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QFor products
Q.Product Is made in Japan ?
It is made in Japan .
Q.What do you mean by ORALPICEC ?
It is a coined word that the combined oral and piece . [ Oral ] = [ Oral ] = oral cavity , [ Peace ] = [ piece ] = peace , security . Is in the oral cavity is said to have about 500 kinds of bacteria resident , you are in good health while keeping the balance is good bacteria and bad bacteria . When this peaceful balance is disturbed , it will become sick it becomes unhealthy state . So , it was called " Oral piece " in the sense of " keeping the oral cavity in a peaceful state ." In addition , peace ( Peace of Mind ) of errand to become one and the people who are the assistance of care , of everyone of people with disabilities of work disabilities through the creation business stomach in person and family mind throughout the product also have representation .
Q.Neonaishin® What is ?
This is the oral care formulation of natural origin that have been developed in Japan .
Please see the website of Neonaishin® for details.
Q.Raw material you are using or will the plant raw materials ?
All components of the oral piece , all except water are those made from plants . Rather than fossil raw materials such as oil with limited , it is made all by friendly plant material to the environment and sustainable production .
Q.Do you'll have to use the petroleum-derived synthetic fungicides and alcohol ( ethanol ) ?
Do not use .
Q.Paraben and benzoic acid Na, sorbic acid K, phenoxyethanol , PG ( propylene glycol ), BG ( butylene glycol ) synthetic additives such as , ethanol does not have ( alcohol ) and is included in the component , because it is all right for the antiseptic effect fire fighting ?
Antimicrobial effect of natural raw materials by we are antiseptic .
Q.Carry-over or component is included in the product ?
Carry-over components such as preservatives as impurities contained in the product rather than described in all components display , it has prevented the original the incorporation of strict management system . Use in Japan Unlike overseas is not mixed well as formaldehyde , which is prohibited .
Q.Does it not include radioactivity in ORALPICEC ?
We have the test at any time radioactive material . Please use it at ease .
Q.Clean & Moisture Gel does not go out foam What Why ?
The ORALPICEC synthetic surfactants such as lauryl sulfate Na (foaming agent) because it is not using. The blowing agent has the effect of obtained a refreshing feeling during use, but since there is a possibility that gargle and spit is it is difficult to drink the false, for use in ORALPICEC is not done. Exhilaration in the ORALPICEC rather than the synthetic foaming agent, it has to be obtained in the natural mint essential oil and oranges Hanamizu. A component that is also included in the mint, but there is also strong organic compound mint odor that l- menthol that are chemically synthesized, the ORALPICEC and we use only the mint essential oil obtained from natural mint. Generally less likely to polish a long period of time is good foaming, so prone to misunderstanding and was immediately polish some of the coolness, and is said to be good to firm polish those little foam and stimulation.
Q.It will not contain abrasive in ORALPICEC ?
Abrasive scraping the enamel of the teeth are not used . Also as an oral moisturizing gel , the use of remains were applied to the oral cavity so that it can also , the abrasive is not used . ORALPICEC a certain period of time , is also suitable for use in carefully polish it or an electric toothbrush .
Q.Oral moisturizing gel , the reason for a reasonable price in an amount calculated as a mouse spray ?
Compared to chemical industrial products mass production is possible at low cost , but ORALPICEC using such lactic acid bacteria fermented extract and plant -derived materials is time -consuming and costly product , even reasonable while pursuing the effectiveness and safety of the product and price Also as its product concept provides in . And those , including the price and good product . A reasonable price to continuously everyday use can households as a target , the factory in order to achieve the product at that price , we are developing from scratch by overlapping efforts and various measures in all partners of distribution . Honestly to pursue a reasonable price of way for certain to price and product content of as oral care products that you use every day , and continue to be able to provide oral care products for those consumers in the same kind of price in the world market We are intentionally thinking .
Q.Do not oral piece Why quasi-drugs ( medicated cosmetics ) ?
Quasi-drugs and ( cosmeceutical ) is stipulated in Japan's Pharmaceutical Affairs Law , in the intermediate classification of pharmaceutical products and cosmetics , and says those that are not machinery in the modest effects on the human body . Product to be approved as quasi-drugs ( medicated cosmetics ) , you need to formulate a formulation that was observed the effect efficacy as quasi-drugs in the current of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law . It is as oral care formulation will be synthetic fungicides and other chemical components . New formulations and products to be approved as quasi-drugs to clear the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law will cost and time . In addition , businesses that manufacture and sell quasi drugs , you must obtain a quasi-drug manufacturing and sales permit . Therefore Oral piece present, is on the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law You are oral cosmetics .
The quasi-drugs , and that it listed then from Article 2, Paragraph 2 of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law body is the purpose , and , and those acting on the human body is not a machine equipment , etc., be those relaxation .
Nausea prevention of other discomfort or bad breath or body odor
Prickly heat , prevention of sores
Prevention of hair loss , hair growth or hair removal
Rats that for human or animal health , it flies, mosquitoes , extermination or prevention of chisel , etc.
Q.Do you go to animal experiments ?
It does not do .
QAbout your
Q.The elderly and people with disabilities , not only illness person , what can also be used in infants and the like ?
Alcohol ( ethanol ) , petroleum-based raw materials , because it does not use , such as chemical synthesis components , pregnant women from the baby , who breast-feeding , you can use anyone in your family to the elderly .
Q.Toothpaste and oral Keajeru Do would be used how long a single ?
It depends also on your side , but it is thought to be able to use about about two months as was used in the toothpaste in the morning Hill evening of three times as toothpaste .
Q.Toothpaste and oral Keajeru , mouth spray & wash Will how much one-time usage , respectively ?
Although it is your choice , toothpaste and the case of the oral cavity Keajeru , the amount of about the same as a normal toothpaste when brushing teeth , the amount that spreads to 1-2 cm within the oral cavity as oral moisturizing gel . In the case of mouth spray & wash , direct 1-2 push / times in your mouth to mouth spray , 2-3 push to water of about 20ml as a mouthwash , but it is a guide.
Q.Oral piece how much time per once , or will be required to toothpaste or gargle ?
When you do about 30 seconds to 1 minute or more it is effective . Also If you leave the toothpaste and oral Keajeru and mouth spray & wash was applied or spray in the oral cavity after the toothpaste is even more effective .
Q.Please tell me how to use the Clean & Moisture Gel.
You can use in two ways . One will be available the same way to use your general of toothpaste . As moisturizing gel as two eyes , you can use is applied to tend to the oral cavity becomes dry mouth . If you want to use at the same time in two applications , the oral cavity using the gel after you clean with toothpaste after gargling or wiping , please use is applied to the oral cavity as a moisturizing gel again .
Q.After the toothpaste , toothpaste and oral Keajeru it Will may not be the discharge or gargle ?
To keep clean reduce the bacteria in the oral cavity is the most that is out of the biofilm ( lump - plaque of bacteria) and food particles the mouth of the oral cavity . At the time of toothpaste we recommend discharge - gargle . Difficult person of gargle and spit , we recommend that you perform , such as wiping . However , Oral piece product you can use even with confidence because we are made in a safe component swallow .
Q.Such as for climbing and disaster , we believe the use of water in less environment . After the toothpaste such a case using the oral piece , what may not be the discharge or gargle ?
Toothpaste after basically recommend discharging the , or a wipe , but the water -free as it is swallowed also issue a special environment will probably not . Biofilm in the oral cavity ( mass - plaque bacteria ) then you are sterilized by gastric acid in the stomach , oral piece does not use any chemical synthesis component , so we can be in the plant-derived ingredients used in food , impact on such indigenous bacteria and mucous membranes of the body is


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NPR on the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis
Mark Mzyk | April 12, 2009
A while back I wrote about the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. In a serendipitous coincidence, NPR ran a story recently that directly relates to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis: Shakespeare Had Roses All Wrong. While the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis isn't mentioned, it clearly is involved.
The story touches on languages and how gender in languages affects thinking. It is highlighted that Spanish speakers and Germany speakers pick different adjectives to describe a bridge, based on the fact that in one language a bridge is male, in the other, female.
The story goes on to talk about how scientists set up an experiment to determine if it was language that the differences could be attributed to. They determined it is language and that you can shift people's thinking by teaching them a language that uses different gender constructs.
The story then goes on to talk about Shakespeare's famous line: A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Here's the actual, full quote:
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet
Act II, Scene II. Romeo and Juliet
It's a very interesting story and well worth the seven minutes it takes to listen to.
As an added bonus, Knowing and Doing just posted a post titled Language Driven Programming, which tackles many of the same themes and applies them to programming languages.


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-Authorizes the authority to engage in activities necessary to maintaining an adequate and efficient supply of natural gas and electricity, including acquiring ownership of fuel supplies and facilities located within or outside of the state [sec.6(1)]. -Authorizes the authority to issue negotiable bonds [sec.8]. -Allows the legislature to make appropriations to the authority for the acquisition of the stock or assets of a public utility, which are to be treated as an advance to the authority and repaid as mutually agreed [sec.22]. -Sets tax classes for property owned by the authority [sec.23-25]. -Establishes that any electric transmission lines and facilities owned by the authority with a capacity of less than 500 kilovolts are not subject to taxation [sec.27(1)(b)].
