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With Carmen Mountain whitetail deer recently added to the roster of subspecies recognized by Safari Club International, more hunters are becoming interested in pursuing this elusive desert dweller before the record books fill up. Here's where you can find them, along with a look at the future of the subspecies:
The Carmen Mountain whitetail is named, not surprisingly, for the Sierra del Carmen range, which crosses the U.S.–Mexico border. The Carmen Mountains are located mainly in Texas; the highest point is Sue Peaks, in Brewster County, Texas, at over 5,800 feet above sea level.
The deer can be found on both sides of the Rio Grande, in Coahuila and Texas' Big Bend National Park.
Carmen deer are normally only found in certain mountain ranges, including the Burros (Coahuila, Mexico), Carmen (Texas and Coahuila), and Chisos, Chinati, Rosillos, Christmas, Del Norte, Vieja, or Dead Horse mountains (Brewster and Presidio Counties, Texas). They are rarely found below heights of 4,500 feet and tend to avoid flat ground.
The Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park are home to the largest, most stable population of Carmen whitetails in the U.S. The high altitudes provide a perfect environment: the highest peak in these mountains, Emory Peak, stands taller than 7,800 feet above sea level. The temperatures here rarely reach extremes, sometimes climbing into the 80s during the summer and rarely falling below 20 degrees Fahrenheit at the coldest point in the year.
At the moment, it's unclear if the mountain ranges in Texas, other than the Chisos, will be able to support these deer in the long run. Their need for free-standing water and dense vegetation at high altitudes leaves them with a very limited habitat, and predation, hunting, and competition with livestock could destroy these populations. Between the limited opportunities and the conservation issues, these mountains are less highly recommended than other destinations.
Predation is a serious issue for Carmen whitetails—mountain lion attacks are the leading cause of death for them. Coyotes and bobcats are also known to prey on them.
GSS represents excellent outfitters operating in Coahuila, in locations where the populations are larger and more stable than most U.S. locations. However, the effect of human interaction on the Carmen Mountain whitetail deer population is unclear. Their elevated habitat and small size may help limit local hunting pressure, and while competition with livestock can sometimes be problematic, ranches that introduce new water sources at high altitudes can be beneficial. As always, hunt within the mindset that hunting is applied conservation. For additional information on hunting this whitetail deer sub-species, please contact Rick Kennerknecht at Global Sporting Safaris at _PHONE_, Extension 702.


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Topic: Tsarskoye Selo
January 15th marked the 180th anniversary of the death of Saint Seraphim of Sarov. In honour of this anniversary, a cross was erected in memory of an unfinished church which stood on the spot in 1916.
The church was to constructed in honour of the miraculous escape of Anna Vyrubova, friend and confidant of the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, who survived a horrific train disaster on January 2 [O.S.], 1915.
At the initiative of Vyruobova, the Saint Seraphim Hospital was opened, designed for Russian soldiers officers wounded during World War One. The hospital could hold up to 50 patients at one time. In the spring of 1916, Empress Alexandra allocated a plot of land for the construction of hospital buildings and the Saint Seraphim of Sarov Church. A cross was erected on the spot where the church would be constructed.
On November 5 [O.S.], 1916, a liturgy was held during the laying of the foundation stone for the new church. The service was attended by Emperor Nicholas II and his family, Anna Vyrubova, and members of the clergy.
Sadly, the outbreak of the February Revolution in 1917 and other subsequent events prevented further construction of the church. The church was nothing more than a simple wooden frame measuring 20 x 20 meters. After the Revolution the church was destroyed. Some sources say it was burnt to the ground, while others maintain that it was dismantled for firewood by locals.
One point of interest is that it was here that Rasputin's body was buried on December 21, 1916, on the north side of the church. His final resting place was disrupted in March 1917 by the Bolsheviks, who dug up his remains and subsequently destroyed them.
© Paul Gilbert @ Royal Russia. 18 January, 2013

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Talc Powder (Talcum Powder, Hua Shi)
talcDo you know what is baby powder made of? Currently about 90% of them are talc baby powder, to tell you the truth. Talc powder, a finely ground powder from highly soft talc mineral, is an important ingredient used in making cosmetics, body powder, and bath powder today. Nevertheless, the most popular use of talcum powder is to make talc baby powder. As a matter of fact, there is talc free baby powder available on the market too, which however only accounts for about 10% of the market share. More than that, talc, also known as Hua Shi, is also a very important mineral medicine in TCM remedies mainly for the treatments of strangury, diarrhea, eczema, and other ailments. In addition, this herb is frequently found in the prescriptions for lithiasis treatment thanks to its powerful healing properties. So, it is necessary to get better acquainted with talc if you do care the answers to a series of related questions – what is talc powder used for? Is talc powder safe? How to use talc powder for the best health benefits? Does talc powder cause cancer?
What is talc powder?
This is a common silicate mineral with the chemical formula of Mg3Si4O10(OH)2. It is extremely soft and with a creamy texture. People ever picked out 10 minerals to represent 10 mineral hardness levels, namely the Mohs scale of mineral hardness. And the Mohs hardness scale of talc is 1. Its crystal is a tri-octahedral layered mineral. Single crystal in the shape of false six-party flake is rare and usually they are dense massive, leaf-like, fibrous or radial aggregates. They are white, yellow white or bluish gray, and with wax-like luster. It has no moisture absorption and won't break up when placed in water. And it is odorless and tasteless. Medicinally it needs to remove the mud, sand, and other miscellaneous stones for better medical quality. It is usually found in metamorphic rocks, limestone, dolomite, magnesite, and shale. In China it is mainly produced in Jiangxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Guangxi, Liaoning and other places.
Main chemical constituents are magnesium silicate, including 31.7% MgO, 63.5% silica, and 4.8% of water. Part of MgO is usually replaced by FeO. Besides, it also contains other impurities like alumina.
Talc powder benefits
As one of common Chinese herbs, it is mainly used for treating stranguria by promoting diuresis. That's to say, it covers a variety of stranguria due to its mild property. It is called Hua Shi, literally translated as creamy stone, because it has a greasy feel after ground into fine powder. However, this is only associated with its physical traits rather than its medicinal uses. From the perspective of Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), it is widely used for all stranguria as long as it is of heat-damp nature. And In this regard its pharmacology seems more persuasive than the experience.
Modern pharmacological actions of talcum powder
1. It has adsorption and astringency, which can protect the intestinal wall by taken orally;
2. It can form a protective film by spreading on the wound. Thus it can protect the surface of a wound, absorb secretions, and promote the growing of scab;
3. In vitro 10% talc powder has inhibition on Salmonella typhi and paratyphi.
Proven talcum powder herbal remedies
In the light of Chinese Materia Medica, it is sweet and thin in flavor and cold and non-toxic in properties and covers two meridians of stomach and bladder. Basic functions include treating stranguria by alleviating water retention, eliminating summer-heat by cooling, and astringing dampness to heal boils. Principal talcum powder uses and indications are syndrome of dampness-heat of bladder, fidget and thirst due to hot summer weather, inhibited urination, diarrhea, strangury, eczema, bleeding from five sense organs or subcutaneous tissue, beriberi, and skin erosion. Recommended dosage is from 9 to 24 grams in decoction, powder and pills. And wrapping with gauze is preferred before the decocting.
1. Ba Zheng San. From Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang (Formulas of the Peaceful Benevolent Dispensary), this formula is normally made for difficult urination, heat strangury, and uroschesis due to damp invasion of lower energizer. Other main herbal ingredients are Mu Tong (Akebia Caulis), Che Qian Zi (Plantago Seeds), Qu Mai (Dianthus), and so on.
2. Liu Yi San. From Shang Han Biao Ben (The Manifestations and Root of Cold-induced Disorders), this prescription combines this herb with Gan Cao (Licorice Root) for summer heat induced polydipsia and scanty dark urine.
3. San Ren Tang. From Wen Bing Tiao Bian (Systematic Differentiation of Warm Disease), this recipe is primarily formulated for the early stage of damp-heat and warm disease in summer accompanied with dampness. Other major herbs are Yi Yi Ren (Seeds of Job's Tears), Bai Dou Kou (Round Cardamon Fruit), Xing Ren (Apricot Seed), and more.
4. Hua Shi San. From Sheng Ji Zong Lu (Complete Record of Holy Benevolence), it uses this herb along with Akebia Caulis for the treatment of heat stranguria, difficulty urinating, pain when urinating, and burning after urination.
5. Hua Shi Bai Yu San. From Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Coffer), it is exclusively used for difficult urination. Other two herbs are Luan Fa (tousle) and Bai Yu (silverfish).
Talcum powder side effects and contraindications
It was ever reported that it might be associated with ovarian cancer. However, so far there is no evidence that can support this claim though The American Cancer Society has conducted relevant studies. However, it is true that talcum powder has its disadvantages when used as medicine. Clinical experience has confirmed that it may cause granulomas in the rectum, vagina or wounds, etc. In addition, people often use it as contraceptives and perineal powders, which may increase the chance of developing ovarian cancer by 3 times than those who do not use it. Therefore, long-term use is not recommended since it may contain asbestos. TCM wise use it with care during pregnancy and it shouldn't be used in the cases of deficient spleen and weak vital energy, night emission, and body fluid impairment in pyreticosis.
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Congratulations to Sandra M. Lima Rocha Teixeira Neves and Richard Baker McElroy, the two students who were chosen as the 2018-19 Rovelstad scholarship recipients. They were selected among an impressive field of library and information science students.
Students who had completed at least 6 credits in the Master's in Library and Information Science program by the end of the spring semester of 2019 were eligible to apply. Each applicant submitted a statement of achievements, career interests, and goals in less than 750 words; along with a detailed curriculum vitae which included their volunteer activities, association memberships, attendance at professional conferences and workshops, and similar activities. They also provided two references.
Finalists for the scholarship were interviewed by the committee, which based its decision on the following:
- Academic achievement in the program
- Demonstrated commitment to the profession as evidenced in course work, personal statement, curriculum vitae, and letters of recommendation
- Potential for success as evidenced in all application documents
- Indication of financial need
Rovelstad Scholarship Committee
Dr. Jane Zhang, Chair
Dr. Renate Chancellor
Dr. Deanna Marcum

