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Attributes represent certain statistics that each character has, and determine (among other things) how good a character is at certain actions.
A screenshot of the character screen with skills highlighted.
Skills represent a character's expertise across various fields and together with skills determine how good or bad a character is at a given task. Skills cap at 100.
Skill Effects
Diplomacy.png Diplomacy
 - +1 General opinion per each level above 8, -1 per each level below 8[1]
 - +1% Monthly prestige per level (starting from −8 at level 0)[2]
 - Determines the opinion gain from certain character interactions
 - Determines the effectiveness of diplomacy schemes
Martial.png Martial
 - +2% Levy size per level
 - +2% Levy reinforcement rate per level
 - +1 Advantage
Stewardship.png Stewardship
 - +2% Domain taxes per each level above 8, -2% Domain taxes per each level below 8
 - +1 Domain limit per 5 levels
Intrigue.png Intrigue
 - +1% Scheme discovery chance per level
 - +1 Hostile scheme success chance per level
 - Determines the effectiveness of intrigue schemes
 - Determines imprisonment success chance
Learning.png Learning
 - +0.1 Monthly piety per level
 - -1% Conversion cost per level
 - +1% Cultural fascination bonus if cultural head
 - Determines the prestige cost to increase crown authority
 - Determines the success chance of Demand Conversion
War.png Prowess
 - Determines the effectiveness in duels (e.g. title challenge for Tribal rulers)
 - +10 Toughness as knight per level
 - +100 Damage as knight per level
Value thresholds[edit]
Value thresholds, while not as important as the exact value of a skill, are taken into account in various events to determine the chances for a good or bad outcome. Skills are decided by education traits and can be affected by other trait types.
Values Description
0–4 Terrible
5–8 Poor
9–12 Average
13–16 Good
17-68 Excellent
69 Nice
70+ Excellent
Dread is a measure of how feared a ruler is by their vassals. Enough dread compared to another character's boldness can make characters either intimidated or terrified, allowing most diplomatic actions to succeed despite negative opinion.
Dread is gained by various actions that inspire fear, such as torturing or executing prisoners. However, it is also possible to lose dread through actions showing compassion or weakness, including releasing prisoners and accepting faction demands. Each character additionally has natural dread which is the value towards which dread will drift over time (either up or down), at a base rate of 0.5 per month. The lifestyle perk Forever Infamous prevents dread from decaying.
Each character has a hidden boldness attribute, which is decided by its traits. A character becomes intimidated by characters whose dread is 20 above their own boldness and terrified by characters whose dread is 45 above their own boldness.
Intimidation and terror[edit]
Intimidated characters are less likely to join factions or schemes against the character they're intimidated by, while a terrified character will never join factions or schemes against them. In addition, it affects their acceptance for various character interactions:
Interaction Intimidated.png Intimidated acceptance Terrified.png Terrified acceptance
Arrange marriage +75 +150
Blackmail +50 +100
Negotiate alliance +50 +100
Offer guardianship +50 +100
Offer ward +50 +100
Ransom +40 +100
Ask to take vows +25 +50
Imprison +25 +50
Retract vassal +25 +50
Revoke title +25 +50
Demand conversion +10 +20
Offer vassalage +10 +20
Marry -50 -75
Dread gain[edit]
The amount of dread gained through actions is modified by the following:
Source Dread gain
The Tower of London +30%
First Guile dynasty legacy perk +20%
Martial authority focus.png Authority focus +20%
Dreadful perk in Torturer tree ( Intrigue lifestyle) +30%
Hard Rule perk in Overseer tree ( Martial lifestyle) +20%
Public Display of Ruthlessness modifier ( Host Feast) +25%
Suspicious Reputation modifier ( Learning lifestyle event) +20%
Dangerous to Know modifier ( Learning lifestyle event) +20%
Wind Spirits' Blessing modifier ( Seek Aid of the Spirits decision) +25%
Torturer trait +50%
Paranoid trait +25%
Callous trait +25%
Vengeful trait +15%
Irritable trait +10%
Natural dread[edit]
The natural dread of a character is modified by the following (default value is 0):
Source Natural dread
First Guile dynastic legacy perk +15
Intimidation focus +30
Serve the Crown lifestyle perk +15
Wrathful trait +20
Arbitrary trait +15
Sadistic trait +35
Albino trait +15
Scaly trait +10
One-Eyed trait +10
Cannibal trait +20
Greatest of Khans trait +50
Compassionate trait -15
Wounded trait -10
Severely Injured trait -15
Brutally Mauled trait -20
Sickly trait -20
Infirm trait -15
Incapable trait -25
Maimed trait -15
Blind trait -10
Ill trait -10
Bubonic Plague trait -30
Cancer trait -20
Consumption trait -10
Great Pox trait -20
Gout-ridden trait -5
Leper trait -20
Lover's Pox trait -5
Pneumonia trait -10
One-Legged trait -10
Small Pox trait -15
Typhus trait -15
Health is a measure of how likely a character is to die. Male characters are born with health between (and including) 4.5 and 4.9; female characters are born with health between (and including) 5.0 and 5.4.[3] Once a character reaches the age of 25, they have a 7.5% chance to lose −0.125 health each year. The chance increases by 2.2% each year.
Health Can die Description Interval
Health negative.png Dying Yes You are at Death's doorstep health < 0
Health negative.png Near Death Yes You are not long for this world... 0 ≤ health < 1
Health.png Poor Yes You are ailing 1 ≤ health < 3
Health.png Fine No You are feeling fine 3 ≤ health < 5
Health positive.png Good No Your humors are balanced 5 ≤ health < 7
Health positive.png Excellent No You are full of vim and vigor! health ≥ 7
Some traits, tenets and modifiers provide bonuses Disease resistance (health). This means that any health penalties applied to the character are negated by the amount of disease resistance the character has. Note that there is also disease resistance for fertility.
Health boosts and penalties[edit]
Health effects have different names depending on the value:[4]
Displayed as Range of values
Catastrophic Health Penalty value < −4
Critical Health Penalty −4 ≤ value < −3
Severe Health Penalty −3 ≤ value < −1
Major Health Penalty −1 ≤ value < −0.75
Moderate Health Penalty −0.75 ≤ value < −0.5
Minor Health Penalty −0.5 ≤ value < −0.25
Tiny Health Penalty −0.25 ≤ value < 0
Small Health Boost 0 < value < +0.25
Medium Health Boost +0.25 ≤ value < +0.5
Significant Health Boost +0.5 ≤ value < +0.75
Huge Health Boost +0.75 ≤ value < +1
Massive Health Boost +1 ≤ value < +2
Godlike Health Boost +2 ≤ value
Death is the end of a character's life. For landed characters, it triggers succession for any held titles. There can be multiple causes:
 - When health is either poor, near death or dying, there is a chance at a given interval to die. The lower a character's health, the bigger this chance is.
 - Secret murder.png Upon success of a murder scheme, the targetted character dies.
 - The Attempt Suicide decision has a chance for the character to die.
 - Knights may die in battle or in duels, with this chance increasing with low prowess and other factors.
 - Characters may die when the holding they are currently residing in is captured in a siege.
 - Imprisoned characters may be executed by their jailors.
 - Various events may cause death.
See also: Breeding
Fertility represents a character's chance to have or cause pregnancy. Married couples and heterosexual lovers have a monthly chance to get the woman pregnant based on the average fertility of the two partners.
A character's base fertility is determined by their age:
Gender Age
16–25 26–30 31–35 36–40 41–45 46–50 51–60 61–70 70+
Male 100% 100% 100% 90% 80% 80% 70% 60% 50%
Female 100%


Accession Number:
ADA561310
Title:
Towards a Narrowband Photonic Sigma-Delta Digital Antenna
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept. Jul 2007-Aug 2008
Corporate Author:
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Report Date:
2012-02-01
Pagination or Media Count:
110.0
Abstract:
A narrow-band photonic sigma-delta digital antenna is described as a system intended to provide a proof of concept for the use of photonics technology in the sampling of wide-band radio frequency RF signals. The ability to sample wide-band RF signals is an important requirement in modern electronic warfare EW systems where a determination of the existence of complex and often difficult to detect signals is sought. As an example, the class of signals referred to as low probability of intercept LPI is becoming increasingly common-place with the evolution of modern radar and communication systems. The emergence of this class has led to a concomitant demand for receivers that can provide the necessarily high sensitivity to detect these signals thereby enabling their classification in an electronic intelligence ELINT database or jamming using electronic attack EA. The described system is designed to oversample the analog RF signal exciting an antenna at a rate at least 10 times higher than the Nyquist rate relative to the RF signal frequency that is, twice the RF signal frequency. Numerous aspects of the development of the described concept demonstrator are presented and extended to outline the requirements for progressing the technology to wide-band capability.
Subject Categories:
 - Electrical and Electronic Equipment
 - Computer Hardware
 - Radio Communications
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE


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Workers and clientele in hairdressers and beauty salons face a number of potential hazards from the range of treatments that they provide. The employer and the person in control of the business have responsibilities for ensuring that no-one's health or safety is at risk.
In addition to the everyday hazards faced by workers specific hazards and risks faced by hairdressers and beauticians include;
- dermatitis due to hands being in water frequently and inadequate drying
- respiratory sensitisation from chemicals used in colouring and other products;
- minor cuts and burns from scissors and heated styling equipment;
- musculoskeletal problems from leaning, bending, stooping etc. during treatments
- allergic reactions (staff and clients) to products.
- inadequate sterilisation of re-usable equipment;
- inadequate disposal of needles, cotton wool and other disposable products;
- inadequate cleaning procedures for the premises.
- inadequate training of staff carrying out skin piercing, electrolysis and waxing
- inadequate disposal of sharps.
- exposure to harmful levels of ultra violet light from sunbeds