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Using the RCFile File Format with Impala Tables
Cloudera Impala supports using RCFile data files.
Table 1. RCFile Format Support in Impala
File Type Format Compression Codecs Impala Can CREATE? Impala Can INSERT?
RCFile Structured Snappy, gzip, deflate, bzip2 Yes. No. Import data by using LOAD DATA on data files already in the right format, or use INSERT in Hive followed by REFRESH table_name in Impala.
Continue reading:
Creating RCFile Tables and Loading Data
If you do not have an existing data file to use, begin by creating one in the appropriate format.
To create an RCFile table:
In the impala-shell interpreter, issue a command similar to:
create table rcfile_table (column_specs) stored as rcfile;
Because Impala can query some kinds of tables that it cannot currently write to, after creating tables of certain file formats, you might use the Hive shell to load the data. See How Impala Works with Hadoop File Formats for details. After loading data into a table through Hive or other mechanism outside of Impala, issue a REFRESH table_name statement the next time you connect to the Impala node, before querying the table, to make Impala recognize the new data.
 Important: See Known Issues and Workarounds in Impala for potential compatibility issues with RCFile tables created in Hive 0.12, due to a change in the default RCFile SerDe for Hive.
For example, here is how you might create some RCFile tables in Impala (by specifying the columns explicitly, or cloning the structure of another table), load data through Hive, and query them through Impala:
$ impala-shell -i localhost
[localhost:21000] > create table rcfile_table (x int) stored as rcfile;
[localhost:21000] > create table rcfile_clone like some_other_table stored as rcfile;
[localhost:21000] > quit;
$ hive
hive> insert into table rcfile_table select x from some_other_table;
3 Rows loaded to rcfile_table
Time taken: 19.015 seconds
hive> quit;
$ impala-shell -i localhost
[localhost:21000] > select * from rcfile_table;
Returned 0 row(s) in 0.23s
[localhost:21000] > -- Make Impala recognize the data loaded through Hive;
[localhost:21000] > refresh rcfile_table;
[localhost:21000] > select * from rcfile_table;
+---+
| x |
+---+
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
+---+
Returned 3 row(s) in 0.23s
Enabling Compression for RCFile Tables
You may want to enable compression on existing tables. Enabling compression provides performance gains in most cases and is supported for RCFile tables. For example, to enable Snappy compression, you would specify the following additional settings when loading data through the Hive shell:
hive> SET hive.exec.compress.output=true;
hive> SET mapred.max.split.size=256000000;
hive> SET mapred.output.compression.type=BLOCK;
hive> SET mapred.output.compression.codec=org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.SnappyCodec;
hive> INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE new_table SELECT * FROM old_table;
If you are converting partitioned tables, you must complete additional steps. In such a case, specify additional settings similar to the following:
hive> CREATE TABLE new_table (your_cols) PARTITIONED BY (partition_cols) STORED AS new_format;
hive> SET hive.exec.dynamic.partition.mode=nonstrict;
hive> SET hive.exec.dynamic.partition=true;
hive> INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE new_table PARTITION(comma_separated_partition_cols) SELECT * FROM old_table;
Remember that Hive does not require that you specify a source format for it. Consider the case of converting a table with two partition columns called year and month to a Snappy compressed RCFile. Combining the components outlined previously to complete this table conversion, you would specify settings similar to the following:
hive> CREATE TABLE tbl_rc (int_col INT, string_col STRING) STORED AS RCFILE;
hive> SET hive.exec.compress.output=true;
hive> SET mapred.max.split.size=256000000;
hive> SET mapred.output.compression.type=BLOCK;
hive> SET mapred.output.compression.codec=org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.SnappyCodec;
hive> SET hive.exec.dynamic.partition.mode=nonstrict;
hive> SET hive.exec.dynamic.partition=true;
hive> INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE tbl_rc SELECT * FROM tbl;
To complete a similar process for a table that includes partitions, you would specify settings similar to the following:
hive> CREATE TABLE tbl_rc (int_col INT, string_col STRING) PARTITIONED BY (year INT) STORED AS RCFILE;
hive> SET hive.exec.compress.output=true;
hive> SET mapred.max.split.size=256000000;
hive> SET mapred.output.compression.type=BLOCK;
hive> SET mapred.output.compression.codec=org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.SnappyCodec;
hive> SET hive.exec.dynamic.partition.mode=nonstrict;
hive> SET hive.exec.dynamic.partition=true;
hive> INSERT OVERWRITE TABLE tbl_rc PARTITION(year) SELECT * FROM tbl;
 Note:
The compression type is specified in the following command:
SET mapred.output.compression.codec=org.apache.hadoop.io.compress.SnappyCodec;
You could elect to specify alternative codecs such as GzipCodec here.
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Projects > Fluid Net Pavillion
Fluid Net Pavillion
Material: Onewood Reconstituted Timber
Photography by Frame SG
The Fluid Net Pavillion is a conceptual structure which, uses Onewood, an innovative material, to employ less wood stock by structurally optimizing its load through a computational design process that generates the slab pattern.
At the end of the nineteenth century, an architectural typology emerged confronting the question of mass production. Today, we are facing the challenge of the century to provide environmentally conscious mass housing.
Technological production was considered as embodying the most progressive forms of the age, and the model of architecture design should be founded in the production process itself.
Conforming to and even mastering these forms could serve as an agent for change.
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Old Salt Lake | Virtual Museum
Bertha Fuller and the 1940 California Historical Landmark Application "Old Salt Lake"
See the web page for the
California Historical Landmark (373), Old Salt Lake
In 1940 Bertha H. Fuller of Inglewood, California, did a brief survey of the famous salt lake site at Redondo Beach
for the purpose of establishing it as an historical landmark. She took three photographs and contacted people and
interviewed them about the famous old place. She then created an application titled "Old Salt Lake" and submitted it
to the state of California. Her application for historical landmark status was approved and the site was designated the following year.
The landmark registration process today requires considerably more detail and however brief the 1940 application to
the state was - Bertha Fuller understood the significance of lake site as a natural resource and landmark and took action
to document the place. A naturalist for over 35 years, Bertha Fuller was president of the California History and
Landmarks Club of Los Angeles, the Director of Conservation for the California Audubon Society. She was leader in
the state for the study and protection of wildlife, including an early advocate of protecting wetlands and lakes for
This exhibit displays the original two page "Old Salt Lake" application and the three photographs Bertha Fuller
took of the lake site. Also included in this exhibit is a brief collection of additional resources about Bertha Fuller
and her work to study and protect nature.
This is a photograph of Bertha Fuller (Mrs. Edwin S. Fuller) from a February 19, 1942 Los Angeles Times newspaper article about her aiding Southland Girl Scouts
with a project in cooperation with the United States Forest Service to help prevent forest fires.
The Old Salt Lake application letter by Bertha Fuller to the state of California, dated September 19, 1940. This application letter is fully transcribed at the bottom of this page.
The (3) Photographs
The Old Salt Lake received designation by the State of California on September 6, 1941.
Today a granite marker denoting this landmark stands outside the AES Redondo Beach
Generating Station, at the southeast corner of Harbor Drive and Yacht Club Way.
It was presented by Tierra Del Rey Parlor #300, Native Daughters of the Golden West,
on March 27, 1955.
Selected newspaper reports about and writing by Bertha Fuller
1929, March 19 - San Pedro News Pilot report:
1935, September 22 - Los Angeles Times report:
1935, Nov.- Dec. California Garden Magazine, pages 3,4 "The Serious Migratory Waterfowl Problem by Bertha H. Fuller":
1949, March 25 - Los Angeles Times report:
1960 - Bertha Fuller correspondence about Palos Verdes coast (4 pages):
The Old Salt Lake application letter by Bertha Fuller to the state of California, dated September 19, 1940 - transcribed:
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In Application for registration of historical point of interest
Name of Historical Point: Old Salt Lake
Location: Between Pacific and Francesca Avenues, at the northern end of Redondo
Beach--just outside of Hermosa Beach.
Name of Owner: Thomas H Simmons, 555 South Flower St, Los Angeles
History and Description: This old salt lake must have had a long, long geological
history. From the "Star" of September 26, 1856, one who wrote a history
of Los Angeles County quoted somewhat like this: Situated about 16 miles southwest
of the city of Los Angeles is a salt lake or pond from which is manufactured salt
of first rate quality. The lake is nearly 200 yards wide by about 600 long and is
supplied by springs on its western bank. It is about 200 yards distant from ocean,
above which it is elevated 6 or 10 feet. It would appear at first sight that it
was supplied from the ocean, but such is not the fact, as has been proved by frequent
The existence of this lake has long been known to the natives of the country and
from it they were, formerly, in the habit of drawing their supply of salt by shovelling
it up from the bottom. The missionaries who first settled here also knew of its
existence and claimed its proprietorship, but made no attempt to improve the natural
resources of the lake.