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Microsoft Powerpoint Quiz Questions - Set 12 - ObjectiveBooks
Microsoft Powerpoint Quiz Questions - Set 12
Practice Test: Question Set - 12
1. Which of the following are actions you can assign to an action button or slide object?
 (A) Run a macro
 (B) Play a sound
 (C) Hyper link
 (D) All of above
 (A) Slide sorter view
 (B) Notes page view
 (C) Slide view
 (D) Outline view
3. Which of the following is not a way to create a new presentation?
 (A) Using the Scan-In Slides feature
 (B) From scratch create a blank presentation
 (C) Using a template
 (D) Using the auto content wizard
4. Which of the following pane is not available in Task Pane?
 (A) Getting Started
 (B) Clip Art
 (C) Word Art
 (D) Search Results
5. In which menu can you find features like Slide Design, Slide Layout etc.?
 (A) Insert Menu
 (B) Format Menu
 (C) Tools Menu
 (D) Slide Show Menu
6. From which menu you can access Picture, Test Box, Chart etc?
 (A) File
 (B) Edit
 (C) Insert
 (D) View
7. When you delete a text box object from a slide in PowerPoint Presentation
 (A) The object is deleted but text box and the text inside is left on the slide
 (B) The text box is deleted and the text is pasted on the slide
 (C) The text box and text both are deleted
 (D) None of above
8. What is 'Motion Path' in PowerPoint?
 (A) A path to move items on a slide
 (B) A path where PowerPoint file saved
 (C) A path where PowerPoint Program installed
 (D) None of above
9. Which of the following can be use as slide background?
 (A) Gradient
 (B) Texture
 (C) Picture
 (D) All of the Above
10. What is the use of Researching Timings?
 (A) This option allows you to rearrange slides
 (B) This option allows you to set the time of animations
 (C) This option allows you to rehearsal of slide presentation
 (D) There is no such option in PowerPoint
11. To select more than one slide in the presentation
 (A) Just Click on slide
 (B) Ctrl + Click on slide
 (C) Alt + Click on slide
 (D) Shift + Click on slide
12. Microsoft PowerPoint can insert objects from the following add-ins?
 (A) Equation Editor
 (B) Organization Chart
 (C) Photo Album
 (D) All of these
13. Which is the menu command to recolor a picture on a slide?
 (A) Insert -> Picture -> Recolor
 (B) Tools -> Picture -> Recolor
 (C) Format -> Picture -> Recolor
 (D) Edit -> Picture -> Recolor
14. Which key do you press to check spelling?
 (A) F3
 (B) F5
 (C) F7
 (D) F9
15. What is a slide transition?
 (A) Overheads
 (B) Letters
 (C) A special effect used to introduce a slide in a slide show
 (D) The way one slide looks
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I'm not sure if I fully understand the difference between these two.
Can someone explain why I would use one over the other and how they differ?
"top" is for tweak an element with use of "position" property. margin-top is for measuring the external distance to the element, in relation to the previous one.
Also, top behavior can differ depending on the type of position, absolute, relative or fixed.
You'd use margin, if you wanted to move a (block) element away from other elements in the document flow. That means it'd push the following elements away / further down.
If you wanted the element to have no effect on the surrounding elements, you'd use positioning (abs., rel.) and the top, bottom, left, right settings.
With relative positioning, the element will still occupy it's original space as when positioned statically. With absolute positioning, you completely remove the element from the (static) document flow, and may then position it freely - but relative to the next best non-statically positioned element wrapped around it.
Margin applies and extends / contracts the element's normal boundary but when you call top you are ignoring the element's regular position and floating it to a specific position.
Means the element will begin displaying html at the 50% height of its container (i.e. the div displaying the word "content" would be displayed at 50% height of its containing div or html node directly before div#some_element) but if you open your browser's inspector (f12 on Windows or cmd+alt+i on mac) and mouse over the element you will see it's boundaries highlighted and notice the element has been pushed down rather than re-positioned.
Top on the other hand:
Will actually reposition the element meaning it will still display at 50% of its container but it will reposition the element so its edge starts at 50% of its containing element. In other words, there will be a gap between the edges of the element and its container.
"Margin is that space between the edge of an element's box and the edge of the complete box, such as the margin of a letter. 'top' displaces the element's margin edge from the containing blocks box, such as that same piece of paper inside a cardboard box, but it is not up against the edge of the container."
My understanding is that margin-top creates a margin on the element, and top sets the top edge of the element below the top edge of the containing element at the offset.
you can try it here:
just replace top with margin-top to see the difference.


Engineering Java Bytecode Using OPAL
OPAL is a versatile bytecode engineering framework that offers you mulitple mechanisms to create .class files.
Creating Class Files using OPAL's eDSL
The following examples can be executed using the Scala console. Start sbt in OPAL's main folder, change to the project project OPAL-DeveloperTools and start the console.
Overview
The bytecode assembler framework provides a lightweight eDSL to engineer Java class files. It still requires some understanding of Java bytecode (e.g., the name of the constructor is always <init>), but makes the writing of a method's implementation much more trivial since it is no longer necessary to explicitly think about the precise program counters and the precise layout of the code array. Instead of program counters, labels (Scala Symbols) are used to mark jump targets. Additionally, the code can be annotated and that information is automatically extracted and can later be used.
The following is a first example, where we create a class called Test which defines a default constructor.
import org.opalj.ba._; import org.opalj.br._ ; import org.opalj.br.instructions._;
val cb = CLASS(
 accessModifiers = PUBLIC SUPER,
 thisType = "Test",
 methods = METHODS(
 METHOD(PUBLIC, "<init>", "()V", CODE(
 // The following instruction is annotated with some meta information
 // which can later be used; e.g., to check that some static analysis
 // produced an expected result when this instruction is reached.
 ALOAD_0 → "MarkerAnnotation1",
 INVOKESPECIAL("java/lang/Object", false, "<init>", "()V"),
 RETURN → "MarkerAnnotation2"
 ))
 )
)
cb is a (reusable) builder for a class file. To actually create the ".class" file, the da.ClassFile object has to be built and then serialized.
val (daClassFile,codeAnnotations) = cb.toDA()
val rawClassFile : Array[Byte] = org.opalj.bc.Assembler(daClassFile)
The rawClassFile can then be written to the disk using, e.g., java.nio.Files.write(<PATH>,rawClassFile) or (e.g., for testing purposes) can be passed to an in memory class loader (org.opalj.util.InMemoryClassLoader) and immediately be instantiated and executed. The codeAnnotations can then be further processed arbitrarily.
If your class file doesn't define a default constructor, the DSL will automatically add it when required. I.e., the default constructor is created, when you define a regular class - not an interface –, the supertype is specified and no other constructor exists.
Creating a Marker interface
Creating a marker interface is trivial as shown next:
val cb = CLASS[Nothing](accessModifiers = ABSTRACT INTERFACE, thisType = "MarkerInterface1")
Do not forget that an interface always has to be ABSTRACT and - if we don't define methods - the returned code annotations have to be explicitly specified as Nothing.
Adding Fields
Fields are simply created using FIELD as shown next. The type of a field is defined using a field descriptor.
val cb = CLASS[Nothing](
 accessModifiers = SUPER PUBLIC, thisType = "org/example/FieldClass",
 fields = FIELDS(
 FIELD(FINAL PUBLIC, "publicField", "I"),
 FIELD(PRIVATE, "privateField", "Z")
 )
)
Creating Control Flow
Jump targets are specified using labels directly before the instruction which is the jump target. These labels are then used in branch instructions to identify the branch target.
val cb = CLASS(
 accessModifiers = PUBLIC SUPER, thisType = "TestJump",
 methods = METHODS(
 METHOD(PUBLIC, "returnInt", "(I)I", CODE(
 GOTO('IsZero_?),
 'Else,
 ILOAD_1,
 IRETURN,
 'IsTwo_?,
 ILOAD_1,
 ICONST_2,
 IF_ICMPNE('Else),
 ICONST_2,
 IRETURN,
 'IsOne_?,
 ILOAD_1,
 ICONST_1,
 IF_ICMPNE('IsTwo_?),
 ICONST_1,
 IRETURN,
 'IsZero_?,
 ILOAD_1,
 IFNE('IsOne_?),
 ICONST_0,
 IRETURN
 ))
 )
)
Making the control-flow graph explicit is possible using the CFGFactory to create the CFG and to then to transform it to an SVG.
val (br,_) = cb.toBR
val cfg = org.opalj.br.cfg.CFGFactory(br.methods.tail.head.body.get)
val svg = org.opalj.graphs.dotToSVG(cfg.toDot)
org.opalj.io.writeAndOpen(svg,"CFG",".svg")
CFG
Exception Handling
To specify exception handlers use TRY, TRYEND and CATCH in combination with labels.
val (attributeMethodClass, _) = CLASS(
 accessModifiers = PUBLIC, thisType = "MethodWithExceptionHandling",
 methods = METHODS(
 METHOD(
 PUBLIC, "tryCatchFinallyTest", "(I)I", CODE(
 ICONST_1,
 ISTORE_2,
 TRY('Try1),
 TRY('FinallyTry2),
 TRY('LastPCTry3),
 ILOAD_1,
 IFGE('tryEnd),
 NEW("java/lang/Exception"),
 DUP,
 INVOKESPECIAL("java/lang/Exception", false, "<init>", "()V"),
 ATHROW,
 'tryEnd,
 TRYEND('Try1),
 GOTO('finally),
 CATCH('Try1, "java/lang/Exception"),
 POP,
 ICONST_0,
 ISTORE_2,
 TRYEND('FinallyTry2),
 GOTO('finally),
 CATCH('FinallyTry2),
 CATCH('LastPCTry3),
 POP,
 'finally,
 ILOAD_1,
 IFLE('return),
 ICONST_2,
 ISTORE_2,
 'return,
 ILOAD_2,
 IRETURN,
 TRYEND('LastPCTry3)
 )
 )
 )
).toDA()
Adding Line Numbers
The eDSL provides explicit support for adding line numbers in line. Just add a LINENUMBER before the instruction which should be associated with the line number.
val (attributeMethodClass, _) = CLASS(
 accessModifiers = PUBLIC, thisType = "MethodWithLineNumbers",
 methods = METHODS( METHOD(
 PUBLIC, "<init>", "()V", CODE(
 LINENUMBER(0),
 ALOAD_0,
 LINENUMBER(1),
 INVOKESPECIAL("java/lang/Object", false, "<init>", "()V"),
 'return,
 LINENUMBER(2),
 RETURN
 )
 ))
).toDA()
Adding Further attributes
The DSL interacts seamlessly with the bytecode representation and all attibutes can always be added to the attributes as expected. For example, the following class file is marked as being Synthetic and the origin is set using SourceFile("..."). The method is marked as being Deprecated and as throwing the exceptions java.lang.Exception. In the last case, we use the DSL's EXCEPTIONS table builder. It enables us to just specify the names of the exceptions. Alternatively, it would have been possible to directly create the underlying br.ExceptionsTable using ObjectTypes.
val cb = CLASS(
 accessModifiers = PUBLIC SUPER,
 thisType = "SimpleMethodClass",
 methods = METHODS(
 METHOD(
 FINAL.SYNTHETIC.PUBLIC, "testMethod", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;",
 CODE(ACONST_NULL, ARETURN),
 Seq(EXCEPTIONS("java/lang/Exception"), Deprecated)
 )
 ),
 attributes = Seq(SourceFile("ClassFileBuilderTest.scala"), Synthetic)
)
Creating Class Files Using OPAL's Default Representation
Instead of creating a ClassFile using the eDSL it is also possible to directly create the bytecode using the default representation. Every br.ClassFile can be converted to a daClassFile using org.opalj.ba.toDA(<br.ClassFile>) and can then be serialized as shown above.
Creating Class Files Using the Bare Bones Representation
Basics
This representation gives you full control over every single bit and is extremely fast, but requires a very deep understanding of Java bytecode. Actually, the other approaches use this representation as the target.
Complex Example
Defining an interface with a (Java


