User Requirements to be included in a specific functional size measurement instance.
Set of computer instructions, data, procedures and maybe documentation operating as a whole, to fulfill a specific set of purposes, all of which can be described from a functional perspective through a finite set of Functional User Requirements, technical and quality requirements.
Software system
System that consists only of software.
Part of a functional process that either moves data (into the software from a functional user or out of the software to a functional user, or to or from persistent storage) or that manipulates data.
Combination of hardware, software and manual procedures organized to achieve stated purposes. [adapted from
Triggering Entry
The Entry data movement of a functional process that moves a data group generated by a functional user that the functional process needs to start processing.
Triggering Event
Event that causes a functional user of the piece of software to initiate ('trigger') one or more functional processes.
Unit of measurement.
Particular quantity, defined and adopted by convention, with which other quantities of the same kind are compared in order to express their magnitudes relative to that quantity.
Any person or thing that communicates or interacts with the software at any time.
Value (of a quantity)
Magnitude of a particular quantity, generally expressed as a unit of measurement multiplied by a number.
Write (W)
Data movement that moves a data group from a functional process to persistent storage.


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The equal function (see screenshot below) returns Boolean true if a is the same as b; false otherwise. The comparison is case-sensitive.
mf-func-equal
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a = hi
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In this example, both values are the same. Therefore, the result is true. If, for instance, b equaled Hi, the function would return false.

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This dissertation explores nonmetric sexual dimorphism and cranial nonmetric variability in 1,397 modern Japanese and Thai individuals between the ages of 17 and 96 years.
The author of this dissertation seeks to address a gap in research by testing assumptions, based on a distantly shared genetic history, that Native Americans and Asians are homogenous and share nonmetric sexually dimorphic skeletal features and a unique suite of cranial traits that can be used in ancestry assessment. The research study explored nonmetric sexual dimorphism and cranial nonmetric variability in 1,397 modern Japanese and Thai individuals from 17 to 96 years of age. The study had two stated objectives: to test and refine the methods based on 15 traits used to predict sex from the cranium, pelvis, clavicle, and humerus that were developed on non-Asian populations; and to establish 36 cranial and mandibular trait frequencies to determine if the Japanese and Thai differ from each other and Native Americans in trait expressions. Results indicated several things: that population-specific sex assessment methods performed better in classifying the Japanese and Thai compared to those developed in non-Asian populations, and produced correct classification rates of 66 to 98 percent; the majority of cranial and mandibular traits used in ancestry assessment significantly differed in frequency between the Japanese and Thai, resulting in correct classification rates of 60 to 90 percent; and that Japanese and Thai are different from Native Americans in the expression of nonmetric traits. The author notes, however, that sex, age, population, intraobserver error, and secular change affected many nonmetric traits and complicated their use in sex and ancestry assessment. The author reports that Japanese, Thai, and Native Americans are not skeletally homogenous, and that this research highlights the importance of developing population-specific biological profile methods for diverse Asian populations.
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Bovolo, Francesca and Bruzzone, Lorenzo and Marconcini, Mattia and Persello, Claudio (2006) A Novel Context-Sensitive SVM for Classification of Remote Sensing Images. UNSPECIFIED. (Unpublished)
In this paper, a novel context-sensitive classification technique based on Support Vector Machines (CS-SVM) is proposed. This technique aims at exploiting the promising SVM method for classification of 2-D (or n-D) scenes by considering the spatial-context information of the pixel to be analyzed. In greater detail, the proposed architecture properly exploits the spatial-context information for: i) increasing the robustness of the learning procedure of SVMs to the noise present in the training set (mislabeled training samples); ii) regularizing the classification maps. The first property is achieved by introducing a context-sensitive term in the objective function to be minimized for defining the decision hyperplane in the SVM kernel space. The second property is obtained including in the classification procedure of a generic pattern the information of neighboring pixels. Experiments carried out on very high geometrical resolution images confirm the validity of the proposed technique.
