Partial Objects =============== A partial object is an object whose state is not fully initialized after being reconstituted from the database and that is disconnected from the rest of its data. The following section will describe why partial objects are problematic and what the approach of Doctrine2 to this problem is... note:: The partial object problem in general does not apply to methods or queries where you do not retrieve the query result as objects. Examples are: ''Query#getArrayResult()'', ''Query#getScalarResult()'', ''Query#getSingleScalarResult()'', etc... warning:: Use of partial objects is tricky. Fields that are not retrieved from the database will not be updated by the UnitOfWork even if they get changed in your objects. You can only promote a partial object to a fully-loaded object by calling ''EntityManager#refresh()'' or a DQL query with the refresh flag. What is the problem? -------------------- In short, partial objects are problematic because they are usually objects with broken invariants. As such, code that uses these partial objects tends to be very fragile and either needs to "know" which fields or methods can be safely accessed or add checks around every field access or method invocation. The same holds true for the internals, i.e. the method implementations, of such objects. You usually simply assume the state you need in the method is available, after all you properly constructed this object before you pushed it into the database, right? These blind assumptions can quickly lead to null reference errors when working with such partial objects. It gets worse with the scenario of an optional association (0..1 to 1). When the associated field is NULL, you don't know whether this object does not have an associated object or whether it was simply not loaded when the owning object was loaded from the database. These are reasons why many ORMs do not allow partial objects at all and instead you always have to load an object with all its fields (associations being proxied). One secure way to allow partial objects is if the programming language/platform allows the ORM tool to hook deeply into the object and instrument it in such a way that individual fields (not only associations) can be loaded lazily on first access. This is possible in Java, for example, through bytecode instrumentation. In PHP though this is not possible, so there is no way to have "secure" partial objects in an ORM with transparent persistence. Doctrine, by default, does not allow partial objects. That means, any query that only selects partial object data and wants to retrieve the result as objects (i.e. ''Query#getResult()'') will raise an exception telling you that partial objects are dangerous. If you want to force a query to return you partial objects, possibly as a performance tweak, you can use the ''partial'' keyword as follows:.. code-block:: php createQuery("select partial u.{id,name} from MyApp\Domain\User u"); You can also get a partial reference instead of a proxy reference by calling:.. code-block:: php getPartialReference('MyApp\Domain\User', 1); Partial references are objects with only the identifiers set as they are passed to the second argument of the ''getPartialReference()'' method. All other fields are null. When should I force partial objects? ------------------------------------ Mainly for optimization purposes, but be careful of premature optimization as partial objects lead to potentially more fragile code.


# frozen_string_literal: true begin require_relative 'helper' require 'fiddle/struct' rescue LoadError end module Fiddle class TestCUnionEntity < TestCase def test_class_size size = CUnionEntity.size([TYPE_DOUBLE, TYPE_CHAR]) assert_equal SIZEOF_DOUBLE, size end def test_class_size_with_count size = CUnionEntity.size([[TYPE_DOUBLE, 2], [TYPE_CHAR, 20]]) assert_equal SIZEOF_CHAR * 20, size end def test_set_ctypes union = CUnionEntity.malloc [TYPE_INT, TYPE_LONG] union.assign_names %w[int long] # this test is roundabout because the stored ctypes are not accessible union['long'] = 1 assert_equal 1, union['long'] union['int'] = 1 assert_equal 1, union['int'] end end end if defined?(Fiddle)


HOME > Chowhound > Food Media & News >
Bittman's 4 Stages of Learning to Cook
 - 9
I saw a mention of this in another thread, looked it up, and found no chowhound discussion on the matter. Figured it might get some interesting responses.
The four stages:
"- First, you slavishly follow recipes; this is useful.
- In Stage two, you synthesize some of the recipes you've learned. You compare, for example, Marcella Hazan's pasta all'amatriciana with someone else's, and you pick and choose a bit. … You learn your preferences. You might, if you're dedicated, consult two, three, four cookbooks before you tackle anything.
- The third stage incorporates what you've learned with the preferences you've developed, what's become your repertoire, your style, and leads you to search out new things. What are the antecedents of pasta all'amatriciana? What's similar? … This is the stage at which many people bring cookbooks to bed, looking for links and inspiration; they don't follow recipes quite as much, but sometimes begin pull ideas from a variety of sources and simply start cooking.
- Stage four is that of the mature cook, a person who consults cookbooks for fun or novelty but for the most part has both a fully developed repertoire and - far, far more importantly - the ability to start cooking with only an idea of what the final dish will look like. There's a pantry, there's a refrigerator, and there is a mind capable of combining ingredients from both to Make Dinner."
From his essay in "Man with a Pan: Culinary Adventures of Fathers who Cook for their Families."
So... thoughts?
Where are you on the continuum? Are there some big jumps in between some of these stages? Does this accurately describe how you learned to cook? Is there a better way to progress?
 1. Click to Upload a photo (10 MB limit)
 1. I love to cook, cook all the time, have cooked seriously for 25+ years, wander the farmer's market to buy interesting stuff, read, watch, etc..... but alas, feel that I am only somewhere in stage 2! If I haven't made a dish before, I at least want to glance at a recipe (or two or three) to see the typical ingredients. Then I do it myself. I don't often just make stuff up, though I certainly feel comfortable going off script.
 2 Replies
 1. re: DGresh
 I like Mark Bittman, but that looks a little too pat to me.
 Like DCresh, I've been cooking since the beginning of time. I fall into each of the four categories at different times.
 If i am trying something totally new (like baking bread, for example) I pretty slavishly follow a recipe. Most of the time I rely on what looks good or is in season that I can throw together - like last night's pea shoot, squash blossom and grilled artichoke salad. Or I might check a recipe to check the recommended proportions that go into something or the time and temperature that something needs to bake. And I love to browse new cookbooks for ideas and inspiration.
 1. re: chicgail
 I agree. It also depends on the source. There are two chefs I read more than any others -- Ina Garten and Rick Bayless. Ina I tend to follow to the letter, since her recipes are nearly always perfection. Bayless's are too, but I've cooked Mexican food enough that I know my own tastes and what works for me.
 Once my mom gave me a recipe for spaghetti sauce that she said was just horrible, and she asked me if I could figure out why it was so bad. I looked it over and immediately knew. One of the ingredients was beef broth. I made it using water instead of beef broth and it was light and delicious. At some point you can look at a recipe and just know what you would change in it.
 I've posted this before, but sometimes I'll assemble my own "Chopped" basket out of stuff from the pantry, fridge and freezer and force myself to make a dish using them all. Some have been pretty good, although I haven't come up with anything I'd cook for company. It's a good exercise, not just in being creative, but in understanding how certain ingredients affect a dish.
 I think Bittman is right, although it's a learning process, and you use and build on things you've already learned before. Just because you're taking algebra doesn't mean that you don't need basic addition and subtraction to balance your checkbook.
 2. I have been cooking since I was about 8, almost (ahem) half a century ago.
 Initially, I learned to cook from my mother (a great cook). I basically made things exactly the same way she did, either from a recipe or from her head. Things like spaghetti with meat sauce, meat loaf, chili, pan fried pork chops and gravy, salads, casseroles, etc. She had favorite recipes on index cards, some were just memorized from her own childhood.
 Then, we started watching Julia Child on PBS and got Mastering the Art of French Cooking. No cultural ties to this food, we explored this cooking together, slavishly following Julia's recipes. Of course, we continued to make the standard family favorites. When I graduated from college I lived in France for a year, and started cooking from memory and tweaking recipes in the French manner.
 Once out of college, I had the good fortune to work with a crew of Mexican women who brought ingredients and made a communal lunch every day. I got to learn to cook Mexican just as I did American with my mom. Then I bought Diana Kennedy and learned more formal recipes.
 When I got interested in Chinese cooking I learned the basics from Ken Hom's Easy Chinese, then started experimenting.
 Now I do a lot of things from memory, and find new ideas on ChowHound, Cook's Illustrated, and Epicurious. But most weeknight meals come from my memory (or recipes I have entered in my own database) and are based on things like I have 2 zucchini, 2 tomatoes, and 2 cucumbers from the garden that need to be used. What can I do that will be tasty? Recipes are mostly used for weekends or company.
 1. I guess I would probably be somewhere between 2 and 3. I don't know if I'd ever get to 4 on a regular basis. I can sometimes come up with meals on the fly but for the most part I like to use recipes and maybe change a few things in them, but still follow for the most part.
 I also think I'm pretty good at picking good recipes just by reading them.
 1. I'm at the stage where I come up with ideas for things I want to cook, use the internet to see if anyone else has made something similar, and occasionally find out that my idea appears to be unique.
 3 Replies
 1. re: FoodPopulist
 I'd say that makes you stage 4 for the most part.
 1. re: FoodPopulist
 If I google a combination and find it's unique, I figure I better not make it! :)
 1. re: FoodPopulist
 I'm like this.
 Sometimes I realize aftewards that my brilliant-unique-idea might very well have been a brilliant-unique-idea hundreds of times before but it tastes like crap so nobody wrote it down.
 (I made a chicken dish like this for Mother in law and kids a few weeks ago. Got home and everyone gave me stink eye...)


