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Replumbing of university halts flow of money down the drain
PUBLISHED : Saturday, 21 November, 2009, 12:00am
UPDATED : Saturday, 21 November, 2009, 12:00am
Normally when people finish washing their hands, the water simply goes down the drain.
But at a Hong Kong university it is being collected, treated and used for irrigation by a system that the developers say could be useful in rural areas where water is scarce.
City University of Hong Kong has invested HK$2.6 million on a recycling system that can turn 70 metric tonnes of grey water - from washing and showers but not from toilet flushing - into clean water every day.
The output roughly equals the daily water consumption of 500 people, making the system the largest in the city.
The investment includes the cost of the recycling system developed by the Productivity Council and installation of pipes to separate the grey water from flushing water.
For the past six months, water from wash basins in 60 toilets and condensation from an air conditioner have been collected and recycled.
The recycled water is used to replace tap water for irrigation, the facilities manager of the Kowloon Tong university, Philip Ling Chi-ming, said. 'We used to rely on underground water for irrigation, but there's less of it since the neighbourhood was developed,' he said. Festival Walk is one of the recently developed landmarks in the area.
The cost of operation, including chemicals, electricity and consumables, is HK$1.50 per cubic metre and the university saves about HK$500 a day because it does not have to pay water and sewage charges for 70 tonnes of water.
The Productivity Council did research for two years before the system's installation at the university, the council's principal consultant of environmental management, Dr Anthony Ma Yiu-wa, said.
Like other treatment systems, the process uses micro-organisms to decompose organic matter in the waste water.
But this system uses folded boards in the tank that encourage more rapid multiplication of the tiny bugs.
Ma suggested the system could be useful for venues outside the city centre where water supply is scarce, such as camp sites and resorts.
University campuses, sports grounds and swimming pools, which have more space and a lot of shower facilities, are also possible sites for installation.
Daily savings
The operating cost of the system is about HK$1.50 per cubic metre of water
The saving to the university in not having to pay water and sewage charges on 70 tonnes a day is, in HK dollars: $500
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Chinese Fruit Teas For Good ZZZs
Oct 01, 2015 09:56PM
Having difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep can be very distressing and tiring. According to Healthline and WedMD, insomnia could reduce immune functions and impair concentration on daily performance. Rather than relying on medications, there is a simpler and gentler remedy in treating insomnia—dried Longan-red dates herbal tea. Longan (also known as "dragon eye" in Chinese) is a fruit originated from China and South-East Asia. Fresh longan resembles the appearance of a dragon eyeball—white and translucent in color and round in shape. The fruit is nutritionally dense (a great source for vitamin C) and is frequently used in Chinese dishes.
According to traditional Chinese medicine, dried longans (dark brown) promote calmness and tranquilize the mind. Along with red dates, which are known for their warming properties and a great source for promoting blood circulation, this herbal tea helps one achieve a good night's sleep. There is no caffeine in the beverage, and it has a warming, sweet and soothing taste.
For a cup of longan-red date tea, add 300ml of water and add four to five red dates and dried longans respectively into the pot. Cover the pot with a lid and boil the water at high heat for 15 minutes. Turn the heat off and the tea is ready to be served. A handful of Goji berries can also be added 10 seconds before turning the heat off. Goji berries helps in protecting the eyes and in alleviating many common health problems such high blood pressure.
Dried longan and red-dates can be easily located at any Asian supermarket. If not, organic longans can be purchased at online stores such as Amazon. Be noted that Chinese red dates are different from regular dates; they are softer in texture and are less sweet in taste. In additionally to the three ingredients mentioned above, people in Asia would add Astragalus, white fungus and lotus seeds into the tea, as they help in curing insomnia and alleviating anemia.
Tisha Claudia Lim is a fourth-year journalism student at the University of Maryland, College Park and an intern at Natural Awakenings Washington D.C. She can be contacted at [email protected]

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A Santa Catalina Island fox pup dashes into the wilderness after being released on Santa Catalina Island, CA. The Catalina Island Conservancy released 10 captive-bred pups from one breeding season in an effort to reestablish the subspecies.
The Catalina Island Fox, an omnivorous fox subspecies found only on Santa Catalina Island, has outwitted extinction in an unprecedented creature comeback.
Conservationists began a recovery program for the gray, pointed nose canid in the late 1990s following a distemper epidemic that saw the fox population plummet to a sparse population of about 100 on the 76-square-mile island. When the captive breeding program ended in 2004, the foxes were listed as endangered.
There are now 1,542 cat-sized foxes that share the island with approximately 3,200 humans and more than 1 million tourists a year, reports the L.A. Times. In the foxes' favor, no natural predators exist on the island, and plenty of food — from mice to cherries — is readily available.
It's considered one of the most successful recoveries ever for an endangered species, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Each database server can have only one active onpload database. In most cases, you can use the default onpload database, which is named onpload. If you choose to prepare multiple databases to hold different types of control information, you must set the DBONPLOAD environment variable before you can run a load or unload.
To prepare multiple onpload databases with ipload:
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Detach a database, i.e., remove it from the search() path of available R objects. Usually this is either a data.frame which has been attached or a package which was attached by library.
Keywords
data
Usage
detach(name, pos = 2L, unload = FALSE, character.only = FALSE,
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Arguments
name
The object to detach. Defaults to search()[pos]. This can be an unquoted name or a character string but not a character vector. If a number is supplied this is taken as pos.
pos
Index position in search() of the database to detach. When name is a number, pos = name is used.
unload
A logical value indicating whether or not to attempt to unload the namespace when a package is being detached. If the package has a namespace and unload is TRUE, then detach will attempt to unload the namespace via unloadNamespace: if the namespace is imported by another namespace or unload is FALSE, no unloading will occur.
character.only
a logical indicating whether name can be assumed to be a character string.
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logical: should a package be detached even though other attached packages depend on it?
Details
This is most commonly used with a single number argument referring to a position on the search list, and can also be used with a unquoted or quoted name of an item on the search list such as package:tools.
If a package has a namespace, detaching it does not by default unload the namespace (and may not even with unload = TRUE), and detaching will not in general unload any dynamically loaded compiled code (DLLs). Further, registered S3 methods from the namespace will not be removed. If you use library on a package whose namespace is loaded, it attaches the exports of the already loaded namespace. So detaching and re-attaching a package may not refresh some or all components of the package, and is inadvisable.
Value
The return value is invisible. It is NULL when a package is detached, otherwise the environment which was returned by attach when the object was attached (incorporating any changes since it was attached).
Note
You cannot detach either the workspace (position 1) nor the base package (the last item in the search list), and attempting to do so will throw an error.
Unloading some namespaces has undesirable side effects: e.g.unloading grid closes all graphics devices, and on some systems tcltk cannot be reloaded once it has been unloaded and may crash R if this is attempted.
Good practice
detach() without an argument removes the first item on the search path after the workspace. It is all too easy to call it too many or too few times, or to not notice that the search path has changed since an attach call.
Use of attach/detach is best avoided in functions (see the help for attach) and in interactive use and scripts it is prudent to detach by name.
References
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) The New S Language. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
See Also
attach, library, search, objects, unloadNamespace, library.dynam.unload .
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If you're sick of paying someone to clean out your boat's gas tank, then you should learn how to clean boat gas tanks. If that sounds like you, then you have found the perfect guide. This guide on how to clean out your boat's gas tank will save you money and keep your boat's motor running strong.
Before you get started, you are going to need these materials:
- fuel system treatment and stabilizer
The first step to cleaning out your boat's gas tank is to drain the gas left in the gas tank. After you have done that, turn off the fuel pump. You do not want any of the chemicals to end up inside your fuel lines.
Now, fill the tank with two gallons of fresh gas. After you do that, pour mercury and the fuel system treatment and stabilizer into the gas tank.
The third and final step to cleaning out your boat's gas tank is to let the fuel, mercury and fuel system treatment and stabilizer sit overnight. After you have done that, drain the gas tank again. Now, get a water hose and flush out the gas tank. Let the gas tank dry and get a flashlight to look inside the gas tank to see if the tank is clean. If the tank is not clean, repeat the process. After the tank is clean, refill the tank and turn the fuel pump back on.
Congratulations! You have finished cleaning out your boat's gas tank.