C# – Console Parameters test
As from my previous post on c++ console parameters, I thought that I would do one with c# (c sharp) as well, just to show the difference in the languages as well.
Compared to c++ where you cannot use the "==" (is equal to) operation because in c++ that is comparing two different memory locations and not the value within the left/right hand variables. Well in c# you can, there is a Equals method as well that you can use, but either or works fine, so in the example code below here is the main part, where I am comparing against a console parameter equalling -h (normally the help)
if (args[i].Equals("-h")) Console.WriteLine("-h option selected(equals)");
if (args[i]=="-h") Console.WriteLine("-h option selected (==)");
both of them are fine to use as you can see from the output at the bottom of the post, both will print out that "-h option selected", best to use the Equals though.
Here is the full source code
using System;

namespace consoletest
{
 class MainClass
 {
 public static void Main (string[] args)
 {
 for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
 {
 Console.WriteLine("args " + i + " : " + args[i]);
 if (args[i].Equals("-h")) Console.WriteLine("-h option selected(equals)");
 if (args[i]=="-h") Console.WriteLine("-h option selected (==)");
 }
 }
 }
}
and here is the output using mono as the .Net runtime environment, as you can see both -h has been outputed
mono consoletest.exe -h here
args 0 : -h
-h option selected(equals)
-h option selected (==)
args 1 : here
Console parameters
Someone asked me the other day when you are checking the console parameters for any passing in options how come something like
if (argv[i] == "-t")
does not work, well it does make sense when you look at it, but because the "-t" is actually a char[] (a string) then this would occupy a place in memory and thus you are checking against memory locations which unless you are very very very lucky, this would never come out correct, you need to use the string compare (strcmp) function as below
#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>

using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
 for (int i =0 ; i < argc; i++)
 {
// output argument that was passed in.
 cout << argv[i] << endl;
// compare with "-t" option
 if (strcmp(argv[i],"-t")==0) cout << "the -t option" << endl;
 }
 return 0;
}
and the output would be something like
./consolet -t 40
./consolet
-t
the -t option
40


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Saving DB Access in Online Market
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A CACHING technique for data that changes in a strict cycle
Diagram2.jpg
Introduction
Think about [currency exchange rate] in an online market. This data must be in DB and developers will use that in the calculation for currency conversion. Given that the rate changes periodically once a day, at 6 AM sharp. Apparently the data will never change during 24 hours. Then we don't have to access DB every time we need that data until 6 AM next day if we already have that. As shown in the above diagram, substituting web server's local XML data for the real DB data will reduce DB access and eventually make DB happier.
Here, I described my approach to cache the periodically updated data in an online car market. Because the information and advertisement of a car don't change frequently, that could be a good example.
There is a similar technique, partial page caching in .NET. I will review that later in this article.
Sample
 1. Open and execute 'SetUp_JustExecute.sql' file first. That will create a database, an account and a table.
 2. Open the solution file in Visual Studio. It is a web application project. Build and execute. You will see below in web browser.
 Diagram1.jpg
 Make sure the cache or xml file has been created in the project folder.
 FolderAfterandXMLCreated.jpg
Using the Code
 1. Import WebPageXmlCaching namespace by adding WebPageXmlCaching.cs to your .NET project. You will use only WebPageXmlCachingAPI class and Periodicality class in the namespace.
 2. Decide which part of your code is to be cached. Codes around high cost DB query would be the main target.
 3. Wrap the code region with the A, B two blocks. You will need to change some variables.(Click to enlarge)
 SrcBefore.jpg
 SrcAfter2.jpg
 A. Notice "CarSpec" and Request.QueryString["carno"]; the XML cache file will be created like "[the page name]/CarSpec_[carno].xml". If you don't want different cache version along with "carno", just set that "" i.e. 'WebPageXmlCachingAPI.GetCacheInXml(Request, "CarSpec", "", ref strXMLCarSpec);'
 <%
 string strXMLCarSpec = null;
 WebPageXmlCachingAPI.GetCacheInXml(Request, "CarSpec",
 Request.QueryString["carno"], ref strXMLCarSpec);
 if (strXMLCarSpec != null ) Response.Write(strXMLCarSpec +
 " [Data from the cached XML, not from DB]");
 else
 {
 WebPageXmlCachingAPI.StartRecordingResponse(Response);
 %>
 B. Notice Periodicality(...); You should specify when the cache will be updated.
 <%
 string strHTMLCache = WebPageXmlCachingAPI.StopRecordingResponse(Response);
 // at PM 8:00 every monday. There are more methods in
 // Periodicality class to tweak the cycle.
 Periodicality prd = new Periodicality
 (DayOfWeek.Monday, TimeSpan.FromHours(20));
 // Save in a xml file
 WebPageXmlCachingAPI.SetCacheInXml(Request,
 "CarSpec", prd, Request.QueryString["carno"], strHTMLCache);
 }
 %>
 Note two pairs of methods: Get/Set and Start/Stop. You might be aware of how to use them:
 WebPageXmlCachingAPI.GetCacheInXml(Request, "CarSpec", "", ref strXMLCarSpec);
 WebPageXmlCachingAPI.StartRecordingResponse(Response);
 WebPageXmlCachingAPI.StopRecordingResponse(Response);
 WebPageXmlCachingAPI.SetCacheInXml(Request, "CarSpec", prd, "", strHTMLCache);
 4. Compile and execute. At the very first execution, the car data will come from DB. But from the next execution, the data (HTML fragment) will come from the local XML file. You will feel how fast the page opens because it doesn't access DB. Make sure the cache file is created. Until expiration time, the web server will continue to substitute local XML cache for remote DB data.
Discussion
I guess this situation always happens in every online market: information of goods usually don't change for a while. So the periodically updated data could be an easily recognizable target for caching to reduce DB overhead.
There could have been many similar technologies including partial page caching in .NET:
//After deploying a 'user control' on page, specify below
<%@ OutputCache Duration="3600" VaryByParam="carno" %>
//the cache will be expired after 60 minutes and
//the cache will create and manage different versions
//of cache based on URL parameter 'carno'
But suppose I have 5000 goods to display. Unfortunately I don't totally trust the mechanism behind this user control caching in .NET though I guess it must be very efficient.
Besides, the 'duration' doesn't meet my needs. Provided that the data will be updated at 6 AM everyday. If the page has been called 5:59 AM, what will happen next? The expired, meaningless data will last up to 6:59 AM (for 3600 seconds). There is absolute-time based cache expiration but that expiration happens just once. Automatic repetition is needed in this case.
So I invented my own caching:
 1. to verify the cache contents with my own eyes by opening the XML file directly
 2. to update cache periodically and more sharply
 3. to apply to other web server environment that is not .NET
Though I've tried to simplify A and B blocks, the above ones were my best. I'm sorry that MACRO is sparingly used in C#. MACRO can generate long codes in a simple function. Maybe other languages can apply this caching technique more simply using MACRO.
Further Study
 1. Framework for the 'currency exchange rate' kind data caching
 I cached HTML fragment inside CDATA tag in XML file. But what about using XML file as a small read-only DB that is periodically synchronized to the heavy DB? This could be possible because DB schema can be converted to XML without a loss.
 Imagine a DB access framework that encapsulates both remote DB and local XML data inside of it. Though web programmers will send DB query through the interface of this framework just as they have been doing, this framework will return the data after the data source choice between remote DB and local XML that has cached mother DB.
 I heard Microsoft SQL Server offers a functionality that could been used here: SSRS(SQL Server Reporting Services). Unfortunately I don't know much about that. At the moment, I guess people who want to store most business logic in web server not in DB would prefer to locate the code for caching regulation also in web server not in SSRS.
 2. Extending this technique to other web pages, not just .NET
 I hope to implement the above idea in server-side COM object that could have more chance to be used in various server languages if the web server is a Microsoft product.
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By Rev. Jeremiah Cheung
The Church is a family. We fellowship with one another, but because of the ever-increasing number, we need to join small groups to have a real fellowship life. During the Lord Jesus' ministry on earth, thousands followed him. However, he chose 12 Apostles to live together with him. They were a small group.
The core value of fellowship with small group is 'sharing'. Acts 4:36 to 5:11 record two stories: the first is the story of Barnabas, the second is the story of a couple named Ananias and Sapphira. They sold everything they owned and gave the money from the sale to the Church, and they shared it with the brethren; however, one was true giving and the other false. Lt us learn from these examples the difference between true and false sharing.
1. Praise vs Flattery
2. Generous vs Greedy Sharing
3. Sharing to Give vs Sharing to Test God
4. True Sharing vs False Sharing


