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Are you experiencing a shortage of milk while preparing your favorite recipe? Is your milk container showing more air than milk? Then, you might be wondering what is scant milk. Scant milk refers to milk that is sold with less volume or contained with more air than the standard quantity of milk. In simple terms, it means that the milk container might hold less milk than you think you are buying.
What Causes Scant Milk?
Scant milk is a common occurrence that can happen due to several reasons. The most common cause of scant milk is the aeration of milk. When the milk is kept in the container for longer periods, it can lead to the accumulation of air inside the container. This results in the milk occupying less volume and thus is called scant milk.
Another cause of scant milk is contamination. Dairy products are prone to bacteria, and if not stored properly, it can lead to contamination. Also, the use of contaminated equipment during the process of milking, processing, or packaging can lead to bacteria buildup that infects the milk. This can result in less milk than what is indicated on the container.
Evaporation of milk can also be another cause of scant milk. The processing of milk involves the removal of excess water, and if not done correctly, it can lead to the evaporation of water while storing it. This causes the milk to occupy less volume and is called scant milk.
The Effects of Scant Milk
Scant milk can have several effects on our health and wellbeing. When you experience inadequate milk supply while cooking, the texture and the taste of the food can be affected. Similarly, using contaminated milk can lead to food poisoning, nausea, or other gastrointestinal disorders. Skimping on milk that you think you're getting can ultimately lead to decreased nutrient intake, which can have adverse effects on your health.
Impact on Cooking
If you're a passionate cook who loves to experiment with new recipes in the kitchen, then scant milk can affect your cooking. When you use less milk than intended in recipes, the food can have a dense texture and lack the creaminess that milk adds. Therefore, the culinary experience may not be as enjoyable as you expect. On the other hand, if you're new to using milk in dishes, then scant milk can make it challenging to get a good understanding of the correct quantities you need.
Impact on Health
Scant milk can also have an impact on your health. If you're not getting the right nutrient intake, it can lead to malnutrition, especially in children. Similarly, consuming contaminated milk can lead to food poisoning and other gastrointestinal disorders. Therefore it is essential to check the milk container before using it.
Dealing with Scant Milk
Scant milk can be a frustrating problem, but there are several ways you can deal with it.
Check the Container
The first and most critical step in dealing with scant milk is to check the milk container for any defects. Ensure that the seal is not broken, and there are no visible damages to the packaging. It is also essential to check the expiry date and the manufacturing date of the milk container before purchasing it.
Store it Properly
Storing the milk properly is another way to avoid the occurrence of scant milk. Milk should be stored in airtight containers and kept in the fridge to prevent aeration and evaporation during storage. Also, maintaining a consistent temperature is critical to keeping the milk fresh and nutrient-rich. It's best to keep the milk away from direct sunlight, which can cause it to curdle quickly.
Use Milk Alternatives
If you're experiencing the problem of frequent scant milk, you can opt for milk alternatives to avoid the issue altogether. Soy milk, almond milk, or cashew milk can be used as substitutes for cow's milk in recipes. These plant-based milk alternatives also offer a range of health benefits, making them an attractive option for health-conscious individuals.
Scant milk is a frustrating problem that can occur due to several reasons. The most common cause of scant milk is aeration, contamination, and evaporation of milk. Although it can affect the texture and taste of food, it can also have adverse effects on health if it's not dealt with properly. To avoid scant milk, ensure that you check the milk container before purchasing and store it correctly. If you're experiencing the problem frequently, then opting for milk alternatives can be a great option.
Frequently Asked Questions About Scant Milk
What is scant milk?
Scant milk refers to milk that is sold with less volume or is contained with more air than the standard quantity of milk.
What causes scant milk?
The most common causes of scant milk are aeration, contamination, and evaporation of milk.
Can scant milk be a health risk?
Yes, if you're not getting the right nutrient intake or consuming contaminated milk, it can lead to malnutrition or gastrointestinal disorders, respectively.
How can you avoid scant milk?
Ensure that you check the milk container before purchasing and store it correctly. If you're experiencing the problem frequently, then opting for milk alternatives can be an option.
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rasa.utils.plotting
plot_confusion_matrix
@_needs_matplotlib_backend
plot_confusion_matrix(confusion_matrix: np.ndarray, classes: Union[np.ndarray, List[Text]], normalize: bool = False, title: Text = "Confusion matrix", color_map: Any = None, zmin: int = 1, output_file: Optional[Text] = None) -> None
Print and plot the provided confusion matrix. Normalization can be applied by setting normalize=True.
Arguments:
 - confusion_matrix - confusion matrix to plot
 - classes - class labels
 - normalize - If set to true, normalization will be applied.
 - title - title of the plot
 - color_map - color mapping zmin:
 - output_file - output file to save plot to
plot_paired_histogram
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plot_paired_histogram(histogram_data: List[List[float]], title: Text, output_file: Optional[Text] = None, num_bins: int = 25, colors: Tuple[Text, Text] = ("#009292", "#920000",), axes_label: Tuple[Text, Text] = ("Correct", "Wrong"), frame_label: Tuple[Text, Text] = ("Number of Samples", "Confidence"), density: bool = False, x_pad_fraction: float = 0.05, y_pad_fraction: float = 0.10) -> None
Plots a side-by-side comparative histogram of the confidence distribution.
Arguments:
 - histogram_data - Two data vectors
 - title - Title to be displayed above the plot
 - output_file - File to save the plot to
 - num_bins - Number of bins to be used for the histogram
 - colors - Left and right bar colors as hex color strings
 - axes_label - Labels shown above the left and right histogram, respectively
 - frame_label - Labels shown below and on the left of the histogram, respectively
 - density - If true, generate a probability density histogram
 - x_pad_fraction - Percentage of extra space in the horizontal direction
 - y_pad_fraction - Percentage of extra space in the vertical direction
plot_curve
@_needs_matplotlib_backend
plot_curve(output_directory: Text, number_of_examples: List[int], x_label_text: Text, y_label_text: Text, graph_path: Text) -> None
Plot the results from a model comparison.
Arguments:
 - output_directory - Output directory to save resulting plots to
 - number_of_examples - Number of examples per run
 - x_label_text - text for the x axis
 - y_label_text - text for the y axis
 - graph_path - output path of the plot


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Given that p is prime, when is 8p+1 square?
Let 8p + 1 = k2. As LHS is odd, k must be odd; let k = 2m + 1.
Therefore 8p + 1 = 4m2 + 4m + 1, leading to 2p = m2 + m = m(m + 1).
As m and m + 1 are consecutive integers, one of them must be even. However, after dividing through by 2 we can see that LHS is prime, so RHS must be prime. This can only happen when m = 2; that is, p = 3.
Hence 8p + 1 can only be square when p = 3.
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Digital Archiving System
When starting production on the first season of Peg + Cat, the creative team's plan was to implement a strong digital archive system, one that carefully cataloged every asset created for the show. But because of budget restrictions it was decided to due without. Halfway through the season though, the team found themselves struggling to locate assets, recreating files that already existed, and wasting valuable time and resources.
Moving into production on the second season, it was a hugh priority to correct this. A digital archivst from Winthrop instantly understood the problem and carefully mapped out a thoughtful plan that would catalogue all pre-existing files, and organize all future assets. Within a few weeks Winthrop had captured descriptive metadata for thousands of backgrounds, props, character files and effects.
Now the digital archive is used on an hourly basis and spans multiple departments. Production team members use it when creating lists for new stories, when gathering new elements for ancillary projects and when searching for specific reusable files. Without a doubt, the fully functioning digital archive helped streamline production.


The fairylike world drawn by the Studio Ghibli hides the war drama of the two protagonists. The teenage Seita and his four-year-old sister Setsuko lost their parents and struggle to survive in the Japan that is being convulsed by war. Following the siblings on a path that is more and more difficult, the film poses questions about the borders of compassion and empathy for the other person in the times of war cruelty.
The cult, anti-war Japan animated film, often compared to 'Schindler's List' by Steven Spielberg.
Even though it is a film adaptation of a novel by Akiyuki Nosaka, one can easily sense a personal tragedy. The director was only 10 years old when the World War II came to an end and therefore he is able to identify with the situation of the protagonists.