Some years ago this valuable property came into possession of two gentlemen of this
city., Messrs. Johnson and Allanson, who have expended a large amount of capital
in the erection of the necessary works for the manufacture of salt, by artificial
as well as solar evaporation.
Water is drawn from the lake thru an iron pipe by means of a force pump, and is
conducted into a reservoir, from which it is led by a wooden pipe into the kettles
in the boiling house. This building is about 80 feet long, and contains 48 kettles,
which are kept constantly heated. As the salt forms in the kettles it is removed
and water added in proportion to the evaporation. The salt on being removed from
the kettle is ready for market only requiring time to dry. The process is very simple
and the production of salt abundant, from the intensely saline quality of the waters
of the lake. In regard to the amount of fuel consumed it is estimated that each
cord of wood produces a ton of salt. By solar evaporation the salt is produced at
the cost of the tanks and attendance. There are five tanks in operation; they are
cleaned up this week for the first time and found to have answered all the expectations
of the proprietors. That one in which the water was of least depth proved most productive.
The daily average of the kettles is five tons.
Each tank, or vat, yields about a ton of salt in a crystallized form. Salt at present
is hauled to the landing at San Pedro at a large expense.
The water of the lake is so strongly impregnated with saline constluents that a
stick placed in it will be coated in ten days, an inch thick with crystallized cubes.
We saw some of them which were very beautiful.
It is singular that within 20 yards of the lake good fresh water is obtained, within
15 feet of the surface. Two wells, about this depth, and about 20 feet apart, supply
fresh water to the workmen.
Johnson and Allanson intend sending specimens of their salt, packed in satin bags,
to the State Fair."
The writer of the history of the county himself adds: "Since then works have
passed thru a variety of hands. They are now owned by Mrs Trudell, widow of the
late proprietor (1880). Salt is extracted by solar evaporation simply by cleaning
out the vats twice a year. The yield for 1879 was 450 tons. Crude salt sells for
$9 to $13 a ton--ground it sells for $18 to $24 a ton. Mrs Trudell has a salt mill
in Los Angeles where It is ground".
We went down to Redondo Beach several times to find men who were supposed to remember
the old salt works. Each time we failed to find anyone. Finally we telephoned the
Patten and Blinn Lumber yards on Francesca Avenue as that firm has been there since
1880. No one is now connected with the firm who is that ancient but we did find
a very careful observer in Mr Trankel who has been employed with the lumber concern
When he came in 1908 the old salt works were practically abandoned. At least they
were not being used to extract salt any more. On the walls of the lumber company's
office are two long panorama photos taken in 1909. The photographer was someone
connected with the West Coast Art Company of Los Angeles. Likely those plates still
exist but that particular company is no longer listed in the directory.
In one of these photos the old salt works are plainly shown. The houses stood just
back of where the Salvation Army Summer Recreation buildings are now, just across
the old long disused railroad tracks that used to bring the lumber from the wharves
at Redondo Beach.
When Mr Trankel came there were kettles for boiling the water and for evaporation.
The boiling tanks were huge metal vats--about 15 feet wide by 80 feet long. The
out of doors evaporating tanks were of concrete. So far as he recalls the buildings
were taken down about 1923, 4 or 5.
We went over the area carefully but found no trace of concrete or other building
structure that seemed to be part of the old salt works. The end of lake where the
building stood has been used for a dump for a long time and likely what remained
has been covered with this refuse.
As the attached photos show the lake is quite dry during the summer months and as
it is the natural drainage basin for a small acreage to the eastward in winter the
water may be several feet deep. It is the wintering place of shorebirds but otherwise
lies desolate and unvisited except by those who have made paths for shortcuts across
and around it.
One very interesting thing about the lake is that the fresh water vegetation is
on the ocean side while the salt grass and atriplex grows on the land side. Where
that great deposit of salt came from can hardly be definitely told. Had the lake
been formed as most salt lakes are: either from limitless numbers of years of deposits
from the sea with the arm finally shut off by delta like deposits from a stream,
or from being a pool without outlet, its presence would seem even more unusual.
There does not seem to be a sufficiently large drainage basin for any stream ever
to have carried a large quantity of saline products into an outlet-less basin---and
also while the sea might form a lagoon there by the currents carrying the sands
into the mouth of the river thus shutting off the pond the vast quantity of salt
present in the old days would have taken so many eons of years that this does not
seem possible for even this energetic sand depositing sea to do.
On the historic map of Major George W Kirkman the two roads leading inland from
this salt deposit are described as "Old Salt Road" and


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Diamonds are by far the world's most popular gemstone. Because of this popularity and the high prices of quality gemstones, there is a large market for cheaper counterfeit stones that resemble diamonds. Detecting these counterfeit stones can be a significant problem for diamond buyers when the stones are represented as the genuine article by unscrupulous sellers. Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy can be a useful tool for buyers and sellers to determine authenticity.
Diamonds are unique among gemstones because they are composed of a single element (carbon), while virtually all other gems contain multiple elements, including significant amounts of oxides. The infrared spectrum of a diamond is equally unique and can be used as an easy way to confirm that a stone is authentic. Figure 1 compares the spectrum from a diamond with several of the most common diamond simulants. The three materials are cubic zirconia (CZ: ZrO2), yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG: Y3Al5O12), and clear corundum (white sapphire: Al2O3). The strong vibrational modes from the Al-O, Zr-O, and Si-O chemical bonds absorb the entire infrared signal below 1000 cm–1.
A diamond consists of a crystalline lattice of carbon atoms; the extreme conditions required to create diamonds also provide a way for trace amounts of other elements to be trapped in the crystal matrix. The most important trace element is nitrogen, which can be found in different forms in the diamond crystal and reveals a great deal about the diamond's character and how it was created. These nitrogen aggregates create unique features in the infrared spectrum and are a key element in classifying diamonds. The spectra from three different types of nitrogen aggregates are compared with a nitrogen-free diamond (Type IIa) in Figure 2.
Hydrogen, boron, and carbonates are other important trace materials that are found in diamonds, all of which have identifiable features in the infrared spectral region. Although it is easy to confirm that a stone is a diamond, it is much more difficult to determine if it is synthetic or treated. Laboratory-grown high pressure–high temperature diamonds are now available commercially, and their identification is one of the major challenges for the gem industry today. In certain cases, a similar process can be used to treat lower quality diamonds and significantly improve their appearance. The infrared peaks corresponding to the nitrogen aggregates or the presence of other elements can be used to provide valuable evidence that a stone might not be natural. In this article, several techniques based upon Fourier transform–infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy that are commonly employed in gemological laboratories will be discussed.
The instrument used in this work consisted of a Nicolet 6700 FT-IR spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Madison, Wisconsin), equipped with an optimized beam condenser or reflection accessory. TQ Analyst (Thermo Fisher Scientific) multivariate analysis software was employed to calculate the results. The infrared spectra were acquired at 1-cm–1 spectral resolution, and a baseline correction was applied before further processing.
Rapid Confirmation That a Stone Is a Diamond
Automatic material confirmation is a technique that has been used extensively in the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that incoming material is labeled correctly. Reference spectra are acquired from all of the materials that are used in the products, and then a similarity-matching algorithm is employed to calculate the similarity of the incoming material spectrum to the specified referenced material spectrum. For diamonds, a reference spectrum from a Type IIa diamond was used to develop a similarity-match method. A match value is then computed. The value will be 100 if the spectrum from the sample is identical to the reference and zero if there is no similarity between the two spectra. Because the spectra for all diamonds are slightly different, the match value will always be less than 100. In this experiment, setting a threshold for a pass of 80 gave no false positives and yet accepted a certain amount of variance in the sample spectra. The primary features observed in a spectrum of pure diamond are the infrared phonon bands resulting from the vibrational modes of the crystal lattice structure. These peaks are observed in the 1500–4000 cm–1 spectral region. The major exception is Type IIb diamonds with high boron levels, which result in severely distorted features in the phonon region. An example of analyzing a typical diamond is shown in Figure 3.
A technique used extensively in quantitative analysis is classical least squares (CLS). The basis of CLS is the assumption that the spectrum from a sample that is a mixture of known materials can be modeled by a linear combination of the spectra from the pure reference materials. In this example, spectra from diamonds with well-defined nitrogen aggregates have been used: Type IaA, Type IaB, and Type Ib. Because we do not know the actual concentrations of nitrogen in the spectra, we have arbitrarily assigned the value to be 100 ppm, so the actual values reported here are relative to the arbitrary value for illustrative purposes.
The results of this example CLS method are shown in Figure 4. Although the calculated standard error terms indicate that all three nitrogen types are present, adding more standards to the method might resolve any questions about the presence of the Type Ib aggregates. In many cases, an infrared spectrum is acquired from a stone before it undergoes the high temperature–high pressure process, because the nitrogen aggregates behave differently during the process.
