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Rendering Transparent 3D Surfaces in WPF with C#
The primary problems that arise when rendering semi-transparent 3d objects in Windows Presentation Foundation have to do with false z-buffer occlusions. Specifically, when a transparent surface or polygon is rendered, it sets the z-buffer depth values to block objects that are behind it from being rendered, even though they should show through the transparent layer.
In WPF with C#, the z-buffer is not accessible. So, it can not be disabled during transparent rendering. Instead, we must render the transparent objects last so that they are layered over the rest of the scene and the objects behind them show through.
Below, I have a program for the single code file that I used to generate the spinning, transparent tetrahedron shown above. The C# project that I used is a simple Console Application project with the libraries PresentationCore, PresentationFramework, and WindowsBase references added to it as I showed in a prior post: Using WPF in a C# Console Application. The Main() function creates the Window for the program and calls TransparentScene() to do all of the rendering.
Inside the function TransparentScene(), I create the camera, the light, the animated rotation transformation, the tetrahedron geometry, and then use that geometry to specify three tetrahedrons. The first tetrahedron is called the Inner Tetrahedron because it is scaled to fit inside the others. The second tetrahedron is called the Outer Tetrahedron and is semi-transparent. The third tetrahedron is also part of the Outer Tetrahedron, but consists of the opaque back faces. Note that it only makes sense to render the back faces because the front faces are semi-transparent. Otherwise, the back would not be visible.
At the end the code, I use the following lines to add the tetrahedrons to the scene:
Notice that the transparent "Outer Geometry" layer is added last. This is necessary to avoid false occlusions.
For comparison, I have included the image below with four different arrangements. The first (top-left) shows the scene with the transparent outer layer added before the inner and after the back. The second (top-right) shows the transparent outer layer added before both the inner and the back layers. The third (bottom-left) shows the transparent layer added before the back and after the inner layer. The last (bottom-right) shows the scene with the transparent layer added last as it is in the code.
using System;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Media3D;
using System.Windows.Media.Animation;
namespace WpfTransparent {
 class Program {
 static void Main(string[] args) {
 Window qWindow = new Window();
 qWindow.Title = "Transparent Rendering";
 qWindow.Width = 400;
 qWindow.Height = 300;
 qWindow.Content = TransparentScene();
 static Viewport3D TransparentScene() {
 // Define the camera
 PerspectiveCamera qCamera = new PerspectiveCamera();
 qCamera.Position = new Point3D(0,.25, 2.25);
 qCamera.LookDirection = new Vector3D(0, -.05, -1);
 qCamera.UpDirection = new Vector3D(0, 1, 0);
 qCamera.FieldOfView = 60;
 // Define a lighting model
 DirectionalLight qLight = new DirectionalLight();
 qLight.Color = Colors.White;
 qLight.Direction = new Vector3D(-0.5, -0.25, -0.5);
 // Define the animated rotation transformation
 RotateTransform3D qRotation =
 DoubleAnimation qAnimation = new DoubleAnimation();
 qAnimation.From = 1;
 qAnimation.To = 361;
 qAnimation.Duration = new Duration(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(5000));
 qAnimation.RepeatBehavior = RepeatBehavior.Forever;
 qRotation.Rotation.BeginAnimation(AxisAngleRotation3D.AngleProperty, qAnimation);
 // Define the geometry
 const double kdSqrt2 = 1.4142135623730950488016887242097;
 const double kdSqrt6 = 2.4494897427831780981972840747059;
 // Create a collection of vertex positions
 Point3D[] qaV = new Point3D[4]{
 new Point3D(0.0, 1.0, 0.0),
 new Point3D(2.0 * kdSqrt2 / 3.0, -1.0 / 3.0, 0.0),
 new Point3D(-kdSqrt2 / 3.0, -1.0 / 3.0, -kdSqrt6 / 3.0),
 new Point3D(-kdSqrt2 / 3.0, -1.0 / 3.0, kdSqrt6 / 3.0)};
 Point3DCollection qPoints = new Point3DCollection();
 // Designate Vertices
 // My Scheme (0, 1, 2), (1, 0, 3), (2, 3, 0), (3, 2, 1)
 if ((i/3) % 2 == 0) {
 } else {
 // Designate Triangles
 Int32Collection qTriangles = new Int32Collection();
 Int32Collection qBackTriangles = new Int32Collection();
 // Designate Back Triangles in the opposite orientation
 qBackTriangles.Add(3 * (i / 3) + (2 * (i % 3) % 3));
 // Inner Tetrahedron: Define the mesh, material and transformation.
 MeshGeometry3D qFrontMesh = new MeshGeometry3D();
 qFrontMesh.Positions = qPoints;
 qFrontMesh.TriangleIndices = qTriangles;
 GeometryModel3D qInnerGeometry = new GeometryModel3D();
 qInnerGeometry.Geometry = qFrontMesh;
 // *** Material ***
 DiffuseMaterial qDiffGreen =
 new DiffuseMaterial(new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 0, 128, 0)));
 SpecularMaterial qSpecWhite = new
 SpecularMaterial(new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 255, 255)), 30.0);
 MaterialGroup qInnerMaterial = new MaterialGroup();
 qInnerGeometry.Material = qInnerMaterial;
 // *** Transformation ***
 ScaleTransform3D qScale = new ScaleTransform3D(new Vector3D(.5,.5,.5));
 Transform3DGroup myTransformGroup = new Transform3DGroup();
 qInnerGeometry.Transform = myTransformGroup;
 // Outer Tetrahedron (semi-transparent) : Define the mesh, material and transformation.
 GeometryModel3D qOuterGeometry = new GeometryModel3D();
 qOuterGeometry.Geometry = qFrontMesh;
 // *** Material ***
 DiffuseMaterial qDiffTransYellow =
 new DiffuseMaterial(new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(64, 255, 255, 0)));
 SpecularMaterial qSpecTransWhite =
 new SpecularMaterial(new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(128, 255, 255, 255)), 30.0);
 MaterialGroup qOuterMaterial = new MaterialGroup();
 qOuterGeometry.Material = qOuterMaterial;
 // *** Transformation ***
 qOuterGeometry.Transform = qRotation;
 // Outer Tetrahedron (solid back) : Define the mesh, material and transformation.
 MeshGeometry3D qBackMesh = new MeshGeometry3D();
 qBackMesh.Positions = qPoints;
 qBackMesh.TriangleIndices = qBackTriangles;
 GeometryModel3D qBackGeometry = new GeometryModel3D();
 qBackGeometry.Geometry = qBackMesh;
 // *** Material ***
 DiffuseMaterial qDiffBrown =
 new DiffuseMaterial(new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(255, 200, 175, 0)));
 qBackGeometry.Material = qDiffBrown;
 // *** Transformation ***
 qBackGeometry.Transform = qRotation;
 // Collect the components
 Model3DGroup qModelGroup = new Model3DGroup();
 ModelVisual3D qVisual = new ModelVisual3D();
 qVisual.Content = qModelGroup;
 Viewport3D qViewport = new Viewport3D();
 qViewport.Camera = qCamera;
 return qViewport;
Creating a Simple Form to Display Text Messages in C#
The output of the program looks like this:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using FormStringOutput;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace MyConsoleApplication
 class Program
 static void Main(string[] args)
 Form qMyForm = new Form();
 // Sets the title bar text
 qMyForm.Text = "An Important Message";
 TextBox qMyTextbox = new TextBox();
 qMyTextbox.SetBounds(0, 0, 400, 300);
 qMyTextbox.Multiline = true;
 qMyTextbox.ScrollBars = ScrollBars.Vertical;
 qMyTextbox.ReadOnly = true;
 qMyForm.ClientSize = qMyTextbox.Size;
 // Add the Textbox to the form
 // Display the form
Using Arrays in JavaScript
Arrays are containers that hold a sequence of objects that can be accessed via the bracket operator [] and an integer index. Since JavaScript is not a strongly-typed language, JavaScript arrays are very versatile and can hold objects of


