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Innovations to Transform Drylands
Celebrating 50 Years of Scientific breakthroughs and Impact, ICRISAT Hyderabad is hosting an international conference, "Transforming Drylands through Innovation", from February 21st-23rd, 2023, at its headquarters in Hyderabad, India. Global leaders in Research, Academia, Industry, Small Businesses, Food Processing Startups, Policymakers, and NGOs will come together to explore new and creative solutions and scientific advancements to seize opportunities and tackle the challenges of drylands.
Conference Focus: Transforming the Drylands
The conference will delve into key themes including:
- Enhancing Smallholder farmer livelihoods in Dryland Production Systems
- Elevating Public-Private Partnerships in Seed Systems across Asia and Africa
- Promoting Regenerative and Natural Farming methods for the Drylands
- Managing Dryland Soil Health and Water Resources for Sustainable Agriculture
- Building Nutrient-Sensitive Food Systems in the Drylands
- Improving Dryland Agriculture through Technology, Climate Resilience, and Nutrition
- Developing Inclusive and Demand-Driven Value Chains in the Drylands
- Integrating Gender, Youth, and Social Inclusion in Dryland Agri-Food Systems.
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The Net Zero initiative raises awareness of Carbon emissions, Carbon footprints, and Carbon Credits. Carbon footprints quantify an individual's greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon credits, used in emissions trading and offsetting, aim to reduce emissions by allowing companies to buy credits from initiatives that reduce greenhouse gasses.
ABSYZ is excited to participate in the ICRISAT Hyderabad International Conference 2023 as an exhibitor. Salesforce Customer 360° platform helps manage and track donations, volunteer efforts, and programs. With data analytics and collaboration tools, NGOs can make informed decisions.
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Why the Drylands?
ICRISAT: Driving Agricultural Progress in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. As an autonomous, non-profit research organization, ICRISAT collaborates with global partners to improve agriculture, empower people in drylands to overcome poverty, hunger, and malnutrition, and restore degraded environments. The recipient of the Africa Food Prize 2021, ICRISAT is committed to promoting better agriculture for a better world.
"Transforming the Drylands: A Critical Imperative – The drylands, covering 41% of the earth's surface and home to over 2 billion of the world's poorest people, face persistent poverty, food insecurity, malnutrition, frequent droughts, and environmental degradation. With 60% of South Asia's arable land and 70% of sub-Saharan Africa classified as dryland, the COVID-19 pandemic has only worsened the challenges.
To achieve the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and secure food and agriculture security, livelihoods, and natural resources, sustained efforts are needed to transform dryland agriculture. This is why ICRISAT, a global leader in agricultural science for 50 years, is marking its golden jubilee with a call for cooperation, partnerships, and innovation to impact millions of lives in the drylands positively.
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Date: 21 – 23 February 2023
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Gaia's memory game: Online version
Related News & Activities
ICCUB-IEEC researcher Teresa Antoja will be next Friday, November 10, at the Museum of Science and Cosmos in Tenerife to talk about collisions between galaxies and galactic cannibalism.
The researcher Jordi Portell, from the Technological Unit of the Institute of Cos
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The Conversation: "Gaia mission releases map of more than a billion stars – here's what it can teach us"
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Correlated Subqueries with Comparison Operators
If you haven't used a sub query yet, I'm surprised. They can be incredibly useful. They can also be a crutch…but like I say time and again, each tool has it's use. I'd like to go into a little detail on sub queries today by talking about correlated sub queries.
Let's say you wanted to find the product IDs and order quantities where the order quantities are less than the average order quantity for that product ID. This is something that would be fairly easy with a sub query.
USE AdventureWorks2008
SELECT ProductID, OrderQty
FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail s1
WHERE s1.OrderQty <
 SELECT AVG(s2.orderQTY)
 FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail s2
 WHERE s2.ProductID = s1.ProductID)
--you could also use a JOIN for the same effect
SELECT s1.ProductID, s1.OrderQty
FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail s1
 SELECT s2.productID,AVG(s2.OrderQty) avgQTY
 FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail s2
 ON s1.ProductID = avgQty.ProductID
 AND s1.orderQty < avgQty.avgQTY
The outer query selects the rows of SalesOrderDetail (that is, of s1) one by one. The sub query calculates the average quantity for each sale being considered for selection in the outer query. For each possible value of s1, SQL Server evaluates the sub query and puts the record being considered in the results if the quantity is less than the calculated average.
I find the sub queries are usually used as a first attempt to get the answer you're looking for. Many times, I move on to a JOIN, or on to a summary table to get the data. But, if you don't learn this technique first, then you won't be able to move on to those more advanced tools.
Let me know if you have any questions about sub queries, correlated or otherwise. I'm here to teach you everything you need to know about Microsoft SQL!
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Optical flow estimation on image sequences with differently exposed frames
Journal article, 2015
Optical flow (OF) methods are used to estimate dense motion information between consecutive frames in image sequences. In addition to the specific OF estimation method itself, the quality of the input image sequence is of crucial importance to the quality of the resulting flow estimates. For instance, lack of texture in image frames caused by saturation of the camera sensor during exposure can significantly deteriorate the performance. An approach to avoid this negative effect is to use different camera settings when capturing the individual frames. We provide a framework for OF estimation on such sequences that contain differently exposed frames. Information from multiple frames are combined into a total cost functional such that the lack of an active data term for saturated image areas is avoided. Experimental results demonstrate that using alternate camera settings to capture the full dynamic range of an underlying scene can clearly improve the quality of flow estimates. When saturation of image data is significant, the proposed methods show superior performance in terms of lower endpoint errors of the flow vectors compared to a set of baseline methods. Furthermore, we provide some qualitative examples of how and when our method should be used.
High dynamic range
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The Kwinti are an ethnic group living in the forested interior of Suriname on the bank of the Coppename River, and the eponymous term for their language, which has less than 1,000 speakers. Their language is an English-based creole with Portuguese and other influences. It is similar to the languages spoken by the Aluku and Paramaccan.
See also
- Hoogbergen, Wim (1992). Origins of the Suriname Kwinti Maroons, New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 66, no: 1/2, Leiden, 27-59, KITLV
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Code of Virginia
Code of Virginia
Title 18.2. Crimes and Offenses Generally
Chapter 9. Crimes Against Peace and Order
§ 18.2-406. What constitutes an unlawful assembly; punishment.
Whenever three or more persons assembled share the common intent to advance some lawful or unlawful purpose by the commission of an act or acts of unlawful force or violence likely to jeopardize seriously public safety, peace or order, and the assembly actually tends to inspire persons of ordinary courage with well-grounded fear of serious and immediate breaches of public safety, peace or order, then such assembly is an unlawful assembly. Every person who participates in any unlawful assembly shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. If any such person carried, at the time of his participation in an unlawful assembly, any firearm or other deadly or dangerous weapon, he shall be guilty of a Class 5 felony.
Code 1950, §§ 18.1-254.1, 18.1-254.3; 1968, c. 460; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 251; 1975, cc. 14, 15.


The role of nurses in recognising and reducing vulnerability
The role of nurses in recognising and reducing vulnerability
Who this event is for
 - Everyone
Jane Ashley Lecture Theatre, Marston Campus, Headington Campus, Marston Road site
Professor Ruth Northway explores the nature of vulnerability and argues that nurses have an important role to play in its reduction.
Is vulnerability inevitable in the context of health care? Some groups of people (such as those with learning disabilities or dementia) are often considered to be particularly vulnerable but this should not be an inevitable consequence of belonging to a specific group. It can be reduced or even eliminated if we understand what it is that people are vulnerable to - and then work to reduce these factors and their impact.
You will learn about recommendations for change, based on the importance of nurses recognising and responding to potential vulnerability in a proactive way, and the challenges of such an approach for nursing practice, education and research.


