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Datazilla is a system for managing and visualizing test data. It's designed to be able to manage different subsets of test data, such as performance data. This project includes database template schemas, a model layer, web service, and web based user interface.
At a top level, performance test data is submitted as a JSON data structure to the webservice via HTTP POST, an example data structure can be found here. It's stored in a dedicated database schema as an object. The objects in this schema are then translated into a relational database schema where individual fields in the JSON structure are indexed for queries. The indexed data is used for applying statistical analysis to identify performance regressions. Both the indexed data and un-processed objects are available through the web service.
New JSON objects and schema definitions can be added to support different types of data. It's also possible to utilize the fields already available in the JSON structure to represent different information.
All of the datasets contained in datazilla are described with three classifiers: project, content type, and dataset. Each project classifier can have its own dedicated user interface associated with it. These classifiers are described in detail in the Architecture section.


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Translation of labor in Spanish:
- 1 uncountable 1.1 (productive work) the division of laborla división del trabajoto withdraw one's laborir a la huelgaDepartment of Labor (in US)Secretaría (feminine) de Trabajo (Mexico)(before noun) (dispute/laws)labor costs
laboralcosto (masculine) de la mano de obralabor leader (in US)
coste (masculine) de la mano de obra (Spain)líder (masculine or feminine) sindicalthe labor market
dirigente (masculine or feminine) sindicalel mercado de trabajothe labor movement labor relationsrelaciones (feminine plural) laboraleslabor supplyoferta (feminine) de mano de obraExample sentences
Example sentences1.2 (workers) cheap labor
- The majority of migrant workers earn their living in the city by doing manual labour.
- The men go off and look for casual labour during the day while women and children spend the day looking for shade.
- These subjects were agricultural workers with varying periods of manual labour in the field.
mano de obra barataorganized laborsindicación (feminine) (esp Spain)Example sentences
- Fourth, the working class and labour movement, repressed, shackled, lacking independence, was no alternative.
- Steelworkers Canadian director Ken Neumann said the merger creates a new force in the Canadian labour movement, as well as in federal and provincial politics.
- But turning labour into a political force to be reckoned with in Alberta is a tall order, which McGowan clearly outlined in his paper.
- Today there is a growing acceptance of illegal casual labour and a strong demand for it.
- In this society, his job was one of the few, in which people exactly performed manual labor.
- It also aims to replace a number of full-time workers with casual and part-time labour.
- 2also: Labour(British) (Politics) (no article) (+ singular or plural verb)los laboristasshe voted Labor
el Partido Laboristavotó a or por los laboristas(before noun) (candidate/policy)
- They seem to think that the way to beat Labour is to be more Leftist than Labour!
- South Swindon has a new Member of Parliament but the seat is still held by Labour.
- Teresa Page was a hard-working councillor and Labour will be sad to see her go.
- 3 3.1 uncountable and countable (effort)esfuerzos (masculine plural)the fruits of their labors
trabajo (masculine)los frutos de sus esfuerzos or de su trabajo3.2 countable (task) a labor of loveuna labor realizada con amorthe twelve labors of Hercules
- 4 uncountable (Medicine) a difficult laborun parto difícilto be in laborestar de parto or en trabajo de partoto go into laborentrar en trabajo de parto(before noun) labor painsdolores (masculine plural) del partolabor ward
contracciones (feminine plural) del partoExample sentences
- They also received 300 mg every three hours while in labor until delivery.
- Both Lamaze and Bradley encourage partner participation in labor and delivery.
- The drug prostaglandin is injected into the womb and this causes it to contract strongly as in labour.
- 1 1.1 (toil) to labor for a causeluchar or trabajar por una causato labor
atsomethingtrabajar incansablemente1.2 (work as laborer) (only in -ing form) he got a job laboring/a laboring job enalgoconsiguió un trabajo de peón
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The heat/mass transfer analogy for a backward facing step
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International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, ISSN: 0017-9310, Vol: 113, Page: 411-422
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- Physics and Astronomy; Engineering; Chemical Engineering
Heat and mass transfer from a surface to a stream of fluid are governed by Fourier's law and Fick's law respectively,which are mathematical manifestations of the process of diffusion. In the realm of transport processes, the mathematical equations describing the two phenomena can become analogous under certain assumptions and boundary conditions. From an engineering perspective, it is difficult to measure heat transfer coefficients in separated flows because of high spatial thermal gradients and the intrusive nature of the various techniques. The analogous mass transfer measurement using the naphthalene sublimation, on the other hand, overcomes these challenges and presents significant advantages of speed, economy, better resolution and accuracy over its heat transfer counter-part. However, quantitatively, the diffusion rates of heat in air and naphthalene in air are different. So, the physical and mathematical similarity between the two processes can be utilized effectively only when the analogy factor ( F = Nu / Sh ) is determined. This study investigates the heat/mass transfer analogy in a turbulent separated flow behind a backward facing step. The heat ( Nu ) and mass ( Sh ) transfer measurements were made using the thermal boundary layer measurement technique and the naphthalene sublimation measurement respectively under near identical flow conditions. Analogous boundary conditions of uniform temperature and constant concentration were imposed on the active surfaces, which is the recirculation-reattachment region behind the backward facing step. The Nu and Sh values thus obtained were used to calculate the analogy factor, F, which was found to be 0.692.

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SplinePointKeyFrame.KeySpline Property
Gets or sets the two control points that define animation progress for this key frame.
Namespace: System.Windows.Media.Animation
Assembly: PresentationCore (in PresentationCore.dll)
public KeySpline KeySpline { get; set; }

Property Value
Type: System.Windows.Media.Animation.KeySpline
The two control points that specify the cubic Bezier curve that defines the progress of the key frame.
Identifier field
Metadata properties set to true
To understand how a KeySpline works, it is helpful to understand cubic Bezier curves. A cubic Bezier curve is defined by a start point, an end point, and two control points. The two coordinates in the KeySpline define those two control points. When describing key splines, the start point of the Bezier curve is always 0, and the end point is always 1, which is why you define only the two control points. The resulting curve specifies how an animation is interpolated during a time segment; that is, the curve represents the rate of change in the animation's target attribute over the time segment. To better see the relationship between animation progress and a Bezier curve, see Key Spline Animation Sample.
This example shows how to animate the value of a property that takes a Double by using key frames.
The following example moves a rectangle across a screen. The example uses the DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames class to animate the X property of a TranslateTransform applied to a Rectangle. This animation, which repeats indefinitely, uses three key frames in the following manner:
 1. During the first three seconds, uses an instance of the LinearDoubleKeyFrame class to move the rectangle along a path at a steady rate from its starting position to the 500 position. Linear key frames like LinearDoubleKeyFrame create a smooth linear transition between values.
 2. At the end of the fourth second, uses an instance of the DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame class to suddenly move the rectangle to the next position. Discrete key frames like DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame create sudden jumps between values. In this example, the rectangle is at the starting position and then suddenly appears at the 500 position.
 3. In the final two seconds, uses an instance of the SplineDoubleKeyFrame class to move the rectangle back to its starting position. Spline key frames like SplineDoubleKeyFrame create a variable transition between values according to the value of the KeySpline property. In this example, the rectangle begins by moving slowly and then speeds up exponentially toward the end of the time segment.
using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
using System.Windows.Media;
namespace Microsoft.Samples.KeyFrameExamples
 ///
 /// This example shows how to use the DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames class to
 /// animate the position of an object.
 /// Key frame animations enable you to create complex animations
 /// by specifying multiple destination values
 /// and controlling the animation's interpolation method.
 ///
 public class AltDoubleAnimationUsingKeyFramesExample : Page
 public AltDoubleAnimationUsingKeyFramesExample()
 Title = "DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames Example";
 Background = Brushes.White;
 Margin = new Thickness(20);
 // Create a NameScope for this page so that
 // Storyboards can be used.
 NameScope.SetNameScope(this, new NameScope());
 // Create a rectangle.
 Rectangle aRectangle = new Rectangle();
 aRectangle.Width = 100;
 aRectangle.Height = 100;
 aRectangle.Stroke = Brushes.Black;
 aRectangle.StrokeThickness = 5;
 // Create a Canvas to contain and
 // position the rectangle.
 Canvas containerCanvas = new Canvas();
 containerCanvas.Width = 610;
 containerCanvas.Height = 300;
 Canvas.SetTop(aRectangle, 100);
 Canvas.SetLeft(aRectangle, 10);
 // Create a TranslateTransform to
 // move the rectangle.
 TranslateTransform animatedTranslateTransform =
 new TranslateTransform();
 aRectangle.RenderTransform = animatedTranslateTransform;
 // Assign the TranslateTransform a name so that
 // it can be targeted by a Storyboard.
 "AnimatedTranslateTransform", animatedTranslateTransform);
 // Create a DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames to
 // animate the TranslateTransform.
 DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames translationAnimation
 = new DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames();
 translationAnimation.Duration = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(6);
 // Animate from the starting position to 500
 // over the first second using linear
 // interpolation.
 new LinearDoubleKeyFrame(
 500, // Target value (KeyValue)
 KeyTime.FromTimeSpan(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3))) // KeyTime
 // Animate from 500 (the value of the previous key frame)
 // to 400 at 4 seconds using discrete interpolation.
 // Because the interpolation is discrete, the rectangle will appear
 // to "jump" from 500 to 400.
 new DiscreteDoubleKeyFrame(
 400, // Target value (KeyValue)
 KeyTime.FromTimeSpan(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(4))) // KeyTime
 // Animate from 400 (the value of the previous key frame) to 0
 // over two seconds, starting at 4 seconds (the key time of the
 // last key frame) and ending at 6 seconds.
 new SplineDoubleKeyFrame(
 0, // Target value (KeyValue)
 KeyTime.FromTimeSpan(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(6)), // KeyTime
 new KeySpline(0.6,0.0,0.9,0.0) // KeySpline
 // Set the animation to repeat forever.
 translationAnimation.RepeatBehavior = RepeatBehavior.Forever;
 // Set the animation to target the X property
 // of the object named "AnimatedTranslateTransform."
 Storyboard.SetTargetName(translationAnimation, "AnimatedTranslateTransform");
 translationAnimation, new PropertyPath(TranslateTransform.XProperty));
 // Create a storyboard to apply the animation.
 Storyboard translationStoryboard = new Storyboard();
 // Start the storyboard after the rectangle loads.
 aRectangle.Loaded += delegate(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 Content = containerCanvas;