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Why a User Admin cannot remove users from a group
I don't understand why a user that has been granted the User Admin role cannot remove users from a group. To me this seems like a permission any User Admin would need, If I trust them enough to create users, assign apps and groups, Why wouldn't I trust them to remove a user from a group?
This makes no sense to me, Can someone shed some light on why a User Admin cannot remove users from groups?
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I've always assumed it is because of the diverse number of things that adding a user to a group can trigger.
Beyond obvious and awknowledge application assignment:
 - Being assigned to an application through a group can be used to prepopulate specific attribute values for the application user assignment.
 - Group assignment can be used to push a user to a directory (create an AD User)
 - Groups can be configured as push groups so adding a user to an okta group can subsequently add the user to an AD Group
Jonathan WinnJonathan Winn
Hi Tom,
When we have discussed this with Okta previously, the concept of managing a group wasn't included in this role as it was just focused on the management of users only. As a result of that conversation, a feature request for granular user access permissions was logged as we like you want to be able to add/remove users from groups without having to grant god access! We used a group to enable our Service Desk to bypass MFA for users if they forgot their mobiles. They could add the user but could never remove them. The role appears to have been tweaked again now so that adding users to group isn't even possible now.
If you want flexibility to grant your admins access to what they need to, please support the feature request!
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Hi Jonathan,
I would love to support that feature request. If I knew how. It appreas that Okta is hiding the Feature Request section. Can you post a link to your feature request?
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The Feature Request area is for Okta Admins, you click on Post An Idea on the Community home page, that will take you to Feature Requests, there you can post your idea, our product management team will review your request, and feedback.
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"Controlled Amount" Limited by One-Sentence Definition in Specification
Control of the amount of protic material present in the reaction is important. Generally, when the reaction is conducted in aniline, water present in the reaction in an amount greater than about 4% H2 O, (based on volume of the reaction mixture) inhibits the reaction of the aniline with the nitrobenzene to an extent where the reaction is no longer significant. Reducing the amount of water to below the 4% level causes the reaction to proceed in an acceptable manner. When tetramethylammonium hydroxide is utilized as a base with aniline as the solvent, as the amount of water is reduced further, e.g., down to about 0.5% based on the volume of the reaction mixture, the total amount of 4-nitrodiphenylamine and 4-nitrosodiphenylamine increases with some loss in selectivity so that more 2-nitrodiphenylamine is produced but still in minor amounts. Thus, the present reaction could be conducted under anhydrous conditions.
A "controlled amount" of protic material is an amount up to that which inhibits the reaction of aniline with nitrobenzene, e.g., up to about 4% H2O based on the volume of the reaction mixture when aniline is utilized as the solvent.
The upper limit for the amount of protic material present in the reaction varies with the solvent. For example, when DMSO is utilized as the solvent and tetramethylammonium hydroxide is utilized as the base, the upper limit on the amount of protic material present in the reaction is about 8% H2 O based on the volume of the reaction mixture. When aniline is utilized as a solvent with the same base, the upper limit is 4% H2 O based on the volume of the reaction mixture. In addition, the amount of protic material tolerated will vary with type of base, amount of base, and base cation, used in the various solvent systems. However, it is within the skill of one in the art, utilizing the teachings of the present invention, to determine the specific upper limit of the amount of protic material for a specific solvent, type and amount of base, base cation and the like. The minimum amount of protic material necessary to maintain selectivity of the desired products will also depend on the solvent, type and amount of base, base cation and the like, that is utilized and can also be determined by one skilled in the art. [paragraph break added]
In the lower proceedings, the ITC held that the language "e.g., up to about 4% H2O based
on the volume of the reaction mixture when aniline is utilized as the solvent" should not
be considered part of that definition for two reasons. First, the ITC dismissed the 4% limit as merely an example that did not apply to all situations in which aniline was used as the solvent. Second, the ITC found that the 4% language was inconsistent with Example 10 (which appears identically in both the '063 and the '111 patents), a "preferred embodiment," which uses more than 10% water in a reaction where aniline is the solvent.
According to opinion by Circuit Judge Dyk,
However, as noted by Circuit Judge Newman in her dissent, if "the entire specification including the specific examples is consulted, rather than selected snippets, the correct claim scope is apparent from the specifications."
Where, as here, multiple embodiments are disclosed, we have previously interpreted claims to exclude embodiments where those embodiments are inconsistent with unambiguous language in the patent's specification or prosecution history. Telemac
Cellular Corp. v. Topp Telecom, lnc., 247 F.3d 1316, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2001); see also N. Am. Container, Inc. v. Plastipak Packaging, Inc., 415 F.3d 1335 (Fed. Cir. 2005). In Telemac, the district court looked to the specification to determine the meaning of the claim term "communication means," since that term was written in the claim in
"meansplus-function" form. 247 F.3d at 1324. Telemac challenged the district court's construction on the basis that it left certain embodiments inoperable. Id. at 1326. We held that the description of those embodiments did not call for a different construction. Id. Instead, we held that those embodiments "could not provide the structure or the scope of the claims. Id. See also Rheox, Inc. v. Entact, Inc., 276 F.3d 1319, 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2002) ("where the prosecution history requires a claim construction that excludes some but not all of the preferred embodiments, such a construction is permissible") (emphasis added).
It is moreover significant that Example 10 does not specifically disclose the amount of water used in the reaction. Instead, the amount of water used in that reaction can only be determined by a complex calculation.4 In stark contrast, the patentees in Tables 2 and 6, accompanying Examples 3 and 8 respectively, specifically disclose the amount of water used in those reactions. '063 patent col.9 ll.32-48, col.11 ll.25-33. In Example 3, for example, the amount of water added to the reaction where aniline is the solvent ranges from 2.2 to 4.7%, and illustrates the effect of water on the yield of 4-NDPA and p-NDPA. Table 2 shows that the yield dropped from 0.18 mmole to 0.05 mmole, an unacceptably low level, as the amount of water added was increased from 3.45 to 4.7%. Similarly, Example 8 illustrates the effect of the amount of water added to a reaction where DMSO is the solvent. Water added there ranged from 2.3 to 14.7%, and again shows that the yield dropped to an unacceptably low level when more than 8% water is added. Significantly, Example 10 is not even directed toward illustrating the control of the amount of protic material to be used in the reaction.... Under these circumstances, the fact that the calculated amount of water in Example 10 exceeds 4% where aniline is used as the solvent is entitled to little weight, and cannot override the clear definitional language set forth in the specification....


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The Inca—Gifts of the Empire
Lecture no. 20 from the course: Lost Worlds of South America
Taught by Professor Edwin Barnhart | 28 min | Categories: The Great Courses Plus Online History Courses
As a glimpse into how the empire functioned so effectively, learn about the Mit'a, a system of labor taxation, noting the services subjects provided to the empire and how they benefited in return. Grasp the Inca's ingenious technology of road building, suspension bridges, and freeze-drying vegetables, and how they eliminated hunger.


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Abstract Background Heterogeneity is a common finding within tumours. We evaluated the imaging features of tumours based on the decomposition of tumoural dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) data to identify their prognostic value for breast cancer survival and to explore their biological importance. Methods Imaging features (n = 14), such as texture, histogram distribution and morphological features, were extracted to determine their associations with recurrence-free survival (RFS) in patients in the training cohort (n = 61) from The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA). The prognostic value of the features was evaluated in an independent dataset of 173 patients (i.e. the reproducibility cohort) from the TCIA I-SPY 1 TRIAL dataset. Radiogenomic analysis was performed in an additional cohort, the radiogenomic cohort (n = 87), using DCE-MRI from TCGA-BRCA and corresponding gene expression data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). The MRI tumour area was decomposed by convex analysis of mixtures (CAM), resulting in 3 components that represent plasma input, fast-flow kinetics and slow-flow kinetics. The prognostic MRI features were associated with the gene expression module in which the pathway was analysed. Furthermore, a multigene signature for each prognostic imaging feature was built, and the prognostic value for RFS and overall survival (OS) was confirmed in an additional cohort from TCGA. Results Three image features (i.e. the maximum probability from the precontrast MR series, the median value from the second postcontrast series and the overall tumour volume) were independently correlated with RFS (p values of 0.0018, 0.0036 and 0.0032, respectively). The maximum probability feature from the fast-flow kinetics subregion was also significantly associated with RFS and OS in the reproducibility cohort. Additionally, this feature had a high correlation with the gene expression module (r = 0.59), and the pathway analysis showed that Ras signalling, a breast cancer-related pathway, was significantly enriched (corrected p value = 0.0044). Gene signatures (n = 43) associated with the maximum probability feature were assessed for associations with RFS (p = 0.035) and OS (p = 0.027) in an independent dataset containing 1010 gene expression samples. Among the 43 gene signatures, Ras signalling was also significantly enriched. Conclusions Dynamic pattern deconvolution revealed that tumour heterogeneity was associated with poor survival and cancer-related pathways in breast cancer.
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A real-time method and computer system for identifying radioactive materials which collects gamma count rates from a HPGe gamma-radiation detector to produce a high-resolution gamma-ray energy spectrum. A library of nuclear material definitions ("library definitions") is provided, with each uniquely associated with a nuclide or isotope material and each comprising at least one logic condition associated with a spectral parameter of a gamma-ray energy spectrum. The method determines whether the spectral parameters of said high-resolution gamma-ray energy spectrum satisfy all the logic conditions of any one of the library definitions, and subsequently uniquely identifies the material type as that nuclide or isotope material associated with the satisfied library definition. The method is iteratively repeated to update the spectrum and identification in real time.
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Infrared Spectroscopy and Programmed Thermal Desorption of Ice Mixtures
In the coldest regions of the interstellar medium, ice mantles are accreted on the surface of dust grains. These ice mantles are detected by infrared telescopes, revealing their composition, structure, etc. This wouldn't be possible without a proper characterization of ice analogs in laboratories under astrophysically relevant conditions. In this Chapter, we highlight the differences in the infrared features of the different components that are usually detected in interstellar ice mantles that arise when the spectrum of a pure ice is compared with the spectrum of an ice mixture. These differences are due to molecular interactions, and give us information on both the composition and the structure of the ice mantle. In addition, thermal processing of the ice mantles may induce structural changes that are also studied here. In space, thermal processing of the ice mantles during a star formation event ultimately leads to the sequential sublimation or desorption of the different ice components, leading to the formation of a chemically-rich hot core around the forming protostar. In the laboratory, this process can be also simulated, as it is explained by the end of the Chapter.