Criando uma camada vetorial a partir de uma planilha do Microsoft Excel
When creating a vector layer from a Microsoft Excel Worksheet, you might see that unwanted zeros (0) have
been inserted in the attribute table rows beneath valid data. This can be caused by deleting the values for these
cells in Excel using the Backspace key. To correct this problem, you need to open the Excel file (youll need to
close QGIS if you are connected to the file, to allow you to edit the file) and then use Edit Delete to remove the
blank rows from the file. To avoid this problem, you can simply delete several rows in the Excel Worksheet using
Edit Delete before saving the file.
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Figura 19.13: The eVis SQL query tab
Executando consultas pr-definidas
With predefined queries, you can select previously written queries stored in XML format in a file. This is par-
ticularly helpful if you are not familiar with SQL commands. Click on the Predefined Queries tab to display the
predefined query interface.
Open File
To load a set of predefined queries, click on the icon. This opens the Open File window, which is used
to locate the file containing the SQL queries. When the queries are loaded, their titles as defined in the XML file
Open File
will appear in the drop-down menu located just below the icon. The full description of the query is
displayed in the text window under the drop-down menu.
Select the query you want to run from the drop-down menu and then click on the SQL Query tab to see that the
query has been loaded into the query window. If it is the first time you are running a predefined query or are
switching databases, you need to be sure to connect to the database.
Click on the [Run Query] button in the SQL Query tab to execute the command. If the query is successful, a
Database File Selection window will be displayed. If the query is not successful, an error message will appear in
the Output Console window.
1. Open File: Launches the Open File file browser to search for the XML file holding the predefined queries.
2. Predefined Queries: A drop-down list with all of the queries defined by the predefined queries XML file.
3. Consulta descrio: Uma breve descrio da consulta. Esta descrio do arquivo consultas prdefinida
XML.
4. Janela Console: A janela console onde as mensagens relacionadas ao processamento so exibidas.
5. Help: Displays the online help.
6. OK: Fecha a janela principal do Conexo com a Base de Dados.
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Figura 19.14: The eVis Predefined Queries tab
Formato XML para consultas predefinidas eVis
As marcas XML lidas por eVis
Marcas Descrio
Consulta Define o incio e o fim de uma instruo de consulta.
Descrio Breve A short description of the query that appears in the eVis drop-down menu.
Descrio Uma descrio mais detalhada da consulta exibida na janela de texto Consulta
Predefinida.
Tipo de Base de The database type, defined in the Database Type drop-down menu in the Database
Dados Connection tab.
Porta da Base de The port as defined in the Port text box in the Database Connection tab.
Dados
Nome da Base de The database name as defined in the Database Name text box in the Database
Dados Connection tab.
Nome de Usurio The database username as defined in the Username text box in the Database Connection
da Base de Dados tab.
Senha de Base de The database password as defined in the Password text box in the Database Connection
Dados tab.
Instruo SQL O comando SQL.
autoconexo A flag (true or false) to specify if the above tags should be used to automatically
connect to the database without running the database connection routine in the Database
Connection tab.
Um exemplo de arquivo XML completo com trs consultas exibido abaixo:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<doc>
<query>
<shortdescription>Import all photograph points</shortdescription>
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<description>This command will import all of the data in the SQLite database to QGIS
</description>
<databasetype>SQLITE</databasetype>
<databasehost />
<databaseport />
<databasename>C:\textbackslash Workshop/textbackslash
eVis\_Data\textbackslash PhotoPoints.db</databasename>
<databaseusername />
<databasepassword />
<sqlstatement>SELECT Attributes.*, Points.x, Points.y FROM Attributes LEFT JOIN
Points ON Points.rec_id=Attributes.point_ID</sqlstatement>
<autoconnect>false</autoconnect>
</query>
<query>
<shortdescription>Import photograph points "looking across Valley"</shortdescription>
<description>This command will import only points that have photographs "looking across
a valley" to QGIS</description>
<databasetype>SQLITE</databasetype>
<databasehost />
<databaseport />
<databasename>C:\Workshop\eVis_Data\PhotoPoints.db</databasename>
<databaseusername />
<databasepassword />
<sqlstatement>SELECT Attributes.*, Points.x, Points.y FROM Attributes LEFT JOIN
Points ON Points.rec_id=Attributes.point_ID where COMMENTS=Looking across
valley</sqlstatement>
<autoconnect>false</autoconnect>
</query>
<query>
<shortdescription>Import photograph points that mention "limestone"</shortdescription>
<description>This command will import only points that have photographs that mention
"limestone" to QGIS</description>
<databasetype>SQLITE</databasetype>
<databasehost />
<databaseport />
<databasename>C:\Workshop\eVis_Data\PhotoPoints.db</databasename>
<databaseusername />
<databasepassword />
<sqlstatement>SELECT Attributes.*, Points.x, Points.y FROM Attributes LEFT JOIN
Points ON Points.rec_id=Attributes.point_ID where COMMENTS like %limestone%
</sqlstatement>
<autoconnect>false</autoconnect>
</query>
</doc>
Docs for QGIS testing. Visit _URL_ for QGIS 2.2 docs and translations.
19.7 Complemento fTools
O objetivo do mdulo python fTools fornecer um recurso nico para vrias tarefas SIG comuns aos dados
vetoriais, sem a necessidade de software adicional, bibliotecas, ou trabalho complexo. Fornece um conjunto em
crescimento de formas de gesto de dados espaciais e funes de anlise que so rpidas e funcionais.
O fTools est automaticamente instalado e ativado nas novas verses do QGIS, juntamente com todos os mdulos,
e pode ser desativado e ativado atravs do Gestor de Mdulos (Veja Seo O menu de complementos). Quando
ativado, o mdulo fTools adiciona o menu Vetor ao QGIS, fornecendo funes, desde Ferramentas de Anlise e
Investigao a Ferramentas de Geometria e Geoprocessamento, assim como vrias ferramentas teis de Gesto de
Dados.
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19.7.1 Ferramentas de anlise
coneFerramenta Finalidade
Matriz de Medir distncias entre dois pontos de uma camada, os resultados saem como a)
Distncia matriz de distncias quadrada, b) matriz de distncia linear, ou c) Sntese de
distncias. Pode limitar distncias com as caractersticas mais prximas de k.
Soma de Calcular a soma total dos comprimentos das linhas para cada polgono de uma
comprimento camada vetorial do tipo polgono.
de linhas
Pontos no Conta o nmero de pontos que existem em cada polgono de uma camada de entrada
polgono do tipo vetorial poligonal.
Lista valores Origina um


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experiment uses a two-stage approach. The first stage is a pilot
study conducted of military public affairs practitioners to identify if
they felt their office was properly utilized. The second stage uses
a pre-test, treatment, post-test to study PA perceptions and treatment
effects at military leadership schools.
Stage I: Pilot study
The pilot study (see Table 1) is a convenience sample of 15 public affairs
practitioners in the Department of Defense Joint Communications Course.
The participants represented members of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine
Corps, and Army National Guard. The study consisted of a survey intended
to determine how members of the military public affairs community felt
they were viewed by military leaders and servicemembers.
The survey consists of
1. Leadership Four questions
were used to determine if public affairs practitioners felt that leadership
understood the role of public affairs. The questions attempted to
see if leadership saw PA as a valuable tool, whether leaders understood
PAs roles and responsibilities and seriously accepted input from their
public affairs staff.
2. Utility Three
questions were used to determine if public affairs practitioners felt that
non-public affairs service members viewed Public Affairs as a viable tool
in planning. The questions focused on whether PA was used proactiviely,
included in the entire planning stage of an operation, and if public affairs
practitioners were accorded the same amount of respect as other professions
within the military.
3. Training Three questions
concerned the level of training required and available to the public affairs
practitioners. These questions ranged from how much training is available,
if PA training is required prior to being assigned to a public affairs
position, and whether service members are given PA responsibilities as
a secondary job.
Procedures & Design

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Once the emperor of Japan changes, so does the name of the imperial era, such is the tradition of Japan. We have recently transitioned from Heisei to Reiwa. One of these era's names has been used for a public holiday, "Shōwa". This day takes place on the 29th of April, but what kind of public holiday is it? We're going to delve into the reasoning and history behind this day in this article!
About Shōwa Day
"Shōwa Day" was established for the reason of "Looking back on the hard times that we've overcome, reflecting on the Shōwa era, and thinking about the country's future". During the Shōwa Era (_PHONE_) the second world war happened, the atomic bomb was dropped on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki among many more tragic events, it was certainly a hard time for all Japanese people. After the second world war, the country slowly began rebuilding and entered a rapid post-war economic growth.
Shōwa Day was the Emporor's Birthday
In truth, the 29th of April actually had 3 different names up until now before finally settling on Shōwa Day. It was actually the emperor at the time's birthday, during July of 1948, new laws regarding public holidays were made public and put into effect until 1988, until which the day was officially celebrated as the emperor's birthday and that alone. The day itself was actually called "Tenchosetsu" which directly translates to "Emperor's Birthday". After the death of Emperor Shōwa, the Emperor's birthday of course changed, meaning that the day could no longer be celebrated as such, and was changed to "Green Day" which felt fitting due to the emperor being a lover of nature. However, after 18 years of this name, in 2007, the day's name was changed to "Shōwa Day". It had the meaning of celebrating the recovery of Japan after the second world war thanks to their post-war economic boom.
Shōwa Day Signifies the Start of a Long Holiday Period
In Japan, from the end of April towards the start of May, there is something known as "Golden Week" which is a long period of holidays starting with the 29th of April's "Shōwa Day". Other than this, there is May the 3rd's "Constitution Memorial Day", the 4th's "Green Day", and the 5th's "Children's Day".
We're sure there are a few people who read that last sentence and had a reaction like "Huh? I thought Green Day was changed?", well actually, it was moved to the 4th of May, this is because originally the Emperor's birthday which took place on the 29th of April should've become an ordinary day. This would mean that Golden Week would've been shortened, which would, in turn, create a huge ripple effect in the lives of many Japanese people, this is why instead of making it a normal weekday, they decided to move Green Day to this date instead. This meant that it was surrounded by the 2 other public holidays stated above and allowed for a long period of holidays to once again complete golden week.
Enter Showa Kinen Park for FREE!
This is a spot that's famous for its cherry blossoms in spring, and beautiful orange colors during autumn. This park was established to celebrate the emperor's 50th year in 1983. It has over 180ha of space, and there are many different institutions you can find within the park. There are both free and paid areas of the park, however, during Shōwa Day the entire park becomes free to enter!
※Showa Kinen Park cannot be entered during 2021.