For the complete sample, see KeyFrame Animation Sample.
For consistency with other animation examples, the code versions of this example use a Storyboard object to apply the DoubleAnimationUsingKeyFrames. Alternatively, when applying a single animation in code, it is simpler to use the BeginAnimation method instead of using a Storyboard. For an example, see How to: Animate a Property Without Using a Storyboard.
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Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1
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text: Base station cooperation is an attractive way of increasing the spectral efficiency in multiantenna communication. By serving each terminal through several base stations in a given area, intercell interference can be coordinated and higher performance achieved, especially for terminals at cell edges. Most previous work in the area has assumed that base stations have common knowledge of both data dedicated to all terminals and full or partial channel state information (CSI) of all links. Herein, we analyze the case of distributed cooperation where each base station has only local CSI, either instantaneous or statistical. In the case of instantaneous CSI, the beamforming vectors that can attain the outer boundary of the achievable rate region are characterized for an arbitrary number of multiantenna transmitters and single-antenna receivers. This characterization only requires local CSI and justifies distributed precoding design based on a novel virtual signal-to-interference noise ratio (SINR) framework, which can handle an arbitrary SNR and achieves the optimal multiplexing gain. The local power allocation between terminals is solved heuristically. Conceptually, analogous results for the achievable rate region characterization and precoding design are derived in the case of local statistical CSI. The benefits of distributed cooperative transmission are illustrated numerically, and it is shown that most of the performance with centralized cooperation can be obtained using only local CSI.


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Upper Magat and Cagayan River Basin
This river basin provides a variety of services to the people, such as hydroelectricity, irrigation, fishery, flood control, and recreation among others. However, inappropriate landuse practices in the area are causing severe erosion and siltation of rivers. The JICA assisted "Master Plan Study for Watershed Management in the Upper Magat and Cagayan River Basin" indicated that the Magat River Basin is particularly threatened by excessive soil loss of 8,673,000 per year and requiring urgent soil and water conservation activities.
Cordillera Administrative Region: Ifugao
Region 2: Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino
Upper Pampanga River Basin
The Pampanga River Basin is the source of hydro-electric power of Luzon Grid, irrigates about 363,246 hectares of farmland and source of industrial, commercial and domestic water supply for Region 3 and Metro Manila. But the watershed has insufficient forest cover inasmuch as only 71,631 hectares, representing 9 per cent of the river basin or 24 percent of the forestland within the basin, are forested. Moreover, floods frequently occur within the watershed. Every storm event and heavy rainfall that occurs in Central Luzon causes flooding and destroys millions of crops, properties and loss of lives in the said watershed. The depth of flood ranges from 0.1 to 3.8 meters on areas 30 meters above sea level and the total area affected rages from 10,000-138,000 hectares.
Region 3: Nueva Ecija
Jalaur River Basin
The Jalaur River Watershed, being one of the major rivers in the province of Iloilo, is the source of irrigation for 22,000 hectares of river lands in the area. Likewise, Jalaur River is the source of both domestic and industrial water by the downstream municipalities of the watershed. However, degradation of the watershed has resulted in the decrease of water yield resulting to insufficient water supply. Hence, there is an urgent need to rehabilitate the area to stabilize the soil cover of the whole area and improve water supply.
Region 6: Iloilo


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Effects of Gamma Ray as Oxidative Stress on Several Blood Parameters of Male Chickens
Keywords:male chicken, hematological parameters, gamma ray, grape seed oil, free radical
The present work aims to detect the effects of gamma ray radiation emitted from Co-60 on several blood parameters (PCV, Hb, WBCs and RBCs) of male chickens. Also, the potential antioxidant impact of grape seeds oil exposed to cold plasma as a protective material to lower the damage caused by gamma ray was tested for a long time and low dose rate. Healthy male chickens were used in this study which had an age range of 2 to 3 months and a weight range of 1.5 to 2 kg. Animals were kept in plastic cages (100 x 400 x 40 cm dimensions) within humidity and temperature preserved at limited values. Four experimental groups were included; the first was the un-exposed control. The second group was administered with a dose of grape seed extract. The third group was exposed to gamma ray radiation only. The fourth group was administered with a dose of grape seed extract and irradiated with gamma waves. Forty male chickens were used in this work as they were parted and administered with the selected doses. The control group was considered as the first group that contained 10 male chicken without being exposed to waves of gamma rays. The next group also contained 10 male chicken irradiated with 5 Gy/lh at interval 7 hour/day for 20 days as second group. Another group contained 10 male chicken and was dealt with oil of grape seed 400 mg/kg wt) with orally administered dose for 20 days as third group. The fourth group contained 10 male chicken irradiated with 5 Gy/h at interval of 7 hour/day for 20 days and dealt with orally administered dose (400 mg/kg wt) of grape seed oil for the same time. Overall groups (2-4), male chicken number became 30 used for 40.60 days at 7 hours per day. The schedule of work was achieved at 5 Gy/h of radiation equivalent dose with different exposure time for (20 and 40,60 days) on male chicken and at period 7 hours daily. The grape seed extract was bought from local market in Mosul City and filters from impure, as we found significant decrease in ratio of blood factors RBCs, WBCs, Hb and PCV with increasing of exposure time. This data changes with adding antioxidant materials as (grape seed oil) were the value of blood factors ratio enhancement by increasing the time of dose of these material compared with control group. The blood factors ratio of male chickens change with exposure time, with significant decrease by increasing exposure time, however, the protective material ( grape seed oil ) reduces the change in ratio % of the some blood factors compared with control group.


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Before you can talk about the origins of gold farming, you have to talk about the history of massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) — they're the main marketplace for gold farming. MMOGs are games in which thousands, or even millions, of people interact simultaneously over an Internet connection. They got their start in the late 1980s, when networked mainframes were set up to run text-based games known as multi-user dungeons (MUDs) [source: Heeks]. Much like modern MMOGs, MUDs were set in fantasy worlds and featured virtual objects like currency, weapons and armor.
Advancements in technology led to an explosion of graphics-based MMOGs by the late 1990s, including games like "Ultima Online," "EverQuest" and "Lineage." Such role-playing games (RPGs)— a type of MMOG in which players navigate characters through virtual worlds and perform tasks or quests — remain quite popular. Analysts projected the well-known massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) "World of Warcraft" would boast 8.2 million subscribers at the end of 2015 [source: SuperData].
Gold farming has been a part of MMOGs from the beginning. Players of the text-based MUDs were the first to trade virtual currency and other items for real money, though not nearly on the scale it's done today. The practice really took off in 1999 when players began using the new online trading platform eBay to sell virtual goods. Winning bidders would meet the seller in the game, and the items would be traded in the virtual world. Soon, opportunistic entrepreneurs realized there was real money to be made in virtual commerce and set up businesses to create and sell video game wealth. And they've been quite successful: By 2009, these third-party transactions accounted for an estimated $3.023 billion [source: Lehdonvirta and Ernkvist].


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Hyalovet® (Hyaluronate Sodium) is indicated for the intra-articular treatment of carpal or fetlock joint dysfunction in horses due to acute or chronic, noninfectious synovitis associated with equine osteoarthritis.
Molecular filtration technology removes extraneous fractions and impurities
Revision date indicates the date the MSDS or SDS was last revised. MSDS / SDS are
dated when they are originally issued AND when any significant change has been made
to the chemical compound or research has revealed a health or physical hazard different
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Estimation of ordinary differential equations with orthogonal conditions
Nicolas Brunel (February 20, 2012)
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Parameter inference of ordinary differential equations from noisy data can be seen as a nonlinear regression problem, within a parametric setting. The use of a classical statistical method such as Nonlinear Least Squares (NLS) gives rise to difficult and heavy optimization problems due to the corresponding badly posed inverse problem. Gradient Matching algorithms use a smooth (nonparametric) estimation of the solution from which is derived a nonparametric estimate of the derivative, and gives rise to a natural criterion easier than NLS to optimize. We introduce here a new class of criteria based on a weak formulation of the ODE. The estimator derived can be viewed as a generalized moment estimators which possesses nice statistical and computational properties. Finally, we consider several examples which illustrate the efficiency and the versatility of the proposed method.