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Plant of the Week
Cirsium pitcheri range map. USDA PLANTS Database.
Cirsium pitcheri leaves.
Cirsium pitcheri flower and seeds.
Cirsium pitcheri seed.
Bumblebee pollinating a Cirsium pitcheri.
Pitcher's Thistle (Cirsium pitcheri)
By Morty Harwood
Pitcher's thistle, or dune thistle, occurs along the shores of Lake Michigan, Huron, and Superior. Originally discovered around 1820 by Dr. Zina Pitcher in what is now Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, this small thistle grows to a maximum height of about three to four feet when flowering, considerably less that the size reached by its larger cousin Canada thistle (C. arvense). A native of the Great Lakes dune ecosystem, it thrives in sandy soil with the help of an impressive taproot (up to six feet long!) that helps the plant obtain water. For much of its life the Pitcher's thistle exists as a small, inconspicuous cluster of leaves called a rosette, the massive taproot encompassing a majority of the plants mass. Flowering occurs after the Pitcher's thistle survives in this rosette stage for up to eight years. After flowering and producing seed, the plant dies.
Pitcher's thistle can be identified by its deeply toothed, wooly leaves and by the presence of spines at the tips of each point on the leaf. The wooly coating gives the leaves and stems their characteristic silvery appearance, as well as helping the plant to conserve water. The plant flowers from mid-June through September and shows a flower head that ranges from creamy white to light pink. This trait can be helpful in distinguishing it from other, more common thistles, which typically possess pink or purple flowers. Other varieties of thistle also lack the extremely wooly leaves and silvery appearance of the Pitcher's Thistle.
From an ecological perspective, all thistles are important food sources for certain birds, especially American Goldfinches, which may feed on thistle seed almost exclusively during later summer and early fall. Small mammals such as ground squirrels may also consume the seeds after they have fallen from the plant.
Although it was likely never extremely widespread, Pitcher's thistle was once fairly common in sand dune ecosystems of Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois, and the Canadian province of Ontario. Numbers of Pitcher's thistle, however, have declined in recent decades due to habitat destruction associated with development and recreational use. The sensitivity of the Pitcher's thistle to these types of disturbances led to its designation as a federally threatened species in 1996. A threatened species is a species that is at risk of becoming endangered, while an endangered species is one that is at risk of becoming extinct. Pitcher's Thistle is also protected at the state level in each state where it occurs, and at both provincial and national levels in Canada. Due to continued development and overuse of the sensitive Great Lakes sand dune ecosystem, there is still a risk to the Pitcher's thistle and other native plants sharing this habitat. Invasive plants species – particularly spotted knapweed – also pose a threat to the habitat of the Pitcher's thistle. Recently, concern has arisen that the non-native beetle species Rhinocyllus conicus may be praying on Pitcher's thistle. This beetle preys on the flower heads of the plant, and was originally introduced to control populations of non-native thistles.
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Sept. 6, 2011
Iowa Health Fact Book 2011 profiles health and behavior of Iowans
Certain infectious and sexually transmitted disease rates continue to be areas of concern for Iowa's public health, according to data from the 2011 Iowa Health Fact Book.
The University of Iowa College of Public Health, in partnership with the Iowa Department of Public Health, has released the 2011 edition of the book, a broad-ranging report covering the health and health-related behaviors of Iowans.
"With this book, we present a tool that is useful to Iowa's health care providers, health policymakers, public health practitioners, health researchers and members of the media alike," said Jane Pendergast, director of the Center for Public Health Statistics and professor of biostatistics at the UI. "It's a 'one-stop shop' for countyand state-wide data relating to health outcomes, social determinants of health, health behaviors and health care resources."
The fact book assembles health data on areas such as prenatal and infant health, infectious diseases, cancer and other chronic diseases, and injury. Health and social behaviors and population totals and age distributions are also presented. Much of the data are tracked longitudinally so as to follow how Iowans' health and behaviors have changed over time.
--Infectious diseases continue to be a concern. The number of reported cases of mumps, salmonella and pertussis (whooping cough) rose significantly in 2010.
--Diagnoses of certain sexually transmitted diseases, such as chlamydia, continue to rise as well.
--More Iowans are developing lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), disturbing trends as tobacco use is the leading modifiable risk factor for these diseases.
--Injuries are the leading cause of death in persons under 34 years of age.
--Cancer was the number one cause of death in Iowa during 2004-2008, the first time in the Iowa Health Fact Book's history that heart disease did not lead the list.
New to this edition of the Iowa Health Fact Book is additional information on state-level health indicators from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and accidental mortality.
Data were collected from state and national sources, including the Iowa Department of Public Health, the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals, the Iowa Department of Education, the Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. Census Bureau. The UI-based State Health Registry of Iowa, the SEER Program of the National Cancer Institute, the Iowa Registry for Congenital and Inherited Disorders, and the Office of Statewide Clinical Education Programs also provided data.
The 2011 edition is the eighth in a series of Iowa Health Fact Book biennial publications. Electronic versions of this and previous reports are available online at _URL_
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Client: Colorado Springs Utilities
Task: Increase participation and representation of youth perspectives in decision-making about electricity generation.
Students conducted focus groups, interviews, and a survey to capture how area youth think about electricity production and to understand their priorities in the future. Almost 500 high school-age students participated in the different engagement methodologies, and analysis of collected data highlighted key priorities, trends, and opportunities. Additionally, a lesson plan and strategy were developed to enable long-term engagement with youth beyond the scope of this study.
Findings were delivered to the Utilities Policy Advisory Committee as a component of a comprehensive planning process. Results were subsequently used to support the weighing of different factors (cost, environmental impact, reliability, innovation etc.) in scenario planning, and also to support the ultimate adoption of a planned energy portfolio that will reduce carbon emissions from electricity generation by 90% by 2050.


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A time duration is the difference between two time points. It will be measured in time ticks.
Time duration
Time duration is a class template. std::chrono::duration consists of the type of the tick Rep and the length of a tick Period.
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The tick length is by default std::ratio<1> std::ratio<1> stands for a second and can also be written as std::ratio<1,1>. Therefore, it's quite easy. std::ratio<60> is a minute and std::ratio<1,1000> a millisecond. When Rep is a floating point number, you can use it to hold fractions of time ticks.
C++11 predefines the most important time durations:
typedef duration<signed int, nano> nanoseconds;
typedef duration<signed int, micro> microseconds;
typedef duration<signed int, milli> milliseconds;
typedef duration<signed int> seconds;
typedef duration<signed int, ratio< 60>> minutes;
typedef duration<signed int, ratio<3600>> hours;

How much time has passed since the UNIX epoch (1.1.1970)? Thanks to type aliases for the different time durations I can answer the question quite easily. For simplicity reasons I ignore leap years and assume that a year has 365 days.

