time" in "suite" layer and we want to get its value, we could do that in the following way:
 6. timeValue=${mx.suite.time}
 That will only work if we ran a test case inside a suite, because if we do not, there will be no "suite" layer
Using the Workspace (File System)
MaxTAF Cloud fully supports Java libraries. You can also use custom or third party libraries (for example from _URL_).
In order to use libraries do the following:
 1. Go to "Workspace"
 2. Depending on your java_ext_libs_path project parameter, you should navigate to it's value in the folder tree (or by default /java/libs)
 3. Once you navigate to Java libraries folder, upload the .jar by right clicking on the folder and selecting Upload
 4. Once the .jar is uploaded, you can use it inside your test case code for compilation and autocompletion support
After you successfully mount a drive, you can use it with your IDE of choice.
We usually recommend IntelliJ IDEA.
To use the drive as a Java project with IntelliJ IDEA, do the following:
 1. Start up IntelliJ IDEA
 2. Go to File => Open… and select "X:/java" for Windows or "/mnt//java" for Linux
 3. You can now start using your project normally as a Java project
Test Management
Suites are batches of tests, used for running groups of tests.
They can be used to either run an entire pack of tests, or to batch tests up according to themes, system areas tested, types of test or any other level of refinement required.
Grouping tests in this way allows for more granular reporting, giving testers and developers better and more precise insight into system health.
Creating a suite
Creating a suite is simple.
 1. Head to the Suites section of MaxTAF, which is found in the left-hand menu
 2. Press 'create'
 3. Enter name, press create
 4. In the items box, click "Add items"
 5. Select the cases you want to add
 6. Click "add" to confirm selection
Sequencing suite runs
Your test runs can be sequenced in any configuration or order that you choose.
In the items table, under the sequence column, the number dictates how early in the sequence tests will run.
If you select the same sequence number for different tests, then the tests will run in parallel.
Running a suite
Running a suite follows mostly the same rules as running cases, found here.
Cases can share information during a suite run. This is especially needed when one case creates some data object that will then be further processed by another case that runs after it.
The mechanism that MaxTAF Cloud uses is similar to a bulletin board, in the sense that the cases that participate in the same suite run can post information to and read information from a jointly accessible area.
 1. To post a piece of information, a case will use ApiService method setSharedRunValue(name, value)
 2. To read posted information, a case will use ApiService method getSharedRunValue(name)
Even for hierarchically structured suites (when a suite contains other suites), the values that are posted to the bulletin board are available to all cases in all suites that belong to the hierarchy.
Note: It is very important to correctly sequence the cases in the suite as otherwise you may end up reading a shared value before it has been set yet.
Example:
Suite Structure:

Sequence No
Case
10
Create_Invoice
20
Approve_Invoice
Java:
Create_Invoice code:
public class Create_Invoice extends Base {
 private ApiService mxService = super.getApiService();
 @Test
 public void test() {
 mxService.setSharedRunValue("invoice_no", "INV123");
 }
 }
Approve_Invoice code:
 public class Approve_Invoice extends Base {
 private ApiService mxService = super.getApiService();
 ...
 @Test
 public void test() {
 String invoice_no = mxService.getSharedRunValue("invoice_no");
_____________________________________________________________
C#:
Create_Invoice code:
[AllureNUnit]
public class Create_Invoice : Base
{
 ApiService MxService;
 ...
 [Test]
 public void Test1()
 {
 MxService.SetSharedRunValue("invoice_no","INV123");
 }
}
Approve_Invoice code:
[AllureNUnit]
public class Approve_Invoice : Base
{
 ApiService MxService;
 ...
 [Test]
 public void Test1()
 {
 string invoice_no = MxService.GetSharedRunValue("invoice_no");
 }
}
_____________________________________________________________
Python:
Create_Invoice code:
class Create_Invoice(Base):
 def setup_class(self):
 self.mxService = Base.getApiService(Base)

 def testBasepy(self):
 self.mxService.setSharedRunValue("invoice_no","Hello from test!")
Approve_Invoice code:
class Approve_Invoice(Base):
 def setup_class(self):
 self.mxService = Base.getApiService(Base)

 def testBasepy(self):
 invoice_no = self.mxService.getSharedRunValue("invoice_no","Hello from test!")
_____________________________________________________________
JavaScript:
Create_Invoice code:
describe("Create_Invoice", function() {
 let mxService
 before(function() {
 mxService = base.getApiService()
 })
 it("posts invoice no", async function() {
 mxService.setSharedRunValue("invoice_no","INV123")
 })
})
Approve_Invoice code:
describe("Approve_Invoice", function() {
 let mxService
 before(function() {
 mxService = base.getApiService()
 })
 it("reads invoice no", async function() {
 invoice_no = await mxService.getSharedRunValue("invoice_no")
 })
})
Suites of Suites
Suites can be also batched up into meta-suites.
To create a suite of suites, follow the same process for cases, but when you enter the 'add items' dialogue, there is a tab at the top in which suites can be selected instead of cases.
Suite Parameters
The guide on suite parameters can be found here Check out Documentation on Parameters here
Scheduling Suites
Check out Documentation on Scheduling here
What are templates on MaxTAF Cloud?
Templates are used to create test cases with predefined code and parameters. Each test case on MaxTAF Cloud is created from a template. You can choose from many predefined templates in your project to create a test case.
Each template is a JSON object which has the following:
Where are templates stored?
Templates are stored on your workspace. You can find them by opening Workspace > Templates.
How can I create my own templates?
You can create as many templates as you wish by exporting specific test cases as templates.
First, you have to create a test case (or choose an existing one) with the same combination of language and testing framework as you want your template to be, then feel free to change code and parameters according to your needs. When your test case is ready to become a template, simply click the Export button and check the Template option, give your new template a name and description (this is optional) and click Export.
Can I use my templates in other projects?
Yes you can. Just download the templates you want to use in other projects and upload them in the corresponding workspace folders for the projects in which you want to use them.
Exporting allows you to download a test case or suite in either XML or JSON format. To do so, follow these steps:
 1. Navigate to the Suites/Cases page via the navigation menu
 2. From the list on either


Toyota Tercel (EL31) _PHONE_ Collision Repair manual
Toyota Tercel (EL31) _PHONE_ Body Repair Manual
Toyota Tercel (EL31) _PHONE_ Collision Repair manual is a comprehensive guide that provides in-depth information and instructions for repairing and restoring the body of the Toyota Tercel with left-hand drive. The manual includes step-by-step repair procedures for various body panels and components, ensuring accurate and efficient collision repairs.
One of the key features of the manual is its coverage of body dimensions and control points. These dimensions provide precise measurements of the vehicle's body components, allowing technicians to accurately assess any deviations from the original specifications. The control points serve as reference points for checking the alignment and geometry of the vehicle's body, ensuring that repairs are carried out with precision.
The manual features diagrams and illustrations that depict cross-sections of body elements, aiding in visualizing the structural composition and facilitating the repair process. It also covers cutting procedures and directions for removing and installing new body components, ensuring accurate and efficient repairs.
Overall, the Toyota Tercel (EL31) _PHONE_ Bodyshop Manual, spanning over 90 pages in English, is an indispensable resource for body repair technicians and individuals involved in the repair and restoration of Toyota Tercel. It contains a wealth of useful and necessary information to ensure precise and reliable body repairs in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.
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Using stochastic space-time models to map extreme precipitation in southern Portugal
Abstract. The topographic characteristics and spatial climatic diversity are significant in the South of continental Portugal where the rainfall regime is typically Mediterranean. Direct sequential cosimulation is proposed for mapping an extreme precipitation index in southern Portugal using elevation as auxiliary information. The analysed index (R5D) can be considered a flood indicator because it provides a measure of medium-term precipitation total. The methodology accounts for local data variability and incorporates space-time models that allow capturing long-term trends of extreme precipitation, and local changes in the relationship between elevation and extreme precipitation through time. Annual gridded datasets of the flood indicator are produced from 1940 to 1999 on 800 m×800 m grids by using the space-time relationship between elevation and the index. Uncertainty evaluations of the proposed scenarios are also produced for each year. The results indicate that the relationship between elevation and extreme precipitation varies locally and has decreased through time over the study region. In wetter years the flood indicator exhibits the highest values in mountainous regions of the South, while in drier years the spatial pattern of extreme precipitation has much less variability over the study region. The uncertainty of extreme precipitation estimates also varies in time and space, and in earlier decades is strongly dependent on the density of the monitoring stations network. The produced maps will be useful in regional and local studies related to climate change, desertification, land and water resources management, hydrological modelling, and flood mitigation planning.

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4. Units Operation
10. Neo Pixel
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Hardware requirement
 - M5GO
 - Neo Pixel
 - Connecting wire
Neo Pixel, A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor light source that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron holes, releasing energy in the form of photons.
In this tutorial, you can adjust the Neo Pixel light pattern by M5 coding.