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Several women will be identified as lead farmers and trained to run and operate three cost-effective and grass-roots Agricultural Technology Hubs. The hubs will provide gender-focused access to information technology, organic farming practices, technology solutions in irrigation, and hands-on training opportunities. The lead farmers will then each train up to 30 farmers in the testing period (eight months, ending in January 2023), each of whom will then test technologies and new practices through on-farm trials. The project aims to directly impact the lives of 270 farmers over the trial period.
The hubs will be an entry-point to the whole community for newly introduced innovative solutions, thereby increasing acceptance, sustainability, and scaling of those innovations. The ultimate goal will be to equip women farmers with the ability to test and validate innovative technology and practices themselves in a sustainable and gender sensitive manner.
Both EI Canada and EI Tanzania are excited to start this next journey in testing this innovation with plans to upscale it in the future to other EI countries. Pray with us as we head into this short testing period.


Definition of 'Severability'
A clause in a contract that allows for the terms of the contract to be independent of one another, so that if a term in the contract is deemed unenforceable by a court, the contract as a whole will not be deemed unenforceable. If there were no severability clause in a contract, a whole contract could be deemed unenforceable because of one unenforceable term.
Also known as a "severability clause" or a "savings clause".
Investopedia explains 'Severability'
A contract with a severability clause is essentially one contract divided into many different parts: default on one component of the contract does not prevent the rest of the contract from being fulfilled. If a sentence, clause or term in a contract is deemed invalid by a court, then this problem area of the contract will most often be rewritten to fit both the contract's original intent and the requirements of the court.
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Self-Distillation Amplifies Regularization in Hilbert Space
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Knowledge distillation introduced in the deep learning context is a method to transfer knowledge from one architecture to another. In particular, when the architectures are identical, this is called self-distillation. The idea is to feed in predictions of the trained model as new target values for retraining (and iterate this loop possibly a few times). It has been empirically observed that the self-distilled model often achieves higher accuracy on held out data. Why this happens, however, has been a mystery: the self-distillation dynamics does not receive any new information about the task and solely evolves by looping over training. To the best of our knowledge, there is no rigorous understanding of why this happens. This work provides the first theoretical analysis of self-distillation. We focus on fitting a nonlinear function to training data, where the model space is Hilbert space and fitting is subject to L2 regularization in this function space. We show that self-distillation iterations modify regularization by progressively limiting the number of basis functions that can be used to represent the solution. This implies (as we also verify empirically) that while a few rounds of self-distillation may reduce over-fitting, further rounds may lead to under-fitting and thus worse performance.
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Reporting in the current issue of the journal Cell, the scientists show that a protein called PTEN goes to the back of the cell when a chemical attractant is sensed, allowing the cell to move purposefully toward the attractant. Because PTEN "brings up the rear," the molecules crucial for allowing the cell to reach out and move forward are restricted to the front of the cell.
"How do cells determine which direction to go to find an attractant? How do they sense the differences in concentration of the chemical, alter their membranes and move forward?" asks Peter Devreotes, Ph.D., professor and director of cell biology in the school's Institute for Basic Biomedical Sciences. "It's a very complex puzzle, and we've found another piece."
Postdoctoral fellow Miho Iijima, Ph.D., and Devreotes used specially labeled versions of PTEN that glowed green to see where the protein is in the cell during movement of living amoeba. They also monitored the movement and sensing abilities of amoeba whose PTEN gene was removed or altered.
"PTEN is found only in the back of the cell in moving amoeba, and is actually attached to the cell's membrane," says Devreotes. "Without PTEN or without it attached properly, the amoeba couldn't determine direction as well. Instead of moving in a straight line and adjusting quickly if the source of the attractant is moved, cells without PTEN have bigger 'fronts' that tugged them in a number of directions at once, impeding their progress."
In the same issue of Cell, other researchers report that another protein is found only in the front of amoeba. The two reports fit well together because PTEN and the other protei
Contact: Joanna Downer
Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

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Using Grids on the GED Math Test
This section of the GED Mathematics web-based training module has provided you with basic information on both standard grids and coordinate plane grids. Students will record their answers to alternate format questions on these grids.
Teaching students to grid correctly is important, not only for the GED Mathematics Test, but also for use in real-life situations.
You may wish to review with your students the basic directions for completing standard grids and coordinate plane grids (pdf).
You may wish to print copies of these pages for your students.
You have now completed the Grid Formats section. If you're working straight through, click "Next" to go to the Writing section, or click on one of the modules in the navigation bar on the left to go to another section that interests you.


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22 January 1869
Pokrovskoye, Siberia, Russian Empire
29 December 1916
Petrograd, Russian Empire
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Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin (1869 - 1916) was a Russian mystic and covert Templar agent assigned to infiltrate the Russian Royal House and become close to Tsar Nicholas II and his family.
Infiltrating the Royal houseEdit
After Nicholas' son Alexei became sick from hemophilia, a family friend advised him to ask for the help of Rasputin. Rasputin agreed to do so, because he knew that Nicholas was in possession of a Staff of Eden, known as the Imperial Sceptre. After successfully "healing" Alexei, Rasputin became a trusted friend, and even gave advice on the decisions the royal family made.[1]
Eventually, Rasputin came into possession of the Staff, and took it to Tunguska for the Templars to experiment with. Despite this, following the interrogation of the Templar Dolinsky, Nikolai Orelov and several other Assassins destroyed the facility, with the assistance of Nikola Tesla; the Imperial Sceptre was also destroyed in the resulting explosion. However, Rasputin managed to recover a piece of the destroyed Staff, and wore it around his neck for the rest of his life.[2]
Guseva's assassination attemptEdit
In 1914, Rasputin traveled to his home in Pokrovskoye, Siberia to visit his wife and children, and his disciple Khioniya Guseva joined him. He arranged to meet with Guseva outside the village's church, but after having done so, Guseva charged towards him and slit his stomach. Due to his injuries, Rasputin's intestines fell out and he clutched at them, yet he managed to smile at Guseva. Following this, Rasputin used the Staff shard from around his neck to make her mutilate herself. Consequently, Guseva was heavily deformed for the rest of her life, while Rasputin himself was somehow healed miraculously.[3]
"Not so immortal after all, henh? Degenerate filth."
―Nikolai Orelov's accomplices, upon seeing Rasputin's corpse.[src]
Rasputin was assassinated by Felix Yusupov and his co-conspirators on 29 December 1916. He was reportedly poisoned, and shot twice, but managed to make his way outside, where he was shot once more and clubbed to death. His body was dropped in a river outside Petrograd, but was later recovered by police and buried near the city.[4]
In 1917, Nikolai Orelov and two accomplices dug up Rasputin's corpse after the Assassin found out about the splinter from the Staff that was still in Rasputin's possession, possibly allowing for his difficult execution. Orelov subsequently ripped the necklace from Rasputin's corpse and told his accomplices to burn the body.[2]
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ABOUT THE COURSE
This one day training course in the Hampshire South Downs will teach you how to design, build and manage your own back garden indoor and outdoor composting toilet. The course will cover the rules and regulations for compost loos, and how everyone can set up a compost loo in their house, garden, allotment, Forest School site or community area. Award-winning compost loo designer and builder, Lynden Miles, will cover how to set up an indoor or outdoor compost loo taking into consideration your own specification, needs and family size. The course is mostly classroom based with time to see the compost toilets we use on site at The Sustainability Centre.
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- Understanding of regulations and health and hygiene related to compost toilets
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A Bayesian approach to portfolios selection in multicriteria group decision making
In the a-posteriori approach to multicriteria decision making the idea is to first find a set of interesting (usually non-dominated) decision alternatives and then let the decision maker select among these. Often an additional demand is to limit the size of alternatives to a small number of solutions. In this case, it is important to state preferences on sets. In previous work it has been shown that independent normalization of objective functions (using for instance desirability functions) combined with the hypervolume indicator can be used to formulate such set-preferences. A procedure to compute and to maximize the probability that a set of solutions contains at least one satisfactory solution is established. Moreover, we extend the model to the scenario of multiple decision makers. For this we compute the probability that at least one solution in a given set satisfies all decision makers. First, the information required a-priori from the decision makers is considered. Then, a computational procedure to compute the probability for a single set to contain a solution, which is acceptable to all decision makers, is introduced. Thereafter, we discuss how the computational effort can be reduced and how the measure can be maximized. Practical examples for using this in database queries will be discussed, in order to show how this approach relates to applications.
Citation : Emmerich, M.T.M., Deutz, A. and Yevseyeva, I. (2015) A Bayesian approach to portfolios selection in multicriteria group decision making. CENTERIS'15, 7th Conference of ENTERprise Information Systems. Procedia Computer Science, 64, pp. _PHONE_
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Here are some pictures of our home production process for SARCTRAC. In parentheses shows applicability to SARCTRAC Mk1, Mk2 or Mk3.
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SARCNET Development and SARCTRAC Coding
1. Assembling the cover (123)
2. Machining the enclosure (123)
3. Counter-sinking and deburring the enclosure (123)
4. Machining the aluminium, finned heatsink (2)
5. Cutting and tinning the hookup wire (123)
6. Wiring the motor (123)
7. Testing the beeper (12) and motor (123)
8. Wiring the beeper (12)
9. Wiring the regulator (12)
10. Wiring the 3D accelerometer/magnetometer (12)
11. Crimping the motor driver cable (12)
12. Wiring the power cable with integrated schottky diode (12)
13. Crimping the Raspberry Pi wiring harness (12)
14. Modifying the motor driver (12)
15. Installing the grommet, heatsink, label and standoffs (12)
16. Installing the Raspberry Pi wiring harness (12)
17. Installing the motors (123)
18. Installing the motor driver and power cable (123)
19. Programming the micro SDHC card and USB disk (12)
20. Installing the Raspberry Pi and GPS receiver assembly (12)
21. Installing the beeper and cable assembly (12)
22. Assembling the test stand (12)
23. Assembling the test lift-arm (12)
24. Setting to work (123)
25. Calibrating the 3D magnetometer/accelerometer (123)
26. Testing (123)
27. Initializing SARCTRAC and the SARCTRAC USB Disk (12)
28. Packing and posting (123)
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Resyn Biotech launches a new product at ASMS 2017: MagReSyn® HILIC MagReSyn® HILIC provides a highly reproducible, unbiased and fully automatable solution for parallel protein sample clean-up prior to MS analysis. Please visit our partner at Booth 408 at the 65th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics (ASMS) 2017 in Indianapolis, USA, June 4-8, 2017.
The range of possible sample contaminants, variability in starting material, & range of possible reagents for sample preparation has resulted in variability in data generated from #mass spectrometry (MS). Current methodologies and tools for sample clean-up prior to digestion and MS analysis require the use of in-line column chromatography, desalting columns/membranes, and or packed tips for partitioning. Although some of these techniques are broadly applicable, they are not routinely automatable, or don't provide the option for parallel processing for high-throughput. In order to fully automate clean-up we have developed a versatile magnetic mixed-mode #HILIC with broad applicability for the removal of common contaminants required in the solubilization and denaturation of proteins. The use of magnetic beads are gaining in popularity due to the ability to automate clean-up procedures, reducing sample handling, and providing massively parallel sample processing.
For more information see here.