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Vacation Styles, Mental Well-Being and Work Motivation
Keywords:Mental - Wellbeing, Work Motivation, Workcation, Vacation, Gender
AbstractThe aim of the study was to scrutinize the differences in Mental Wellbeing and Work Motivation of corporate employees with respect to their gender and vacation styles, that is, workcation and vacation. The study also assessed the association between employees' work motivation and mental wellbeing. A descriptive study was carried out and the data was drawn from an online survey of 195 employees. The Work Motivation Questionnaire (Agarwal, 2012) and Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing scale (Taggart, 2016) were utilized to gather the data. Independent samples t-tests were used to interpret the differences in well-being and work motivation of corporate employees with regards to their gender and vacation styles, workcation and vacation. Correlation and linear regression were both employed to evaluate the link and effect of work motivation on mental wellbeing. The findings indicated that there were no significant differences in wellbeing and work motivation of employees based on their vacation styles. There was a significant difference in the wellbeing of employees with respect to their gender and no significant difference was found in employees' work motivation based on their gender. Work motivation was found to be significantly correlated with mental wellbeing, accounting for 21.3% of the variance in mental wellbeing can be explained by work motivation.
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Stars and Swirls Necklace
You know I love a challenge, right? If I didn't we wouldn't have bought our 1970's original condition home.
When I saw these metal twist beads, I wondered what you would use them for. I pondered this for quite some time.
Finally, I decided that using them as a focal point in a necklace would be a great place to start and so was born the Stars and Swirls Necklace.
This is a really easy piece to make but it packs a real punch. It sits quite high on the neck but you could easily make it longer by adding more of the 3mm bicones and black ball beads at the end.
Here's what you'll need to make this necklace:
Watch the video or read the instructions below.
Step 1
Place the bead stopper on one end of the Tiger Tail.
Step 2
Lay five of the Metal Twist Beads out on your mat and ensure that they are all facing the same way.
Step 3
Thread the centre portion on using the layout diagram below. Repeat until you have strung on five of the Metal Twist Beads, ensuring you have a 3mm ball bead on each end.
Thread on one extra 8mm bicone on each end.
Step 4
Next thread a Metal Twist bead on each end. Twist the Tiger Tail around the Twist bead so that the Tiger Tail runs through the centre of the bead.
Step 5
Thread on 10 of the 3mm black balls and push them inside the Metal Twist bead.
Repeat for the other side.
Step 6
String on one 8mm bicone.
Then repeat 1x 3mm ball, 1x 6mm bicone three times.
Repeat for the other side.
Step 7
Add the 3mm bicone and 3mm balls alternatively until you have eight of each bead. Finish with a ball.
Repeat for the other side.
Step 8
Add the Clasp
Thread on the Carlotte Clamp, Crimp bead and one side of the Toggle Clasp. Then thread the Tiger Tail back down through the Crimp bead, the clamp and three beads.
Pull the Tiger Tail tight enough to bring the beads close but still allow the toggle clasp to move around.
Ensure the crimp bead is sitting inside the clamp. Using your chain nose pliers, squeeze the crimp until it is flat.
Using the chain nose pliers, carefully squeeze the clamp closed around the crimp bead. It should still be round so that it looks a bit like a bead.
Hook the loop of the clamp through the loop of the toggle clasp and squeeze closed. You may need to bend the loop to the right shape to get it through.
Trim off the excess Tiger Tail as close as you can to the beads.
Ensuring that there is no space between the beads, repeat for the other side of the necklace, adding the other piece of the toggle clasp. You should aim to have some movement allowance but no visible spaces between beads.
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Thermal energy storage (TES) using phase change materials (PCMs) is being widely considered as one of the alternative solutions for effective use of solar energy. This paper presents a multi-objective optimisation strategy for TES systems using PCMs for solar air systems, in which two performance indicators of average heat transfer effectiveness and effective PCM charging time were used as the conflicting objectives. The influence of the key design variables on the performance of an air-based PCM TES system was first experimentally investigated using Taguchi method, and the results were used to develop two performance models for optimisation. A genetic algorithm was used to search for an optimal Pareto front and a multi-criteria decision-making process was employed to determine the compromise optimal solutions. The results showed that the average heat transfer effectiveness of the PCM TES system can be improved from 44.25 to 59.29% while the effective PCM charging time increased from 4.53 to 6.11 h when using the solutions identified by the proposed strategy with the weighting factors of 0.5/0.5 for both objectives, in comparison to a baseline case. A further comparison showed that the optimal design identified by the proposed strategy outperformed the two designs identified using Taguchi method.
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text: Plasmonics has conventionally been in the realm of metal-optics. However, conventional metals as plasmonic elements in the near-infrared (NIR) and visible spectral ranges suffer from problems such as large losses and incompatibility with semiconductor technology. Replacing metals with semiconductors can alleviate these problems if only semiconductors could exhibit negative real permittivity. Aluminum doped zinc oxide (AZO) is a low loss semiconductor that can show negative real permittivity in the NIR. A comparative assessment of AZO-based plasmonic devices such as superlens and hyperlens with their metal-based counterparts shows that AZO-based devices significantly outperform at a wavelength of 1.55 µm. This provides a strong stimulus in turning to semiconductor plasmonics at the telecommunication wavelengths. (© 2010 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim).

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lemen, judo is therefore a combat sport which, a priori, leaves fewer neurological after-effects than British boxing.
But because of the more frequent strangulations, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is more dangerous for the brain than judo and its long-term effects have not yet been studied.
So the immediate risk is not zero.
Every time we lose consciousness the long-term consequences for our health are real.
So you have to know your limits, respect your body, your sport and your opponent: sometimes you have to know how to lose with panache!
And if your playmate lacks panache: release the strangulation, when the mechanical obstacle is lifted the blood will return to the brain and unless you've held on too long, he should wake up on his own in less than 20 seconds.
Of course nothing prevents you from helping him with the good old recipe, you speed up the blood supply to the brain and thus its oxygenation by raising the feet, and also sprinkle it with a few strokes in the buttocks to season it… uh sorry, I meant to stimulate it!
What if it doesn't work? Check that he's still breathing and quickly call someone who has a first-aid certificate, and cross your fingers too, it can help.


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British Army Officer Captain Preet Chandi – known as Polar Preet – has been named Woman of the Year at an annual awards ceremony. Capt Chandi wasn't present to collect her honor – or the Inspirational Award she also won – as she is currently on her latest challenge in the Antarctic in which she hopes to become the first woman to cross the frozen continent solo and unsupported.
A British Army officer who became the first woman of color to complete a solo expedition to the South Pole has been given a hero's welcome on her return to the UK. Captain Preet Chandi was greeted by loved ones and colleagues at Heathrow after finishing the 700-mile trek across the Antarctic.
A British Army captain has made history by becoming the first woman of color to cross Antarctica unsupported. Captain Harpreet Chandi has arrived safely at the South Pole after a 700-mile trek in 40 days.
Argentina will install an observatory at the Belgrano II base in Antarctica, 1,300 kilometers from the South Pole, which will be operated from Buenos Aires. The automated telescope will be used to detect exoplanets and other celestial bodies which are difficult to watch from other latitudes, it was announced.
British Army officer Captain Harpreet Chandi is preparing to become the first woman of colour to cross Antarctica unsupported. The physio-therapist from 3 Medical Regiment, who is being sponsored by the British Forces Broadcasting System, BFBS, will be completely on her own during the challenge which is set to last 45 days.
At the South Pole, considered the coldest point on Earth, temperatures are rising fast. So fast, in fact, that Kyle Clem and other climate researchers began to worry and wonder whether human-driven climate change was playing a bigger role than expected in Antarctica.
A research base in the Antarctic has recorded the hottest temperature ever for the continent amid rising concern about global warming that has caused an increase in the melting of ice sheets around the South Pole.
The oceans contain almost 200,000 different viral populations, according to the latest count. Marine viruses were found from the surface down to 4,000m deep and from the North to the South Pole. Though most are harmless to humans, they can infect marine life, including whales and crustaceans.
More than 70 female scientists from all around the world have embarked upon a voyage to the South Pole with the common objectives of battling climate change and making a name for women in science. As part of the Homeward Bound initiative, an Australian program aimed at increasing the female representation in science, the group set upon what will be the largest ever all-women expedition to Antarctica.
Ice ship HMS Protector is heading for waters no Royal Navy vessel has visited in 80 years as she begins a marathon deployment to Antarctica. The Plymouth-based icebreaker and survey vessel will ensure the world's fishermen are not stripping the largely-unspoiled waters of the Ross Sea of marine life.


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Niger's economy centres on subsistence crops, livestock, and some of the world's largest uranium deposits. Drought cycles, desertification, a 2.9% population growth rate, and the drop in world demand for uranium have undercut the economy. The agricultural economy is based largely upon internal markets, subsistence agriculture, and the export of raw commodities: food stuffs and cattle to neighbours. Cow-peas and onions are grown for commercial export. Small quantities of garlic, peppers, potatoes, and wheat are also grown. Small patches of the north of the country feature Oasis farming which produces onions, dates, and some market vegetables for export. Uranium is Niger's largest export. The nation enjoyed substantial export earnings and rapid economic growth during the 1960s and 1970s after the opening of two large uranium mines near the northern town of Arlit.
Country Population: 13,957,000
Country Capital: Niamey
Country Currency: West African CFA franc
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(CNN) -- Computer scientists at the University of Bath in England have come up with a way to make even the dullest of holiday snaps, quite literally, animated.
John Collomosse has designed software that can transform videos into cartoons, and photographs into cubist portraits.
Traditional animation methods are labor intensive and time consuming, but Collomosse's technique requires very little human intervention for the transformation to take place.
The user chooses from a selection of artistic styles -- including cartoon, oil painting, sketch or cubist -- as to how they want to transform their photograph.
Collomosse created the program for his postgraduate studies, with the help of his supervisor, lecturer Dr. Peter Hall.
He told CNN that for the process to happen automatically, the computer had to be able to identify important features of the photo.
"The central role of the project was to turn video into cartoon. We asked, 'To what degree can we produce a cartoon-style image?'"
Collomosse said until now human intervention was needed to create different styles of images out of photographs, using computer software such as Adobe Photoshop to do so.
"For a cubist image, for example, they would need to pick out the features of the photo, such as the eyes, nose and mouth in an image of a face," he said.
"We had to teach the computer to identify what the important elements were."
By giving the computer an "aesthetic sense," Collomosse said they were able to create a series of automated artworks with new effects, including Picasso-style cubist pictures.
Work on the software began in 2001, and was completed last year, although Collomosse said the program was still a prototype and a lot of development would be needed to turn it into a commercial product.
Potential commercial applications in the future included using it as a "novelty item" in photo booths, where customers could transform their ordinary photos into works of art, he said.
Animator Neil Glasbey, of London-based company Framestore CFC, told CNN that the idea would be a fun tool to use on home videos.
"I think the idea of taking a home video and turning it into a cartoon could be really useful, particularly for the younger generation."
He stressed that for the idea to work, it would need to be simple and easy-to-use.