How to Run CMD/Program under SYSTEM (LocalSystem) in Windows _URL_ _URL_ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0000 _URL_ To perform some actions in Windows, it's not enough to have administrator privileges. For example, you cannot replace or delete system files and some registry keys, stop system services or perform some other potentially unsafe actions that could affect the stability of your operating system. In these cases, a system administrator can take ownership of files or other objects, or perform actions on behalf of the system account. In this post we'll look at how to run an app or the command prompt as the privileged SYSTEM (LocalSystem) account on Windows 10.
Making changes to a Windows image on behalf of the SYSTEM account is a non-standard operation. Please note that incorrect actions taken with the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges may break your OS. In practice, running processes as System account is rarely used. In most cases you can solve a problem using some standard ways: runas, run an app without administrator privileges and suppressing the UAC prompt, take ownership on files/registry keys, disable UAC for all or only certain appsgrant service management privileges for non-admin users.
The built-in SYSTEM account is used by the SCM (Service Control Manager) to run and manage system services. Using the System account (it may be also called NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEMLocal System or Computer\LocalSystem), most system services and processes are run (including NT OS Kernel). Open the service management mmc snap-in (services.msc) and note the services that have Local System in the LogOnAs column. These services are running under the SYSTEM account.
windows services running as localsystem
How to Run CMD under Local System Account in Windows (Versions Prior to Vista)?
In Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 (no longer supported), there was an interesting trick that allowed you to run a program or the interactive command prompt (cmd.exe) with the system privileges using the Task Scheduler. It was enough to open the command prompt under the admin account and run the following command:
at 10:23 /interactive cmd.exe
where, 10:23 is the current time + one minute (in the 24-hour format)
When the specified time comes, a command prompt will appear running under the local system account. If you have run this command in a terminal (RDP) session on Windows Server 2003/XP, note that the command prompt with the System privileges is displayed in the console session only (you can connect to the computer console via mstsc /console or mstsc /admin).
windows xp - run interactive cmd on behalf system
Windows 10 doesn't support running the interactive command prompt using the at command. It is recommended to use schtasks.exe instead.
Warning: Due to security enhancements, this task will run at the time expected but not interactively.
Use schtasks.exe utility if interactive task is required ('schtasks /?' for details).
The request is not supported.
can't run at on windows 10 - Use schtasks.exe utility if interactive task is required
How to Run CMD/Process as SYSTEM on Windows 10 Using PSExec?
In Windows 7 or higher, the interactive command prompt cannot be run under the System account using Task Scheduler. To run commands as NT Authority\ System, you can use the PSExec.exe utility by Sysinternals. You can download the PSExec.exe tool from Microsoft's website: _URL_ In most cases, it is used to manage Windows remotely, and it also has a useful feature for running processes on behalf System account. Some antiviruses may identify PSExec.exe as a potentially harmful program (by the way, it was psexec that was used to distribute the notorious notpetya virus).
PSExec doesn't need to be installed. Open the elevated command prompt ("Run as administrator"), go to the folder where PSexec.exe is located and run the following command:
psexec -i -s cmd.exe
-i – allows to start the process/app in the interactive mode (a user can interact with the app on the desktop; if you don't use this parameter, the process starts in a console session),
s – means that the process (in this case, the command prompt) must be run as System account. On first PsExec run, you will be prompted to accept a license agreement.
psexec -s -s cmd - run as system
After running the command, a new command prompt window will appear run under the NT Authority\System account. Make sure it is true, by running this command:
whoami
run cmd under the NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Thus, you can run any program, command or script as System account. It is enough to replace cmd.exe in the PsExec parameter with the name of the app executable you want to run.
In the command prompt window that appears, you can run any commands as SYSTEM. Now you can change, rename or delete system files/registry keys that are owned by TrustedInstaller or SYSTEM. All programs or processes you start in this window will run with elevated LocalSystem privileges. For example, you can stop a system service or close a file opened by the system process. Using PSExec, you can open the interactive command prompt with the NT AUTORITY\SYSTEM privileges on a remote computer. To do it, the following command is used:
psexec -s \\my-test-pc cmd.exe
If the "Couldn't install PSEXESVC service" error appears, make sure that:
 - The command prompt is run as administrator;
 - Another PSEXESVC service instance is not running PSEXESVC service
There is also a number of third-party tools to run apps as System account (AdvancedRun RunAsSystemPowerRun), but I cannot see any point in using them. First of all, they are third-party and you cannot be sure there is no malicious code in them. Secondly, the official PsExec utility by Microsoft does a great job.
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How to Disable/Change User Account Control with Group Policy _URL_ _URL_ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 08:00:00 +0000 _URL_ (User Account Control) is an important component of the Windows security. When you run any application or process that requires administrator privileges, trying to change system settings, protected registry keys or system files, the UAC component switches the desktop to protected mode (Secure Desktop) and asks the administrator for confirmation of these actions. In this way, UAC helps prevent the launch of processes and malware that could potentially harm your computer.
The screenshot below shows that when you trying to run Registry Editor (regedit.exe) on Windows 10, a UAC confirmation window appears:
User Account Control
Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?
uac confirmation prompt on a secure desktop on windows 10
UAC is not enabled for the built-in administrator account, which is disabled by default in Windows 10.
In this post, we'll look at how to manage UAC settings on a single computer, or multiple computers in a domain using Group Policies.
User Account Control Slider Levels on Windows 10
In Windows 7 (and newer), the UAC settings on the computer are managed using a special slider (called through the control panel or the UserAccountControlSettings.exe file). Using the slider, you can select one of four predefined User Account Control protection levels.
 - Level 4 — Always notify — the highest UAC protection level;
 - Level 3 — Notify only when programs try to make changes to mycomputer (default) – default protection level;
 - Level 2 — Notify only when programs try to make changes to my computer (do not dim my desktop) – almost the same as the previous level, but without switching to Secure Desktop with desktop locking;
 - Level 1 — Never notify – UAC is disabled.
UAC Slider in Windows
By default in Windows 10, the UAC protection Level 3 is used, which displays a notification only when you try to change system files or settings.
How to Disable User Account Control in Windows Using GPO?
In most cases, it is not recommended to disable UAC completely. User Account Control is a simple but effective Windows security tool. In my practice, I never disable UAC on users' computers without making sure that UAC blocks certain functions. Even in these cases, there are simple workarounds to disable UAC for a specific application, or run apps without admin rights and suppress the UAC prompt.
You can disable UAC using Group Policy. On a standalone computer, you can use the Local Group Policy Editor gpedit.msc. If you need to deploy the policy to domain computers, you need to use the Group Policy Management Console – gpmc.msc.
 1. In the domain GPO Management Console, click on the OU with computers on which you want to disable UAC and create a new policy object;
 2. Edit the policy and go to the section Computer Configuration -> Policies -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Local Policies -> Security Options;
 3. This section has several options that control the UAC settings.