How to use the unit
Step 1. Plugin the Neo Pixel unit. The count is the number of LED light bulb on the neo pixel.
Step 2. Choose "Set neopixel index rgb color" block under the Setup block.
Step 3. Execute it and see the result.
Step 4. Plug Neo Pixel unit with M5 in a correct way.
Step 5. Drag "Loop", "repeat", "variable" and "set neo pixel" block.
Step 6. Execute it and see the result. (Click it to see it)
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Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) Process
Alameda County launched a Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) planning process in 2017, gathering over 100 diverse stakeholders from local government, community based organizations, and medical/behavioral health providers to:
1) develop a comprehensive picture of how people with mental health (MH) or substance use disorder (SUD) conditions flow through the criminal justice system within Alameda County;
2) identify gaps, resources, and opportunities for individuals in this population; and
3) develop and prioritize strategies to improve systemand service-level responses for individuals in the target population. The SIM process identified unmet needs for the reentry population including mental health services, substance use disorder recovery services, and housing resources.
Justice Involved Mental Health Taskforce


The CBA represents the clay brick and paver manufacturers of Southern Africa.
We inspire sustainable, contemporary brick architecture and building design in all areas of the built environment: commercial, residential and landscape.
EECB Project Objectives
The Energy Efficient Clay Brick (EECB) Project follows a holistic, systematic approach to improving energy efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions in the South African clay brick sector. Almost every formal clay brick producer in the country has been approached and advised on energy saving opportunities. Over the lifespan of the project, CO2 emissions in the clay brick sector have been reduced by 380,000 tCO2 annually.
The EECB Project goes beyond technology interventions at individual brick-makers - it targets the entire "ecosystem" of the clay brick sector. Thus, it operates in a dynamic environment that includes a diverse set of stakeholders.
Stakeholder 1: Producers
The EECB facilitated change through direct engagement and interventions with clay brick producers and their suppliers to shift to more energy efficient production practices.
Stakeholder 2: Public Sector
The EECB engaged with financial institutions to improve access to financing/incentive schemes for cleaner technology. It facilitated networking between private and public sector stakeholders to regulate and set standards that will result in a more sustainable and energy efficient clay brick sector.
Stakeholder 3: Consumers
Finally, the Project engaged with customers and specifiers to raise the awareness on energy efficiency improvements in the clay brick sector, as knowledgeable and committed buyers are key drivers of change.
The EECB facilitated on-site case studies at respected local brickworks, that harness technological innovations and best practice. Through this "hands-on" approach the project was able to demonstrate that is feasible to be both environmentally friendly and economically sustainable in both small and large operations.


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Referencing Source
One of the design goals of rpm is to cleanly separate upstream source from vendor modifications. For the Fedora packager, this means that sources used to build a package should be the vanilla sources available from upstream. To help reviewers and QA scripts verify this, the packager needs to indicate where a reviewer can find the source that was used to make the rpm.
The most common case is where upstream distributes source as a tar.gz, tar.bz2 or zip archive that we can download from an upstream website. In these cases you must use a full URL to the package in the SourceX: line. For example:
Source0: _URL_
Source0: _URL_
There are several cases where upstream is not providing the source to you in an upstream tarball. In these cases you must document how to generate the tarball used in the rpm either through a spec file comment or a script included as a separate SourceX:.
Here are some specific examples:
Using Revision Control
In some cases you may want to pull sources from upstream's revision control system because there have been many changes since the last release and you think that a tarball that you generate from there will more accurately show how the package relates to upstream's development. Here's how you can use a comment to show where the source came from:
Source0: foo-20070221.tar.gz
When pulling from revision control, please remember to use a Name-version-release compatible with the [wiki:Self:Packaging/NamingGuidelines#PackageVersion Version] and [wiki:Self:Packaging/NamingGuidelines#PackageRelease Release] Guidelines. In particular, check the section on [wiki:Self:Packaging/NamingGuidelines#SnapshotPackages Naming Snapshots] .
When Upstream uses Prohibited Code
Some upstream packages include patents or trademarks that we are not allowed to ship even as source code. In these cases you have to modify the source tarball to remove this code before you even upload it to the build system. Here's an example of using a script to document how you went from the upstream tarball to the one included in the package:
From the spec:
Source0: libfoo-1.0-nopatents.tar.gz
Source1: generate-tarball.sh
generate-tarball.sh:
#!/bin/sh
VERSION=$1
tar -xzvf libfoo-$VERSION.tar.gz
rm libfoo-$VERSION/src/patentedcodec.c
sed -i -e 's/patentedcodec.c//' libfoo-$VERSION/src/Makefile
tar -czvf libfoo-$VERSION-nopatents.tar.gz libfoo-$VERSION
We are Upstream
For some packages where we are the upstream authors, for instance, the system-config-* tools, the source rpm that we distribute is the canonical source of the files. There is no public revision control system or publically released tarball for these programs so there is no tarball to list. Add a comment like the following to the spec:
Source0: system-config-foo-1.0.tar.gz
Sourceforge.net
For packages hosted on sourceforge, use
Source0: _URL_
changing ".tar.gz" to whatever matches the upstream distribution. Note that we are using downloads.sourceforge.net instead of an arbitrarily chosen mirror. You may use the package name/package version instead of the %{name} and %{version} macros, of course.
Using %{version}
Using %{version} in the SourceX: makes it easier for you to bump the version of a package, because most of the time you do not need to edit SourceX: when editing the specfile for the new package.


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Estimated carbon emissions from the IUCN World Conservation Congress fully offset
12 February 2009 | News story
The IUCN World Conservation Congress is a truly unique event in its capacity to unite so many members of the global environmental community. To the delegates, this unmatched opportunity for learning, exchanging ideas, and meeting new people is priceless.
Yet, the world's largest environmental gathering represents a cost for the planet. An independent greenhouse gas assessment of the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Barcelona, held from 5 to 14 October 2008, conducted by ECCM, estimated that the event generated 7'934 tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.
With almost 7'000 delegates and staff attending from the four corners of the world, air travel to Barcelona represented the largest source of greenhouse emissions at close to 80% of the total. On-site, emissions remained marginal due notably to the high environmental standards of the conference venue.
Thanks to the support of participants and donors, the total estimated footprint of the Barcelona Congress was offset 100% through an investment in an innovative mitigation project in the Mediterranean region. Contributions collected through the Barcelona Carbon Offset Fund were used to purchase from the Climate Neutral Group, the equivalent of 7'934 tons of CO2 equivalents from a CDM certified organic composting project in Sharkia, Egypt.

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


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Salt is effective in treating oral diseases including dry mouth thanks to its anti-inflammatory and antibacterial agents. Warm salt water gargle is also beneficial for neutralizing the mouth acid to maintain its natural pH level and eliminate oral bacteria – the two main reasons for bad breath. Minerals in saline stimulate salivary glands to produce amylase, which in turn can aid in the dry mouth treatment.
- Prepare 200 ml of water and 1 tablespoon of salt.
- Add the salt to the water and stir well.
- Take the salt water to a boiler and heat for warm water and drink.
- Use salt water in the morning when you wake up to make the most effective use of salt.
4. Baking Soda
If it is used to treat dry mouth, baking soda will stimulate the salivary glands. Baking soda may also help to thin saliva and reduce the acid effect of dry mouth. However, lower acid levels may promote bacteria growth. The alkalinity of baking soda can help neutralize the excess acids in your mouth that cause cavities and tooth decay. Besides, it is a great solution for mouth soreness or oral mucositis.
- Prepare1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, sugar, and a few drops of lemon juice with 1 cup of water.
- Add the baking soda, salt, sugar, lemon juice to the water and stir well
- Consume the liquid.
- Follow it 1-2 times a day.
Ginger is a famous herbal sialagogue, which may help stimulate saliva production and aid dry mouth. It also contains lots of medicinal benefits associated with it thanks to its bioactive compound called gingerol.
Method 1: Ginger Tea
- Add a few slices of ginger into a cup of warm tea and enjoy.
- It's best to drink this kind of tea after dinner.
- Ginger tea helps to detoxify the body, treat dry mouth, keep the lungs warm, and prevent flu, cough, and other common diseases.
Method 2: Ginger, Salt, Water, And Vinegar
- Prepare ginger, salt, and vinegar to make a mixture.
- Cut ginger into thin slices, then soak in vinegar, add a little salt, and mix them well.
- Mix the mixture into water and stir well to enjoy it.
- Apply this method 1-2 times a day for best effects.
Method 3: Just Ginger
Take a small piece of ginger and chew when needed, your dry mouth will quickly improve. Although it cannot treat the disease completely, it can help you in emergencies.
6. Aloe Vera
Aloe vera juice helps to avoid bleeding gums and maintaining healthy gums and oral hygiene. Its natural anti-bacterial properties promote cell growth and healing. Some types of aloe vera gel are also used in the prevention of bleeding gums and mouth ulcers. In addition, it stimulates salivary glands to produce more saliva. Therefore, this is a very effective way to treat dry mouth.
- Take a handful of aloe vera leaves and a bit of pure honey.
- Peel the aloe vera and clean them carefully.
- Soak it in water for 1 hour to help remove its resin completely.
- Add it and honey to a blender and pour a little water.
- Drink this liquid 1- 3 times per day (15 minutes before meals), each serving 20 ml (1 tablespoon).
Aloe vera may be associated with miscarriage and congenital deformities. Pregnant women and nursing mothers should not use products from aloe vera.
7. Dill Seeds
Among natural home remedies for dry mouth, using dill seeds is one of the most effective. Dill seed is a good source of minerals and vitamins such as vitamin C, vitamin B3, manganese, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and iron, and many plant nutrients such as fenchone, carotenoids, flavonoids, Anethole, and camphene, which all help to stimulate salivary glands. Dill leaves and seeds are also good breath and mouth fresheners. Besides, the essential oils found in it are antioxidant, germicidal, and disinfectant in nature, which can help stop microbial infections in your mouth while their antioxidants help lessen the damage caused due to free radicals to teeth and gums as well.
Method 1: Just Dill Seeds
Just take a little dill seed and chew them. This simple way can help you to deal with dry mouth.
Method 2: Dill Seeds And Lemon
- Soak 2 tablespoons of dill seeds in water overnight and boil them in the morning.
- Filter water and squeeze the lemon juice into this water.
- Drink it on an empty stomach every morning for 2 weeks.
Avoid using dill seeds in large doses. Compounds in the tree can be harmful to the nervous system, causing hallucinations and convulsions if it is used extensively. It can exacerbate estrogen-receptor-linked cancers such as the endometrium, breast, ovaries, etc. because it has high estrogen content. Pregnant women may be advised against eating large quantities of dill seeds.
Celery contains high fiber content. It reduces the risk of tooth decay because it can sweep away some of the residue of food on the teeth. In addition, celery stimulates the secretion of saliva, pH balance in the oral cavity, helping the oral cavity to achieve natural antibacterial effects. It is also enriched with vitamin C and has multiple beneficial flavonoids and enzymes. The water retaining capacity in it is especially effective at keeping your mouth moist and increasing the saliva production.
- Prepare 200 g of celery and 100 ml filtered water.
- Rinse the celery and slice it into small pieces.
- Put the celery in a blender to squeeze the juice.
- Pour out the cup with 100ml of filtered water to use.
Pregnant women should consider before using celery to treat dry mouth. If you are pregnant and you still want to use this remedy, you should use a small amount because celery can cause side effects in some cases.
9. Chewing Gum
Saliva helps neutralize plaque acids – which attack and weaken the protective layer, leading to tooth decay after some time. This acid works strongly after we eat, especially sweet and soft foods. Therefore, chewing gum will help balance the acid concentration in the mouth, preventing tooth decay. Chewing gum also helps remove excess food that clings to teeth and restores tooth enamel to make teeth stronger.
Chewing gum (preferably sugar-free) regularly increases the amount of saliva produced through chewing, thus cleaning the mouth and preventing or treating tooth decay naturally.
- Using artificial saliva prepared in the form of mouthwash, the mineral spray will help moisten the mouth.
- Sleep and work in a humidifier room to avoid dry mouth. If the room is air-conditioned, there should be a humidifier.
- Enhance vegetables and fresh fruits in the daily rations.
- Eat foods that are processed with water, such as soup, to minimize the unpleasant feeling of chewing.
- Eat more protein and avoid fried and fatty foods.
- Limit high sugar or acidic foods. The presence of sugar in your mouth will support the growth and development of oral bacteria, resulting in the development of dental caries and acid production.
- Avoid coffee because it will make the dry mouth more complicated.
- Brush your teeth gently with fluoride toothpaste, 2-3 times daily.
- Do not use alcohol-based mouthwash, preferably using diluted saline for oral hygiene and a quick home remedy for dry mouth. Alcohol may cause liver disease, salivary gland disease, or dehydration.
- Pay attention to cleaning your tongue.
- If you use dentures, be careful cleaning every day, insert teeth very carefully to avoid holes that make food tucked back.
- Saliva infections, side effects of medications, and dental diseases also cause dry mouth. Therefore, for the treatment of dry mouth, you can go to the dentist for a physical examination to determine the situation and make an effective recovery plan.
- If you get dry mouth due to drug side effects, decrease or stop drug use and replace it with other drugs.
You can easily try these natural treatments for dry mouth relief because most of the components in them are available in your kitchen. Also, share with us if you know other home remedies for dry mouth.