This site is supported by donations to The OEIS Foundation.
Compositorial
From OeisWiki
Jump to: navigation, search
This article needs more work.
Please help by expanding it!
The \scriptstyle n \, th compositorial number, denoted \scriptstyle \frac{c_n!}{c_n\#} \,, is defined as the product of the first \scriptstyle n \, composites, the 0th compositorial number being the empty product, defined as the multiplicative identity, i.e. 1.
The compositorial of a natural number \scriptstyle n \,, denoted \scriptstyle \frac{n!}{n\#} \,, is the product of all positive composite integers up to \scriptstyle n \,, the compositorial of 0 being the empty product, defined as the multiplicative identity, i.e. 1.
Contents
Formulae
Formulae for composite numbers
The \scriptstyle n \,th compositorial number is given by
\frac{c_n!}{c_n\#} \equiv \prod_{i=1}^{n} c_i, \,
where \scriptstyle c_i \, is the \scriptstyle i \, th composite number.
Formulae for natural numbers
The compositorial of \scriptstyle n \, is given by
\frac{n!}{n\#} \equiv \prod_{i=1}^{n} i^{ \chi_{\{\rm composites\}} (i) } = \frac{n!}{\prod_{i=1}^{n} i^{ \chi_{\{\rm primes\}} (i) }}, \,
where \scriptstyle n! \, is the factorial of \scriptstyle n \, and \scriptstyle n\# \, is the primorial of \scriptstyle n \,.
The compositorial of \scriptstyle n \, is the quotient of \scriptstyle n! \, by the squarefree kernel \scriptstyle {\rm sqf}(n!) \, (or radical \scriptstyle {\rm rad}(n!) \,) of \scriptstyle n! \,
\frac{n!}{n\#} = \frac{n!}{{\rm rad}(n!)}. \,
Sequences
A036691 The compositorial numbers, \scriptstyle \frac{c_n!}{c_n\#},\ n \,\ge\, 0 \,.
{1, 4, 24, 192, 1728, 17280, 207360, _PHONE_, 43545600, 696729600, _PHONE_, 250822656000, 5267275776000, 115880067072000, 2781121609728000, 69528040243200000, 1807729046323200000, ...}
The compositorial of \scriptstyle n \,, i.e. \scriptstyle \frac{n!}{n\#},\ n \,\ge\, 0 \,. (A049614, \scriptstyle n \,\ge\, 1. \,)
{1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 4, 24, 24, 192, 1728, 17280, 17280, 207360, 207360, _PHONE_, 43545600, 696729600, 696729600, _PHONE_, _PHONE_, 250822656000, 5267275776000, 115880067072000, ...}
See also
Personal tools


text:
testing divisibility by 27.
π squared. In certain ancient cultures it was believed (or assumed for convenience) that π was the square root of 10.
(ten, the most common base)
Number of fingers on a typical human. 10 has many other cultural properties resulting from that, or indirectly through other cultural properties (the use of 10 as our base is a cultural phenomenon).
The number of dimensions in a superstring theory that unifies general relativity with the other benefits of string theories. 11-D superstring theory dates back to Cremmer, Julia and Scherk in 1978.
There are three ways to test for divisibility by 11.
The first, and more commonly known, is to alternately add and subtract digits starting from the right. For example, to test the number 1234 you would compute 4-3+2-1. The original number is a multiple of 11 if and only if the answer is a (positive, negative or zero) multiple of 11 (in this case we get 2, so the answer is no).
Another method is to add digits in groups of two starting (again) from the right, and repeat the process if necessary, until you get 2 identical digits (multiple of 11) or something else (not a multiple of 11). To test 51381 this way, we'd add 5+13+81 to get 99, which is two identical digits, so 51381 is a multiple of 11.
However, the third method is the most useful, because it also gives the value of the quotient. It works by repeatedly subtracting the last digit from the remaining digits: 5138-1=5137, 513-7=506, 50-6=44, 4-4=0. If this process results in 0, the original number was divisible by 11, and the sequence of last-digits gives the quotient: The last digits were 1, 7, 6 and 4 so 51381/11=4671.
The main reason why so many things are grouped in 12's (inches, months, donuts, hours) is because 12 can be divided evenly in more different ways than any other number of its size: It's divisible in 4 non-trivial ways (2, 3, 4 and 6). The next record-setter is 24 (hours in a day; case of beer), which is divisible in 6 different ways. Other popular division numbers like 60 (minutes, seconds) and 360 (angular degrees) are also factorisation record-setters.
Numbers that set records for number of divisors are sometimes called "highly composite" numbers (Sloane's A2182). Here are the record-setters, arranged in a way that helps illustrate a couple points mentioned later:
Some interesting things to note:
- The sequence sometimes jumps a lot (like from 2520 to 5040) and sometimes a little (like from 50400 to 55440). This behavior continues, but the gaps get generally smaller; the last time it jumps by a factor of 2 appears to be the jump from 2520 to 5040.
- If a number is a record-setter, that number times 10 is also sometimes a record-setter, but not the number times 100.
- All the factorials up to 7!=5040 are record-setters, but 8!=40320 and all higher factorials are not.
- The record-setters gradually incorporate bigger and bigger prime factors, but sometimes a prime factor is added, goes away, and then comes back. For example, the first multiple of 11 in the sequence is 27720; the next two (45360 and 50400) are not multiples of 11; after that 11 comes back to stay. Most higher prime factors come and go multiple times.
- The record-setters with repeating digits, starting with 720720, continue for about 20 terms. The digit-pattern results from the factors of 1001.
- Although not shown in the table, the number of divisors of a record-setter is often also a record-setter — for example, 6 has 4 divisors; 12 has 6 divisors; 60 has 12 divisors; 360 has 24 divisors. (See also 840, 5040, 293318625600 and 195643523275200.)
A long-standing and fairly famous problem in mathematics (the "kissing number problem") involved proving that one cannot arrange more than 12 spheres of equal size so as to touch a central sphere. It seems pretty obvious if you try it, but there is also a fair amount of space between the spheres and one could perhaps in theory work out some sort of asymmetrical arrangement that would allow a 13th sphere to be added. It was eventually proven that 12 really is the limit.
Related to the kissing problem is the sphere packing problem, which is determining how to fit the greatest number of equal-sized spheres into a given space. The familiar arrangement (seen in fruit stands for example) has each sphere touching 12 others; this was also proven to be the best possible. The fruit-stand arrangement is called a "face-centred cubic lattice packing". The typical stack of fruit in a fruit stand (usually a tetrahedron or a square pyramid) does not suggest the notion of "face-centred cubic", however they are actually equivalent (in the case of the tetrahedron stack, by rotating the entire lattice). To describe this with coordinates: spheres of radius √2/2 can be placed at every point (x,y,z) such that each of the three coordinates is an integer and the sum x+y+z is even; in such an arrangement each sphere touches 12 others. (For example, the sphere centred at the origin (0,0,0) touches four centred at (0,±1,±1), another four at (±1,0,±1) and four more at (±1,±1,0)).
A cuboctahedron is a solid with 12 vertices and 14 sides (six squares and eight triangles). This shape, along with octahedra, can be used to completely fill space in all directions; each cuboctahedron touches six other cuboctahedra. If you ignore the octahedra, the cuboctahedra line up in a cube-like grid arrangement. When this is done with cuboctahedra of just the right size, the space-filling arrangement places the centres of the cuboctahedra at every position (x,y,z) such that all three coordinates are even integers, and places the vertices at every position (x,y,z) such that one coordinate is even and the other two odd; these are exactly the same coordinates as the just-described face-centred cubic lattice sphere packing.
The word dozen comes (through French) from Latin duodecem ("two-ten")44 and thus is more similar to thirteen than most people realise.
To test a number (example 746245952673) for divisibility by 13:
- Remove the last digit, then add 4 times that digit to the remaining number: 74624595267+4×3 = 74624595279. (Each time you are adding 39d=(40-1)d and dividing by 10, where d is that removed digit.)
- Repeat until it gets down to 40 or less: _PHONE_+4×9 = _PHONE_; 746245956+4×3 = 746245968; 74624596+4×8=74624628; _PHONE_+4×8 = _PHONE_; 746249+4×4 = 746265; 74626+4×5 = 74646; 7464+4×6 = 7488; 748+4×8 = 780; 78+4×0 = 78; 7+4×8 = 39.
- If this process results in 0, 13, 26 or 39 the original number is a multiple of 13; otherwise it isn't.
Another method goes like this:
- Alternately add and subtract groups of 3 digits starting from the right: 673-952+245-746=-780. (If the result is negative, drop the sign.) (This works because 13 is a factor of 1001.)
- If greater than 999, repeat the previous step.
- Add 4 times the 100's digit plus 3 times the 10's digit, and subtract the 1's digit: 4×7+3×8-0=52. (The reason for the multipliers: 1 = 1 mod 13, 10 = -3 mod 13, and 100 = -4 mod 13; the signs are all reversed to make the result be usually positive.)
- If necessary, repeat the previous step until the result is less than 40, or small enough to tell at a glance if it's a multiple of 13: 3×5-2=13.
- The result is a multiple of 13 if and only if the original number is.
For information about superstitions related to this number, see triskaidekaphobia.
A Rhombic dodecahedron is a three dimensional figure with 14 vertices positioned like the 8 vertices of a cube combined with the 6 vertices of an oct