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Computer-Aided Design of a Small Size Magnetic Telephone Transducer
The recent development of amplified electronic telephone sets permits the realization of new transducers. These replace the old types, with better performances such as reliability, size, and quality. Furthermore, the use of the same transducer both as a microphone and a receiver saves production and maintenance costs. In the present paper a central armature electromagnetic miniature transducer is shown. The first part is concerned with the calculation of the electromechanic driving system. In the last one the computer-aided acoustic equalization method is described. An experimental small-size prototype transducer so designed reveals consistent agreement with the mathematical mode.
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Rigidity of Graph Symmetries in the 3-Sphere
Embedded graphs, symmetries of graphs, chirality
In this paper we show that, for any 3-connected graph G, if an automorphism of G is realizable by a homeomorphism of (S3, G) then there is an embedding of G such that that automorphism is induced by a finite order homeomorphism of (S3, G). We then use this result to characterize which automorphisms of an arbitrary complete graph can be induced by a homeomorphism of S3 for some embedding of the graph.
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Seattle Weather In July
The hottest July day in Seattle for the past 66 years was 98 degrees Fahrenheit, most recently measured on July 27, 1958, while the average high temperature is 75. In the last 66 years the highest reported temperature in Seattle for July was 48 most recently measured on July 13, 1971, while the standard low daily temperature for the month is 55.
United States NWS historical Seattle July Weather data records that on July 19, 1954, the high temperature did not exceed 56 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest high measured in Seattle in the past 66 years. The Weather Service additionally shows that on July 13, 1961, the low for the day did not drop below 68 degrees, the highest low temperature in Seattle in the last 66 years.
Historical weather data accumulated by the National Weather Service shows that the average daily high temperature in Seattle on July First is 72 degrees Fahrenheit and the average high on the last day of July is 78 degrees. The daily low temperature in Seattle on July First averages 55 degrees Fahrenheit and the low on the last day of July averages 57 degrees.
Seattle usually receives an average of 0.79 inches of precipitation during July. July Seattle Weather records indicate that on July 9, 1954 Seattle received 0.81 inches of precipitation, the highest amount of rain recorded in a single day in July.


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what is the function of pluripotent markers? - (Oct/04/2007 )
I want to know
1.What is pluripotent markers?
2. Are they in the stem cells?
3. By using the iummostaining, how can we know the presences of pluripotent markers?
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Credit unions across the country have embraced the jungle-inspired "Wild About Saving" theme of National Credit Union Youth Month, which promotes the importance of financial responsibility by offering children and teens a chance to win free adventures to area zoos, aquariums, museums, and more.
"Youth Month is all about getting children and their parents excited—maybe even a little wild—about savings," says Karina Garcia of $1.4 billion asset CFE Federal Credit Union in Lake Mary, Fla., who submitted this year's winning theme.
National Credit Union Youth Month, held throughout April, gives credit unions a platform to connect with their young members and instill solid money management concepts. The event, created and managed by CUNA, has become an extended celebration from previous years, when activities were condensed into one week.
"By starting youth on the right path towards saving goals and financial education, Youth Month helps credit unions build strong, lifelong relationships with their members," says Joanne Sepich, CUNA's youth month coordinator.
Here's how some these credit unions are celebrating Youth Month:
- Michigan Schools and Government Credit Union, $1.5 billion assets, Clinton Township, honored Morgan Freshney and her brother, Dawson, who became the credit union's 100,000th and 100,001st members.
- NW Plus Credit Union, $157 million assets, Everett, Wash., offers a year-long family pass to the Woodland Park Zoo to anyone under 18 who opens a savings account.
- Holy Rosary Credit Union, $207 million assets, Rochester, N.Y., encourages youngsters to visit the branch and pick up a coloring contest entry form. Those who submit entries will be eligible to win prizes that include museum passes and gift cards.
- Clearview Federal Credit Union, $950 million assets, Moon Township, Pa., gives young members a chance to win four tickets to the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium just by visiting a branch.
- Envista Credit Union, $265 million assets, Topeka, Kan., will award nine $25 Toys R Us gift cards and other giveaway items to winners of a contest rewarding youngsters who visit a branch.
In addition to the prizes individual credit unions offer, young members can register for the National Youth Saving Challenge™ and a chance at winning one of 25 $100 prizes.


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Email is a method of sending and receiving digital messages via the internet where the messages are usually encoded in ASCII text. The message is commonly referred to as a "mail" which is the most popular means of communication these days.
It is a digital mechanism which promotes transmission of messages over communications network. Email has changed the way we send and receive messages.
Gmail is the most popular and widely used email service offered by Google. Email has come a long way since it first entered the scene in the 1960s and got a better hold of the communication ecosystem by 1980s. From a text-based message exchanging service, Email has revolutionized the communication scene to become a worldwide phenomenon.
Email is more than just text these days; messages can now be sent with multimedia content attachments including images and videos. Gmail is just one of many web-based Email services used to exchange digital messages over the internet.
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Description: These short lectures will introduce researchers to the use of agent-based techniques to model various aspects of Human-Environment Interactions. Emphasis will be placed on the notion that our ''world is constantly changing through time and across geographical scales where activities and features change from the split second decision involving local movements such as people walking, the development of land over months and years, to the migration of peoples over decades. We will cover applications ranging across the spectrum of urban systems, from pedestrian modeling, traffic simulation, and residential dynamics to that to urban growth models of cities and regions.
In this series of lectures I will introduce how one can combine Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and agent-based modeling (ABM) to explore a range of topics from that of the micro-movement of pedestrians to the growth of entire cities and regions. Specifically the classes will be:
 1. Introduction to GIS and ABM
 2. Mobile agent-based modeling
 3. Agent-based modeling of residential location
 4. Modeling urban growth and change with agent-based model
 5. Human/non-human interactions and challenges for geo-spatial simulations
 1. to understand the motivation for the use of agent-based models to study Human-Environment interactions;
 2. to learn about the variety of research areas across the social science disciplines that integrate ABM and GIS;
 3. to understand the distinct contribution that ABM can make to understanding Human-Environment interactions;
 4. to provide foundations for more advanced research upon the exploration of ABM and GIS for the study of Human-Environment interactions.
No particular computer science, programming, or advanced mathematics skills are necessary for this class, since it is specifically designed as an introductory survey.


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This paper evaluates Aboriginal cultural interpretation at wildlife attractions and on wildlife tours in Australia. The sites included 14 wildlife parks or zoos; three Aboriginal owned emu or crocodile farms; and 16 wildlife tours, river cruises or resorts with Indigenous interpretation of wildlife. Telephone interviews were conducted with 35 manage (nine Indigenous) and 26 Indigenous staff at wildlife attractions that included verbal or written Aboriginal wildlife interpretation. The Indigenous guides verbally presented both traditional uses and personal stories about Australian wildlife followed by Aboriginal 'Dreaming' or creation stories about totemic animal species. Non-Indigenous staff explained traditional Aboriginal uses of wildlife followed by biological facts and species information. The responses in this study highlight cultural differences in animal attitudes and approaches to wildlife use or interpretation. According to staff, tourists benefit from the inclusion of Aboriginal interpretation at wildlife sites by broadening their mind dispelling myths learning/education about Aboriginal cultures, novelty and excitement from visitors, increasing cultural awareness and developing more positive attitudes towards Indigenous people. Some guidelines for wildlife attractions and tours to develop and present Aboriginal cultural interpretation of Australian wildlife are also identified.