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The Baraka play published with Dutchman is called The Slave. It is a fable loosely based on Baraka's former marriage to a white woman that exposes the latent racism of liberal whites. His 1969 play Slave Ship moves away from the traditional American dramatic structure to the pageantry of African drama. It portrays the total "sense" experience of coming to America on a slave ship.
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man explores the emptiness of the assimilationist dream. The novel's protagonist discovers not only that his black skin makes him an invisible member of American society but that black leaders and educators actually encourage him to deny his heritage and make himself even more invisible.
Black feminist playwright Ntozake Shange expressed her debt to Baraka's innovations in language and social revolution in the new black theater. Her 1975 play, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, portrays the plight of black women, doubly oppressed by whites and by black males, in a dramatic production that combines dance, music, poetry, and improvisation fused together into a new genre she calls the "choreopoem."
Randall Dudley's 1969 poem "Booker T. and W. E. B." describes the schism between assimilationist thought, represented by Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois, and more ambitious efforts to improve the status of blacks in America.
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Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist.
Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19 1/8" x 22 1/2".
This exquisite map depicts the entirety of France and a small portion of the southern British Isles. Published circa 1730, the map is extremely detailed with fortified cities, towns, roads, rivers, mountains, and more. To the far left is a dramatic black-and-white cartouche which includes portrait of King Louis XV and images of Neptune and Mercury. In addition, there are 12 coats of arms for the regions of France in the upper left corner below the map's scales. The map is in good condition with minor overall wear and some chipped margins. Johann Baptist Homann (_PHONE_) was a renowned German mapmaker of the late 17th and early 18th century who served as geographer to the Holy Roman Emperor. His business was carried on through the 18th century by the Homann Heirs, also prolific and popular mapmakers. This map is a wonderful representation of France in the first half of the 18th century.


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Steam distillation of essential oils from the essential oils of clove, eugenol compared favorably to a similar study involving steam distillation of cloves. Experiment 2: isolation of eugenol from cloves background readings on vapor pressure, raoult's law from tro: a mixture of the essential oils, eugenol and. We have developed a lesson plan for chemistry teachers to conduct an experiment involving the extraction of eugenol from whole cloves, analysis by nmr spectometers. Eugenol from cloves background readings on and the organic layer can be dried and concentrated to yield acetyleugenol the principle of steam distillation is. The main volatile oil extracted from clove buds is eugenol oil from clove buds using steam distillation isolation of eugenol essential oil from clove buds. Isolation of eugenol from cloves using steam distillation lab jesus perez-sanchez 11/3/14 chem 337 lab, section: 036 ta: qi tong abstract: the purpose of this.
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Chinoiserie Drag: Masquerading as the Oriental Other.
 Chinoiserie Drag: Masquerading as the Oriental Other makes an important and innovative contribution to the understanding of the gender and racial performance of the oriental other. In order to develop an analysis of the subversive use of hegemonic representations of gender and race I formulate the idea of chinoiserie drag. A survey of the colonial project of chinoiserie provides a historical context and grounds my investigation, whilst queer theory helps frame my approach. I identify chinoiserie drag as a performance based on a 'fanciful interpretation' of East Asian people, creating drag acts that lampoon the oriental other. Throughout the chapter I demonstrate how, by performing a racialized gender, Zoe is able to employ chinoiserie drag to enact agency by authoring her own identity. The concept of chinoiserie drag creates new knowledge formation enabling an understanding of how hegemonic representations of race are usurped by the parodic performance of race.
 Original languageEnglish
 Title of host publicationContemporary Drag Practices & Performers: Drag in a Changing Scene Vol 1
 PublisherBloombury, London
 Publication statusAccepted/In press - 1 Aug 2020
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mmWave people counting demo – embedded world 2018
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Links to more information:
- Learn more about TI's mmWave Sensors – the world's most precise millimeter wave sensor available today on a single chip
- TI IWR mmWave sensors for industrial applications: highly accurate, intelligent sensors for detecting range, velocity and angle
- Get started evaluating today
- Watch our free mmWave training series
- Check out our embedded world event page for more information around our participation at the tradeshow


Watershed Management
Redmond City Council approved the Citywide Watershed Management Plan on December 3rd, 2013. The primary goal of the plan is to focus resources and efforts into specific watersheds (5 total) to recover in-stream habitat within decades. This will include capital investment planning, design, and construction, in addition to programmatic efforts.
2013 Redmond Watershed Management Plan – Final
Washington Department of Ecology has approved Redmond's Citywide Watershed Management Plan as an alternative approach to stormwater management minimum requirements detailed in NPDES Municipal Stormwater Permit.
Washington State Department of Ecology Approval Letter
Using a watershed approach to achieve healthy aquatic habitat has been a long-standing policy detailed in the City of Redmond Comprehensive Plan and is recognized by stormwater and surface water restoration practitioners as the recommended approach to accommodate healthy streams in an urbanized landscape.
The stormwater utility is now in the process of implementing the plan. This includes developing transparent tracking systems, detailed engineered implementation plans for select watersheds, effectiveness monitoring development, and regional collaboration on this approach.
Contact: Andy Rheaume, Senior Watershed Planner
 Public Works Department, Natural Resources Division
 _PHONE_ or _EMAIL_
What is a watershed?
What is a Watershed
A watershed is an area of land -- regardless of size -- where snowmelt and rainwater drain from higher areas into lower lying areas and then into a single water body; such as a wetland, stream, river, lake or ocean. Watersheds are separated from each other by elevated features such as ridge tops, hills, or roads.
When precipitation increases rapidly and surface water flows across flat or impervious areas, it can cross over watershed boundaries. For example, if the upper Sammamish River Valley experienced a 100-year storm, stormwater runoff would most likely flow across the boundaries of the City's smaller watersheds and flood areas of the Sammamish Valley floor.
Interesting Facts About Redmond's Watersheds
 - The City of Redmond has designated approximately 87 different watersheds, either wholly or partly included within city limits.
 - The smallest of these watersheds is 1.6 acres; the largest is 1,685 acres.
 - The majority of the city watersheds (approximately 66) occupy less than 200 acres; another 13 occupy between 200-400 acres; and only eight watersheds are larger than 400 acres in size.
 - Total Impervious Surface (TIS) as a percentage of total watershed area, varies among these watersheds from a low of 2% to a high of 89%.
 - Only two of the 87 watersheds have less than 10% TIS. Twenty-seven watersheds have 10-40% TIS; and the remaining 58 watersheds have impervious surfaces exceeding 40%.
(Large-scale land cover data is available for all of Redmond's watersheds on King County's website: King County Land Cover 2001)
Why Focus on Watershed Management?
What is a Watershed
In the past, project development and land management decisions have often been approved project-by-project, jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction and regulation-by-regulation. This singular approach does not identify the significant cumulative impacts to watershed functions and processes when viewed as small, seemingly harmless, projects.
What happens when, instead, you look at things from a watershed perspective? Because so many watershed functions and processes are closely interrelated, it becomes harder to look at a single project or management issue in isolation. Landscape linkages become more obvious and several issues can be dealt with together--cumulative impacts to a wider area become clearer and may be addressed in a more equitable and cost efficient manner.
Adopting a broader watershed perspective encourages the development of solutions to environmental issues that can satisfy several regulatory requirements simultaneously. For example, compliance with the Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, or possible hazardous waste and toxics cleanup. Watershed plans will also enable us to make better choices about how to plan, maintain, and construct our drainage systems so they can better meet the community's many needs.
Watershed management solutions can only be effective with support from policymakers, elected officials, and the public. These groups are encouraged to adopt a long-term, broad-based watershed perspective.
What does stormwater have to do with watersheds?
What is a Watershed
As urban areas grow, we dramatically alter the way water flows through developed areas. As natural vegetation is replaced with impervious surfaces (roads, parking lots, buildings, and rooftops), runoff from rainfall increases, flushing sediment and pollutants into nearby wetlands, streams, and lakes. This in turn impacts our surface water quality--one of the toughest environmental challenges facing all cities. Redmond has adopted a watershed management approach to address these environmental challenges.
Using the watershed as our vantage point, we can craft better stormwater management techniques and meet the needs of businesses, residents, and wildlife.
What watersheds does Redmond manage?
What is a Watershed
Historically the US Geological Survey, Washington Department of Ecology, and King County have monitored the larger main-stem rivers and streams in Redmond (Sammamish River, Bear and Evans Creeks), as well as Lake Sammamish. When Redmond started its water quality monitoring program in 1995, it focused on the smaller streams and watersheds that drain into these larger water bodies.
Redmond's Watershed Map
What is a Watershed
Watershed Map
The Watershed Map provided above identifies the 20 watersheds, and associated water bodies, within Redmond's city limits. Each watershed is color coded based on the strategy needed to restore a healthy water body in each watershed. Green color coded watersheds are in good shape, yellow watersheds are the most likely to become healthy with investment (programs and projects), orange watersheds are likely to become healthy with investment over a longer period of time, and red watersheds are heavily impacted and will take substantial time and investment to become healthy. No water body will be allowed to get worst, but improvements to existing impacts will be focused as much as possible in the yellow color coded watersheds.


The Man Who Fed the World (Paperback)
The Man Who Fed the World Cover Image
Norman Borlaug was the only person during the twentieth century who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for work in agriculture and food. There is no Nobel Food Prize, so the Nobel Committee chose Dr. Borlaug as the 1970 recipient of the Peace Prize based on his dramatic scientific breakthroughs and wheat production technology that relieved hunger in much of the world. During the previous decade, many people on the planet Earth, most notably in China and the Asian Subcontinent, were facing starvation, even famine. Borlaug's revolutionary achievements relieved widespread human suffering and brought peace.
Dr. Borlaug was hailed as the person who saved the lives of more people--hundreds of millions--from starvation than any person in history. He earned the distinction as one of the 100 most influential individuals of the 20th century. His is an inspiring story; he went from an unpretentious Iowa farm boy to scientist-cum-humanist of world acclaim.
Product Details
ISBN: 9781948460101
ISBN-10: _PHONE_
Publisher: Righter's Mill Press LLC
Publication Date: December 5th, 2019
Pages: 278
Language: English


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Polygonal Fractures on Tycho Ejecta Deposits
December 7, 2012
Tycho is a young and prominent rayed crater on the lunar nearside. During the impact that formed Tycho crater a large mass of impact melt was thrown out on its north side that resulted in a series of beautiful flow patterns. The melt ponded in several topographic lows, and as they cooled their upper crusts fractured, often in polygonal patterns. Today's featured image shows a set of crisply preserved polygonal fractures. Small chains of pit chains are also seen in conjunction with the fractures. Are these pits nascent fractures that never fully developed? Or perhaps partially collapsed tubes that melt flowed through? If the latter, might there be open passages that astronauts could venture into and explore? LROC WAC 100m/pixel mosaic around Tycho crater over-lain by WAC color coded DTM 500m/pixel (DLR, Germany). Image center is 43.3°S latitude, 348.6°W longitude. Blue box and yellow star indicate the locations of today's full Featured Image [NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].