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 std::cout << std::fixed << std::endl;

 std::cout << "Time since 1.1.1970:\n" << std::endl;
 auto timeNow= std::chrono::system_clock::now();
 auto duration= timeNow.time_since_epoch();
 std::cout << duration.count() << " nanoseconds " << std::endl;
 typedef std::chrono::duration<long double,std::ratio<1,_PHONE_>> MyMicroSecondTick;
 MyMicroSecondTick micro(duration);
 std::cout << micro.count() << " microseconds" << std::endl;

 typedef std::chrono::duration<long double,std::ratio<1,1000>> MyMilliSecondTick;
 MyMilliSecondTick milli(duration);
 std::cout << milli.count() << " milliseconds" << std::endl;

 typedef std::chrono::duration<long double> MySecondTick;
 MySecondTick sec(duration);
 std::cout << sec.count() << " seconds " << std::endl;

 typedef std::chrono::duration<double, std::ratio<60>> MyMinuteTick;
 MyMinuteTick myMinute(duration);
 std::cout << myMinute.count() << " minutes" << std::endl;
 typedef std::chrono::duration<double, std::ratio<60*60>> MyHourTick;
 MyHourTick myHour(duration);
 std::cout << myHour.count() << " hours" << std::endl;

 typedef std::chrono::duration<double, std::ratio<60*60*24*365>> MyYearTick;
 MyYearTick myYear(duration);
 std::cout << myYear.count() << " years" << std::endl;
 typedef std::chrono::duration<double, std::ratio<60*45>> MyLessonTick;
 MyLessonTick myLesson(duration);
 std::cout << myLesson.count() << " lessons" << std::endl;
 std::cout << std::endl;
}

In addition to the typical time durations microsecond (line 16), millisecond (line 20), second (line 24), minute (line 28), hour (line 32), and year (line 36) I define the German school hour (45 min) in line 45.
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It's quite convenient to calculate with time durations.
Calculations with time durations
The time durations support basic mathematics. The means in the case of multiplication or division that you can multiply or divide a time duration by a number. Of course you can compare time durations. I explicitly want to emphasis: all this calculations and comparisons respect the units of the time durations.
It gets even better with C++14 because C++14 has a bunch of predefined time literals.
timeLiteralsEng
How much time needs my 16 years old son for his typical school day? I will answer the question in the example and show the result in different time durations.
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#include <iostream>
#include <chrono>
using namespace std::literals::chrono_literals;
int main(){
 std::cout << std::endl;
 constexpr auto schoolHour= 45min;
 constexpr auto shortBreak= 300s;
 constexpr auto longBreak= 0.25h;
 constexpr auto schoolWay= 15min;
 constexpr auto homework= 2h;
 constexpr auto schoolDayInSeconds= 2*schoolWay + 6 * schoolHour + 4 * shortBreak + longBreak + homework;
 std::cout << "School day in seconds: " << schoolDayInSeconds.count() << std::endl;
 std::chrono::duration<double,std::ratio<3600>> schoolDayInHours = schoolDayInSeconds;
 std::chrono::duration<double,std::ratio<60>> schoolDayInMinutes = schoolDayInSeconds;
 std::chrono::duration<double,std::ratio<1,1000>> schoolDayInMilliseconds= schoolDayInSeconds;
 std::cout << "School day in hours: " << schoolDayInHours.count() << std::endl;
 std::cout << "School day in minutes: " << schoolDayInMinutes.count() << std::endl;
 std::cout << "School day in milliseconds: " << schoolDayInMilliseconds.count() << std::endl;
 std::cout << std::endl;
}

The time literals are constant expressions therefore they can be evaluated at compile time. I have time durations for a German school hour (line 12), for a short break (line 14), for a long break (line 15), for his way to the school (line 17), and his homework (line 18). The result of the calculation schoolDaysInSeconds (line 20) is available at compile time.
schoolDay
Impressed? I'm not. His daily duty is only about 7 1/2 hour.
What's next?
The accuracy of the time tick is given by the used clock. In C++ we have the clocks std::chrono::system_clock, std::chrono::steady_clock, and std::chrono::high_resolution_clock. The three clocks will be the topic of my next post.

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0 #1 PhSucharee 2016-09-20 09:15
I think there is a typo. std::ratio should be a minute.
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0 #2 Rainer Grimm 2016-09-20 16:21
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I think there is a typo. std::ratio


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ISGA Executive, Richie Flynn, said: "While unprecedented damage was caused to coastal infrastructure, salmon farms stood up extremely well to the constant storm challenge".
Much of the credit for the security of the systems at sea must go to farm staff who worked throughout the holiday period. Mr Flynn said: "Farm companies, who have been denied any assistance from money available though legitimate EU grant schemes, have kept up with the latest technology and reinvested in their farms".
"Minister Coveney must support the commitment and expertise of the aquaculture sector. This is an industry ideally suited to coastal communities, sustainable and successful in every respect and deserving of a better deal from government by way of equal treatment with competitors in other EU countries and a licencing system capable of delivering for a professional, modern food industry."
Mr Flynn concluded: "Commercial Aquaculture grant schemes for the finfish and shellfish industry are essential in ensuring that SMEs can keep abreast of international technological developments, continually modernise and improve their safety and environmental management systems and guarantee a year round supply of healthy seafood for the home and domestic markets."
The Irish Sea Fisheries Board (BIM) also stated that the contention that the recent storm would have damaged the structure of the salmon farm proposed for Galway Bay is speculative, misinformed and incorrect.
BIM knows the precise wave climate experienced at the location of the proposed fish farm as there was a measuring device on site during the storm.
The data buoy demonstrated that the wave conditions generated by the storm were well within the parameters of the scenarios suggested in BIM's Environmental Impact Statement and would not have caused damage.


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How to create a fairy garden is a topic we see come up a lot. Well, look no further. Here is a guide for creating your own DIY fairy garden! No matter what age you are, a fairy garden can be an enjoyable, enchanting project. For adults, fairy gardens can act as a source of inspiration for our creative sides.
Additionally, they can be a calming space that allows us to escape into another world for a while. Once you create your fairy garden, you can leave it alone and allow it to exist as a beautiful piece of living decor. Or you can continue to add to it and let your fairy world grow along with your plants.
For children, fairy gardens can be more than just a fun activity to put together. Kids have a blast picking out the plants, fairies, and accessories, and they love setting it all up. And they also learn a lot from a project like this. They learn about plant biology and what is required to help them grow. They learn about the responsibility of caring for something and ensuring it has what it needs to survive. Lastly, they can play within their fairy garden environment as a sensory activity. Creating a fairy garden is a great way to stimulate their creative sides.
Choosing a Pot
Many people have figured out how to create a fairy garden in their backyards or on a patio. However, you can make these magical gardens indoors as well. First, choose a container that provides a large enough space for the fairy world you intend to build. You'll also want to ensure it's something that will not leak water onto your floor when you water your plants. Large metal buckets or half wine barrels make excellent containers in which to create a large fairy garden. Just remember: if they have drainage holes, place a planter tray underneath to collect excess water.
You don't need a massive container to create an awesome fairy garden. In fact, you can use regular flower pots. Or, if you want a bigger garden, use multiple pots. This can actually create a gorgeous effect. It's especially cool to set up bridges between the pots to connect the smaller fairy gardens. You can also purchase fairy garden planters that feature some of the magical fairy world built into the design.
How to Create a Fairy Garden: Which Plants to Use
In short, you can use pretty much any plant you want for your fairy garden. However, small plants usually look best, as they create a complementary scale to your fairy population. Plants that look like miniature trees, such as bonsai trees, make a perfect centerpiece to your garden.
You can also add color to your fairy garden with flowers or plants with colored leaves. For example, polka dot plants or purple passion plants are good choices. Also, consider succulents. They come in many colors and are often small and easy to care for. Try dragon's blood, coppertone stonecrop, or any of the beautiful echeverias, such as the wine red or afterglow cultivars.
Herbs can create an ideal home for your fairy garden as well. Any mint species works well because they can grow relatively large and have broad, nice-smelling leaves. On the other hand, chives provide a grassy atmosphere, while thyme can grow into an almost tree-like plant. Moss is another excellent addition. It creates a lovely ground covering for your fairies to enjoy as their forest floor. Be sure to use living moss rather than fake moss. Artificial moss can get musty and moldy in the damp atmosphere of your live garden.
Supplies You'll Need
Aside from the pot and plants, you'll need some potting soil for your fairy garden. Some plants prefer specific soil types. However, an all-purpose soil is adequate for most plants. Avoid using dirt or soils from your backyard. Bacteria can contaminate the ground outside and may be harmful to your potted plants.
A set of mini gardening tools can also help when working with tiny plants and small gardening spaces. Not only are these tiny tools handy, but they're also adorable and fun to use. Mini tools are especially fun if you're teaching kids how to create a fairy garden. A small watering-can might be beneficial, as well. Also, consider grow-lights if your garden is in a low light area and you're growing plants that thrive best under direct light.
How to Create a Fairy Garden: The Accessories
Now, the most exciting part: finding fairies and accessories for your garden. There are so many different little doors, houses, table sets, and other accessories you can choose, either online or locally. For the garden's population, fairies are an obvious choice. However, gnomes, wizards, and even tiny dragons could all take up residence in your garden.
Adding Some Magic
You can add pretty much anything you want to your fairy garden to make it special and unique. Little stones, glass gems, wood slices, or wood chips can make nice fillers in the bare spaces. You might want to add some sand to create an exotic, desert atmosphere in a succulent garden. Add even more magic to your garden scene with fairy lights. When illuminated at night, your fairy garden will take on a playful, whimsical feel.
How to Create a Fairy Garden - The Wrap-up
Children and adults alike can enjoy the experience of creating their own fairy garden. Indoor gardeners – and their kids – will find that it's an excellent way to escape into another world while learning about caring for plants and teaching kids how important plants are in our daily lives! You might start with just one little house or plant- then grow your small fairy garden into something much larger over time – who knows? There's no wrong answer when you're having fun 🙂