前所未有的创新工具和解决方案。通过在 Azure 上部署这些模型，您可以充分利用它们强大的功能，为
您的项目或业务带来变革性的改进。Sweden Central 区域提供了同时部署这两个模型的独特机会，为开发者提供了一个强大的平台来探索和利用这些尖端技术。
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<![CDATA[Introducing the Command Palette in GitLab: A Game-Changer for Developers]]> _URL_ 2023-11-21T09:44:56.000Z Introduction
Efficiency, speed, and ease of use are the hallmarks of any successful development tool. In this realm, the Command Palette stands out as a feature widely appreciated by developers. But first, let's understand what a Command Palette is and why it's so favored.
What is a Command Palette?
The Command Palette is a user interface element that simplifies interactions within a software application. It's a searchable command list, accessible via a keyboard shortcut, which allows users to execute commands without navigating complex menus or remembering numerous shortcuts. This feature is especially useful in development tools and text editors, streamlining workflow by centralizing functionalities.
Why Do Developers Love It?
Developers have embraced the Command Palette for several reasons:
 1. Efficiency: It provides quick access to various functions, enhancing workflow.
 2. Streamlined Workflow: Direct command execution is invaluable in complex development environments.
 3. Customization: It often allows for extensions with new commands, tailored to specific needs.
 4. Unified Interface: It offers a consistent experience across different platforms.
 5. Keyboard Navigation: It aligns with the keyboard-centric workflow preferences of many developers.
GitLab's Integration of the Command Palette
GitLab, a leading DevOps platform, has recently integrated the Command Palette in version 16.2, significantly enhancing the user experience.
Key Features of GitLab's Command Palette:
 - Easy Access: Open it from the left sidebar or with the / key.
 - Functionalities: Users can:
 - Create new objects or find menu items with >.
 - Search for a user with @.
 - Locate a project using :.
 - Find project files in the default repository branch with /.
Enhanced User Experience
My personal experience with GitLab's new Command Palette has been transformational. Previously, searching for items in GitLab could be slow and sometimes unfruitful. However, with the introduction of the new Command Palette, these issues have been resolved. The search process is now incredibly fast and clear. The different command symbols for searching various types of content make finding exactly what I need a breeze. It's a significant improvement that has made working with GitLab more efficient and enjoyable.
Conclusion
The Command Palette is more than just a feature; it represents the evolving landscape of user interfaces in development environments. GitLab's adoption of this tool marks a significant step forward, offering an even more efficient, customizable, and user-friendly experience. Such innovations continue to empower developers, propelling the world of software development into a new era of productivity and ease of use.
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<![CDATA[How to Clean Up Disk Space by Finding Large Files Using "find" & "du"]]> _URL_ 2023-11-19T08:42:20.000Z Introduction
Are you constantly battling with low disk space? As we use our computers, it's natural for files to accumulate, often leading to a shortage of storage. Fortunately, with a few commands in the terminal, you can easily identify large files hogging your disk space and clean them up efficiently. Today, I'll show you how to use the du (disk usage) command in combination with find on Unix-like systems to locate and manage these space-consuming files.
Understanding the Basics
Before diving into the commands, it's important to understand what du and find do. The du command is used to estimate file space usage, and find is a powerful tool for searching files in a directory hierarchy.
Locating Large Files
To begin, open your terminal. We'll use a combination of find and du to locate files larger than a specified size. Let's say we're interested in files larger than 1GB. Here's the command you'll need:
find / -type f -size +1G -exec du -h {} +
 - / indicates that the search should start from the root directory. You can replace this with a specific directory path.
 - -type f ensures that only files are considered, not directories.
 - -size +1G filters the search to files larger than 1 Gigabyte.
 - -exec du -h {} + executes the du command for each file found, displaying their sizes in a human-readable format.
Analyzing the Output
Once you run the command, you'll see a list of files, each with its size. This output is your key to understanding where your disk space is going. Look through the list to identify files that you no longer need or can move to external storage.
Cleaning Up
After identifying the large files, it's time for cleanup. You can delete unnecessary files directly from the terminal or manually through your file manager. If you choose to delete via terminal, use the rm command with caution, as files deleted this way are not easily recoverable.
Caution and Best Practices
 - Backup First: Always back up important data before deleting files.
 - Run as Standard User: Avoid using sudo unless necessary, as it gives you the power to delete system-critical files.
 - Narrow Down Your Search: To prevent an overwhelming amount of output, start your search in directories where large files are likely to be, like ~/Downloads or ~/Videos.
 - Check Before Deleting: Ensure the files you're about to delete are not crucial to system operation or personal use.
Conclusion
Running out of disk space doesn't have to be a crisis. With these simple terminal commands, you can get a clear picture of what's using your space and take appropriate actions. Regular checks for large files can keep your disk usage optimized and your system running smoothly. Happy cleaning!
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<![CDATA[在新的 Azure AI Studio 中关闭 Azure OpenAI 服务的内容过滤器]]> _URL_ 2023-11-18T23:12:37.000Z Content Filters
引言
之前，Azure OpenAI Studio（专门用于管理 Azure OpenAI Service 资源的网络控制台）存在一个重大限制：它不允许用户完全禁用内容过滤器。这一限制常常阻碍那些需要更精细控制其 AI 交互的用户。
最近，微软通过引入 Azure AI Studio 采取了变革性的步骤。这个用于在 Azure 上管理所有 AI 资源的统一网络控制台打破了常规，不仅允许用户修改，而且还可以完全关闭 Azure OpenAI 服务中的内容过滤器，开启了 AI 资源管理灵活性和定制性的新时代。
在 Azure AI Studio 中管理 Azure OpenAI 服务资源的指南
 1. 访问 Azure AI Studio：登录 Azure AI Studio。与旧版的 Azure OpenAI Studio 相比，这个平台提供了更强的功能。
 2. 启动新的 Azure AI Studio 项目
 - Azure AI Studio 界面中导航至 Build 标签。
 - 开始创建一个专门用于管理您的 Azure OpenAI Service resource 的新项目。
 3. 设置您的 Azure AI 资源
 - 创建 Azure AI 资源：首先在您的项目中创建一个新的 Azure AI 资源。
 - 选择现有资源组：选择与您的项目相关的现有 资源组 及其相应的位置。（用于计费）
 - 绑定现有的 Azure OpenAI 服务资源：点击 '显示高级选项'。在这里，您可以通过在 'AI 服务提供商' 字段中选择它来链接您现有的 Azure OpenAI 服务 资源。
注意：项目创建过程可能需要一些时间。在此设置阶段建议保持耐心。
修改内容过滤器
 - 项目激活后，继续前往 '内容过滤器' 部分。
 - 您将找到调整或完全禁用 OpenAI 服务内容过滤器的选项。这种新发现的控制能力与之前的 Azure OpenAI Studio 的限制形成了鲜明对比。
结论
有了 Azure AI Studio，管理 Azure OpenAI 服务资源变得更加直观和灵活。用户现在拥有前所未有的能力来微调或完全移除


31337; and ÿ. Unknown named entities such as &foo; may appear.
The idea is to be able to be able to reduce input text to a minimal form, without making too many assumptions about the character set in use.
PRIVATE METHODS
The following methods are internal to this class, and should not be invoked from elsewhere. Subclasses should not use or override these methods.
_hss_prepare_ban_list (CFG)
Returns a hash ref representing all the banned tags, based on the values of BanList and BanAllBut
_hss_prepare_rules (CFG)
Returns a hash ref representing the tag and attribute rules (See "Rules").
Returns undef if no filters are specified, in which case the attribute filter code has very little performance impact. If any rules are specified, then every tag and attribute is checked.
_hss_get_attr_filter ( DEFAULT_FILTERS TAG_FILTERS ATTR_NAME)
Returns the attribute filter rule to apply to this particular attribute.
Checks for:
 - a named attribute rule in a named tag
 - a default * attribute rule in a named tag
 - a named attribute rule in the default * rules
 - a default * attribute rule in the default * rules
_hss_join_attribs (FILTERED_ATTRIBS)
Accepts a hash ref containing the attribute names as the keys, and the attribute values as the values. Escapes them and returns a string ready for output to HTML
_hss_decode_numeric ( NUMERIC )
Returns the string that should replace the numeric entity NUMERIC in the text_to_canonical_form() method.
_hss_tag_is_banned ( TAGNAME )
Returns true if the lower case tag name TAGNAME is on the list of harmless tags that the filter is configured to block, false otherwise.
_hss_get_to_valid_context ( TAG )
Tries to get the filter to a context in which the tag TAG is allowed, by introducing extra end tags or start tags if necessary. TAG can be either the lower case name of a tag or the string 'CDATA'.
Returns 1 if an allowed context is reached, or 0 if there's no reasonable way to get to an allowed context and the tag should just be rejected.
_hss_close_innermost_tag ()
Closes the innermost open tag.
_hss_context ()
Returns the current named context of the filter.
_hss_valid_in_context ( TAG, CONTEXT )
Returns true if the lowercase tag name TAG is valid in context CONTEXT, false otherwise.
_hss_valid_in_current_context ( TAG )
Returns true if the lowercase tag name TAG is valid in the filter's current context, false otherwise.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
Performance
This module does a lot of work to ensure that tags are correctly nested and are not left open, causing unnecessary overhead for applications where that doesn't matter.
Such applications may benefit from using the more lightweight HTML::Scrubber::StripScripts module instead.
Strictness
URIs and email addresses are cleaned up to be safe, but not necessarily accurate. That would have required adding dependencies. Attribute callbacks can be used to add this functionality if required, or the validation methods can be overridden.
By default, filtered HTML may not be valid strict XHTML, for instance empty required attributes may be outputted. However, with "Rules", it should be possible to force the HTML to validate.
REPORTING BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to _EMAIL_, or through the web interface at _URL_.
SEE ALSO
HTML::Parser, HTML::StripScripts::Parser, HTML::StripScripts::Regex
AUTHOR
Original author Nick Cleaton <_EMAIL_>
New code added and module maintained by Clinton Gormley <_EMAIL_>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2003 Nick Cleaton. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright (C) 2007 Clinton Gormley. All Rights Reserved.
LICENSE
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.


Tea, Earl Grey, Hot: A History of Earl Grey Tea
Probably one of the most famous tea blends, Earl Grey is traditionally a black tea flavored with the oil from the bergamot orange. It can be served black, with milk, or with a squeeze of lemon juice. The bergamot oil adds a fragrant flavor to the tea.
What's in a Name?
Earl Grey is actually a hereditary title of the British aristocracy. The title was created in 1806, and the second person to hold the title, Charles, 2nd Earl Grey, is the person who the tea blend is thought to be named after. The 2nd Earl Grey became Prime Minister of the UK in 1830, and oversaw the abolition of slavery across the British Empire and was author of the Great Reform Act, which updated and modified the electoral system in the UK. Today, his name is mostly remembered for the tea blend named after him.
There is still an Earl Grey peer today. Peter Grey, the 7th Earl Grey, is the great-great-grandson of Charles, 2nd Earl Grey.
Origins of the Blend
It is proposed that bergamot oil was added to cheaper black teas to emulate the fragrance of more expensive varieties. The blend has been known in England since at least the 1820s.
One origin story for the name tells that Charles, 2nd Earl Grey traveled to China. One of the men traveling with him saved a Chinese mandarin's son from drowning, and so Earl Grey was gifted a box of the tea blend. This is disputed, as there is no evidence that Earl Grey ever went to China. A more likely origin is that a British envoy to China brought the blend back to Earl Grey.
Jacksons of Piccadilly, a London tea house, claims to have originated Earl Grey tea for sale in the UK, having been given the recipe by Earl Grey in 1830. Now owned by Twinings, the company claimed to have never changed the recipe, which is based on black China tea. In 2011, Twinings reformulated their recipe a little, adding "an extra hint of bergamot and citrus". Comments on the change were overwhelmingly negative, and a Facebook group was even created to protest the change.
There are many variations to the traditional tea blend. One of the most well-known is Lady Grey, which adds cornflowers and Seville oranges for extra citrus flavor. This tea blend is available at Tina's Traditional under the name of "Lady Grace".
"London Fog" is a variation on Earl Grey invented in Vancouver, Canada. It is also known as an Earl Grey Tea Latte, as it is made with mostly hot milk. Vanilla syrup is also added. London Fog is popular across the Pacific North-west in British Columbia, and Oregon and Washington states. At Tina's Traditional we serve a London Fog Cake; a two-layered chocolate cake topped with Earl Grey Crème infused icing and drizzled with caramel.
Several companies also make "Earl Green" and "Earl White", using green and white teas as a base respectively.
Between WWI and WWII in the UK, Earl Grey was used as a drink mixer, usually with gin, similar in concept to the Irish Coffee. The gin and Earl Grey drink was called a Moseley Tea Service, named after the wealthy suburb of Birmingham where J R R Tolkien was born. It was very popular in the 1920s and 1930s, but using Earl Grey as a base for an alcoholic drink is rarely seen today.
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text: In the fifteenth century progress in metallurgy made possible the production of springs, which ultimately led to the development of portable clocks powered by a coiled spring rather than a weight. The origins of the spring-driven clock are almost as obscure as those of the weight-driven clock. Evidence suggests that the idea came from Italy. In the early 1400s, Filippo Brunelleschi and others designed spring-driven devices that made the invention of the portable timekeeper possible. One of the devices was the fusee, a cone-shaped spindle that equalizes the diminishing force of a coiled spring as it unwinds. Increasingly ornate and always expensive, these early clocks were regarded as objects of curiosity, owned by a few wealthy individuals. One of the earliest spring-driven clocks to have survived is a table clock most likely made in Aix-en-Provence about 1530 by Pierre de Fobis. Its complex movement is set into a typical sixteenth-century French clock case, inspired by classical architecture and ornaments rediscovered during the Renaissance. By the 1560s spring-driven clocks were produced throughout France, Flanders, and Germany as exemplified by works in this case.