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English → English (gcide) Definition: Margin Margin \Mar"gin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Margined; p. pr. & vb. n. Marginging.] 1. To furnish with a margin. [1913 Webster] 2. To enter in the margin of a page. [1913 Webster] Margin \Mar"gin\, n. [OE. margine, margent, L. margo, ginis. Cf. March a border, Marge.] 1. A border; edge; brink; verge; as, the margin of a river or lake. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: The part of a page at the edge left uncovered in writing or printing. [1913 Webster] 3. (Com.) The difference between the cost and the selling price of an article. [1913 Webster] 4. Something allowed, or reserved, for that which can not be foreseen or known with certainty. [1913 Webster] 5. (Brokerage) Collateral security deposited with a broker to secure him from loss on contracts entered into by him on behalf of his principial, as in the speculative buying and selling of stocks, wheat, etc. It is usually less than the full value of the security purchased, in which case it may be qualified by the portion of the full value required to be deposited; as, to buy stocks on 50% margin. --N. Biddle. [1913 Webster] Margin draft (Masonry), a smooth cut margin on the face of hammer-dressed ashlar, adjacent to the joints. Margin of a course (Arch.), that part of a course, as of slates or shingles, which is not covered by the course immediately above it. See 2d Gauge. [1913 Webster] Syn: Border; brink; verge; brim; rim. [1913 Webster]
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Remap
Synthèse
Categorizes the pixel values of a raster object into groups with specific values.
For example, assign image values from 1 to 25 a value of 1, and image values from 200 to 255 a value of 255.
Discussion
For more information about how this function works, see the Remap raster function.
The referenced raster dataset for the raster object is temporary. To make it permanent, you can call the raster object's save method.
Syntaxe
Remap (raster, {input_ranges}, {output_values}, {no_data_ranges}, {allow_unmatched})
ParamètreExplicationType de données
raster
The input raster.
Raster
input_ranges
Input ranges are specified in pairs: from (inclusive) and to (exclusive).
(La valeur par défaut est None)
Double
output_values
Output values of corresponding input_ranges.
(La valeur par défaut est None)
Double
no_data_ranges
NoData ranges are specified in pairs: from (inclusive) and to (exclusive).
(La valeur par défaut est None)
Double
allow_unmatched
Missing values in the reclass table can retain their value or be remapped to NoData.
 - False—Any pixel from the input raster that does not get reclassed in a remap table will retain its value and be written for its location to the output raster.
 - True—Any pixel from the input raster that does not get reclassed in a remap table will have its value remapped to NoData for its location to the output raster.
(La valeur par défaut est False)
Boolean
Valeur renvoyée
Type de donnéesExplication
Raster
The output raster.
Exemple de code
Remap example 1
This example reclassifies the input raster.
from arcpy.sa import *
out_remap_raster = Remap("NomalRaster.tif")
out_remap_raster.save("C:/arcpyExamples/raster_remap.tif")
Remap example 2
This example reclassifies the input raster.
# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy.sa import *
# Set the analysis environments
arcpy.env.workspace = "C:/arcpyExamples/data"
# Set Local Variables
in_raster = "raster.tif"
# Excute Remap function
out_remap_raster = Remap(in_raster, [-5, 0, 0, 5], [-1, 1])
# Save output
out_remap_raster.save("C:/arcpyExamples/outputs/raster_remap.tif")
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Field Biology Laboratory
The field biology laboratory is not only a space for the continuing study of the flora and fauna of North Carolina, but is also a rich source of archival materials collected over many decades. The lab contains a collection of study skins and mounts of birds native to North Carolina, and a collection of bird nests from the Piedmont region. This laboratory houses two historical collections of bird eggs gathered in the 1800s, including the T. Gilbert Pearson egg collection. In addition, students have access to a herbarium of North Carolina plants, and reference collections of preserved reptiles, amphibians, and mammal skulls of species native to North Carolina and beyond.
Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory
Students investigate various aspects of human physiology using computer-based software for recording electrocardiograms, electromyograms, and electroencephalograms. Advanced studies in neuroscience include the recording of individual neuronal action potentials. An associated laboratory for field studies in fisheries biology houses a complete array of equipment for the investigation of aquatic ecology, limnology, and ichthyology.
Microbial Genetics and Molecular Biology Facility
Standard and advanced equipment in the molecular biology and microbial genetics lab provide students with the tools for the study of the phylogenetic relationship between microbial organisms and the molecular analysis of signaling processes in nematodes. In their independent research projects, students utilize instrumentation for the growth of organisms under a variety of conditions, and the isolation, purification and quantification of genomic DNA. Students routinely utilize the techniques of PCR, Pulsed-field Gel electrophoresis, fluorescent microscopy, recombinant DNA technologies and RNAi. The department has two fully-equipped laboratories dedicated to independent, student research projects.
Forensic Biology Laboratory
The forensic biology laboratory supports advanced forensics students in Molecular Cell Biology and Forensic Anthropology. Students pursue the identification of drugs and toxins utilizing the gas chromatograph-mass spectrograph, which provides definitive identification of these substances. The laboratory is also where students investigate a variety of topics related to cause of death, e.g., identification of diatoms related to deaths by drowning, and skeletal damage due to ballistics, cutting and blunt force trauma. The highlight of the Forensic Anthropology course, the investigation of clandestine graves, utilizes the equipment and archival materials of the forensic biology lab for this capstone experience in forensics.
Forensic Chemistry Laboratory
Students utilize research-grade microscopes for the analysis of trace forensic evidence, and explore a variety of chemical methods for developing latent fingerprints. Forensic chemistry students employ the fully automated Shimadzu QP 2010 gas chromatography-mass spectrograph for the definitive identification of illegal drugs. Another major focus of the laboratory experience is the preparation of forensic DNA Profiles. After DNA extraction, forensic STR loci (including the CODIS loci) are amplified with the 9700 Thermocycler. Fluorescence detection of STR alleles is accomplished with one of the ABI 310 Genetic Analyzers. The ABI 7500 Real-Time PCR system is used to monitor DNA extraction from unusual forensic samples such as dentition. Computer-based GeneMapper software allows students to complete the construction of human DNA Profiles encompassing fifteen STR forensic markers.

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Argent falls into the categories of both "surnames as first names" and "word names," though they share the same source: the Old (and Modern) French argent "silver."
Silver's association with the moon goes back to ancient times. It has long been believed to enhance the power of the moon, capable of forging a strong link between the the physical and metaphysical worlds.
The surname probably arose as a nickname for someone with silver hair, while the word has been used in the past as a noun (for a silver coin) and an adjective.
Nowadays, it is mostly confined to heraldry, where it is used of both silver and white in coats of arms.
The Old French word came from the Latin for silver argentum, which gives us the chemical symbol for silver — Ag.
It is cognate with the Welsh arian "silver" — which is still used to mean "money" in Welsh — which is found in more than one Welsh name, such as Arianwen, which combines it with gwyn "white," "pure," and "blessed," and Arianell, which combines it with gell "yellow," and "shining."
It may also feature in the name of the Goddess Arianrhod — which is popularly interpreted as meaning "silver wheel" and a reference to the moon.
Caer Arianrhod is the Welsh name for the Milky Way.
The Common Celtic word from which arian derived was *arganto-, and the "g" is preserved in the medieval name Argante — used by Layamon in the twelfth century epic poem Brut as the name of the Queen of Avalon.
She is usually identified with Morgan le Fay, and there are those who argue that the name derives from an older form of Arianrhod.
Another old form is Eraint, which features in the epithet of the mythical Welsh figure Lludd Llaw Eraint "Lludd of the Silver Hand."
This form also happens to demonstrate well the etymological relation between arian and the Modern Welsh Eirian "shining."
Meanwhile, its Sanskrit cognate is Arjuna, a name borne by a hero of the epic Mahabharata. The modern Hindi form of the name is Arjun.
Argent itself is first found as a given name as early as the sixteenth century, interestingly enough as a girl's name. This probably represented a simpler form of Argentea, which was taken directly from the Latin argenteus meaning "silvery" and "of silver."
By the nineteenth century, it is more commonly found as a boy's name, often as a middle name, indicative that the surname was now the principal source.
Today, Argent is a rarity. It has never reached the top 1000 in America, and only even appears in the data at all on one occasion, in 1926, when five girls were given the name.
Bursting as it is with heritage and meaning, I think it makes for a great unusual and contemporary choice for a boy or a girl. What do you think?


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Let I(x) be the statement "x has an Internet connection" and C(x, y) be the statement " x and y have chatted over the Internet," where the domain for the variables x and y consists of all students in your class. Use quantifiers to express each of these statements.
a. Everyone in your class with an internet connection has chatted over the Internet with at least one other student in your class
b. There are at least two students in your class who have not chatted with the same person in your class.


Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Applying PicoContainer.NET with Presentation Patterns - Part II
(Part I)
Let's think about what Pico is good at in practical sense. I think Pico is great at wiring dependencies together. That means, it is good at wiring dependencies starting from your Presentation Model/Presenter layer and back, because these are all classes that you have complete control over. For your Views, at least if you develop in Visual Studio .NET, the restriction on their default constructors conflicts with the way Pico works. There are ways around it (setter injection as said in Part I), but they are ugly.
But what if I don't register my Views into my Pico container like other classes? Then the question becomes: how can my View get a reference to its dependent Presentation Model/Presenter?
Before I show you my solution, I have to say one more thing. The method InitializeComponent() synonymously refer controls as components for a reason. Every control in .NET is a component. What is a component? It is something you put in a container. Every container has many components. So yes, I am telling you that these controls/widgets are all being put in a container (not Pico) in the .NET control hierarchy framework. So what does each control being a component in this .NET container hierarchy enable me to do? It allows you to have access to the functionalities from other components in the same container. Let me rephrase: each View, being a component, can have access to other classes like a Presentation Model/Presenter, so long as they are all in the same .NET container hierarchy framework. Didn't I just say that this container framework is not Pico? Yes, I did, but it doesn't mean we have to use only one over the other. We can use them both together to each of their strengths to achieve the best of both worlds. Let me explain.
We have already said using Pico container to host everything starting from the Presentation Model layer is a good thing. So here is some example code on how to do this:
 private static IMutablePicoContainer createMutablePicoContainer()
 {
 IMutablePicoContainer pico = new DefaultPicoContainer();
 pico.RegisterComponentImplementation(typeof(IPageOnePM), typeof(PageOnePM));
 pico.RegisterComponentImplementation(typeof(IPageTwoPM), typeof(PageTwoPM));
 pico.RegisterComponentImplementation(typeof(IWebService), typeof(WebService));
 return pico;
 }
In order to allow the Views to have access to other components (Presentation Model/Presenter), we have to create a .NET container. It is just a class that subclass from System.ComponentModel.Container. I am going to call this an ApplicationContainer to avoid being confused with our Pico container.
 internal class ApplicationContainer : System.ComponentModel.Container
 {
 // ...
 }
To put our Views into this ApplicationContainer, you instantiate an instance of it, and put the Form object that you will start your application with into it like this:
 [STAThread]
 static void Main()
 {
 ApplicationContainer applicationContainer = new ApplicationContainer();

 MainForm form = new MainForm();
 applicationContainer.Add(form);

 Application.Run(form);
 }
From our Views, the method that they will use to get access to other components is called GetService(Type serviceType). When this method is called from within our Views, if our Views are put in a System.ComponentModel.Container, by default the method will ask for its containing container to traverse all registered components and see who can provide this "service" to it. If it finds such component, the container will return it, and now the requesting component gets a reference to that object. How does the container traverse its registered components and decide to give the component requesting a service the service that it asks for? Well, interestingly a System.ComponentModel.Container also has its own GetService() method to do just that. Now, since we have our own subclass ApplicationContainer, what if we override its GetService(), and while our ApplicationContainer object receives a request for service from any of its components, we can instruct it also look to see if Pico has the stuff that the requesting component has. More concretely, when a View uses GetService(typeof(MyPresentationModel) to get its Presentation Model/Presenter dependency, ApplicationContainer will ask for a Pico container that has already been fully registered to return an instance of that class if it is found, like such:
 internal class ApplicationContainer : System.ComponentModel.Container
 {
 private IMutablePicoContainer _pico = createMutablePicoContainer();

 protected override object GetService(Type service)
 {
 object instance = _pico.GetComponentInstanceOfType(service);

 if (instance != null)
 {
 return instance;
 }

 return base.GetService (service);
 }
 }
To sum it all up, you need to do the following to get things to work:
1. Create an ApplicationContainer class subclassing System.ComponentModel.Container.
2. Add your starting Form into the ApplicationContainer instance, prior to starting it.
3. Set up a Pico container within the ApplicationContainer instance.
4. Register all dependencies that your Presentation Model/Presenter classes will need in your Pico container. You do not need to register your Views.
5. Override the ApplicationContainer's GetService() method, make it to look further into its already setup Pico container for anything that it should return.
Now from your Views, you can gain access to its dependency, in this case a Presentation Model/Presenter, by calling:
 private void PageOneView_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
 {
 // Add this View to ApplicationContainer. Otherwise we have to instantiate
 // each and every view in public static void Main() and do the adding there.
 base.FindForm().Container.Add(this);

 // This GetService() call will now find what we need in ApplicationContainer.
 IPageOnePM service = (IPageOnePM)base.GetService(typeof(IPageOnePM));
 }
And modify your PresentationModel's constructor to include an additional parameter to take in the web service class. Then your class can start using the web service functionality, while in unit testing you can mock/stub it out!
 public interface IWebService
 {
 }

 public class WebService : IWebService
 {
 }

 public class PageOnePM : PresentationModel, IPageOnePM
 {
 private IWebService webservice;

 public PageOnePM(IWebService webservice)
 {
 this.webservice = webservice;
 }
 }

 // ApplicationContainer class
 private static IMutablePicoContainer createMutablePicoContainer()
 {
 IMutablePicoContainer pico = new DefaultPicoContainer();
 // ...
 pico.RegisterComponentImplementation(typeof(IWebService), typeof(WebService));
 // ...
 return pico;
 }
So now, we have eliminated the child user control not knowing how to get a Presentation Model/Presenter problem, because a user control is also, well, a component in the same ApplicationContainer. We have also solved the ugly setter injecting child user controls' dependencies problem. You also did not modify a single View default constructor! We can now happily use our Visual Studio .NET IDE to do WYSIWYG design and manage good OO design, plus Inversion of Control-ing our dependencies.
After-thought: Though the title of these two posts say Presentation Patterns, in my mind they are more geared towards just for Presentation Model, due to in my opinion the difference in directional references between Presentation Model and Model-View-Presenter. I mentioned briefly about this in my earlier post here.
By the way, note that now each page can have access to multiple Presentation Model objects, instead of the what-it-used-to-be 1-to-1 relationship between a page and its Presentation Model, so one can do something similar to Ruby on Rails where each View can make calls to multiple Controllers which operates on various Models to complete the desired action! This makes code-sharing between Presentation Models much easier, and also each Presentation Model can be named not after their page but by application functionality!
7 comments:
Mike Roberts said...
Hi Stephen,
A great idea that - I'm going to try and use it where I am now (albeit without Pico, I'm currently using a non-container DI setup.) I'll blog about it, linking to your's, if I get anywhere!
Mike
Chris Donnan said...
Hey
My collegue - Mike Roberts sent me to look over here. Interesting.


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The Government of Alberta is making investments in water infrastructure that will create jobs and ensure clean water in communities across the province.
In Budget 2016, the Alberta government set aside $595 million over the next five years to help fund water and wastewater infrastructure improvement projects in small towns and rural Alberta. This round of more than $117 million in funding will improve access to safe, reliable water supplies and enhance environmentally-sustainable wastewater treatment, while creating hundreds of jobs in communities across the province.
"Modern water infrastructure not only protects the families who live in our communities, it is the foundation upon which the community can grow, attract investment and create jobs for future generations."
Brian Mason, Minister of Transportation and Minister of Infrastructure
"A key outcome of the Water For Life strategy is to ensure that Albertans have a safe, secure drinking water supply. This investment will build on an impressive list of projects to improve access to safe, reliable water supplies and wastewater solutions, particularly in small towns and rural Alberta, where it is needed most."
Gord Edwards, Executive Director, Alberta Water Council
To date, the Alberta government has committed more than $99 million in Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership (AMWWP) funding that will support 44 water and wastewater improvement projects around the province. In addition, more than $18.6 million will go to support 16 Water For Life (W4L) projects provincewide, including projects just getting underway and final payments to municipalities for projects recently completed.
Through the Alberta Municipal Water/Wastewater Partnership and the Water For Life program—initiatives that saw a major increase in funding in Budget 2016— the Alberta Government cost-shares eligible projects with smaller urban and rural municipalities to support the development of improved water and wastewater infrastructure in smaller communities across the province.

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NAME
YAML::PP::Schema::Merge - Enabling YAML merge keys for mappings
SYNOPSIS
 use YAML::PP;
 my $yp = YAML::PP->new( schema => [qw/ + Merge /] );
 my $yaml = <<'EOM';
 ---
 - &CENTER { x: 1, y: 2 }
 - &LEFT { x: 0, y: 2 }
 - &BIG { r: 10 }
 - &SMALL { r: 1 }
 # All the following maps are equal:
 - # Explicit keys
 x: 1
 y: 2
 r: 10
 label: center/big
 - # Merge one map
 << : *CENTER
 r: 10
 label: center/big
 - # Merge multiple maps
 << : [ *CENTER, *BIG ]
 label: center/big
 - # Override
 << : [ *BIG, *LEFT, *SMALL ]
 x: 1
 label: center/big
 EOM
 my $data = $yp->load_string($yaml);
 # $data->[4] == $data->[5] == $data->[6] == $data->[7]
DESCRIPTION
See _URL_ for the specification.
Quote:
"Specify one or more mappings to be merged with the current one.
The << merge key is used to indicate that all the keys of one or more specified maps should be inserted into the current map. If the value associated with the key is a single mapping node, each of its key/value pairs is inserted into the current mapping, unless the key already exists in it. If the value associated with the merge key is a sequence, then this sequence is expected to contain mapping nodes and each of these nodes is merged in turn according to its order in the sequence. Keys in mapping nodes earlier in the sequence override keys specified in later mapping nodes."
The implementation of this in a generic way is not trivial, because we also have to handle duplicate keys, and YAML::PP allows you to write your own handler for processing mappings.
So the inner API of that is not stable at this point.
Note that if you enable this schema, a plain scalar '<<' will be seen as special anywhere in your document, so if you want a literal '<<', you have to put it in quotes.
Note that the performed merge is not a "deep merge". Only top-level keys are merged.
METHODS
register
Called by YAML::PP::Schema