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Why is Louisa Collins known as the Borgia of Botany?
I've received so many emails in response to the story in Good Weekend (19/10) and one question that has arisen is: why was Louisa called the Borgia of Botany?
Two reasons: first, because Louisa supposedly used poison to dispatch her husbands (once you've read the book, you'll be able to decide for yourself whether she was guilty.)
The name Louisa sounds a little like Lucrezia - and Lucrezia Borgia is a famous figure in Renaissance history: the daughter of a Pope, she is rumoured to have owned a hollow ring, which she would fill with poison to drop into the drinks of her family's enemies.
Second: because Louisa lived in Botany, of course!


Comic Art: The Preliminary Steps | Thomas Pitilli | Skillshare
Comic Art: The Preliminary Steps
Thomas Pitilli, Illustrator
Comic Art: The Preliminary Steps
Thomas Pitilli, Illustrator
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About This Class
This class is going to focus on all the essential preliminary work that goes into making a comic.
- We'll talk about determining what size your final comic page is going to be
-How to create layouts and artwork that is in proportion to that size
-And how to transfer your layout onto your final page of art.
In this class we'll focus on:
-Composition, not only inside the panels, but composition of the page as a whole.
-We'll talk about what level of detail your layouts need to be in order to leave yourself room to make changes and move things around as need be.
-We'll also compare the different styles of paper to create your final artwork on.
I'm just like you, most of the time, I can't wait to just jump right into the drawing process and start creating awesome visuals, but I've learned that pacing myself and making sure that I take these proper preliminary steps will ensure that the comic making process runs smoothly and that everything makes sense for the reader when it's all said and done!
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Thomas Pitilli
My name is Thomas Pitilli and I am an illustrator and comic book artist based in Brooklyn, NY.
I am currently series artist on the Riverdale monthly comic from Archie Comics and artist on DC Comic's upcoming graphic novel, Gotham High. I also create editorial illustrations for clients such as, New York Times, Playboy, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Scholastics, Scientific American, etc.
In addition to my client work, I am an adjunct professor at Montclair State University, where I teach a class in Cartooning. I am grateful to Skillshare for offering a platform where I can share my knowledge of cartooning and illustration with a global audience.
Finally, I also enjoy creating images for prints and other merchandise in my Etsy and Society6 shops. See full profile
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1. Introduction: all right. So before I started filming, this class actually made a bunch of knows. I thought about the things that I wanted to talk about in this class, how I wanted to present them, the type of angles I wanted to use to film the class. And if I would have just stood in front of the camera and press record right away, I probably would have left out a lot of important details, and I would have been leading myself very small margin for error. So I guess you could say I kind of made a layout for the class before I started filming it. Well, that's kind of what we're going to talk about in this class, but we're gonna apply it to making a comic. This class is going to focus on all the essential preliminary work that goes into me. We'll talk about determining what size your final comic page is going to be and how to create layouts and artwork that is in proportion to that size. Layouts are all about focusing on composition, not only inside the panels but the composition of the pages. A whole we'll talk about what level of detail your layouts in order to make changes and move things around. As need be, we'll compare the different styles of paper to create your final artwork on, as well as how to transfer your layout onto a final art board in order to start pencilling. I'm just like you. I can't wait to just jump into the drawing process and start creating awesome drawings. But I've learned that pacing myself definitely helps. Taking these proper preliminary steps ensures that the process moves smoothly and the final artwork is stronger for it. And not only that, it ensures that everything is gonna be clear and makes sense for the reader as well. This class will be taught from the perspective of working with traditional tools, but most of the things we learn here can definitely be applied to creating comics digitally as well. I'm looking forward to sharing the preliminary steps that I use my own process with you and hopefully don't make your comic book making process much stronger. So without further ado, let's stop talking and jump right into it. I'll see you there 2. Choosing Your Size: Okay, So a really important place to start before getting into any of your layouts and moving further on with the art is to determine what size you want your comic book to be. There's really no right or wrong here, and your choices are completely up to you. Um, I brought out three different sizes here. Just off my shelf size is a huge factor in the type of story that you're trying