twitter beachEarlier this year, Pew Research Center and the Social Media Research Foundation released a report that identified six structures of social media crowds that shape Twitter conversations. The research found that these structures are dependent on the topic being discussed, the sources of information cited during the conversations, the social networks of the people who are talking about the topic, and the leaders of the conversation.
The report identifies these six social structures as divided, unified, fragmented, clustered, inward hub and spokes, and outward hub and spokes. Since social media conversations and social media referrals are so important to content publishing growth, let's take a look at each structure and consider if the conversations happening about your content are actually happening among the right audiences.
The Polarized Crowd
The first social structure identified in Twitter conversations is referred to as the "divided" or "polarized crowd" and typically occur around topics that can be polarizing with extreme points. The members of one polarized crowd are unlikely to interact with other polarized crowds who don't agree with them. The two groups get their information from very different sources and will be highly divided as they discuss the same topic. Polarized crowds are often found in discussions related to politics.
For some content publishers, the polarized crowd could be very appealing. Certainly, the content from some political websites that focus on a specific point of view will perform well when delivered to the right polarized crowd.
The Tight Crowd
On the other end of the spectrum are "unified" or "tight crowds" where members are strongly connected with one another. They share ideas, information, and help each other around a common interest such as professional topics, hobbies, conferences or events, and so on. The only participants are members of the community.
For example, the community could be loosely formed around photography or more formally formed around a journalistic photographers conference. These groups are not intentionally polarizing themselves from other groups and don't shun alternate points of view, but the value of the conversations comes from having those conversations with other people who are equally invested in the topic.
For content publishers, getting the right content in front of these highly focused groups can be extremely effective.
The Brand Cluster
The next social structure identified in the research is referred to as a"fragmented" structure or a "brand cluster" because it is formed based on mutual interest in a product or celebrity. Since products and celebrities can have global recognition, these social structures can grow quite large on Twitter and beyond. However, they're typically fragmented into smaller groups of people all discussing the broader topic amongst themselves. There is little connection with people outside of the smaller, fragmented clusters.
For content publishers, it is important to understand that just because a celebrity or public event is popular on Twitter, that doesn't mean you can write about it and expect to have your content go viral. A better strategy is to connect that celebrity or event in a highly focused way to your content topic, and then seek out the fragmented groups on Twitter and across the social web who would be most interested in that focused content.
The Community Cluster
The "clustered" structure is made up of "community clusters" that form in order to discuss global news and events as well as popular topics with wide appeal. The smaller community clusters form around a collection of news sources for discussion but they are not connected with people outside of their smaller community clusters. Therefore, their conversations are not necessarily intended to be polarized but can be as a result of the small, disconnected social structure.
For content publishers, it's important to understand that even "broad appeal" conversations could be received by community clusters in very different ways. Find the community clusters who would be most interested in your content and focus on joining their conversations and sharing your content with them.
The Broadcast Network
The "in-hub and spoke" social structure is also referred to as a "broadcast network" and is typically quite large. They're most often centered around a celebrity or media organization that has a lot of followers who actively retweet the content published by that celebrity or media organization regardless of its content. There is little interaction among group members but a great deal of pass-along content from the hub is shared.
For content publishers, this is often the least effective social structure to spread your content. Even if this group retweets your content, that's all they'll do with it. There will be little or no engagement beyond clicking the retweet button.
The Support Network
Finally, the "out-hub and spoke" social structure (also called the "support network" structure) is usually created when a company, organization, or government agency responds to a customer complaint or request. For example, the _USER_ Twitter profile, which provides customer support, is a perfect example of a support network social structure. Members post messages to the company (at the center of the hub) and the company replies to customers (the spokes). However, there is rarely interaction between members of the support network.
For content publishers, an out-hub and spoke social structure could develop around your Twitter profile, but be careful. A support network structure is useful to help customers who might have problems, but it doesn't provide the interactivity that you need to truly build your audience and achieve publishing success.
You can follow the link at the top of the article for all of the details from the Pew Research Center report. It's well worth it to spend some time evaluating whether or not your content is reaching the right groups on Twitter.
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What is an eco friendly alternative to jet fuel?
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 As part of NASA's Alternative Aviation Fuel Experiment II (AAFEX II), a chicken fat-based jet fuel was tested. The fuel, called Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel, was to be used as fuel in a NASA DC-8 aircraft. Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel was not developed by NASA, however; it has been used successfully in various other aircraft, including by an F-16CM Fighting Falcon, one of which recently used a 50/50 mixture of regular jet fuel and the biofuel.
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IntelliJ IDEA 2018.2 Help
Defining the Set of Changelists to Display
With the extended Merge Info functionality, you can limit the set of changelists to be displayed in the Changelists pane to changelists that have been integrated from one specific branch to another. These branches are referred to as "source" and "target" respectively.
To define the set of branches you want to display, do the following:
 1. Open the Version Control tool window and switch to the Repository tab.
 2. To open the Merge Info pane, click the Highlight Integrated button highlightIntegrated on the toolbar.
 3. In the From field, specify the URL address of the source branch.
 4. In the To field, specify the path to the target branch. If necessary, use the Browse button browseButton to open the Select Branch dialog.
 5. Specify the path to the local working copy to which you are going to apply patches created based on the selected changelists. If necessary, use Browse browseButton to open the Configure Working Copy Paths dialog box.
Last modified: 25 October 2018
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31 August 2018, 12:09
Patriarch Kirill, Patriarch Bartholomew reaffirm commitment to dialogue to solve inter-church issues
Istanbul, August 31, Interfax - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia have reaffirmed their commitment to dialogue and joint work for the benefit of the Orthodox Church at a meeting in Istanbul.
"We believe in the power of dialogue. While political leaders use dialogue to solve problems in their countries,we, religious leaders, use dialogue to an even greater extent, because this path was bequeathed to us by God himself," Patriarch Bartholomew said opening the meeting on Friday.
He reminded Patriarch Kirill of their common spiritual mentors, with whom they worked for many years "for the benefit of the Church."
"May our predecessors' prayers help us work for the benefit of Orthodoxy today, as well," Patriarch Kirill said in response.
Patriarch Kirill said that every time he visits the Constantinople Patriarchate, "it brings to mind highly important moments in our shared history."
"Our Churches encountered various challenges and problems in every epoch, and through God's grace, we have always found ways to respond to the challenges of the epoch," he said.
Patriarch Kirill also noted the difference between the dialogue pursued by politicians, who champion the interests of their countries, and the dialogue conducted by religious figures.
"We certainly represent the interests of our Churches, but we also care about the unity and well-being of the Church as a whole," he said.
This puts "certain responsibilities and obligations" on the clergy, "but at the same time gives them strength and inspiration," Patriarch Kirill said.
"That is why, despite the fact that different discussions have taken place in this building, I have very warm memories connected with it, because we have never done anything that could harm world Orthodoxy. Because we bear responsibility for the whole Church, for the whole Divine Body," he said.
After posing for photos, the patriarchs continued their meeting behind closed doors.
Patriarch Kirill's press secretary, Priest Alexander Volkov, told reporters that the mood of the meeting is "peaceful and fraternal."
The meeting is expected to last about three hours.
Almost 20 Ukrainians who support the creation of a "unified local church" in Ukraine gathered near Patriarch Bartholomew's residence on Friday morning. They are wearing traditional Ukrainian embroidered folk shirts and refuse to talk to journalists in Russian. A police cordon about 50 meters from the entrance to the residence has stopped them from approaching it.
Before the beginning of the meeting, Patriarch Kirill visited the Constantinople Patriarchate's cathedral, where he venerated icons.
The meeting was announced in early August, but the two sides declined to disclose the meeting's agenda, only saying that they would discuss "bilateral matters of mutual interest."
Numerous watchers expect this meeting to shed some light on the issue of the creation of a "unified local church" in Ukraine, which Ukraine's secular authorities are seeking.


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Evaluation of physiological parameters of kelp gulls (Larus dominicanus) feeding on fishery discards in Patagonia, Argentina
VERÓNICA D'AMICO; ANA FAZIO; GABRIELA PALACIOS; ELIANA CARABAJAL; MARCELO BERTELLOTTI
WATERBIRDS (DE LEON SPRINGS, FLA.)
Año: 2018 vol. 41 p. 310 - 315
Physiological parameters provide relevant information on the general physical condition of free-living birds. Here report blood parameters related to immune function, nutrition, and oxidative stress of Kelp Gulls (Larus dominicanus) that use fishery waste sites as feeding sites, are reported. We also assessed the presence of zoonotic bacteria in cloacal swabs. Ranges of hematocrit, total proteins, glucose, and leukocyte counts were similar to those reported for other gull species and healthy birds in general. Heterophil and lymphocyte percentages were the only parameters affected by handling time of the birds. Reports of bacterial agglutination as an index of humoral innate immunity and oxidative stress makers are the first for the species. Kelp Gulls showed infection prevalence of 60% with Corynebacterium sp. and 30.5% with enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Data presented here constitute a valuable contribution for future comparative studies and as baseline for clinical work.