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The gentle grasping and manipulation of objects in dense un-structured environments, such as the agricultural, food processing, or home environments constitute a formidable challenge for robotic systems. Knowledge regarding wrist poses (wrist positions and orientations) that may lead to successful grasps is especially important in such environments for both gripper design and online grasp planning. Graspability maps store grasp quality grades at different wrist poses in object-centered coordinates. Previously graspability maps were derived based on object models in a lengthy, offline process and thus had limited usability. We have developed geometry-based grasp quality measures related to classical grasp quality measures, which can be determined directly from a 3D point cloud. This facilitates embedding agent perception capabilities within the grasp quality determination. Additionally by scanning the object's surface for finger contact points rather than scanning the volume of the bounding box about the object, and by using parallel computation, graspability map computation-time is considerably reduced, facilitating online computation of multiple measures. We validate the developed measures in a physical environment, show that computation-time can be reduced by more than 90% with very low reduction in map quality, and show the applicability of the developed methods for both simple and complex objects.
- Graspability map
- Robotic manipulators


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press buttons with phonetic symbols to learn about each sound.
press to play an example pronunciation of mayday.
An example use of mayday in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
"… their mayday calls have been picked up a …"
Mayday is a distress call used by ships and aircraft.


Bermuda Triangle
Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle is also known as devil's triangle. Its full name is aka Bermuda Triangle. It is a region which has three corners. It is situated on the NorthAtlantic Ocean. A large number of ships and aircrafts have dissappeared into that triangle. Their dissapearnace is still mysterious and no one know the circumstances or reality behind them. According to the US Navy, the triangle does not actually exist.
The place is believed to have a lot of supernatural entities or extra terrestrial life forms have been reported. The Bermuda triangle was the worst water for shipping in the olden days. The World Wide Fund For Nature has done some research in 2013 which proves that this place is still deadly but not among the most dangerous top ten list in the world.
The area of Bermuda Triangle is 1,300,000 to 3,900,000 kilometre square. It is known as the largest dangerous water land. The Atlantic Ocean has the history of losing many aircraft and ships. But the other parts of the ocean are also very deadly. Some sloppy research has been done as well which confuses some people for over exaggerating the mysteries there. Some people also believe that the legend is fake and there is no such extra life form in the triangle. The faulty reasons have been given for dissappearances as well.
The United States Coast Guards confirm that a large number of ships pass through that triangle still on regular basis. In 1972 an explosion occurred which sank a lot of tankers and coat guard had recovered a lot of bodies. A lot of storms have also raged over the past few years. ational Hurricane Center satellite also detected extreme cold air which resulted in destruction of many vessels there.
The famous flight 19 also disappeared in December 5, 1945, it was believed that aircraft was drowned due to mysterious events and ran out of fuel. The Douglas DC-3also disappeared while during the flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico. A pleasure yacht was found adrift in the Atlantic south of Bermuda on September 26, 1955. The crew vanished while the yacht survived in the sea. That was very mysterious and could not be explained scientifically as well. The hurricane season starts in the Atlantic ocean every year and it results in the disappearance and untimely accidents frequently as well.
There are several movies made on this deadly topic of Bermuda Triangle. The 1977 Airport 77 was a Hollywood Hit among the list of many others.
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Donations Announced - Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary donates educational materials to Vauxhall Primary School
Vauxhall Primary School received a donation of books, educational toys, games and other items from the Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary in recognition of students who worked diligently to advance their knowledge of science-based agricultural practices.
On hand to receive the donations were Vauxhall students Celeena Cassie, Makala Mason and Josiah Atkins, along with their Agriculture Science teacher Mr. Adrian Hunte.
Hunte appeared pleased that the hard work of the students was noticed, and described how the educational syllabus at Vauxhall is sophisticated and vital to the future of sustainable agriculture in Barbados.
According to Hunte, the Agricultural Science Programme exposes the students to organic farming, not just in practical ways but also the science of it. During practical sessions, children use cultural methods of weed and pests control; hand picking worms, pulling weeds, mulching with dried weeds and applying organic fertilizers.
Other student projects on the Vauxhall campus include garbage reduction, recycling, tree planting and establishment of "living laboratory" gardens to teach the importance of plant life in the environment and to observe insects. These gardens were planted by Mr. Wendel Niles who works at Vauxhall.
"It is inspiring to see students working day in and day out to apply the knowledge learned in school," said an official with the Sanctuary. "Under the guidance of their teacher and other staffers, we have seen these students produce and maintain successful agricultural and environmental projects at the school over a long period of time."
"We are especially impressed with how the students have learned about economic relationships between the environment and our quality of life."
According to Hunte, students completed a unit titled "Project Clean Up" that examined the economic fallout from polluted beaches and natural disasters that are worsened by the destruction of Barbados' coral reefs.
For the new school year Vauxhall is planning an environmental club.
Donations were also made to St. Lawrence School, Oistins Library, Kiwanis and the Child Care Board.
The Sanctuary has made educational materials available online to students, teachers and the general public.
Located under "Educational Materials" in our Reference Centre is an online booklet "A Self-Guided Tour of the Biology, History and Culture of Graeme Hall Nature Sanctuary" that provides fascinating facts and folklore about Barbados, the Graeme Hall wetland and the eastern Caribbean. Other materials include facts about migratory bird navigation, flight and behaviour.
The material can be downloaded free of charge.
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Archive for September, 2010
The Midwest, the heartland of America, which had a massive effect on American politics in much of the last century, is sadly becoming less influential and significant due to lack of population growth and the increased power of the Sunbelt!
The Midwest–defined as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas–had members in both houses of Congress that had a tremendous effect on American political debate– as well as Governors who became nationally important, and Presidential candidates and winners of the office!
Just a short list of influential politicians from the Midwest would include Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, and Barack Obama!
Presidential candidates who lost from the Midwest include William Jennings Bryan, James Cox, Robert LaFollette, Sr., Alf Landon, Wendell Willkie, Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, and Walter Mondale!
Other prominent Midwesterners include Robert Taft, Arthur Vandenberg, Birch Bayh, Paul Douglas, Charles Percy, Tom Harkin, Stuart Symington, George Norris, Arthur Capper, Philip Hart, Carl Levin, William Proxmire, Russ Feingold, Eugene McCarthy, Paul Wellstone and numerous others too many to name!
The Midwest reached its peak in influence and Congress in the 1890s, but continued to have great influence for many decades, even though their population percentage within America continued to decline!
The Midwest had 143 Congressional seats in the House of Representatives a century ago, but will now probably have only 94! The Midwest will have only about a fifth of the seats in Congress, as compared to almost 25 percent in the West, 36 percent in the South, and a measly 18 percent in the Northeast, which is also suffering in the population percentage decline big time!
While Barack Obama is from the Midwest, the odds of another Midwesterner being President is remote, with all Presidents since Johnson, except Ford, being from the Sunbelt–and Ford was not elected!
The economic problems of the Midwest, suffering more heavily than most parts of the country from the Great Recession, will have less attention with its decline, and they will have far less influence in the future Presidential elections because of fewer electoral votes!
The effect on American politics of the decline of the Midwest will be felt throughout the nation, as migration South and West continues unabated!
Americans And Religious Knowledge: Very Lacking In Understanding Their Own Religion, As Well As Other Religions!
America has an image of being a religious nation, as compared to many European countries, and yet the basic knowledge of religion of Americans–their own and others–is severely inferior!
A Pew Forum Research Poll demonstrated that Americans are extremely ignorant about the Bible, Christianity, other world religions, famous religious leaders, and even the issue of the Constitution and religion!
Numerous takers of a 32 question exam showed no evidence of understanding their own religion, let alone of other faiths! The questions were multiple choice, so that the correct answer was available, but it seemed to have little effect!
Ironically, atheists and agnostics showed evidence of greater knowledge of religion than anyone of any religious group! Among those who claimed a religion, Jews and Mormons, both minorities in the religious world, scored the highest, with White evangelical Protestants substantially lower, followed by White Catholic, White Mainline Protestants, Black Protestants and Hispanic Catholics!
The fact that so many people claim to be religious, and yet have no or little understanding of their faith, and often no tolerance of other religions, is indeed a very troubling issue in a country that promotes freedom of religion and separation of church and state!
The Census Bureau will not announce final population figures for the nation until December, but early indications are that 8 states will gain seats in the House of Representatives for 2012 and after, and that 10 states will lose seats!
The Sunbelt will again gain, while the Northeast and Midwest will lose, a trend going on for a half century!
It looks as if Texas and Florida will gain 4 and 2 seats respectively, while the following states will gain one seat each: South Carolina, Georgia, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Washington!
New York and Ohio will, apparently, lose 2 seats each, while Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan will lose one seat each in the House of Representatives!
Additionally, the only Sunbelt state to lose a seat will be Louisiana, with Hurricane Katrina the main reason for the loss of population in that state!
The gubernatorial elections and state legislative elections will be crucial as to how these gains and losses of seats will affect the two major political parties over the next decade in Congress!
A March On Washington is to take place on Saturday, October 2, promoted by 300 liberal groups–including the AFL-CIO, the NAACP, the National Council of La Raza, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force–to promote the goals of education, justice and employment!
Making clear their opposition to the Senate refusing to get past the filibuster and take action on House bills, the various groups have declared their right to claim they are the inheritors of Martin Luther King., Jr. and his August 28, 1963 March on Washington, rather than Glenn Beck who supposedly "accidentally" chose the 47th Anniversary of the March to hold his Tea Party and conservative gathering on the Washington Mall!
The ideas that the March this Saturday are promoting include: raising the minimum wage, extending unemployment benefits beyond 99 weeks, solving the problem of home foreclosures, creating of infrastructure jobs, and solving the immigration crisis!
Interestingly, various religious groups are supporting the march, including the United Methodist Church, the United Church of Christ, the National Baptist Convention, and a number of Jewish groups!
Hopefully, the rally will draw more people than the August 28 March, with debate about how many actually showed up at that rally!
The Two Party System Under Attack By Voters: Will It Benefit The Republicans By Default, Or Keep The Democrats In Control Of Congress?
Polls indicate that there is great anger and fury among voters toward both the Democratic and Republican parties, and the wonder is how it will affect the party balance this November in the midterm elections for Congress!
The Democrats are highly unpopular, with only 38 percent approving, and 60 percent disapproving of the party's performance in an Associated Press poll, but the GOP is far worse–with 31 percent approving and 68 percent disapproving!
In a CBS-NY Times poll, the Democrats have a rating of 30 percent compared to the Republicans with just 20 percent!
The Republicans are not seen as "new", as they were in 1994, when they had been out of power since 1954–an amazingly long 40 years!
Now they have only been out of the majority for four years, and this comes after 12 years of control, in which they helped to cause the horrific conditions that led to a doubling of the national debt, two wars, and the Great Recession!
So they are on the defensive, as many do not see the GOP as really offering a better alternative, but simply putting back in power those who botched things up!
Will the country really give the Republicans the majority? Our two party system is frustrating to many, but there is no realistic chance to have a three party system or replace either one of the major parties, which have been around since 1854!
So it will be interesting to see what the voters, individually in each of the 50 states, decide to do with their anger and frustration! And also realize that polls can change rapidly as we get closer to the election, and are not always accurate in any case!
This year, there are at least four and possibly five Independent candidacies that might affect election results!
The most likely to succeed is Independent Senate candidate Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida, who broke with the GOP and is running against Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Kendrick Meek!
A second strong possibility is Independent Lincoln Chafee, former Republican Senator from Rhode Island, running for Governor!
Additionally, Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is running a write in campaign for her seat after losing the primary to Tea Party backed Joe Miller!
Congressman Mike Castle of Delaware is considering a similar write in campaign against the person who defeated him in the GOP primary, Christine O'Donnell!
Finally, former GOP Congressman Tom Tancredo is mounting an independent bid for Governor in Colorado!
The most recent prominent Independents in office have been Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut!
Further back, Jesse Ventura was Independent Governor of Minnesota; Senator Lowell Weicker was Independent Governor of Connecticut; and Angus King was Independent Governor of Maine!
These cases of Independents running for, and some winning, office are fascinating, but the odds this year, as always, are daunting!
IF both Charlie Crist and Lincoln Chafee win, it will be considered a major coup for the movement toward independent candidacies, but it is also very possible NO Independent will win, as the two party system is well entrenched!
For those who are progressive, the US Senate race in Florida is a difficult choice!
The Republicans have nominated former Speaker of the State House Marco Rubio of Miami, a favorite of conservatives and the Tea Party Movement! He is a Cuban American who would help promote the conservative agenda, and has sometimes been called the Cuban Barack Obama, a young man who could be imagined to be a seeker of higher office than the