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


new diets
100-Bites Diet: The Next Great Weight-Loss Fad of Our Time?
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A new body of diet research is focusing on how you chew versus what you chew. The Wall Street Journal rounded up emerging technology that will help users stick to the "small bites, chew slow " diet philosophy.
One company is working on a talking plate, while another plans to release a fork that vibrates when you eat too fast. Researchers at Clemson University have developed something called the Bite Monitor, which is like a pedometer for the mouth, designed to track users' daily bites. According to the researchers, the optimal number is 100 bites in a day — which works out to roughly 1,700 calories for men and 1,100 calories for women.
Okay! That seems simple. But what about soup? You don't bite soup. How many bites am I taking if I slurp a bowl of soup? Is there a direct slurp-to-bite conversion? Other questions: If I can eat two thirds of a bacon cheeseburger in a single bite, does that still count as one bite? If so, the "100 Bacon-Cheeseburger Bites Diet" might be the most successful diet yet.
100-Bites Diet: The Next Great Weight-Loss Fad?


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When sending your plant and note, please place in a reinforced package and do not bend after pressing. Remember, the pressed plant is very fragile.
Pressing plants is an inexpensive and effective method for preserving plants for later identification. The primary instrument used to press plants is a plant press. A plant press is traditionally constructed of two metal or wood grid frames approximately 12 X 18 inches. Inside each of the frames is a series of corrugated cardboard ventilators and paper blotters. The cardboard is approximately 1/8 inch thick. Paper blotters can be purchased from botanical supply houses, or folded newspaper can be used. The cardboard ventilators allow for airflow through the press, and the blotters hasten drying by removing moisture from the plant. The press is closed and pressurized by two belts around the outside. If you do not have a plant press, a good, heavy hardcover book will often suffice.
Place the plant in a half sheet of black ink newspaper. Do not use colored newsprint or it will color the specimen. Write your name, the date, and the location where the plant was found on the edge of the newspaper. (Please do not write on the print. It will be hard to read your notations.) Arrange the plant on a quarter sheet of newspaper so that the flowers are open, and the fruits and leaves are well displayed. All parts of the plant should be on the quarter sheet. Fold the other portion of the newspaper on top of your plant. Place the newspaper with the plant between two blotter sheets. Place the blotters with the plant between two cardboard ventilators. Finally, place the plant with the blotters and the ventilators between the frames and strap the press together. You can put several plant specimens into your press at one time. The press should be organized by ventilator – blotter – plant – blotter – ventilatorblotter – plant – blotterventilator – etc. Place your press in a warm, dry area with good airflow. The back window of your car often works. You may need to replace the blotters occasionally to facilitate drying.
Be careful handling the plants when they are pressed. They are very fragile.
- How to Identify Plants, H.D. Harrington and L.W. Durrell, Swallow Press. (1957).
- Contemporary Plant Systematics, D.W. Woodland, Prentice-Hall, Inc. (1991).


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Fissure
(Science: anatomy) Any cleft or groove, normal or otherwise, especially a deep fold in the cerebral cortex which involves the entire thickness of the brain wall.
Origin: L. Fissura


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Creates a new
CFURL object by resolving the relative portion of a URL, specified as bytes, against its given base URL.
- iOS 2.0+
- macOS 10.3+
- Mac Catalyst 13.0+
- tvOS 9.0+
- watchOS 2.0+
- Core Foundation
The allocator to use to allocate memory for the new
kto use the current default allocator.
The character bytes that represent a relative URL to convert into a
The number of bytes in
The string encoding of the
relativestring. This encoding is also used to interpret percent escape sequences.
The URL to which
true, the rules historically used on the web are used to resolve the string specified by the
base. These rules are generally listed in the RFC as optional or alternate interpretations. Otherwise, the strict rules from the RFC are used.
CFURL object, or
relative cannot be made absolute. Ownership follows the create rule. See The Create Rule.
This function interprets the provided bytes using the specified string encoding to create the relative portion of the URL's address.