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£1: Scotland: Forth Railway Bridge
Years of issue:
6 - Common
The third series of £1 coin designs depicts bridges from each of the four constituent countries in the United Kingdom. This coin features the Forth Railway Bridge to represent Scotland. The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge to the East of Scotland which connects the capital city Edinburgh with Fife. Construction began in 1883 and it was the first major structure in Britain to be constructed of steel, using ten times as much as the Eiffel Tower.
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In Chinese culture and cuisine, chestnut have always been associated with the meaning "lucky". In Chinese language, chestnuts are pronounced as "li-zi" (栗子) with "Li" sounding like another Chinese word, which means "profit" (利). So people will feel really happy when they have this dish in Chinese New Year dinner.
Chestnuts are one of the most delicious nuts on the market. The flavour of chestnuts are sweet, rich and you can easily use it for desserts, salads, stuffing and you can cook them with meat or poultry. I have to admit I'm not a big fan of "nuts" but I do love the taste of chestnut.
The scientific name for chestnut is Castanea sativa and it belongs to the Beech or Fagaceae family. Chestnuts are native to the forests of China, Europe, Japan and North America but some articles say it's native to the Northern Hemisphere.
There are also many healthy benefit of chestnut.
- In Chinese medicine, chestnuts are good for people who have weak kidneys. They are especially good for old people who have lower back ache or weak legs, but don't consuming too much of chestnut in one meal as this could cause digestive irritation.
- Chestnuts contain high level of dietary fiber which can also help to lower blood cholesterol levels.
- Chestnuts are rich in Vitamin C.
- It's high in anti-oxidants so can protect your body.
- Chestnuts contain high levels of folates. This can help to prevent neural tube and fetus defects.
- They can prevent heart and artery disease and strokes.
- They are a good source of different minerals, for example, iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus and zinc.
- They also provide a decent amount of potassium, which can also help to reduce your blood pressure and lower your heart rate.
- Chestnuts also contain high percentages of important B-complex groups of vitamins.
- Chestnuts are gluten free! So you can use them in many gluten free dish!
These are some of the health benefits of Chestnut. But if you have any special dietary requirements or health problem please consult your doctor.
Back to the recipe, I used chestnuts that came vacuum-packed and are whole in spare. All you need to do wit these is open the packaging and cook it straight away. They usually taste better than tinned chestnuts as well.
If you use dried chestnuts, make sure to soak them in water 4-6 hours before you cook them with this dish.
Normally in Chinese cooking, Chinese people will cook this dish with a whole chicken but cut it into bite size pieces or chicken legs cut into the bite size (with bone still on). Chicken bones will always improve the flavour of a dish like this so definitely use if you can. Using chicken bones will make it a bit like making a chicken stock.
I am aware however a lot of Western people don't like eating meat on the bone so adjust the recipe to suit your needs.
Procedures:Recipe for delicious and healthy Braised Chinese Chestnut Chicken. I'm not a big fan of nuts but I do love chestnuts.
Heat up 1 tablespoon of oil in a wok and stir fry the ginger, spring onions and garlic until aromatic.
Add sugar into the wok and turn the fire to medium-low and wait for it to melt.
Add the chicken after the sugar has melted. Stir fry it until the chicken's colour has turned a nice golden brown colour.
Add all the seasonings and boil it. Add chestnuts once the sauce is boiling.
Reduce down the sauce until it's nearly dry and it's ready to serve.
Ready to serve! This dish is perfect to serve with cooked rice.


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Burlesquely is a scrabble word? Yes (25 Points)
Burlesquely has worth 25 Scrabble points. Each letter point as below.
There are total 11 letters in Burlesquely, Starting with B and ending with Y.
Total 192 words created by multiple letters combination of Burlesquely in English Dictionary.
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Legal Tender
Legal tender is the national currency of a nation. It prohibits the use of any other currency. Legal tender must be accepted by creditors as payment for debt. Only government institutions such as the U.S. Treasury in the United States and the Royal Canadian Mint in Canada can issue legal tender. Specifically, in the United States, Federal Reserve notes and coins are legal tender and marked as such. Some currencies, such as the U.S. Dollar and Euro, can be used as legal tender in other countries.
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This is a simple test that can be used as a part of a neurological test or as a screening tool for Alzheimer's and other types of dementia.
The person undergoing testing is asked to;
Draw a clock
Put in all the numbers
Set the hands at ten past eleven.
Scoring system for Clock Drawing test (CDT)
There are a number of scoring systems for this test. The Alzheimer's disease cooperative scoring system is based on a score of five points.
1 point for the clock circle
1 point for all the numbers being in the correct order
1 point for the numbers being in the proper special order
1 point for the two hands of the clock
1 point for the correct time.
A normal score is four or five points.
The test can provide huge amounts of information about general cognitive and adaptive functioning such as memory, how people are able to process information and vision. A normal clock drawing almost always predicts that a person's cognitive abilities are within normal limits.
The clock Drawing test does offer specific clues about the area of change or damage.
Research varies on the ability of the Clock Drawing test to differentiate between, for example, vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
The CDT has been shown to lack sensitivity for mild cognitive impairment.


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Influences of Regional Development on Land Use of Nagara Basin and Flood Risk Control
University of Hyogo, Education and Research Center for Disaster Reduction, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Land developments, and construction of factories or logistic centers should be implemented with the wellconsidered land use plans by taking account of disaster risks to improve the resilience of region to mitigate damages. In this paper, the relationship between regional development and land use from the perspective of flood risk control. Nagara basin in Gifu prefecture (Gifu, Mino, and Seki City), where transportation network has been developed to raise the potential for more development, is selected as a case study site. First, changes of industrial structures of the region and its influences on land use were analyzed. Then, possible flood control measures were summarized, and issues from the land use perspective are analysed
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2016
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