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Intelligent Finite Element Aided Inference of Quantum Technology Gravity Gradiometer (iFEEL)
Applicants are invited for a research position in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Birmingham to develop an advanced numerical modelling tool to infer microgravity data from field experiments and theoretical Quantum Technology (QT) gravity gradiometer data to detect buried features and their condition with a particular focus on detecting voids and washouts around tunnels and deep sewers. This position is offered as part of an ambitious and exciting research project funded by the QT-Hub to develop innovative techniques to extend the use of quantum technology in civil engineering related application.
The post offers initially a 3 month, full-time fixed-term contract with potential for an extension; part-time applicants may be considered depending on the applicant's circumstances.
The post holder will be responsible for the planning and development of numerical models and will assist the PI in writing the research reports and the dissemination of the project findings through journal and conference publications. The candidate will be contributing to prepare proposals to secure additional research grants.
The successful applicant will have, or expect soon to obtain, a PhD in the field of numerical modelling and computational mechanics applied to engineering/physical problems and an excellent command of programming in Matlab. Prior experience in use of finite element method, knowledge of machine learning-based techniques, good organizational and communication skills and a good track record of high quality research are essential.
How to apply:
The applicant is required to upload a covering letter, a brief statement of research interests (describing how past experience and future plans fit with the advertised position), CV and the details of two referees as part of his or her online application.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to the project leader, Dr Asaad Faramarzi (_EMAIL_)


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Like other amino acids, it is an important part of cell proteins, especially important for some proteins, since the hydroxyl group of threonine can be phosphorylated (like that of serine or tyrosine) which can be used by cells to perform signaling processes, via phosphorylation/dephosphorylation. It is a precursor of isoleucine, and so it provides energy during dark hours when there is no photosynthesis.
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Elongation of the anterior tubercle of the transverse process of a cervical vertebrae is a rare congenital osseous anomaly. The presenting case demonstrates the need for a thorough clinical assessment/evaluation on every patient. The importance of the radiological examination as a component of clinical assessment is explained.
This abstract is reproduced with the permission of the publisher. Article only available in print.


text: The middle ear muscle (MEM) reflexes function to protect the inner ear from intense acoustic stimuli and to reduce acoustic masking. Sound presented to the same side or to the opposite side activates the MEM reflex on both sides. The ascending limbs of these pathways must be the auditory nerve fibers originating in the cochlea and terminating in the cochlear nucleus, the first relay station for all ascending auditory information. The descending limbs project from the motoneurons in the brainstem to the MEMs on both sides, causing their contraction. Although the ascending and descending pathways are well described, the cochlear nucleus interneurons that mediate these reflex pathways have not been identified. In order to localize the MEM reflex interneurons, we developed a physiologically based reflex assay in the rat that can be used to determine the integrity of the reflex pathways after experimental manipulations. This assay monitored the change in tone levels and distortion product otoacoustic emissions within the ear canal in one ear during the presentation of a reflex-eliciting sound stimulus in the contralateral ear. Preliminary findings using surgical transection and focal lesioning of the auditory brainstem to interrupt the MEM reflexes suggest that MEM reflex interneurons are located in the ventral cochlear nucleus. Anat Rec Part A, 2006. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.


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Characteristic of those things which may not be classified as either silly nor ridiculous because they are characterized by a perfect balance between the two characteristics.
Examples of SILLICULOUS:
The man's attempts to hide his true feelings for her, after so many attempts to show them, were silliculous, to say the least.
She had a silliculous way of pretending she didn't see him every time they ran into each other.
Origin of SILLICULOUS:
From English ridiculous (Latin ridēre to laugh) and English silly (Old English sǣl happiness; Goth sels kindhearted; Old High German sālig blissful; Latin solari to comfort).
First Known Use: 2012
Related Forms of SILLICULOUS:
— si·llic·u·lous·ly adverb
— si·llic·u·lous·ness noun
funny, nonsensical, droll, foolish
asshat, ham, wtf
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> log tables. The STL log tables manage disk space by retaining only two to five days of log history, depending on log usage and available disk space.

Amazon Redshift provides an automatic logging of some STL tables to S3 for audit data. The included logs are primarily those concerned with DB security and queries run. Usage of these audit logs was described in the previous post, Analyze Database Audit Logs for Security and Compliance Using Amazon Redshift Spectrum.

If you want to retain system data from STL tables' data not included in the audit logging, you usually have to create a replica table for every system table. Then, for each you load the data from the system table into the replica at regular intervals. By maintaining replica tables for STL tables, you can run diagnostic queries on historical data from the STL tables. You then can derive insights from query execution times, query plans, and disk-spill patterns, and make better cluster-sizing decisions. However, refreshing replica tables with live data from STL tables at regular intervals requires schedulers such as Cron or AWS Data Pipeline. Also, these tables are specific to one cluster and they are not accessible after the cluster is terminated. This is especially true for transient Amazon Redshift clusters that last for only a finite period of ad hoc query execution.

In this blog post, I present a solution that exports system tables from multiple Amazon Redshift clusters into an <a href="_URL_ S3 bucket. This solution is serverless, and you can schedule it as frequently as every five minutes. The AWS CloudFormation deployment template that I provide automates the solution setup in your environment. The system tables' data in the Amazon S3 bucket is partitioned by cluster name and query execution date to enable efficient joins in cross-cluster diagnostic queries.

I also provide another CloudFormation template later in this post. This second template helps to automate the creation of tables in the AWS Glue Data Catalog for the system tables' data stored in Amazon S3. After the system tables are exported to Amazon S3, you can run cross-cluster diagnostic queries on the system tables' data and derive insights about query executions in each Amazon Redshift cluster. You can do this using Amazon QuickSight, Amazon Athena, Amazon EMR, or Amazon Redshift Spectrum.

You can find all the code examples in this post, including the CloudFormation templates, AWS Glue extract, transform, and load (ETL) scripts, and the resolution steps for common errors you might encounter in this GitHub repository.

Solution overview

The solution in this post uses AWS Glue to export system tables' log data from Amazon Redshift clusters into Amazon S3. The AWS Glue ETL jobs are invoked at a scheduled interval by AWS Lambda. AWS Systems Manager, which provides secure, hierarchical storage for configuration data management and secrets management, maintains the details of Amazon Redshift clusters for which the solution is enabled. The last-fetched time stamp values for the respective cluster-table combination are maintained in an Amazon DynamoDB table.

The following diagram covers the key steps involved in this solution.

The solution as illustrated in the preceding diagram flows like this:

The Lambda function, <tt>invoke_rs_stl_export_etl</tt>, is triggered at regular intervals, as controlled by Amazon CloudWatch. It's triggered to look up the AWS Systems Manager parameter store to get the details of the Amazon Redshift clusters for which the system table export is enabled.

The same Lambda function, based on the Amazon Redshift cluster details obtained in step 1, invokes the AWS Glue ETL job designated for the Amazon Redshift cluster. If an ETL job for the cluster is not found, the Lambda function creates one.

The ETL job invoked for the Amazon Redshift cluster gets the cluster credentials from the parameter store. It gets from the DynamoDB table the last exported time stamp of when each of the system tables was exported from the respective Amazon Redshift cluster.

The ETL job unloads the system tables' data from the Amazon Redshift cluster into an Amazon S3 bucket.

The ETL job updates the DynamoDB table with the last exported time stamp value for each system table exported from the Amazon Redshift cluster.

The Amazon Redshift cluster system tables' data is available in Amazon S3 and is partitioned by cluster name and date for running cross-cluster diagnostic queries.

Understanding the configuration data

This solution uses AWS Systems Manager parameter store to store the Amazon Redshift cluster credentials securely. The parameter store also securely stores other configuration information that the AWS Glue ETL job needs for extracting and storing system tables' data in Amazon S3. Systems Manager comes with a default <a href="_URL_ Key Management Service (AWS KMS) key that it uses to encrypt the password component of the Amazon Redshift cluster credentials.