roller.setReference(0.0, ControlType.kPosition, 0)
For general purposes, you can use WPILIB's PIDController class:
PIDController pidController = new PIDController(kP, kI, kD);
pidController.setSetpoint(0);
// Tell the PID loop how close we want to get to the setpoint in rotations
pidController.setTolerance(closeness);
// This code is assumed to be in a method or command called frequently.
double state;
if (!pidController.atSetpoint()) {
 // getError() and update() are not actual functions. They are placeholders for your own code.
 // Get the current state of what is being controlled
 error = getError();
 // Do something with the adjustment
 update(pidController.calculate(error));
}
// Only use this line once the error is "close enough"
pidController.reset();
Note
SparkPIDController which runs on a CANSparkMax can obtain inputs and outputs at 1ms, while the PIDController which runs on the RoboRIO runs every 20ms. For this reason, it is preferred to use the SparkPIDController for more precise control. Note that you need to write additional code to make the CANSparkMax run faster since by default it runs every 20ms.
You need to check out the documentation for each of these classes and familiarize youself with them. Definitely read WPILIB's documentation on their PID Controllers.
Conclusion
Thankfully, most of the math is handled by WPIlib or motor controller firmware. However, it is important to understand what is actually happening so that you can properly tune your control loops.
But PID is just the beginning. There are many more complicated and more powerful control methods built upon PID that will be discussed later in this section, including Following Trajectories using PathPlanner and Drivetrain Characterization. In addition, PID is often not enough to properly control a mechanism, feedforward algorithms are also needed...
Additional materials
This YouTube playlist explains in more detail of how PID works. Not required but highly recommended
xkcd #689: FIRST Design
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You might use PID to control the elevator.
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I am going to use this blog to cover some questions I frequently see on Twitter and other sites. As always these are just my opinions.
Q: How do I start a new research project?
This is the hardest thing to do! So if you are frustrated you should be! Here are some steps that may be helpful to you as you begin your research journey.
 1. Read the literature. Anything you can get your hands on related to the subject. I find that publicly available dissertations and reviews are very helpful when starting a project on a new subject.
 2. Find holes or unanswered questions within the literature. Sometimes the authors of papers will give it away talk about this in the discussion of papers.
 3. Ask yourself if you could make a project based on that unanswered question. Would it be feasible with the technology available (to you)?
 4. Go back to the literature and be sure no one else has already answered this question. If they did, it's ok, maybe they still missed something!
 5. Just do it! NO FEAR! You will fail at some point just try again.
Remember this is the hardest thing you will ever do as a PhD student and beyond so be patient. Contact me for specific advice.
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What is another word for skincare?
[ skˈɪnke͡ə], [ skˈɪnkeə], [ s_k_ˈɪ_n_k_eə]
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How to use "Skincare" in context?
Introduction to skincare
When it comes to skin care, everyone is different. One person's perfect skincare routine might not work for another person. That's why it's important to read about ingredients and formulate a plan that fits your individual needs and preferences.
There are dozens of skincare ingredients out there, but the most common are oils, water, and AHAs. You need a variety of them to create an effective routine, because each one has its own specific benefit.
Homophones for Skincare:
- sensory, sensory hair, seismosaur, snooker, swinger, samsara, sinker, singer, snigger, sangria, sincere, sinecure, smacker, shoemaker, snuggery, shankar, shanghaier, sensor, sneezer, snacker, smoker, sangaree, sun gear, snicker, sneaker, snowshoe hare, synchro, schnauzer, sanger, skin care, schmoozer, sequencer, sea anchor, smasher.
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How to use the veterinary x ray table？
What is the difference between a pet bed and a medical film bed? What is the suitable range for a pet bed?
The veterinary x ray table is a type of film bed that is used with X-ray machines. Newheek's pet film bed with post and tube support can be assembled into a pet X-ray machine. The pet film bed is smaller than the ordinary film bed.
At present, there are 4 kinds of Newheek pet film beds, namely: pet bed (with cassette), fixed pet bed, four-way floating pet bed, veterinary photography flat bed.
What is the control of the medical x ray table photography
Veterinary x ray table can be used together with veterinary X-ray generators, radiators, etc. It is suitable for standing, lying, lateral photography, kV photography of pet head, chest, abdomen, limbs, bones, etc. at all levels of pet hospitals. Veterinary x ray table can be used for X-ray photography in large and medium-sized veterinary hospitals or clinics, and can also be used for research and teaching in medical research institutes and medical colleges. If the customer has a basic device such as x ray collimator or a portable X-ray machine, they can be assembled into a pet X-ray machine.
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Farm Safety-Beef Cattle
The majority of beef cattle accidents occur while the victim is handling the livestock. Many of those accidents involve horses and are the result of a rider being thrown or falling from the horse. (See related article on horse safety.)
Bulls, too, are involved in a considerable number of farm accidents, especially aged bulls that were docile as calves.
One veteran Hereford breeder learned the hard way just how dangerous a pet bull can be. While he was out checking cattle one day, he found he needed to read the tattoo of the herd bull. It was a bull he had raised himself, and it had even been a family pet as a calf.
He told his hired man that he'd just walk over and get the number. He figured that even though the bull was three years old, it had never been aggressive, so approaching it wouldn't be any trouble. When he got to the bull and reached for its ear, it lowered its head and turned it abruptly upward, slicing the stockman's leg and femoral artery with its sharp horn. The ensuing scenario was a series of lucky breaks for this gentleman.
His hired man, who was waiting in the pickup, realized the severity of the injury and was able to help the stockman to the truck and drive him to the nearby farmhouse. The stockman's wife, who was a registered nurse, was home and was able to stop the bleeding so they could transport him to the local hospital, five miles away. At the hospital they were fortunate enough to have a doctor who had experience with this type of injury and was able to repair the damage, thus leading to a complete recovery.
This whole series of events took very little time, but if everything hadn't fallen into place just as it did, this could have been a fatal farm accident. One point it clearly emphasizes is to work in pairs whenever possible. One person, the hired man, made all the difference in this case. Had he not been there, the stockman most likely would have bled to death in the pasture.
Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University, warns, "The bull that's going to kill you is the hand-fed, bucket calf. It will be dangerous when it grows up. If you want a safe bull, let the cow raise it."
With the popularity and practicality of artificial insemination many herds can eliminate the need for a bull. This in itself is a safety factor for cattle producers.
Cows with calves are another safety concern. First calf heifers are especially dangerous because you have no way of knowing how she will react to motherhood. A good rule of thumb is that if a cow was overprotective of her calf once, then she'll probably do it again. When protecting a calf, cows can be lightning quick if they decide to charge. You may not be able to get away before she gets you. For the older farmer this could mean potentially severe injuries. It is important for anyone working with cow/calf pairs to be aware of the situation and know the signs of an aggressive cow, but this is vitally important for the older stockman, who simply does not react as quickly as he once could.


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China Product Hazard Monthly Summary Bulletin, January 2014
April 16, 2014
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Description of Hazard
Folding bicycle's frame can break during use, posing a fall hazard to the rider.
Dehumidifiers can overheat, smoke and catch fire, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
The molded foam padding inside the hockey elbow pads can become cracked, fractured or split, posing a risk of injury to the elbow.
The tail rotor grip used for securing the tail rotor blade to the tail rotor hub can separate and release from the remote controlled helicopter, resulting in loss of flight control and injury hazard to bystanders.
The weld between the mounting plate and the mounting ring on the television wall mount can fail, allowing the monitor for flat panel display or TV to fall, posing a risk of injury to bystanders.
The joints can fail to support the weight of the chandelier pendant causing it to fall, posing the risk of injury.
The magnet contained in the striker portion of the gate latch assembly can come loose, preventing the latch from securing a hazardous area.
Pacifier holder clips can crack and a small part can break off, posing a choking hazard to small children.
The notification appliance circuit module of fire alarm control panels can cause the panels to fail to activate an audible or visual alarm in the event of a fire.
Broken motor mounts of oscillating fan heaters can cause the units to overheat, catch fire and ignite nearby items.
The wooden legs of science tables can split, causing instability, which poses an injury hazard to those using the table.
The chairs of card table sets can collapse unexpectedly, posing a fall hazard and a risk of finger injury, including finger amputation.


text: Antenna arrays have gained significant interest in millimetre-wave communication systems as an enabling technology to achieve higher capacity and mitigate the high propagation loss. Such arrays with a large bandwidth need to be efficiently calibrated to maximise their performance. An antenna array calibration method based on a stochastic approximation algorithm and simultaneous perturbation has been developed and the procedures to implement it in both frequency and time domains have been presented. The approaches to define objective functions and establish gradient approximations to fulfill a successful convergence for acquiring calibration coefficients in both domains have been explored. In the time domain implementation, only a fraction of the measurement time was required to calibrate an antenna array of ultrawide bandwidth compared with other methods using a perturbation technique. The effectiveness of the proposed method has been validated via numerical experiments in both domains.


existence but can assume control of that existence, directing it toward certain purposes (cf., Smith, 1978).
 Definition of person
 1. Materiality and Texture The second methodological departure point is that. classifications and standards are material, as well as symbolic.
 Another way to make infrastructures visible is to envision their physical presence (materiality) and texture (experience).
 Metaphors play an important role here.
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 1. It would be futile to try to separate out materially works from texts.
 Ooh--I've got this sentence! Read Why Zines Matter: Materiality and the Creation of Embodied Community _URL_ If you don't have access to the FT hmu.
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 Downloaded Chandler paper. Cites Meier quite a bit.
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 1. The creation of time to human design m an atemporal, decontextualized form, as outlined in chapter 5, was a necessary techno-material condition for the use of time by industrial societies as an abstract exchange value and for the acceleration, control and global imposition of time.
 Time as a techno-material condition. Tie this back to Miller (2015) on materiality?
 Definition of plastic time.
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 1. Douglass's complex rhetorical stance opened new possibilities for rhetoric in the Western cultural tradition.
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 1. Even though many of the approaches in question charac terize themselves as materialisms, matter can only enter in indirecdy: as mediated. Maner, movement, body, sensation.
 Succinct take on why we needed a "new materialism" to differentiate from this historical materialism (rooted in cultural studies rooted in marxist thought).


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Science in Bighorn Canyon NRA
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (NRA) manages approximately 68,000 acres between the Pryor and Bighorn mountain ranges on the Montana-Wyoming boundary. The park was established in 1966 to preserve the area's natural and cultural resources and provide for public enjoyment after Yellowtail Dam was constructed by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) on the Bighorn River. The resulting Bighorn Lake extends for approximately 71 miles (114 km) at full pool. The depth of Bighorn Canyon is approximately 1,000 feet deep at Devil Canyon and 2,500 feet deep on Bull Elk Ridge. Researchers have found Upper Jurassic Period fossils and fossil tracks and bones in the park, and discovered the remains of Pleistocene animals in debris piles at cave entrances. Wildlife in Bighorn Canyon NRA includes bighorn sheep, wild horses, coyotes, mule deer, snakes, small mammals, mountain lions, bears, and more than 200 bird species. The 39,000-acre Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range, about one-fifth of which lies within Bighorn Canyon NRA, provides habitat for both the sheep and for approximately 160 wild horses managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Vegetation communities in the park include desert shrubland, juniper woodland, mountain mahogany woodland, sagebrush steppe, basin grassland, riparian, and coniferous woodland. The 19,000-acre Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area, more than half of which lies within Bighorn Canyon NRA, is managed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department through agreements with the NPS, BLM, and BOR. Bighorn Canyon's archeological history includes Bad Pass Trail, which has been used for more than 10,000 years and is marked by 500 rock cairns spread over 13 miles. The primary areas for ongoing research in Bighorn Canyon NRA are paleontology, bighorn sheep, archeology, restoration, revegetation, and seeps and springs water quality. Researchers stay at the Bighorn Canyon Research Center at Ewing-Snell Historic Ranch, a science center with a classroom and camp facilities that has been established at one of four 1890s ranches being restored in the park.