Many diamond spectra have a peak in the 1360 cm–1 region, which has been attributed to the formation of platelets in the crystal. This peak is interesting in that it both shifts and broadens depending upon the overall makeup of the sample. Curve resolution, or peak fitting, is a technique that can be very effective in this type of situation. This technique synthesizes peaks based upon a predefined line shape and minimizes the difference between the actual spectrum and a linear combination of the synthetic peaks. Figure 5 shows two platelet peaks that are shifted by several wave numbers.
The results of the Peak Resolve curve fit reveal that the full width at half maximum (fwhm) has gone from 3.2 cm–1 to 4.8 cm–1 as the peak has shifted from 1359 cm–1 to 1364 cm–1. A closer examination of the curve fit results also shows that the peaks are asymmetric and can be fitted better with two synthetic peaks.
Assisting in the Detection of Synthetic Diamonds
In addition to the platelet peak, several other peaks in the spectrum can be helpful when trying to identify synthetic or treated stones. In many of these cases, the amount of nitrogen in the diamond is very low, so it can be difficult to confirm the presence of particular peaks. In this example, a simple CLS method was developed to confirm the presence of trace-level nitrogen and hydrogen by measuring the intensity of peaks at 3107 cm–1, 1344 cm–1, and 1332 cm–1. A key advantage to the CLS approach is that a standard error term is reported with the analysis. Although it is not a rigorous statistical confidence level, if the peak intensity is three to five times the reported error term, the presence of a peak has been confirmed. An example for a sample containing very low levels of nitrogen is shown in Figure 6. In this example, all three peaks are present at detectable levels.
Numerous gemological laboratories employ FT-IR on a daily basis to characterize diamonds and other gemstones. As with most natural materials, there is a broad range of trace component concentrations found in diamonds. As more sophisticated methods are developed to help ensure that a stone is natural and untreated, the developers of synthetic diamonds and high pressure–high temperature treatments also learn how to better mimic the natural processes. The combination of an FT-IR spectrometer and an optimized accessory can be used with multivariate statistical analysis techniques to provide a rapid, reliable information source of great importance to classifying diamonds. By automating these methods, the results are consistent and supported by a quality, or confidence, metric. In many cases, FT-IR is used by an operator to rapidly screen out the samples that clearly pass or fail the test, allowing the outliers to be examined by an expert. While it is straightforward to detect simulants, the proliferation of high-quality synthetic and treated stones makes advanced analysis techniques such as FT-IR a key part of the modern gemological laboratory.
Stephen Lowry is with Thermo Fisher Scientific, Madison, Wisconsin.
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pensando module parses distributed firewall logs created by the
Pensando distributed services card (DSC).
When you run the module, it performs a few tasks under the hood:
- Sets the default paths to the log files (but don't worry, you can override the defaults)
- Makes sure each multiline log event gets sent as a single event
- Uses ingest node to parse and process the log lines, shaping the data into a structure suitable for visualizing in Kibana
- Deploys dashboards for visualizing the log data
Read the quick start to learn how to configure and run modules.
The Pensando module has been tested with 1.12.0-E-54 and later.
Configure the moduleedit
You can further refine the behavior of the
pensando module by specifying
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modules.d/pensando.yml file, or overriding settings at the command line.
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Each fileset has separate variable settings for configuring the behavior of the
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For advanced use cases, you can also override input settings. See Override input settings.
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Who gets what after a divorce or after a spouse's death?
Well, the answer largely depends on what state you live in. Most states in the country are actually common law states. New Mexico on the other hand, along with only 8 other states, is a community property state. This can actually greatly impact how assets are divided in your divorce. That's why it's so important you understand the basics before making major decisions like getting married, filing for divorce or creating a will.
What does Common Law or Community Property Mean?
Common Law/Community Property refers to how a state determines what happens to marital property after a divorce (the property acquired during marriage). Most US states are considered common law states. That means that for most of the country, property acquired by one spouse during the marriage is owned completely and solely by that person. That being said, if both names of the couple are on the title or deed to a piece of property, then that property would be divided equally. Upon the death of one of the spouses, their separate property is distributed according to their will, or according to probate (in the absence of a will). This makes the way the spouses determined ownership during the marriage (ie. Joint Tenancy vs. Tenancy in Common) very important.
In New Mexico, Louisiana, Arizona, California, Texas, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, and Wisconsin all property acquired during the marriage is considered community property, meaning it is owned by both spouses equally. Community property includes all earnings, property bought with those earnings, and all debts accrued during the marriage. Community property begins at the marriage and ends when the couple officially starts the divorce process. When one spouse passes away, his or her half of the community property passes to the surviving spouse. Their separate property can be devised to whomever they wish according to their will, or via probate without a will. Generally speaking, the longer the length of your marriage, the more community property you will have. Basically, unless you inherited something, anything earned or bought during the marriage will need to be split evenly.
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New Mexico's Community Property laws mean that any earnings or debts originating before or after the period of marriage will be considered separate property. Everything earned or bought during the marriage will have to be split 50/50. Separate property that was significantly enlarged or enhanced during the marriage can also be considered community property. However, property that was given to or inherited by one spouse during the marriage remains separate property. Sometimes, one spouse uses separate property to either purchase or maintain a home. However, if there is a mortgage on the home, whatever was paid during the marriage would be considered community property, even though one spouse may have a separate property stake in the home. That stake would need to be calculated. Likewise, the length of your marriage can also impact the amount of community property that needs to be divided. As we mentioned, longer marriages usually have more complex property division issues than shorter-term marriages. As you can see, determining ownership and interest can be pretty tricky.
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The scoring system is the logic used by Metascore software to evaluate proposals and perhaps also a users reputation system.
This is a preliminary description of how the scoring system will work. As Metascore develops, this may change substantially.
Proposal scoring
Proposals and debate
Anyone can make a proposal within a community, and for each proposal there is a debate. Each debate consists of posts by users, either in response directly to a proposal, or in response to other posts. Each post may be rated by any user as they please. Presentation of posts can be filtered by different factors, among them the rating they are given by the community. There is no limit on the number of proposals for any particular issue, nor on the complexity or simplicity of a proposal.
How proposals become policies
Each proposal is scored by users, if they wish to do so. Users may assign positive or negative scores to proposals, and may assign synthesis scores (see below). A proposal becomes and remains remains policy for as long as it can maintain a consensus score and is not contradicted by a law from a higher government (as decided by the courts of that higher government). In order to prevent overly-frequent transitions in policies, once a policy attains a consensus score, the threshold for removing the consensus score is raised somewhat (Schmitt trigger).
Synthesis scoring
In addition to scoring proposals, users may also provide a synthesis score in relation to two or more other proposals. The synthesis score reflects how effectively (in their opinion) the proposal synthesizes the other proposals, providing a proposal which they feel addresses the conflicting concerns of the proponents of the other proposals. In the consensus scoring, below, a synthesizing proposal effectively "steals" points from the proposals that it synthesizes.
Consensus scoring
A consensus score is a formula consisting of the positive and negative scores assigned to a proposal, and any synthesis scores applied to or against that proposal. Each of these scores is weighted by each user casting the scores. The formula for determining the consensus score will be crafted such that a proposal which does not have significant support from the community will not become a policy. To become a policy, a proposal must have a significantly higher score for it than against it, and must not be significantly synthesized by another proposal.
User scoring
Note that there has been significant dispute over the utility of user scoring. We will accommodate user scoring in early versions of Metascore and see what sort of effect it has when used in real-world systems.
User score
Each user has an overall sum score, which starts with a base score and is modified by ratings of one's posts, ratings of one's self, one's ratings of others, and various weighting factors. A user who registers as an individual person (as opposed to an anonymous e-mail address) is granted a very large multiplier bonus. Validated registration will not be possible until guiding nonprofit organizations are created and funded.
Post score
Each message one posts is scored by readers of the post who wish to score it. Those scores are then weighted by the reader's own overall score, and the reader's score in that topic and region.
Community factor
Each user has a score factor for each community. Being a registered member of a community gives one a large bonus in that community. Each post one makes in a community gives one a small bonus in that community, weighted by ratings of one's posts in that community.
General features of scores
User rating is essentially the quantification of trust. Similarly, item rating is essentially the quantification of support. Interest (in contrast to support) can be calculated by summing the number of users watching the debate. Ratings may have the following properties:
Ratings are static
Whenever anything is scored, all variables are calculated by their present values. A later change in a value does not affect that score. For example, if a reader with a low score rates a post, then later that reader accrues a much higher score; their rating of that post does not change with their own score. They can, however, re-rate a post, which would then override their previous rating.
Time deprecation
Each score degrades over time such that one tenth of the original score is subtracted each year, and after ten years, the score is removed entirely. The math for this subtraction will be constructed such that a diminishing score does not negatively impact a rating; only that it counts less and less as time progresses. Users may re-cast any score, which resets this deprecation.
Procedure for discussions.
Resolution: None.
Deadline: None.