Amateur women's baseball teams existed as early as 1866
Amateur women's baseball teams existed as early as 1866 The female New York giants pose in front of the dugout at an unspecified game in 1913. (LOC/Flickr)
Amateur women's baseball teams existed as early as 1866
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It was the bottom of the 9th. The bases were loaded and there was a full count. One run separated the two teams. Around 1,500 spectators filled the stands of the Lenox Oval. It was in uptown New York City. And on this particular Sunday, they were no doubt on the edge of their seats. The pitcher began her wind up. A cop walked onto the field to hand the third baseman a subpoena.
That's how a scrimmage game between the "Reds" and the "Blues" ended, according to an account in the New York Tribune. The game took place May 25, 1913. It is one of the few publicized outings of New York's female Giants. Historians don't seem to know much about this short-lived, unofficial female counterpart to the popular men's baseball team of the time. That's according to Greg Young and Tom Meyers writing for their popular New York City history blog/podcast. It's called The Bowery Boys.
Amateur girls baseball teams date to as early at 1866. This was long before candy honcho Phil Wrigley launched the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. That was in the 1940s. It was dramatized by A League of Their Own. They were dubbed "Bloomer Girls" for the baggy Turkish-style trousers they'd wear during games. These teams became particularly popular in the late 1890s and early 1900s. They typically challenged local men's teams to games.
Some men played alongside the women. They may have worn female clothing and masqueraded as girls. Meyers and Young point to a 1913 game in Washington, D.C. Fans stormed Union Field after an outfielder threw the ball from deep center to home plate. This supposedly revealed him to be a man.
Michael Carlebach is a historian and photojournalist. He pins the conception of this particular New York team on the shoulders of then-Giants manager John McGraw. Some of the girls were trained baseball players. They were recruited from local high schools. Others came from other sports. Ida Schnall served as their captain and had a background in swimming and diving. The U.S. Olympic Committee had barred women from competing in the 1912 games in Stockholm, Sweden. So she decided to try her arm at baseball.
The Lenox Oval is a sporting arena at the corner of 145th and Lenox Avenue. The infamous May 25th game was supposed to be an exhibition scrimmage where the team split up into two squads. The "Blue Stockings" and the "Red Stockings." They played each other. Things got exciting at the bottom of the 9th inning. Schall was pitching, but she never got to finish the game.
Under New York law, teams weren't allowed to sell tickets to games on Sundays. But a policeman had caught the third baseman, 17-yeard-old Helen Lenker, selling programs before the game. The cops shut down the game and ordered her to appear before a judge in Harlem. Lenker explained that she had simply been handing the programs out. Spectators (including the policeman) started giving her money of their own avail. Though the New York Tribune alleged that she had charmed her way out of the predicament, the next day the judge dismissed the charges.
The game likely received press coverage because the cops showed up, Meyers and Young posit. There's some evidence that the female Giants played against and with members of the men's New York Giants team. None appear to be wearing disguises. The team lasted about a year.
While the female Giants only took the field in 1913, "Bloomer Girls" teams remained popular until the 1930s.
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Why do you think little is know about these amateur women's baseball teams?
Write your answers in the comments section below
 - jamariw-orv
 3/20/2018 - 12:33 p.m.
 because the internet wasn't around back then so people couldn't post to much about it and get an international viewing
 - joeyw-orv
 3/21/2018 - 12:26 p.m.
 I think that not a lot of people know about the women baseball teams because during that time in the 1920's there were a lot of sexist people and it was probably a sexist time.
 - jeremyj-orv
 3/22/2018 - 11:31 a.m.
 I think most of everyone is or was focused on the MLB, rather than a small lady's team, but despite their small following, the team is still cool.
 - EmilyH-dec
 3/23/2018 - 08:42 a.m.
 I thought this story was kinda cool because it showed you that they played baseball on their free time.
 - CameronP-dec
 3/23/2018 - 08:44 a.m.
 Couldn't sell tickets, that must have sucked
 - GavinM-dec
 3/23/2018 - 11:04 a.m.
 I think it's really cool that women have rights and they get to anything they want.
 - AsherM-dec
 3/23/2018 - 01:01 p.m.
 This article informed me because i never knew there wa womens baseball that LONG AGO. You would never think until you read that there is.
 - ZekeK-dec
 3/23/2018 - 01:39 p.m.
 I think that this is pretty cool. But why is it called baseball then and softball now?
 - ColeV-dec
 3/23/2018 - 01:46 p.m.
 Most people focused on male baseball more than female baseball.
 - LizziM-dec
 3/23/2018 - 02:18 p.m.
 People focus on male baseball more than female baseball but both should be equally enjoyed.
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February 21
Questions for February 21, 2021
 1. What opportunities did God give you this week? What has God been teaching you this week or this morning through the message?
 2. Scott Shared about his Friendship with his friend Scott. Would you say that these types of Deep friendships are hard to find/develop or they happen a lot?
 3. Interesting that Phileo means "Brotherly Love" yet many say that women have deeper friendships then men. Do you agree with this why or why not?
 4. What are your thoughts on Jesus exchange with Peter? Especially with Jesus asking if Peter Agape's him and Peter says yes, I Phileo you?
 5. Practically speaking what would be the difference between someone you have an Agape relationship with and someone you have a Phileo relationship with?
 6. True or False believes are ALWAYS called to AGAPE others?
 7. How can we be lifting you up in prayer this week?


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New Zealand's ambitious push towards achieving a fully renewable electricity grid has taken a significant leap forward with a groundbreaking partnership between the government and global investment firm BlackRock.
The government has announced its collaboration with BlackRock in the establishment of a $1.2 billion fund aimed at accelerating investments in renewable energy infrastructure. This fund will focus on bolstering wind and solar generation, as well as advancing technologies like battery storage and green hydrogen.
With a current electricity grid that already relies on approximately 82% renewable energy, thanks largely to the utilization of hydroelectric power generated from dammed rivers, New Zealand has set a bold target to completely transition to 100% renewable generation by the end of the decade.
This partnership with BlackRock is a pivotal move toward realizing this goal.
As the announcement comes just two months before a crucial election, the government is aiming to solidify its position as a leader in sustainability and environmental consciousness.
While critics highlight that the nation's overall greenhouse gas emissions have yet to show significant reduction since the government declared a climate emergency in 2020, this initiative demonstrates a proactive step towards effecting real change.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins emphasized the transformative potential of this initiative for both the clean-tech sector and the nation's economy.
He underscored that the fund would encourage the development of intellectual property that could be shared globally, not only fostering local innovation but also creating a pathway for New Zealand to lead in the burgeoning global clean energy market.
BlackRock, a significant player in the investment world, will contribute its expertise and financial resources to support this ambitious transition. While details about the $1.2 billion fund are yet to be fully disclosed, BlackRock indicated that the initial focus would be on attracting institutional investors.
The fund's launch marks a notable first for BlackRock in terms of such initiatives.
According to BlackRock Chief Executive Larry Fink, this partnership showcases a model of cooperation between the private and public sectors, exemplifying a well-coordinated energy transition that is orderly, just, and fair.
The successful implementation of this initiative is projected to necessitate a total investment of approximately $26 billion.
Despite the promising trajectory set by this partnership, some skeptics have voiced concerns about potential rises in power prices without commensurate environmental gains. David Seymour, the leader of New Zealand's libertarian ACT Party, argues that the initiative might inadvertently result in government interference in citizens' lives without delivering significant environmental impact.
As New Zealand takes this significant step towards an all-renewable electricity grid, its partnership with a global financial powerhouse like BlackRock amplifies the nation's commitment to sustainable energy and its potential to drive meaningful change both within the country and across the world.


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NEOT KEDUMIM, Israel, July 22 (Reuters) - From the tempting apple of the Garden of Eden to the unleavened bread of the Israelite exodus from Egypt, the Bible has given researchers much food for thought.
Tova Dickstein, a researcher at Neot Kedumim, a 625 acre (250 hectare) park in central Israel that has been planted with herbs, crops and trees that covered the land more than 2,000 years ago, says ancient dishes can be found in biblical texts.
She has recreated biblical recipes by referring to the Bible, the Mishna -- a religious Jewish text from shortly after the time of Jesus -- a 2,800-year-old Mesopotamian cookbook and a recipe book by Roman gastronomist Apicius.
"Food was life and life revolved around food," she said.
Among the recipes Dickstein has rediscovered is a honey-dipped pancake called Ashishim made from crushed red lentils and sesame seeds. She believes Ashishim were eaten in King Solomon's court and are referred to in the Song of Songs.
Dickstein found a detailed description of the ingredients and cooking method for Ashishim in the Jerusalem Talmud, a Jewish text dating from around the fourth century, and together with Neot Kedumim's chef whisked up the biblical dessert.
"It's tremendously moving when you realise you have cooked a dish they ate thousands of years ago," said the chef, Nadav Granot.
The Ashishim are made by cooking 200 grams (7 ounces or 1.75 cups) of red lentils in a skillet, crushing them, adding 100 grams (3.5 ounces or 7/8 of a cup) each of flour and sesame seeds and two eggs and deep frying the mixture. A syrup made from honey is then poured over the cooked pancakes.
"It's a different taste from what we are used to," Dickstein said. "By tasting the food they ate and smelling the cooking aromas they smelt we can connect to the past".
LAND OF MILK AND HONEY
The food eaten by biblical characters ranging from Moses to Jesus was very different from the produce laid out today at Jerusalem's bustling Mahane Yehuda fruit and vegetable market or grown on the trees and in the fields of Israeli kibbutzim.
"Try to imagine a world without tomatoes, without eggplants, without zucchini, without rice, without corn, without oranges," Dickstein said. "Most of the ingredients in today's Mediterranean kitchen did not exist in those days."
Neot Kedumim's fields are planted with the seven species that grew in the Holy Land during the biblical period and constituted the greater part of the local inhabitants' diet: figs, dates, olives, grapes, wheat, barley and pomegranates.
Aside from ancient texts, much of the knowledge about food in biblical times is derived from archeological digs in the Holy Land where animal bones and dried-up seeds give experts information on the diet and lifestyle of the locals.
"People did not eat a lot of meat because they did not have large herds grazing lands," Dickstein said.
The staple foods were wheat and barley, lentils, beans, cheese and fruit. Watered-down wine was drunk liberally even at breakfast by farmers who ate bread, olives, vinegar and cheese. Dinner was lentils, cooked vegetables and bread.
"They ate twice a day. One meal in the middle of the work day and the main meal in the early evening," Dickstein said.
Using a text in the Mishna which details the food a wife should prepare for her husband every day, Dickstein calculated the calorie consumption during the biblical period was around 1,800 to 2,000 calories a day, about what it is today in the developed world.
A staple in the biblical pantry was fish sauce, which was used to season everything from barley to cooked vegetables.
But she acknowledges that with no information available on the palates of biblical people, it is impossible to reproduce ancient recipes precisely.
"They may have liked the food sweeter or saltier than us," Dickstein said.
Jews, who were forbidden by religious law from eating meat with milk, would make cheeses using the sap derived from fig leaves rather than animal enzymes as was done by many of the other peoples in the area at the time.
Making bread would take at least four hours, as the wheat or barley granules needed to be pounded into flour, the dough raised using a crude sourdough starter rather than yeast and the mixture baked in a fireplace.
Cooking food from the Bible is more than just an epicurean adventure, said Dickstein who is doing her doctorate on the subject. It is also a novel way to capture the imaginations of secular Israeli youths who feel little affinity for the Bible.
"Today people don't feel very close to the Bible. It's a period they don't understand. The language is difficult and they are taught from a religious point of view," Dickstein said.