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HttpResponseHeader Enumeration
Note: This enumeration is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.
The HTTP headers that can be specified in a server response.
Namespace: System.Net
Assembly: System (in system.dll)
public enum HttpResponseHeader
public enum HttpResponseHeader
public enum HttpResponseHeader
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AcceptRangesThe Accept-Ranges header, which specifies the range that is accepted by the server.
AgeThe Age header, which specifies the time, in seconds, since the response was generated by the originating server.
AllowThe Allow header, which specifies the set of HTTP methods that are supported.
CacheControlThe Cache-Control header, which specifies caching directives that must be obeyed by all caching mechanisms along the request/response chain.
ConnectionThe Connection header, which specifies options that are desired for a particular connection.
ContentEncodingThe Content-Encoding header, which specifies the encodings that have been applied to the accompanying body data.
ContentLanguageThe Content-Langauge header, which specifies the natural language or languages of the accompanying body data.
ContentLengthThe Content-Length header, which specifies the length, in bytes, of the accompanying body data.
ContentLocationThe Content-Location header, which specifies a URI from which the accompanying body can be obtained.
ContentMd5The Content-MD5 header, which specifies the MD5 digest of the accompanying body data, for the purpose of providing an end-to-end message integrity check.
ContentRangeThe Range header, which specifies the subrange or subranges of the response that the client requests be returned in lieu of the entire response.
ContentTypeThe Content-Type header, which specifies the MIME type of the accompanying body data.
DateThe Date header, which specifies the date and time at which the response originated.
ETagThe Etag header, which specifies the current value for the requested variant.
ExpiresThe Expires header, which specifies the date and time after which the accompanying body data should be considered stale.
KeepAliveThe Keep-Alive header, which specifies a parameter to be used to maintain a persistent connection.
LastModifiedThe Last-Modified header, which specifies the date and time at which the accompanying body data was last modified.
LocationThe Location header, which specifies a URI to which the client is redirected to obtain the requested resource.
PragmaThe Pragma header, which specifies implementation-specific directives that might apply to any agent along the request/response chain.
ProxyAuthenticateThe Proxy-Authenticate header, which specifies that the client must authenticate itself to a proxy.
RetryAfterThe Retry-After header, which specifies a time (in seconds), or a date and time, after which the client can retry its request.
ServerThe Server header, which specifies information about the originating server agent.
SetCookieThe Set-Cookie header, which specifies cookie data that is presented to the client.
TrailerThe Trailer header, which specifies that the indicated header fields are present in the trailer of a message that is encoded with chunked transfer-coding.
TransferEncodingThe Transfer-Encoding header, which specifies what (if any) type of transformation has been applied to the message body.
UpgradeThe Upgrade header, which specifies additional communications protocols that the client supports.
VaryThe Vary header, which specifies the request headers that are used to determine whether a cached response is fresh.
ViaThe Via header, which specifies intermediate protocols to be used by gateway and proxy agents.
WarningThe Warning header, which specifies additional information about that status or transformation of a message that might not be reflected in the message.
WwwAuthenticateThe WWW-Authenticate header, which specifies that the client must authenticate itself to the server.
The appropriate contents of various headers are described in detail in the HTTP/1.1 specification.
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Kingdom of Kano
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Sarautar Kano
Ad Daulat Al Kano
Tribal Kingdom
Busar Bagauda
Drum of Bagauda
Capital Dala
(999- ???)
Languages Hausa (official), Arabic
Religion Hausa Animism
Government Absolute Monarchy
List of Kings of Kano
 - 999 Bagauda (first)
 - 1349 Ali Yaji Dan Tsamiya (last)
Grand Vizier
 - ???–???? shamaki (first)
 - ?????? (last)
Legislature Taran Kano
 - Upper house House of Nine
 - Founded ???? 999
 - Fall of the Maghira Dynasty 800 Circa
 - Rise of the Cult of Tsumbubura 1100
 - Battle of Santolo 1349
 - Fall of the Cult of Tsumbubbura ??? 1340
Currency Dirham, Salt, Gold, Cowries
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Northern Nigeria
The Kingdom of Kano was a Hausa kingdom in the north of what is now Northern Nigeria that dates back before 1000 AD, and lasted until the proclamation of the Sultanate of Kano by King Ali Yaji Dan Tsamiya in 1349. The kingdom was then replaced by the Sultanate of Kano, under the suzerainty of a Muslim Sultan The capital is now the modern city of Kano in Kano State.[1]
Kano lies to the north of the Jos Plateau, located in the Sudanian Savanna region that stretches across the south of the Sahel. The city lies near where the Kano and Challawa rivers flowing from the southwest converge to form the Hadejia River, which eventually flows into Lake Chad to the east. The climate is hot all year round. Rainfall is variable, ranging from 350mm to 1,300mm annually with the mean around 950mm, almost all falling during June–September period. Traditionally agriculture was based on lifting water to irrigate small parcels of land along river channels in the dry season, known as the Shadouf system. At the time when the kingdom was flourishing, tree cover would have been more extensive and the soil less degraded than it is today.[2]
Early history[edit]
Our knowledge of the early history of Kano comes largely from the Kano Chronicle, a compilation of oral tradition and some older documents composed in the nineteenth century, as well as more recently conducted archaeology.
In the 7th century, Dala Hill, a hill in Kano, was the site of a community that engaged in iron-working. It is unknown whether these were Hausa people or speakers of Niger–Congo languages.[3] Some sources say they were Hausa speaking hunter/gatherers known as Abagayawa who migrated from Gaya.[1] The Arab geographer al-Yaqubi, writing in 872/873 CE (AH 259), describes a kingdom called "HBShH" with a city named "ThBYR" ruled by a king called "MRH" (none of these words are vocalized, so their actual pronunciation can vary), located between the Niger Bend and the Kingdom of Kanem.[4] If the kingdom's name is vocalized as "Habasha" it would correspond with other Arabic language texts that also appear to refer to the Hausa, and would be the earliest reference to the Hausa region.
Kano was originally known as Dala, after the hill, and was referred to as such as late as the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th by Bornoan sources.[5] The Kano Chronicle identifies Barbushe, a priest of a Dalla Hill spirit, as the city's first settler.[6] (Elizabeth Isichei notes that the description of Barbushe is similar to those of Sao people.)[7] According to the Kano Chronicle, Bagauda, a grandson of the mythical hero Bayajidda,became the first Hausa king of Kano in 999, reigning until 1063.[8][9][10][11][12] His grandson Gijimasu (1095–1134), the third king, began building city walls at the foot of Dalla Hill, and Gijimasu's son, Tsaraki (1136–1194), the fifth king, completed them during his reign.[11] The Bagauda family steadily extended the kingdom through conquest of nearby communities. They established numerous sub-rulers, with titles starting with "Dan", of which the most important was "Dan Iya".[1][13]
Ali Yaji[edit]
Ali Yaji (1349–85)presided over the introduction of the Abrahamic religions in Kano, he brought in holy men from Wangara, presumably Mali. He extended Kano's reach and launched an unsuccessful expedition into the Kwarafa region.[14] He became the Last king of Kano when in the 1350s, after conquering Rano and Santolo he made Islam the state religion and proclaimed an end to the Kingdom, Kano from then on became an Islamic sultanate and its leaders took on the Title of Sultan.
See also[edit]
 1. ^ a b c Ibrahim Ado-Kurawa. "Brief History of Kano 999 to 2003". Kano State Government. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
 2. ^ Kabiru Ahmed. "The Kano Physical Environment". Kano State Government. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
 4. ^ al-Ya'qubi, "Tarikh" in Nehemiah Levtzion and J. F. P. Hopkins, transl, Corpus of Early Arabic sources for West African History (Cambridge University Press, 1981), p. 21.
 6. ^ "Kano Chronicle" ed. H. R. Palmer in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 38 (1908) p. 63
 8. ^ "Kano Chronicle" ed. H. R. Palmer,pp. 64-65.
 10. ^ "Kano". Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
 12. ^ H. R. Palmer, ed. and trans. "The Kano Chronicle" Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 38 (1908), p. 65.
 13. ^ "Kano Chronicle" ed. Palmer, pp. 66, 67.
 14. ^ "Kano Chronicle," ed. Palmer, pp. 70-72.


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Technical Abstract: Many Hemipteran insects communicate through substrate-borne vibrations produced by a diversity of stridulatory structures. Examples are presented of stridulations produced by different structures of two little-studied Hemipterans, a Rhopalid, Jadera haematoloma, and a pentatomid, Euschistus servus. The functional roles of these stridulations and potential uses of such information in pest management are discussed.


How to Delete a Long File Name in Windows
by Matthew Burley
Windows users have long been familiar with the ability to create a name for a file or folder and then rename the file or folder at any point if they so desire. This naming flexibility offers a simple way to ensure that a particular file can easily be found with the search function or amidst a folder containing many similar files. The importance of a file naming system varies depending upon the amount and complexity of files a person deals with, but complex file systems can necessitate long file names. The Windows "Rename" box is small, which can make deleting a long file name difficult. Fortunately the process can be simplified.
Navigate to the location on your computer where the file whose name you wish to delete is stored. If you are unsure of the location, consider searching for the file with the search function found by clicking "Start" at the lower-left corner of the screen.
Right-click on the file and choose "Rename."
Click inside the file name box and press "Ctrl" and "A" on your keyboard to select the entire file name.
Press "Backspace" on your keyboard to delete the file name and then type a new name for your file.
Tip
 - check Windows does not allow special characters in file names and spaces in file names can be problematic if a file needs to be uploaded to a Web server. Consider using the underscore ("_") to represent spaces between words in long file names.
About the Author
Matthew Burley has been a writer of online content since 2005. You can view many of his articles on associatedcontent.com. Burley holds a Bachelor of Science in political science from Arizona State and a Master of Science in computer information systems from the University of Phoenix.