The following table explains the global parameters and cluster-specific parameters required in this solution. The global parameters are defined once and applicable at the overall solution level. The cluster-specific parameters are specific to an Amazon Redshift cluster and repeat for each cluster for which you enable this post's solution. The CloudFormation template explained later in this post creates these parameters as part of the deployment process.

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In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Pete and Jared talk with Cindy Wang Brandt about raising spiritual children without trauma as they explore the following questions:
- How do you navigate your personal deconstruction while trying to raise children with some sort of faith?
- How do we teach our kids about the Bible?
- How much of our parenting has to do with the expectations of those around us?
- Why does Cindy Wang Brandt think we should have 'spiritual child protection policies'?
- At what point are children developmentally ready to know they have the freedom to decide what they believe?
- Why is spiritual security important to children?
- How can we introduce our own faith to our children?
- Why Does Cindy Wang Brandt think it is important to examine our own fears about our children's faith?
- How do we shape our children's view of God through our parenting style?
- How do the ways we were raised with faith shape how we raise our kids?
- Are there parts of the Bible we should avoid sharing with our children?
- What can we learn from our children's perspectives on the Bible?
Pithy, shareable, less-than-280-character statements from Cindy Wang Brandt you can share.
- "We have to be aware of our own baggage and understand that our children are not us… they haven't yet gone through the spiritual trauma." _USER_
- "When your child sees something totally different in the story than what you see, you realize, 'Oh, I see it this way because I was taught to read it this way.'" _USER_
- "I think it's a lot to ask people to read the Bible everyday with their children when they've been traumatized by those very words." _USER_
- "You can teach about Jesus' love in more ways, it's just not the Bible that tells you so." _USER_
- "Pick and chose the [Bible] stories you want to share with your children." _USER_
- "We have to honor our children's spiritual autonomy." _USER_
- "We have to think of the time they spend in our home as a launching pad… they are given tools to be spiritually vibrant and then when they go out into the world they can be even more curious and they can explore and discover and grow in a way that's intrinsic to themselves." _USER_
- "I think we underestimate what children can understand, even very young children." _USER_
- "Let the kids miss the point and just run with whatever point they saw in it." _USER_
Mentioned in This Episode
- Book: Parenting Forward
- Website: Cindy Wang Brandt
- Website: Raising Children UnFundamentalist
- Podcast: Parenting Forward
- Conference: Parenting Forward Conference
- Patreon: The Bible for Normal People
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Two Faces or One? Our visual system constantly imposes three-dimensional characteristics onto two-dimensional images. While our interpretations of these images are usually correct in ambiguous situations with more than one possible image our brain may not see all of the possibilities. In such situations there are many factors simultaneously influencing our vision. Below are a few pictures that will help demonstrate this point.
Image #1 Man playing horn or woman shillouette?
Hint: Woman s right eye is the black speck in front of the horn handle.
Image #2 Two faces or one?
Hint: Two faces side profile and one face front view.
Image #3 A face of a native american or is it an eskimo?
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Forests and woodlands are full of trees that take care of themselves (no one goes around fertilizing them!). In urban and suburban areas throughout Connecticut, however, trees often need some help from us – usually in the form of fertilization and/or soil amendment.
Because soils in urbanized areas have a range of problems that can hinder tree health. In this article, we cover common problems with urban soil, how those issues affect your trees, and what to do about it.
Problems With Soil In Connecticut
Some soils are well-draining, have all the nutrients a tree needs, and generally support plants without any intervention or addition. But, frequently, soil in urban areas and suburban developments is less than ideal and needs to be improved in order to support healthy trees and plants.
The most common soil problems for urban and suburban trees in Connecticut are:
- Low nutrient levels
All of these can keep trees from reaching their full size and spread, can make them more vulnerable to insect pests and tree diseases, and can even kill them.
Compacted soil usually gets that way from three things: heavy vehicles and loads atop it, mechanical compaction for construction, and rainfall.
All these processes compress soil molecules together, which prevents enough air and water from penetrating the soil. It also hinders tree root penetration into the soil, which affects a tree's water and nutrient uptake, as well as the development of a root system that can support and stabilize a large tree.
Soil acidity is measured by a soil's pH rating. The pH scale is from 0 to 14, with 7 being the ideal neutral for soil. Most native soils range from 3 to 10 on the pH scale; the lower the pH, the more acidic the soil, while high pH soils are alkaline.
Connecticut soils are naturally acidic and fall at or below the pH range most beneficial to plants and trees (5.5-7.5 pH). Our native plants adapted long ago to acidic soils, and plants like Connecticut's state flower, the mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia), actually prefer acidic over alkaline soil. However, many common landscape trees planted throughout our area grow better in more neutral soil; some will even struggle in typical Connecticut soil.
Low Nutrient Levels
Poor soil is known by its low nutrient levels. If your property has only native plants (which have evolved to grow in poor soil), they will likely survive without additional nutrients. However, many other plants and trees that are commonly used for landscaping cannot thrive in those conditions – they need more fertile soil.
Low nutrient levels can be the result of leaching from rainwater, over-cultivation of crops, and lack of organic matter. Subsoil, or soil from deeper layers, is naturally low in nutrients because eroded minerals and organic matter have not reached it.
How To Tell If You Have Poor Soil
You can tell that your trees and shrubs are lacking nutrients in several ways:
- Leaves are yellow, brown, stunted, or sparse
- The ends of stems die back
- Flowering and fruiting are reduced
- Plants don't grow to their full size
Specific nutrient deficiencies present specific characteristics. For example, iron deficiency causes leaf tissues to turn yellow while leaf veins stay green. Magnesium deficiency produces yellow leaf edges.
Since some symptoms of nutrient deficiency look like water stress, many people increase irrigation in an attempt to "fix" the problem. Unfortunately, this doesn't address the underlying issue; as a result, nutrient deficiency symptoms will continue or even worsen. In fact, a struggling tree or shrub may struggle even more with overwatering.
How to Improve Your Soil (& Fertilize Your Trees)
Fortunately, soil amendments can improve both a soil's pH and its nutrient levels. The best long-term amendment is compost, which improves the overall quality of the soil by increasing the amount of organic matter.
But when plants need more than compost can provide, or need it more quickly, synthetic or organic fertilizer can be applied to boost fertility.
There are several options for fertilizing your trees. The option you choose depends on the existing condition of your soil, the species and health of trees growing on your property, and your personal preferences for organic vs synthetic options.
The best thing for your soil fertility is to amend it by adding compost.
Compost makes humic acid, a kind of carbon that's rich in nutrients. It bonds to soil particles and improves soil in several ways, such as:
- Increased soil fertility
- Increased soil texture
- Increased beneficial soil fungi
- Increased water-holding capacity
Nutrient molecules from humic acid attach themselves to other soil molecules, making nutrients available to plant roots for the long-term. As you replenish compost atop the soil, humate nutrients continue to bond with soil molecules, slowly improving the soil over time.
Slow-Release Granular Fertilizer
You can add slow-release fertilizer directly into your soil, where it breaks down slowly to prevent a spike in nutrients that would otherwise get quickly washed away. These are similar to the little colored beads of fertilizer you find in potting soil mixes.
You can also add granular fertilizer to the soil surface around your trees and shrubs. Since you don't want to disturb their roots, gently scratch the soil surface and add fertilizer, then cover with a layer of mulch.
Water well after applying fertilizer to help dissolve the nutrients into the soil and make them available to tree roots. Rain and irrigation will continue to dissolve the fertilizer over time.
You can find granular fertilizers in both organic (carbon-based) and synthetic (chemical) versions. Both will provide nutrients needed by your trees.
Deep Root Fertilization
One of the best solutions to provide nutrients for trees is deep root fertilization. This method injects a specific fertilizer mix designed for your needs down into the soil around your tree, where established roots can take it up for use. It also helps aerate the soil so that oxygen and water can move through it.
The targeted nature of this application means only the nutrients that are lacking are injected, and injections are done only where it is most beneficial to a tree's roots. Deep root fertilization is best done by tree-care professionals as it is an intensive process and requires training and equipment designed specifically for that purpose.
When To Fertilize Trees In Connecticut
Whatever type of fertilization method you use, be sure to apply fertilizer at the best times for your trees and shrubs.
Here's when to fertilize:
- In late winter, when trees and shrubs are emerging from dormancy and using up their stored energy reserves
- During the spring and summer growing seasons, when plants need more energy for flower, fruit, and leaf production, and pests and diseases are preying on struggling plants
Do NOT fertilize trees in fall, when trees and plants are preparing for dormancy. If you stimulate new growth in the fall, plants will use their stored energy reserves to make leaves and stems that will quickly die at the first frost.
When you fertilize your garden, don't assume that if some is good, more must be better. It's not. In fact, over-fertilization can cause a whole set of new problems for your trees.
Nitrogen and phosphorus are two of the main nutrients needed by trees and shrubs for green leaves, flowers, and growth. A tree's root systems takes up these nutrients as the tree requires them.
When fertilizer is over-applied, the excess nitrogen and phosphorous are wasted and washed away by rain, either as surface runoff or by percolating through the soil. Eventually, these concentrated amounts of nutrients reach bodies of water, such as ponds, streams, lakes, and even Long Island Sound, where they cause algae blooms and reduce the oxygen level in the water. This kills fish and other aquatic life. Fertilizer runoff also enters groundwater and can sicken people and domestic animals who drink it.
To address the problems with fertilizer runoff, Connecticut legislation prohibits the application of lawn fertilizers containing phosphorus on established lawns unless a soil test, done within the past two years, shows that phosphorus is deficient and phosphorus needs to be applied.
The same principles may be applied to general garden fertilization, including trees and shrubs, which is why we recommend a soil test before applying fertilizer.
Want To Test Your Soil?
Worried your soil is low in nutrients? Concerned that you might have over-fertilized?
Connecticut has publicly-available resources for soil testing that will tell you whether your soil needs more – or fewer – nutrients, as well as which nutrients you need.
If you'd like to run a nutrient test on your property's soil, check out this information from U. Conn's soil nutrient analysis laboratory. It tells you how to take a soil sample and submit it for analysis. You can also find soil testing information on Connecticut's agricultural station's website.
If you really dig soil, U. Conn has a soil database full of information.
And, of course, you can also contact us directly to have us perform a soil test for you.
Need a hand?
We're here to help you. You can check out our soil and root management plan, which describes the different methods we use to improve the health and vitality of your trees.
We can also test your soil for you, and our trained arborists can assess your garden's health and diagnose any problems that should be addressed – including fertilization.
What's Going ON?
Things change quickly in CT when it comes to pests, weather events, and other things affecting your trees and landscape. Stay in the know with our monthly newsletter. No spam - we promise!