to tell the audience that you're telling your story, too, and also where you plan on having your book sold. So when thinking about comic books sizes, I think most of us are familiar with this size. This is your standard American monthly comic book. Uh, the most of them. If not all of them come in this particular size totally, completely acceptable size, although over the years artists and publishers have gotten a lot more experimental with the way that they make and print their comic books. As you can see here, this is the Salon by Nick Potosi. This is a completely horizontal comic book. I really love the way the story flows in this format, and I think this really stands out on a bookshelf as well, Whether in a comic book shop or a bookstore. Here we have Monkey Shift by Mike Fray Hype Mike is telling a really substantial story here, and I think the size that he picked really fits for the way the book is bound and the kind of story that he's telling it slightly shorter and a little bit wider than your average American comic book. So I feel like something like this works really well in bookstores as well as comic book shops. The reason why this is such an important step is because every other step after this is going to relate back to the size and dimensions that you pick for your comic book. You want your layouts and, of course, your final art toe all be in proportion to whatever size that you determine for your comic book. I recommend going to a bookshop or a comic book shop and looking at all the choices that you see out there, Do you want your story to be in a pretty standard American format? Do you want it to be in something a little bit mawr unique and different? It's completely up to you and I think it has a lot to do with the kind of story that you're telling. So think about this before moving on to any of the other steps. Once you do determine a size, though, then you could move on into layouts, and that's what we're gonna be talking about in the following steps. 3. Layouts: Okay, So now that you've determined what size you want your comic book to be, you're ready to move on to the layout stage. A layout for a comic book page is essentially just a sketch of what you want that page to look like. This is the stage where you're figuring out composition of not only the page but also the panels themselves. You're figuring out how you want the action on the page to flow. You're indicating where you want the word bubbles to be. These air obviously not meant to be detailed at all these air just pretty much shaped. Some artists will get more detail than others, but for the most part, this is just a really rough language of what you want the comic book page to look like. If you can understand the story at this stage, then you've done your job. Everything else after that, as faras detail ing penciling and inking goes, is really just kind of labour at that point. This is the stage where the storytelling actually happens. With that being said, I consider the layout stage the most important part of the comic book process. So, generally speaking, most comic book artists, including myself, work on their layouts at a smaller size than the final artwork and as well as the final printed comic. The reason for this is because most of us, I think, have a easier time visualizing something when it's a little bit smaller, as opposed to going directly onto the final art board and trying to figure it out all their. It's a little bit easier to figure out composition size relationships between objects, all that important stuff when you could kind of grasp it within a smaller scope. Now how much smaller you go is completely up to you. So let's take that example of the standard American comic


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What is mooring buoy ?
The mooring buoy is designed in a manner that there is a heavier weight located right in the bottom of the sea. This weight is like an anchor holding the buoy afloat in the water. A mooring buoy has loops or chains attached to its top that floats on the water. These chains are provided so that ships or boats can be effectively moored to them.


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Have you ever thought about the fact that using colored cosmetics is like doing artwork on your face? Well, I think so, anyway! One of the tools of makeup application is the cosmetic sponge. It may be a lowly little tool on its own, but it can work magic with application techniques. Not only are sponges handy in front of the mirror, they can be just as useful on your art table!
Sea sponges and synthetic, manufactured sponges that are made to resemble sea sponges are often used in art. However, a bag of cosmetic sponges is usually rather inexpensive in comparison. Plus, the are often already available in our makeup bag!
What can you do with a sponge? Here are some ideas:
- Use damp to apply and smooth on paint
- Remove paint as needed
- Create texture by using different motions with the sponge
- Snip the sponge into a shape for a "stamp"
- Use to apply paint or ink with stencils
- Apply ink to edges, or buff over a project
- Use as a blending tool
- Use as a blotter for your paintbrush while watercoloring
- Use for an extra applicator with PanPastels
- Use as disposable applicator for any product
What else can you think of that may be a good idea to use a small sponge for? We would love to hear your ideas.