Title: Metascore's scoring system
Author: Metagovernment
(Explanation of the problem.)
 - This very issue exposes a weakness in all of the current proposals; regardless of whether it's weighted or not, each proposes a simple yes or no. However, not all issues (notably including this very one) can simply be relegated to yes or no. In such an example (which may happen more often than not), we might instead allow voters to rank the 9 proposals, or their favorite three. Or, in another hypothetical, they might answer "Of the available US$50000, how much should we allocate to purchasing the new playground equipment?" and vote with their dollars. --Aaronwinborn 02:04, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
 - The problem with ranking available proposals is that they have to first be organized, ie: there needs to be some logical grouping of proposals within which the proposals are comparable. That kind of structure lends itself very easily to this kind of issue (what type of scoring system) but not very well to a more general question (should we raise taxes). It's possible to organize proposals by tag, and we could even have an 'issue' or 'problem' tag that organizes proposals by the problem meant to be solved, but, as with many things, each proposal will likely be an attempt to solve several problems at once (perhaps to their detriment). And, if a proposal has a very high rating with respect to one problem but a low rating with respect to another, it may be hard to tease out which components of a proposal are positive and which can be thrown. Leading to the possibility of someone taking a proposal apart into pieces (all related to the same question) in which a user may rate variations of the same proposal very similarly. It might be useful to impose some kind of structure on the proposals -- like, perhaps, have proposal-like objects that serve no function other than to identify a problem or issue. Users can vote on these 'issues' as to their relative importance. This would have the benefit of soliciting proposals with a purpose, organizing content, and allowing people to brainstorm collectively before a good solution is known. It would also facilitate a greater variety of scoring mechanisms, like that Aaron mentions above. At the same time, not every proposal would lend itself to this kind of structure, and so the structure may become limiting. Thoughts? --Jacki Buros 20:04, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
Proposal 1
Title: Nuanced, recursive scoring
Author: Ed Pastore
Users and proposals would each have a score in relation to each tag assigned to them. The score is an amalgam of the scores given to the proposal or user by other users. This is the original mechanism proposed on the Metagovernment website.
Users can assign a score of anywhere from -10 to 10 (where 0 is equivalent to a vote of "present" for quorum purposes).
Possible advantages and disadvantages of this system are presented below.
Builds consensus, scales well
In a system where there can be many, many competing proposals all attempting to address a single issue, users need a way to give nuanced support for proposals. If users are restricted to only voting for or against each proposal, then they either have to only vote for the proposals they feel are the very best, or they have to vote for many proposals, including ones they do not really like. Both scenarios create barriers to consensus.
User scoring allows increased participation
If users themselves do not have scores, then again people are restricted to on/off states. People either are fully allowed to participate in a community, or may not participate at all.
If instead users have nuanced user scores, then everyone can be allowed to participate in every discussion, and the user scores can act as a mechanism for mediating participation. Otherwise, how would a convicted criminal be allowed to participate in a community? Do they have to be completely excluded, or can they just be given a low score? Likewise, how can small children be allowed to participate in their community? Do we have to use an arbitrary cutoff like the age of 18? With a nuanced user score, absolutely everyone can participate, and the scoring system provides a natural balance to that participating.
 - Though a problem with a -10/+10 score would be does a final talley of 1 pass a measure where 10,000,000 voted -1 and 5,000,000 voted +2 with the tie breaker of +1? --Aaronwinborn 01:47, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
This issue is less problematic as the trust network becomes interconnected/robust and where voting is mapped to level of personal commitment (see logarithmic suggestion below). But at some level, with whatever voting system, there is no getting around the wildly swinging balance at the center of a deeply polarized issue. (Such behavior should be an automatic flag to send the proposal to a synthesis area for further review.) Marcos 02:11, 20 October 2009 (UTC)
 - Suggest logarithmic voting is more natural (and scales better) than linear (although it should be noted that many voting systems often describe and


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and time. Its simply a waiting game.
"Reducing the surface tension of the cooling water is a last resort as it adds impurities to the cooling loop, but it is highly effective for removing smaller micro bubbles. Surface tension can be reduced by adding one or two drops of chemical safe dish soap. The concentration of the soap is very low, and can be reduced by dilution with fresh distilled water at a later point."
How to tell when the water needs replacing?
Using a device known as a EC meter or TDS meter (Electrical conductivity & Total dissolved solids) we can test the cooling fluids conductivity and the ppm (parts per million) of the dissolved solids.
By monitoring this value at the time of filling and the rate of change we can calculate when the water will require changing. Fresh distilled water will have an ec close to 0


}} to {{\bf C} \backslash \{0\}}; it is easy to see that this map is a complex diffeomorphism, thus the punctured plane {{\bf C} \backslash \{0\}} can be used as a model for all Riemann surface cylinders.
The case of the tori {(\omega_1 {\bf Z} + \omega_2{\bf Z}) \backslash {\bf C}} are more interesting. One can use dilations to normalise one of the {\omega_1,\omega_2} to be a specific value such as {1}, but one cannot normalise both:
Exercise 28 Let {(\omega_1 {\bf Z} + \omega_2{\bf Z}) \backslash {\bf C}} and {(\omega'_1 {\bf Z} + \omega'_2{\bf Z}) \backslash {\bf C}} be two tori. Show that these two tori are complex diffeomorphic if and only if there exists an element {\begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{pmatrix}} of the special linear group {SL_2({\bf Z})} (thus {a,b,c,d} are integers with {ad-bc=1}) such that
\displaystyle \frac{\omega'_1}{\omega'_2} = \pm \frac{a \omega_1 + b \omega_2}{c \omega_1 + d \omega_2}.
(Hint: lift any such diffeomorphism to a holomorphic map from {{\bf C}} to {{\bf C}} of linear growth.)
In contrast to the cylinders {\omega {\bf Z} \backslash {\bf C}}, which are complex diffeomorphic to a subset {{\bf C} \backslash \{0\}} of the complex plane, one cannot model a torus by a subset {U} of {{\bf C}}; indeed, if there were a complex diffeomorphism {\phi: (\omega_1 {\bf Z} + \omega_2{\bf Z}) \backslash {\bf C} \rightarrow U}, then {U} would have to be non-empty, compact, and (by the open mapping theorem) open in {{\bf C}}, which is impossible since {{\bf C}} is non-compact and connected. However, it is an important fact in algebraic geometry, classical analysis and number theory that these tori can be modeled instead by elliptic curves. The theory of elliptic curves is extremely rich, but is beyond the scope of this course and will not be discussed further here (but the Weierstrass elliptic functions used to construct the complex diffeomorphism between tori and elliptic curves may be covered in subsequent quarters).
Exercise 29 Let {U} be a connected subset of {{\bf C}} that omits at least two points of {{\bf C}}. Show that {U} cannot be of elliptic or parabolic type. (Hint: in addition to the open mapping theorem argument given above, one can use either the great Picard theorem, Theorem 56 of Notes 4, or the simpler Casorati-Weierstrass theorem (Theorem 11 of Notes 4).) In particular, assuming the uniformisation theorem, such sets {U} must be of hyperbolic type. (Note this is compatible with our previous intuition that "more hyperbolic" is analogous to "higher genus" or "has more holes".)
Hyperbolic type: Here it is convenient to model the hyperbolic Riemann surface using the upper half-plane {{\bf H}} (the Poincaré half-plane model) rather than the disk {D(0,1)} (the Poincaré disk model). By Exercise 18, a Riemann surface of hyperbolic type is then isomorphic to a quotient {\Gamma \backslash {\bf H}} of {{\bf H}} by some subgroup {\Gamma} of {PSL_2({\bf R})} that acts freely and properly. Properness is easily seen to be equivalent to {\Gamma} being a discrete subgroup of {PSL_2({\bf R})} (using the topology inherited from the embedding of {SL_2({\bf R})} in {{\bf R}^4}); such groups are known as Fuchsian groups. Freeness can also be described explicitly:
Exercise 30 Show that a subgroup {\Gamma} of {PSL_2({\bf R})} acts freely on {{\bf H}} if and only if it avoids all (equivalence classes) of matrices {\begin{pmatrix} a & b \\ c & d \end{pmatrix}} in {PSL_2({\bf R})} that are elliptic in the sense that they obey the trace condition {|a+d| < 2}.
It turns out that in contrast to the elliptic type and parabolic type situations, there are a very large number of possible subgroups {\Gamma} obeying these conditions, and a complete classification of them is basically hopeless. The theory of Fuchsian groups is again very rich, being a foundational topic in hyperbolic geometry, but is again beyond the scope of this course.
Remark 31 The twice-punctured plane {{\bf C} \backslash \{0,1\}} must be of hyperbolic type by the uniformisation theorem and Exercise 29. This gives another proof of the little Picard theorem: an entire function {f: {\bf C} \rightarrow {\bf C} \backslash \{0,1\}} that omits (say) the points {0,1} must then lift (by Corollary 50 of Notes 4) to a holomorphic map from {{\bf C}} to {D(0,1)}, which must then be constant by Liouville's theorem. A more complicated argument along these lines also proves the great Picard theorem. It turns out that the covering map from {D(0,1)} to {{\bf C} \backslash \{0,1\}} can be described explicitly using the theory of elliptic functions (and specifically the modular lambda function), but this is beyond the scope of this course.