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The Govind Wildlife Sanctuary is located at Purola tehsil, Uttarakashi district of Garhwal in the state of Uttaranchal. It was established on 1st of March 1955. It is spreads over an area of 957.969 sq km. The sanctuary forms the upper catchment of the Tons River in the upper reaches of its area. Thus the area has a significant value as a major watershed for river Yamuna.
The sanctuary has a rich forest cover and the neighboring forest divisions help in maintaining genetic diversity in the forest. The area is very rich source of some of the medicinal plants, many of which are the important life saving drugs. The area provides a natural habitat to a lot of endangered animals.
The Snow Leopard inhabits the inner Himalayas above the altitude of 3500 m. The Government of India launched the Snow Leopard Project in its Eighth Plan. The Govind Wildlife Sanctuary was identified as one of sites of the Snow Leopard in the Himalayas. The upper reaches of the sanctuary are the natural habitat of the Snow Leopard and were intentionally notified as a National Park.
The park is home to more than 15 species of mammals and 150 species of birds. The important mammals are Bharal, Black Bear, Brown Bear, Common Leopard, Himalayan Thar, Musk Deer, Serow and Snow Leopard. The endangered birds found in the area are Bearded Vulture, Black Eagle, Himalayan Snow Cock, Golden Eagle, Monal Pheasant, Koklas Pheasant, Steppe Eagle and Western Tragopan. Other important bird found here are Buntings, Bulbuls, Cuckoos, Finches, Minivets, Owls, Pigeons, Parakeets, Thrushes, Tits and Warblers.


A quick guide to using multi-model inference for model selection in R
Use computing power to choose the best fit model.
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Model selection is a longstanding issue in statistical analysis. How should we choose the best model? Kenneth Burnham and David Anderson argue we should be using insight from information theory to select models. Their approach is called Multi-Model Inference.
Model Selection and Multimodel Inference: A Practical Information-Theoretic Approach
How does multi-model inference work?
Very simply, multi-model inference works by testing all possible combinations of variables in a model and ranking them by their fit. Ranking is done using the Aikaike Information Criterion (AIC). AIC is a measure of model fit, taking into account model simplicity. The aim of multi-model inference and AIC is to determine the best fit model using the fewest variables.
Using multi-model inference in R
The package MuMIn has everything needed to perform multi-model inference. To test it out, we will use data from the University of Wisconsin County Health Project. This dataset contains health data from six states in the U.S.
packages <- c("readr", "MuMIn", "nlme", "car") # packages you will need
#lapply(packages, install.packages, character.only = TRUE) # install packages
lapply(packages, library, character.only = TRUE) # load packages
dat <- as.data.frame(read_csv(url("_URL_
We will build models testing whether diabetes prevalence in counties is related to the following factors:
 - Smoking
 - Food environment index
 - Physical inactivity
 - Access to exercise opportunities
 - Excessive drinking prevalence
We begin by building a model with these fixed effects and their two-way interactions, using county and state as random effects. We can think of this model as the "global" model.
mod <- lme(
 diabetesprevalence ~
 smoking +
 foodenvironment +
 physicalinactivity +
 accesstoexercise +
 excessivedrinking +
 smoking:foodenvironment +
 smoking:physicalinactivity +
 smoking:accesstoexercise +
 smoking:excessivedrinking +
 foodenvironment:physicalinactivity +
 foodenvironment:accesstoexercise +
 foodenvironment:excessivedrinking +
 physicalinactivity:accesstoexercise +
 physicalinactivity:excessivedrinking +
 accesstoexercise:excessivedrinking,
 random = ~ 1 | state/county, data = dat, method = "ML"
 )
From the global model, we will use the dredge function to test every model with all possible combinations of the fixed effects.
moddredge <- dredge(mod, extra = c("R^2", F = function(x)summary(x)$fstatistic[[1]]))
Model averaging
We can create a plot showing model variable how often variables appear in the top candidate models to get a sense of what factors are important. Then create a model average from the models with the lowest AIC. Typically, models are not thought to be different if they are within two AIC units, so the model.avg function creates an average model from all models within that range.
mods2 <- moddredge[which(moddredge$AICc <= min(moddredge$AICc) + 2), ]
plot(mods2, labAsExpr = TRUE)
Occurrence of model variables across all models within two AIC units
modav <- model.avg(moddredge, subset = delta < 2)
summary(modav)
##
## Call:
## model.avg(object = moddredge, subset = delta < 2)
##
## Component model call:
## lme.formula(fixed = diabetesprevalence ~ <25 unique rhs>, data =
## dat, random = ~1 | state/county, method = ML)
##
## Component models:
## df logLik AICc delta weight
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/12/13/14 13 -785.61 1597.99 0.00 0.08
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/12/14 12 -786.71 1598.10 0.10 0.07
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/11/14 12 -787.04 1598.75 0.75 0.05
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/12/14 13 -786.05 1598.88 0.89 0.05
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/12/13/14/15 14 -785.00 1598.90 0.90 0.05
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/12/13/14 14 -785.06 1599.03 1.04 0.05
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/9/12/13/14 15 -784.04 1599.12 1.12 0.04
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/9/12/13/14 14 -785.12 1599.14 1.14 0.04
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/10/11/14 13 -786.27 1599.31 1.32 0.04
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/11/13/14 13 -786.28 1599.34 1.34 0.04
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/10/14 13 -786.32 1599.42 1.43 0.04
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/9/10/13/14 15 -784.20 1599.44 1.45 0.04
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/11/14 13 -786.33 1599.45 1.46 0.04
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/11/12/14 13 -786.37 1599.52 1.53 0.04
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/10/13/14 14 -785.38 1599.66 1.67 0.03
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/10/12/14 13 -786.46 1599.70 1.70 0.03
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/9/13/14 14 -785.43 1599.77 1.78 0.03
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/9/12/14 14 -785.44 1599.78 1.78 0.03
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/9/12/14 13 -786.51 1599.81 1.81 0.03
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/13/14 13 -786.51 1599.81 1.81 0.03
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/10/12/13/14 14 -785.47 1599.85 1.85 0.03
## 1/2/3/4/5/6/8/10/11/14 14 -785.48 1599.86 1.87 0.03
## 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/14 14 -785.49 1599.89 1.90 0.03
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/11/12/13/14 14 -785.53 1599.96 1.96 0.03
## 1/2/3/4/5/8/10/13/14 13 -786.59 1599.96 1.97 0.03
##
## Term codes:
## accesstoexercise excessivedrinking
## 1 2
## foodenvironment physicalinactivity
## 3 4
## smoking accesstoexercise:excessivedrinking
## 5 6
## accesstoexercise:foodenvironment accesstoexercise:physicalinactivity
## 7 8
## accesstoexercise:smoking excessivedrinking:foodenvironment
## 9 10
## excessivedrinking:physicalinactivity excessivedrinking:smoking
## 11 12
## foodenvironment:physicalinactivity foodenvironment:smoking
## 13 14
## physicalinactivity:smoking
## 15
##
## Model-averaged coefficients:
## (full average)
## Estimate Std. Error Adjusted SE
## (Intercept) 2.676e+01 7.456e+00 7.465e+00
## accesstoexercise -9.752e-02 3.605e-02 3.610e-02
## excessivedrinking -2.371e-01