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


text:
A modern architect
In the wake of the Second World War, as the tangles of colonialism were unravelling around the globe, new urban settlements were being planned to embody the ideals of the nations emerging from the conflict.
Despite their varied origins, these new towns were joined by a common desire to improve on the past to make people's lives better. Some of these urban developments also shared the same planners or architects. While most of these professionals were notably white, European (or American) men, the British architect Jane Drew made a name for herself in what was, and perhaps still is, an otherwise male-dominated industry.
Her life and career may be less well known than some of the other architects of the day, such as her colleague Le Corbusier, however her blend of innovative design with humanitarian concern is arguably of equal significance to the history of modern architecture.
After qualifying at the Architectural Association in the 1930s, Drew struggled to find work. So she started her own firm in which she initially aimed to only employ other female architects. She received contracts for aircraft factories and also kitchens for the new pre-fabricated housing that was developed to replace the homes bombed during the war. While working on these she used a vigorous method of research, which included gathering statistics on the height of post-war British women to establish a new standard height for kitchen ovens.
Drew became interested in Modernism upon meeting the architect Maxwell Fry and joining the MARS Group (Modern Architectural ReSearch) in which Fry played a key role in forming a plan for the future of London. They both collaborated with Walter Gropius, of the Bauhaus movement. Drew continued to dedicate herself to her work after she married Fry in 1942, working on, among other projects, the Rebuilding Britain exhibition at the National Gallery in 1943, and the Britain Can Make It exhibition in 1946 at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Town planning at home and abroad
The 1946 UK New Towns Act was introduced with the desire to employ modern design technologies to create new communities. It was through their connection with MARS that Drew and Fry came to work in Harlow New Town. Combining a new modernist agenda with inspiration from the previous garden city developments, they designed the Tanys Dell and The Chantry housing estates. The couple then took their work abroad to British colonies and former colonial territories.
Her anthropological approach to design led her to spend long periods studying climatic conditions, ecology and traditions as well as people's needs
In British West Africa, Drew and Fry had to adapt their modernist design agenda to a tropical climate. The thorough sociological methods of research that Drew had developed while working on prefab kitchens were put to use as she undertook extensive consultation with the local population to align their architectural ideas with what were perceived to be local and traditional customs. There she designed universities, hospitals, housing complexes and dams, which worked in harmony with the environment and climate, and introduced new and controversial elements to the established ideas of universal modernism in the process.
An invitation from Nehru
It is likely that their work in late-colonial Nigeria, and their subsequent publications on designing modern architecture for tropical climates, brought Drew and Fry to the attention of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of the newly independent India. A new town was required for the Punjab, where conflict and partition had caused chaos and destruction.
"The Indians arrived at our house in Gloucester Place for tea," Drew recalled in an interview in 1990 for The Independent. "And they asked whether we would take on the job of doing the architecture at Chandigarh. They said that Nehru wanted to do it free form the shackles of the past and to incorporate all the ideas that we had been fighting for. And it seemed a wonderful opportunity."
Drew's enthusiasm would eventually convince her husband to agree to accept the invitation. As they were both involved in various other projects at the time, however, Drew took the initiative by suggesting Le Corbusier be invited to help work on Chandigarh.
Previous architects had drafted plans for the city so Le Corbusier was able to finalise them reasonably quickly and it was largely left up to Pierre Jeanneret, Drew, Fry and a team of Indian architects, which included M.N. Sharma, A.R. Prabhawalkar and Aditya Prakash, to fill in the gaps in the master plan.
Although Chandigarh is commonly referred to as "Corb's Capital", it is likely that he would never have been invited on to the project if it were not for Drew's influence. This is proof of the respect she had gained among her peers, as well as the political leaders who employed her. Indeed, it was noted by her associates that Chandigarh would not have become a "great venture" had it not been for Drew's enthusiasm and commitment to the project.
A unique form of modernism
While maintaining a pragmatic approach to her work, Drew felt compelled to support the avant garde. As a friend and close ally of artists, including Eduardo Paolozzi and Barbara Hepworth, she had a formative role in establishing and securing the premises for London's ICA at Dover Street in 1950, as well as its current location on The Mall in 1968.
Drew considered her work to be "quiet", not at all formalist or sculpturally expressive in the way her colleague in Chandigarh, Le Corbusier, worked. The Chantry in Harlow certainly makes a quieter statement than Le Corbusier's Unite d'Habitation. She was an idealist and a visionary, but a practical one. Her anthropological approach to design led her to spend long periods studying climatic conditions, ecology and traditions as well as people's needs.
The plans of most modernist architects were often considered utopian or universal, with imposing grid systems and stark structures designed and built in advance of their occupants. All her career, Drew defended the modernism of her generation, but her work challenged dominant ideas of universal modernist architecture to put people at the heart of her buildings. For this, along with her tireless enthusiasm and generosity, she is considered the outstanding woman architect of her generation.
Jane Drew (_PHONE_): An Introduction is on view at the Institute of Contemporary Arts on The Mall in London from February 12 until March 23
Inheritance Projects, a group of independent curators, are conducting research into the life and work of Jane Drew as part of New Cities, a long-term project supported by Vision Forum, Linköping University, Sweden.
Images courtesy of RIBA Library Photographs, Books & Periodicals Collection

source: m-a-p/FineFineWeb


WebDevelopersNotes logo
home-icon Home / Graphics / Scanning and JPGs
Scanning and JPGs
Scanning and JPGs
Scanners are used to digitize photographs or images from print media such as magazines, newspapers etc. If the purpose is to put these images on the web, they should be, in most cases, converted to JPG format. Let me tell you two important points about scanning and saving the images as JPEGs.
 - Always scan at a higher resolution. Start at something like 300 or 600 dpi and later decrease it to 72 dpi. Your images will come out well.
 - When scanning black and white photos, reduce them to greyscale before saving.
I use a UMAX scanner which comes with its own software (VistaScan) that I operate through Adobe PhotoShop. The image editing tool allows me to manipulate the images (their resolution, size, brightness and contrast and other features) easily.
Sponsored Links
Your comments
Star icon IMPORTANT Have a question / problem? Click here to ask an expert.
Sponsored Links
Tips
How do I view a deleted web page?
Is there a way to view a deleted web page - one that is no longer available? Yes there is and the solution is quite simple. [more...]
Fact
The origins of phrase "Hello world!" as a test phrase can be traced to an example program in seminal book, "The C Programming Language", written by Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie. [more...]
We use cookies to give you the best possible website experience. By using WebDevelopersNotes.com, you agree to our Privacy Policy


text:
Acaena minor facts for kids
Quick facts for kidsAcaena minor
Acaena minor is a prostrate herb. Its main stems grow to 700 mm long with erect lateral branches up to 50 mm high. The leaves are 15–80 mm long and 10–25 mm wide, glabrous above with long, silky hairs below. The leaflets occur in 6–7 pairs, the lowest very reduced and the others crowded. The inflorescence scape is 30–40 mm long with a head of up to 14 mm in diameter. The flower has two stamens, purple anthers and a white style. The fruiting scape is up to 80 mm long with a head up to 25 mm in diameter.
On Macquarie Island the plant is widespread and generally occurs on drier sites than its congener A. magellanica. It flowers from September to January and fruits from January to April.
Acaena minor Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.


Diplomatic mission
From Conservapedia
Jump to: navigation, search
A diplomatic mission is a group of people appointed by one nation to represent the nation in a second nation or in an international organization. Under international law, the members of a diplomatic mission have special rights, such as diplomatic immunity, which is freedom from arrest, and freedom from paying taxes in the second country. When two countries establish formal diplomatic relations, each country will send one or more diplomatic missions to the other. The main, permanent diplomatic mission in each country is called an embassy and its leader is called an ambassador.
External links


averages. We conclude that
\displaystyle \limsup_{N \rightarrow \infty} \mathop{\bf E}_{n \leq N}^{\log} |\mathop{\bf E}_{m \leq H} \lambda(n+m+h_1) \dots \lambda(n+m+h_k)|^2 \ll k^2 / H.
By Markov's inequality (and (3)), we conclude that for any fixed {h_1,\dots,h_k, H}, there exists a set {{\mathcal N}_{h_1,\dots,h_k,H}} of upper logarithmic density at least {1-k/H^{1/2}}, thus
\displaystyle \limsup_{N \rightarrow \infty} \mathbb{E}_{n \leq N}^{\log} 1_{n \in {\mathcal N}_{h_1,\dots,h_k,H}} \geq 1 - k/H^{1/2}
such that
\displaystyle \mathop{\bf E}_{n \leq N} |\mathop{\bf E}_{m \leq H} \lambda(n+m+h_1) \dots \lambda(n+m+h_k)|^2 \ll k / H^{1/2}.
By deleting at most finitely many elements, we may assume that {{\mathcal N}_{h_1,\dots,h_k,H}} consists only of elements of size at least {H^2} (say).
For any {H_0}, if we let {{\mathcal N}_{h_1,\dots,h_k, \geq H_0}} be the union of {{\mathcal N}_{h_1,\dots,h_k, H}} for {H \geq H_0}, then {{\mathcal N}_{h_1,\dots,h_k, \geq H_0}} has logarithmic density {1}. By a diagonalisation argument (using the fact that the set of tuples {(h_1,\dots,h_k)} is countable), we can then find a set {{\mathcal N}} of natural numbers of logarithmic density {1}, such that for every {h_1,\dots,h_k,H_0}, every sufficiently large element of {{\mathcal N}} lies in {{\mathcal N}_{h_1,\dots,h_k,\geq H_0}}. Thus for every sufficiently large {N} in {{\mathcal N}}, one has
\displaystyle \mathop{\bf E}_{n \leq N} |\mathop{\bf E}_{m \leq H} \lambda(n+m+h_1) \dots \lambda(n+m+h_k)|^2 \ll k / H^{1/2}.
for some {H \geq H_0} with {N \geq H^2}. By Cauchy-Schwarz, this implies that
\displaystyle \mathop{\bf E}_{n \leq N} \mathop{\bf E}_{m \leq H} \lambda(n+m+h_1) \dots \lambda(n+m+h_k) \ll k^{1/2} / H^{1/4};
interchanging the sums and using {N \geq H^2} and {H \geq H_0}, this implies that
\displaystyle \mathop{\bf E}_{n \leq N} \lambda(n+h_1) \dots \lambda(n+h_k) \ll k^{1/2} / H^{1/4} \leq k^{1/2} / H_0^{1/4}.
We conclude on taking {H_0} to infinity that
\displaystyle \lim_{N \rightarrow \infty; N \in {\mathcal N}} \mathop{\bf E}_{n \leq N} \lambda(n+h_1) \dots \lambda(n+h_k) = 0
as required.
Let {P(z) = z^n + a_{n-1} z^{n-1} + \dots + a_0} be a monic polynomial of degree {n} with complex coefficients. Then by the fundamental theorem of algebra, we can factor {P} as
\displaystyle P(z) = (z-z_1) \dots (z-z_n) \ \ \ \ \ (1)
for some complex zeroes {z_1,\dots,z_n} (possibly with repetition).
Now suppose we evolve {P} with respect to time by heat flow, creating a function {P(t,z)} of two variables with given initial data {P(0,z) = P(z)} for which
\displaystyle \partial_t P(t,z) = \partial_{zz} P(t,z). \ \ \ \ \ (2)
On the space of polynomials of degree at most {n}, the operator {\partial_{zz}} is nilpotent, and one can solve this equation explicitly both forwards and backwards in time by the Taylor series
\displaystyle P(t,z) = \sum_{j=0}^\infty \frac{t^j}{j!} \partial_z^{2j} P(0,z).
For instance, if one starts with a quadratic {P(0,z) = z^2 + bz + c}, then the polynomial evolves by the formula
\displaystyle P(t,z) = z^2 + bz + (c+2t).
As the polynomial {P(t)} evolves in time, the zeroes {z_1(t),\dots,z_n(t)} evolve also. Assuming for sake of discussion that the zeroes are simple, the inverse function theorem tells us that the zeroes will (locally, at least) evolve smoothly in time. What are the dynamics of this evolution?
For instance, in the quadratic case, the quadratic formula tells us that the zeroes are
\displaystyle z_1(t) = \frac{-b + \sqrt{b^2 - 4(c+2t)}}{2}
and
\displaystyle z_2(t) = \frac{-b - \sqrt{b^2 - 4(c+2t)}}{2}
after arbitrarily choosing a branch of the square root. If {b,c} are real and the discriminant {b^2 - 4c} is initially positive, we see that we start with two real zeroes centred around {-b/2}, which then approach each other until time {t = \frac{b^2-4c}{8}}, at which point the roots collide and then move off from each other in an imaginary direction.
In the general case, we can obtain the equations of motion by implicitly differentiating the defining equation
\displaystyle P( t, z_i(t) ) = 0
in time using (2) to obtain
\displaystyle \partial_{zz} P( t, z_i(t) ) + \partial_t z_i(t) \partial_z P(t,z_i(t)) = 0.
To simplify notation we drop the explicit dependence on time, thus
\displaystyle \partial_{zz} P(z_i) + (\partial_t z_i) \partial_z P(z_i)= 0.
From (1) and the product rule, we see that
\displaystyle \partial_z P( z_i ) = \prod_{j:j \neq i} (z_i - z_j)
and
\displaystyle \partial_{zz} P( z_i ) = 2 \sum_{k:k \neq i} \prod_{j:j \neq i,k} (z_i - z_j)
(where all indices are understood to range over {1,\dots,n}) leading to the equations of motion
\displaystyle \partial_t z_i = \sum_{k:k \neq i} \frac{2}{z_k - z_i}, \ \ \ \ \ (3)
at least when one avoids those times in which there is a repeated zero. In