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MATLAB Simulink examples
We will discuss few examples to understand different use-cases of MATLAB's Simulink.
Simulink is basically MATLAB-based. Its essential interface is a graphical square charting apparatus and an adaptable arrangement of square libraries. It offers tight reconciliation with the remainder of the MATLAB climate and can either drive MATLAB or be re-arranged from it.
Simulink is fit for methodical confirmation and approval of models through displaying style checking, prerequisites recognisability and model inclusion investigation.
1.Model Bouncing Ball
In this example we will discuss how to model ball simulation
A ball is hurled with a speed of 15 m / s from a stature of 10 m.
Simulink Examples
Explanation of the example:
A bouncing (or skipping) ball model is an exemplary illustration of a cross breed dynamic framework. A half breed dynamic framework is a framework that includes both ceaseless dynamics, just as, discrete advances where the framework elements can change and the state esteems can hop.
The half breed framework part of the model starts from the displaying of an impact of the ball with the ground. On the off chance that one expects an incompletely flexible impact with the ground, the speed before the crash, v-, and speed after the impact, v+, can be connected by the coefficient of compensation of the ball.
A bouncing ball is probably the least complex model that shows the Zeno marvel. Zeno conduct is casually described by an endless number of occasions happening in a limited time span for certain cross breed frameworks. As the ball loses energy in the ricocheting ball model, an enormous number of crashes with the ground begin happening in progressively more modest timespans. Henceforth the model encounters Zeno conduct. Models with Zeno conduct are intrinsically hard to re-enact on a PC, yet are experienced in numerous normal and significant designing applications.
Solution discussed:
You can utilize two Integrator squares to display a ricocheting ball. The Integrations works on the left-side is the speed integrator displaying the primary condition and the Integrator is the position of the defined simulation integrator.
Explore to the position integrator block discourse and see that it has a lower breaking point of nothing. This condition addresses the requirement that the ball can't go underneath the ground.
Simulink Examples
When the ball touches the ground, the state port of the position and the relating examination result is utilized to distinguish and to reset the two integrators. The state port of the speed integrator is utilized for the computation of v+.
2. Thermal Model of a House
This model tells the best way to utilize Simulink® to make the warm model of a house. This framework models the open air climate, the warm attributes of the house, and the house warming framework.
Initializing the model
 1. This model computes warming expenses for a conventional house.
 2. Characterizes the house calculation (size, number of windows)
 3. Computes the warm obstruction of the house
 4. Characterizes the expense of power
 5. Gives the warmer attributes
 6. Indicates the warm properties of house materials
 7. Indicates the underlying room temperature
Components used in our model
 1. Set Point
 2. Thermostat
 3. Heater
 4. Heat gain
 5. Heat flow
 6. Heater switch
 7. House model
 8. Cost calculator
 9. Thermostat
Model the Environment
To simulate the model surrounding, the model utilizes a heater sink with unlimited heat capacity and constant-time changing temperature, Tout. The daily outdoor temperature fluctuations variable is checked by Sine Wave block of Daily Temp Variation.
You can change these metrics and to observe how they impacting the costs.
Run and visualise the simulated Results
 - Run the reproduction.
 - The Time pivot is in hours.
 - Plot Results is utilized to show the outcomes.
 - The degree plots the warmth cost and indoor versus outside temperatures.
 - The temperature open air fluctuates sinusoidal.
 - The inside temperature stays inside 5 ºC of the Set Point.
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This model computes the warming expenses as it were. The room temperature will surpass the ideal Set Point if and only the temperature of the external environment air is greater than the existing room temperature,
You can change this model to incorporate a climate control system. You can carry out the forced air system as an altered warmer.
 - Cold air yield
 - Temperature of the stream from the forced air system
 - Forced air system productivity
 - To control both the forced air system and the radiator, change the indoor regulator.
3.Cyber-physical systems model
Introduction to problem:
Cyber-physical systems consolidate PC and actual frameworks to accomplish plan objectives. Reenactment of digital actual frameworks requires a blend of demonstrating methods like persistent time, discrete-time, discrete-occasion, and limited state displaying.
Simulink® and its friend items give usefulness to apply a wide scope of displaying methods and flawlessly coordinate them in one reenactment climate, which is ideal for demonstrating digital actual frameworks.
Explanation:
This model shows how consistent time, discrete-occasion, and limited state displaying procedures join to reenact the conduct of a variable speed transport line framework.
In SimEvents, elements are discrete things of interest in a discrete-occasion reenactment. Since travelers are discrete people, they are demonstrated by SimEvents substances, made by the Entity Generator block.
A Stateflow outline models the functional modes and engine elements of the variable speed transport line.
At last, the Entity Transport Delay block models traveler throughput as an element of transport line elements, giving an extension between the discrete-occasion and consistent time spaces.
The model includes these key components:
 - Passengers
 - Dynamics of conveyor belt
 - Entity Transport Delay
 - Dashboard
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In Java 8, there will be @Native annotations.
Indicates that a field defining a constant value may be referenced from native code. The annotation may be used as a hint by tools that generate native header files to determine whether a header file is required, and if so, what declarations it should contain.
Problem is: What for? Do you have any idea on which problematics would be efficiently solved by this feature?


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Sensor performance criteria quoted industry-wide are often ill defined or plain misleading. MAPS performance is assessed in several ways, each with different utility. These specifications are explained here.
Accuracy measures how close the result is to the actual value we were trying to achieve. The accuracy values shown below are based on our simulated tests.
Precision measures the consistency of our system and gives information about the relative accuracy in application. High precision is enough if achieving a high global accuracy is not needed but to measure the degree of displacement.
Resolution shows the theoretical accuracy of our system, i.e. the absolute limit of the technology.
Noise floor measures the degree of change in a stationary state.
Repeatability shows how close are the different measurement results to each other, comparing the results of the NPL (National Physical Laboratory), our real tests and our simulated tests.
accuracy, resolution, repeatability, noise floor.


Epilespy med is a safe option
"Sabril (vigabatrin) is used when other medicines have failed"
June 1, 2020 - 9:42 AM
Dear Dr. Roach: I have been taking Sabril for five years. I have drug-resistant epilepsy, and this is the first drug that has worked. It is a high-risk medication, as it can affect eyesight. I have my eyes checked every three months.
Dr. Keith Roach
You don't hear much about this drug. Is this safe to keep taking, or should it be only taken for a short time? I would appreciate any information. — C.N.
Answer: As opposed to a generalized seizure, where the whole brain becomes involved, the drug you're taking is used for drug-resistant focal epilepsy. "Focal" means that one particular part of the brain is affected. Focal seizures may cause motor symptoms, such as uncontrollable movement of one part of the body; sensory symptoms, such as abnormal taste or odor sensation; autonomic findings, such as bladder, bowel or blood pressure changes; or central nervous symptoms, which may cause symptoms of fear, anxiety or deja vu. Complex focal seizures are often characterized by staring into space, but may also consist of a nonpurposeful repetitive movement, such as lip smacking, grunting or blinking.