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|Birth: ||Dec. 10, 1816|
|Death: ||Oct. 24, 1895|
One of the foremost figures in the life of Kansas during the territorial and early statehood period. Oliver and his brother Thomas came to Kansas in May 1854 but Oliver returned to Indiana shortly after. Thomas was murdered by a band of ruffians in December 1855 and Oliver returned to Kansas.
Oliver had been in Kansas only a short time when the people of his community came to look upon him as a leader in public affairs. In 1858 and again in 1859 he was elected a county commissioner. While still serving in that capacity he was elected a member of the Territorial Legislature. Kansas was admitted to the union in 1861 and he was chosen a member of its first State Legislature. In June, 1862, President Lincoln appointed him commissary with the rank of captain, and for a little more than two years he served on the staff of Gen. James C . Blunt. Ill health finally compelled him to resign his commission. In the fall of 1864 Mr. Barber was elected a member of the Kansas State Senate and sat in that body for two years.
In 1878, when sixty-two years of age, Mr. Barber was elected treasurer of Douglas County, and in 1879 was re-elected for another term of three years. Oliver died October 24, 1895, when nearly eighty years of age.
Thomas Barber (1783 - 1861)
Mary Oliver Barber
Malinda Burgess Barber (1817 - 1903)*
William T Barber (1840 - 1893)*
John Barber (1842 - 1905)*
Oliver P. Barber (1846 - ____)*
Mary Emma Burger Bigelow (1852 - 1890)*
Anna Eliza Barber Vincent (1884 - 1920)*
Thomas W Barber (1814 - 1855)*
Oliver Barber (1816 - 1895)
Elizabeth Jane Barber Peirson (1819 - 1901)*
Robert Foster Barber (1826 - 1900)*
Oak Hill Cemetery
Plot: Section 1
Created by: Brian
Record added: Apr 27, 2012
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. The shell-silver, stump-person, rope-snake, etc. analogies are used for the former purpose, but at least two fundamentally different analogies are used for the latter. They are referred to as limitation (avacchedaka) and reflection (pratibimbaka) analogies. The stock example of the former is our conceptual attitude toward space within a room or a pot as separate from space generally, i.e., as if it had a separate, independent existence (for example, we say a parking area has a lot of space for cars or say that a building has lots of space for storage in it). The stock example of the latter is our conceptual attitude of taking a reflection as if it were a separate entity from the object reflected. Sankara himself uses both analogies in his writings, but later Advaitins tended to prefer one or the other, giving rise to two different post-Sankara schools of Advaita, respectively the Bhamati School (named after a commentary by Vacaspati Misra on Sankara's commentary on the Vedanta Sutras) and the Vivarana School (named after a similar commentary by Padmapada, one of Sankara's own pupils). For further discussion, see ADVAITA.
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The continuing safety of using stainless steel in food preparation has been confirmed in an independent study following the introduction of new test criteria in Europe.
The Council of Europe (CoE) published a guideline regarding metals and alloys in food contact materials in 2013, defining specific release limits (SRLs) for a range of metals including iron, chromium, nickel, manganese and molybdenum and specifying a new, more aggressive test to simulate use in food preparation.
Team Stainless commissioned the internationally renowned KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden to independently test seven grades of stainless steel in accordance with the new protocol.
The seven grades tested included the two most common grades – 304 (EN 1.4301) and 316L (EN 1.4404) – as well as the ferritic grades EN 1.4003 and 430 (EN 1.4016), the austenitic grades 204 (EN 1.4597) and 201 (EN 1.4372), and the high-strength lean duplex LDX 2101 (EN 1.4162).
The authors demonstrated that all of the grades passed the test prescribed in the CoE guidelines for the relevant metallic elements of stainless steel. The study also demonstrated that the rate of release decreases significantly following initial exposure and with repeated use over time.
Spokesperson for Team Stainless, John Rowe, said: "Stainless steel is the material of choice for many kitchen applications such as utensils, pans, appliances and commercial catering equipment. By demonstrating compliance with the new CoE guidelines for the relevant metallic elements, this study confirms its continuing safety as a food contact material. It is still important to match the grade of stainless steel from the many options available with the food being prepared and the required cleaning regime to ensure the best performance."
For further information contact: Alan Hughes, Stratia Ltd, +44 7759 243969
Notes to editors
Team Stainless is a consortium of stainless steel and alloying element associations. It comprises the European Steel Association (Eurofer), the European Stainless Steel Development Association (Euro Inox), the International Chromium Development Association (ICDA), the International Molybdenum Association (IMOA), the International Nickel Study Group (INSG), the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) and the Nickel Institute.
A summary of the report is available to download from _URL_
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What does SOOT stand for?
What does SOOT mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: SOOT.
We've found a total of 1 definition for SOOT:
What does SOOT mean?
- carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock(verb)
- a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink


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In my years of OT work with students, intervention for improving visual motor skills included many activities. When needing to support students ability to produce artwork in classroom projects or in art class using step by step drawing tasks focusing on production of people, animals and objects using basic shapes in a sequential fashion. One of my pre-digital favorite resources for step by step drawing were the books by Ed Emberly who created his Big Orange, Big Green, Big Purple and more books that displayed step by step instructions of animals, insects and other things kids would be drawing (and because I can't draw either). Although those still are great resources (if you find them in the library they are among the tattered, frequently used and loved books), of course there are also an apps for that providing step by step drawing instruction.
iLuv Drawing – Made by Learn with Fun Apps has created this step by step drawing app that is created with easy tools in a simple tracing format with audio instructions. Currently free, this app provides instruction for drawing 40 different animals using crayons, markers and other tools. Easy to use with a step by step method and audio of creating a digital picture, this app can be used for preschool through early elementary aged students.
iLuv Drawing also allow you to email your creations for printing and sharing. Here is a great review of iLuv Drawing from Technology in (Spl) Education. Available for iPad only.
Learn with Fun Apps also is the developer of the iLuv Drawing Santa app previously reviewed in an earlier posting on holiday apps. With the same kind of step by step drawing instructions, this app provides great seasonal visual motor activities with models of christmas tree, snowman and bell and other season items to draw through the winter months. Made for the iPad and also currently free!
These apps are a great addition to your OT itool kit and free helps you fill your tool kit without emptying your pocket book! What a great gift! Thank you Learn with Fun Apps!
PSLearn with Fun Apps also have some maze apps I haven't trialed but would be worth checking out from experience with iLuv Drawing apps!


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Leaky Abstractions in Wise for Windows
I had just reported a bug with the Wise for Windows Installer (it can't call the Install method on a service compiled under the .NET Framework 2.0) and I checked the Altiris support forum to see if there were any other surprises. One of the senior forum members reported something interesting with the MSI scripting. He had a block of code with the following logic:
If NOT Installed AND NOT ARG
..Do thing1
..Do thing2
..Do thing3
..Do thing4
..Do thing5
End If
At runtime, the first three actions inside the block were executed, but not the last two. This was a tricky one to figure out. Wise shows the actions as if they are running in a script, with an actual IF/END IF block. MSI technology is database driven. Instead of a script, you have each action as a row in a table, with the same IF condition defined for each action. Similiar in behavior to a script, but the condition is evaluated for each row. The thing3 action was changing the value of ARG, and when the condition was reevaluated for actions thing4 and thing5, the result of the IF condition had changed. This is another example of how Leaky Abstractions can bite you in the ass.
Programmers are used to seeing procedural code in a script. Wise does a pretty good job of abstracting out database rules to pseudo scripts, but it's not a perfect abstraction. Unless you ran the installer through the debugger, and examine conditions at thing 3 and then at thing4, you would never see what was going on.