text:
SOME IMPORTANT TERMS –
- Assessment year [sec 2 (9)]
Income earned in a year is taxable in the next year. The year in which income is earned is known as previous year and the next year in which income is taxable is known as assessment year.
Thus, an assessment year is a financial year immediately following the relevant previous year. It always starts on 1st April and ends on next 31st March.
- Previous year [sec 3]
The year in which income is earned is known as previous year. According to sec-3, previous year is the financial year immediately preceding the relevant assessment year.
- Uniform previous year
With effect from assessment year 1989-90 on wards all assesses are required to follow financial year as previous year.
- Previous year in case of newly started business.
In such a case, the first the first previous year starts from the date setting up of business or profession and from the date on which new source of income comes into existence. It will end on immediately following 31st march. So, the 1st previous year may not be a financial year. It may be a period, less than 12 months. Second and subsequent previous years are always financial years.
Income earned in a year is always chargeable to tax in next year. Is it true? Is there any exceptions? Following are the exceptions in which income is taxable in same year which it is earned. These exceptions are given to safeguard collection of income tax:
- Income of NRI from shipping business.
- Income of a person leaving India permanently or for long time
- Association of persons or body formed for short period time.
- Income of person likely to transfer property to avoid tax.
- Discontinued business
- Person : [sec 2 (3) ]
It includes following categories of person
- An Individual – natural person
- Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) – it means family consisting of all male persons lineally descended from a common ancestor and includes their wives and unmarried daughters. HUF is treated as a separate legal entity and income of HUF is taxable in the hands of HUF and not in the hands of members of HUF.
- Indian company – company registered under the COMPANY ACT 1956 or 2013 in INDIA.
- Foreign company – company registered under law of foreign country.
- Firm – sec 4 of Partnership act 1932 – partnership is a relation between two or persons who have agreed to share the profit of the business carried on by both or any one of them acting for all.
- Association of persons or body of individuals – Association of persons is a group of persons joining together out of their own will and work for some common purpose. Example: Baroda Cricket Association, ABC cooperative society, Lions club, etc. Body of individuals means group of individuals coming together not voluntarily but due to some compulsion or legal requirement. Example: executor of property.
- Local authority – an authority which is entitled to and entrusted by government for the control and management of local funds. Example: Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation, any given gram Panchayat, etc.
- Every other artificial person – any other artificial person having legal identity, which are not covered in any of the above categories will fall under this category. Example: Gujarat university, ICAI, etc.
Above categories of persons are chargeable to tax.
- ASSESSEE [SEC 2 (7)]
It means any person by whom any tax or any other sum of money (interest or penalty) is payable under income tax act. The term also includes followings:
- Every person against whom any proceeding under the act has been taken either.
- For assessment of his income or loss or amount of refund, due to him
- For assessment of income or loss or amount of refund due to any other person in respect of whom he is assessable.
- Every person who is deemed to be an Assessee under the provisions of income tax act. Example: legal representative of deceased assessee.
- Every person who is deemed to be an Assessee in default under any provision of income tax act. Example: if a person fails to submit his return of income the he will be treated as assessee as default.
Every assessee is person but every person may not be an assessee.
- INCOME [SEC 2 (24)]
This definition is inclusive of the followings:
- Profits and gains.
- Voluntary contribution of trust.
- Any perquisite or benefit of employee.
- Any perquisite to a director.
- Any perquisite of representative person.
- City compensatory allowance or dearness allowance.
- Any special allowance.
- Capital gain.
- Banking income of co-operative society.
- Winning a lottery, a card game, or any other game.
- Any sum received under insurance policy.
- Amount received exceeding RS. 50,000 by way of gift.
- BASIC PRINCIPLES OF INCOME
- Different forms of income – it may be received in cash or in kind.
- Receipts v/s accrual – income arises either on receipts basis or on accrual basis.
- Illegal income – income tax act doesn't distinguish between illegal and legal income. Illegal income is also taxable.
- Disputed title – even if title of the asset is under dispute then also income received is taxable in the hands of the recipient.
- Reimbursement of expenses is not treated as income.
- Lump sum receipt – income whether received in installment of in lump sum amount is taxable.
- Income includes loss – profit represents (+) income and loss represents (-) income.
- Same income cannot be taxed twice.
- Source of income need not exist in assessment year.
- PIN money – if wife receives money from husband for meeting her personal and household expenses and if small savings is done by wife then it is known as PIN money and it is not treated as income of wife.


equence.compile_file(s_fp_src)
IO.binwrite(s_fp_bytecode, bytecode_out.to_binary)
bytecode_in = IO.binread(s_fp_bytecode)
instruction_from_byte_code = RubyVM::InstructionSequence.load_from_binary(bytecode_in)
instruction_from_byte_code.eval
#==========================================================================
0
Try ruby-packer which creates executables from Ruby and Ruby on Rails applications
1
 - Nice one we use it but it creates difficulties with loading the native library with ffi, also if any native library accessing gem files on the file system highly likely you are in trouble – CAMOBAP Sep 16 '20 at 5:20
Your Answer
By clicking "Post Your Answer", you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.


text:
Om Mani Padme Hum Mantra
Mantras are prayers based on a Sanskrit formula taken from the Buddhist scriptures and believed to have special power. The mantra Om Mani Padme Hum, is the most popular Tibetan Buddhist mantra. It is the mantra of Avalokitesvara (Chenrezi), the patron Tibetan deity of compassion, who revealed this formula for the benefit of all humanity. It is sometimes simply called the mani and the six-syllable mantra roughly translates "Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus Blossom". More specifically:
- Om (or aum) is the mystic sound which is a symbol of the inexpressible Absolute
- Mani means "jewel" and refers to Chenrezi (Avalokitesvara) or the Doctrine of Buddha
- Padme means in the lotus and implies divine purity
- Hum is an exclamation signifying defiance of evil influences or powers
- Hri, sometimes added as a seventh syllable, dispels sorrow and symbolizes the reality behind phenomena
The mantra is generally written in Tibetan letters. There are layers of meanings and interpretation for this mantra. Tibetan lamas describe the mani as "the essence of all happiness, prosperity and knowledge, and the great means of liberation." Repeating the six syllables is said to release each of the six classes of sentient beings from their bonds. Believers believe reciting the mani will assure them a rebirth in the Western Paradise of Amitabha, Buddha of Boundless Light.


text:
Equipment start-up time
Due to the need for narrow blade design, the design and manufacture of ultrasonic cutting tool heads is challenging. Vibrating the cutter head with maximum amplitude without load can sometimes cause the cutter head to fail prematurely. Therefore, the signal emitted by the ultrasonic generator should be synchronized with the automated machine, so that the knife head can fully vibrate before the knife edge contacts the food. Vibration before contact is necessary to avoid deformation of the food, which can be caused by contact with non-vibrating cutting surfaces.
The term "amplitude" describes the microscopic displacement of the vibration of the cutting surface of the tool head. The amplitude is mechanically adjusted by the ultrasonic horn, and digitally adjusted by the ultrasonic generator. The amplitude will affect the cutting process and must be adjusted to suit the needs of each application.
The speed at which the ultrasonic cutting knife enters and advances through the material being cut is also a process variable and should be adjusted for each cutting process. Sometimes it is necessary to slowly penetrate the shell of the product to avoid deformation, and then increase the speed of the cutter in the product to achieve the best cutting effect.
End time of vibration
Depending on the consistency of the material to be cut, after the ultrasonic vibration is turned off, the completed slice may tend to stick to the side of the cutter. Therefore, the ultrasonic vibration can be maintained when the tool head is taken out of the product, and the cutting blade can be released more cleanly and uniformly using the frictionless characteristic.