How to fix: fail to boot Ubuntu using USB
I always prefer using a USB to install Ubuntu or any other Linux distro because it is easier, more convenient and faster than using a CD or DVD. However, yesterday a friend of mine got an error when trying to use a USB to boot Ubuntu. When he booted up using the USB, the bios of his laptop display an error " Bootmgr is missing, Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart". Here is the picture of the error:
bootmgr is missing
The reason of this error is that the file system type of the USB is NTFS. To make the USB work, you need to change its file system into FAT first before using UnetBootin to create the bootable USB.
To format a USB stick, you can use Gparted or other similar tools with a GUI. However, the cooler way is to use the command line. Here I will show you how to do that:
First, plug the USB in then run the following command as root to find out the name of the USB:
 sudo fdisk -l
After you ran this command, you will see the name of the USB ( usually /dev/sdb1)
Next, you just need to run the following command to format the USB into FAT file system:
 sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb1
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Preventative Resins
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Many patients, no matter their efforts to maintain their oral health, find themselves suffering from cavities (tooth decay). If you are at a higher risk for tooth decay, but your tooth only has staining, very mild or early decay, Dr. Tyler and his team may suggest a preventative resin restoration (PRR).
What is a Preventative Resin Restoration (PRR)?
A PRR is a very shallow filling for a cavity that has barely begun. A PRR repairs damage that has already been done to the tooth and also protects the tooth from further decay.
Think of a PRR as a thicker, stronger version of a dental sealant. A sealant is a protective covering for a decay-free tooth. A PRR is used to stop early decay when it is too late for a sealant, but a regular filling is not needed yet. The PRR acts as a combination of a filling and a sealant.
Why are Preventative Resins Needed?
Once tooth decay starts, it must be treated. It usually only gets worse. An abscess (pus-filled sac) from a cavity can cause serious or even life-threatening infections when not properly treated.
In some teeth, the pits and grooves are too deep for a toothbrush to clean, allowing decay to start in these areas. A PRR prevents early decay from going deeper into a tooth's pits and grooves. A PRR can block food and cavity-causing bacteria from getting into these grooves. It also can help lessen the need for bigger fillings and more expensive treatments. It is much simpler and more affordable to treat early decay than to fix a badly decayed tooth.
How are PRRs applied?
PRRs are easy to apply. It only takes a few minutes to treat each tooth. First, the pits and grooves, stained or decayed parts of the tooth and are cleaned/removed. These surfaces are prepared to help the resin material (dental composite) stick to the tooth. Then the material is flowed into the prepared surfaces where it bonds to the tooth. Finally, special UV light is used to make the PRR harden. PRRs are tooth-colored and usually cannot be seen when you smile or talk.
How Long Do PRRs Last?
PRRs often last several years before they need replacement. However, the lifespan of these restorations depends on your commitment to effective and regular dental care (at-home and professional) and other oral habits, like teeth grinding.
During regular visits, Dr. Tyler will check your PRRs and recommend treatment if needed. Professional dental hygiene visits and regular dental exams will help keep your mouth healthy.
Who Should Get A PRR?
PRRs are usually applied to permanent teeth in children and adults when these teeth have staining, very mild or early decay. PRRs are often used on molars (large back teeth). The deep pits and grooves in molars are prone to decay and should be protected.
If you find yourself being prone to cavities or see staining on your back teeth then don't hesitate to ask Dr. Tyler and his team if preventative resin restoration is an option for you.
For any further questions about PRRs please do not hesitate to ask us.