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GONDAN delivers Research Vessel Dr Fridtjof Nansen
Today GONDAN has delivered the Oceanographic Research vessel "Dr Fridtjof Nansen" to the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research. After recently completing successfully the comprehensive sea trials program, the vessel is heading today to Bergen, her Port of Registry.
The vessel, outfitted according to the best shipbuilding standard for modern noise reduced Research Vessels, in compliance with the strict requirements of ICES 209, will mainly operate in tropic and sub-tropic areas in developing countries. Cutting edge technology has been used for the vessel to develop activities focused on marine ecosystem studies with emphasis on fish stock assessment. In addition, the vessel will be used for: data collection for studies and understanding of climate change effects, mapping of marine biodiversity, measurements of CO2 and the resulting acidification of the oceans, measurements of oxygen and de-oxygenation of the oceans and studies of pollution.


. This post demonstrates how to use Spot Instances as K8s worker nodes, and shows the areas of provisioning, automatic scaling, and handling interruptions (termination) of K8s worker nodes across your cluster. Spot Instances can save you up to 70–90% cost as compared to OnDemand.Though Spot EKSInstances are cheaper, you cannot run all your worker nodes as Spot. You must have some OnDemand Instances as a backup because Spot Instances can betray you anytime with the interruptions 😉
In this article, we are discussing how you can use Spot Instances on EKS Cluster as well as the cluster you own on EC2 Servers.
Refer to our public Github Repo which contains the files/templates we have used in the implementation. This blog is covering the below-mentioned points:
Kubernetes Operations with AWS EKS
AWS EKS is a managed service that simplifies the management of Kubernetes servers. It provides a highly available and secure K8s control plane. There are two major components associated with your EKS Cluster:
 - EKS control plane which consists of control plane nodes that run the Kubernetes software, like etcd and the Kubernetes API server.
 - EKS worker nodes that are registered with the control plane.
With EKS, the need to manage the installation, scaling, or administration of master nodes is no longer required i.e. AWS will take care of the control plane and let you focus on your worker nodes and application.
Prerequisites
 - EC2 Server to provision the EKS cluster using AWSCLI commands.
 - The latest version of AWSCLI Installed on your Server
 - IAM Permissions to create the EKS Cluster. Create an IAM Instance profile with the permissions attached and assign to the EC2 Server.
 - EKS Service Role
 - Kubectl installed on the server.
Provision K8s Cluster with EKS
Execute the below command to provision an EKS Cluster:
aws eks create-cluster --name puck8s --role-arn arn:aws:iam::ACCOUNT:role/puc-eks-servicerole --resources-vpc-config subnetIds=subnet-xxxxx,subnet-xxxxx,subnet-xxxxxx,securityGroupIds=sg-xxxxx --region us-east-2
We have given private subnets available in our account to provision a private cluster.
Wait for the cluster to become available.
aws eks describe-cluster --name puck8s --query cluster.status --region us-east-2
Amazon EKS uses IAM to provide authentication to your Kubernetes cluster through the AWS IAM Authenticator for Kubernetes(Link in the References section below). Install it using the below commands:
curl -o aws-iam-authenticator _URL_
chmod +x ./aws-iam-authenticator
cp ./aws-iam-authenticator /usr/bin/aws-iam-authenticator
Update ~/.kube/config file which will be used by kubectl to access the cluster.
aws eks update-kubeconfig --name puck8s --region us-east-2
Execute "kubectl get svc".
Launch Spot and OnDemand Worker Nodes
We have provisioned the EKS worker nodes using a cloud formation template provided by AWS. The template is available in our Github repo as well i.e. provision-eks-worker-nodes/amazon-eks-node group-with-spot.yaml. The template will provision three Autoscaling Groups:
 - 2 ASG with Spot Instances with two different Instance types as given in the parameters
 - 1 ASG with OnDemand Instance with Instance type as given in the parameter
Create a Cloudformation stack and provide the values in the parameters. For the AMI parameter, enter the ID from the below table:
| Region | AMI |
|-------------------------| ---------------------- |
| US East(Ohio)(us-east-2)| ami-0958a76db2d150238 |
Launch the stack and wait for the stack to be completed. Note down the Instance ARN from the Outputs.
Now get the config map from our repo.
_URL_
Open the file "aws-cm-auth.yaml " and replace the <ARN of instance role (not instance profile)> snippet with the NodeInstanceRole value that you recorded in the previous procedure, and save the file.
kubectl apply -f aws-auth-cm.yaml
kubectl get nodes --watch
Wait for the nodes to be ready.
Kubernetes Operations with KOPS
Kops is an official Kubernetes project for managing production-grade Kubernetes clusters. It has commands for provisioning multi-node clusters, updating their settings including nodes and masters, and applying infrastructure changes to an existing cluster. Currently, Kops is actually the best tool for managing k8s cluster on AWS.
Note: You can use kops in the AWS regions which AWS EKS doesn't support.
Prerequisites:
 - Ec2 Server to provision the cluster using CLI commands.
 - Route53 domain, (for example, k8sdemo.powerupcloud.com) in the same account from where you are provisioning the cluster. Kops uses DNS for identifying the cluster. It adds the records for APIs in your Route53 Hosted Zone.
Note: For public hosted zone, you will have to add the NS records for the above domain to your actual DNS. For example, we have added an NS record for "k8sdemo.powerupcloud.com" to "powerupcloud.com". This will be used for the DNS resolution. For the private hosted zone, ensure to add the VPCs.
 - IAM Permissions to create the cluster resources and update DNS records in Route53. Create an IAM Instance profile with the permissions attached and assign to the EC2 Server.
 - S3 bucket for the state store.
 - Kubectl installed.
Install Kops
Log into the EC2 server and execute the below command to install Kops on the Server:
curl -LO _URL_ -s _URL_ | grep tag_name | cut -d '"' -f 4)/kops-linux-amd64
chmod +x kops-linux-amd64
sudo mv kops-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/kops
Provision K8s Cluster
kops create cluster k8sdemo.powerupcloud.com --ssh-public-key ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub --master-zones ap-south-1a --zones ap-south-1a,ap-south-1b,ap-south-1a --master-size=t2.medium --node-count=1 --master-count 1 --node-size t2.medium --topology private --dns public --networking calico --vpc vpc-xxxx --state s3://k8sdemo-kops-state-store --subnets subnet-xxxx,subnet-xxxx --utility-subnets subnet-xxxx,subnet-xxxx --kubernetes-version 1.11.4 --admin-access _URL_ --ssh-access _URL_ --cloud-labels "Environment=DEMO"
Refer to our previous blog for the explanation of the arguments in the above command.
kops update cluster --yes
Once the above command is successful, we will have a private K8s Cluster ready with Master and Nodes in the private subnets.
Use the command "kops validate cluster CLUSTER_NAME" to validate the nodes in your k8s cluster.
Create Instance Groups for Spot and OnDemand Instances
Kops Instance Group helps in the grouping of similar instances which maps to an Autoscaling Group in AWS. We can use the "kops edit" command to edit the configuration of the nodes in the editor. The "kops update" command applies the changes to the existing nodes.
Once we have provisioned the cluster, we will have two Instance groups i.e. One for master and One for Nodes. Execute the below command to get available Instance Groups:
kops get ig
Edit nodes instance group to provision spot workers. Add the below Key Values. Set the max price property to your bid. For example, "0.10" represents a spot-price bid of $0.10 (10 cents) per hour.
spec:
...
maxPrice: "1.05"
nodeLabels:
lifecycle: Ec2Spot
_URL_ "true"
The final configuration will look like as shown in the below screenshot:
Create one more Spot Instance Group for a different instance type.
kops create ig nodes2 -