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We're always seeing it on TV: John Doe logs onto his computer and the computer says "Welcome, John."
Here's how to make your computer greet you, upon your return.
Write a simple script…
It's actually pretty easy and you don't have to buy or even download any software to do it. Just open Notepad and type the following text:
Dim speaks, speech
speaks="Welcome, John"
Set speech=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
speech.Speak speaks
Replace the text "Welcome, John" with anything you like. Remember to use punctuation to get the pronunciation more correct.
Save the file with the .vbs extension (Greetings.vbs) and put it in the Startup folder.
Now, each time you log on, you will be greeted by Microsoft Anna (or John, depending on your windows version).
Fun Tip!
Create one for a unknowing friend ("Oh No, Not YOU again! Please Log Off now!"), place this on his or hers computer, and enjoy the reaction.
Additional Settings
The Voice Properties have several settings:
.Pause = pause speaking
.resume = resume after pause
.Rate = speed at which voice speaks. The larger number, the faster pitch.
.Voice = you can use set and a voice value to change the voice (if multiple exist on machine)
.Volume = volume of voice (not system volume, just voice). The number is Percentage.
.WaitUntilDone = wait until done – you get the idea.
You may add these settings like this:
with speech
Set .voice = .getvoices.item(0)
.Volume = 100
.Rate = 0
end with
If you only want to add one setting you can also do it like this: speech.volume=50.
Add the settings before the last line.
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13 thoughts on "Make your Computer Greet you on Login [Quick Tip]"
 1. Rstan66 says:
 This is about as cool as anything i have seen in a loooong time,
 thanks a ton.
 2. Tom says:
 Where and how can I locate the startup folder in windows 7?
 1. Rich says:
 Open up My Computer and, in the address bar, type:
 %ProgramData%MicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsStartup
 Press Enter.
 2. Anonymous says:
 You can also find it by clicking the Start-Button, choose "All Programs" and you will find it as a folder. Right Click it and choose Open or Explore.
 In case Ricks tip don't work ;-)
 3. sergiogarcia9 says:
 Awesome!
 I got my PC to say "Access Authorized" everytime i login :)
 Good stuff
 4. Uvais(forum.Mintywhite.com) says:
 Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its superb i luv it:)
 Thnx Thomas;) n Rich too:)
 5. Cassy says:
 Interesting!
 6. Rileywash says:
 This is pretty cool. Is there anyway to change the voices in Windows?
 1. Anonymous says:
 In Windows 7 and Vista the default Voice is Anna.
 in Windows XP (and 2000) the Voice is Sam.
 The voices installed depend on your OS Language.
 New voices are not available as individual installs. There are 3rd party voices available for purchase.
 In Vista and 7, you can choose between the default voice(s) and change pitch, volume and read speed, by Clicking the Start-Button, and type "Narrator" in the search field. You should then see "Change The Narrator Voice".
 In XP (and 2000) you have to do a registry hack to be able to change anything. You can find some information here: _URL_
 I will gather some more information on the subject in an article if you have the patients to wait for it :-)
 7. Prabhatdoley says:
 great ……it works
 8. Gdsouza53 says:
 i dint get the startup folder
 9. Kotesh Javvaji says:
 Why don't you just change the wav file of logon,, as it is more simpler than writing a script,, and you can download variety of sounds from internet
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Technically speaking, every country has a capital. The most likely country that could be referred to as having no capital is Vatican City (in the centre of Rome, Italy) because the whole country (0.44 sqkm) is it's own city. Nauru also has no capital because it lacks any sizable population. However, most its leadership governs from the Yaren District.
Some other countries that have the same capital name as the country are:
San Marino (Europe)
Panama (Central America)


How State Boundaries Would Look Based on Equal PopulationS
While it's not for us to suggest that state boundaries are in any way arbitrary, artist Neil Freeman has re-imagined what a map of the US would look like if each and every state had an identical population count.
As Freeman explains, there's some evidence to suggest this is a good idea:
So he set to work:
The capitals of the states are existing states capitals where possible, otherwise large or central cities have been chosen. The suggested names of the new states are taken mainly from geographical features.
The result is fascinating and, perhaps, controversial, Which is something Freeman also notes:
For those of you who like the design, Freeman is contemplating making a poster version. You can see the full image below. [Fake is the New Real via Flowing Data]
How State Boundaries Would Look Based on Equal PopulationS


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The Intelligent Virtual Environment and Simulation or IVES is a research group at the School of Engineering and Information Technology at Murdoch University to identify and nurture promising research areas in the disciplines of intelligent systems and interactive virtual environment. IVES focuses on intelligent data analytics, data science, data mining, pattern recognition, 3D virtual environments (including Virtual and Augmented Realities), simulation, human computer interactions and interfaces, learning analytics, and computational intelligence techniques. Not only we work with other academics within the school and the universities, we also collaborate with other universities and industrial partners locally and worldwide.
Some of our current projects include Computer-based Rehabilitation System for Stroke Survivors, Radiology Assistance Training Simulator (RATS), Emotion Recognition using EEG, Computer Analysis of EEG for Dyslexia Detection, and Data Mining with Imbalanced Data.
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No, they're not. That doesn't mean that cheap plastics are used; in fact, the non-glass elements are usually considerably more expensive (and more difficult to produce) than the optical glass elements.
Optical glasses are made in a number of different formulations (such as crown glass and flint glass) that have different optical properties, including different indices of refraction (which has the effect of bending light more or less with the same shape of lens) and different dispersion characteristics (the amount that the light spectrum is spread out). No single lens is perfect, so multiple elements of different shapes and optical characteristics are used to correct one another.
The corrective elements are often made of exotic non-glass crystals, like fluorite. Less often, aspherical molded elements are cast from an optical resin (plastic, if you prefer) bonded onto a more conventional glass element. (These days, the cast aspherical elements are more likely to be glass, not so much because resin is a bad thing, but because of the consumer acceptance factor. The main problem with resin lenses is that they are easily scratched or pitted, which is not really a problem when the element is buried deep within the lens body.) These non-glass elements are usually found in better, more expensive (and longer) lenses, usually to reduce chromatic aberration and approach true apochromaticity.


saker.build Documentation TaskDoc JavaDoc
Task caching
The build cache facility of saker.build is still work in progress. See Build cache.
The build system provides the functionality of caching the results of tasks. When tasks can be cached, the build system will attempt to retrieve its results from a shared cache database and make them available in the build system without actually invoking the associated task.
See also: Build cache.
In order for a task to be cacheable, they need to declare the capability that allows the build system to handle the task in a cacheable way. This capability can be reported by overriding the appropriate function of TaskFactory. See Task capabilities.
Tasks which want to be cacheable are recommended to adhere to the following restrictions:
 - The task identifier for the task should have a stable hashCode. This means that the task identifier should return the same hash code for the same objects between different executions of the Java process. This usually requires that the task identifier doesn't derive its hash code from the identity hash code, class hash code, or in any way runtime dependent values. With that in mind, enums cannot be used as task identifiers, because their hash code is not stable.
 - The task cannot wait on the result of another task, but it can only retrieve its finished results. This means that the task may only use the finished result retrieval methods of other tasks. This requirement is aligned with the computation token usage.
The above restrictions are not hard restrictions, meaning that in case of their violation, the build runtime will not throw an exception, but just ignore the task instance for possible build cache usage.
The above restrictions are required in order to provide an efficient and sane implementation for the build system, and may be lifted in the future, but task implementations should align their behaviour with these in place nonetheless.
As a general rule of thumb, only tasks should report this capability which do more work than the time it takes to retrieve their results from a network cache. That is, the time the task computation takes should outweight the network communication times.


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The Keglacian culture thrived in the mountainous regions of Jorvyll north of the Evesque Valley. Their skill in stone working and stonemasonry was most likely put to use in the building of the Baleman. The majority of the Keglacians fled South to the Valley in the wake of the Earthquake of Fluyr in -75 EC.
With them they brought their songs, epic poetry, and sports including hoopkah. While much of the poems and old songs of the Keglacians have melted into the collective culture, hoopkah has made a distinctive mark and is becoming more popular with every passing year.
Variations of this Keglacian sport are also known as choopkah (team play) or hoopspootch (a simplified version for children). Professional hoopkah teams wherein a Hive-Coach and his four or five player team compete in a series of matches against local rival teams are popular events often drawing huge crowds of common folk who treat such matches as huge social gatherings complete with food and drinks.
While the stonemason origins of the Keglacians are now mostly destroyed, it would seem that this simple pastime will remain their gift to world culture.
--Dr. H.L. Ackroyd 18:57, 27 Nov 2004 (EST)