Create Log When A Window Gets Focus in Windows
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Window Focus Logger GUI is a free software to create a log when a window gets focus in Windows. That means whenever an application/window/program becomes an active application, its log is created which you can save for later use. The log contains different items like process name of window, date and time when the window gets focus, if keyboard focus was enabled for that application, if application UI was visible, and title of the window. You can create the record of all such items and then save these details as TXT file.
As its name indicates, it is the graphical version of its command line tool "Windows Focus Logger". This software lets you set a custom time (in minutes) for log creation and then you can minimize it to system tray. After that, whenever the focus is removed from some active application to another application, it creates the log each time including keyboard focus, user interface mode (true or false), the application which replaced the first application was off screen or on screen, etc.
Window Focus Loggerinterface
In the screenshot visible above, you can see its interface where it shows the list of all windows which got focus, its time and date, and other information. You can also select all the items, copy them to clipboard, and paste in Notepad like I did in the screenshot below. Once you get the list, you can save it as TXT file for later analysis.
information copied to notepad
How To Create Log When A Window Gets Focus In Windows?
Step 1: Download its zip file. You can do that using the link that I have added at the end of this review.
Step 2: Open the software interface by double-clicking its "WindowFocusLoggerGUI" application. Its interface will show a blank page unless you set the time to log windows. So, add Runtime (in minutes) by adding some value and then press Start button.
set runtime and start log creation process
Step 3: Now you can minimize it to the system tray and it will work silently. Whenever you move from one application to another or some background process/service will try to steal focus mode from the current application, the software will create a log for that.
You can stop the Runtime anytime or let it stop automatically when the timer is completed. After that, you can open its interface and you will see the record. In the record, you can see which application was running as the active window, which application came as next application window, if the application was visible on screen or it was off screen, if keyboard focus enabled for that application, date and time when the application became active application.
log created
To save all the details, copy them using Ctrl+A hotkey and paste it in Notepad++, Notepad, or somewhere else and create a text file.
You can also create log file for each process launched on PC.
The Conclusion:
This is helpful in case there is some hidden process or malicious application runs in the background without your knowledge which usually steals the focus from a particular window. Once you have the log, you can identify the application and then try to remove it from PC or take other actions.
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Let $G$ = $\mathbb{Z_n}$ and let $A$ = $\ell^1(G)$ with convolution, over $\mathbb{C}$. Let $A_{\mathbb{R}}$ denote the subring of real valued functions in $A$, so $A_{\mathbb{R}}$ is an algebra over $\mathbb{R}$.
I'm being asked to find the maximal ideals of $A_{\mathbb{R}}$, their dimensions, and the corresponding quotient fields.
I've found that $m$ = {$f \in A_{\mathbb{R}}$ : $\sum_{m=0}^{n-1} f([m])$ = 0} is a maximal ideal of dimension n-1 with corresponding quotient field $\mathbb{R}$. I also know that $m$ isn't the only the maximal ideal as the function which takes 1 on every element of G is not invertible and isn't in $m$. I don't really know where to go with this problem. I spent a fair bit of time trying to determine the invertibility of sums of delta functions, which seemed to depend on the parity of n, but that didn't lead anywhere. I'm way up the river on this, and any pointers in the right direction would be helpful.
For context, the previous two parts of the problem were to determine the maximal ideal space of $A$ and whether or not the Gelfand transform of $A$ was isometric.
Edit: With the help of the suggestions below, I've been able to identify a number of maximal ideals of $A_\mathbb{R}$. Namely, $\mathfrak{m} \cap A_\mathbb{R}$, where $\mathfrak{m}$ is a maximal ideal in $A$. I want to say that these are the only maximal ideals of $A_\mathbb{R}$ (or at least I think I do), but I am unsure as to how to approach this.
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Via the Fourier transform, this convolution algebra is isomorphic to the algebra of functions on $G$ with pointwise addition and multiplication. From this point of view, some other surjective maps onto $\mathbb{R}$ are easier to see: the projections onto each coordinate. So there are these $n$ maximal ideals plus the one you found. I don't know how to find them all though. – Ted Oct 2 '11 at 3:39
Hmmm, the Fourier transform will end up taking values in $\mathbb{C}$, not $\mathbb{R}$. So I'm not so sure about the above comment. But I'll leave it there in case it's useful. – Ted Oct 2 '11 at 3:43
Here's some progress: The Fourier transform is given by $F(\chi) = \sum_{g \in G} f(g) \overline{\chi(g)}$ for $\chi \in G^*$. In general, this is $\mathbb{C}$-valued. But if $\chi$ is the trivial character, this projection $F \mapsto F(\chi)$ is real-valued, and corresponds to the maximal ideal you already found. And if $n$ is even, there is a non-trivial character onto $\{1,-1\}$ which gives you another maximal ideal. – Ted Oct 2 '11 at 4:32
Hi Ted. Thanks for your input. What you've mentioned so far fits in with what I've been thinking i.e. trying to salvage some of the theory from the complex case. I've considered simply taking the intersection of a maximal ideal in $A$ with $A_\mathbb{R}$ but I don't believe that this will be maximal in general. – Grasshopper Oct 2 '11 at 4:53
Dear Grasshopper, Let $\mathfrak m$ be a maximal ideal in $A$. What is the quotient $A/\mathfrak m$? Now consider the quotient $A_{\mathbb R}/\mathfrak m \cap A_{\mathbb R}$. What are the possibilities for this quotient? Regards, – Matt E Oct 2 '11 at 5:50
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Note that $f \in A_{\mathbb R}$ iff $\hat{f}(\overline{\alpha}) = \overline{\hat{f}(\alpha)}$ for all $\alpha$. If $M_\alpha$ is the maximal ideal $\{f: \hat{f}(\alpha) = 0\}$ of $A$, then $M_{\alpha} \cap A_{\mathbb R} = M_{\overline{\alpha}} \cap A_{\mathbb R}$. For any $\alpha$, there is $h_\alpha \in A_{\mathbb R}$ such that $\widehat{h_\alpha}(\alpha) = \widehat{h_\alpha}(\bar{\alpha}) = 1$ and $\widehat{h_\alpha}(g) = 0$ for all other $g$.
Use this to show that $M_\alpha \cap A_{\mathbb R}$ is a maximal ideal in $A_{\mathbb R}$.
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Your suggestions look good but I haven't been able to work through them yet. – Grasshopper Oct 2 '11 at 7:40
I decided to take one more look at the problem before I went to sleep and I think I've got it now. The map from $A_\mathbb{R}$ to $\mathbb{C}$ given by $f \mapsto \sum_{g\in G} f(g)\alpha(g)$ is an $\mathbb{R}$-algebra homomorphism. The function $h_\alpha$ that you mentioned ensures that the range of this map is either $\mathbb{R}$ or $\mathbb{C}$. In either case, the range is a field and so the kernel is a maximal ideal. Is this what you had in mind? I don't know how to show that this construction gives us every maximal ideal of $A_\mathbb{R}$, but maybe that'll be easier in the morning. – Grasshopper Oct 2 '11 at 8:14
Is it the case that every maximal ideal of $A_\mathbb{R}$ is of this form? I tried assuming there is a maximal ideal that isn't equal to any of the $M_\alpha \cap A_\mathbb{R}$ but I'm getting nowhere with that. – Grasshopper Oct 2 '11 at 23:43
_USER_: To prove that you've found all maximal ideals, it's much easier to work in the Fourier-transformed space (with pointwise addition and multiplication) than the original space. First, figure out how to prove the complex equivalent: every maximal ideal of $A$ is one of the $M_{\alpha}$. Then adapt this proof for the real case. – Ted Oct 3 '11 at 5:28
_USER_: I am unfamiliar with the Fourier-transformed space that you are referring to. I know that the $M_\alpha$ are the only maximal ideals of $A$ via the identification of the maximal ideals with the maximal ideal space. – Grasshopper Oct 3 '11 at 6:28
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The Edwardians: Secrets and Desires showcases the broad range of art created by artists working and exhibiting in London during the years 1900 to 1914. The exhibition reflects a time of great social change — from a period of established order to the beginnings of a more modern world — and reveals the variety of possibilities that became available during this time.
Many Australian artists went to Europe at the turn of the 20th century to live and study. Likewise, artists from Ireland and America sought to establish themselves in the artistic centres of London and Paris. The Edwardians: Secrets and Desires places the work of these expatriate artists within the context of British art of the time. Artists moved regularly between London and Paris, and were keen to have their works included in exhibitions in both centres. Parisians such as Auguste Rodin and Jacques-Emile Blanche regularly exhibited their work in London, and Rodin became President of the London-based International Society of Painters, Sculptors and Gravers.
The exhibition catalogue, fully illustrated in colour, contains comprehensive essays and information on all of works in the exhibition and is available from ngashop.com.au.
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15th Biennial Workshop of Joint Numerical Sea Modelling Group (JONSMOD)
B. Viikmäe from the Tallinn team presented a paper aiming at creating a technology that would provide a substantial decrease of remote environmental risks (e.g. ship-caused pollution that frequently affects vulnerable areas far from the accident site) by minimizing the consequences of potential accidents. The central idea is smart use of the existence of statistically heterogeneous
semi-persistent current patterns, which considerably affect pollution propagation as well as drift of various items such as vessels without propulsion, rescue boats or lost containers.
"The Use of Lagrangian Trajectories for Minimization of the Risk of Coastal Pollution" (10 Jan 2010 B. Viikmäe, T. Soomere, N. Delpeche,)