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The auto-reset circuit can be a little flaky, however. If the board isn't taking a program, you may see an error like "error: espcomm_upload_mem failed".
If this shows up repeatedly, you may need to manually reset into bootloader mode be holding pin 0 low while resetting the ESP8266:
 1. Hold down the "0" button
 2. Press and release the "RST" button
 3. Release the "0" button
The timing of this can be a little tricky. Try resetting it into bootloader mode, then quickly uploading your sketch.
Decreasing the upload speed baud rate to something around 115200 bps can also help improve the reliability of the reset circuit.
Testing the Receiver
ESP8266 IR Remote Arduino Library
IRremoteESP8266 -- an IR Arduino library specific to the ESP8266 -- gets our recommendation for sending and receiving IR signals with this board. You can download the library from their GitHub page, or by searching out IRremoteESP8266 in your Arduino library manager.
IRremoteESP8266 library manager install
Click the image for a closer look.
The IR remote library includes an exhaustive collection of examples which demonstrate how to send and receive IR signals. To test out the receiver, open up the IRrecvDumpV2 example by navigating to the File > Examples > Examples from Custom Libraries > IRremoteESP8266 menu.
Before uploading the sketch, you need to modify the kRecvPin pin definition where global variables are defined.. This sets the ESP8266 pin connected to your IR receiver. Set it to 13.
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uint16_t kRecvPin = 13;
Once that modification has been made, upload away! (Make sure the board is set correctly to "NodeMCU 1.0 (ESP-12E Module)".) Then open up the serial monitor and set the baud rate to 115200.
You should see a "IRrecvDumpV2 is now running and waiting for IR input on Pin 13" message print out. If you don't try tapping the board's reset button.
Then aim an IR remote at the board and hit a button. You should see a stream of data shoot by.
Example recv dump output from serial monitor
Click the image for a closer look.
The most important bits of this output are the last 4 lines, which should look a lot like C variable declarations. For example:
uint16_t rawData[71] = {8994, 4428, 600, 522, 600, 520, 602, 520, 604, 1608, 606, 516, 606, 516, 606, 516, 606, 516, 606, 1604, 600, 1610, 604, 1606, 598, 524, 598, 1612, 602, 1610, 604, 1606, 598, 1614, 600, 1612, 602, 520, 602, 1608, 606, 514, 608, 514, 596, 524, 598, 524, 598, 524, 598, 524, 598, 1610, 604, 518, 604, 1606, 598, 1612, 600, 1610, 604, 1606, 596, 1616, 598, 35622, 8988, 2214, 598}; // NEC 10EFA05F
uint32_t address = 0x8;
uint32_t command = 0x5;
uint64_t data = 0x10EFA05F;
These lines will be used in the next example, where we test the emitter.
Sending IR Codes
Armed with the timing data for your desired IR command, load up the IRsendDemo example. Around line 42, replace the rawData array with the one you copied from the previous example. You shouldn't have to modify the pin definition for the IR emitter -- just double-check to make sure IR_LED is set to 4, which is the ESP8266 pin connected to the IR emitter.
With that change made, upload the code. Then point the IR emitter at your device. The emitter has a range of about 10 feet, so you may need to get a little close. It should receive a command every 6 seconds.
If your code is Sony- or NEC-encoded, you can also plug the value from data in the previous example to send an NEC or Sony command. This is quite a bit more efficient than sending the raw timing data.
Sending NEC Codes via Web Server
One last example which really begins to show the power of this module is the IRServer example. This sketch will connect your ESP8266 to WiFi and set it up as a web server. When the right HTTP endpoint is hit, it will send a desired command. So you can trigger your device from a web browser!
This example requires that you have an NEC-encoded signal to send.
Before uploading this example, plug your WiFi network's SSID and password into the ssid and password variables.
Then adjust some of the static HTML in the handleRoot() function to send your desired code. This is a little tricky. You need to find your NEC code from the receive example -- in my case it was 0x10EFA05F. You'll also need to convert this value to decimal (here's a calculator for that). In my case it was 284139615. Plug those two values into a new line of C-string'ed HTML. I added this line on line 59, for example:
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Send 0x10EFA05F
" \
Then upload the code! Open the serial monitor to check on your ESP8266's connection status. Once connected it should provide you an IP address.
On a device connected to the same WiFi network, plug that IP address into the address bar. You should be greeted with a page like this:
IR server web page
Then aim your IR Blaster at a device, and click your newly added link. Your signal should be routed from your phone or computer, over the WiFi airwaves, to the device you want to control.
IR Controller Firmware
Exploring the IRRemoteESP8266 library is just the very tip of this WiFi IR Blaster iceberg. We highly recommend checking out the IR Controller ESP8266 firmware. This fully featured firmware combines IR send and receive functions with a web server. It monitors for received commands, and provides a handy interface to emit those back out with the ESP8266. There are even instructions for connecting the Blaster to an Alexa service.
IR controller web page example
Click the image for a closer look.
If you give this firmware a spin, just remember you'll need to specify the IR emitter and receiver pins. This is what I've set the pins variables to:
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const int pinr1 = 13; // Receiving pin
const int pins1 = 4; // Transmitting preset 1
const int pins2 = 12; // Transmitting preset 2 (not used)
const int pins3 = 12; // Transmitting preset 3 (not used)
const int pins4 = 12; // Transmitting preset 4 (not used)
const int configpin = 5; // Reset Pin
// User settings are above here
const int ledpin = 0; // Built in LED defined for WEMOS people
You'll also need to install a handful of libraries, which are all described in the Setup section of the README.
With those few modifications, you should be up-and-IR-controlling in no time!
Resources and Going Further
Need more information on the WiFi IR Blaster? Checkout our GitHub repository and the rest of these documents:
Want more information or inspiration? Check out the following links!
IR Communication
This tutorial explains how common infrared (IR) communication works, as well as shows you how to set up a simple IR transmitter and receiver with an Arduino.
Boss Alarm
Build a Boss Alarm that alerts you of anyone walking into your office and automatically changes your computer screen.
Roshamglo Project: TV-B-Gone
Turn your Roshamglo board into a (nearly) universal TV power button.


Your rib cage consists of 24 ribs — 12 on the right and 12 on the left side of your body. Their function is to protect the organs that lie beneath them. On the left side, this includes your heart, left lung, pancreas, spleen, stomach, and left kidney. When any of these organs are infected, inflamed, or injured, pain can radiate under and around the left rib cage. While your heart is under your left rib cage, feeling pain in that area usually doesn't indicate a heart attack.
Depending on the cause, it might feel sharp and stabbing, or dull and aching. In most cases, left rib cage pain is due to a benign, treatable condition.
Possible causes
Costochondritis refers to inflammation of the cartilage that attaches your ribs to your breastbone. This can happen for several reasons, such as:
an infection
physical injury
It causes a sharp, stabbing pain that's usually felt on the left side of your rib cage. It gets worse when you cough, sneeze, or press on your ribs.
The pancreas is a gland located near your small intestine in the upper left part of your body. It secretes enzymes and digestive juices into the small intestine to help break down food. Pancreatitis refers to inflammation of your pancreas. This can be due to:
an injury
alcohol abuse
Pain caused by pancreatitis usually comes on slowly and intensifies after eating. It may come and go or be constant. Additional symptoms of pancreatitis include:
weight loss
Ruptured spleen and splenic infarct
Your spleen also sits in the upper portion of the left side of your body, near your rib cage. It helps to remove old or damaged blood cells and produce white ones that fight infection.
An enlarged spleen, also called splenomegaly, usually doesn't cause any symptoms other than fullness after eating only a small amount of food. However, if your spleen ruptures, you'll likely experience pain near your left rib cage. An enlarged spleen is more likely to rupture than a normal-sized spleen.
Several things can cause an enlarged spleen, including:
viral infections, such as mononucleosis
bacterial infections, such as syphilis
parasitic infections, such as malaria
blood diseases
liver diseases
If your spleen ruptures, the area might also feel tender when you touch it. You'll also likely experience:
low blood pressure
blurry vision
A spleen rupture most commonly occurs as a result of trauma. It's a medical emergency and you should seek medical attention immediately.
You can also experience pain under the left side of your rib cage with a splenic infarction. Splenic infarcts are rare conditions where a portion of the spleen necrotizes or "dies." This happens when the blood supply is compromised, usually as a result of trauma or arterial blockages.
Gastritis refers to inflammation of the lining of your stomach, which is also near the left side of your rib cage. Other symptoms of gastritis include a burning pain in your stomach and an uncomfortable sense of fullness in your upper abdomen.
Gastritis can be caused by:
bacterial or viral infections
frequent use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)
alcohol abuse
Kidney stones or infection
Your kidneys are part of your urinary tract. They're located on either side of your spine, but when they become inflamed or infected, the pain can radiate to the front. When your left kidney is involved, you might feel pain near the left side of your rib cage.
Kidney stones are hardened calcium and salt deposits that form into stones. They can cause a cramping pain as they move out of your kidneys and make their way toward your bladder. In addition to pain in your left rib cage, kidney stones can also cause:
an urge to urinate, with little coming out
bloody or cloudy urine
pain in your side that radiates to the front of your body
Kidney infections occur when bacteria from your urinary tract make their way into your kidneys. Anything that obstructs your flow of urine, including kidney stones, can cause a kidney infection. Additional symptoms of a kidney infection include:
Your heart is surrounded by a fluid-filled sac called the pericardium. Pericarditis refers to inflammation of this sac. When it's inflamed, it can rub against your heart causing pain near your left ribs. The pain may be a dull ache or a stabbing pain that's usually worse when lying down.
Researchers aren't sure why it happens, but possible causes include:
certain blood thinners
anti-seizure medications
Pleurisy is a condition in which the tissue that covers the lungs becomes inflamed. This can occur as a result of bacterial, viral, or fungal pneumonia, malignancy, trauma, or pulmonary infarction usually related to a blood clot in the lung.
Pleurisy on the left side may cause pain under the left rib cage, but the main symptom is a sharp, stabbing pain when you breathe. See a doctor if you experience any intense chest pain during breathing.
How is it diagnosed?
To figure out what's causing pain in your left rib cage, your doctor will give you a physical exam that includes feeling the affected area. This will help them check for any signs of swelling or inflammation, especially due to costochondritis.
If they suspect the pain could be due to a heart problem, your doctor might use an electrocardiogram to measure the electrical activity in your heart. This will help to rule out any serious underlying condition.
Next, they may take blood and urine samples for testing. Analyzing these results can alert your doctor to signs of kidney problems, pancreatitis, or gastritis. If you doctor suspects you might have gastritis, they may also take a stool sample or use an endoscope to look at your stomach lining. An endoscope is a long, flexible tube with a camera on the end that's inserted through your mouth.
If the cause of your rib cage pain still isn't clear, you may need an X-ray, CT scan, or MRI. This will give your doctor a better view of your organs and any areas of inflammation that didn't show up during the physical exam.
How is it treated?
Treating your left rib cage pain depends on what's causing it. If it's related to any type of inflammation, your doctor will likely recommend you take NSAIDs to reduce pain and swelling.
In some cases, you may need an antibiotic to clear up a bacterial infection. In rare cases, you may need surgery. For example, if a kidney stone is too large to pass through your body on its own, your doctor may need to surgically remove it.
Warning signs
While pain in your left rib cage is usually nothing serious, it can sometimes signal a medical emergency.
Seek emergency treatment if you have any of the following in addition to pain in your left rib cage:
trouble breathing
mental confusion
excessive sweating
lightheadedness or dizziness
The bottom line
Given the number of organs in the upper left part of your body, it's not uncommon to feel pain under the left rib cage. It may be caused be an easily treatable condition.
However, if you have pain in this area that's severe, worsens over time, lasts more than 24 hours, or is associated with any of the serious symptoms above, you should seek medical treatment immediately to rule out any underlying conditions.