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He may look like a pretty butterfly, but this winged creature is actually a day-flying, evil-eradicating, heroic moth.
The Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae) is a member of the Arctiidae (Tiger Moth) family — originally found only in Europe and western and central Asia — and is a relatively new resident to our area.
Initially introduced to Washington state in 1960, the Cinnabar Moth is part of a concerted effort to control the invasive poisonous plant — tansy ragwort — and all without the use of herbicides.
This is the time of year when you may see a Cinnabar Moth flitting through the wild grasses and plants in your neighborhood.
The Evils of Tansy Ragwort
Tansy ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) is a wild growing weed with a pretty yellow flower that can used as a source of yellow dye. But whatever mildly beneficial qualities the ragwort possesses, the good qualities are far outweighed by its poisonous nature:
"All plant parts are toxic, with the highest amount of alkaloids in flowers then leaves, roots and stems. Toxic properties are a possible threat to humans through food chain contaminants." Source: Washington State Noxious Week Control Board
"Tansy ragwort is toxic, and can be lethal to cattle and horses … These toxic properties remain in cut plants found in hay. … Chronic, cumulative poisoning, and irreversible liver damage, including cirrhosis of the liver are the results of ragwort poisoning." Source: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. 2006. South Puget Sound Wildlife Area Management Plan. Wildlife Management Program, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia. 67 pp.
Tansy ragwort flowers throughout the summer and grows on roadsides, in pastures, fields and cleared forested areas, at low and mid elevations. Ragwort contains many different alkaloids, making it poisonous to most creatures — but the Cinnabar Moth thrives on the invasive weed.
Both larvae and mature moths feed on tansy plants. The adult moths consume the nectar of the flowers, the larvae feast on the foliage and stems.
Meet the Hero
The larvae of the Cinnabar Moth can consume large amounts of the tansy ragwort alkaloids without a problem. In fact, the alkaloids are actually beneficial to the Cinnabar Moths, because as they absorb alkaloids, they also become a bitter bite in potential predators' mouths.
The bright colors of both the larvae (yellow and black) and the moths (red and black) serve as universally readable warning signs of their foul taste.
Cinnabar Moth larvae also eat other plants in the Senencio plant family, including groundsels, dusty miller, and butterweeds, but the tansy ragwort is its favorite food.
Life Cycle of the Cinnabar Moth
Adults moths emerge in late spring from overwintering pupae.
The Cinnabar Moth is brightly colored, day-flying moth. Their crimson hindwings are bordered with dusky black and their dark grey forewings have a red streak towards the front margin and two red spots on the outer edges
The female moth lays her eggs under the leaves at the base of the ragwort plant. Larvae hatch in about two weeks.
Their development takes about one month, after this, they pupate on the ground and remain in diapause (physicologically enforced dormancy) until the following spring.
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I have an NDSolve problem which is easy to solve numerically, given by
$$m y''(x)+\Xi(y(x)) = -mg, \quad y(0)=y_0, \quad y'(0)=v_0$$
where $\Xi(y(x))$ may be some non-linear function of $y(x)$.
However, now I want to add a parameter $\lambda$ which must be updated each time step. The equation becomes $$m y''(x)+\Xi(y(x),\lambda) = -mg, \quad y(0)=y_0, \quad y'(0)=v_0, \quad \lambda = \lambda_0$$ and $$\lambda^+ := \Xi(y(x), \lambda)$$ as an update rule.
I've tried multiple things:
 - Making $\lambda$ a function of $x$ and making it one of the dependent variables. However, I only have an update rule and not a differential relation for $\lambda$.
 - Using a StepMonitor to update $\lambda$ to a new value, each time step. This works perfectly (as far as I can see), however the differential equation given as a parameter to NDSolve is not evaluated which keeps the inital value of $\lambda$.
 - The DiscreteVariables option which should allow updating a parameter. However, I see no differences in the solution or the solving process.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Code which works:
Module[{\[CapitalXi], c = 10, m = 1, g = 10, y0 = 10, v0 = 0, T = 10},
 \[CapitalXi][y_] := -c Piecewise[{{0, -y < 0}, {-y, -y >= 0}}];
 With[{sol =
 NDSolveValue[{m y''[t] + \[CapitalXi][y[t]] == -m g, y[0] == y0,
 y'[0] == v0}, y[t], {t, 0, T}]},
 Plot[sol, {t, 0, T}]]
 ]
Code which does not work because the equation is not evaluated again:
Module[{\[CapitalXi], p = 10, m = 1, g = 10, y0 = 10, v0 = 0,
 T = 10, \[Lambda] = -1},
 \[CapitalXi][y_, \[Lambda]_] :=
 With[{s = 1, \[Beta] = .5},
 Piecewise[{{\[Lambda] 1/(s + p y),
 y >= -((s \[Beta])/p)}, {\[Lambda] (s - p y - 2 s \[Beta]) /(
 s^2 (-1 + \[Beta])^2), y < -((s \[Beta])/p)}}]];
 With[{sol =
 NDSolveValue[{m y''[t] + \[CapitalXi][y[t], \[Lambda]] == -m g,
 y[0] == y0,
 y'[0] == v0
 }, y[t], {t, 0, T},
 StepMonitor :> (\[Lambda] = \[CapitalXi][y[t], \[Lambda]])]},
 Plot[sol, {t, 0, T}]
 ]
 ]
For completeness, an example of $\Xi(y(x), \lambda)$ may be $$\begin{cases} \frac{\lambda }{p y(x)+s} & y(x)\geq -\frac{\beta s}{p} \\ \frac{\lambda (-p y(x)-2 \beta s+s)}{(\beta -1)^2 s^2} & y(x)<-\frac{\beta s}{p} \\ \end{cases}.$$
You may assume $p \approx 10$ (but may be increased), $s=1$, $\beta \in (0,1)$ (usually something like $0.5$. The value of $\lambda$ is negative, and $\lambda_0=-1$ is usual.
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 - $\begingroup$ What values would you like for your constants? $\endgroup$ – bbgodfrey Oct 17 '17 at 2:24
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 $\begingroup$ Try treating as a differential-algebraic equation, where [Lambda][x] is a second variable. $\endgroup$ – bbgodfrey Oct 17 '17 at 4:08
 - $\begingroup$ @bbgodfrey Good point. You may assume $p \approx 10$ (but may be increased), $s=1$, $\beta \in (0,1)$ (usually something like $0.5$. The value of $\lambda$ is negative, and $\lambda_0=-1$ is usual. How would treating the problem as a DAE help? AFAIK this does not let me define an update rule for $\lambda$ instead of a differential relation. $\endgroup$ – Hidde Oct 17 '17 at 7:24
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 $\begingroup$ In my experience, readers expect that questions be expressed in syntactically correct Mathematica code. In your case, the code immediately following "Code that works" should include expressions for Ξ and the constants, all in Mathematica form. I also recommend that you copy the code from your notebook rather than typing it into the question to avoid typographical errors. $\endgroup$ – bbgodfrey Oct 17 '17 at 13:34
 - $\begingroup$ OK, I've added the working code for both situations, with and without the $\lambda$. Both situations evaluate without problems, but the second instance only uses the initial value of $\lambda$ instead of the updated value because of the StepMonitor. Thanks for your considerations. $\endgroup$ – Hidde Oct 18 '17 at 8:30
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λ can be reset not at every time step but very often by treating it as a discrete variable and updating it periodically with WhenEvent.
Clear[λ]
p = 10; m = 1; g = 10; y0 = 10; v0 = 0; T = 10; s = 1; β = .5;
Ξ[y_, λ_] := Piecewise[{{λ 1/(s + p y), y >= -((s β)/p)},
 {λ (s - p y - 2 s β)/(s^2 (-1 + β)^2), y < -((s β)/p)}}]
sol = NDSolveValue[{m y''[t] + Ξ[y[t], λ[t]] == -m g, y[0] == y0, y'[0] == v0, λ[0] == -1,
 WhenEvent[Mod[t, .1] == 0, λ[t] -> Ξ[y[t], λ[t]]]}, {y[t], λ[t]}, {t, 0, T},
 DiscreteVariables -> {λ}, MaxStepSize -> 0.01];
Plot[First@sol, {t, 0, T}, AxesLabel -> {t, y},
 LabelStyle -> Directive[Black, Bold, Medium], ImageSize -> Large]
Plot[Last@sol, {t, 0, T}, PlotRange -> {-.1, .1}, AxesLabel -> {t, λ},
 LabelStyle -> Directive[Black, Bold, Medium], ImageSize -> Large]
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To understand the behavior of λ[t], it may be helpful to plot Ξ[y, λ], which is the reset value of λ.
Plot3D[Ξ[y, λ], {y, -1, 1}, {λ, -1, 1}, AxesLabel -> {y, λ}, PlotRange -> All,
 LabelStyle -> Directive[Black, Bold, Medium],ImageSize -> Large]
enter image description here
When y > -(s β)/p, here equal to -0.05, λ shrinks in size by a few orders of magnitude for each reset. For instance, the first reset of the computation,
Ξ[y0, -1]
(* -(1/101) *)
abruptly reduces λ from -1 to -1/101. On the other hand, when y < -(


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Our question this week was: Why do some puppies have their tails cut off
Tail docking is the surgical removal of part of the tail. This procedure is most often performed in healthy puppies
between 2 to 5 days of age.
A similar procedure may be performed in older pets, but this is considered a tail amputation, not a tail dock.
Tail docking is most often performed in puppies to prevent tail damage in certain breeds, for hygiene reasons and to comply with specific breed standards.
Here is an article that gives more information on how it is done: Tail docking
. Our question this week came from Lyndl U., from Seattle, Washington.
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e Post Office - eMO FAQ
1. What is eMO?
eMO is a web based rapid money transfer service offered by India Post between two individuals within India.
2. How fast is the money transfer?
Money booked through eMO can be disbursed within 24 hours.
3. How much money can be sent through eMO?
A minimum of Rs.1/- and a maximum of Rs. 5000./- can be sent through eMO.
4. Is the money paid in cash?
Receiver can receive the payment in cash upto Rs. 5000/-.
5. How is money sent through eMO?
Money can be sent from any eMO center. A simple "To Remit Payment" form is to be filled up and submitted along with the remittance amount and commission at the eMO counter. A printed receipt is issued to the remitter. If the money is being sent through the e Post Office, then the remitter is to go online, register the account and fill in the online booking form. After the online booking form is completed the customer should press submit and this will take him then to the payment gateway site where online payment will be processed. Thereafter the receipt will be generated and the reference number on the receipt can be used for further correspondence if required.
6. How does the payee collect money?
The payee can receive money at home. Therefore Pincode of the delivery address is essential.
7. What can be presented as proof of identity by the remittee?
The payee can prove his /her identity by presenting any of the following photo-identity documents:
(a) Voter's I-Card
(b) PAN Card
(c) Ration Card with photo of receiver
(d) Post Office Identity Card
(e) Driving License
(f) Passport
(g) Approved/Recognized Central Government/ State Government/ PSU/Office/College/University ID Card
8. Is eMO expensive?
eMO tariff has been kept same as that of ordinary MO though electronic transmission has been introduced..
9. Can message be sent along with money through eMO?
Yes, along with money you can also send a message. Choose any one from a list of standardized messages and it will be delivered along with the money at no extra cost.
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How Do I Transfer My IBAN Number?
What can I use instead of IBAN?
Banks in the United States don't use IBAN codes to identify specific banks or account numbers.
We instead use SWIFT codes and routing numbers..
Is Iban enough for transfer?
How many digits is an Iban?
What is my IBAN account number?
You can find your International Bank Account Number (IBAN) and Bank Identifier Code (BIC or SWIFT) on your paper statement or by logging in to Online Banking. To find your IBAN or BIC number online: Log in to Online Banking at
Is it safe to give IBAN number?
Giving out IBAN (and BIC) is completely safe, and it is done routinely in at least the EU whenever transferring money to e.g. buy stuff from strangers. People can deposit money there without your approval, but they can never withdraw anything.
How do I transfer an IBAN number?
the recipient's full name and address. the recipient's IBAN (International Bank Account Number) or account number. the name and address of the recipient's bank – including the BIC* (Banking Identifier Code) / SWIFT code / clearing code. the amount you want to transfer.
Can I use swift code instead of IBAN?
International Bank Account Number (IBAN) vs. Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) Code: An Overview. … A SWIFT code is used to identify a specific bank during an international transaction, whereas an IBAN is used to identify an individual account involved in the international transaction.
What is an IBAN number for wire transfers?
IBAN stands for International Bank Account Number. It's an internationally-agreed code made up of up to 34 letters and numbers that helps banks to process transfers around the world. Each set of characters represents a different detail for your bank account.
Can swift payments reversed?
Can I use IBAN instead of account number?
An IBAN, or international bank account number, is a standard international numbering system developed to identify an overseas bank account. … However, an IBAN does not replace a bank's own account number, as it's only meant to provide additional information that helps in identifying overseas payments.
Which countries use IBAN?
Is IBAN the same as Clabe?
An Internationa Bank Account Number (IBAN) is a series of alphanumeric characters that uniquely identifies an account held predominantly by banks in Eurozone countries. Clave Bancaria Esandarizada (CLABE) is a standard 18-digit number for bank accounts in Mexico.
How do I get an IBAN number?
What happens if you use the wrong IBAN number?
Do all accounts have an IBAN number?
IBANs are written using a standard format across all of the countries that use them. They contain all of the information needed to locate one specific bank account from the millions of accounts held throughout Europe. Have a look at this IBAN example to see how your own international bank account number is constructed.
What will happens if swift code is wrong?
What is an IBAN code for a bank?
International Bank Account NumberIBAN stands for International Bank Account Number, which you can use when making or receiving international payments. Your IBAN doesn't replace your sort code & account number ─ it's an additional number with extra information to help overseas banks identify your account for payments.