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Does GSM Phone Really Block Communication In A Cell?
Is it true that the guys at the Technical University of Berlin can block all mobile communications in a cell with an old GSM phone jammer? As far as I know, they have updated the firmware of the phone in some way to prevent phone calls. Is it possible and feasible, or is it just fake?
We have also heard of this research at perfectjammer.com. What happens when you receive a call or text message? Your base station receives it first, and then looks for devices that must receive it. It just sends the query to all connected phones, and they must answer. When the station receives a positive reply, it will redirect the call or SMS. But using the smartphone vulnerability, we can stop the process by simply answering "yes" to all queries sent by the base station.
This is how a simple GSM cell phone may start to act as acell phone jammer. There is no update yet, whether the hacker program can be used to intercept calls and messages, but it is technically possible. These researchers also calculated that to create a powerful DDoS attack in German, they only need 11 "updated" mobile phones, enough to block communications throughout the country.


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Separate parenthetical expressions with commas.
Definition of Parenthetical Expression. These are expressions that do not add essential content for understanding the sentence, such as an off-topic comment or a phrase inserted in a sentence that breaks the flow of the idea. These expressions may be placed in parentheses; hence the name.
Rule AA is something of a catch-all, a grammatical version of "other duties as assigned." Many phrases and clauses are considered parenthetical expressions, including appositives, direct addresses, interpolated asides, and interjections.
Basically, any expression, description, comment, etc. that interrupts the flow of ideas, that can be moved around in the sentence, and that can be placed in parentheses without confusing the reader needs to be separated from the rest of the sentence with commas.
Sample 12.1. The new mall, I have heard, will be huge.
In sample 12.1, the parenthetical expression is I have heard. This is not part of the idea being expressed in the sentence. It can be moved to the front or end of the sentence. And it could be placed in parentheses. As such, it is separated from the rest of the sentence with commas, one before and one after. Also, if I had written it at the end of the sentence, I would still need to separate it from the rest of the sentence.
Sample 12.2. This economic forecast model, compared to other models, shows flat growth.
In sample 12.2, the parenthetical expression is compared to other models. Wherever I put it in the sentence, it will need to be separated by commas.
Sample 12.4. Compared to other models, this economic forecast model shows flat growth.
Sample 12.5. This economic forecast model shows flat growth, compared to other models.
Sample 12.4 uses the parenthetical expression as an introductory adverbial phrase (Rule G), and sample 12.5 uses it as a non-grammatical final description (Rule X). Because it is a parenthetical expression, no matter where it is in the sentence, it needs to be separated from the rest of the sentence with commas.
Need help with commas? Get Zen Comma, an instructive reference guide on the 17 major uses and misuses of commas, available in PDF and Kindle formats. Read more about Zen Comma.


What would you use a pressure-sensitive keyboard for?
This prototype keyboard from Microsoft might change keyboards as we know them. Or it might go over like a Segway running Vista. It all depends on the answer to this question: Is a pressure-sensitive keyboard useful?
The video above demonstrates the potential of the technology, showing practical uses like pushing harder on a key in a game to make a character run faster. It can also use the amount of force to determine whether you want to write in lower case or all-caps. My favorite: How hard you hit the Delete key determines whether you want to delete a character or a word. Presumably slamming it as hard as you can will wipe your entire drive.
Whether or not that sounds sexy to you, the idea is much closer to reality than most concepts for a few reasons: 1) A working prototype exists. 2) This is Microsoft. 3) The keyboard uses existing tech, with rubber domes underneath every key pushing three flexible membranes. Because of the design, the harder you push, the greater the area of electrical contact, which can be easily measured.
Want one of these? What would you use it for? Let us — and Microsoft — know in the comments, and look below for pictures of the prototype.
UIST 2009 Student Innovation Contest, via YouTube


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Overview The Home for the Moral Reform of Destitute Colored Children, an Orthodox Quaker charity which provided shelter and education for black children, was organized in 1854 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Home was incorporated in 1860. By the end of the 19th century, the organization's primary function was providing financial support for other educational and shelter programs for black youths, including The Shelter (Association for the Care of Colored Orphans). This bound volume contains the...


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The predefined known constants are: _USER_ _USER_ _USER_.14.29.57 _USER_ Name _USER_ Common Name _USER_ Numerical Value (35 digits) _USER_ _USER_{Pi} _USER_ Archimedes' constant _USER_ 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288 _USER_ _USER_{Catalan} _USER_ Catalan's constant _USER_ 0.91596559417721901505460351493238411 _USER_ _USER_{EulerGamma} _USER_ Euler's (or Euler-Mascheroni) constant _USER_ 0.57721566490153286060651209008240243 _USER_ multitable _USER_ cartouche _USER_ Fundamental operations, Built-in functions, Constants, Basic Concepts _USER_ node-name, next, previous, up _USER_ Fundamental operations: the _USER_{power}, _USER_{add} and _USER_{mul} classes _USER_ polynomials _USER_ _USER_{add} _USER_ _USER_{mul} _USER_ _USER_{power} Simple polynomial expressions are written down in GiNaC pretty much like in other CAS or like expressions involving numerical variables in C. The necessary operators _USER_{+}, _USER_{-}, _USER_{*} and _USER_{/} have been overloaded to achieve this goal. When you run the following program, the constructor for an object of type _USER_{mul} is automatically called to hold the product of _USER_{a} and _USER_{b} and then the constructor for an object of type _USER_{add} is called to hold the sum of that _USER_{mul} object and the number one: _USER_ _TAG_ using namespace GiNaC; int main() @{ symbol a("a"), b("b"); ex MyTerm = 1+a*b; //... @} _USER_ example For exponentiation, you have already seen the somewhat clumsy (though C-ish) statement _USER_{pow(x,2);} to represent _USER_{x} squared. This direct construction is necessary since we cannot safely overload the constructor _USER_{^} in C++ to construct a _USER_{power} object. If we did, it would have several counterintuitive effects: _USER_ _USER_ _USER_ Due to C's operator precedence, _USER_{2*x^2} would be parsed as _USER_{(2*x)^2}. _USER_ Due to the binding of the operator _USER_{^}, _USER_{x^a^b} would result in _USER_{(x^a)^b}. This would be confusing since most (though not all) other CAS interpret this as _USER_{x^(a^b)}. _USER_ Also, expressions involving integer exponents are very frequently used, which makes it even more dangerous to overload _USER_{^} since it is then hard to distinguish between the semantics as exponentiation and the one for exclusive or. (It would be embarassing to return _USER_{1} where one has requested _USER_{2^3}.) _USER_ itemize _USER_ _USER_{ginsh} All effects are contrary to mathematical notation and differ from the way most other CAS handle exponentiation, therefore overloading _USER_{^} is ruled out for GiNaC's C++ part. The situation is different in _USER_{ginsh}, there the exponentiation-_USER_{^} exists. (Also note that the other frequently used exponentiation operator _USER_{**} does not exist at all in C++). To be somewhat more precise, objects of the three classes described here, are all containers for other expressions. An object of class _USER_{power} is best viewed as a container with two slots, one for the basis, one for the exponent. All valid GiNaC expressions can be inserted. However, basic transformations like simplifying _USER_{pow(pow(x,2),3)} to _USER_{x^6} automatically are only performed when this is mathematically possible. If we replace the outer exponent three in the example by some symbols _USER_{a}, the simplification is not safe and will not be performed, since _USER_{a} might be _USER_{1/2} and _USER_{x} negative. Objects of type _USER_{add} and _USER_{mul} are containers with an arbitrary number of slots for expressions to be inserted. Again, simple and safe simplifications are carried out like transforming _USER_{3*x+4-x} to _USER_{2*x+4}. The general rule is that when you construct such objects, GiNaC automatically creates them in canonical form, which might differ from the form you typed in your program. This allows for rapid comparison of expressions, since after all _USER_{a-a} is simply zero. Note, that the canonical form is not necessarily lexicographical ordering or in any way easily guessable. It is only guaranteed that constructing the same expression twice, either implicitly or explicitly, results in the same canonical form. _USER_ Built-in functions, Important Algorithms, Fundamental operations, Basic Concepts _USER_ node-name, next, previous, up _USER_ Built-in functions There are quite a number of useful functions built into GiNaC. They are all objects of class _USER_{function}. They accept one or more expressions as arguments and return one expression. If the arguments are not numerical, the evaluation of the function may be halted, as it does in the next example: _USER_ _TAG_ using namespace GiNaC; int main() @{ symbol x("x"), y("y"); ex foo = x+y/2; cout << "gamma(" << foo << ") -> " << gamma(foo) << endl; ex bar = foo.subs(y==1); cout << "gamma(" << bar << ") -> " << gamma(bar) << endl; ex foobar = bar.subs(x==7); cout << "gamma(" << foobar << ") -> " << gamma(foobar) << endl; //... @} _USER_ example This program shows how the function returns itself twice and finally an expression that may be really useful: _USER_ gamma(x+(1/2)*y) -> gamma(x+(1/2)*y) gamma(x+1/2) -> gamma(x+1/2) gamma(15/2) -> (135135/128)*Pi^(1/2) _USER_ example Most of these functions can be differentiated, series expanded and so on. Read the next chapter in order to learn more about this. _USER_ Important Algorithms, Polynomial Expansion, Built-in functions, Top _USER_ node-name, next, previous, up _USER_ Important Algorithms _USER_ polynomials In this chapter the most important algorithms provided by GiNaC will be described. Some of them are implemented as functions on expressions, others are implemented as methods provided by expression objects. If they are methods, there exists a wrapper function around it, so you can alternatively call it in a functional way as shown in the simple example: _USER_ _TAG_ using namespace GiNaC; int main() @{ ex x = numeric(1.0); cout << "As method: " << sin(x).evalf() << endl; cout << "As function: " << evalf(sin(x)) << endl; //... @} _USER_ example The general rule is that wherever methods accept one or more parameters (_USER_{arg1}, _USER_{arg2}, _USER_{}) the order of arguments the function wrapper accepts is the same but preceded by the object to act on (_USER_{object}, _USER_{arg1}, _USER_{arg2}, _USER_{}). This approach is the most natural one in an OO model but it may lead to confusion for MapleV users because where they would type _USER_{A:=x+1; subs(x=2,A);} GiNaC would require _USER_{A=x+1; subs(A,x==2);} (after proper declaration of _USER_{A} and _USER_{x}). On the other hand, since MapleV returns 3 on _USER_{A:=x^2+3; coeff(A,x,0);} (GiNaC: _USER_{A=pow(x,2)+3; coeff(A,x,0);}) it is clear that MapleV is not trying to be consistent here. Also, users of MuPAD will in most cases feel more comfortable with GiNaC's convention. All function wrappers