Frame clock
Frame clock — Frame clock syncs painting to a window or display
Signals
void after-paint Run Last
void before-paint Run Last
void flush-events Run Last
void layout Run Last
void paint Run Last
void resume-events Run Last
void update Run Last
Types and Values
Object Hierarchy
 GObject
 ╰── GdkFrameClock
Includes
#include <gdk/gdkwayland.h>
Description
A GdkFrameClock tells the application when to update and repaint a window. This may be synced to the vertical refresh rate of the monitor, for example. Even when the frame clock uses a simple timer rather than a hardware-based vertical sync, the frame clock helps because it ensures everything paints at the same time (reducing the total number of frames). The frame clock can also automatically stop painting when it knows the frames will not be visible, or scale back animation framerates.
GdkFrameClock is designed to be compatible with an OpenGL-based implementation or with mozRequestAnimationFrame in Firefox, for example.
A frame clock is idle until someone requests a frame with gdk_frame_clock_request_phase(). At some later point that makes sense for the synchronization being implemented, the clock will process a frame and emit signals for each phase that has been requested. (See the signals of the GdkFrameClock class for documentation of the phases. GDK_FRAME_CLOCK_PHASE_UPDATE and the "update" signal are most interesting for application writers, and are used to update the animations, using the frame time given by gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_time().
The frame time is reported in microseconds and generally in the same timescale as g_get_monotonic_time(), however, it is not the same as g_get_monotonic_time(). The frame time does not advance during the time a frame is being painted, and outside of a frame, an attempt is made so that all calls to gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_time() that are called at a "similar" time get the same value. This means that if different animations are timed by looking at the difference in time between an initial value from gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_time() and the value inside the "update" signal of the clock, they will stay exactly synchronized.
Functions
gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_time ()
gint64
gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_time (GdkFrameClock *frame_clock);
Gets the time that should currently be used for animations. Inside the processing of a frame, it's the time used to compute the animation position of everything in a frame. Outside of a frame, it's the time of the conceptual "previous frame," which may be either the actual previous frame time, or if that's too old, an updated time.
Parameters
frame_clock
a GdkFrameClock

Returns
a timestamp in microseconds, in the timescale of of g_get_monotonic_time().
Since: 3.8
gdk_frame_clock_request_phase ()
void
gdk_frame_clock_request_phase (GdkFrameClock *frame_clock,
 GdkFrameClockPhase phase);
Asks the frame clock to run a particular phase. The signal corresponding the requested phase will be emitted the next time the frame clock processes. Multiple calls to gdk_frame_clock_request_phase() will be combined together and only one frame processed. If you are displaying animated content and want to continually request the GDK_FRAME_CLOCK_PHASE_UPDATE phase for a period of time, you should use gdk_frame_clock_begin_updating() instead, since this allows GTK+ to adjust system parameters to get maximally smooth animations.
Parameters
frame_clock
a GdkFrameClock

phase
the phase that is requested

Since: 3.8
gdk_frame_clock_begin_updating ()
void
gdk_frame_clock_begin_updating (GdkFrameClock *frame_clock);
Starts updates for an animation. Until a matching call to gdk_frame_clock_end_updating() is made, the frame clock will continually request a new frame with the GDK_FRAME_CLOCK_PHASE_UPDATE phase. This function may be called multiple times and frames will be requested until gdk_frame_clock_end_updating() is called the same number of times.
Parameters
frame_clock
a GdkFrameClock

Since: 3.8
gdk_frame_clock_end_updating ()
void
gdk_frame_clock_end_updating (GdkFrameClock *frame_clock);
Stops updates for an animation. See the documentation for gdk_frame_clock_begin_updating().
Parameters
frame_clock
a GdkFrameClock

Since: 3.8
gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_counter ()
gint64
gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_counter (GdkFrameClock *frame_clock);
A GdkFrameClock maintains a 64-bit counter that increments for each frame drawn.
Parameters
frame_clock
a GdkFrameClock

Returns
inside frame processing, the value of the frame counter for the current frame. Outside of frame processing, the frame counter for the last frame.
Since: 3.8
gdk_frame_clock_get_history_start ()
gint64
gdk_frame_clock_get_history_start (GdkFrameClock *frame_clock);
GdkFrameClock internally keeps a history of GdkFrameTimings objects for recent frames that can be retrieved with gdk_frame_clock_get_timings(). The set of stored frames is the set from the counter values given by gdk_frame_clock_get_history_start() and gdk_frame_clock_get_frame_counter(), inclusive.
Parameters
frame_clock
a GdkFrameClock

Returns
the frame counter value for the oldest frame that is available in the internal frame history of the GdkFrameClock.
Since: 3.8
gdk_frame_clock_get_timings ()
GdkFrameTimings *
gdk_frame_clock_get_timings (GdkFrameClock *frame_clock,
 gint64 frame_counter);
Retrieves a GdkFrameTimings object holding timing information for the current frame or a recent frame. The GdkFrameTimings object may not yet be complete: see gdk_frame_timings_get_complete().
Parameters
frame_clock
a GdkFrameClock

frame_counter
the frame counter value identifying the frame to be received.

Returns
the GdkFrameTimings object for the specified frame, or NULL if it is not available. See gdk_frame_clock_get_history_start().
[nullable]
Since: 3.8
gdk_frame_clock_get_current_timings ()
GdkFrameTimings *
gdk_frame_clock_get_current_timings (GdkFrameClock *frame_clock);
Gets the frame timings for the current frame.
Parameters
frame_clock
a GdkFrameClock

Returns
the GdkFrameTimings for the frame currently being processed, or even no frame is being processed, for the previous frame. Before any frames have been processed, returns NULL.
[nullable]
Since: 3.8
gdk_frame_clock_get_refresh_info ()
void
gdk_frame_clock_get_refresh_info (GdkFrameClock *frame_clock,
 gint64 base_time,
 gint64 *refresh_interval_return,
 gint64 *presentation_time_return);
Using the frame history stored in the frame clock, finds the last known presentation time and refresh interval, and assuming that presentation times are separated by the refresh interval, predicts a presentation time that is a multiple of the refresh interval after the last presentation time, and later than base_time .
Parameters
frame_clock
a GdkFrameClock

base_time
base time for determining a presentaton time

refresh_interval_return
a location to store the determined refresh interval, or NULL. A default refresh interval of 1/60th of a second will be stored if no history is present.
[out][optional]
presentation_time_return
a location to store the next candidate presentation time after the given base time. 0 will be will be stored if no history is present.
[out]
Since: 3.8
Types and Values
GdkFrameClock
typedef struct _GdkFrameClock GdkFrameClock;
Members
enum GdkFrameClockPhase
GdkFrameClockPhase is used to represent the different paint clock phases that can be requested. The elements of the enumeration correspond to the signals of


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 +===== FT_CONNECTIVITY_DTF =====
 +
 +Note that this reference documentation is identical to the help that is displayed in MATLAB when you type "help ft_connectivity_dtf".
 +
 +

 + FT_CONNECTIVITY_DTF computes the directed transfer function.
 +
 + Use as
 + [d, v, n] = ft_connectivity_dtf(h, ...)
 +
 + The input data h should be a spectral transfer matrix organized as
 + Nrpt x Nchan x Nchan x Nfreq (x Ntime),
 + where Nrpt can be 1.
 +
 + Additional optional input arguments come as key-value pairs:
 + 'hasjack' = 0 (default) is a boolean specifying whether the input
 + contains leave-one-outs, required for correct variance
 + estimate.
 + 'feedback' = string, determining verbosity (default = 'none'), see FT_PROGRESS
 + 'crsspctrm' = matrix containing the cross-spectral density. If this
 + matrix is defined, the function
 + returns the ddtf, which requires an estimation of partial
 + coherence from this matrix.
 + 'invfun' = 'inv' (default) or 'pinv', the function used to invert the
 + crsspctrm matrix to obtain the partial coherence. Pinv is
 + useful if the data are poorly-conditioned.
 +
 +
 + Output arguments:
 + d = partial directed coherence matrix Nchan x Nchan x Nfreq (x Ntime).
 + If multiple observations in the input, the average is returned.
 + v = variance of d across observations.
 + n = number of observations.
 +
 + Typically, nrpt should be 1 (where the spectral transfer matrix is computed across
 + observations. When nrpt>1 and hasjack is true the input is assumed to contain the
 + leave-one-out estimates of H, thus a more reliable estimate of the relevant
 + quantities.
 +
 + See also FT_CONNECTIVITYANALYSIS
 +