Benefits of Peak Performance Training
Your big race is in a few days. Or maybe you have a major business presentation coming up, and you have to be fully prepared not to mess up. You have been working hard for the big day, but you still feel like you are not fully equipped psychologically. Your primary aim is to outperform others and yourself, and to achieve this, you must go the extra mile to stay physically, emotionally, and psychologically fit. Luckily, you boost your focus and eliminate fatigue with proper peak performance training. With a reliable New York peak performance trainer, you can sync your body and mind to minimize roadblocks while maximizing results. The exercise trains your brain to respond fast with the correct frequency, offering you the control you need to be better at what you do. If you are skeptical about the idea, here are the top benefits and reasons to try peak performance therapy.
Boost Your Body Energy
Work without rest can adversely impact your performance. It will drain you and leave you with little energy. You have probably been working out tirelessly for the upcoming competitions, and now you have no energy left to take you through the big day. Peak performance training focuses on improving brainwave frequency. This, in return, helps you take advantage of each opportunity with more focus and less energy. The training ensures that your body energy is not sacrificed as you attempt to improve performance.
Allows You to Connect With Your Body and Mind
Training is all about balancing your body and mind. This is the key to improving focus and performance. When done correctly, the therapy provides you optimum control over your body and mind, precisely what you need for peak performance. You get to engage your body and brain, thus maximizing results. The exercise creates a partnership or connection between the two major areas. This increases focus and helps you accomplish your goals with ease and without wasting energy.
Maximize Concentration
You cannot easily win a competition or crush that project presentation if your brain struggles to focus. Your state of mind will significantly determine your level of performance, and that is where peak performance training comes in to improve focus and filter out any distractions that hinder you from the task at hand. With improved concentration, you can make sound decisions and react faster, and in return, perform better. The therapy boosts the brain wave's frequency to protect you from overexerting yourself.
Peak performance therapy comes in different forms, but they are geared towards the same goal. The primary goal is to improve your performance, but the exercise can also help you overcome anxiety and fear of failure, maximize creativity, and improve communication. It is also recommended for individuals with back pain and mobility issues. If done correctly, peak performance therapy may also help to prevent future injuries. For a reliable peak performance specialist who will take you through the exercises for maximum results, contact Thriving Center of Psychology today.


Education Secretary John Swinney says the Scottish Government are considering a'staggered' approach to allowing students to return home for Christmas.
It comes as students from Edinburgh University held a protest yesterday over the'mistreatment' they have faced over being forced to self-isolate in halls and given "false promises of hybrid learning."
John Swinney said that the Scottish Government is "learning lessons" from the Covid outbreaks sparked by the return of students and that will help them decide how they return at Christmas.
The Education Secretary is now holding talks with other UK nations to discuss what approach they can take to stop another sudden spike in Covid-19 cases.
The Education Secretary with Nicola Sturgeon
Speaking on the issue, he told the BBC's Politics Scotland programme: "Some of the points that we're looking at are around staggered returns of students so that they don't all come back in one go, that we look at arrangements for how testing can be part of the architecture of how we handle that return.
"What we expect of students when they are returning home and when they're coming back into universities and how they will spend their time, how their learning will be undertaken - these are all issues that are being explored."
The Scottish Government is now considering a system of mass testing which would be supported by a staggered return of students to stop the testing system getting overwhelmed.
He added: "These are some of the options that are being looked at and obviously... the practicalities of that are changed and eased if the return of students is staggered over a longer period."