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In general, a rate transition exists between two blocks if their sample times differ, that is, if either of their sample-time vector components are different. The exceptions are:
Blocks that output constant value never have a rate transition with any other rate.
A continuous sample time (black) and the fastest discrete rate (red) never has a rate transition if you use a fixed-step solver.
A variable sample time and fixed in minor step do not have a rate transition.
You can resolve rate transitions manually by inserting rate transition blocks and by using two diagnostic tools. For the single-tasking execution mode, the Single task rate transition diagnostic allows you to set the level of Simulink® rate transition messages. The Multitask rate transition diagnostic serves the same function for multitasking execution mode. These execution modes directly relate to the type of solver in use: Variable-step solvers are always single-tasking; fixed-step solvers may be explicitly set as single-tasking or multitasking.
Simulink can detect mismatched rate transitions in a multitasking model during an update diagram and automatically insert Rate Transition blocks to handle them. To enable this, in the Solver pane of model configuration parameters, select Automatically handle rate transition for data transfer. The default setting for this option is off. When you select this option:
Simulink handles transitions between periodic sample times and asynchronous tasks.
Simulink inserts hidden Rate Transition blocks in the block diagram.
Automatically inserted Rate Transition blocks operate in
protected mode for periodic tasks and asynchronous tasks. You cannot alter
this behavior. For periodic tasks, automatically inserted Rate Transition
blocks operate with the level of determinism specified by the
transfer parameter in the Solver pane.
The default setting is
possible, which enables
determinism for data transfers between periodic sample-times that are
related by an integer multiple. For more information, see Deterministic data transfer. To use other modes, you must insert Rate Transition
blocks and set their modes manually.
When you select the Automatically handle rate transition for data transfer option, Simulink inserts Rate Transition blocks in the paths that have mismatched transition rates. These blocks are hidden by default. To visualize the inserted blocks, update the diagram. Badge labels appear in the model and indicate where Simulink inserted Rate Transition blocks during the compilation phase. For example, in this model, three Rate Transition blocks were inserted between the two Sine Wave blocks and the Multiplexer and Integrator when the model compiled. The ZOH and DbBuf badge labels indicate these blocks.
You can show or hide badge labels. On the Debug tab, select Information Overlays > Automatic Rate Transitions.
To configure the hidden Rate Transition blocks, right click on a badge label and click on Insert rate transition block to make the block visible.
When you make hidden Rate Transition blocks visible:
You can see the type of Rate Transition block inserted as well as the location in the model.
You can set the Initial Conditions of these blocks.
You can change data transfer and sample time block parameters.
Validate the changes to your model by updating your diagram.
Displaying inserted Rate Transition blocks is not compatible with:
Concurrent execution environment
To learn more about the types of Rate Transition blocks, see Rate Transition.
Suppose you automatically insert rate transition blocks and there is a virtual block specifying sample time upstream of the block you insert. You cannot click the badge of the inserted block to configure the block and make it visible because the sample time on the virtual block causes a rate transition as well. In this case, manually insert a rate transition block before the virtual block. To learn more about virtual blocks, see Nonvirtual and Virtual Blocks.


DBLP FAQ: What is the preferred format to enter publications into DBLP?
DBLP was started in 1993 as a pure HTML application. Later essential parts were converted to XML, but the input "language" remains to be in HTML style. The idea is to enter tables of contents (TOCs) in a format, which is very close to their appearance on the DBLP TOC web pages.
The TOC of a journal issue is the smallest unit of information we usually enter. For a first example compare
A TOC entry, that is the bibliographic description of paper, always has the same format:
A sequence of TOC entries always has to be placed into an -element. Empty -elements are illegal. You may add additional text between -elements, for an example look at input file / DBLP page.
For conference proceedings the input format is very similar. Our input file example shows the main difference: HTML -elements (and , ,...) may be used organize large tables of contents. For DBLP users tables of contents are simply more readable if the papers are grouped by sessions etc. as in our example.


@article{Iliev_Hristov_2024, place={Rezekne, Latvia}, title={MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF DYNAMIC PROCESSES OF PNEUMATIC LINES}, volume={3}, url={_URL_ DOI={10.17770/etr2023vol3.7190}, abstractNote={The paper presents the simulation of dynamic processes of pneumatic lines using the program "SIMULINK" from the product " MatLab". Simulation is a process of forming, preparing and entering a mathematical model in a computational environment and obtaining the results of the calculations performed in this environment. The mathematical model of the pneumatic line to be simulated is according to previously presented equations. For the simulation of the dynamic processes, various real parameters of the dimensions and lengths of the pneumatic lines with the corresponding coefficients are introduced into the model. The simulation of the transient responses was carried out with stepwise variation and sinusoidal input signal supplied by the set point device and pneumatic line lengths of 1 m, 5 m and 10 m. The simulation output data were output to the interface in the form of graphs showing the dependence of the observed quantities, the input and output pressure through the pneumatic line, and the input and output flow rates. From the mathematical model and the experiments performed, it can be concluded that the transient responses in the simulations correspond to the dynamic processes of pneumatic lines of different lengths.}, journal={ENVIRONMENT. TECHNOLOGIES. RESOURCES. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference}, author={Iliev, Georgi and Hristov, Hristo}, year={2024}, month={Jan.}, pages={112–118} }


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Andreas Samuel Krebs (10 March 1766 – 28 March 1818) was a Danish-Norwegian army officer.
Andreas Samuel Krebs
|Birth name||Andreas Samuel Krebs|
|Nickname(s)||The Hero from Lier and Matrand|
|Born||10 March 1766|
Tønder, Sønderjylland, Denmark
|Died||28 March 1818 (aged 52)|
Kingdom of Norway
|Years of service||1779–1818|
|Awards||Order of the Dannebrog|
Born on 10 March 1766 at Tønder in Sønderjylland, Krebs was the son of vicar Peter Ditlev Krebs and Birgitte Marie Lutz. Originally, he was to follow in his father's footsteps and study theology, but when he showed good understanding within mathematics and science, he got a desire for a career within the military.
In order to study and prepare for his officer exam, Krebs was sent to his uncle, Professor John Heinrich Krebs. After he passed his exam, he was accepted as a cadet in 1779 and later joined the Jäger Corps in Holstein as a second lieutenant. During the Theater War in 1788, Krebs was sent to Norway and took part in the advance against Bohuslän and the victory over the Swedes at Kvistrum bridge. After the war was over Krebs joined the Norwegian jäger corps, and married Else Thyrholm Gude on 12 February 1798. In 1806 he was also promoted to major.
When war once again broke out between Denmark–Norway and Sweden from 1808 to 1809, Krebs was put in direct command over the jäger corps. During the war, he distinguished himself during skirmishes at Høland, Rødenes and Berby, and was for his efforts awarded with the Order of the Dannebrog. After the war, Krebs was appointed interim commander at Kongsvinger Fortress, while he became regimental commander of the newly formed Akershus sharpshooter regiment, where he advanced to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
During the Swedish campaign against Norway in 1814, Krebs was appointed head of a division in the district around Kongsvinger. Here he successfully led the defense of Lier entrenchment, and the counter-attack that drove the Swedes back across the border at Matrand. The Norwegian victories at Lier and Matrand strengthened the morale among the Norwegian population and King Christian Frederik was sure that the fortunes of war had turned in favor of Norwegians. Although the war ended with a Swedish victory after the Convention of Moss, Krebs was hailed as the "hero from Lier and Matrand", and was considered to have saved Norway's pride in an otherwise despondently campaign. After the union between Norway and Sweden was signed, Krebs was promoted to colonel and became adjutant to Charles XIII in 1816. In 1818 Krebs was appointed commander of the 1st Akershus Brigade, but died the same year.
Krebs' street (Norwegian: Krebs' gate) in Oslo was named after him in 1874, the same time as he has streets named after him in Kongsvinger and Skotterud.
In 1879 a memorial to Andreas Samuel Krebs was unveiled at Christ Cemetery in Oslo. On every 17 May (Norwegian Constitution Day) a garland is laid on the memorial by Hans Majestet Kongens Garde. This is one of the few 17 May events in the capital that has directly to do with the events that took place in 1814.
- ^ a b c Mardal, Magnus A. "Andres Samuel Krebs". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Godal, Anne Marit. "Andres Samuel Krebs". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ Godal, Anne Marit. "Tyttebærkrigen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
- ^ Sinding-Larsen, B. F, ed. (1914). "Norsk militært Tidsskrift". Norwegian Military Journal (in Norwegian). [Oslo Militære Samfund]: 291–299. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02.