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Whiting Field to name auditorium for Vietnam hero
The Whiting Field Naval Air Station auditorium where hundreds of Navy, Marine and Coast Guard flight students receive their coveted flight wings every year is being named to honor former Whiting helicopter instructor and Medal of Honor recipient Navy Cmdr. Clyde Lassen.
Lassen, who died in 1994, flew his helicopter into North Vietnam and rescued two Navy pilots while taking enemy fire during the harrowing 1968 mission that led to his Medal of Honor recognition. He was the first Navy helicopter pilot to receive the nation's highest military honor for action in the Vietnam War.
A Whiting flight training building previously named for Lassen was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and had to be bulldozed, said Jay Cope, spokesman for the base.
Cope said base officials wanted to do something else to recognize Lassen, who became a helicopter training squadron commander at Whiting Field after his time in Vietnam.
"Every two weeks, the helicopter students who graduate from our program get their wings in a ceremony at the auditorium," Cope said. "We thought it was the appropriate place to honor him."
A display case in the auditorium lobby contains personal items donated to the base by Lassen's family. The display also includes audio recordings made of radio communications during Lassen's Medal of Honor mission.
According to Lassen's citation, the downed pilots ran out of flares used to indicate their location on the ground.
"When flare illumination was again lost, Lt. Lassen, fully aware of the dangers in clearly revealing his position to the enemy, turned on his landing lights and completed the landing. On this attempt, the survivors were able to make their way to the helicopter. En route to the coast he encountered and successfully evaded additional hostile antiaircraft fire and, with fuel for only 5 minutes of flight remaining, landed safely aboard USS Jouett," the citation stated.
Retired Navy Capt. Dick Catone was a longtime friend of Lassen's and a fellow Vietnam-era helicopter pilot.
Catone, who also served as a training wing commander at Whiting, plans to attend the auditorium dedication ceremony at the base Tuesday and speak about Lassen.
Catone said Lassen was a phenomenal pilot who was able to share what he learned in combat with hundreds of young flight students to better prepare them for what they might experience in their military careers.
"Clyde's philosophy was that he wanted to give each student the opportunity to reach their pinnacle," Catone said. "You don't want to scare the students, but you want them to know why we are training. You never know what you might have to do; you are a warrior, you are going into harm's way, and you have to be prepared as best you can."
Lassen's Medal of Honor mission is an example of making quick decisions, finding solutions to problems and accepting risks to save others, he said.
"He was flying an old, single-engine helicopter. He was out there in the middle of the night for the sole purpose of rescuing the aviators. When he put on his landing lights it made him a great big target, but he was able to do the rescue," Catone said.
"He is a hero to many of us."
Tuesday's dedication ceremony at Whiting Field is not open to the general public.


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Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American computer-animated wuxia comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures. [a] It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne in their directorial debuts, and stars the voices of Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Randall Duk Kim, James Hong, Dan Fogler, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Jackie Chan. The film is set in a version of ancient China populated by anthropomorphic talking animals and revolves around a bumbling panda named Po, a kung fu enthusiast. When an evil kung fu warrior named Tai Lung is foretold to escape from prison, Po is unwittingly named the "Dragon Warrior", that was destined to defeat him.
kung fu panda colouring pages, Globe worksheets, pages for colour, or activity books can be a good option for parents and preschool teachers.


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Bathinda, May 25, 2022 (Yes Punjab News)
Maharaja Ranjit Singh Punjab Technical University (MRSPTU), Bathinda' Training & Placement department organised an educational visit to Punjab Vidhan Sabha- a UNESCO World Heritage site as a part of Chandigarh capitol complex on Wednesday for the students of School of Architecture and Planning,MRSPTU.
Sharing the information, the head of department, Dr. Bhupinder Singh Dhot , Director- Training & Placement Harjot Singh Sidhu and Dean Industry Linkages and consultancy, Dr. Manjeet Bansal said "During the visit students were informed about the design philosophies of the master architect Le Corbusier.
While looking at the tapestries, murals and paintings students related Corbusier's colour theory with his works. The concept of brutalism was clearly visible through fine finish of exposed concrete which contains different motifs related to Indian culture and architecture.
Accompanying experts briefed about the history, technological up-gradation, circulation patterns, services etc. Internal treatment of spaces shows the perfect application of studies related to acoustics, natural lighting, ventilation, scale and proportion.
students were amazed to see the incorporation of two different structure systems i.e. Bulk Active and Surface Active in a single building. Students admired the science of controlling direct solar gains on visiting 'Tower of Shadow' which is a part of Capitol Complex. Le Corbusier has incorporated this science very well in all the buildings of the complex by the efficient use of external shading devices.
Director-Training & Placement Harjot Singh Sidhu expressed sincere gratitude to the Hon'ble Speaker Vidhan sabha S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan for providing MRSPTU students the opportunity to visit the Vidhan Sabha.
The visit to Heritage site for the students is an important part of learning and our university aims to keep our student interaction with the real world.' he added.
Ar. Kapil Arora, Ar. konica Sharma of School of architecture and planning accompanied the students for the visit.


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I'm curious what the opinions are on uppercase versus lowercase diacritics height/size/positioning, and what one thinks is best practice.
I've seen examples of:
1. Either no, or almost no perceptible difference between uppercase/lowercase mark height and positioning
2. Difference in positioning only, uppercase/lowercase marks are equal in height (lowered positioning on caps to decrease overall vertical height of accented glyph)
3. Difference of mark height only (positioning looks more relative to lowercase, but uppercase marks aren't as tall, therefore again, decreasing overall vertical height of accented glyph)
4. Difference in positioning and height of mark (these are most extreme, greatly reducing overall vertical height of accented glyphs)
And then there are examples where the mark isn't necessarily adjusted in height linearly, but the form looks rotated to decrease its vertical reach.
Are these differences and the decisions behind these variations more genre specific overall or more personal preference?
Are the extreme examples more so typical in display faces where all caps setting with tight leading could be desired?


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Category: Attachment milling
When choosing a mounted tiller, there are several factors to consider:
- Excavator size: The attachment should match the excavator size to ensure optimum performance.
- Milling width and depth: The dimensions of the milling machine must meet the project requirements.
- Soil conditions: Special tillers may need to be selected depending on the type of soil.
- Attachment trencher should fit the excavator size.
- Milling width and depth must meet project requirements.
- Make selection according to the soil conditions.


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Early Childhood Development Program
A two-year program for pre-school indigenous children. Centers of interest based on the point of view of the child and his/her cultural background have been organized into program components.
Elementary and Highschool Program
Formal Elementary and Secondary Education Programs using an enriched (indigenized) Department of Education curriculum and management. It operates on the principle of respect for, and recognition of the indigenous peoples' life and culture.
A ladderized approach to educational study, it offers full-time degree courses as well as short-term training courses on:
– Bachelor of Science in Social Entrepreneurship
– Bachelor of Science in Education
– Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Technology
– Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology
– Bachelor of Arts in Peace Education
Capability Building and Skills Training
The training touches the following:
– Learning Pathways and IP Education
– Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity
– Ancestral Domain Sustainable Development and Protection Plan
– Peace Education and Community Building
– Leadership, Governance and Values Formation
– Environment and Resource Management
– Sustainable Agriculture
– Basic Health and Sanitation
– Community and Organizational Development
– Program and Financial Management
Local Educators Advancement Program
It provides on-going formation and training program for facilitators, educators, para-teachers, education managers and IP education council on IP education systems and management.
Indigenous Peoples Leadership on Enterprise and Development (IP-LED) is a leadership and capacity building program which hopes to respond to the growing need of creating sustainable development mechanisms for Indigenous Peoples communities in the Philippines.
The Living Heritage of Philippine Indigenous People
The Center holds a chronicle of the indigenous people's history – their rich heritage, culture, values, aspirations, language, customs, and even the challenges they continue to face.
Conducts research, studies, documentation and publication of indigenous knowledge systems, stories, history, folk tales, songs, and arts. It also develops and publishes educational/learning materials for both the formal and non-formal education programs. Conducts on-going research on relevant IP education programs and practices.
Through this place, they hope to reach out to the world as one people, the Filipino Indigenous People.
Community Service-Learning & Volunteer Program
It is a venue for students to serve and work with various indigenous communities and organization both in non-government and government. It provides ample opportunities for indigenous students to share what they learn in school and as well as discover new learning and insights from the communities they serve.


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The Challenges of Strain Control
High-precision device with stable feedback
Need to securely grip the specimen during the test without slippage, preferably with high stiffness. The graph shows how different types of gripping devices can effect the system stiffness, and how a machine in strain control would need to compensate.
No vibration or shock can be transmitted onto the testing system and specimen
Needs a precise and stable drive system with high stiffness. Below shows a stress strain curve on nominally similar materials, one tested on a high stiffness frame and the other on a lower stiffness frame. Using an estimated strain method calculation, both tests are run at a constant crosshead speed of 2.25 mm/min. There was a 21% difference in 'specimen speed' (expressed in mm/min), which lead to a 5% difference in the yield result.
The graph below shows the specimen speed difference between a 'stiff' system and a less stiff system. At the start of the test it is shown that the crosshead movement is transferred into strain on the specimen very quickly, whereas on the weaker system it takes longer. This is due to the machine/load cell/grips deflection, which causes that movement to not be transferred to the specimen. If both machines where using strain control then the results would be much more comparable, but the control will likely be more challenging on the weaker system.
Software and Controller
Responsive control loop to maintain close tolerances on strain rate, with the ability to tune the gain settings as the stiffness changes when the specimen yields
A proportional specimen and a proportional gauge length extensometer are ideal. In reality, a specimen with good gauge length to parallel length ratio is well suited to minimize the strain seen outside of the gauge length, allowing the control to be more stable.
If your specimens vary from discontinuous yielding to continuous yielding it is important to change control methods for each type. As local yielding can occur outside of the gauge length on discontinuous yielding material, it is impossible to control from the strain feedback and should be in crosshead speed control during yield point elongation (YPE/Ae).


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(**) Gray codes.
An n-bit Gray code is a sequence of n-bit strings constructed according to certain rules. Find out the construction rules and write a predicate with the following specification:
% gray(N,C) :- C is the N-bit Gray code
gray :: Int -> [String] gray 0 = [""] gray n = let xs = gray (n-1) in map ('0':) xs ++ map ('1':) (reverse xs)
A similar solution using list comprehension to build the sub-lists:
gray :: Int -> [String] gray 0 = [""] gray n = [ '0' : x | x <- prev ] ++ [ '1' : x | x <- reverse prev ] where prev = gray (n-1)
The Gray code can be recursively defined in the way that for determining the gray code of n we take the Gray code of n-1, prepend a 0 to each word, take the Gray code for n-1 again, reverse it and prepend a 1 to each word. At last we have to append these two lists. For more see the Wikipedia article.
Another completely different solution (using folds) that is way more efficient, because it needs just the space which is occupied by the list itself:
gray :: Integral a => a -> [String] gray 0 = [""] gray n = foldr (\s acc -> ("0" ++ s):("1" ++ s):acc) $ gray (n-1)
The key is that the algorithm just crawls one time over the input-list and uses the (++) operator in a way that it just has a running time of O(1).