Don Kihot
Don Kihot. Original ink drawing, 1974.
 - Artist: Jože Ciuha
 - Year: 1974
 - Dimensions: 70 x 50 cm
Don Kihot. Original ink drawing, 1974.
Jože Ciuha was a Slovenian painter, but he also wrote poetry and other writings. Ciuha worked with different medias like a watercolor, drawing, graphic, illustration, mosaic and tapestry. His work has been exhibited in several major international art institutions, many galleries, public buildings and numerous private collections. He had traveled a lot (Western Europe, South and North America and wider) and during his journey he was influenced by many cultures. He has studied Buddhist art and philosophy, but the biggest influence we can see in his artworks is from the Byzantine art, reflected in Eastern letters and a rhythmic string of figures on the golden background. Much of his artwork contains irony and criticism of human mistakes and deficiency which he depict in the form of animals or a grotesque interpretation of the human figure. In this group of illustrations from the 'Don Quixote' novel, Ciuha depicted the parody of human nature and their deficiency and madness in novel's characters Don Quixote, Sancho Panza and imaginary Dulcinea, on the humorous and grotesque way.
Additional information
Weight 2.5 kg
Dimensions 80 × 10 cm
Jože Ciuha


Passionate About Wildlife
Can I feed bread to swans & ducks?
There has been some publicity saying that because people are not feeding bread to waterfowl some swans are starving to death.
Whilst as animal lovers we are saddened to hear that swans are starving there may well be more to why the swans are struggling other than people not giving bread. For example, the very dry summer may have drastically reduced the foods that waterfowl naturally forage for such as aquatic plants, insects etc. We certainly do promote supplementary feeding of waterfowl but the food should be nutritionally beneficial. Reputable wildlife Rescues such as Vale Wildlife Hospital have said that they do not promote feeding bread as they have seen first-hand the damage it causes birds.
So what is the problem with bread?
Bread offers little-to-no nutritional benefit but the birds will readily eat it when it is offered. The problem occurs as the calorific bread fills up the stomach so much that the bird will not forage for their normal natural diet that will give them all the vitamins and minerals they require. In particular, in young birds, a reliance on human supplied bread, and other junk food, discourages them to learn to forage for the natural foods they need to be healthy. In both cases this can lead to malnourishment and in severe cases in young birds to a condition called Angel Wing. Angel Wing is a condition in which the distal portion of wing appears flipped outward. It is caused by excessively rapid growth of feathers in relation to muscle development and as a result growing flight feathers cause excess stress and weight on carpal muscles. This in turn leads to the carpal portion of the wing to hang and twist outwards and prevents the bird from flying (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Angel wing in a Canadian Goose
Possible causes of Angel Wing include:
 - Over feeding &/or excessive calorie intake
 - Genetic factors
 - Excessive growth rate
 - Manganese (or Vitamin E) and vitamin D3 deficiency
It is possible that the high calorie bread discourages natural foraging and thus can cause deficiencies in vitamins and minerals that then lead to Angel Wing in some birds. The condition can be reversed with proper feeding in young birds but once the bird is an adult it cannot be reversed. Although Angel Wing is not life threatening to the bird in a sheltered environment it would be unlikely to survive in the wild.
There can also be problems with bread that is left uneaten as this can attract predators that may be harmful to waterfowl. It can also, if left for long enough, grow mould that if the birds consequently eat can make them very ill. Another issue is one of uneaten bread adding to nutrient build up in the water, especially in closed water such as lakes and ponds. This excess of nutrients in the water can then lead to excess algae growth such as cyanobacteria (blue green algae) and harmful algal blooms that in severe cases depletes oxygen levels to the extent that aquatic plants and animals die out. This process of eutrophication is usually caused by the use of fertilisers and soil run off into water (and human sewage) that leads to high nitrogen and phosphorous levels in the water but there is an argument that bread may contribute to this albeit in a smaller way.
So what can I feed to waterfowl?
There is a place to have a commercial food that will allow families to carry on the pastime of feeding the waterfowl at parks, ponds and lakes etc. that will be nutritionally beneficial and not harm the birds. According to National Geographic safe food for waterfowl include cucumber, corn, peas, beans, broccoli, beets, squash, alfalfa, tomatoes, aubergine, peeled bananas, seeds, scrambled eggs, and rice. Foods to be avoided as they are harmful include avocados, onions, citrus fruits, chocolate, popcorn and, of course, bread. There are foods on the market for commercially kept waterfowl and the recommendation is that a commercial pellet for this instance should contain 14-17% Protein and 3-6% fat with added vitamins and minerals.
Brambles Pet and Wildlife Limited is a family owned company and the team have been involved in developing products for animal welfare since 1990. The Managing Director has a scientific background in Biological Sciences and we have combined our experience and expertise to formulate foods that are nutritionally beneficial to wild animals and ensure that they do not contain any added sugar, colours, or artificial flavours. Our Swan and Duck food conforms to recommended guidelines for nutritional requirements, is also suitable for geese, moorhens and coots, and, as it floats you can easily see when the birds have had sufficient.


text:
Al-Mashat: It is intended to complete the joint strategy for development cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development by February 2022
The Ministry of International Cooperation said that the total investments of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development since its inception in Egypt exceed 7.7 billion euros, which supported the implementation of 143 projects, more than 75% of which are for the private sector.
Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, chaired the final round of consultations managed by the ministry in coordination with the relevant national authorities, to prepare the new country strategy with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for the period from 2021-2026, which comes within the framework of the strong partnership between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Bank, which contributed In advancing development efforts in various fields for the public and private sectors.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Heike Harmgart, Regional Director for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Mr. Khaled Hamza, Vice President of the Bank's Egypt office, and a number of Bank officials, as well as senior officials of more than 20 government agencies and institutions, including the ministries of Planning and Economic Development. Tourism, Antiquities, Water Resources, Irrigation, Transport, Housing, Local Development, Environment, Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises Authority, as well as the Ministry of International Cooperation's work team.
Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, said that the workshops that were held during the recent period as part of the consultations with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, witnessed the effective participation of all concerned government agencies to determine the details of preparing the new common country strategy, and to ensure that this strategy meets government requirements. To implement the country's development vision and sustainable development goals, she explained that the consultations developed a framework based on transparency and constructive dialogue to direct cooperation with the European Bank towards meeting the development needs in Egypt through the strategy expected to be completed in February 2022.
The Minister of International Cooperation reviewed the achievements made within the framework of the Qatari strategy with the Bank for the period from 2015-2021, and how it strengthened the government's plan and the "Egypt Launches" program 2018-2022, through which the government succeeded in implementing an economic reform program that contributed to strengthening the foundations of the macro economy and achieving development The focus is on the Egyptian citizen, pointing out that the priorities that were reached on the new strategy with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 2021-2026, are integrated with the government's plan during the coming period and its endeavor to confirm the Egyptian leadership in the field of green transformation, increase investment in human capital and enhance investment in capital Human money, increased productivity and employment.
Al-Mashat stressed the keenness of the Ministry of International Cooperation to come up with a joint strategy that reflects the visions and priorities of the concerned national authorities, and takes into account the achievement of more support for the role played by the private sector in development, and is integrated with the national priorities aimed at achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The European Bank's Regional Director affirms the bank's continued commitment to financing public and private sector projects to support development efforts in Egypt
For her part, Heike Harmgart, Regional Director for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, affirmed the bank's commitment to continuing joint work to finance projects for the public and private sectors to support development efforts in Egypt. She also thanked the Ministry of International Cooperation for its continued work and coordination with national parties participating in Preparing the strategy to unify visions and develop a strategy that meets all aspirations and promotes development in Egypt.
The Minister of International Cooperation addressed the results of effective partnerships with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to support the implementation of government projects as well as the private sector, explaining that the bank's total investments since its inception in Egypt exceed 7.7 billion euros, which supported the implementation of 143 projects, more than 75% of which are for the private sector. Moreover, the development finances directed by the Bank to the private sector during the current year amounted to about 288.3 million euros, which promoted development in the sectors of renewable energy, small and medium-sized enterprises, agriculture, services, manufacturing and other sectors.
Al-Mashat touched on efforts to match development finances within the ongoing portfolio of the Ministry of International Cooperation with the UN goals for sustainable development, including the funds for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which clarifies the vision and future steps with regard to international partnerships aimed at achieving sustainable development.
During the meeting, officials of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development reviewed the Egyptian macroeconomic indicators, which succeeded in achieving positive growth during the past year by 3.6%, despite the repercussions of the Corona pandemic, which reflects the resilience and flexibility that characterized the economy in the face of the effects of the pandemic, explaining that the new country strategy targets Enhancing action on three general axes: the first is to achieve a more inclusive economy for the business community, youth and women, and the second is to accelerate the pace of transformation towards a green economy in order to achieve food security, raise skills and capabilities to attract investments in new technologies and expand renewable energy, and the third axis is to enhance competitiveness through growth through By enhancing the resilience and resilience of small and medium enterprises and supporting their expansion.
Representatives of the participating ministries and government institutions presented their inquiries and sectoral priorities regarding the new strategy, and their perceptions of joint frameworks during the coming period, within the competencies of each entity.
Negotiations between the government and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on the new strategy follow the approval of the Bank's strategy, at the level of all countries of operation, which is based on three main axes: the first: supporting the transition to a green economy and enhancing environmental sustainability; The second axis: promoting equal opportunities between the sexes; The third axis: digital transformation.
It is worth noting that Egypt topped the list of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as the largest country of operations in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region during 2020, where the bank invested one billion euros to finance 21 projects, 47% of the bank's total investments in the region, and Egypt was the largest A country of operations in 2018 and 2019, and the current portfolio of cooperation between Egypt and the Bank during 2021 amounts to about 1.6 billion dollars
Al-Mashat article: European investments for reconstruction exceed 7.7 billion euros since starting his work in Egypt was written in Al Borsa newspaper.


text:
2-Dimensional structures with swift optical response have several technological advantages, for example they could be used as components of ultrafast light modulators, photo-detectors, and optical switches. Here we report on the fast photo switching behavior of thin films of liquid phase exfoliated MoS 2, when excited with a continuous laser of λ=658nm (E=1.88eV), over a broad range of laser power. Transient photo-conductivity measurements, using an optical pump and THz probe (OPTP), reveal that photo carrier decay follows a bi-exponential time dependence, with decay times of the order of picoseconds, indicating that the photo carrier recombination occurs via trap states. The nature of variation of photocurrent with temperature confirms that the trap states are continuously distributed within the mobility gap in these thin film of MoS2, and play a vital role in influencing the overall photo response. Our findings provide a fundamental understanding of the photo-physics associated with optically active 2D materials and are crucial for developing advanced optoelectronic devices.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes


text: This interesting and unusual name is of Medieval English origin and is a dialectal variant of a locational name yeat-on from a place so called in Shropshire. In the Subsidy Rolls of this county in 1327 the placename appears as "Eton" and is a derivation of the Old English pre 7th Century "Ea", meaning a river, and "tun", a farm, thus "the farm or homestead on the river, (in this case the river Perry). During the Middle Ages, when people began to migrate from their villages of birth to seek work elsewhere, they would often adopt the placename as a means of identification. Amongst the early recordings of christenings in London are, Launcellot Yatton, son of Henry Yatton, on April 15th 1573 and Margaret Yatton, the daughter of Edward Yatton on July 25th 1574, both at St. Dunstan's, Stepney. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Olief Yeaton (christening), which was dated November 23rd 1561, Ludlow, Shropshire, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, "Good Queen Bess", 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.