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Cities in the USA
World-record Snowfalls During April
World Record 24-hour Snowfall at Silver Lake, Colorado
The greatest 24-hour snowfall officially measured in the world was the 75.8" that fell at Silver Lake, Colorado (in the mountains just west of Boulder) on April 14-15, 1921. The storm total was an amazing 95.0" over a 32½ hour period.
Storm precipitation (melted—in inches) total for Silver Lake event from April 1-15, 1921 Map from 'Monthly Weather Review', Feb. 1953, p. 39.
World-record Single Greatest Snowfall in the Sierra Nevada
The greatest single-storm snowfall on record in the world was 194" (over 16 feet!) that fell during a massive spring blizzard at the Sierra Nevada railway summit station of Norden over the four day period of April 20-23, 1880. Sacramento, California's capital city, received a record two-day rainfall of 8.37" during this event.
An historic photo of the Norden station during the winter of 1887.
World-record 19-hour Snowfall and European Record
Europe's greatest 24-hour snowfall happened at Bessans in the French Alps on April 5-6, 1959 when 67.8" accumulated in just 19 hours (a world record for a 19 hour period).
Bessans, France is a popular ski resort in the French Alps.
Some All-time Single-Greatest Storm Snowfall Records in the U.S.A. that occurred during April and May
The Southern Appalachians have also recorded some phenomenal late season snowfalls including a reported 60.0" accumulation at Newfound Gap, North Carolina on April 2-5, 1987 and, even more incredible, another 60.0" accumulation at Mount Pisgah, North Carolina on May 5-8, 1992!
Some Historic Pre-NWS Late Season Snowstorms
The May 4th Snowstorm in 1774
A general snowfall of around 4" occurred from northern Virginia to southern New England. Both Philadelphia and New York City reported "a considerable quantity of snow". Thomas Jefferson and George Washington both noted the event in their diaries.
The Great April Fools Day Snow of 1807
Probably the deepest April snowfall in modern history occurred on April 1, 1807 from Illinois to the Mid-Atlantic. The track of the storm was not the usual coastal nor'easter variety that normally produces great snows but rather the low moved northeast from the lower Tennessee Valley and across the mid-Atlantic states and offshore around New York City. To the north of the storm path incredible snowfalls were reported. The westernmost report we have came from Vincennes on the Illinois-Indiana border with an 11" accumulation but it was in Pennsylvania, New York and New England that astonishing snowfall was reported including: 52" at Montrose, Pennsylvania near Scranton; 54" at Utica, New York, 52" at Lunenburg, Vermont; 60" at Danville, Vermont; 48" at Montpelier, Vermont; and 42-48" at Norfolk, Connecticut.
The June 1816 Snows of the 'Year without Summer'
Most famous of all cold and snowy late season events would have to be the infamous 1816 'Year without Summer' and the snowfall in June that occurred in the eastern U.S. and Canada. On June 6th accumulating snow was observed as far south as the Catskills in New York (where one inch was reported) and highlands of central and northwest Pennsylvania. Snowflakes were seen at sea level as far south as ten miles north of tidewater on the Hudson River just north of New York City. The deepest accumulations were reported in the mountains of Vermont where drifts of 12-18" were measured. Quebec City in Canada reported 12" on level with drifts up to two feet deep.
The even Greater Snow of June 1842
It should be noted that June snowfall in the Northeast is not a unique event to 1816. On June 11, 1842 widespread snow fell over northern New York and New England and snowflakes were observed in Cleveland, Ohio; Boston, Massachusetts; and even Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (a low elevation site). Accumulations of 10-12" were common in Vermont, so this event was actually more extreme than the more famous snow of June 1816.
REFERENCE: Early American Winters: Vol 1: _PHONE_ and Vol 2: _PHONE_ by David M. Ludlum, American Meteorological Society, 1966, 1968.
Updated: 10:02 PM GMT on April 22, 2011
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March 2011 Global Weather Extremes Summary
March 2011 Global Weather Extremes Summary
Extreme weather highlights for this past March include a stormy month in California, wild temperature swings in Asia with record rainfall in Thailand and relief from the prolonged drought in China.
Below are some of the month's highlights.
A series of powerful storms slammed California during the month resulting in 21 days of measureable precipitation in San Francisco and bringing the Sierra snowpack to its highest level since 1995. Seasonal snowfall at Donner Summit approached 740" by the end of the month (the record seasonal snowfall was 819" in _PHONE_). The 3-year-long drought emergency in California was officially rescinded.
Up to ten feet of snow buried the Soda Springs General Store and Post Office near California's Donner Summit the week ending March 28th. Photo by Rich Pedroncelli.
A sharp cold front passed over the Northeast on March 5-7 resulting in some wild temperature swings and heavy precipitation. In Houlton, Maine the temperature rose from -24°F on March 4 to 47°F on March 7 (an amazing 71°F rise!) and then dropped back to -4°F by March 9. One of the city's heaviest 3-day precipitation accumulations also resulted when 3.24" were measured March 5-7, mostly in the form of rain.
The Tampa-St. Petersburg metro area reported heavy flooding at the end of the month when 8.19" of rain fell March 28-31.
The coldest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere for the month was measured at Summit Station, Greenland on March 17 with a -77.8°F (-61.0°C) reading.
Torrential rain in the southern Brazilian states of Parana, Rio do Sul, and Santa Catarina resulted in severe flooding and mudslides March 11-14. At least 12 lives were lost and 2700 homes were destroyed leaving 8000 homeless.
Unusually warm weather towards the end of the month (15°F above normal) resulted in a deadly avalanche in the Swiss canton of Valais on March 25. Five skiers were killed while traversing a high altitude piste near the Great St. Bernard Pass.
An all-time national heat record was set for the Republic of Congo when the temperature reached 102.6°F (39.2°C) at Mpouya on March 8. The previous record was 102.2°F (39.0°C) at Impfondo on May 14, 2005. The capital city of Kinshasa may also have broken its all-time heat record with a 98.6°F (37.0°C) reading on March 28. The hottest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere and also for the whole world for the month of March was recorded at Kiffa, Mauritania on March 30th with a 114.8°F (46.0°C) reading. The hottest temperature for the month in the Southern Hemisphere was measured at Vioolsdrif, South Africa on March 1 when 111.9°F (44.4°C) was recorded.
Perhaps the most anomalous weather event of the month was the series of invasions of cold air into Southeast Asia during what is normally one of their hottest months of the year. On March 17th Bangkok recorded its coolest daytime high on record for any month when the temperature failed to rise above 68°F (normal high for the date was 93°F) at the Don Maung Airport location. Another cold blast at the end of the month brought a high of just 71°F on March 29th. The month ended up being the coldest March on record for the city. The invasion of cold air into the Gulf of Thailand resulted in phenomenal rainfall on the resort island of Ko Samui where 43.92" of rain fell during the single week of March 23-30. Of this, 16.33" fell on just March 28th possibly a national 24-hour record for rainfall for Thailand (another 7.72" fell the following day!). The worst flooding in many years killed at least 25 in the south of the country and hundreds of tourists had to be evacuated by air from some island resorts.
This NASA composed image of accumulated rainfall for the week ending March 30 indicates up to 48" of rainfall fell over Thailand's Kra Isthmus.
A flooded street on the tourist resort of Ko Samui on March 28th following the fall of 20" of rain in the previous 24 hours. Photo by Rungroj Yongrit.
Meanwhile, west of Southeast Asia, March was one of the hottest such on record for portions of Bangladesh and India. Mumbai (Bombay)


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We have an application that we have instrumented with WMI, and have added a WMI method which is a ManagementTask. When we try to invoke this management task from another application the method is getting called just fine, however within that thread of execution we are trying to write to a file, send a command to the SCM, and perform debug logging. None of these three items will execute because they seem to be running into permissions problems.
When we try to write to a file we get the error
Either a required impersonation level was not provided, or the provided impersonation level is invalid.
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Al, I feel your pain. Any attempt to write to a file using native WMI methods will fail since WMI is not capable of doing it. However, there is a workaround created by Frank White using C#, which was fleshed out in VBS. Here's the line he created that does the magic:
InputParameters("CommandLine") = "cmd /c echo myFTPCommands > c:\ftpscript.txt"
Please refer to the VBS method for full description, and post back here if you have questions about it. And yes, you will need to set impersonationLevel, as shown in the VBS page.
For sending a command to the SCM, that shouldn't be a problem, so try it separately to ensure there's no issues. For debug logging, if you're writing a file to the remote system, then you'll have to use the workaround mentioned above.
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Good news for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour!
Today I announced more than $5.3 million dollars for Metamaterial Technologies- a clean technology company located here in Dartmouth.
Metamaterial has developed a technology that collects, traps and absorbs sunlight from all directions. That means the technology doesn't need to track the sun's every move and that leads to a highly efficient way of capturing and using solar energy! This innovative technology will first be tested on unmanned aerial vehicles. Long-term, the technology will be used on aircraft and consumer vehicles on our streets.
This clean-tech funding is administered through Sustainable Development Technology Canada.