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Leaping Over Fear to Faith
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How can you recognize the signs of anxiety and not just shrug it off to "heightened awareness" in these crazy times?
What should you do when you feel anxiety start to build?
Do anxiety and fear go hand in hand? How should Christians manage fear?
In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, we asked our Charis House Therapist, Karen Cox, to provide some guidance on these questions to help soothe our anxious and weary hearts and minds. Over the next 2 weeks, our blog will focus on these timely questions.
Karen came to Ministry Village at Olive in November 2013 after having worked as a therapist and licensed mental health counselor for young people, adults and families. She works with the women of the Charis House to help them recognize and move beyond the areas in their lives that made them slaves to addiction, while they seek God's help and redemption. Anxiety and fear are two issues that most of these women struggle with, and they are common issues that can lead to a life of addiction. But beyond that, anxiety and fear also have the power to disrupt your normal life, create poor mental health, and trigger actual physical reactions that can be detrimental to your body's health. With those thoughts in mind, see what Ms. Karen has to say about anxiety and fear.
▸ How can you recognize the signs of anxiety?
I think it is helpful to differentiate concern from anxiety. It is healthy to have concern in our current environment. We need to be concerned enough to know and follow current health and prevention guidelines. We need to be concerned enough about our high-risk populations to not expose them unnecessarily. Concern positions us to take necessary action. On the other hand, anxiety is futile and keeps us stuck in an emotional place that is detrimental to both our physical and mental health
Some indicators that you have moved from concern to anxiety are:
 - cycling thoughts that never go anywhere and never accomplish anything,
 - panicked responses that are beyond what a rational person would perceive as an appropriate action for preparation,
 - difficulty with sleep,
 - irritability,
 - nervous-eating,
 - stomach issues, and
 - tight muscles.
▸ What should someone do when they feel anxiety start to build?
Anytime you experience any negative emotion (anxiety, fear, anger, sadness), I recommend that you stop and ask yourself, "What am I telling myself right now about this situation?" In any situation, what you tell yourself can either help you to feel better or make you feel a whole lot worse. Scripture calls this "taking thoughts captive". It is taking a minute to ask yourself what you are thinking and evaluating if it is even realistic or true. Sometimes when we are stuck in anxiety, we can't even tell. This is where trustworthy friends and counselors can come in to play. Share your concern with someone you know and get their feedback on the rationality of your thought processes.
Romans 12:21 – "take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ"
2 Corinthians 10:5 – "demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."
▸ Do anxiety and fear go hand-in-hand? How should Christians manage fear?
Fear is an emotion that God gave us to alert us to danger. Our neurological senses and insights are designed to let us know that we need to pay attention to something. Unfortunately, by the time most of us are adults, we have developed some learned responses and false beliefs that drive our fear and can distort our danger filters. My advice would be to use the emotion of fear to prompt you to evaluate if you are in real danger or not. Anxiety will exaggerate the degree of danger and the sense that you have to scramble to alleviate the threat — even when that threat may not be real. Again, operate out of concern. Identify what you can control and what you can't. Do what you can to optimize the safety of yourself and others. Acknowledge there are things you cannot control. As believers, this is where we have an advantage. We get to rest in knowing that God is still good, He is still able, and He promises to have a plan that will prosper us even in the worst of times.
In next week's blog, we will discuss the importance of self-care and ways to focus on building healthy habits instead of falling into destructive behavior patterns.
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Marshall Scholarship*
Gustavus Fellowships Office
Initial Gustavus Deadline: Early September
Campus Interview: Mid-September
Final Gustavus Deadline:Late September/Early October
Web site:
Campus Contact: Eric Vrooman, Fellowships Coordinator
Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to 40 Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study. Each scholarship is held for two years. As future leaders, with a lasting understanding of British society, Marshall Scholars will strengthen the enduring relationship between the British and American peoples, their governments and their institutions. Marshall Scholars are talented, independent and wide-ranging, and their time as Scholars will enhance their intellectual and personal growth. Their direct engagement with Britain through its best academic programs will contribute to their ultimate personal success. The objectives of the Marshall scholarships are:
 - To motivate Scholars to act as ambassadors from America to the UK and vice versa throughout their lives thus strengthening British American understanding.
 - To promote the personal and academic fulfillment of each Scholar.
The total value of a Marshall Scholarship varies a little according to the circumstances (subject area, place of residence, marital status, etc.) of each Fellow but the figure tends to average to be about £23,000 a year. Please see the Web site for complete details.
 - Applicants must be citizens of the United States of America (at the time they apply for a scholarship).
 - By the time they take up their scholarship (i.e. September), applicants must hold their first undergraduate degree from an accredited four-year college or university in the United States.
 - Applicants must have graduated from their first undergraduate college or university after April.
 - Applicants must not have studied for, or hold a degree or degree-equivalent qualification from a British University.
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The Wrong Roof at the Right Time
The last half of the 19th century was not kind to the old Spanish missions. Even the former headquarters of the mission chain, San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo was abandoned. The land was sold, right up to the walls of the church. By 1850 the wooden roof of the abandoned structure had rotted and partially collapsed. The church stood roofless for thirty years until Fr. Angelo Casanova arrived on the scene.
ANGELO CASANOVA was appointed resident pastor of the Catholic Church in Monterey in 1870. He took a special interest in the old mission and periodically held services in the largely undamaged sacristy. This painting, which is in the collection of the California Historical Society, shows him leading a group of Indian worshipers into the sacristy for a baptism.
Fr. Casanova decided to raise money to repair the church in time to honor the centennial of Fr. Junipero Serra's who died at the mission on August 28, 1784. By the spring of 1884 the church had a new roof. Unfortunately there wasn't enough money or time to reconstruct the original roof, which was arched (see the stone arch showing in the painting). Instead a sharply pitched roof was put on the church. Even though it saved the precious building from further deterioration, the roof was widely criticized for marring the graceful lines of the original structure.
Fr. Casanova served as pastor of the Monterey church for twenty-three years, until 1893, and continued his efforts to restore San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo to its former glory. However the 'temporary' roof wasn't replaced for a half a century. Photographs of Mission Carmel in 1920s feature the steeply pitched room.
When the master mission restorer Harry Downie (_PHONE_) began his decades-long effort to restore Mission Carmel, replacing the "wrong" roof was his highest priority. Downie, a third generation San Franciscan, was a cabinetmaker with a special reputation for the restoration of Spanish antiques. In 1931 he was recruited by Monsignor Philip Scherer, pastor of the Catholic Church in Monterey, to restore some statues at the Carmel Mission but his job quickly expanded to mission restorer. In addition to the exterior and interior restoration of Mission Carmel, Downie was consulted on and helped restore many of the missions that are today considered the most authentic including San Luis Obispo, San Juan Bautista and San Buenaventura. He also assisted the Native Daughters of the Golden West in the rebuilding of Mission Soledad. Harry and his beloved wife Mabel are buried alongside the church of San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, the mission he served so faithfully for 50 years.
While Fr. Casanova's roof was replaced in mid 1930s, the most prominent statue honoring California was done before the replacement. When Fr. Serra was chosen in 1931 to represent the state of California in the rotunda of the national's Capital in Washington DC, the statue of him that was created by Ettore Cadorin shows him with a cross in one hand and a minature of the Carmel church in the other…the church with the wrong roof.


Toyota Tundra Service Manual: Dtc Check / Clear
DTC CHECK / CLEAR
NOTICE:
When the diagnosis system is changed from normal mode to check mode or vice versa, all DTCs and freeze frame data recorded in normal mode are cleared. Before changing modes, always check and make a note of DTCs and freeze frame data.
HINT:
 - DTCs which are stored in the ECM can be displayed on the Techstream. The Techstream can display the current, pending and permanent DTCs.
 - If a malfunction is detected during the current driving cycle, current and permanent DTCs are stored.
 - Some DTCs are not stored if the ECM does not detect the same malfunction again during a second consecutive driving cycle. However, such malfunctions, detected on only one occasion, are stored as pending DTCs.
 - Current and pending DTCs can be cleared by using the Techstream or by disconnecting the cable from the negative battery terminal. However, permanent DTCs cannot be cleared using either of these two methods.
 - After clearing current DTCs using the Techstream (or by disconnecting the cable from the negative battery terminal), permanent DTCs can be cleared when the system is determined to be normal for the relevant DTCs and then the universal trip is performed. The driving pattern to obtain a normal judgment is described under the "CONFIRMATION DRIVING PATTERN" for the respective DTC.
2 Trip Detection Examples
Pending DTC
Store condition
Malfunction detected
Clear condition
System determined to be normal
or
DTCs cleared using Techstream
or
Cable disconnected from negative battery terminal
Current DTC
Store condition
Malfunction detected (2nd trip)
Clear condition
No malfunctions in 40 driving cycles
or
DTCs cleared using Techstream
or
Cable disconnected from negative battery terminal
Permanent DTC
Store condition
Malfunction detected (2nd trip)
Clear condition
Ignition switch turned to ON after normal judgment obtained in 3 consecutive driving cycles
or
After DTCs cleared using Techstream or cable disconnected from negative battery terminal, normal judgment obtained and universal trip performed (not for misfire and fuel system DTCs)
or
After DTCs cleared using Techstream or cable disconnected from negative battery terminal, malfunction not detected when universal trip driving performed (misfire and fuel system DTCs)
MIL
ON
Malfunction detected (2nd trip)
OFF
Ignition switch turned to ON after normal judgment obtained in 3 consecutive driving cycles
or
DTCs cleared using Techstream
or
Cable disconnected from negative battery terminal
HINT:
 - Obtaining a normal judgment and performing a universal trip driving pattern can be done in the same driving cycle or in different driving cycles.
 - It is unnecessary to obtain a normal judgment if the DTCs are misfire or fuel system DTCs.
1. CHECK DTC
(a) Connect the Techstream to the DLC3.
(b) Turn the ignition switch to ON.
(c) Turn the Techstream on.
(d) Enter the following menus: Powertrain / Engine and ECT / Trouble Codes.
(e) Check the DTC(s) and freeze frame data, and then write them down.
(f) Check the details of the DTC(s) (See page ).
2. CLEAR DTC (Pending and Current DTC using Techstream)
(a) Connect the Techstream to the DLC3.
(b) Turn the ignition switch to ON.
(c) Turn the Techstream on.
(d) Enter the following menus: Powertrain / Engine and ECT / Trouble Codes.
(e) Clear the DTCs.
3. CLEAR DTC (Pending and Current DTC without using Techstream)
(a) Perform either of the following operations:
(1) Disconnect the cable from the negative (-) battery terminal for more than 1 minute.
(2) Remove the EFI NO. 1 and ETCS fuses from the engine room relay block located inside the engine compartment for more than 1 minute.
4. CLEAR PERMANENT DTC
HINT:
Even if the following procedure is not performed, permanent DTCs are cleared by obtaining a normal judgment during 3 consecutive driving cycles.
(a) Connect the Techstream to the DLC3.
(b) Turn the ignition switch to ON.
(c) Turn the Techstream on.
(d) Enter the following menus: Powertrain / Engine and ECT / Trouble Codes.
(e) Check if permanent DTCs are stored.
HINT:
If permanent DTCs are not output, it is not necessary to continue this procedure.
(f) Clear DTCs.
(g) Perform the respective confirmation driving patterns in order to obtain a normal judgment for the output DTCs.
HINT:
 - Confirmation driving patterns do not need to be performed for misfire and fuel system DTCs.
 - For the confirmation driving pattern, refer to the procedures for the relevant DTC (See page ).
(h) Perform the universal trip.
HINT:
The driving pattern to obtain a normal judgment and the universal trip driving pattern can be performed consecutively in the same driving cycle.
 1. Idle the engine for 30 seconds or more.
 2. Drive the vehicle at 40 km/h (25 mph) or more for a total of 5 minutes or more.
 HINT:
 It is possible to complete the drive pattern even if the vehicle decelerates to less than 40 km/h (25 mph) during the driving cycle provided that the vehicle is driven at 40 km/h (25 mph) or more for a total of 5 minutes.
 3. Allow 10 minutes or more to elapse from the time the engine is started.
(i) Enter the following menus: Powertrain / Engine and ECT / Trouble Codes.
(j) Check that the permanent DTCs have been cleared.
HINT:
The permanent DTCs are cleared when the universal trip is completed.
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Can Malware (Spectre, Meltdown) Spy After Reboot?
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In regard to last week's article on the Spectre and Meltdown CPU exploits, which affects 100% of all computers made since 1995, user'rep' had the following question to ask:
" Dear Dennis,
[Being that this is a hardware exploit], am I right in thinking that any passwords, etc, which are stored in the CPU's memory are lost when the computer is shut down? If so, could I simply shut off the computer and reload it every time I want to use Internet banking and would that keep me safe from these exploits? "
My response:
I posted my original response in the comments section of Friday's article, but I believe this is an important question which should have its own post.
The quick and short answer is that a virus / malware / exploit does not live in the computer's memory all of the time - it is stored on the hard drive and then reloaded every time the computer is turned on. So, shutting off your computer (should you be infected) will not do anything - the virus / malware / exploit will become active again once the operating system is loaded. This is true every time you turn your computer on UNTIL the virus / malware / exploit has been removed and the system is patched. That said, some exploits are incredibly stealthy and may run undetected for months or even years.
'Rep' wrote in again in the comments section, asking another question:
" I assumed the system was not infected - however, am I correct in thinking that the passwords, etc, which are stored in the CPU's memory (when I log in to my bank) are lost when the computer is powered down - as is the case with RAM memory? "
My response:
Yes and no. The CPU does not have memory, except what is used for caching. The CPU is the brain of the computer, while RAM (random access memory, also known as "primary storage") - utilizes data that is loaded off of the hard drive (secondary storage). The CPU processes data stored in RAM.
Yes it is true that RAM is volatile and is wiped clean when the system is turned off. That said, if you have "fast boot" enabled on the system, whatever you had in RAM previously gets stored onto the hard drive during a shut down. The data is then reloaded back into RAM during boot up - as if the system was never shut off in the first place. So technically speaking here, the contents of RAM are not lost.
In either case, the fact that RAM is wiped clean or is not wiped clean during a shutdown is a moot point in regards to the Meltdown and Spectre - and any other exploit for that matter - because it has nothing to do with the way exploits work.
If you are infected with a virus / malware / exploit - whether you know you're infected or not - whatever you do on the computer can be recorded and sent back to cyber criminals. So in this case it does not matter if you shut off the computer and turn it on again to reset your primary memory (RAM). So in this case, whatever you do while you're banking - entering in your password, looking at account numbers, etc, can be recorded.
The exploits in this case are hardware-based on the CPU and enabled with malware / viruses (software) which are (presumably) downloaded from the Internet; the malware is then stored on the hard drive, which gets reloaded every time your operating system / PC is turned on. So as you can see, it does not matter if the system is shut down and memory is wiped because the system will reload the exploit the next boot until it has been removed and your system is patched.
I hope that helps.
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rep's picture
I must say I didn't know about the fast boot thing. Now I'm just wondering how these two new hardware exploits could get installed onto a Linux system, which is supposed to be less vulnerable to viruses and malware than Windows.
Dennis Faas's picture
As the original article states, any device with a CPU created after 1995 is susceptible, including: Mac OS, Linux, Windows, Tablets, Smartphones, etc! No electronic device with a CPU is immune which also means no operating system is immune until patched.
LouisianaJoe's picture
Is there any verified use of this exploit? Sometimes possible and probable are not the same thing.
Dennis Faas's picture
The exploit has been proof of concept in test labs, though Intel claims (as of January 8, 2018 at CES) that there are "no known exploits" in the wild.
However, being able to prove that no exploits are in the wild would be next to impossible considering this type of exploit is ultra stealthy because it operates at the hardware level and would go undetected. Furthermore, antivirus and antimalware cannot detect this exploit (because it operates at the hardware level and is a design flaw of the CPU).
Patches are still being developed by Intel and AMD; Intel claims to have a patch to fix "90%" of all Intel CPUs that were made in the last five years, with the rest of the chips (dating back to 1995) by the end of the month.
Of course this does not automatically mean all CPUs (AMD, ARM, etc) will also be patched but I'm sure whatever fix becomes available will be shared with the community.
rep's picture
Perhaps nowadays the only really safe way to log into your bank account is not to use your hard disk at all and instead to temporarily boot up from a (verified) Linux live CD!