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Title: "Exploring the Enigmatic ca185: An Unveiling of its Origins, Significance, and Impact"
In the realm of historical mysteries, few things captivate the imagination as much as the enigmatic symbol "ca185." Often dismissed as a mere combination of letters and numbers, this cryptic code holds a deeper meaning and significance that has intrigued researchers and historians alike. In this article, we will embark on a journey to unravel the origins, decipher the purpose, and explore the impact of ca185.
Origins of ca185:
The first step towards understanding ca185 is to uncover its origins. While its exact genesis remains shrouded in mystery, speculation suggests that it might be a clandestine code used by secret societies or a symbol of an ancient civilization. Some theorists propose that ca185 could be a time reference, possibly indicating a significant event that occurred in the year 185. However, without concrete evidence, these theories remain purely speculative.
Significance and Interpretations:
The significance of ca185 extends beyond its origins, as it has garnered attention for its potential interpretations. Some argue that it represents a forgotten language or script, waiting to be deciphered. Others believe that ca185 holds a symbolic meaning, representing hidden knowledge or a secret message. The possibilities are endless, and researchers continue to delve into various disciplines such as linguistics, cryptography, and archaeology to unlock its true significance.
To gain a comprehensive understanding of ca185, it is essential to examine the historical context in which it emerged. By studying the era surrounding the speculated origins of ca185, historians can attempt to connect it to specific events, movements, or ideologies that might provide clues to its meaning. By analyzing relevant historical sources and records, researchers hope to shed light on the context in which ca185 was conceived and its potential relevance to that period.
Notable References and Encounters:
Throughout history, there have been sporadic references to ca185, further fueling interest and curiosity. For instance, in the diaries of an obscure explorer from the 19th century, there are cryptic entries mentioning encounters with an esoteric symbol resembling ca185. Additionally, art historians have identified similar patterns in ancient artwork, suggesting that this symbol might have transcended time and cultures, hinting at a universal meaning or relevance.
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Retiming in Vivado Synthesis
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RETIMING DESCRIPTION
Retiming is a sequential optimization technique to move registers across combinatorial logic to improve the design performance without affecting the input/output behavior of the circuit. The circuit shown in Figure 1 has a critical path with a 6-input adder. The path highlighted in red is the path that limits the performance of the whole circuit.
Figure 1 : Example of a register-to-register path with 6-input adder logicFigure 1 : Example of a register-to-register path with 6-input adder logic
The performance of the circuit shown here can be improved by retiming the registers on the adder output into the combinatorial logic of the circuit.
The overall latency of the circuit is 4. Figure 2 shows one way to move the registers in order to minimize the logic. Moving the output registers into the cone of logic is called backward retiming. When this is done, the critical path is reduced to a 2-input adder.
Figure 2 : Example of a register-to-register path with a 2-input adder by applying backward retimingFigure 2 : Example of a register-to-register path with a 2-input adder by applying backward retiming
One other thing to note about the above examples is that the number of registers has changed.
Figure 1 had 9 different register buses. Figure 2 has 12 different registers buses. The reason for this is that when performing backward retiming, when it is moved from the output to the input both inputs of the gate must now have a register.
There are two different types of retiming, backward retiming and forward retiming. Backward retiming removes registers from the output of a gate, and creates new registers at the inputs of the same gate. Forward retiming does the exact opposite, it removes registers from the input of a gate, and creates a new one at the output.
For backward retiming to work, the combinatorial logic must drive only the register and not fanout to other logic. For forward retiming to work, each input of the gate must be driven by a register with the same control logic.
Figure 3 shows the same circuit with either forward or backward retiming.
Figure 3 : AND gate either being forward retimed or backward retimedFigure 3 : AND gate either being forward retimed or backward retimed
GLOBAL RETIMING VS LOCAL RETIMING
There are two ways to enable automatic retiming in Vivado Synthesis, Global and Local.
Global retiming works on the full design and moves registers across large combinatorial logic structures based on the timing of the design.
It will analyze all of the logic in the design and move registers in the worst case paths in order to make the overall design faster. In order for this to work, the design must have accurate timing constraints in the .xdc file. Global retiming is enabled with the -retiming switch in synth_design or in the Vivado GUI under synthesis settings. In addition, this feature can also be used with the BLOCK_SYNTH feature in synthesis to target specific modules in your design.
Local retiming is when a user specifically tells the tool which logic to perform the retiming on using the retiming_forward/retiming_backward RTL attributes.
Care should be taken when performing local retiming as it is not timing driven and the tool will do exactly what is asked of it.
For more information on the use of retiming, please refer to (UG901) Vivado Design Suite User Guide : Synthesis.
ANALYZING MESSAGES FROM THE LOG FILE
Figure 4 shows an example where retiming can improve logic levels. The structure has a critical path of 3 logic levels coming from a 37 bit AND gate. The source register is called din1_dly_reg and the destination register is called tmp1_reg with an extra register after tmp1_reg with 0 logic levels.
This is an ideal path to retime as we can switch to one path with 3 logic levels followed by a path with 0 levels to a path with 2 logic levels followed by a path with 1 or 2 levels.

Figure 4 : Circuit that can be backward retimedFigure 4 : Circuit that can be backward retimed
The synthesis log file looks similar to the following:
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From this log file you can see the reported logic levels before and after retiming, and the names of the new registers that were created. When synthesis creates new registers from retiming, it will use the suffix "bret" for registers that were backward retimed, and "fret" for registers that were forwards retimed.
Figure 5 shows a circuit where incompatible register elements will make retiming illegal. The structure again has a start register called din1_dly_reg going through a 37 bit AND gate causing 3 levels of logic, and then ending at a register called din1_dly_reg. In addition, the AND gate has a fanout to another register highlighted in pink.
Figure 5 : Example of a circuit that can't be retimedFigure 5 : Example of a circuit that can't be retimed
This example cannot be retimed because of the register highlighted in pink. This register has an asynchronous reset where tmp1_reg does not. Because the two registers do not have the same control set, they are not able to be backward retimed into the AND gate logic. The log file in this example will show the following:
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The log file includes a message about incompatible flip-flops and the before and after logic levels do not change.
Retiming cannot happen in the following situations:
1. Timing Exceptions on a register (multicycle paths, false paths, max delays)
2. Keep type attributes on the register (DONT_TOUCH, MARK_DEBUG)
3. Registers with different control sets
4. Registers driving outputs or being driven by inputs (unless design is marked as out-of-context).

Example where retiming is unable to improve the critical path in a feedback loop:
 When a path has the same source and destination register, retiming optimization might not be able to improve logic levels.
 For example:
 The critical path for the register "dout_reg" is highlighted in red. It goes through a reduction AND operator and ends at the reset pin of the same register.
 The reduction AND operator will consume 2 logic levels based on the width which we have i.e. 16-bit.
retiming-1.jpg

The Screen capture below shows how synthesis describes the nature of the critical path.
It also mentions the cell names which are part of the critical path.
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Thanks to Chaithanya Dudha who is the original author of this article.
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tsjorgensen
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Does item 3 also cover clock domain crossings so they under no circumstances gets retimed? Or will such paths get optimized if the clocks do not have any asynchronous clock group setting?

driesd
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@tsjorgensen, yes item 3 = different control sets covers clock domain crossings.
A control set is the combination of the clock, clock enable and reset signal. A different clock means a different control set, so such registers will never be retimed.

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Very very interesting article. Thanks a lot for it.
I would like to share my experience and try to understand if one of you have any comment on something that I could do better.
I have some latency-critical algorithms that I need to implement for Xilinx Virtex Ultrascale+ FPGAs.
My initial idea was to describe the algorithm as a large combinatorial path connected to a N number of register stages at the output, at which N is given by a generic parameter.
Then by implementing the design for different values of N using retiming, I would be able to discover the minimal number of register stages I would need to reach timing closure for each algorithm.
My framework to get it implemented in the FPGA is the following:

In view of reducing I/O timing effects in the analysis, the FPGA top level had one bit input, one bit output and two clocks, one for the DUT logic and one for the wrapper. A shift register was used to generate all the DUT inputs. All DUT outputs were ORed into a single bit.
As I am not interested in retiming the wrapper, I used the BLOCK_SYNTH.RETIMING atribute in the DUT instance at which I wanted to retime.

Using Vivado Synthesis I did not see any significant improvement in terms of register balacing for the critical path.
However using Synplify, I managed to see the number of logic levels and path delays being reduced by half when the first register was added, but no improvements were seen for N > 1.
I also thought of using Mentor Precision, bit even the latest version still does not support retiming for Ultrascale+ series. (Do not understand why).
I am not sure if retiming in my case is being limited by:
1) Some mistake in my methodology or use of tools
2) By the tools itself
3) By retiming bottlenecks related to the algorithm I am investigating.
4) More than one of the above conditions
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