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How can spectroscopy be used as a qualitative analysis technique?
See explanation below.
Spectroscopy could be used as a qualitative analysis technique by monitoring a particular characteristics of products or reactants in a chemical reaction.
For example, infra-red ( IR ) spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance ( NMR ) or ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometer ( UV-Vis ) could be used to monitor the appearance of a product or disappearance of a reactant.
In IR and NMR, we look for the appearance of a new peaks for products or reducing the intensity or disappearance of a particular peaks for a reactant.
Using UV-Vis spectrophotometer, we can look for new absorption wavelengths that are particular to a product, and so on.
I hope this helps.
Here is a video where we have used a spectrophotometer to monitor the progress of a reaction:


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Navigation and Search in XAML
Most of ReSharper's navigation and search features are also supported in XAML. You can find the detailed information on these features in the corresponding topics of the Navigation and Search section. In the main topic of the section, you can also find the feature matrix and check what exactly is supported in XAML.
In this topic, you can find some examples of using navigation and search features in XAML:
is a convenient tool
for viewing the structure of the current document. You can also navigate to individual elements
by double-clicking the corresponding node in the
Various "Go To..." features help you navigate to different parts of your XAML file or to other
files in your solution. For instance, you can navigate to a usage of the element:
feature provides quick access
to the list of various navigation features available in the current context. Using this feature, you
can easily navigate between a XAML file and a corresponding code-behind file.
ReSharper can find usages of any entity, such as classes, properties, fields, etc. even in XAML. For
you can find usages of the
attribute in order to find out which fields
are declared as


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"The information in the flow sheet tells the miller the equipment capacity and the product allocation for each one, according to the raw material fed and the final products required. By closely analyzing it, the miller is able to make changes to the flow of material and adjust the quality accordingly."
Prof. Gustavo Sosa
Industrial Mechanical Engineer
Licensed Grain Inspector
MBA Project Management
SOSA – Engineering Consultants
To me, flow sheet milling sounds rather obscure. The first time I heard the term it evoked something almost mystic. I thought it might be some radical new technology that milled the grain on flow, suspended over a layer of air.
But no. Still a long time to go to achieve levitation milling.
Don't feel sorry for me. The first time my 2nd grade teacher told us we were going to study the space, I started babbling loudly about the planets, and the moon, and asteroids… and fell into a short infantile depression as I saw her taking cones, spheres and cubes out of a box. I am used to be disappointed.
Flow sheet milling just means using flow sheets, a.k.a. flow diagrams, to manage the machinery of your mill, finding out how to allocate material to each piece of equipment.
Drawing it is rather simple. Just use the example symbols and lines from the picture above (or make up your own) and tell yourself what they do.
First stage: Draw a symbol for each one of your machines.
Second stage: Annotate each symbol with the characteristics of each machine.
Third stage: Decide what you want to achieve.
Fourth stage: Play around with the diagram to see how you can achieve it.
To master the flow sheet you must know some basics of the process, and why the specifications of the machines are important.
Milling consists of five sub-systems:
4. Low grades.
What the flow sheet does is showing the connections between those stages and the individual machines.
The objective of milling is separating the endosperm from the germ and the bran. Breaking of the wheat kernel is done using corrugated rolls. Reduction of the endosperm fragments to smaller particles (less than 180 microns) is done using smooth rolls. Segregation of the particles is done in sifters and purifiers. Sifters classify particles according to size. Purifiers use sieves and air to classify according to size, density, and shape; separating pure endosperm from fragments that contain both bran and endosperm.
Flour extraction of the mill is measured as a quotient between the flour produced and the grain used. The quality of the grain used as a basis must be stated in the analysis, mostly foreign matter and moisture content.
The break system is where you open the kernel and scratch the endosperm out of the bran. It is done in two stages. The primary break opens the kernel and removes the bulk of the endosperm. The secondary break removes the remaining endosperm from the bran.
The breaking rollers are corrugated, and they rotate at different speeds. This imparts a shearing action on the grain, that scraps the endosperm. The corrugations are very few in the initial stages and increase in density as the process goes through the next stages. Ideally, this process would only produce clean chunks of endosperm on one side and big flakes of bran on the other.
The grading system is composed of redust sifters, where the products of the breaking rolls are classified according to size and the level of bran attached.
The sizing rolls reduce and size the endosperm fragments so to feed the midds. It is crucial to minimize the bran that goes into the midds, as the bran is where you get the higher ash content.
The purifier system is where the fine particles of bran are separated from the fine particles of endosperm. The coarse particles of endosperm are also separated here. This is best achieved with purifiers, but in soft wheat milling, this process can be performed with rolls and sifters. By compressing particles, the endosperm is broken and the bran is flattened, so the sifters can classify it. Still, technically this is considered purifying.
The midds section is where actual flour is made. Smooth or finely corrugated rolls break down the endosperm particles.
The low-grade system is where the low-quality flour rejected from the midds section gets a second chance. Using high efficiency sifters, these by-products are cleaned again to get as much flour as possible from them.
For each variety of wheat, you will need a different allocation of machinery. The calculations are as follows:
Roll surface = (mm roll length) / (100 kg wheat processed in 24 hours)
Sifter surface = (square meter sifter area) / (100 kg wheat processed in 24 hours)
Purifier surface = (mm sifter width) / (100 kg wheat processed in 24 hours)
Roll length, sifter surface and purifier surface have to be specified next to each equipment symbol in the flow sheet.
The information in the flow sheet tells the miller the equipment capacity and the product allocation for each one, according to the raw material fed and the final products required. By closely analyzing it, the miller is able to make changes to the flow of material and adjust the quality accordingly.
Designing your flow sheets is a formidable work, that will pay off immensely in the near future.
- Khan, K. and Shewry, P. (2009). Wheat, Chemistry and Technology, 4th Edition. AACC International Inc.
- Fowler, M. (2013). Flow Sheet Analysis. Milling Journal. Pp 50 – 53.
- Posner, E. Wheat. In: Kulp, K. and Ponte, J. ed., Handbook of Cereal Science and Technology, 2nd Edition. Marcel Dekker Inc.


IAEA awards fellowships to 100 female students in nuclear
The International Atomic Energy Agency has awarded fellowships to the first group of 100 female students from around the world under a new initiative to help close the gender gap in nuclear science and technology.
The Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Program, named after the pioneering physicist, was launched by IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi in March to support women pursuing nuclear-related careers.
Critical Look
Melodrama trumps science in Radioactive portrayal of Marie Curie
Marie Curie has been quoted as saying, "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood." We can only wish that the creators of Radioactive, a feature-length biopic released on Amazon Prime Video on July 24, had increased their own understanding of the applications of nuclear technology before making the film. While celebrating Curie as an uncompromising woman of science, they present a curious mix of respect and fear, explicitly linking radiation and nuclear technology to death and destruction.
The Mother of Radiation: Marie Curie
Marie CurieThe start of Marie Curie's story isn't like most of the other scientists that had made a name for themselves throughout history, mostly because she was a grown woman by the start of the 20th century. But she was the first woman to do a lot of things, including getting a Ph.D. from a university in France, and winning a Nobel Prize. She was also the first person ever to win a Nobel Prize in two different fields of science. To say she pushed the societal and scientific boundaries of her era is an understatement.
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William Fargo was a pioneer American expressman who helped found the modern day financial firms of American Express Company and Wells Fargo with his business partner, Henry Wells.
William George Fargo was born in Pompey in Onondaga County, New York on May 20, 1818. He was the eldest of twelve children of William C. Fargo (1791–1878) (formerly of New London, Connecticut) and Stacy Chappel Strong (1799–1869). His younger brother was James Congdell Strong Fargo (1829–1915). His father, who was born in New London, Connecticut, fought in the War of 1812. The elder Fargo was stationed at Fort Niagara and fought in the battle of Queenston Heights under General Van Rensselaer that resulted in the death of British General Isaac Brock. Fargo was wounded in right thigh, just before the Americans took possession of the ground. His grandfather was William Beebe Fargo (1757–1801), the son of William Fargo (1726–1813). His great-grandfather was the son of Moses Fargo (1691–1798) and the grandson of Moses Fargo (1648–1742), who emigrated from England to Connecticut in 1670 and served with distinction in the Revolutionary War.
In January 1840, Fargo married Anna H. Williams (1820–1890), daughter of Nathan Williams, one of the proprietors of Pompey, with whom he had eight children.
Georgia Fargo (1841–1892), who died unmarried
Alma Cornelia Fargo (1842–1842), who died young
Sarah Irene Fargo (1843–1854)
William George Fargo, Jr. (1845–1872), who married Minerva Elizabeth Prendergast (1848–1873)
Hannah Sophia Fargo (1847–1851), who died young
Mary Louise Fargo (1851–1852), who died young
Helen Lacy Fargo (1857–1886), who married Herbert G. Squiers (1859–1911), a diplomat who served as Minister to Cuba (1902–1905) and Panama (1906–1909)
Edwin Morgan Fargo (1861–1865), who died young
William was christened at Grace Episcopal Church in Buffalo, New York on November 19, 1854.
He died on August 3, 1881. After his funeral on August 7, 1881, he was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, New York. Fargo's wife Anna died in 1890. The city of Fargo, North Dakota is named after him.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (_URL_ : 20 August 2017), William G Fargo, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 165, sheet 202B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,831.
↑ "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (_URL_ : 11 March 2018), William G Fargo, Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States; citing p. 68, line 18, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 825,689.
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (_URL_ : accessed 24 January 2020), memorial page for William George Fargo (20 May 1818–3 Aug 1881), Find A Grave: Memorial #326, citing Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .


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Allan Gordon Bell
Level: High School
The program notes give some insight into the poetic ideas embedded in
Simulacra. In this work, Bell uses a clear, strong set of chords of
double-stopped chords to separate each section of the music:
Design a "composition flow chart". With a partner, listen to the piece several times. Draw a flowchart of the main ideas of the piece, using both musical language (ie., staccato passages,) and non-musical language (ie., sounds like an eagle cry). The chords shown above enter at different points throughout the music, and help to reveal the form and structure of the piece. On your listening chart, use the chords as a signpost - every time they enter, there is something new coming in the music. Try to make it fit on one sheet of 8&1/2 X 11 inch paper.


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Advanced Diagnostics for Detonation-Powered Vehicles
Agency / Branch:
DOD / USAF
The objective of the proposed SBIR Phase I program is to develop novel laser absorption-based instruments that provide rapid, in situ, simultaneous measurements of gas temperature, velocity and mole fractions of several important species in pulsed detonation flows. Based on laser absorption spectroscopy techniques, the instrumentation will employ room temperature novel mid-IR lasers to determine the concentrations of several combustion products and reactants with high sensitivity and capture the spatiotemporal evolution from deflagration to detonation. The Phase I instrument will be demonstrated in combustion flows at Los Gatos Research and at Stanford University. The fast response of the instrument will enable engineers and scientists to record precise measurements gasdynamic parameters in engine flows to identify temperature and species nonuniformities, combustion instabilities and to refine and improve computational models. BENEFIT: Instrumentation for measurements in rocket engine and gas turbine flows will enable Air Force scientists and engineers to monitor gas concentrations, temperatures and velocities under realistic rocket engine operating conditions. The instrument may also be used for measurements, control and thus optimization of generic combustion-powered flows (gas turbines, waste incinerators) to maximize efficiency and reduce unwanted pollutants.
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Since the introduction of the reformed, decoupled AS and A level qualifications, we've become aware of an increasing preference within schools for a two-year linear A level delivery model. This has been especially true in particular subjects and our research to date tells us that this movement towards A level is likely to continue.
In looking into this, we've heard a number of common reasons for the shift away from AS qualifications. These include:
- AS 'not counting' towards an A level grade
- distinct coursework (or speaking assessments) at AS and A level
- the volume of content of the reformed A levels
- time and budgetary constraints.
Teachers have also told us that they have seen the following benefits for students in focusing on a two-year A level-only course in these particular subjects:
- more time for students to engage with their subject
- more space to consider the content more deeply
- a longer development time for the necessary skills
- the opportunity to develop both breadth and depth of subject coverage
- less exam and/or coursework preparation and revision throughout the first year of the A level course.


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A dowel is a cylindrical rod, usually made from wood, plastic, or metal. In its original manufactured form, a dowel is called a dowel rod. Dowel rods are often cut into short lengths called dowel pins. Dowels are commonly used as structural reinforcements in cabinet making and in numerous other applications, including:
- Furniture shelf supports
- Moveable game pieces (i.e. pegs)
- Hangers for items such as clothing, key rings, and tools
- Wheel axles in toys
- Detents in gymnastics grips
- Supports for tiered wedding cakes
The traditional tool for making dowels is a dowel plate, an iron (or better, hardened tool steel) plate with a hole having the size of the desired dowel. To make a dowel, a piece of wood is split or whittled to a size slightly bigger than desired and then driven through the hole in the dowel plate. The sharp edges of the hole shear off the excess wood.
A second approach to cutting dowels is to rotate a piece of oversized stock past a fixed knife, or alternatively, to rotate the knife around the stock. Machines based on this principle emerged in the 19th century. Frequently, these are small bench-mounted tools.
For modest manufacturing volumes, wood dowels are typically manufactured on industrial dowel machines based on the same principles as the rotary cutters described above. Such machines may employ interchangeable cutting heads of varying diameters, thus enabling the machines to be quickly changed to manufacture different dowel diameters. Typically, the mechanism is open-ended, with material guides at the machine's entry and exit to enable fabrication of continuous dowel rod of unlimited length. Since the 19th century, some of these dowel machines have had power feed mechanisms to move the stock past the cutting mechanism.
High-volume dowel manufacturing is done on a wood shaper, which simultaneously forms multiple dowels from a single piece of rectangular stock (i.e., wood). These machines employ two wide, rotating cutting heads, one above the stock and one below it. The heads have nearly identical cutting profiles so that each will form an array of adjoined, side-by-side "half dowels". The heads are aligned to each other and one head is shaped to make deeper cuts along the dowel edges so as to part the stock into individual dowel rods, resulting in a group of dowel rods emerging in parallel at the machine's output.
The wooden dowel rod used in woodworking applications is commonly cut into dowel pins, which are used to reinforce joints and support shelves and other components in cabinet making. Some woodworkers make their own dowel pins, while others purchase dowel pins precut to the required length and diameter.
When dowels are glued into blind holes, a very common case in dowel-based joinery, there must be a path for air and excess glue to escape when the dowel is pressed into place. If no provision is made to relieve the hydraulic pressure of air and glue, hammering the dowel home or clamping the joint can split the wood. An old solution to this problem is to plane a flat on the side of the dowel; some sources suggest planing the flat on the rough stock before the final shaping of the round dowel. Some dowel plates solve the problem by cutting a groove in the side of the dowel as it is forced through; this is done by a groove screw, a pointed screw intruding from the side into the dowel cutting opening. Some dowel pins are Fluted with multiple parallel grooves along their length to serve the same purpose.
When two pieces of wood are to be joined by dowels embedded in blind holes, there are numerous methods for aligning the holes. For example, pieces of shot may be placed between the wood pieces to produce indentations when the pieces are clamped together; after the clamp is released, the indentations indicate the center points for drilling. Dowel centers are simple and inexpensive tools for aligning opposing blind holes. Various commercial systems, such as Dowelmax, have been devised to solve this problem.
The word dowel was used in Middle English; it appears in Wycliffe's Bible translation (circa _PHONE_) in a list of the parts of a wheel: "...and the spokis, and dowlis of tho wheelis..." Cognates with other Germanic languages suggest that the word is much older (deuvel in Dutch, Dübel in German).
Wooden dowels have been used in manufacturing and woodworking for many centuries. One of the earliest documented uses of wooden dowels was in Japanese shrines in AD 690, which were constructed using only wood, wooden dowels and pegs, and interlocking joints. Around AD 1000, Leif Erikson sailed across the North Atlantic in a ship that was largely constructed of overlapping planks held together by wooden dowels and iron nails. The wooden dowels did not rust and thus were more reliable than iron for long expeditions.
Dowel pins are often used as precise locating devices in machinery. Steel dowel pins are machined to tight tolerances, as are the corresponding holes, which are typically reamed. A dowel pin may have a smaller diameter than its hole so that it freely slips in, or a larger diameter so that it must be pressed into its hole (an interference fit).
When designing mechanical components, mechanical engineers typically use dowel holes as reference points to control positioning variations and attain repeatable assembly quality. If no dowels are used for alignment (e.g., components are mated by bolts only), there can be significant variation, or "play", in component alignment.
Typical drilling and milling operations, as well as manufacturing practices for bolt threads, introduce mechanical play proportional to the size of the fasteners. For example, bolts up to 10 mm (0.394 in) in diameter typically have play on the order of 0.2 mm (0.008 inches). When dowels are used in addition to bolts, however, the tighter dimensional tolerances of dowels and their mating holes—typically 0.01 mm (0.0004 inches)—result in significantly less play, on the order of 0.02 mm (0.0008 inches). Manufacturing costs are inversely proportional to mechanical tolerances and, as a result, engineers must balance the need for mechanical precision against cost as well as other factors such as manufacturability and serviceability.
There are a variety of specifications, military, ISO, DIN, ASME that pins may be made to. And size can even vary by dowel pin material. Metric dowel pins are often found in two size. In DIN 6325 standard the dowel pins are slightly larger than the nominal value. For example a 3 mm dowel pin will range from 3.002 to 3.008 mm (0.1182 to 0.1184 inches). In the ISO 2338 standard the dowel pins are slightly smaller - 3 mm nominal range is 2.986 to 3.000 mm (0.1176 to 0.1181 inches). The terminology (e.g. "oversized", "standard") is not entirely consistent across suppliers. In inch pins "oversized" refers to pins that are more significantly oversized for worn out dowel pin holes. The most common inch sized pins are slightly oversized, and "undersized" versions are also available.
In automobiles, dowels are used when precise mating alignment is required, such as in differential gear casings, engines, and transmissions.
Bolts in a bolted joint often have an important function as a dowel, resisting shear forces. For this reason, many bolts have a plain unthreaded section to their shank. This gives a closer fit to the hole and also avoids some problems with fretting wear when a screw thread bears against an unthreaded component.
A cross dowel is a cylindrically shaped metal nut (i.e., a metal dowel) that is used to join two pieces of wood. Like other metal nuts, it has an inside threaded hole, although the hole is unusual in that it passes through the sides of the dowel. One or both ends of the dowel are slotted, with the slots oriented parallel to the threaded hole through which the bolt will pass.
In a cross dowel application, the two pieces of wood are aligned and a bolt hole is drilled through one piece of wood and into the other. A dowel hole is drilled laterally across the bolt hole and the cross dowel is inserted into it. A screwdriver is inserted into the slot at the end of the cross dowel and the dowel is rotated so that its threaded hole aligns with the bolt hole. The bolt is then inserted into the bolt hole and screwed into the cross dowel until the wood pieces are held tightly together.
- Ivin Sickels, Exercises in Wood-Working, American Book Company, 1889; see Exercise 18.— Uniting with Dowels, pages 104-105.
- Dowel Making and Doweling, Scientific American, Vol. XLIX, No. 6 (Aug. 11, 1883); page 88.
- H. H. Parker, Making Wood Dowels, Popular Mechanics, Vol. 41, No. 6 (June, 1924); page 957.
- William H. Whitlock, Improvement in Turning Tool, U.S. Patent 83,573, granted Oct. 27, 1868.
- Sanford A. Penny, Lathe, U.S. Patent 398,077, granted Feb. 19, 1889.
- Edward A. Cherry, Tool for