Cheers to YOUR Artful Adventures!


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Ig Nobel prize for UC Davis Ophthalmologist
|Schwab, who delivered his acceptance speech wearing this woodpecker headdress, received the Ig Nobel prize for authoring "Cure for a Headache," a study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.|
When your daily routine involves slamming your head against a tree, you might expect to get an occasional headache. Such could be the fate of woodpeckers as they search for worms, grubs and insects.
However, woodpeckers experience no ill effects from their head-banging ways and, for explaining why, UC Davis ophthalmology professor Ivan Schwab was chosen for the 2006 Ig Nobel Prize in ornithology. He received the award at Harvard University.
A parody of the Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded annually for 10 achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think." Bestowed by the scientific humor journal Annals of Improbable Research, the awards are intended to "celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative and spur people's interest in science, medicine and technology." This is the first year that the journal has awarded a prize in ornithology. In keeping with tradition, six genuine Nobel laureates presented this year's Ig Nobel Prizes.
Schwab, who delivered his acceptance speech while wearing a woodpecker headdress, received the prize for authoring "Cure for a Headache," a study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology in 2002. He shared the prize with the late psychiatrist Phillip R.A. May, whose previous research formed the basis for the study written by Schwab.
In addition to accepting his Ig Nobel Prize on Oct. 5, Schwab, along with the other award winners, took part in the Ig Informal Lectures on Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At this event, the prizewinners delivered five-minute lectures in which they "attempted to explain what they did, and why they did it," followed by questions from the audience.
Woodpeckers interested May and Schwab because the birds do not experience retinal detachments, brain damage and spinal cord injuries, damage that one would expect as a result from the birds' repeated hammering. In his study, Schwab noted that North America's largest woodpecker may strike a tree at the rate of 20 times a second and up to 12,000 times a day, with forces as high as 1,200 g's with each impact.
"That is equivalent to striking a wall at 16 miles an hour — face first — each time," Schwab wrote.
|Schwab has a special interest in comparative ophthalmology, a field in which he and others examine how insects, birds, reptiles and other nonhuman animals process images.|
In his research, May found that woodpeckers have evolved several unique mechanisms that prevent them from inflicting harm upon themselves. Among them are a thick, bony skull with relatively spongy bone, and cartilage at the base of the mandible (lower jaw bone) that partially cushions the incessant blows. The mandibles are attached to the skull by powerful muscles that contract a millisecond before each strike, creating a tight but cushioned structure at the moment of impact and distributing the force of the blow to the base and posterior regions of the skull, thus bypassing the brain.
Schwab has a special interest in comparative ophthalmology, a field in which he and others examine how insects, birds, reptiles and other nonhuman animals process images.
"In fact, many advances in optics and high-tech instrumentation have come from comparative ophthalmology," Schwab said. For example, he said, studies in the 1970s of the square-shaped facets of the surface of the eyes of lobsters are being used in the development of X-ray optics, including X-ray lithography and X-ray telescopes used in outer space. Also, studies of woodpeckers' thick skulls have provided insight into protecting humans from head injuries.
Schwab, who specializes in disorders of the cornea, helped develop a bioengineered corneal transplant procedure that restored or improved eyesight in patients suffering from severe corneal damage. The technique involves growing replacement cornea tissue in a laboratory dish. Ultimately, the technique may allow tissue engineers to produce readily available, "off-the-shelf" cornea replacements that can be easily transplanted into patients with severe cornea damage.
Among the past Nobel laureates who presented the 2006 Ig Nobel Prizes are Roy Glauber, Physics, 2005; Dudley Herschbach, Chemistry, 1986; International Atomic Energy Agency spokesperson Melissa Fleming, Peace, 2005; William Lipscomb, Chemistry, 1976; Rich Roberts, Physiology or Medicine, 1993; and Frank Wilczek, Physics, 2004.