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Shoot Or Don't Shoot? This Is The Question
The Two Mind Boggling Questions
What If You Draw Your Concealed Carry Weapon Without Shooting It?
When Can You Draw Your Concealed Carry Handgun?
You must always remember that you may only draw and fire your concealed weapon to protect a person or yourself from immediate death or great bodily harm. If your incident does not prove this, then you could be possibly charged with brandishing of firearm or charged with assault with a deadly weapon.
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 - In your second to last paragraph, you refer to "banishing of firearm". I assume it was a typo and you really mean "brandishing". In that context, here is some information that may be of interest to you.
 Dreamed up and first enacted in Montana, "Defensive Display" has been drafted, introduced and pushed through by the Arizona Citizens Defense League (with help from the NRA and the Arizona State Rifle and Pistol Assn.). A citizen now has robust protection for using a firearm in self defense without actually firing it. Previously, a threat or motion to produce a firearm, even when threatened by an attacker, could lead to assault charges against the innocent gun owner. Now, to balance that out, a specific law justifies the threat or reach for a gun in self defense. Elegant, simple, fair.
 A.R.S. §13-421. Justification; defensive display of a firearm; definition
 (SB 1243, enacted July 13, 2009, effective Sep. 30, 2009.)
 A. The defensive display of a firearm by a person against another is justified when and to the extent a reasonable person would believe that physical force is immediately necessary to protect himself against the use or attempted use of unlawful physical force or deadly physical force.
 B. This section does not apply to a person who:
 1. Intentionally provokes another person to use or attempt to use unlawful physical force.
 2. Uses a firearm during the commission of a serious offense as defined in section 13-706 or violent crime as defined in section 13-901.03.
 C. This section does not require the defensive display of a firearm before the use of physical force or the threat of physical force by a person who is otherwise justified in the use or threatened use of physical force.
 D. For the purposes of this section, "defensive display of a firearm" includes:
 1. Verbally informing another person that the person possesses or has available a firearm.
 2. Exposing or displaying a firearm in a manner that a reasonable person would understand was meant to protect the person against another's use or attempted use of unlawful physical force or deadly physical force.
 3. Placing the person's hand on a firearm while the firearm is contained in a pocket, purse or other means of containment or transport.
 - Brandishing is usually a bad idea. Know of the scene in Get Shorty where tuff guy shows his 357 stuck in his belt and the other tuff guy kills him in hail of bullets from his 9mm.
 If bad to think your life in danger to use deadly force, drawing firearm should be taken into account and not be brandishing. 2nd prob is: once drawn: now what? If BG or obnoxious brother in law doesn't skat, are you up and legally clear for using DF or hope he doesn't take firearm from you and do a nasty to you?
 - Great article….good reminder.
 (Everyone, myself included, has a love/hate relationship with Spellcheck, but it appears that spellcheck may have gotten the author, in one of the last sentences…. I'm pretty sure that you/he meant "brandishing" (to show) a weapon, not banishing…) it was such a good article/reminder, it seemed worth correcting, before it gets posted and reposted around the web.
 - JEEZUS Flucking Christ, MIKAL! (oops don't miss that spelling typo) What fucking Grammar NAZI troll farm did you come out of (oops again, ended a sentence with a preposition, naughty naughty!)
 But you do get the meaning, of what i'm trying to say here, don't you? Having an obsessive compulsive anal retentive obsession with noticing spelling and grammar diminishes your comprehension ability to discern the essence of the important information from an author who probably types faster than your mind can think.
 - Bad advice. Just because this cop is a "Southern Gentleman" who believes "a man's word is his bond" doesn't mean they all do. Lawyers, DAs and even cops will all tell you DON'T TALK TO THE COPS! See this 3 part video to start the conversation from a lawyer/former DA/ law professor: _URL_
 and this one from a cop: _URL_
 - Correct. NEVAAH…as they say down south, start to explain what happened at the scene to the responding officers. Obey his commands but if She starts to interrogate you in any way other than asking for your ID, which you give to the officer, and simply respond with, I feel very sick at the moment, think I shit in my pants. I can't even think right now. I just need to call someone to come help me pull myself together before I do anything else.'
 If they insist on taking you in to the station, then keep your trap shut (they call your mouth a 'trap' because you will Always get 'trapped in trouble' everytime you open it.) and wait politely but quietly until you get your lawyer present before answering ANY questions relating to what happened. PERIOD!
 If the officer doesn't stop interrogating you after that, clam up completely if they won't let you leave
 - It's because of our corrupt govt, that our rights have become so misconstrued and unrecognizable….this is the 2nd Amendment to the "Bill of Rights";
 This is an inherent right, to have the ability to protect ourselves, IT IS A RIGHT!!!, not a privilege given to you by govt, which at any time they could take away for any reason. BTW, your rights, can never be taken away, sold, bought for any price, bartered for, traded, exchanged, nor can they be infringed upon by ANY entity of govt or otherwise authoritative figure….they are your rights and you or anyone else does not have to ask permission to exercise them….no permits, no license….nothing….you/we are all suppose to be free and freedom loving people. When you take that license, permit and anything else that has to ask or have permission of authority or govt, you then do not have any rights, and you're not suppose to give them away to/or for anyone or anything….period, end of story…
 - Andrew,
 You are 100% right! The first ten amendments to our Constitution, our Bill of Rights, are unalienable or inherent rights and none of them can be taken away, voted away, reduced nor repealed. This is despite what many Democrats fantasize about doing in regard to our Second Amendment. These rights and not given nor granted to us as citizens by our government. In fact, the Founders repeatedly state this in their letters and the Federalist Papers. They clearly defined the Second Amendment as a way of protecting the other Amendments and thus the People from the Government.
 - I agree with your sentiments completely. The only problem is government and politicians keep taking bits and pieces and placing more limitations and requirements on this right and no one is standing up to them and telling them to stop; they allow this infringement by their silence and inaction. When others are willing to stand up with us and take this right back fully and completely all you are spouting is meaningless hyperbole.
 - Eagle Scout and ex cop should know the difference between the words brandishing and banishing, and when it is proper to use which word.
 - This is the most sticky, iffy areas today. Anyone watching the news knows George Zimmerman, Officer Wilson, Offer Slager and others. Slager is charged with Murder, the other two lives never the same. Few jurors ever experience Adrenal Dump. Those who have, even cops, may not know what it was or why what they believe they saw or heard is not factual. In a trial, need an expert to explain what most don't have a clue. Would like to see this explored.
 - It is vital that you be the first person to call 911; briefly explain an ambulance is required because you were attacked and you had to shoot to protect your life. If a bystander calls 911 and erroneously describes the scene as you being the bad guy, the dispatcher will relay that information to the responding LEO, who can also put your life in danger. Do not have anything in your hands when the LEO arrives – no gun, no phone, no license. The only exception would be if the aggressor is conscious and his gun is within reach.
 Toward the end of this article a photo shows the back of a person who has drawn his gun, which is pointing down by his knee, but he already has his finger in the trigger guard. This is a safety violation that should never happen if the person has been properly trained.