Empire Waists, Bustles and Lace is an exciting exhibition of the Museum's collection of historic dresses. When viewed in conjunction with the John Singer Sargent exhibition, the show enables visitors to see and experience a broader historical context of men's and women's fashion. Even though upstate New York was considered the edge of the western frontier in the 19th century, residents of the area kept up with New York City and the world in terms of fashion. The exhibition includes the oldest known example of a dress with a label, stunning examples of Empire, Romantic and Civil War era dresses and turn-of-the-20th century (Sargent era) items. Additionally, visitors will be able to peek at what was worn underneath the dresses which were vital to giving them their distinctive shapes.
Supported in part by The Coby Foundation.


Get all permissions granted to classes loaded from a specific URL
In this example we shall show you how to get all permissions granted to classes loaded from a specific URL. To get the permissions from a specific URL one should perform the following steps:
as described in the code snippet below.
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.core;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.security.CodeSource;
import java.security.Permission;
import java.security.PermissionCollection;
import java.security.Policy;
import java.security.cert.Certificate;
import java.util.Enumeration;
public class GetGrantedPermissionsForURL {

 public static void main(String[] args) {

 URL codebase = null;

 try {
// Get permissions for a URL (example)
// codebase = new URL("_URL_
// Get permissions for a directory
codebase = new File(System.getProperty("user.home")).toURL();
 } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
 } catch (IOException e) {
 }
 // Construct a code source from the code base
 CodeSource codeSource = new CodeSource(codebase, new Certificate[] {});
 // Get all granted permissions
 PermissionCollection permissionCollection = Policy.getPolicy().getPermissions(codeSource);
 Enumeration permissions = permissionCollection.elements();
 while (permissions.hasMoreElements()) {
Permission permission = (Permission) permissions.nextElement();
System.out.println(permission.getName());
 }
 }
}
Example Output:
stopThread
localhost:1024-
<all permissions>
line.separator
java.vm.version
java.vm.specification.version
java.vm.specification.vendor
java.vendor.url
java.vm.name
os.name
java.vm.vendor
path.separator
java.specification.name
os.version
os.arch
java.class.version
java.version
file.separator
java.vendor
java.vm.specification.name
java.specification.version
java.specification.vendor

This was an example of how to get all permissions granted to classes loaded from a specific URL in Java.
Exit mobile version


How do I remove and replace a laptop key or keycap?
Note: This document is also meant for general reference and may not apply to your laptop. If you have a desktop computer, see removing keys from a desktop keyboard steps.
Notice: Before removing any of the keyboard's keys, make sure the computer is turned off, or at the very least locked so nothing is mistakenly typed as it could cause other problems.
Removing keycap
 1. Laptop keyboard key retainerTo remove the keycap from a keyboard place your finger nail, small flat-head screwdriver, or knife under a corner of the key and gently pry the keycap up and away from the laptop.
 2. In many situations, the key only snaps out partially. If the keycap is still attached to the laptop use your fingers to remove the keycap completely.
 3. Once removed you should see the key retainer (scissor-switch) still attached to the laptop with the pad in the middle. If needed, this too can be removed from the laptop by placing the flat head of a screwdriver or a knife's edge under a corner and gently twisting until it pops off.
Replacing the keycap
Tip: If you need a new keyboard key for you laptop, has a great selection.
 1. With the key removed, carefully observe the metal hooks on the keyboard where the old key used to be.
 2. Orient the plastic hinge (new or old) so that the holes line up with the metal hooks.
 3. Insert the smaller plastic piece, usually referred to as a cup, evenly into the center of the retainer.
 4. Replace the keycap and press evenly on all four sides.
Additional information


Where Is the Toolbar Located on a Computer Screen ?
Media for Medical/Universal Images Group/Getty Images
A toolbar is a menu of options and functions located on a program window, typically found below the title bar and menu bar. Toolbars have functionality unique to the program they are found in. Early on in computer development, this bar was called the "ribbon," similar to a typewriter ribbon.
Toolbars can be found on anything from image manipulation programs to browsers and all kinds of standard computer applications. Some toolbars allow for adjustment or personalization, letting the user move them about on the window. Some applications can have new toolbars added by downloading extensions that add them, usually from the program's supporting website or a third-party database.


Swastika and other symbols found drawn in snow on truck and in an alley in South Milwaukee
Erik S. Hanley
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Police car
SOUTH MILWAUKEE - A Nazi swastika was found drawn in the snow on the back window of a truck and in an alley just east of the victim's driveway, Dec. 9.
According to the South Milwaukee Police log, the truck owner called the police to report the symbol, along with other unintelligible symbols, drawn into the snow in the alley in the 400 block of Marshall Avenue.
Footprints were melting in the snow as police attempted to follow where the creator of the symbols went — east toward 4th Avenue was the best assessment according to the log. Police checked nearby streets, but didn't find any other footprints matching the ones near the symbols.
The report stated it's unknown what the true intent was for the creation of the symbols. However, the responding officer didn't believe the creator was attempting to intimidate or scare anyone. It states if that was the case the symbols would have likely been drawn in a more permanent medium — such as scratched into paint or painted on something.
Additionally, the report cites local schools recently went over World War II history the past week due to the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The report states it's possible a student found the symbols "intriguing" and not knowing the full meaning, drew them in the snow.
The symbols have since melted away.


Two steps to a finished data plate with serial number
SpeedMark software includes feature to set up a program for marking anodized aluminum in just a few easy steps. Below is a guide to show you how. In this example, the data plate consists of two elements: the graphic file with the fixed content and the extension with the serial number. First, import the graphic file.
Step 1:
Upload the graphic file (bmp file) by clicking the "bmp" icon. (Note: you can also use other common graphic files). Now you can find the desired graphic in the graphic field.
Step 2:
After the import, the data plate layout is displayed in the middle of the graphic field. Depending on requirements, you can freely move this within the marking area (for example to mark multiple data plates at once).
See also Tips & Tricks "SpeedMark array function"
Laser marking dataplates and industrial tags
Adding the serial number
Step 1:
Add a text field in the flowchart (see picture) and select "Serial number" for source.
Step 2:
A selection field will appear, where you can specify how the serial number should look. Create your combination of text and the number of digits to create your data plates.
Step 3:
Tips & Tricks "SpeedMark Laser Parameters" Tutorial
Trotec locations in your area
Find the nearest showroom
Still looking for engraving material for your data plates?
Find anodized aluminum in our Webshop!
 Visit our Web catalog
See our lasers in action! Request a demo now
Request a demo now


text:
In this work, we address two coupled tasks of gaze prediction and action recognition in egocentric videos by exploring their mutual context. Our assumption is that in the procedure of performing a manipulation task, what a person is doing determines where the person is looking at, and the gaze point reveals gaze and non-gaze regions which contain important and complementary information about the undergoing action. We propose a novel mutual context network (MCN) that jointly learns action-dependent gaze prediction and gaze-guided action recognition in an end-to-end manner. Experiments on public egocentric video datasets demonstrate that our MCN achieves state-of-the-art performance of both gaze prediction and action recognition.
updated: Tue Jun 30 2020 02:08:22 GMT+0000 (UTC)
published: Mon Jan 07 2019 15:10:07 GMT+0000 (UTC)


What does 'T {}' do in Scala
Browsing Shapeless code, I came across this seemingly extraneous {} here and here:
trait Witness extends Serializable {
 type T
 val value: T {}
}
trait SingletonOps {
 import record._
 type T
 def narrow: T {} = witness.value
}
I almost ignored it as a typo since it does nothing but apparently it does something. See this commit: _URL_
I have no idea what it does. Can someone explain?
Answers
Any type can be followed by a {} enclosed sequence of type and abstract non-type member definitions. This is known as a "refinement" and is used to provide additional precision over the base type that is being refined. In practice refinements are most commonly used to express constraints on abstract type members of the type being refined.
It's a little known fact that this sequence is allowed to be empty, and in the form that you can see in the shapeless source code, T {} is the type T with an empty refinement. Any empty refinement is ... empty ... so doesn't add any additional constraints to the refined type and hence the types T and T {} are equivalent. We can get the Scala compiler to verify that for us like so,
scala> implicitly[Int =:= Int {}]
res0: =:=[Int,Int] = <function1>
So why would I do such an apparently pointless thing in shapeless? It's because of the interaction between the presence of refinements and type inference. If you look in the relevant section of the Scala Language Specification you will see that the type inference algorithm attempts to avoid inferring singleton types in at least some circumstances. Here is an example of it doing just that,
scala> class Foo ; val foo = new Foo
defined class Foo
foo: Foo = Foo@8bd1b6a
scala> val f1 = foo
f1: Foo = Foo@8bd1b6a
scala> val f2: foo.type = foo
f2: foo.type = Foo@8bd1b6a
As you can see from the definition of f2 the Scala compiler knows that the value foo has the more precise type foo.type (ie. the singleton type of val foo), however, unless explicitly requested it won't infer that more precise type. Instead it infers the non-singleton (ie. widened) type Foo as you can see in the case of f1.
But in the case of Witness in shapeless I explicitly want the singleton type to be inferred for uses of the value member (the whole point of Witness is enable us to pass between the type and value levels via singleton types), so is there any way the Scala compiler can be persuaded to do that?
It turns out that an empty refinement does exactly that,
scala> def narrow[T <: AnyRef](t: T): t.type = t
narrow: [T <: AnyRef](t: T)t.type
scala> val s1 = narrow("foo") // Widened
s1: String = foo
scala> def narrow[T <: AnyRef](t: T): t.type {} = t // Note empty refinement
narrow: [T <: AnyRef](t: T)t.type
scala> val s2 = narrow("foo") // Not widened
s2: String("foo") = foo
As you can see in the above REPL transcript, in the first case s1 has been typed as the widened type String whereas s2 has been assigned the singleton type String("foo").
Is this mandated by the SLS? No, but it is consistent with it, and it makes some sort of sense. Much of Scala's type inference mechanics are implementation defined rather than spec'ed and this is probably one of the least surprising and problematic instances of that.
Need Your Help
Call to method of static java.text.DateFormat not advisable?
java static
I am receiving a Find Bugs error - call to method of static java.text.DateFormat and
Limiting the number of characters in a JTextField
java swing jframe jtextfield
I want to set the maximum length of a JTextField, so that you can't enter more characters than the limit. This is the code I have so far...