Exercise 32 Show that any annulus {\{ z: r < |z| < R \}} is of hyperbolic type, and is in fact complex diffeomorphic to {\Gamma \backslash {\bf H}} for some cyclic group {\Gamma} of dilations. (Hint: first use the complex exponential to cover the annulus by a strip, then use Exercise 7.)
Exercise 33 Let {A_1 := \{ z: r_1 < |z| < R_1\}} and {A_2 := \{ z: r_2 < |z| < R_2 \}} be two annuli with {0 < r_1 < R_1} and {0 < r_2 < R_2}. Show that {A_1} and {A_2} are complex diffeomorphic if and only if {R_2/r_2 = R_1/r_1}. (Hint: one can either argue by lifting to the half-plane using the previous exercise, or else using the Schwarz reflection principle (adapted to circles in place of lines) repeatedly to extend a holomorphic map from {A_1} to {A_2} to a holomorphic map from a punctured disk to a punctured disk; one can also combine the methods by taking logarithms to lift {A_1}, {A_2} to strips, and then using the original Schwarz reflection principle.)
Exercise 34
 - (i) Show that the punctured disk {D(0,1) \backslash \{0\}} is of hyperbolic type, and is complex diffeomorphic to {{\bf Z} \backslash {\bf H}}, where {{\bf Z}} acts on {{\bf H}} by translations.
 - (ii) Show that the Jowkowsky transform {z \mapsto \frac{1}{2} (z + \frac{1}{z})} is a complex diffeomorphism from {D(0,1)} to the slitted extended complex plane {({\bf C} \cup \{\infty\}) \backslash [-1,1]}. Conclude that {{\bf C} \backslash [-1,1]} is also complex diffeomorphic to {{\bf Z} \backslash {\bf H}}.
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Henry R. Stevens was in the shipping business, located at Prentice's Warf, Boston, where he became acquainted with Dr. Cummings. But it was not until 1871 that we know that Henry R. Stevens had become the proprietor of Dr. Cummings Vegetine. By that time the nostrum was packed in cardboard cartons covered with bright orange glazed paper; the bottle containing the liquid was hand blown, oval in shape. Advertisements in 1871 described Vegetine "composed of roots, barks and herbs" and called it "The Great Blood Purifier." Subsequently H. R. Stevens assumed proprietorship of Dr. Soule's Oriental or Soverign Balm Pills and Week's Magic Compound, formerly manufactured by William Joslyn & Sons of Troy, New York. In 1880 or 1881, George Pierce & Co. of Boston became the successors to H. R. Stevens but Vegetine and the other products were manufactured for a number of years.
(Holcombe, Henry W., weekly Philatelic Gossip, 26: 41-42, March 26, 1938)


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A Treatise of Wyoming Workers' Compensation Law
This is the Second Edition of A Treatise of Wyoming Workers' Compensation Law, which seeks both to introduce Wyoming workers' compensation students to the law of their own jurisdiction, and to provide a continuing resource to those same students as they embark on workers' compensation legal practice after graduation. In this way, the text fills a gap in the literature by serving as a concrete exemplar of what it means to assist students in becoming "practice-ready" as soon as possible after graduating from law school. In short, practice ready lawyers must have some exposure to the law of their own jurisdictions. Furthermore, Wyoming Workers' Compensation Law is meant to be a resource to all practicing lawyers in the state of Wyoming. This objective is intimately connected with the mission of the University of Wyoming as a Land Grant Institution broadly striving to serve the needs (including legal needs) of Wyoming citizens.
Substantively, the treatise canvasses the traditional areas of workers' compensation law: employee/employer definitions, causal connection to work, evaluation of the extent of disability, types of benefits, and a brief discussion of the Wyoming administrative structure. In several places the treatise first introduces a substantive area of law generally, for example "causal connection," and then focuses on how Wyoming law analyzes the area of law. In discussing some substantive areas of workers' compensation law, the treatise underscores especially unique Wyoming idiosyncrasies. Not content to merely "restate" the law, the treatise in certain areas subjects the law to academic criticism and suggests legal reform in order to stimulate broader discussion of the legal doctrine.
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|Titel:||Cerebrocortical Beta Activity in Overweight Humans Responds to Insulin Detemir|
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|Zusammenfassung:||Background Insulin stimulates cerebrocortical beta and theta activity in lean humans. This effect is reduced in obese individuals indicating cerebrocortical insulin resistance. In the present study we tested whether insulin detemir is a suitable tool to restore the cerebral insulin response in overweight humans. This approach is based on studies in mice where we could recently demonstrate increased brain tissue concentrations of insulin and increased insulin signaling in the hypothalamus and cerebral cortex following peripheral injection of insulin detemir. Methodology/Principal Findings We studied activity of the cerebral cortex using magnetoencephalography in 12 lean and 34 overweight non-diabetic humans during a 2-step hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp (each step 90 min) with human insulin (HI) and saline infusion (S). In 10 overweight subjects we additionally performed the euglycemic clamp with insulin detemir (D). While human insulin administration did not change cerebrocortical activity relative to saline (p = 0.90) in overweight subjects, beta activity increased during D administration (basal 59±3 fT, 1st step 62±3 fT, 2nd step 66±5, p = 0.001, D vs. HI). As under this condition glucose infusion rates were lower with D than with HI (p = 0.003), it can be excluded that the cerebral effect is the consequence of a systemic effect. The total effect of insulin detemir on beta activity was not different from the human insulin effect in lean subjects (p = 0.78). Conclusions/Significance Despite cerebrocortical resistance to human insulin, insulin detemir increased beta activity in overweight human subjects similarly as human insulin in lean subjects. These data suggest that the decreased cerebral beta activity response in overweight subjects can be restored by insulin detemir.|
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Suggested Subsidies are Sub-optimal Unless Combined with an Output Tax
Because of difficulties measuring pollution, many prior papers suggest a subsidy to some observable method of reducing pollution. We take three papers from the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management as examples, and we extend them to make an additional important point. In each case, we show that welfare under the suggested subsidy can be increased by the addition of an output tax. While the suggested subsidy reduces damage per unit of output, it also decreases the firm's cost of production and the equilibrium break-even price. It might therefore increase output -- unless combined with an output tax. Using one example, we show that a properly-constructed subsidy-tax combination is equivalent to a Pigovian tax. Another example is a computational model, used to show that the subsidy-tax combination can yield a welfare gain that is more than three times the gain from using the subsidy alone. The third example is a theoretical model, used to show that the subsidy alone increases production and thus could increase total pollution. An additional output tax offsets this increase in production.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w8723
Published: Don Fullerton & Robert Mohr, 2003. "Suggested Subsidies are Sub-optimal Unless Combined with an Output Tax," Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, Berkeley Electronic Press, vol. 2(1), article 1, pages _PHONE_.
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Tiova Rotacaps (Tiotropium 18mcg) 20 Capsules/Pack
Tiova Rotacaps (Tiotropium 18mcg) 20 Capsules/Pack
Tiova Rotacaps (Tiotropium 18mcg) Capsules
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Tiova Rotacaps (Tiotropium 18mcg) 20 Capsules/Pack
Also known as Spiriva
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Cipla Pharmaceuticals
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Bronchodilator (anticholinergic)
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Tiova Rotacaps contain an inhalation powder containing tiotropium, a long-acting anticholinergic bronchodilator that is used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Tiova Rotacaps general information
What is Tiova Rotacaps used for?
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung disease group that causes breathing difficulties due to lung damage. COPD cannot be cured or reversed, therefore, COPD gets worse with time. Tiova Rotacaps contain an inhalation powder used for long-term treatment and maintenance of COPD. Regular use of Tiova Rotacaps helps control progressive obstructive airway disease symptoms and prevent lung damage from getting worse. They can also help reduce the frequency of exacerbations and improve exercise tolerance and health-related quality of life. However, Tiova Rotacaps do not cure COPD.
What causes COPD?
COPD includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and chronic asthma. It is caused by inhaling irritants that gradually damage the lung cells with time to a point where the damage cannot be reversed. Smoking is the most common cause, also workplace chemicals. Asthma and COPD are similar conditions, but asthma is reversible. Asthma is caused by inflammation of the airways, triggered either by an allergic reaction or chemical irritation. The effects on the lungs are not permanent and can be reversed using the right medications. However, untreated asthma can cause scarring of the lung tissue that leads to COPD. Scarring results in airway remodelling, which means thickening of the airway walls and narrowing of the tubes. This causes the airways to be blocked, making breathing permanently and irreversibly difficult.