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Every Halloween, Christians struggle with whether or not to participate in the cultural holiday fun, and if so, how to do so in a meaningful way. Some Christians end up choosing between giving out candy or giving out tracts. Obviously, the kids love getting candy. Realistically, they aren't very excited about being handed a paper tract.
But what if you could do both?
Well, now you can! Let The Little Children Come has developed special Halloween tracts so you don't have to choose. Designed to contain children's favorite candies, this pumpkin shaped Box-Tract opens up to reveal the Gospel message.
Now you can give out more than just candy with these Halloween tracts.While the fun pumpkin shaped Box-Tract is designed to contain children's favorite candies, more importantly, the pumpkin opens up to answer the question printed on the outside, "Is There Anything Better Than Candy?"
Yes, there is something much, much better than candy. It's being God's friend!
These Halloween Box-tracts have been pre-cut and are extremely easy to assemble.
Simply detach the pre-cut box from the sheet and follow instructions below.
Let The Little Children Come is a ministry that aims to provide effective child evangelism tools and resources, equipping parents, church leaders and teachers with tools and resources that help to convey the powerful Gospel message to children.
Like these Halloween tracts, their child evangelism tools are more than just simple children's tracts. Each resource is designed to capture and hold the attention of children, while not distracting them from the core message of salvation through Jesus Christ.
Having said that, the fact remains that any gospel presentation tool is useless without the empowerment of the Holy Spirit. As you evangelize to children with these or any tool, they encourage you to commit your efforts to God.
Users of the Halloween tracts, like Bethany, have shared testimonials that include, "We used these Halloween tracts in our children's ministry to teach children how to share the Gospel. These are very colorful, kid-friendly, easy to put together, and a really great tool for teaching kids the Gospel and how to share the Gospel with others!"
Angela Rene Sisk shared, "I used these little tracts at our Trunks of Blessings at church this past Halloween. I put a box of Lemon Heads in each one. The kids liked them, and I am sure the parents looked at them when the children opened them up and asked mom or dad what they said. I'd definitely recommend these to use Halloween!!"
To find out more about these Halloween tracts, and the many other evangelism resources available, visit Let The Little Children Come.


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Marion Stoddart: The Work of 1000
30 minutes / All ages / 2010 / United States of America / Average:
The inspirational story of environmentalist Marion Stoddart, as she eschewed her future as a suburban housewife and mobilized a community to save New Hampshire's polluted Nashua river, proving that an "ordinary" person can accomplish extraordinary things.
In the 1960s, the Nashua River in New Hampshire and central Massachusetts was one of the 10 most polluted in the country, clogged with multicolored, toxic sludge from nearby paper mills.
Around that time, housewife Marion Stoddart moved to the area with her family, so close to the river they could smell its noxious fumes. At a low point in her life, she decided to fight her own emptiness by taking on the biggest challenge she could find - cleaning up the Nashua. Her dramatic success in mobilizing the community showed people that change was possible, even though they'd lost hope.
Marion's efforts helped get the Massachusetts Clean Rivers Act passed so that companies weren't allowed to pollute rivers like the Nashua anymore. In the process, she won a United Nations award, was profiled in National Geographic, and had a widely-read children's book written about her. Her secret? An ordinary person can do extraordinary things when they refuse to give up.
Thanks to Marion, children in the Nashua River Watershed and around the world have come to understand that one person can make a difference, even when the odds seem impossible.


38th Universal Periodic Review of human rights UK statement on Estonia
The United Kingdom commends Estonia's commitment to protecting human rights domestically and internationally, and welcomes the decision to withdraw the planned referendum on the definition of marriage.
The UK strongly welcomes Estonia's commitment to media freedom, and we look forward to collaborating closely ahead of the third Global Conference on Media Freedom. We are also pleased to see the continued strengthening of the Chancellor of Justice's powers to act as and fulfil the functions of a National Human Rights Institution. This is a crucial step and brings Estonia in line with international human rights norms.
We recommend Estonia:
 1. Plan to tackle potential resurgence of modern slavery routes transiting Estonia as external borders reopen and ensure a victim-focused response;
 2. Ensure an open, merit-based process when selecting national candidates for UN Treaty Body elections;
 3. Pass legislation to bring the Registered Partnership Act into force and ensure its full implementation.
Thank you.


Routing a Cable
This task shows you how to route a cable from a cable reference catalog.
Enabling dynamic connectors in a component allows for automatic creation of connectors during the design process.
 1. Click the Route Cable button .
 The Catalog Browser displays.
 If necessary, navigate to select the catalog the Browse another catalog button .
 (The path for this catalog is: Doc\online\eldug_C2\samples\ElecCables.catalog)
 2. Double-click to open a family.
 3. Double-click to select the cable reference you want to route.
 The Route Cable window opens:
 Note that you can choose between different route modes:
 - Horizontal/Vertical
 - Horizontal/Vertical/45 degrees
 - Point-to-point
 - Single step.
 To know more about routing mode, refer to Basic Tasks.
 Keep the first one in this case.
 4. Begin routing: click a connector, for example the motor wide pin.
 5. To end routing, click the next component wide pin.
 At the end, the result looks like this:
 The specification tree is updated with the three cable segments PWC3.1, PWC3.2, PWC3.3.


Environment setup and the Derby tools
ij, sysinfo, and dblook are tools that can be used in an embedded or a client/server environment. The import and export utilities and database class loading utilities are database-side utilities, which means that they run in the same JVM as Derby (e.g. on the Server). This means when used in a client/server environment all files imported, exported, or loaded must be local to the Server machine.


text: Bedrock erosion in rivers sets the pace of landscape evolution, influences the evolution of orogens and determines the size, shape and relief of mountains1, 2. A variety of models link fluid flow and sediment transport processes to bedrock incision in canyons. The model components that represent sediment transport processes are increasingly well developed3, 4, 5. In contrast, the model components being used to represent fluid flow are largely untested because there are no observations of the flow structure in bedrock canyons. Here we present a 524-kilometre, continuous centreline, acoustic Doppler current profiler survey of the Fraser Canyon in western Canada, which includes 42 individual bedrock canyons. Our observations of three-dimensional flow structure reveal that, as water enters the canyons, a high-velocity core follows the bed surface, causing a velocity inversion (high velocities near the bed and low velocities at the surface). The plunging water then upwells along the canyon walls, resulting in counter-rotating, along-stream coherent flow structures that diverge near the bed. The resulting flow structure promotes deep scour in the bedrock channel floor and undercutting of the canyon walls. This provides a mechanism for channel widening and ensures that the base of the walls is swept clear of the debris that is often deposited there, keeping the walls nearly vertical. These observations reveal that the flow structure in bedrock canyons is more complex than assumed in the models presently used. Fluid flow models that capture the essence of the three-dimensional flow field, using simple phenomenological rules that are computationally tractable, are required to capture the dynamic coupling between flow, bedrock erosion and solid-Earth dynamics.


text: This paper proposes Series Input Parallel Output (SIPO) interleaved Active Clump Forward (ACF) converter with novel integrated magnetic components that may achieve high power density. The proposed converter consists of two ACF converters in SIPO connection to share the input voltage and output current. The natural magnetizing reset can be realized by the active clump circuit. The SIPO connection distributes the voltage stress of the primary side switches and the thermal stress of the output rectifiers and filters. The interleaved PWM operation also diminishes the current ripple in the output capacitor to reduce the size the output filter. In addition, the integrated magnetic components are used for inductors and transformers in the proposed converter to realize size-reduction of the magnetic components. Therefore, this converter is suitable for high input voltage and high output current applications such as dc-dc converters EVs and HEVs. In this paper, the operation principle and the theoretical analysis for the proposed integrated magnetic components are presented. Following we use core models for the integrated magnetic components, and the superiority of them in term of reducing the size and losses in the magnetic components is demonstrated clearly through comparison with a conventional single ACF converter and an conventional SIPO interleaved ACF converter. As a result, it is cleared that the proposed converter is effective for size-reduction and low-losses of the magnetic components under the same conditions. To verify the theoretical results, the experiments using a 500 W output prototype are conducted.