CommandGroups can also execute commands in parallel, simply by adding them using AddParallel(...).
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Command
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Constructor & Destructor Documentation
CommandGroup::CommandGroup ( const std::string & name)
Creates a new CommandGroup with the given name.
Parameters
namethe name for this command group
Member Function Documentation
void CommandGroup::AddParallel ( Command command)
Adds a new child Command to the group.
The Command will be started after all the previously added Commands.
Instead of waiting for the child to finish, a CommandGroup will have it run at the same time as the subsequent Commands. The child will run until either it finishes, a new child with conflicting requirements is started, or the main sequence runs a Command with conflicting requirements. In the latter two cases, the child will be canceled even if it says it can't be interrupted.
Note that any requirements the given Command has will be added to the group. For this reason, a Command's requirements can not be changed after being added to a group.
It is recommended that this method be called in the constructor.
Parameters
commandThe command to be added
void CommandGroup::AddParallel ( Command command,
double timeout
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Adds a new child Command to the group with the given timeout.
The Command will be started after all the previously added Commands.
Once the Command is started, it will run until it finishes, is interrupted, or the time expires, whichever is sooner. Note that the given Command will have no knowledge that it is on a timer.
Instead of waiting for the child to finish, a CommandGroup will have it run at the same time as the subsequent Commands. The child will run until either it finishes, the timeout expires, a new child with conflicting requirements is started, or the main sequence runs a Command with conflicting requirements. In the latter two cases, the child will be canceled even if it says it can't be interrupted.
Note that any requirements the given Command has will be added to the group. For this reason, a Command's requirements can not be changed after being added to a group.
It is recommended that this method be called in the constructor.
Parameters
commandThe command to be added
timeoutThe timeout (in seconds)
void CommandGroup::AddSequential ( Command command)
Adds a new Command to the group.
The Command will be started after all the previously added Commands.
Note that any requirements the given Command has will be added to the group. For this reason, a Command's requirements can not be changed after being added to a group.
It is recommended that this method be called in the constructor.
Parameters
commandThe Command to be added
void CommandGroup::AddSequential ( Command command,
double timeout
)
Adds a new Command to the group with a given timeout.
The Command will be started after all the previously added commands.
Once the Command is started, it will be run until it finishes or the time expires, whichever is sooner. Note that the given Command will have no knowledge that it is on a timer.
Note that any requirements the given Command has will be added to the group. For this reason, a Command's requirements can not be changed after being added to a group.
It is recommended that this method be called in the constructor.
Parameters
commandThe Command to be added
timeoutThe timeout (in seconds)
void CommandGroup::End ( )
protectedvirtual
Called when the command ended peacefully.
This is where you may want to wrap up loose ends, like shutting off a motor that was being used in the command.
Implements Command.
void CommandGroup::Interrupted ( )
protectedvirtual
Called when the command ends because somebody called cancel() or another command shared the same requirements as this one, and booted it out.
This is where you may want to wrap up loose ends, like shutting off a motor that was being used in the command.
Generally, it is useful to simply call the end() method within this method
Implements Command.
bool CommandGroup::IsFinished ( )
protectedvirtual
Returns whether this command is finished.
If it is, then the command will be removed and end() will be called.
It may be useful for a team to reference the isTimedOut() method for time-sensitive commands.
Returns
whether this command is finished.
See Also
Command::isTimedOut() isTimedOut()
Implements Command.
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March 16, 2022
Application of Nozzle in Environmental Protection Industry
The variety and amount of energy used in industrial production are growing rapidly, and most important industrial energy sources, such as gas oil, generate a large amount of smoke, dust and waste gas after combustion. Environmental protection and energy conservation have become more and more important in industrial production. In the context of manufacturing upgrades, the improvement of production processes and the provision of energy-saving and environmental protection equipment have become an important way for enterprises to produce environmentally friendly products. Therefore, nozzles have become a must-have for environmental protection processes widely used in various industries.
Main applications of nozzles in the environmental protection industry
(1) Nozzle can be used for desulfurization
In the limestone gypsum desulfurization method, the nozzle is mainly used for spraying slurry, which is generally carried out with a tangential hollow cone, a spiral nozzle, a silicon carbide nozzle or a cobalt 6 nozzle. Ammonia method, magnesium method and water spray desulfurization method generally use spiral nozzle and full cone nozzle. The circulating fluidized bed water spray desulfurization method generally uses a two-fluid nozzle. The dry water spray desulfurization method generally uses a two-fluid spray gun. The zinc oxide desulfurization method generally uses hollow cone nozzles and silicon carbide nozzles.
(2) Nozzles can be used for dust removal
Blast furnace gas dust removal generally uses spiral nozzles and bowl nozzles. Spiral nozzles are generally used for dust removal of electric furnace and converter gas. Coal stacking plants and belt conveyors generally use solid cone nozzles and hollow cone nozzles. Spiral nozzles and solid cone nozzles are generally used in unloading plants and mines.
(3) Nozzles can be used for flue gas cooling
Steel plants (blast furnaces, electric furnaces, converters) generally use spiral nozzles and two-fluid spray guns. Power plant (desulfurization) cooling, quench tower, desulfurization tower – two-fluid spray gun. The kiln head grate cooler (cooling cement clinker) in the cement plant and the kiln tail humidification tower generally use a two-fluid spray gun. Quench towers, desulfurization towers, and bag dedusting of non-ferrous smelting generally use two-fluid spray guns. Two-fluid spray guns are generally used in quench towers for medical waste incineration and hazardous solid waste incineration.
(4) Nozzle can be used for defoaming
For defoaming in papermaking, chemical, iron and steel plants (circulating water) and other industries, hollow cone and spiral hollow cone nozzles are generally used.
(5) Nozzles can be used for gas scrubbing
In chemical, leather and other industries, nozzles such as spiral nozzles (large-flow anti-blocking nozzles) are generally used for gas scrubbing.
(6) Spiral nozzles are generally used for deodorization.
(7) Nozzle can be used for humidification
In front of the electrostatic precipitator, to increase the specific resistance, a two-fluid spray gun is generally used. Humidification of the workshop (no dripping, elimination of static electricity). Textile factories, printing factories, electronics factories, automobile factories, etc., generally use special humidification nozzles. Paper mills (cardboard humidification) generally use small flow air atomizing nozzles.
(8) For de-mist cleaning, solid cone or hollow cone nozzles are generally used.
(9) Belt dehydrators generally use standard fan-shaped or combined fan-shaped nozzles.
(10) For the high temperature cooling of the cooling tower spray, MP or spiral solid cone nozzles, large diameter solid cone nozzles, etc. are generally used.
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Five ways travelling can boost your career
Taking time out to go travelling can leave a gap on your CV. But with careful planning, you can use the break to rejuvenate or kickstart your career
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Think about your CV before taking the plunge with a year abroad Photograph: Stephen Frink/ Stephen Frink/CORBIS
If you're going travelling after university – or as a career break – an extended period of time of unemployment can leave a gaping hole in your CV. And, with the current shortage of jobs, many people have had to re-evaluate their career options. But don't worry: as long as you plan your trip carefully and think about what you can do while on the road, travelling can actually boost your CV and career.
1. Recharge you batteries
If you've just spent three or four years at university, or working without a break, then you'll need to recharge your batteries. If you take time out to travel you'll have the opportunity to think about what's important in your life and refocus on your career. More often than not, you'll come home feeling refreshed and rejuvenated, looking forward to the next challenge.
2. Learn a new skill
If you're going on a round-the-world trip then you could be travelling from anywhere between a month to a year. This is an extremely long period of time in anyone's books, so why don't you learn a new skill while you're on the road?
Think about what employers are looking for in your industry and cater to that. All businesses and companies need candidates with a broad skill set, so look at learning another language or getting further qualifications, with the Open University for instance, to boost your CV.
3. Make contacts
When you're backpacking and travelling, try to make contacts with people who might be useful for your career. With the rise of social media, making contacts is as simple as saying "just tweet me" or "I'll add you on Facebook". The contacts you make while travelling could be your avenue into a new career – it's important to network wherever you are in the world.
4. Volunteer
Volunteering is one of the most popular activities for gap years and round-the-world trips. Not only will you make a difference to the community and society, but it'll look great on your CV. With volunteering you'll learn what it means to live and work in another country, and employers are actively encouraging it. In a YouGov survey, 63% of HR professionals said that those who have taken a constructive gap year of volunteering or working abroad had an application that stood out from the rest.
5. Get work experience
One of the hardest things to overcome when applying for a job is work experience. And it's a catch 22 situation – employers want candidates with work experience, but how can you get work experience if employers don't give it to you?
If you're finding it hard to get experience in the UK, then why not try elsewhere? You could apply for positions in Australia, Canada and New Zealand on a working holiday visa, or send off your CV to companies in Europe. If you can get a position in a foreign country for a month or two then you'll quickly become a stand out candidate.
At the end of the day, travelling will turn you into a more confident and more rounded individual. As long as you think about how travelling can boost your career before you go, you'll be able to customise a trip that'll give you new skills, relevant work experience, and most importantly, a trip that you'll enjoy.
Macca Sherifi is the travel editor of He tweets at _USER_.