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GIS - 22 September 2017: A three-day exhibition, aiming to provide a platform for the Fashion and Design Institute's final year students to showcase their works in the fields of arts and design, fashion and textiles, and graphic design, opened yesterday at the Institute in Ebène.
In his address on the occasion, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Protection, Mr Ashit Kumar Gungah, underscored that fashion and innovative designs are ubiquitous in the world of business, at the level of manufacturing, commercial to service sectors. He emphasised the importance of being creative and innovative in the business world and urged the youth to adopt innovative practices which will enable them to be competitive and successful.
As regards the new objectives for the future of the fashion and design sector, Mr Gungah recalled the setting up of a jewellery centre under the aegis of the Fashion and Design Institute which is expected to give a greater visibility to the skills of students as enunciated in Budget 2017-2018. On this score, he encouraged young people to explore opportunities within the fashion and design industry and the world of business as future pathways for career development.
The Minister also lauded the concerted efforts of the Institute's talented students for having demonstrated practical knowledge and abilities gained through their projects.
The annual exhibition and the Institute
The annual exhibition has as objective to enable students showcase their innovative and artistic talents and it also allows them to build a network with stakeholders and professionals of the fashion and design industry.
During the three-day event, the public will be able to view different art works such as painting, photography, animation, products related to interior design, communication visuals, sculpture, and fashion.
The Fashion and Design Institute was set up in September 2009 with a view to rationalise resources in the creative sector and foster a focused development of the fashion industry. It aims at providing educational, research, consultancy and training facilities and services in the field of fashion and design.
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Have you ever done something on your computer without really thinking about it, but the person next to you has a surprised and confused look on their face? If so, then you might have performed a Stupid Geek Trick. Today we'll show how to open an Explorer window from the current command prompt directory.
Let's begin… just open up a command prompt and then type in the following (the. passes the current directory to Explorer)
You'll immediately see an Explorer window show up with the contents of the directory your command prompt is in.
If you want to type less characters, you can use the following instead:
You can even use the full path to a folder…
Or one of the built-in shell variables…
Or the newer shell: operator style:
And you'll see that directory instantly show up:
And finally, don't forget that you can also use most of these techniques from the File Open/Save Dialog.
Programmer by day, geek by night, The Geek, also known as Lowell Heddings, spends all his free time bringing you fresh geekery on a daily basis. You can follow him on Google+ if you'd like.
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An archetypal lampshade balanced on a tilted stem.
Simple elements, exquisitely combined into an amazing geometric composition, recall basic forms matched with different materials for technological reasons. Despite its plain and simple look, this lamp clearly conveys the skills of Artemide.The lampshade is a lightweight plastic volume closed by two diffusers that produce a pleasant soft direct and indirect light. The joint connects the lampshade with the aluminium stem on a minimal support. These simple elements are combined into a plain and elegant object, where the tilted stem in counterbalanced by the lampshade's volume.
Materials: polycarbonate, aluminium, methacrylate


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A three-dimensional nonlinear dynamic analysis is performed for a single well observation platform. The structure consists of a single level service deck supported by three driven piles and a bracing frame. Extreme Loading® for Structures (ELS) software was used. The analyses are carried out under the effects of impact for a 3500-ton vessel moving at speeds varying between 1 and 10 knots. The effect of soil type was investigated. The effect accidental failure of a supporting pile was studied and the possibility of progressive collapse of the platform was evaluated. The study found that there is a difference of up to 20% in the results using nonlinear dynamic when compared to the traditional equivalent static analysis. The analysis show that the soil type significantly affects the internal forces in the platform as well as the total platform displacement.
Khalil, A., Helmy, H., Tageldin, H., Hadhoud, H. (2016). Ship Impact & Nonlinear Dynamic Collapse Analysis of a Single Well Observation Platform, Structures Congress 2017. Key Words: Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis, Offshore Platform, Ship Impact, Progressive Collapse.