text:
Pimlico to Teven - Pacific Highway upgrade
Roads and Maritime Services is upgrading the Pacific Highway between Pimlico Road and Teven Road, about 2.3km in length.
Updates and announcements
Motorists were moved onto the final alignment of the Bruxner Highway in August 2015.
Work is continuing on the new Duck Creek Bridge and the old Bruxner Highway road surface is being removed.
Reduced speed limits and traffic control will be in place and motorists are advised to allow extra travel time.
Pacific Highway motorists are continuing to use the new section of road just south of Duck Creek Bridge..
Motorists are travelling on the new section for about 750 metres, which then merges back onto the existing highway alignment.
Moving traffic off the existing highway enables further soft soil treatments to be carried out south of the Duck Creek Bridge along the alignment of the existing Pacific Highway.
- Building Duck Creek Bridge
- Removing the old Bruxner Highway pavement
- Installing soft soil ground treatment north of Duck Creek
- Removing excess material that was used for the soft soil treatments south of Duck Creek
- Start building the highway south of Duck Creek
- Sheet piling, water main and pavement works around Bruxner Highway.
Traffic management and reduced speed limits will be in place where needed to ensure the safety of workers, motorists and other road users
Every effort is being made to minimise impacts on motorists, the local community and the natural environment during this important upgrade.
- Contractors: Leighton Contractors
- Form of contract: Construct only
- Start date of major construction: Nov 2013
- Completion date: by mid 2016
- Project value: $92 million
Roads and Maritime Services is upgrading the Pacific Highway between Pimlico Road and Teven Road, about 2.3km in length. This work will facilitate the next phase of the highway upgrade, which is part of the overall Woolgoolga to Ballina Pacific Highway upgrade.
This project is jointly funded by the Australian and NSW governments.
The Pimlico to Teven upgrade is being delivered in three stages.
Stage one was completed by the Ballina Bypass Alliance. It involved soft soil treatment along a 350m section of the Pacific Highway southbound, near the intersection with Pimlico Road.
Stage two consists of:
- Building 2.3 kilometres of two lane single carriageway on the Pacific Highway (temporary tie-ins to the existing road included)
- Building 1.3 kilometres of two lane single carriageway on the Bruxner Highway
- Realignment of 300 metres of two lane single carriageway on Pimlico Road to create a new temporary intersection with the Pacific Highway
- Building a new 117 metre long bridge over Duck Creek (Pacific Highway)
- Providing a new 173 metre bridge over Emigrant Creek South (Bruxner Highway)
- Drainage alterations and landscape works
- Providing maintenance access roads on both sides of Emigrant Creek South.
At the end of stage two work, Bruxner Highway traffic will be shifted to the final traffic arrangement, and Pacific Highway traffic shifted to the final northbound carriageways.
Stage three will involve building the final southbound carriageway along the current highway alignment. This stage will be undertaken when further funding is available.
For employment opportunities contact:
Phone: 1800 778 900 (Press '4' for Pimlico to Teven)


REST API Example
To send JSON data to the REST API endpoint, you must enclose the JSON data in the request body and indicate the data type with the "Content-Type: application/json" request header. The client also can send the "Accept: application/json" request header, which indicates that the client wants to receive the data in JSON format. If the REST API server returns a JSON, it indicates the type of data in response with the "Content-Type: application/json" response header. In this REST API Example, we are sending JSON data to the ReqBin echo URL. Click Send to make a REST API request online and see the results.
Loading...


text:
Spring Migration Monitoring has started!
Operations have started up at the LSLBO for our 30th year of Migration Monitoring at our station!
For all the latest new from station, check out our Weekly Reports
Thank you to all of our sponsors and supporters that enable us to do what we do including: Alberta Conservation Association, West Fraser, Vanderwell Contractors Ltd, Tolko Industries, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Summer Jobs Program, Alberta Parks, TC energy, and our many dedicated members, volunteers and donors!
Check out our Spring Fieldtrips!
- Spring Bird Observatory Tours for all grades.
- Then head over to the Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation for more programming options:
- Preschool/Kindergarten: What is a bird
- Kindergarten: Lost in the Woods
- Grade 4 Provincial Park Explorers
- Gr 4-9: LEEDing the way
- Gr 7: The Great Boreal Forest
- Ecology Hikes for any grade along our trails
Check out our Education Page for more program ideas and resources!
Download our Education Program Brochure here!
Just call us for more information at: _PHONE_ or _EMAIL_
26th Annual Songbird Festival
May 27 & 28th, 2023
Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation
Celebrate Spring Migration in the Boreal Forest at our 26th Annual Songbird Festival. On Saturday, May 27th, there will be tours of the Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory, birding walks, nature workshops, pancake breakfast, bird house building and lots of activities for entire family. Then on Sunday morning, May 28th, we will be hosting our 17th Annual Bird Run/Walk (5K/10K). We hope to see you there.
Are you heading up for the festival and interested in what birds you might spot on your adventures? Checkout the latest LSLBO Bird Checklist.
For the most up to date program information, visit our 26th Annual Songbird Festival page!


next up previous [pdf]
Next: 1-D time-varying median filter Up: Theoretical basis Previous: 1-D stationary median filter
Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimation using the stack method
A simple definition of the SNR was introduced by Liu and Li (1997). Window $D$, a part of the seismic record, can be chosen for SNR analysis:
\begin{displaymath}
D = [x_{i,j}]_{M \times N} \qquad (0< M \le N_x, 0< N \le N_t)\;.
\end{displaymath} (2)
Further assumptions are: waveform, amplitude, and phase of seismic wavelet in window $D$ keep stable in respect to distance ''$i$''; noise is ''zero mean'' randomly distributed, along with survey-line direction being independent (decorrelated) of the signal, so that
\begin{displaymath}
x_{i,j} = s_j + n_{i,j}\;
\end{displaymath} (3)
\begin{displaymath}
\sum_{i=1}^{M} n_{i,j} = 0\;,
\end{displaymath} (4)
where $s_j$ is amplitude of signal, and $n_{i,j}$ is amplitude of noise. These assumptions generally imply a limitation to this method, but they can be satisfied if the local window is chosen in the stable signal region of the seismic section. So if the signal energy in the window is
\begin{displaymath}
E_S = M\sum_{j=1}^{N} s_{j}^2 = \frac{1}{M} \sum_{j=1}^{N}(\sum_{i=1}^{M}x_{i,j})^2\;,
\end{displaymath} (5)
the noise energy can be calculated by
\begin{displaymath}
E_N = \sum_{j=1}^{N}\! \sum_{i=1}^{M}x_{i,j}^2 - E_S\;.
\end{displaymath} (6)
Finally, a decibel expression of the SNR is estimated as
\begin{displaymath}
SNR = \frac{E_S}{E_N} =
10\,\log_{10}{\left(\frac{\displa...
...\sum_{j=1}^{N}\big(\sum_{i=1}^{M}x_{i,j}\big)^2}\right)}\;.
\end{displaymath} (7)
next up previous [pdf]
Next: 1-D time-varying median filter Up: Theoretical basis Previous: 1-D stationary median filter
2013-07-26


text:
NASA's Patents API gives users access to a dataset of NASA patents. This includes both held and pending patents. Possible queries include searches by name, status, patent number, patent expiration date, application information, and case number. NASA open data supports NASA's scientists and engineers with information technology such as infusion, procurement, and future IT workforce development.
The following is a list of sample source code snippets that matched your search term. Source code snippets are chunks of source code that were found out on the Web that you can cut and paste into your own source code. Whereas most of the sample source code we've curated for our directory is for consuming APIs, we occasionally find something interesting on the API provider side of things. If you know of some sample source code that would be of interest to the ProgrammableWeb community, we'd like to know about it. Be sure to check our guidelines for making contributions to ProgrammableWeb.


Wikia
Vim Tips Wiki
Use :next to search for files in the current directory
Redirected from VimTip1535
1,615pages on
this wiki
Talk0
Tip 1535 Printable Monobook Previous Next
created 2007 · complexity basic · author Yaojg · version 7.0
Vim's find only accepts exact file names. It does not accept wild chars like * and **.
:next is good way to search for files in the current directory.
For example, if the current directory is d:/vim/reason,
:next **/*Filter.java
searchs all the files in d:/vim directory recursively to find files whose names are suffixed with Filter.java.
:help :next
CommentsEdit
 TO DO
 - Explain the point of this tip, as opposed to using other tools that may be more suited to the task.
 - Can the built-in :Explore command be used?
 - Shouldn't the help be to :next_f rather than :next?
 - The "for example" is unnecessarily confusing. There is no reason to have an example with "vim" in the path. Also, delete the "d:" – it serves no purpose.
 - Does the command really search the parent directory like the words suggest?
Is there a way to make it search the full path, and not just current directory?
Rough merge in of material by User talk:Chuck ForbishEdit
I use the following mappings to iterate through files in my argument list (:args).
nmap <c-right> :n<CR>
nmap <c-left> :N<CR>
Using control and an arrow key is much faster than typing ':cn<CR>'.
Similarly you can use the up and down arrows for going back and forth for the times there is more than one matching tag.
nmap <C-Down> :tn<CR>
nmap <C-Up> :tN<CR>
These key sequences support repeating if kept pressed.
Around Wikia's network
Random Wiki


text:
Managing user uploads across a load balanced set up
What are the available strategies for managing file uploads in a load balanced set up?
at present we have the load balancer on _URL_ - then various heads w-s1.example.com, w-s2.example.com...w-sX.example.com
if a user uploads a file it ends up on which ever head that session has connected to.
What's the ideal way to manage the file so it is accessible from sessions that connect to the other boxes, WITHOUT creating a single point of failure, a minimal delay (a minute or so) is acceptable, longer is not.
as i understand it the DO block storage devices can only be mounted to a single device at a time?
rysnc or similar methods of syncing all boxes might work - but it's difficult to automate fully so that deletions and mirroring all take place correctly.