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Volunteer sightings of early-breeding birds are coming in daily for a statewide survey.
"Reports are coming in to the Wisconsin Breeding Bird Atlas II detailing early nesting activities," said Nick Anich, lead coordinator of the survey and a conservation biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources. "Sandhill cranes and northern cardinals are pairing up, crows and ravens are building nests and great horned owls and red-tailed hawks are already incubating eggs."
Anich and other survey organizers are encouraging all Wisconsin birders and wildlife watchers to submit breeding observations to the project to capture these early sightings.
The Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, Western Great Lakes Bird and Bat Observatory, Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative and the DNR are overseeing the survey.
"This statewide effort is critical for conserving the birds of Wisconsin," Anich said. "It is important that anyone with an interest in Wisconsin's birds joins the effort."
The survey is the follow-up to a first atlas conducted from 1995 to 2000. Information collected during that period is still used in species conservation and land management planning today, but changes in habitat and anecdotal shifts in bird populations make it important to get a more current picture of Wisconsin's breeding bird population, according to Ryan Brady, science coordinator for the atlas survey and a DNR research scientist.
"We are already seeing indications that some species are expanding their range, while others appear to be contracting," he said. "However, it's still early in the project and we have a lot of locations that need additional coverage."
The benefits of having comprehensive atlas data extends to all Wisconsin birds, the abundance and habits of which are captured in a standardized form accessible to current and future scientists for understanding and conserving birds.
Changes in land use, expansion of invasive species and various forms of human development continue to have impacts on our birdlife, other wildlife and natural resources, Brady said.
The atlas will play key role in assessing some of those impacts for more than 200 bird species.
More than 700 volunteers documented over 1.8 million birds of 229 species in the first year of the five-year survey to document breeding bird distribution and abundance. This included eight species not confirmed as breeders during the first bird atlas. This year, Brady and other organizers hope to grow their volunteer base to more than 1,000 participants and increase participation from areas of the state where little to no data was submitted in 2015 and relatively few birders reside.
"Now that we're into the second year of the survey, we really want to focus on the northern and western parts of the state and some central counties, to continue to fill gaps in coverage," said Kim Kreitinger, president of the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology. "We need to motivate those birders in less-populated areas and encourage our birders from well-covered areas to take a few road trips to help us out this season."
Survey participants collect data by observing birds, noting the date and location and entering their sightings online into an eBird database specially developed for the project by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. The records are then checked by a team of professional and volunteer ornithologists.
When the project is completed, the data will be published in a hard-copy book and online and the dataset will be available for use by researchers, land managers and others working to conserve birds and their habitats.


Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Class: How to write in your siddur
Why use a siddur
1. Talmud Yerushalmi, Berachot 2:4
2. Tosefta Shabbat 13:4
3. Rambam, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Tefilah 4:19
4. Pri Megadim, Orach Chaim 53 Mishbetzot Zahav 15
5. Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 96:2
Our problems: Fixed text; Blob of text; Familiarity
6. Mishnah Berachot 4:4
רבי אליעזר אומר העושה תפלתו קבע אין תפלתו תחנונים
7. Talmud, Bava Batra 164b-165a
8. Rambam, Moreh haNevuchim 3:51
Writing in a siddur?
9. Mishneh Berurah 96:9
10. Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 90:23
Practical tips
1. Mark phrases for special concentration
2. Mark structural/poetic elements that provide greater meaning
3. Add wake-up calls
4. Mark lines requiring explanation
5. Write in food for thought
Writing notes
1. Pencil, small marks, change them regularly
2. Spread marks throughout the various prayers
3. Be ready to replace your siddur
4. Don't distract from the davening
 1. Moradik!!!
 Please post the link when this is online (and maybe even the full source sheet).
 2. I use these with my students. _URL_
 Each color flag means something different. Green is congregational singing. Yellow is silent/individual. Red is repeat. You can make notes on the flag without having to write in the siddur itself.
 We also do a lot with post-it notes.
 3. Cool. So you are the one responsible for all the yidden with flags in their siddurim and machzorim.
 Actually I currently use thoses flags to highlight the order of notes that I make in seforim.
 4. One of my first Bar Mitzvah students used my transliterated siddur for his preparation and for the service, and I still have his notes, highlighting, etc. throughout the service. I can't really pray from it anymore because it's distracting, but I love it and it will always be a memento of his Bar Mitzvah. He had post-its and tabs in addition to the notes and highlighting.
 I later started working for a synagogue here that doesn't allow students to make any marks in their books.
 My own siddur has tabs and very light pencil marks.
 5. Left Wing Modern Orthodox: 79%
 Right Wing Modern Orthodox: 75%
 Left Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 36%
 Right Wing Yeshivish/Chareidi: 15%
 I don't know why it called me orthodox at all. Maybe because I see the Talmud as a source of value and morality.
 6. Morah BetsyGood system! In this class I'm going for writing to add meaning/inspiration, but that does sound like a good way to handle the basic need for "What am I supposed to be doing here?"
 7. NeilIt's now on-line; I'd love your feedback!
 8. Will listen as I prepare the mashed potatoes in the AM. Thanks!
 9. Interesting.
 I've gone through phases. Depending on different things going on, where I'm holding [as the torah true say], what siddur is my Siddur Du Jour etc.
 First and foremost, again depending on the siddur: marking sheva na/nach and kamatz gadol/katan. That's the first thing I used to do soon as I'd crack the spine.
 In my zealot days, I'd photocopy things missing from the Siddur Du Jour. Anim zemirot from the Siddur HaGra, for instance. Tefillat Leshlom hamedinah missing from almost every siddur.
 I'd photocopy those charts of interruptions, when you can say amen, etc. at which parts of davenen.
 I'd mark things like in Az Yashir, which pesukim are said in the special trop. Mark the trop for the kedushah in yotzer or. I used to be a real zealot.
 Mark certain tefillot where acharonim advise special attention, and the merits of special attention: yehi kavod, aleinu etc.
 Word counts. Word counts in the amidah for each brachah. Numbering shem Hashem in the amidah, or in yehi kavod, or in baruch Hashem or in az yashir etc.
 Marking certain kabbalistic roshei teivot, phrases where the roshei teivot had significance. I was a little kabbalist in my heyday. Marking the 15 vav's for example in emet veyatziv.
 Notes to remember the 6 zechirot in Ahavah Rabbah. Notes to remember the aseret hadibrot in shema.
 Notes for halachic stuff, like not to say the tamid before alot, or hanotein lasechvi vinah.
 There's no end.
 With regard to the comments above about post-it flags, this online shiur about post-its on shabbat might be interesting to some:
 10. Wait, Melech -
 "In your zealot days"? When did those end?
 11. Great stuff, Rabbi.
 I'm curious, though: in the context of your shiur, did you differentiate between doing this as preparation for tefillah vs. during the tefillah itself?
 I used to use an Artscroll siddur until I realized that I was going through the commentary when I was supposed to be davening. That was mussar in itself.
 12. Shmuel, that's why I predict taht after this shur is listened to by the masses, we'll all go out and buy the Birnbaum! It has no commentary and pleny of room to write it.
 It will be a retro revolution!
 13. Shmuel-
 I believe in only minimal notes - underlines, circling, asterisks. Maybe a word or two to hint at a greater idea.
 I do think it's worthwhile to make a note like that during davening (although not the Amidah), if it will enhance the experience.
 14. I finished the shiur tonight and actually went through mussaf for Rosh Chodesh tonight and started underlining certain things. For me it was less daunting to start w/ the amidah then starting at the beginning of the siddur.
 The shiur was great, but please post the link to the "book review lady". I found the suggestions practicle and your "program" really does allow for one to personalize the set tefillos. The actual workshop examples, like "Baruch She'ehmar" and "Ashrei" were helpful.
 Post importantly, just making an attempt to make notes on davening allows me to REALLY take time to read tefillos.
 15. Just finished the shiur tonight.
 I thought it was great, but would like the link for the "book review lady". I actually sat down and went through mussaf for Rosh Chodesh and made a few notes and did some underlining. It seemed less daunting to do this than actually start at the beginning of the siddur (for now).
 I thought the suggestions in the shiur to be practicle and loved the short workshops on "Baruch Sheh'ehmar" and "Ashrei".
 I think think the best part, for me, of attempting to write in my siddur is the fact that I will ACTUALLY have to think about the tefillos.
 16. Hi Neil,
 Thanks for your comments! The book reviewer is in Source 11 on this post.
 17. Thanks. That makes sense, seeing how I listened finished the shiur tonight and saw your sources last week.


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Plenty of people come to Cabo San Lucas purely for the party. And often they completely miss out on the abundance of natural wildlife around them.
More than 100 mammals have been recorded in the Baja Peninsula, and two dozen of these are considered endemic. The extreme terrain and desert climate has made for some interesting adaptations. Among the list of carnivores that live in the wilderness are coyotes, mountain lions, foxes, bobcats, and even raccoons.
Off the coast, whales are undoubtedly one of the main wildlife attractions, bringing visitors from all over the world. November through March are most famous for the gray whale migration, but it's not just the iconic gray whales you will find around Cabo. There is an ample variety of game fish, rays and humpback, blue, fin, sperm, and killer whales.
Cabo can pretty much guarantee great dolphin, or sea lion displays year round, as well as the odd appearance of elephant or Guadalupe fur seals. These seals have made a recent comeback on Isla Guadalupe, where they were hunted nearly to the point of extinction in the 19th century.
And of course there is the beautiful San Jose Estuary – famous for bird life of all kinds. It is well worth a visit early in the morning, and a perfect experience if ever on a family vacation.