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about QE scoring, the quality score was derived by first combining precision and recall. That combination was then merged with an efficiency score. If we want to derive efficiency by incorporating additional characteristics, we can do so without having to modify the quality component. This property is important for easily accommodating different weighting schemes, described below.
Sixth, I'd like to have the property that I call a linear diagonal (I'll explain both the benefit of the property and the reason for the name below). Suppose that I try to assign a value of 0.5 to the midpoint between unacceptable and perfect for all the characteristics I care about. In this case, say a cost of $2500 and a distance of 30 miles. If we just multiply the respective scores, we get 0.25 (0.5 * 0.5). On the other hand, if I take the square root after I multiply, I get back 0.5. That is, if I multiply the scores of n characteristics that all have the same value, and then take the nth root, the final score is the same as the value of all the individual characteristics.
Seventh, we need a scoring mechanism that is weightable — that is, one in which we can accommodate making some characteristics (or sub-characteristics) more or less important relative to other ones. I'll discuss this below.
Capturing our intuition
Why might multiplying several scores work better than adding them? As pointed out above, it seemed difficult to get the various characteristics to take on appropriate relative values until we normalized them within 0-1 ranges. Once that's done, though, would adding them work? Let's look at two examples in which we combine two different characteristics (say cost and distance). In Case 3, let cost and distance both have a 0.5 score. In Case 4, though, let cost be a perfect 1, and distance be an unacceptable 0. If we take the additive average, both cases would give us a final score of 0.5. Case 3 would be (0.5 + 0.5) / 2, and Case 4 would be (1 + 0) / 2. If we use the multiplicative scoring with linear diagonal, it turns out differently. Case 3 would still be 0.5: sqrt(0.5 * 0.5). But case 4 would end up with a score of 0: sqrt(1 * 0). Since we want the filtering property, that is, we want to filter out candidates for which any of their characteristics have a 0 score, the additive method is completely inadequate.
This graph shows the total score (in the z axis) from combining the individual scores additively. Notice, for example, that for Case 3, the (0.5, 0.5) position, the total score is 0.5, which is fine. The problem, though, is that everything along that contour line is also 0.5, from (0, 1) through (0.5, 0.5), to (1, 0). Case 4, at (1, 0), is also 0.5. We don't want this. We need everything along the axes, where either x or y are 0, to yield a total score of 0 (filtering).
Compare this, however, to the (unweighted) multiplicative scoring (with linear diagonal):
With this scoring method, Case 3, at (0.5, 0.5) also gives us 0.5. Case 4, however, at (1, 0), gives us the requisite total score of 0 (the filtering property). In addition, notice that as we go from (0, 0), through (0.5, 0.5), to (1, 1), the total score is equal to the values of x and y. That is, where x = y, along the diagonal of the plot, the value of z is x (or y); it's linear from 0 to 1. Hence the name of this property, linear diagonal.
Step two: hierarchical weightings
Let's start with my prior example of assigning a QE score to litigation witness files. Suppose that I'm involved with a bet-the-company lawsuit, in which I care about quality a lot more than I care about cost. I would like to weigh quality much more than efficiency in the QE score. Efficiency, however, still matters. If two vendors are able to supply the same quality work, but one can do it much more inexpensively, I want my scoring algorithm to point me in the direction of the less expensive vendor (without sacrificing quality). How would I do that?
QE was comprised of three separate characteristics. First, the quality score, Q, was derived from precision, P, times recall, R. We then multiplied Q times an efficiency value, E, to arrive at a final score in the 0-1 range. In that case, we were multiplying all the values: QE = P * R * E. In order to simplify that example, I didn't adjust the scoring to get a linear diagonal, which would entail taking the cube root. Since I want to tweak Q, I'll view QE as Q * E, or (P * R) * E. In order to give more weight to quality, I'll raise its value with an exponent greater than 1, depending on how much I want to emphasize it (there is an art to assigning weightings). Then, in order to retain the linear diagonal property, I need to take the associated root.
As a simple example, suppose we have two characteristics, x and y, and we consider the y criteria much more important (though x still matters). Let's look at how the score is impacted by raising the y score to the 4th power, and then taking the 5th root of the combined score. Here's the weighted multiplicative scoring (with linear diagonal), increasing the weight of one factor:
Notice first that we maintain the linear diagonal: where x = y, z = x (or y). Thus, even though we change the weighting, it's still the case that where all the characteristics we care about have the same value, the final score will have that value. We also still have the filtering property. The difference from applying the weighting, though, is that, as we would want, the more heavily weighted term has a greater impact on the final score. The plot shows that, for most of the values over x and y, the final score z is mainly determined by the y value (except where x is close to 0, as we'd expect, and as we'd want). Note that both 0 and 1 remain unchanged when raised to any (non-zero) power. That is, the weightings will not affect filtering. Anything that was unacceptable will remain filtered out even with the weighting. Furthermore, something that was perfect within its characteristic remains perfect under weighting.
In general, the (non-hierarchical) relevance formula for weighted multiplicative scoring is the following:
Returning to QE, we can increase the importance of quality in our final score by raising Q to some appropriate power. But, more importantly, we can examine the Q score and adjust the individual weightings of its elements, since we have the hierarchy property. Suppose that we're much more concerned with making sure that our witness has been prepped on all relevant documents than we care about spending time on potentially irrelevant ones. In that case, we want to increase the weight of R over P, and calculate Q prior to combining it with E. By doing this hierarchically, we don't have to figure out the relative weights of P or R to E. We're also free to decompose E into separate elements and weightings, without having to relate them back to any of the Q sub-components. In this case, we would first set Q to, say, Q = (P * R^3) ^ (1/4), emphasizing R over P. Then, to emphasize Q over E, we set QE = (Q^4 * E) ^ (1/5).
As another example, consider how we used "cost" above. Suppose that we now want to decompose cost into three criteria: hourly, flat fee, and contingency. Suppose that we want to work under a flat fee model, but are willing to work under a contingency arrangement, but not willing to pay hourly. We can increase the weighting of the flat fee component under the cost scoring. Furthermore, we can give a zero weight to the hourly component. Raising anything to 0, even 0 or 1, is equal to 1. In this case, that means that no matter how good or bad the hourly rate may be, it will have no influence on our cost calculation.
Example: merging geographical relevance
Geographical information involves areas of interest, and is generally nonlinear. This is not the same as a distance metric, perhaps centered around a particular point. Suppose, for example, we want information regarding a region of a country for environmental purposes, including aerial photographs or satellite images. We might also care about the content, date, format, resolution, labeling, etc., of the information. If all information is "perfect" but it doesn't cover our area of interest, it's useless. If it covers it, but at the wrong scale (e.g. zoomed in too much or too little), it's less useful though still relevant. A natural measure for geographical relevance is the percentage of overlap of the area of interest, or spatial query Q, with the candidate information/document, say map M. Both


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WASHINGTON — Flying Dog Brewery, Maryland's largest craft brewer, has partnered with the University of Maryland's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources on a project to find out which hops varieties do the best when grown in Maryland.
Flying Dog is providing equipment and funding a major portion of the research project.
The experiments are part of a larger, long-term partnership between the school and Flying Dog working on the future of beer-centric agriculture in the region.
"As craft beer has become more popular there has been a lot of research into new hops varieties that give us a broader range of flavors and aromas, but most of that work is being done in the Pacific Northwest and in Germany," said Flying Dog COO Matt Brophy.
"What we've found here in Maryland with the few established growers that there are, we're seeing that certain varieties do very well. What we're doing with the University of Maryland is to see what other varieties might work well and in the long-term what the sustainability of these crops looks like," he said.
The university has established a variety trial using 24 varieties of hops at the Western Maryland Research and Education Center in Keedysville, Maryland, and will collect information on how Maryland's unique climate affects harvest dates, levels of acids and oils in the hops and any special aspects of profile.
The hops project will be a three- to five-year process, so researchers can get a few growing seasons' worth of results. The ultimate goal is to print a guide for Maryland growers and to get growers to interact with brewers to provide what they want.
Beer drinkers will get a chance to judge the results of the research as well.
"We're looking to partner with farms in Maryland primarily and maybe in New York, and do some collaborative brews and basically come out with a variety pack (of beers) next spring with at least three different beers that tell the story of some of these re-emerging hops farmers on the East Coast," Brophy said.
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2D games using Silverlight - Collision detection implementation
This article shows how to implement collision detection in a Microsoft Silverlight game application. This is the second article in a series which will show how to create a complete working game (a clone of the classic Arkanoid game).
The first article in this series 2D games using Silverlight - implementing the game loop introduced the possibility of writing 2D games using Silverlight, an approach that has benefits when targeting all of the platforms: Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 and Internet browsers. The original article covered the creation of the game skeleton for a simple Arkanoid clone called JailBreaker, and included the games loop and the game controllable loop.
This article extends the game skeleton by adding collision detection.
Collision detection implementation strategy
There are numerous strategies and algorithms for collision detection: broad detection phase, narrow detection phase, how to use dot production to estimate distance, etc. However it does not make sense to re-invent the wheel: for more complicated games there are open source physics engines, and for simple games like this there are often platform APIs that can be used to help with collision detection. For this example we use the collision detection functionality built into the platform, along with a good understanding of the simple collision detection required for this game.
Considering the game environment:
- There are few components with complex non-predictable movement - essentially just the club and ball. All other elements either stand still or fall in predictable manner - they do not collide. As a result we only need to consider a single object, the ball, for determining whether a collision has occurred.
- We only need to consider collisions in three directions along the active object movement: forward, forward diagonal up, forward diagonal down. This limitation allows us to minimize number of tests required
Collision detection in the platform:
- There is a helper class VisualTreeHelper in the platform that allows hit test on the component tree (all visible components in Silverlight application form a component tree hierarchy)
- There is a support for object animation based on StoryBoard that is suitable for steady moving objects
- the game movement is based on screen refresh rate, which is not constant across devices. To make object speed the same on different devices/conditions we need to measure the refresh rate before calculation the object next position
- During object movement, the object perception will be conducted on the next the object position because we are going to make the calculations in a hook to the screen refresh loop.
New module in the project PhysicalBody
The new class PhysicalBody is attached to a UI element statically created in XAML. It handles the element:
- position update
- object collision assessment
- checking the class container extends to keep the element position inside the container
Also it accepts gameOver and hitScores() method delegates from the class container
The position update is a simple increment of the current position based on the current body speed. Note that the body speed defines the body direction according to the coordinate system: positive value is from left to right by X axis, and from top to bottom in Y axis and negative value is in the opposite direction.
Object collision assessment
This is the crucial part of the article. The collision detection is implemented in one function and follows the strategy we have declared above in the preceding sections.
Let us examine the code:
private void assessCollision()
// get bounding box and offset the box in movement direction on one step
Canvas canvas = (Canvas)body.Parent;
// (1) for converting screen-to-control coordinates
var transform = canvas.TransformToVisual(Application.Current.RootVisual); // for converting screen-to-control coordinates
var origin = transform.Transform(new Point(Canvas.GetLeft(body) + velocityX, Canvas.GetTop(body) + velocityY));
var boundingBox = new Rect(origin, new Size(body.ActualWidth, body.ActualHeight));
// (2) check whether there are element exist on the body's way
// in three directions : forward, forward-diagonal-up and forward-diagonal-down
// (3) use VisualTreeHelper helper class to walk through elements hierarchy tree
// (4) filter out all objects except Shapes
if (isCollided(VisualTreeHelper.FindElementsInHostCoordinates(new Point(boundingBox.Right, boundingBox.Bottom), (Canvas)body.Parent)) ||
isCollided(VisualTreeHelper.FindElementsInHostCoordinates(new Point(boundingBox.Right, boundingBox.Y), (Canvas)body.Parent)) ||
isCollided(VisualTreeHelper.FindElementsInHostCoordinates(new Point(boundingBox.X, boundingBox.Bottom), (Canvas)body.Parent)))
for more details please check the source code
Given approach shows how easy to implement collision detection in Silverlight game project if use only the platform means. Working example is available in source code that can be build and run on Windows Phone 7.X device. Also since Windows platform does not allow side-loading installation binaries, just for reference the same code has been deployed to a web site and can run embedded into a browser.


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The N2261A is a Data Logger from Agilent. Data loggers, or data recorders, collect information over time for a variety of purposes. A data logger uses internal memory and sensors to gather and document information on a 24-hour basis. Receive an accurate and comprehensive picture of the environmental conditions you're monitoring as the device logs this information around the clock. Use data logging to measure temperature, humidity, wind speed, solar radiation, soil moisture levels, road traffic, tank levels, and a number of other elements.
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- Built-in relay cycle counters
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