Why Training to Failure Is Killing Your Progress & How RPE Can Stop It
Workout Plans | Written by Jon Chambers | Updated on 13 October 2022
Training to failure…
Ah, one of the most contended topics in the land of muscle and strength training.
It feels good, but doing it too often (like many gym-goers) will hold you back from making gains quickly and can even lead to a loss in performance.
And there's lots of science that now backs this up.
This leads to an important question:
When should you actually push yourself to failure? And if you don't, how close from failure should you go?
The answer is bound within four hallowed words: Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE).
If you've been a long-time reader of Physiqz, you will be very familiar with this topic. In simplest terms, RPE in lifting is used as a metric to try and rate how hard a given set was.
Another way to put it–RPE doesn't use static percentages like many workout programs. Instead it uses autoregulation which has been shown to scientifically increase performance to an insane degree (though still not as much as the popular underground Nitro Strength System).
RPE is more easily understood visually with a chart (taken from our 6 day workout routine plan):
RPE scale showing conversions to percentages of 1RM
This chart shows how you can convert static percentages to RPE.
So using the chart above, if your program tells you to do 5 reps at 80%–that should be an RPE of 10 which means you went to failure.
Keep in mind that this chart is a general guideline. To understand RPE further (and how you can use it to supercharge your training) keep reading below.
The entire concept of RPE revolves around the fact that humans are dynamic–we aren't machines. Some days you feel strong in the gym, and some days you feel weak.
Making things even more confusing, some days you feel strong but actually end up not being able to lift much. And the reverse is true–some days you feel out of it and end up hitting big PRs.
It's just how it goes.
But if you use a traditional training program that relies on percentages, you're missing out BIG TIME on optimizing your training.
For example, if you're using a program that tells you to bench 225 for 5 reps during a workout that is intended to be "easy" (because you're using periodization because you know it's the best way to train)–but it ends up being very difficult and you barely complete the set–you have ultimately harmed your results because your body will not recover correctly to successfully take advantage of that periodization.
But using RPE can ensure that you are training at your maximum efficiency every single day.
This will allow you to lift heavy when you have it in you, and manage fatigue successfully when you're feeling off.
Even better, using RPE with undulating periodization will make your results insane when compared to normal workout plans (you can read about undulating periodization on our 8 week program page).
If you're trying to really optimize your training by using legitimate, scientific data recorded every single set for maximum results then a velocity based training device (VBT) is literally as good as it gets. It will record the velocity of your sets and give you the REAL input on whether you were strong or weak for a given set.
But those things are very pricey for most athletes.
(p.s. I have received a grant to conduct a study on the newest, most powerful VBT device on the market–if you're interested in receiving a device at a severely discounted rate given to study participants please contact me).
This takes us back to the original question…
Should you train to failure?
NO.
There is nothing to gain, and a lot to lose by beating your body up so much that it can't recover optimally for the next training session.
You will pack on more muscle (increased hypertrophy) as long as you are using volume indicators correctly, your joints will feel better, nagging pains and injuries will diminish and even disappear, and you'll enjoy your time in the gym much, much more which will ultimately lead to more progress!
For a simple way to put this all into practice, here are the programs I recommend:
P.S. I don't recommend the Nitro Strength System for beginners as it will increase muscle mass too quickly and you could get injured. It may also get banned soon.
About the Author
Squatting 500 pounds on an ohio rogue bar with a sports hernia
Jon Chambers
Jon Chambers is a powerlifter, strength coach, sports hernia expert, and writer involved in the strength training community for almost a decade on a mission to create the best strength and fitness guides on the web.


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The HHVT is a web-based tool that predicts the daily number of emergency department (ED) visits for heat-related illness across North Carolina. The current version of the tool inputs 5-day National Weather Service (NWS) point forecasts of daily maximum heat index and employs empirical relationships to translate these values into useful information regarding the probability of emergency department visits due to the heat. It is geared towards public health officials and emergency management personnel across the state of North Carolina. The current, updated version of the tool incorporates important feedback gained from community engagements with stakeholders.
The foundation of the tool is previous research that examines vulnerability and exposure to heat-related illness (HRI) in North Carolina. The findings of this work revealed a specific geography to heat-related illness, focused in rural areas of North Carolina and greatest among populations that are exposed to high heat.
Higher rates of HRI occur in eastern North Carolina, particularly in counties in and near the Sandhills (counties include Bladen, Scotland, Robeson, Sampson). HRI incidence rates are significantly lower in and near cities (including Raleigh, Durham, Charlotte, Greensboro, Burlington) and in western North Carolina, where the mountain range results in cooler summer temperatures.
Vulnerability: the degree to which a person (population) is sensitive to, or unable to cope with, negative effects of heat (definition adapted from IPCC).
At Risk: a person (population) that experiences greater exposure to heat.
Emergency Department (ED) Visits: patient visits to an emergency department. An ED specializes in the short-term care of patients who present without a prior appointment. Note: EDs do not include urgent care facilities.
Incidence Rate: the number of new heat-related illness ED visits per the population at risk.
Who's at risk for heat-related illness?
The most vulnerable populations to heat are those with an inability to cool down efficiently in high temperatures. These include older persons (65 years and older) and those under the age of five years old. However, in North Carolina, the most at risk populations are those often exposed to both high temperatures and humidity. These populations are often engaged in outdoor occupations or activities, such as exercise, yard work, or occupational tasks.
Isolated and rural populations are most at risk for HRI, particularly in the Coastal Plain (eastern North Carolina) and Piedmont (middle of North Carolina). These communities are removed from metropolitan locations and include only small towns. Urban populations experience the lowest heat-related illness, but are still vulnerable to high temperatures due to the urban heat island effect, which causes urban locations to be warmer than surrounding rural locations.
Working Age Demographic (15 to 54 years old)
The most at risk population in North Carolina is the 15 to 54 age group. Although these populations are less vulnerable to heat-related illness, they are most at risk due to their increased likelihood of engaging in outdoor activities and occupations. Heat-related illness occurs more frequently in males in the 15 to 54 age group range than in females of the same age range. Within this age group, heat-related illness occurs more often on the weekdays (Monday-Friday) and in the months of June, July, and August.
The 15 to 17 age demographic is the most at risk of demographics under 18 years old. This population is likely to engage in organized sports. Compared to other age groups, this age group experiences higher rates of heat-related illness in August and September with the onset of high school.
Elderly Age Demographic (65 and Older)
Although lower rates of HRI are observed in NC, this population is still vulnerable to HRI if exposed to high heat. Relative to other age demographics, this population experiences higher rates of heat-related illness in June when high summer temperatures are first observed.
Other risk factors for HRI in NC
Other risk factors increase the likelihood of heat-related illness in certain populations. Some of these risk factors include, but are not limited to, living in a mobile home, engaging in labor intensive agriculture or other strenuous outdoor occupations, limited access to air conditioning, low educational attainment, and living below the poverty live.