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AAI Urges FERC to Monitor Small M&A Transactions for Competitive Effects on Wholesale Power Markets, After Passage of Law Exempting Them From Commission Review
AAI filed comments in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rulemaking RM19-4-000: Implementation of Amended Section 203(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Power Act. AAI's comments urge the Commission to expand on its proposed notification requirements for transactions that fall between $1-10 million in value that are now exempt from regulatory review. The comments identify a number of compelling reasons for why expanded notification requirements for small transactions will facilitate the Commission's collection of data and information that is necessary for the agency to monitor and evaluate changes in wholesale power markets. These reasons include how:
- A succession of small horizontal or vertical transactions can result in the accretion of market power.
- Acquisitions of small partial ownership shares in strategic assets can raise competitive concerns related to crossor common ownership.
- The unique nature of electricity markets can make even small transactions strategically advantageous.
AAI also suggests in the comments that a number of long-pending Commission rulemakings that address various key aspects of competition in wholesale power markets be given particularly careful and timely attention.


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What is the official name of the ERCC8 gene?
The official name of this gene is "excision repair cross-complementing rodent repair deficiency, complementation group 8."
ERCC8 is the gene's official symbol. The ERCC8 gene is also known by other names, listed below.
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What is the normal function of the ERCC8 gene?
The ERCC8 gene provides instructions for making a protein commonly called the Cockayne syndrome A (CSA) protein. Little is known about the function of this protein, although it is involved in repairing damaged DNA. DNA can be damaged by ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun and by toxic chemicals, radiation, and unstable molecules called free radicals. The damage caused by these agents can block vital cell activities such as gene transcription, which is the first step in protein production. If left uncorrected, DNA damage accumulates, which causes cells to malfunction and can lead to cell death.
Although DNA damage occurs frequently, normal cells are usually able to fix it before it can cause problems. Cells have several mechanisms to correct DNA damage; one such mechanism involves the CSA protein. This protein specializes in repairing damaged DNA within active genes (those genes undergoing gene transcription). However, its specific role in this process is unclear. The CSA protein interacts with other proteins, probably to identify areas of damaged DNA.
How are changes in the ERCC8 gene related to health conditions?
Where is the ERCC8 gene located?
Cytogenetic Location: 5q12.1
Molecular Location on chromosome 5: base pairs 60,169,658 to 60,240,904
The ERCC8 gene is located on the long (q) arm of chromosome 5 at position 12.1.
More precisely, the ERCC8 gene is located from base pair 60,169,658 to base pair 60,240,904 on chromosome 5.
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What other names do people use for the ERCC8 gene or gene products?
See How are genetic conditions and genes named? in the Handbook.
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The Handbook provides basic information about genetics in clear language.
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acids ; amino acid ; cell ; deficiency ; DNA ; DNA damage ; DNA repair ; free radicals ; gene ; gene transcription ; mutation ; NER ; nucleotide ; nucleotide excision repair ; pigmentation ; protein ; radiation ; sensitivity ; sun sensitivity ; syndrome ; toxic ; transcription ; UV rays
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Introduction
Mobile visual search (MVS) has drawn great attentions in both the industry and research area. The MVS system will retrieve relevant information and display them on the mobile devices by simply taking a snapshot of an object-of-interest with a built-in camera. Visual search is still a challenging task in the robustness, computational complexity and scalability. Compared to the PC-based image retrieval problems, mobile visual search is more challenging due to the insufficient computing power and battery capacity and the constrained bandwidth of the wireless network.
Technical
The MSV research group led by Prof. Yap has built an efficient and effective MVS system to alleviate the problems in the Landmark recognition task. Non-linear local detectors are proposed to mitigate the problems caused by the cluttered background and the intensity changes. A new saliency-integrated mobile visual search framework is developed. The discriminative power of the proposed MVS system is enhanced by incorporating saliency information into the local descriptor extraction, visual codebook construction and image representation. Furthermore, saliency information is used to guide the sampling process in geometric verification to improve efficiency. Fast geometric verification algorithm is developed to reduce the computational complexity without the sacrifice of the system performance.
The Future
Future work will extend the MVS system to various applications and large scale databases. Bag of phase features will be utilized and effective structures will be further proposed.

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Professor: Yap Kim Hui, Wen Yonggang
Researcher: Miao Zhenwei
PhD Student: Zhang Dajiang
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As the legal and illegal importation of African slaves into Brazil and Cuba continued in the early 1860s, antislavery advocates pressed the Buchanan administration to end the participation of U.S.-based ships. They contrasted the U.S. government's passive stance on this to the British government which since the 1830s, had stationed a squadron of ships in Africa dedicated to stopping and seizing vessels carrying slaves. This vigorous effort has been estimated by one historian to have cut the importation of slaves into Brazil and Cuba (the only major places where it was still legal to import slaves from Africa) by 30 to 50 percent in the 1850s. But despite the risks, some U.S. shipowners continued to trade in slaves: the profits often outweighed the risks.


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Drought-hit Sussex reservoir given help to raise level
Low rainfall has forced the government to grant a drought order to South East Water to help it protect a reservoir in Sussex.
Water levels in Ardingly reservoir dropped to 12% in November.
The reservoir is partly used to top up the River Ouse if its water flow falls below a set level.
However, this set level has been temporarily reduced in the hope the reservoir will re-establish itself before Spring 2012.
Ardingly reservoir serves more than 65,000 homes across large parts of East and West Sussex.
The drought order, granted by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), is valid until 31 March.
Lee Dance, head of water resources for South East Water, said: "We rely on winter rainfall to recharge our underground water sources and reservoirs to take us through to the warmer spring and summer months.
"The Sussex area has seen an increase in rainfall during December, which has certainly helped the current water resource situation, but it by no means solves the problem."
The minimum flow in the River Ouse is normally set to 20m litres a day. The drought order has temporarily reduced this to 5m.


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The European Parliament abandoning the "Carbon Correction Factor" is good news for shipping
The Parliament has listened to reason and in a vote on CO2-regulation of heavy-duty vehicles decided to reject the Carbon Correction Factor (CCF). The CCF would have accelerated the use of much in-demand green fuels in land transport. A sector that can and should be directly electrified or powered by hydrogen fuel cells. Green fuels should be prioritised for hard-to-abate sectors such as shipping.
The shipping sector needs enormous amounts of green fuels to reach its target of climate neutral shipping in or by 2050.
Hence, Danish Shipping expresses satisfaction with the outcome of yesterday's European Parliament vote, in which a majority rejected the CCF. This factor, if implemented, would have hastened the adoption of green fuels in the trucking industry on land. And thus, left less fuels for hard-to-abate sectors such as shipping. Increasing the CO2-targets for heavy-duty vehicles and excluding the CCF is a strong signal for upcoming negotiations.
"The abandonment of any notion of a carbon correction factor (CCF) is obviously good news for the green transition of European shipping. To achieve climate-neutral global shipping by 2050, as agreed upon by all 175 nations in the IMO, substantial quantities of green fuels are required. Given the scarcity of clean alternative fuels, these should be prioritised for hard to abate sectors, which cannot be directly electrified," said Nina Porst, Director of Climate, Environment, and Safety at Danish Shipping.
The abandonment of any notion of a carbon correction factor (CCF) is obviously good news for the green transition of European shipping
Nina Porst, Director of Climate, Environment, and Safety at Danish Shipping
However, the broadened definition of climate neutral fuels raises concern by allowing trucks running on synthetic fuels and even the most unsustainable biofuels, such as palm oil and soy.
"I urge for the EU Environment Ministers and the Commission to maintain their opposition and fix this loophole in the upcoming trialogue negotiations and stand firm on the definition of climate neutral fuels", said Nina Porst.
On Tuesday, Parliament adopted its negotiating position with 63 percent of members in favour and 22 percent against. Negotiations are expected to start next week and should be concluded early 2024.
Source: Danish Shipping