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Chapter 5-Statistical Treatment of Data, Data Interpretation, and Reliability
Pages: 6 Published: Jan 2005
MOST PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL measurements, performed under nominally identical conditions, yield differing data. The results of corrosion tests are no exception. Sometimes the difference between values is less than the measurement accuracy and cannot be detected. At other times the difference approaches the magnitude of the values. Unfortunately, corrosion test data tend to be in the latter category more often than in the former.
Paper ID: MNL11011M
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Bright, John, _PHONE_
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Collected correspondence of John Bright, a British Quaker. He was a Radical and Liberal statesman, a promoter of free trade policies, and one of the greatest orators of his generation. The collection contains about 200 letters.
Letters of English Friends containing information on Quaker history as well as religious and cultural activities. The collection also includes letters relating to the activities of early Friends.


How to Hold Focus Mitts & Pads: Top Tips
There's no denying that focus mitts are an essential part of any fighters training regime.
The only issue is, they require someone else to hold them.
Not only that, the person holding the mitts needs to have a good knowledge of different combinations and where they should be holding the mitts for each combo.
A good focus mitt session is only as good as the person holding the mitts, and with that in mind, we've put together this guide o how to hold focus mitts.
We're going to cover some tips you can implement into your training, go over some useful combinations and share some valuable resources as well.
Let's get to it.
Benefits of Focus Mitts
Before we get into our top tips, let's first analyse the benefits that using focus mitts has to offer.
Work on Distance & Timing
Focus mitt work allows the person training to work on their distance and timing, which can't really be done on equipment such as a heavy bag.
By using focus mitts, you're much able to somewhat simulate a fight scenario, where the person training must move around, gage the distance and react to the pad mans commands.
Train Both Offensive & Defensive Technique
One of the main benefits of focus mitt's is how they allow the fighter to train both their offensive and defensive game. They can practice throwing a combination, slipping a counter and returning with another combination.
This can't really be done with any other equipment, especially to this sort of level.
Practice Movement
Focus mitt work allows the person training to practice working different angles, get comfortable coming in and out of range and develop their footwork.
With the exception of sparring, very few other training exercises provide such a well rounded practice, especially where movement is concerned.
Simulate a Fight, Round by Round
If a fighter is training for an upcoming fight, focus mitts can be a great way to keep their senses sharp, without having to spar.
You can even set the timer to however many rounds their upcoming fight is, and work the pads for that amount of time. This way, they'll be able to develop their endurance so that they can maintain a certain level of output throughout their fight.
How to Hold Focus Mitts: Top Tips
Right, let's dive into some of our top tips for holding focus mitts.
Also, if you haven't already got yourself a decent pair, head over and check out our guide on the best focus mitts for some fantastic options.
Tip 1: Positioning
First things first, is for the pad man (or women) to have their positioning correct - both in terms of how they're stood and where they're holding the mitts.
I've seen a lot of people in the gym holding the mitts way too far out to the side. As a general rule of thumb, keep your elbows close to your body. If you're holding the mitts out like chicken wings, bring them elbows in much, much closer.
Tip 2: Arm & Wrist Tension
When you're holding the mitts for the person training, make sure to keep your arm and wrist somewhat tensed. You don't want your wrist to be snapping back every time the person hits the mitt. Keep your wrists and elbows firm throughout the exercise.
Tip 3: Hand Movement
In terms of hand movement, it's important to find the right balance. You don't want to keep your hands raised and still the whole time, nor do you want to be overly swinging the mitts towards the persons glove.
Lightly bring the mitt towards the persons gloves - don't extend too far though, as you want the person training to practice finding the correct distance and find the pad themselves (move the pad around an inch or two).
Similarly, don't keep your hands raised the entire time like a tree. Instead, drop your hands to your waist in between each combination. This way, the person training has to react to your movement.
Tip 4: Remind Them to Keep Their Hands Raised
The whole point of pad work is to help keep the fighter sharp, fast and maintaining their technique. As such, it's your duty as the pad man to prevent them from picking up any bad habits and keep their technique in shape.
For example, if the person training is dropping their hands, make sure you let them know. Throw a cheeky jab to their head (lightly), just to let them know if this was a real opponent, they'd have been hit.
Tip 5: Don't Always Call Out the Combinations
You can also do something that's known as target practice. This is where you don't call out the combinations, just put the mitts up and let the fighter react to what they see.
This can help to get them used to throwing strikes and combinations out of instinct, as opposed to being told what to do. I would do this alongside regular pad work, maybe for the last round, once they've found their rhythm and have an idea what sort of combinations are going to be coming.
Tip 6: Remember to Move Around
If you've got space, use it.
A real fight isn't going to consist of two fighters planting their feet and banging it out (well it's unlikely). Remember to circle around the person training, so that they have to follow you in order to stay in front and land their combinations.
What's more, this movement will allow them to practice working different angles, and using their footwork to stay in range.
Tip 7: Increase Speed
As your training partner is starting to land the combinations comfortably, start to pick up the pace.
This in turn will help to improve their hand speed as well as their endurance.
Tip 8: Throw Your Own Strikes
In an actual boxing match, or any combat sports match for that matter, the person opposite you is going to be fighting back.
With that in mind, you as the pad holder should throw some of your own strikes into the mix, forcing the person training to slip or roll out of the way.
You can work these nice into the combinations, for example jab, cross, hook, slip, jab, cross, hook.
Example Combinations
If you're finding it hard to know which combination to call out, the below video is a fantastic example.
I absolutely love this video from precision boxing, as it literally shows you how to hold the pads for different combinations.
It also starts off nice and simple, then starts to incorporate some more advanced combinations as the video progresses.
Check it out below.
Final Thoughts
Thanks for taking the time to read our guide on how to hold focus mitts.
If you've got any questions, or even any of your own tips, leave a comment down below.
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Campbellsville Middle School shared their 6th Social Studies curriculum map and the description below.
Campbellsville Middle School6th Grade Social Studies
Based on CATS information and other assessment data, we identified gaps in our curriculum. Teachers independently identified taught curriculum then worked in groups to assess grade level curriculum. Next, all subject area teachers in one school met to finalize curriculum. The next step will be to work district wide. We will do this on PD days and early release days. We will be continuing these steps in other subjects during 2004-2005. This is a never-ending process. It will need to be modified each year as we learn about mistakes and successes.
For more information about this map, please contact Beverly Ennis at Campbellsville Independent Schools.Campbellsville Middle School
Grade Level: 6th Grade Social Studies
Created: 2004Note: If you'd like to use this map or amend it to suit your needs, please check below for a handy Microsoft Word version. Just click on the Word icon to open it on your computer, then choose Word's Save As command to save it locally.CM Campbellsville 6th Gr SS.doc


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Fluid mixing in growing microscale vesicles conjugated by surfactant nanotubes
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2005
This work addresses novel means for controlled mixing and reaction initiation in biomimetic confined compartments having volume elements in the range of 10-12 to 10-15 L. The method is based on mixing fluids using a two-site injection scheme into growing surfactant vesicles. A solid-state injection needle is inserted into a micrometer-sized vesicle (radius 5-25 μm), and by pulling on the needle, we create a nanoscale surfactant channel connecting injection needle and the vesicle. Injection of a solvent A from the needle into the nanotube results in the formation of a growing daughter vesicle at the tip of the needle in which mixing takes place. The growth of the daughter vesicle requires a flow of surfactants in the nanotube that generates a flow of solvent B inside the nanotube which is counterdirectional to the pressure-injected solvent. The volume ratio ψ between solvent A and B inside the mixing vesicle was analyzed and found to depend only on geometrical quantities. The majority of fluid injected to the growing daughter vesicle comes from the pressure-based injection, and for a micrometer-sized vesicle it dominates. For the formation of one daughter vesicle (conjugated with a 100-nm radius tube) expanded from 1 to 200 μm in radius, the mixing ratios cover almost 3 orders of magnitude. We show that the system can be expanded to linear strings of nanotube-conjugated vesicles that display exponential dilution. Mixing ratios spanning 6 orders of magnitude were obtained in strings of three nanotube-conjugated micrometer-sized daughter vesicles.


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Charles Benedict Calvert Resource Guide
Providing a closer look at the University of Maryland's founder, Charles Benedict Calvert.
This resource guide identifies known primary sources of information about Calvert - including university records and publications, government documents, farm journals, newspapers, and manuscripts, with a particular emphasis on materials available at the University of Maryland campus.
Biography of Charles Benedict Calvert
Timeline of Charles Benedict Calvert's life
Resources about Charles Benedict Calvert
Additional primary source material may be available in papers of other significant figures of the day with whom he corresponded, and more accounts of his activities may be documented in the large selection of Maryland and Washington, D. C., newspapers.
Learn more about this project.
Comments, corrections, and suggestions for additional entries are welcome. Email them to Anne Turkos, University Archivist.