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Definitions for Witnessˈwɪt nɪs
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception:
to witness an accident.
to be present at (an occurrence) as a formal witness, spectator, bystander, etc.:
She witnessed our wedding.
to bear witness to; testify to; give or afford evidence of.
to attest by one's signature:
He witnessed her will.
(v.i.)to bear witness; testify; give or afford evidence.
(n.)a person who is present at an occurrence, esp. one who is able to attest as to what took place.
a person who gives testimony, as in a court of law.
a person or thing serving as evidence.
a person who signs a document attesting the genuineness of its execution.
testimony or evidence:
to bear witness to her suffering.
Origin of witness:
bef. 950; ME, OE witnes orig., knowledge, understanding
witness, witnesser, informant(noun)
someone who sees an event and reports what happened
spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker(noun)
a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
"the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
testimony by word or deed to your religious faith
witness, attestant, attestor, attestator(noun)
(law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature
(law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
be a witness to
"She witnessed the accident and had to testify in court"
witness, find, see(verb)
perceive or be contemporaneous with
"We found Republicans winning the offices"; "You'll see a lot of cheating in this school"; "The 1960's saw the rebellion of the younger generation against established traditions"; "I want to see results"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
sb who sees a crime or accident happening
There were no witnesses to the murder.
sb who tells a court of law what they know during a trial
a witness for the defence/prosecution
sb who is at an event in order to prove legally that it happened
the two witnesses at the wedding
to see a crime or accident happen
He witnessed the robbery.
to be a legal witness at an event
two people to witness the signing of the contract
Attestation of a fact or event; the quality of witting something.
She can bear witness, since she was there at the time.
One who has a personal knowledge of something.
As a witness to the event, I can tell you that he really said that.
Someone called to give evidence in a court.
The witness for the prosecution did not seem very credible.
Something that serves as evidence; a sign.
To furnish proof of, to show.
This certificate witnesses his presence on that day.
To take as evidence.
To see, note, or gain knowledge of.
He witnessed the accident.
To present personal religious testimony; to preach at (someone) or on behalf of.
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Origin: From witnesse, from witnes, equivalent to. Cognate with wetenisse, gewiznessi.
attestation of a fact or an event; testimony
that which furnishes evidence or proof
one who is cognizant; a person who beholds, or otherwise has personal knowledge of, anything; as, an eyewitness; an earwitness
one who testifies in a cause, or gives evidence before a judicial tribunal; as, the witness in court agreed in all essential facts
one who sees the execution of an instrument, and subscribes it for the purpose of confirming its authenticity by his testimony; one who witnesses a will, a deed, a marriage, or the like
to see or know by personal presence; to have direct cognizance of
to give testimony to; to testify to; to attest
to see the execution of, as an instrument, and subscribe it for the purpose of establishing its authenticity; as, to witness a bond or a deed
to bear testimony; to give evidence; to testify
Translations for Witness
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
a person who has seen or was present at an event etc and so has direct knowledge of it
Someone must have seen the accident but the police can find no witnesses.
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Imagine a study is being conducted to determine the level of manganese dissolved in seawater (the results will aid in locating manganese nodule deposits). As there is no specific 'manganese sensor' available to conduct this study, vast volumes of water samples must be collected due to the very low concentrations of the mineral.
Alternatively, a deep-sea pump can be used to collect and filter the desired sample in situ. KUMOs Titanium Pump meets this need. It is a compact pump enclosed within a pressure-proof titanium housing that can operate to depths of up to 6,000 m.
The pump is composed of a centrifugal pump head and a ball bearing motor, components that are magnetically coupled together through the housing to avoid water penetration. This negates the need for additional sealing rings within the shaft.
Power comes from an external underwater SubConn-Micro connection. An internal electronic unit is also available for counting the revolutions of the pump, which will help to determine the exact volume that has been pumped through the filter. This, in turn, will allow for the precise calculation of the concentration of any given element in the seawater
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- Also, if the musician suddenly does not play anything on beat 1, that would also be syncopation. Playing a note ever-so-slightly before or after a beat is another form of syncopation because this produces an unexpected accent. — "Syncopation - Definition",
- Syncopation. In music, syncopation includes a variety of rhythms which are in some way unexpected in that they deviate from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak but also powerful beats in a meter (pulse) In music, syncopation includes a variety of rhythms which are in some. — "Syncopation",
- Syncopation definition, a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats. See more. — "Syncopation | Define Syncopation at ",
- Syncopations can happen anywhere: in the melody, the bass line, the rhythm section, the chordal accompaniment. Ragtime, for example, would hardly be ragtime without the jaunty syncopations in the melody set against the steady unsyncopated bass. — "Syncopation",
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- More simply, syncopation is a general term for a disturbance or interruption of the Syncopation is used in many musical styles, and is fundamental in black-influenced styles. — "Syncopation - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia",
- (Click to enlarge) syncopation from Mozart's Symphony no. 25 syncopation n. Music. A shift of accent in a passage or composition that occurs when a. — "syncopation: Definition from ",
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- Syncopation ( pronounced SINK-o-PAY-shun) is hearing the beat when you don't expect to. When notes begin before or after a strong beat, you have syncopation. Listen to this rhythm in Example 1. The notes fall on the beats. This is not syncopation. Now listen to Example 2. — "Syncopation", empire.k12.ca.us
- I've been testing out Syncopation using the new iTunes release from Apple and have found Syncopation 2.2 to be fully compatible with iTunes 10. Syncopation has been thoroughly tested on Snow Leopard, and I'm happy to say that no compatibility issues have been found. — "Sonzea - Home",
- In music the word syncopation has a very specific meaning. Actually, the main syncopation in cha-cha happens on beat two (usually the first part of a rock step), I'll explain why shortly. — "Syncopation in dance and music",
- on | off. enter. — "Syncopation Official Web Site",
- For other uses of the same name, see Syncopation (disambiguation). In music, syncopation includes a variety of rhythms which are in some way unexpected in that they deviate from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak but also powerful beats in a meter (pulse). — "Syncopation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia",
- Syncopation is a musical process that involves adding an unexpected element to the basic beat of a musical composition. At times, the syncopation adds more beats, while at other times it delays or changes the sense of a particular beat in the line of rhythm. — "What Is Syncopation?",
- Dynamic Syncopation music profile on Yahoo! Music. Find lyrics, free streaming MP3s, music videos and photos of Dynamic Syncopation on Yahoo! Music. — "Dynamic Syncopation on Yahoo! Music",
- Syncopation Makes It Move. Introduction. Syncopation is the wonderful effect which is created when notes which are supposed to fall in a certain place surprise the ear and fall somewhere else. When the accent falls off the beat, or if there is silence on the beat, then syncopation occurs. — "Music Concepts Online: Syncopation Lecture", neiu.edu
- Syncopation. Syncopation is a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm. Syncopation shifts this emphasis, or, to put it another way, it places the accent on the wrong syllable. — "Syncopation: Excerpts from The NPR Classical Music Companion", kennedy-
- syncopation in a folk context, check out the examples below. In this example, there is a syncopated melody over a simple quarter-note bass part, which. — "Syncopation",
- Syncopation is used in many musical styles, including classical music, but it is fundamental in such styles as reggae, ragtime, rap, jump blues, jazz and often in dubstep. In the form of a back beat, syncopation is used in virtually all contemporary popular music. — "Syncopation - New World Encyclopedia",
- The Elite Syncopation quintet has been touring the United States from coast to coast for over a decade, Elite Syncopation tours nationally, giving dozens of concerts a year, both locally in Connecticut and throughout the rest of the country. Click here for booking information. — "Elite Syncopation: Who We Are",
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- LRendezvous jpg 25 Jun 2007 17 21 140k Le Jongleur jpg 25 Jun 2007 17 21 141k Syncopation1 jpg 25 Jun 2007 17 21 141k Claire de Lune jpg 25 Jun 2007 17 21 141k
- Pobrań 1 Powiększ obrazek
- seemed that the paint work was peeling near the first window at the bow end just on the gunnel It seemed to be a to large area to be cruising damage and the primer coat seemed to be exposed Regards
- 100 Schick Hybriden Syncopation _PHONE_ 17 Temptress 1997 622 3
- This is what it took back in the day when Russ first gained the Syncopation Broach
- Syncopation Fresh Start