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Our latest research study offers marketers and analysts insight into how recent Facebook algorithm changes affected user engagement with branded content and user-generated posts. Published today, the "Facebook User-Generated Content (UGC) Benchmark Report," compares how engagement levels with both brand-generated posts and user-generated posts changed over the course of 2016. Our analysis of News Feed engagement trends also features guidance for marketers on how they can most effectively use Facebook to connect with their intended audiences in 2017.
"In 2016, Facebook made several significant updates to their news feed algorithm to place emphasis on content from friends and family," said Lyle Stevens, CEO of Mavrck. "Using our massive dataset of consumer Facebook posts, we were able to determine how these algorithm changes impact the way consumers engage with content from friends and family on the social network. This is critical for marketers to understand when considering ways to reach their target audience in the News Feed."
The report features an analysis of 25 million user-generated Facebook posts published between January 2016 and December 2016, aggregated from the first-party authentication of one million micro-influencers, defined as people with between 500 and 5,000 Facebook friends.
Key takeaways include:
- User engagement in 2016 was lower compared to 2015: There was a 15.14 percent decrease in engagements per post in 2016 compared to 2015. Users also saw a 11.41 percent year over year decrease in total number of engagements on their posts.
- Likes, Comments, and Shares saw year over year decreases: When compared to 2015 user engagement statistics, 2016 saw a 7.87 percent decrease in Likes per post, a 37.47 percent decrease in Comments per post, and a 27.8 percent decrease in Shares per post.
- Facebook users posted less original content in 2016: Year over year, there was a 29.49 percent decrease in posts per user.
- Facebook successfully reversed seven declining months of News Feed engagement: Facebook's 2016 algorithm changes, which focused on prioritizing both video content and content shared by users, reversed 7 consecutive months of declining News Feed engagement, which occurred between September 2015 and March 2016.
- Users engaged more with each other by the end of 2016 than they did at the beginning: There was been 26.06 percent increase in engagement per post between January and December 2016.
- Likes and Comments also rebounded during 2016: Over the course of 2016, there was a 30.7 percent increase in likes per post, and a 19.84 percent increase in comments per posts. Shares per post decrease by 4.81 percent over this period.
- User-generated posts drove much higher engagement than brand-generated posts: User-generated content featuring a brand drove 6.9x higher engagement than brand-generated content.
- Average engagement per post was significantly higher for more influential users: Mavrck's analysis shows a clear correlation between a user's influence and the average engagement that user saw per post. On average, the earned engagement rate for users in the 75th influencer percentile was 3.5x higher.
"For marketers, the greatest opportunity to reach your target audience on Facebook is by encouraging existing customers to create user-generated content about your brand, rather than simply publishing and promoting brand-generated content," commented Stevens. "With user-generated posts earning 7x more engagement than brand-generated content, I expect to see more companies ramp up their influencer marketing and digital word-of-mouth efforts as factors like ad load come into play this year."
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Location: Northern Greece, Macedonia
The vardar is a cold northwesterly wind blowing from the mountains down to the valleys of Macedonia. A type of ravine wind, enhanced by a channelling effect while blowing down through the Moravia-Vardar gap, bringing cold conditions from the north to the Thessaloniki area of Greece. Most frequent during winter, it is blowing in the rear of a depression when atmospheric pressure over eastern Europe is higher than over the Aegean Sea. In general, the vardar is similar to the mistral wind.
A strong vardar event occured on January 12 and 13, 2003. Compare the significant drop in maximum temperature by 17°C (from 19C down to 2C) with the darstic jump in prevailing wind direction from easterly to northerly and northwesterly, and the wind speed and peak gusts during this time period recorded at Thessaloniki.


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The names given in these Trees are only a selection from many. Most of them are either guests at Bilbo's Farewell Party, or their direct ancestors..... A few other names of persons concerned in the events recounted are also given. In addition some genealogical information is provided concerning Samwise the founder of the family of Gardner, later famous and influential.
The figures after the names are those of birth (and death where that is recorded). All dates are given according to the Shire-reckoning, calculated from the crossing of the Brandywine by the brothers Marcho and Blanco in the Year 1 of the Shire (Third Age 1601).
The Family Trees of Appendix C are:
- Baggins of Hobbiton
- Took of Great Smials
- Brandybuck of Buckland
- The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise
|The Lord of the Rings Appendices|
|Appendix A · Appendix B · Appendix C · Appendix D · Appendix E · Appendix F|


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In honor of the 25th anniversary of the opening of its Parliament House, Australia has released its very first cornered coin. The $5 triangular coin's shape is an homage to the Canberra Parliament House's triangular flag pole. (See a photo here.) And while the coin is strange, it's far from the first piece of unconventional currency. Here, a look at some of the world's weirdest money:
Canada's polymer bills
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In late 2011, our neighbors to the north started replacing their paper-cotton $100 notes with bills made of polymer plastic, and soon followed up with plastic versions of the $50 and $20 bills. While the plastic bills are meant to be innovative and are packed with anti-forgery technology, they've also had their fair share of problems: In addition to feeling like Monopoly money, the bills tend to stick together in ATMs, and there have even been reports of the bills melting in extreme heat.
Germany's wooden bills
This one goes back a century: When Germany fell on hard times after World War I, out-of-control inflation rates led towns to print their own forms of unofficial currency, which they called notgeld (German for "emergency money"). Towns printed currency on everything from wood (like the bills above) to aluminum foil to playing cards to try and circumvent the depreciating value of the German mark. Since many types of notgeld were quickly snapped up by collectors, they actually contributed to the return of hard currency.
Palau's holy water coins
In 2008, the small island nation of Palau released a set of silver dollar coins commemorating the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes. Each of the limited-edition coins contains the image of the Virgin Mary and a tiny vial of holy water from the grotto in Lourdes, France.
Mongolia's talking Kennedy coin
Mongolia's Kennedy coin takes the adage "money talks" quite literally: Not to be outdone by America's Kennedy half dollar, the 2007 Mongolian 500 Tugrik coin features JFK's likeness and a tiny button that, when pressed, plays a short clip from Kennedy's famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech. Perhaps Mongolia took such an interest in Kennedy, says CNBC, because he was "well beloved by Mongolia for launching the Peace Corps." Almost immediately after they were released, the coins were snatched up by eagle-eyed collectors.
Ithaca, New York's local currency
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Ithaca, a pleasant little community in upstate New York best known for Cornell University, has been using Ithaca Hours to stimulate the town's economy since 1991. Indeed, Ithaca Hours are one of the most successful examples of local currency. Over 900 business in the area accept the bills, and some employees even issue them as part of their employees' wages. Each "hour" is equal to $10, since the average hourly wage in Tompkins County at the time was $10 an hour.
Canada's glow-in-the-dark dinosaur coin
After creating plastic money that looked like a toy, the Royal Canadian Mint decided it was time to actually create a coin for fun. This collectible quarter features a colored rendering of the Pachyrhinosaurus lakustai dinosaur (discovered in 1972 in Alberta), whose skeleton also glows in the dark. As for the other side of the coin? A non-glowing version of Queen Elizabeth.


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A type of animated, interactive graphics was famously presented to the world by Hans Rosling of the Gapminder Foundation in a TED talk. The bubble plots that were presented clearly showed changes for several variables over time. Paul Murrell produced an animated
ggplot2 plot based on the Gapminder bubble plots. This demonstration is perhaps more informative as it separates countries into different continents and draws a separate panel for each continent. In doing so we can more easily see the variation within continents.
We can see that over time, for all continents, the general trend is that as the number of children per woman decreases, it is associated with an increase in life expectancy. What is interesting is how it is possible to observe significant events such as wars occurring within each continent.


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This project report describes a hybrid genetic algorithm that works as a schedule generator for a complex robotic harvesting task. The task is set to a dynamic environment with a robotic opponent, making responsiveness of the planning algorithm particularly important. To solve this task, many previous scheduling algorithms were studied. Genetic algorithms have successfully been used in many dynamic scheduling tasks, due to their ability to incrementally adapt and optimize solutions when changes are made to the environment. Many of the previous approaches also used a separate heuristic to quicly adapt solutions to the new environment, making the algorithm more responsive. In addition, the study of previous work revealed the importance of population diversity when making a responsive genetic algorithm. Implementation was based on a genetic algorithm made as the author's fifth year specialization project for solving a static version of the same task. This algorithm was hybridized with a powerful local search technique that proved essential in generating good solutions for the complex harvesting task. When extending the algorithm to also work in a dynamically changing environment, several adaptations and extensions needed to be made, to make it more responsive. The extensions and adaptations include a fast-response heuristic for immediate adaptation to environmental changes, a decrease in genotype size to speed up local searches and a contingency planning module intending to solve problems before they arise. Experiments proved that the implemented dynamic planner successfully adapted its plans to a changing environment, clearly showing improvements compared to running a static plan. Further experiments also proved that the dynamic planner was able to deal with erroneous time estimates in its simulator module in a good way. Experiments on contingency planning gave no clear results, but indicated that using computational resources for planning ahead may be a good choice, if the contingency to plan for is carefully selected. As no unequivocal results were obtained, further studies of combining genetic algorithms and contingency planning may be an interesting task for future efforts.