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Added modules that allows logos (i.e. access logo) to be inserted together with the rendered object. An example on how to use the 'Logo' class has also been provided.
1 """
2 @author: John NGUI
3 """
4
5 import vtk
6 from mapper import ImageMapper
7 from imagereslice import ImageReslice
8 from actor import Actor2D
9 from constant import Viewport
10
11 # NOTE: ImageMapper, ImageReslice and Actor2D were inherited to allow access
12 # to their public methods from the driver.
13 class Logo(ImageMapper, ImageReslice, Actor2D):
14 """
15 Class that displays an image which can be scaled (upwards and downwards).
16 The image can also be translated and rotated along the X, Y and Z axes.
17
18 @bug: Translating an image works differently (opposite) compared to
19 translating a plane. For example, a positive translation along the
20 z-axis moves a plane up. However, if the identical translation is applied on
21 an image, the image moves down.
22 """
23
24 # The SOUTH_WEST default viewport is used when there is only one viewport.
25 # This saves the user from specifying the viewport when there is only one.
26 def __init__(self, scene, image_reader, viewport = Viewport.SOUTH_WEST):
27 """
28 @type scene: L{Scene <scene.Scene>} object
29 @param scene: Scene in which objects are to be rendered on
30 @type image_reader: L{ImageReader <imagereader.ImageReader>}
31 object
32 @param image_reader: Deal with source of image for vizualisation
33 @type viewport: L{Viewport <constant.Viewport>} constant
34 @param viewport: Viewport in which objects are to be rendered on
35 """
36
37 # ----- Image -----
38
39 ImageReslice.__init__(self, image_reader._getOutput())
40 ImageMapper.__init__(self, ImageReslice._getOutput(self))
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42 Actor2D.__init__(self, ImageMapper._getImageMapper(self))
43 scene._addActor2D(viewport, Actor2D._getActor2D(self))
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Similar Questions with Answers
Question: Can we eat kismis daily?how many can we eat?Is it good?
Answer: Congratulations for pregnancy sure u can take kishmish its safe uncan take handful raisens its safe.raisins provide a rich source of fibre. They are extremely easy to digest and help control your digestive tract at all times. Fibre is an essential aspect of any diet but it becomes twice as important when you are pregnant.... Hormonal imbalances cause numerous digestive issues, and raisins help regulate these.
Question: can I eat dates is it safe
Answer: Yes dear, dates are safe in pregnancy.it is rich in iron, helps to maintain your iron levels and prevents anemia in pregnancy.but better to have in moderate consumption.please avoid if you are diabetic.take care
Question: This is my 9th week can I eat nuts
Answer: Yes dear plants are absolutely safe to consume during pregnancy even it is good to have a handful of nuts in your daily diet. Almonds and walnuts you should eat on daily basis.


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Paul Ysart never made editions. Each paperweight was individual in respect of the canes and lampwork although the same overall pattern was used many times.
There were catalogue names for the 1970s items (Harland / Paul Ysart Paper Weights & Highland Paper Weights). However, the only details I know of are those shown in the Ysart Glass book as reproductions of a 1975 catalogue. This showed that the names were basic and essentially described the design as seen, such as:
- "Dark Butterfly" for one like yours, with a spaced garland of canes around a lampwork butterfly set on a plain dark blue ground.
- "Flower Latticnio" which was similar to yours but had an alternating colour and white twist setup rather than two forms fo white twists.
- "Heart", for the basic heart pattern weight just like yours.
At first sight, some folk might say the Heart wieght in the catalogue is exactly the same as yours, including the canes. But yours has fourteen canes making up the heart, whereas the catalogue image shows one with eighteen canes and these are of a different structure and colour to yours. It was that sort of difference that made Paul Ysart weights individual.
What are the sizes of the weights (diameter and height)? Generally, a 3inch diameter weight will have a higher value than, say, a 2 5/8 inch or a 2 3/4 inch one. But some designs (like a flower or butterfly in stave basket) will often have a higher market value than a more basic pattern, even if it is a slightly smaller weight.
Simone may well be right about the general market price, but personally I would be happy to pay more for a "flower latticinio" than a "heart" or "dark butterfly" weight


text: rombosis, Tumor Introduction Systemic tumor and ischemic heart stroke are common circumstances and two of the very most regular causes of loss of life among older people. The steadily raising number of seniors in the globe is predicted to bring about a rise of new tumor cases. Furthermore, improvements in treatment practice (tumor medicine) have the to improve success, and the real amount of people coping with cancer is likely to rise. Despite gathered understanding for the association between tumor and heart stroke, the underlying mechanisms (both molecular and macroscopic) and appropriate therapeutic strategies remain unclear. The purpose of this review is to discuss the possibility of cancer-related stroke as a stroke subtype, and to present the most recent discoveries in the pathomechanisms and treatment of stroke due to cancer-related coagulopathy. Recently emerging data linking cancer to ischemic stroke are discussed, together with current knowledge gaps and potential research strategies to address them. We did not discuss individual shared risk factors and characteristics of stroke in cancer patients with stroke in depth, since these topics have been reviewed elsewhere. Cancer-related stroke: an emerging subtype of ischemic stroke Stroke has many etiologies. Some etiologies are frequent and potent, while others are less frequent but potent, or frequent but less potent. Most etiological classifications divide stroke patients into four groups, atherosclerotic, cardioembolism, small vessel disease, and other etiologies, as these are frequent and potent etiologies [2-4]. To be a stroke subtype, the etiology should have the following features. First, the etiology GSK2126458 inhibition is strongly associated with GSK2126458 inhibition ischemic stroke. Second, the etiology is relatively common in stroke patients. In the North Dublin population stroke study, the proportions of atherosclerotic, cardioembolic, and small vessel-origin were 9% to 12.9%, 33% to 36.5%, and 10% to 18.4%, respectively. Third, stroke mechanisms in patients with one etiology differ from those with other etiologies. Lastly, there are unique therapeutic strategies for the stroke etiology. Cerebrovascular disease happens in tumor individuals, as well as the association between tumor and heart stroke continues to be reported world-wide. Nationwide research in European countries [6,7], Asia [8,9], and USA [10,11] demonstrated that the chance of ischemic heart stroke increased through the first couple of months (up to at least one 12 months) after tumor analysis. A recent huge population study demonstrated that increased GSK2126458 inhibition threat of arterial thromboembolic occasions begins 5 weeks before tumor can be officially diagnosed and peaks one month before the analysis. It's been approximated that one in seven to eight individuals with ischemic heart stroke possess a known or concealed cancer, which in 40% of these, cancer-related coagulopathy may be the system of heart MAP2K7 stroke (Shape 1) [13-15]. Among individuals with ischemic stroke, 10% got known tumor and GSK2126458 inhibition yet another 3% had concealed cancers. Nationwide inpatient data in america demonstrated that about one in 10 hospitalized ischemic heart stroke patients offers comorbid tumor, and there is a substantial reduction in ischemic heart stroke hospitalization in the cancer-negative group, but a reliable upsurge in ischemic heart stroke hospitalization having a cancer analysis. Among heart stroke patients without tumor, hidden cancers was diagnosed during follow-up after severe ischemic heart stroke in 2.8% (20.4% in embolic stroke of unknown resources [ESUS]) of Korean individuals, 2.1% (5.3%.


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Long Island City, New York: Kate Lacour at Book Culture LIC
August 15 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm PDT
Join us at Book Culture LIC on Thursday, August 15th at 6pm as we welcome Kate Lacour for the launch of her new book, Vivisectionary.
From "vivisection," the act of dissecting living specimens, and "bestiary," a compendium of real and mythical creatures. Kate Lacour's Vivisectionary is a series of visual sequential experiments in the physiological, the pathological, and the occult. A bizarre and mesmerizing investigation through the marvels of biology and myth to uncover the extraordinary in the ordinary, the magic in science, the sublime in the grotesque. Part art comic, part surrealist textbook, Vivisectionary is a delightfully grotesque mix of the mundane and the macabre.
What if lactating snakes gestated inside fetuses? What if factory-farmed pigs were bred as giant, insentient cubes? What if the human spine generated methamphetamine capsules? These single page sequential images illustrate these and many other marvelous, hideous, enigmatic physiological mysteries. Each comics sequence is stitched together (pun intended) by a narrative thread that forms a strange and mesmerizing voyage through the body.


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Honors | Scandalous Books (HON)
H303 | 15672 | Oana Panaite
Literary scandals have always revealed hidden issues within society,
which go beyond the realm of art and artistsí freedom of expression.
For centuries, books have been banned and burned in public squares,
writers have been publicly condemned as pornographers, traitors,
prosecuted in a court of law, and forced into exile because they
cast light on important aspects of public or private life such as
slavery, social injustice, political corruption, religious
extremism, poverty, and homosexuality.
The course offers a historical and critical perspective on this
still current topic. The course aims to offer students the skills
required for reading, understanding and enjoying literary texts
while placing them in the general context of their time period.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tomís Cabin
Charles Baudelaire, Flowers of Evil
Rachilde, Mister Venus
Henry Miller, The Tropic of Cancer
Assia Djebar, So Vast the Prison
The course final grade will be based on the following criteria:
Attendance and active participation
Exposť: This is a special exercise in which each student will
prepare and deliver a 10-minute individual oral presentation (on set
dates following the completion of primary readings). The exposťs
will be presented in pairs, as part of a series of debates around
topics decided together by students and professor. Each exposť will
be evaluated based on: 1. Relevance to the topic chosen; 2.
Originality and preparedness; 3. Clarity of delivery and
contribution to the debate on the chosen topic.


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lifex - heart module: a high-performance simulator for the cardiac function
Tuesday 11th January 2022
Africa, P.C.; Piersanti, R.; Fedele, M.; Dede', L.; Quarteroni, A.
Modeling the whole cardiac function involves several complex multi- physics and multi-scale phenomena that are highly computationally demanding, which makes calling for simpler yet accurate, high-performance computational tools still a paramount challenge to be addressed. Despite all the efforts made by several research groups worldwide, no software has progressed as a standard reference tool for whole-heart fully-coupled cardiac simulations in the scientific community yet. In this work we present the first publicly released package of the heart module of lifex, a high-performance solver for multi-physics and multi-scale problems, aimed at cardiac applications. The goal of lifex is twofold. On the one side, it aims at making in silico experiments easily reproducible and accessible to the wider public, targeting also users with a background in medicine or bioengineering, thanks to an extensive documentation and user guide. On the other hand, being conceived as an academic research library, lifex can be exploited by scientific computing experts to explore new modeling and numerical methodologies within a robust development framework. lifex has been developed with a modular structure and will be released bundled in different modules/packages. This initial release includes a generator for myocardial fibers based on Laplace-Dirichlet- Rule-Based-Methods (LDRBMs). This report comes with an extensive technical and mathematical documentation to welcome new users to the core structure of a prototypical lifex application and to provide them with a possible approach to include the generated cardiac fibers into more sophisticated computational pipelines.