Symptoms of COPD
COPD symptoms are the result of inflammation and bronchospasm, which is tightening of the smooth muscle that lines the airways, causing narrowing of the airways. Symptoms include a chronic cough with the production of thick mucus or phlegm, wheezing, and tightness of the chest. Breathing is difficult, making you feel short of breath. At first, shortness of breath is related to exercise or mild exertion but eventually happens even when you are resting. You are more likely to get a chest infection and can feel tired and fatigued much of the time. Chronic bronchitis is inflammation of the upper airways tubes, including the bronchi (large airways) and the bronchioles (small airways), resulting in bronchospasm and phlegm production. Emphysema develops due to damage to the alveoli or air sacs of the lungs, making it more and more difficult for the lungs to get enough oxygen into the blood. In all its forms, COPD limits daily activities, restricts exercise and exertion, and reduces the quality of life.
How does Tiova Rotacaps work?
Tiova Rotacaps contain tiotropium in powder form (bromide monohydrate), a long-acting bronchodilator that is used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Tiotropium is anticholinergic and antimuscarinic. It works by blocking the action of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter, or chemical messenger of the nervous system. Acetylcholine binds to specific receptors called muscarinic receptors on the smooth muscle cells of the bronchioles of the lungs, and increases muscle tone, narrowing the bronchioles. Tiotropium in Tiova Rotacaps acts directly on the bronchiole muscarinic receptors and inhibits the interaction of acetylcholine. This action of tiotropium allows the smooth muscle in the airway walls to relax and dilate (widen), which increases airflow into the lungs, improves airflow out of the lungs, and helps reduce symptoms of COPD.
Inhaled tiotropium goes directly into the lungs, and very little is absorbed into the blood circulation. Tiova Rotacaps are long-acting and effective for 24hours.
What does Tiova Rotacaps contain?
Tiova Rotacaps contain the active ingredient tiotropium bromide monohydrate (powder), 22.5 mcg, which is equivalent to 18 mcg per rotocap, a long-acting bronchodilator used to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
What are the side effects of Tiova Rotacaps?
Most medications have some side effects, but they are not experienced by everyone. Some side effects are commonly experienced when taking Tiova Rotacaps, but others are not so common, and you should discuss any problems or concerns with your primary care physician.
Common side effects when taking Tiova Rotacaps include dry mouth and throat, taste disorder, cough, hoarse voice, rapid heartbeat (tachycardia), blurred vision, oral candida (thrush), dizziness, nausea, constipation, upset stomach, difficulty urinating, stuffy nose, nosebleed.
When should Tiova Rotacaps not be used?
Have a talk with your primary healthcare physician before taking Tiova Rotacaps so that you have a full understanding of what this medicine is for and how to use it. There are some reasons for not taking a medication; these are called contraindications, and for Tiova Rotacaps you should consider the following before taking Tiova Rotacaps:
 - Have you ever had an unusual reaction or an allergy when taking Tiova Rotacaps, or other anticholinergic drugs like atropine or ipratropium?
 - Are you pregnant or breastfeeding?
 - Do you have any problems with your kidneys?
 - Do you have glaucoma, urinary problems, irregular heartbeat, or prostate disease?
 - If you are having an acute episode of bronchospasm, Tiova Rotacaps are not intended as a rescue medicine
What medications interact with Tiova Rotacaps?
Some medicines interact with Tiova Rotacaps and may affect the way it works, or are affected by Tiova Rotacaps or increase side effects; you should discuss possible interactions with your primary care physician. These may include other anticholinergic drugs like atropine or ipratropium.
If other medications may interact with Tiova Rotacaps, your doctor will discuss these with you.
How should Tiova Rotacaps be taken and for how long?
Tiova Rotacaps contain an inhalation powder; they are not for oral use and should not be swallowed. You should only use your Tiova capsules with the Rotahaler device, which is especially designed for use with Tiova Rotacaps. Inhale the contents of one capsule once daily and at the same time each day; following the instructions you have been given.
You should continue to take your Tiova Rotacaps for as long as recommended by your doctor, which may be for long term.
Missed dose of Tiova Rotacaps
If you miss a dose of Tiova Rotacaps take it as soon as you remember, unless it is time to take the next dose, then skip the missed dose. Do not take a double dose.
How should Tiova Rotacaps be stored?
You should store your Tiova Rotacaps below 25°C in a cool dry place.
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Building on the detection of more than 1000 colonies of Leadbeater's Possums in native forest harvest areas, the discovery of Leadbeater's Possums in the Yarra Ranges Forest suggests that the critically endangered species is more prevalent than previously thought.
"The Victorian Forest Products Association (VFPA) calls on the Victorian Government to undertake a cross tenure survey of all parks – not just forest harvest areas – to fully understand the distribution and population abundance of this iconic species," said Deb Kerr, CEO of VFPA.
The Victorian Government undertakes surveys of forest coupes to be harvested, but this is just 0.034% of the public land estate. Surveys by VicForests following harvest shows that Leadbeater's Possums are found in these harvested areas as little as five years after harvest.
While Leadbeater's Possums nest in hollows of older trees, their feeding habitat is the harvested area with a mix of acacia understorey. The Victorian Government's decision to phase out native timber harvesting will put at risk this iconic species as its feeding habitat declines with the decline in active forest management through harvest activities.
"However, the full distribution and abundance of this species are largely unknown, which this new detection proves. It is time the Government undertook a cross tenure survey to fully map the species prevalence," concluded Ms Kerr.
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Cookbook:Irish Soda Bread
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Irish Soda Bread
Category Bread recipes
Servings 8
Time Prep 15 minutes
Bake 50-70 minutes
Difficulty Easy
Cookbook | Ingredients | Recipes | Irish cuisine | Vegetarian Cuisine | Holiday | Bread
 2. Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan.
 5. Mix until just moistened. Too much mixing will make it tough.
 6. Stir in butter; pour into prepared pan.
 7. Bake for 65-70 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the bread comes out clean. The loaf should sound hollow if you tap the base.
 8. Cool on a wire rack.
 9. Wrap in tea-towel or foil several hours or overnight for best flavor.
Tips, Notes, and Variations[edit]
 - May serve toasted and buttered.
 - Soda bread rises as a result of acid being mixed with baking soda. The acid is commonly in the form of vinegar, lemon juice, or buttermilk. A tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar in one cup of milk can be substituted for each cup of buttermilk.
 - For best results, bake it at 375°F (190°C), for about 50 minutes, on a preheated baking stone.
Conventional bread, containing live yeast, leavens (rises) as the micro-organisms make carbon dioxide gas as a by-product of their metabolism. Similarly, soda bread utilizes the reaction between baking soda and vinegar, or some other acid, to make the bread rise through the production of carbon dioxide. This recipe uses buttermilk, or optionally a combination of milk and vinegar, but other recipes use sour cream.


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Reina P. Cunningham
Schools across the state are in danger of losing their health clinics due to Medicaid non-payment, according to local officials.
"We provide a mini-health department in each school site as kids have access to registered dietitians, environmentalists, epidemiologists, health educators and a wide variety of health care specialists," said Judy LeFevers, the interim public health director. "A school nurse is the only access to any health care for some school children."
Officials with the Bell County Health Department are asking representatives to advocate for the department to be removed from Medicaid billing as a managed care organization (MCO). The issues with Medicaid billing is a direct result of the health department being listed as a MCO.
The health department has obtained and verified almost two thousand signatures on a petition asking for help from elected officials. These signatures came from residents of Bell County, age 18 and over, who see the importance of keeping the school clinics.
All students in the Bell County school system have equal access to the school clinics and are provided services regardless of whether or not they have Medicaid. Each student receives the same treatment as if they do have Medicaid.
Medicaid is an approximate 70-30 percent federal and state matching fund grant. The local health department pays the state's 30 percent match out of local tax money for all Medicaid services provided by local health services. This means the state currently does not have to pay for any of the costs associated with the clinics.
If the health department is forced to close the school clinics and schools have to hire their own nurses, it will have to be covered with local tax money raised by school districts.
The school clinics provide immunizations and preventative health care screenings, as well as dental treatments such as fluoride and varnish.
The school nurses are capable of giving students over the counter medicines when needed and dispensing prescription medicines to students who need to have medication during school hours.
The school clinics are student friendly environments, complete with a "sick bed" for students to rest on while waiting for their parents to pick them up. Posters of popular kid movies and cartoon characters cover the walls at the clinics.
All school nurses are specially trained to be in the school environment. They complete all required continuing education classes.
School clinics have successfully operated in Bell County since 1992. This is when Kentucky launched a three-county pilot program for school clinics.
For information on where you can sign the petition, you can contact LeFevers at _PHONE_.
You can reach Reina Parker Cunningham at _EMAIL_ or by phone at _PHONE_, ext. 205.

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How to set a computer's date and time
How to set a computer's date and time.
Below is a listing of different methods of how to change the computer's date and time in each of the major operating systems and through the CMOS setup.
Tip: If the computer loses or resets the time and date after it has been off the CMOS battery is bad and needs to be replaced.