text:
Books & Bibles
Fashion & Jewelry
Gifts & Giving
Home Decor & Accents
Kitchen & Gourmet
Beauty & Health
Christian Bookstore .Net is a leading online Christian book store.
Shop Christian Books, Bibles, Jewelry, Church Supplies, Homeschool Curriculum & More!
This volume reviews and integrates the growing body of contemporary psychological research on the links between religious faith and health outcomes. It presents up-to-date findings from empirical studies of populations ranging from healthy individuals to those with specific clinical problems, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, and psychological disorders. Drawing on multiple perspectives in psychology, the book examines such critical questions as the impact of religious practices on health behaviors and health risks; the role played by faith in adaptation to illness or disability; and possible influences on physiological functioning and mortality. Chapters reflect the close collaboration of the editors and contributing authors, who highlight areas of thematic overlap, debate key methodological questions and concerns, and outline a cohesive agenda for future research.
Buy Faith and Health: Psychological Perspectives by Thomas G. Plante & Allen C. Sherman from our Christian Books store - isbn: 9781572306820 & _PHONE_
The team at Christian Bookstore .Net welcome you to our Christian Book store! We offer the best selections of Christian Books, Bibles, Christian Music, Inspirational Jewelry and Clothing, Homeschool curriculum, and Church Supplies. We encourage you to purchase your copy of Faith and Health: Psychological Perspectives by Thomas G. Plante & Allen C. Sherman today - and if you are for any reason not happy, you have 30 days to return it. Please contact us at _PHONE_ if you have any questions.
Customer Support: _PHONE_


text:
- Special Sections
- Public Notices
Maintaining the proper pH and fertility in soil is important for higher crop yields. An important tool to assess fertility levels is to sample soil and have it tested. Kentucky is experiencing an unusually dry fall.
Soil samples taken during dry falls tend to result in soil pH and soil test K being unusually low. This results in recommendations that overestimate lime and K fertilizer that may be needed.
In January of 2010, the University of Kentucky soil test laboratories began a new test for soil pH to solve the problem occurring with soil samples taken in dry autumns.
If you currently subscribe or have subscribed in the past to the Spencer Magnet, then simply find your account number on your mailing label and enter it below.
Click the question mark below to see where your account ID appears on your mailing label.
If you are new to the award winning Spencer Magnet and wish to get a subscription or simply gain access to our online content then please enter your ZIP code below and continue to setup your account.

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


text:
What Was Luise Rainer's Net Worth?
Luise Rainer, a German-born, Austrian and American retired actress, had a net worth of $1.5 million at the time of her death in December 2014. At the age of 104, Luise Rainer was one of the oldest living Academy Award winners.
How Did Luise Rainer Become Famous?
Luise Rainer's rise to fame began when talent scouts from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer discovered her while she was performing on stage in Austria and Germany. She became the first person to win multiple Academy Awards and the first to win the awards consecutively. Rainer trained with stage director Max Reinhardt at the age of 16 and went on to become a popular Berlin stage actress.
Luise Rainer's Career in Hollywood
In 1935, Luise Rainer made her American debut in the movie Escapade. The following year, she won an Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in The Great Ziegfeld. She won the award again the next year for the movie The Good Earth. However, after winning two consecutive Oscars, Rainer felt that audience expectations were too high, and she was subsequently given roles in less significant movies. This led her to eventually move back to Europe.
Later Career and Recognition
After nearly 20 years away from the screen, Luise Rainer returned to acting and appeared in The Love Boat in 1984. Her last role came in the 1997 movie The Gambler. In recognition of her contributions to the film industry, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, located at 6300 Hollywood Blvd.
Luise Rainer's net worth of $1.5 million reflects her successful career in the entertainment industry. As one of the oldest living Academy Award winners, her talent and accomplishments have left a lasting impact on the world of cinema.


Fluid Power Journal
White Paper – Why Bigger is Not Always Better
Hydraulic orbital motors are common actuators found on a variety of hydraulics systems, from conveyers in factories, to wheel drives on mobile equipment. When orbital motors wear out over time their efficiency drops. The tell-tale symptoms of lost of power, speed reduction, and leaking seals manifest. The first thought is that this motor must not be large enough. When this happens the end-user will call into their hydraulic supplier with an unintentionally abstruse request, "I would like the same motor but bigger". Frequently, these customers are asking for a replacement to an existing orbital motor with the same mounting, shaft size, and porting but with a larger displacement. They believe changing to a larger displacement is fairly easy and will fix their lack of power and speed issues. Hydraulic suppliers find after they have replaced a customer's motor, the customer will return it with the same problem(s). As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, end-users tend to believe they thoroughly checked the rest of the hydraulic system, added new oil and changed all the filters. Immediately after the new motor is installed, it is still having the same problem. It is running even slower than before. The end-user calls the hydraulic supplier and arranges to return the motor. They want to purchase an even larger displacement motor. However, to do so, without entirely understanding the application can further lead to inadvertent complications in their system.
Please provide your name and email address. A link to the free download will be sent to you.

Sponsor
Sponsors
Get Our Enews!


Compost Gin (Card Game)
Compost Gin (Card Game)
This engaging card game is a wonderful way to teach the essentials of decomposition and composting. The set includes 54 colorful cards depicting the different components necessary for decomposition to proceed. To make compost, students collect the right mixture of cards (different values are given to each mixture based on the probability that the mix will make good compost). The first player to get 200 composting points wins. Students can talk trash while having a blast! Recommended for ages 8 to 14.
Write Your Own Review
Compost Gin (Card Game)
Please type the letters and numbers below
Customer Service _PHONE_
Main Menu


Turning Points in Australian History
edited by Martin Crotty, David Roberts
Paperback | Oct 2008 | UNSW Press | 9781921410567 | 320pp | 234x153mm | GEN | AUD$34.95, NZD$39.99
'If only', 'what if' and 'why didn't we' are phrases that often come to mind when we look back to the past. This exciting and stimulating book looks back at turning points and crucial moments in Australian history. Rather than arguing that there have been forks on a pre-determined road, the book challenges us to think about other paths or better paths that might have led to different outcomes. It shows that a decisive event often becomes so only in retrospect and that what seemed like a major turning point at the time often had no real impact at all.


text:
Migration Routes of the Wood River Valley| 2007
community mapping commissioned by the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Idaho. Locally specific, the map shows overlapping patterns of movement and migration over time by Native Americans, mining and railroad industries, sheepherders, domestic workers, second-home owners, and wild animals. It was researched through interviews with and map-surveys by Wood River Valley residents, visitors, workers, advocates, business owners, and students. The finished map was distributed at the Center for the Arts, in schools, and at tourist centers.
The outside face of the map consists of Wood River Valley residents' answer to the questions "where do you live" and "where is home"? The inside face shows historic and contemporary patterns of migration through the physical geography of the valley; where those migrating populations follow each other as the Valley's demographics and economies change; and where they come into conflict with each other (for example when residential development encroaches on seasonal wildlife migration areas.)


text:
Research Article - Journal of Food Technology and Preservation (2020) Volume 4, Issue 4
Investigating the nutritional, sensory and storage qualities of substituted mungbean-garri diets.
The study investigated the nutritional, sensory and storage qualities of substituted mungbeangarri diets. Mungbean substituted garri in different proportions (30%, 40%, 50%, and 60%) to generate ready-to-eat mungbean-garri diets. Substituted mungbean-garri samples and 100% garri were subjected to chemical (proximate, anti-nutrient) and sensory analysis, the most acceptable diet was further subjected to microbial growth count. The proximate composition of the garri samples range from 2.16 g-4.42 g/100 (protein), 1.68 g-2.04 g/100 (crude fiber) and 375 kcl-388 kcal (energy). Anti-nutrient composition of 1.4% (saponin), 0.19% (phytate) and 0.43% (oxalate) were found to be significantly lower (p<0.05) in sample A (30%M:70%G). The sensory analysis was conducted with 30 taste panels (school children) on a nine-point hedonic scale. Sample A (30%M:70%G) ranked highest in all the parameters (appearance, texture, mouldability and general acceptability) tasted even higher than the values obtained for 100% garri sample, though not significant (p<0.05). Sample A (30%M:70%G) was later stored in three different packaging materials (polythene bag, sac bag and plastic container) on shelf and inside the cupboard for a period of four weeks. Lower microbial growth count of 1 ? 103 was observed with mungbean-garri sample packaged in sac bag and stored on the shelf (SBS) during the first and second week of storage, while samples packaged in a plastic container and stored in the cupboard (PCC) recorded the lowest microbial growth count during the third (3 ? 103) and fourth (5 ? 103) weeks of storage. However, microbial growth count recorded in the samples stored on the shelf and inside the cupboard ranged from 103 to 9 ? 103 and were within the acceptable limits for ready-to-eat-foods after four weeks. Conclusively, substituted mungbean-garri diet with the substitution of 30% mungbean and 70% garri was more acceptable and nutritionally better for a feeding trial involving school children. Substituting garri with 30% mungbean is therefore recommended for general use as a way of improving nutrient intake of garri users.Author(s): Agugo UA, Asinobi CO, Afam Anene C


text:
Badminton is played with a shuttlecock.
Badminton is a racquet sport that uses a net and a shuttlecock.
Shuttlecock is used by the players ho play badminton.
It's hard to determine what you mean by that but I hope this is helpful: Badminton is the actual sport, The Shuttlecock is the sort of ball used in the game that is hit between the two players.
It would be used to describe the "ball" used in the sport of Badmintion. Also knows as a shuttlecock. Look at it here http:/enzperiodzwikipediazperiodzorg/wiki/Shuttlecock
The game of badminton.
The players must have a shuttlecock and racquets.
a shuttlecock is either a plastic or feathered conical objet. feathered are usually 14-16 goose feathers and are put to better use if advanced players use them,...otherwise they will be destroyed in minutes
It is a sport where two players are separated by a net. They have these little rackets and they bat a shuttlecock back and forth over the net. When the shuttlecock hits the floor, a point is scored against the side that let it hit the floor.