The below steps will only allow you to adjust your time zone. If you want to customize your time further we suggest changing the steps from the Windows Desktop, which is the same steps contained in the below Windows Vista and 7 steps.
- From the Start Menu Charms click Settings or press Windows key + I
- In the Desktop settings click More PC settings.
- In PC settings click General
- Click on the Date and Time in the notification area. This is commonly the bottom right-hand corner of the screen (as shown below).
- In the Window that appears click Change date and time settings
- Right-click on the time in your Systray. This is commonly in the bottom right-hand of your screen.
- Click the Adjust Date/Time menu item.
- This will open the Date/Time Properties window. In this window you can adjust the time, date, and time zone. If you wish to change how the computer handles daylight savings, click the Time Zone tab and check or uncheck the 'Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes' option.
- Once the proper date and time has been set, click Apply and then Ok.
Tip: You may also double-click the time to open the Date/Time Properties window.
- Enter the CMOS setup.
- In the main or system setup screen you should be able to see the date and time. Using your arrow keys, navigate to the date and change the date. Once highlighted on the month, day, or year, press your arrow keys or your page up
or page down keys to change the date.
These steps may vary for your BIOS; additional help, information, and simulations can be found on the BIOS help page. You can also change the date and time by following the steps for your operating system below.
Setting the date through MS-DOS can be done by using the date command. Additional information and help with this command can be found on the date command page.
To adjust the time while in MS-DOS use the time command. Additional information about this command can be found on the time command page.
Use the date command to set the date and time. See the date command page for further information and examples of how to do this.
- Open the Apple Menu
- Open the Control Panels
- Open Date & Time
- Within the Date & Time window you will be able to set the date, time, time zone, and change the network time server.


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Optimization of Corrosion Resistance and Machinability of PM 316L Stainless Steel
Austenitic stainless steels offer significantly superior corrosion resistance, when compared to ferritic and martensitic stainless steels. Austenitic stainless steels are however difficult to machine. Austenitic alloy 303L is formulated with a small sulfur addition, which leads to the formation of MnS precipitates in the matrix. Presence of MnS in the alloy does lead to improved machinability. Alternately, it is possible to add a machinability enhancing additive, such as MnS or MoS2 to a standard grade of stainless steel in the powder form in order to improve its machinability. Unfortunately, the presence of a sulfide in an austenitic stainless steel significantly lowers its corrosion resistance. Hence, neither of these options makes it possible to combine good corrosion resistance with good machinability. This study evaluates a sulfur free additive for enhancing machinability of PM 316L, along with its effect on the corrosion resistance of the alloy. Two currently popular additives, namely MnSE and MoS2, are also included in the study for comparison. The new additive is found to offer enhanced machinability without any adverse effect on the alloy's corrosion resistance. All sintering was carried out under conditions that maximize corrosion resistance. Machinability was determined by drilling.


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Centrifugal Sand Separators
A sand separator is effective in removing as much as 98 percent of particles that are too large to fit through an equivalent 200-mesh filter. The device does not remove organic material.
A sand separator should be used as the initial filter on any irrigation system that is pumping appreciable quantities of sand, and should be followed by another type of secondary filter to take out the finer particles.
For proper operation, a sand separator must be sized to match the flow rate, using information provided by the manufacturers on the relationship between flow rate and pressure drop (fig. 10). A properly selected separator will have a pressure drop of 5 to 11 psi when operating. If the flow rate is too small for a given sand separator, it will not be effective in removing sand; a flow rate that is too large will cause excessive pressure losses.
Variations in the flow rate can cause a sand separator to operate ineffectively. If you use the same pump to irrigate fields of different sizes, the flow rate may vary from field to field as the pump flow rate changes with field size.
A centrifugal sand separator is normally installed on the discharge side of the pump. It can also be installed in a well on the intake side of a deep-well turbine.


Can you drink at 18 in Hawaii?
You must be at least 21 years to consume or possess alcohol in Hawaii. However, people who are age 18 are allowed to serve alcoholic beverages in a licensed establishment. Anyone working in a store can handle alcohol so long as a supervisor over 21 is present.
21 years
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Moreover, Is Hawaii strict on drinking age?
Not overly strict and not excessively lenient, the state of Hawaii's drinking age is typical; 21. You can purchase beer, wine, and liquor at almost any convenience, ABC, or grocery store, but make sure to make your purchases before 11:00pm, because most places stop selling after this witching hour.
Secondly, Can you walk around with alcohol in Hawaii?
Simply so, What states allow drinking at 18?
What is Hawaii's legal age?
16 years old
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Can a 15 year old date a 18 year old in Hawaii?
In Hawaii, the legal age of consent to have sex is 16 years old. However, there is a close in age exception that allows those who are 14 years or older to have sex with someone who is less than 5 years older. Thus, a 14 year old cannot have sex with a 19 year old unless they are married.
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What country can you drink at 14?
Is it illegal to walk around with alcohol?
But there are also laws about alcohol consumption, especially if you're interested in public consumption. Drinking in public places–including sidewalks, parks, stadiums, and beaches–is considered illegal in most jurisdictions in the U.S. Penalties range from hundreds of dollars in fines to jail time.
Can an 18 year old date a 15 year old in Nebraska?
Under Nebraska's laws, people age 18 years old and younger cannot be convicted of statutory rape. For example, a 17-year-old who has consensual sex with a 15-year-old cannot be convicted of sexual assault under Nebraska's laws.
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Can you walk around Fredericksburg with alcohol?
Fredericksburg, Texas Located an hour and half west of Austin, Fredericksburg allows the consumption of beer and wine (sorry, no liquor) on the streets of its shopping district. Best time to visit: Take part in the town's German heritage celebration during Oktoberfest in early October.
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text: This is the beautiful and graceful Proleek Dolmen located on the legendary Cooley Peninsula in co. Louth. It is one of the finest examples in Ireland and dates from between 2500-3000 BC. These structures were given the name 'dolmen' in the Victorian era which derives from a Breton word meaning a 'stone table'. The proper name for these incredible monuments are 'portal tombs' as the 2 upright stones (or portals) are believed to be 'the gateway' into the burial chamber. Many of these were originally covered by thousands of smaller stones in the shape of a tall pointed cairn but these were usually removed over the years for other purposes. It is common to find cremated bones, grave goods, flints, bone beads, and coarse pottery during excavations. The giant roof stone on this example measures 12-feet by 10-feet and is estimated to weight over 30-tonnes. If you look closely at the photo you will see lots of tiny pebbles on the top of capstone as a local legend says..' if you throw a stone up and it stays, you will be married within a year" Best of Luck!


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Funding flows for stormwater flood mitigation project
Published: 22 Apr 2022 1:43pm
Around 30 properties in Wagga Wagga's Wiradjuri Estate will be further protected from stormwater flooding through a project jointly funded by the Federal Government and Wagga Wagga City Council.
Council was successful in its application for Federal funding to assist with the $462,000 stormwater flood mitigation project in the Incarnie Crescent area.
Project Manager Andrew Mason said the project was a recommendation from Council's Major Overland Flow Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan.
"This project aims to reduce flooding in the Incarnie Crescent area resulting from overland flow flooding caused by intense rainfall events," Mr Mason said.
"It will supplement existing drainage by putting in extra drainage lines to move water from the low-lying area into another floodgate to create space in the floodgate where the pumps are located.
"This is expected to significantly reduce the amount of in-street and over-footpath flooding and reduce the risk of over-floor flooding in an overland flow event."
Member for Riverina Michael McCormack MP said the Federal funding was provided through $150 million Preparing Australia Communities Program – Local Stream was established to fund local projects to improve natural disaster resilience of communities.
"The Federal Government is contributing $231,000 towards this important project which will alleviate stormwater flooding for homes in the Wiradjuri Estate in Wagga Wagga," Mr McCormack said.
"This is the first tranche of the Federal Government's investment of $600 million over six years to build the nation's resilience to natural disasters."
The additional drainage will be built along the existing footpath in Incarnie Crescent.
Mr Mason said while there will be some impacts on residents during the construction phase, Council will work with residents to ensure they can maintain access to their homes.
It is expected the project would be completed by the end of the year, weather permitting.
For more information about the Major Overland Flow Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan, visit _URL_


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We present an optical method for nondirectional edge extraction/enhancement in color images. The method is based on the capability of twisted-nematic LCDs to traduce the image information in changes of the state of polarization of light, which allows us to generate simultaneously two replicas of the digital image displayed on the LCD: a true-color ("positive") image and a complementary-color ("negative") one. In our setup the imaging system consists of a lens plus a pupil mask formed with concentric apertures and orthogonal polarizers. This layout allows us to simultaneously image a well-focused positive replica (due to the circular aperture) superimposed to a slightly defocused negative one (due to the annular aperture). It is not difficult to demonstrate that this generates a nondirectional (Laplacian) edge enhancement. Unlike Fourier, our proposal works with incoherent illumination and does not require precise alignment, and thus, it could be a useful tool for edge extraction/enhancement in large images in real-time applications. Validation experiments are presented.
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