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Grow, Wisconsin
Grow is a town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 473 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 35.4 square miles (91.7 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 473 people, 160 households, and 127 families residing in the town. The population density was 13.4 people per square mile (5.2/km²). There were 175 housing units at an average density of 4.9/sq mi (1.9/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 99.15% White, 0.21% African American, 0.21% Asian, and 0.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.63% of the population.
There were 160 households out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.6% were married couples living together, 10.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.6% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 3.39.
In the town the population was spread out with 33.2% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 106.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $36,484, and the median income for a family was $40,000. Males had a median income of $25,500 versus $22,000 for females. The per capita income for the town was $13,133. About 12.2% of families and 18.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.2% of those under age 18 and 19.0% of those age 65 or over.
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The Simplified Modified Rational Method is a runoff method common to the USA, used to generate flows in place of a full hyetograph. This method benefits from easy confirmation of results by hand. This method should not be confused with the UK based Modified Rational Method used to generate peak flows during the Network Design.
Due to its static nature, this runoff method does not require dynamic rainfall, and a single or multiple IDF Table can be used. Most design storms can be used as well, as they hold or can generate IDF tables internally. User Defined rainfall or non-IDF deriving rainfall types (e.g. SCS, Long Term or Observed) cannot be used for static analysis.
In order to perform a sizing analysis using the Simplified Modified Rational Method, two conditions must be met:
 - Each inflow in the phases to be analysed must be using the Simplified Modified Rational runoff method.
 - The Analysis Criteria must be set to use Static method, and a suitable rainfall selected.
This method assumes that the rainfall intensity averaging period is equal to the actual storm duration. This means that the rainfall and runoff that occur before and after the rainfall averaging period are not accounted for. Therefore, the Modified Rational Method may underestimate the required storage volume for any given storm event.
The Simplified Modified Rational Method should normally be used in homogeneous drainage areas of less than 20 acres, with a Time of Concentration of less than 20 minutes.
Calculations are outlined in more detail in the Norfolk, Virginia Engineering Calculations document (pages 5-12 to 5-17).
The method involves the use of the standard rational method equation to generate a peak flow that is then converted into an inflow hydrograph using the following formula:
Q = Flow
Cf = Runoff Coefficient (Adjustment) Factor - Accounts for reduction of infiltration and other losses during high intensity storms
C = Runoff Coefficient
I = Rainfall Intensity – Selected from an IDF table based on the duration
A = Area
The hydrograph is then created using some additional parameter to describe the shape of the curve. These are:
 - Duration of Peak, or rainfall averaging period, Td – The duration to run the storm for before the start of the regression (drain down) limb. This must be greater than or equal to the time of concentration. Where equal the curve is a triangular hydrograph.
 - Recession Limb Multiplier - The time taken to drop back from the peak to zero after the duration of the event. This defaults to 1 to give a triangular curve, but may be increased to give a longer drain down. A value of 1.5 is commonly used as it better reflects the SCS runoff.
The graph starts at 0, 0 and then builds up to the peak flow for the Tc value. It will then remain at that flow rate until Td, at which point it will drop back to zero based on the recession multiplier * Tc.
Images taken from the Norfolk, Virginia Engineering Calculations, Figure 5-5


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The United States has just filed suit against a power company and the subcontractor that it hired to trim hazard trees that encroached the company's power lines. The government alleges that the defendants, negligently and in violation of law, ignited the Power Fire in 2004 by carelessly discarding an ignited cigarette while operating on the Eldorado National Forest. In the case the government seeks twice the amount of all damages sustained, i.e., twice the costs of fire suppression, rehabilitation and restoration of the burned areas, loss of commercial timber, loss of environmental resources and uses, and loss of cultural resources. The government also seeks interest, the cost of investigation, collection, accounting, and administrative costs incurred as a result of the fire and attorneys' fees. Although unspecified, the total will be huge.
The Power Fire burned approximately 16,993 acres on the Eldorado National Forest and on private timberlands. Interestingly, in its complaint the government asserts, among other things, that it is entitled to a presumption and inference of negligence because the ignition and spread of the Power Fire was not the type of accident that normally occurs absent negligence, and defendants had exclusive control of the cigarettes that started the fire, as well as their work area and all other reasonably probable instrumentalities capable of starting the fire.


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This module implements the dnode protocol in a reusable form that is presently used for both the server-side and browser-side dnode code.
var protocol = require('dnode-protocol')
var proto = protocol(cons, localRef=)
Create a new protocol object with a constructor
These libraries implement the dnode protocol too so you can make RPC calls between scripts written in different languages.
There's a python one in the works too at
- dnode-python but it's not finished yet.


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During the First World War, many members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment were sent overseas with latent pulmonary tuberculosis. Latent tuberculosis was impossible to detect at the time since the infected did not exhibit symptoms and were not sick. However, latent tuberculosis often advanced to active tuberculosis, which was infectious, debilitating, and life-threatening. Dr. Heidi Coombs-Thorne will discuss tuberculosis during the First World War and the measures taken to treat it.
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Your smartphone is secretly accessed by your friends and family
New research has found that as many as one in five people have accessed a friend's smartphone, without that person's knowledge, Vice reported.
"Lunchtime attacks" can be avoided by using strong passwords, and keeping close tabs on your device. Still, 31 per cent of participants in an online survey looked through someone's device at least once in the past year.
Konstantin Beznosov, a UBC professor of electrical and computer engineering, co-authored the study.
"[It's] somebody who is from your social circle: like your friends, your relatives or maybe roommates and coworkers," said Beznosov. "They have more chances to have access to your phone, physically. For example, when you leave your phone to go to the washroom or when you leave it on your desk. They are in a much better position than strangers to actually access your phone without your permission."


check entered integer positive or negative in C using if else ?
Q.) W.A.P to check the leap year or not in C using if else ?
 #include<stdio.h>
 #include<conio.h>
 int main()
 {
 int a;
 printf("enter an integer :\n");
 scanf("%d",&a);
 if (a>=0)
 {
 printf("This is a positive integer");
 }
 else{
 printf( "This is a negative integer");
 }
 getch();
 }
Output
enter an integer :
-14 /* say a = -14 */.
This is a negative integer
Program Explanation
Step 1: Include header files (#include<stdio.h> and #include<conio.h>).
Step 2: Start with main function with return type.
Step 3: parenthesis to start and end the program { }.
Step 4: declare variables with data type i.e, 'a' is an integer type so we use "int" data type.
Step 5: Use output function printf() to print the output on the screen.
Step 6: Use input function scanf() to get input from the user.
Step 7: Here, we have to check whether the entered integer is positive or negative by using if-else condition, Here, we use the relational operator ( i.e, >=) to check condition. if condition checks whether 'a' is greater than or equal to zero.
 - if this condition is true, then it will execute if block, which will print the output as this is a positive integer.
 - if the condition is not true, then it will execute else block and print the output as this is a negative integer.
Step 8: using getch() function to hold the screen.


text: Given microscope images, one can observe 2D cross-sections of 3D micro anatomical structures with high spatial resolutions. Each of the 2D microscope images alone is, though, not suitable for studying the 3D anatomical structures and hence many works have been done on a 3D image reconstruction from a given series of microscope images of histological sections obtained from a single target tissue. For the 3D image reconstruction, an image registration technique is necessary because there exists the independent translation, rotation, and non-rigid deformation of the histological sections. In this paper, a landmark-based method of fully non-rigid image registration for the 3D image reconstruction is proposed. The proposed method first detects landmarks corresponded between given images by using a template matching and then non-rigidly deforms the images so that the corresponding landmarks detected in different images are located along a single smooth curve in the reconstructed 3D image. Most of all conventional methods for the reconstruction of 3D microscope image registers two consecutive images at a time and many micro anatomical structures often have unnatural straight shape along the vertical (z) direction in the resultant 3D image because, roughly speaking, the conventional methods registers two given images so that pixels with the same coordinates in the two images have the same pixel value. The proposed method, on the other hand, determine the deformations of all given images by referring to the all images and deforms them simultaneously. In the experiments, a 3D microscope image of the pancreas of a KPC mouse was reconstructed from a series of microscope images of the histological sections.


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This Rhode Island Sea Grant fact sheet provides information about red tide algal blooms in New England. It addresses where and when red tides occur, how to know if shellfish are safe to consume, and other important facts about red tide. The site features a black and white picture of the dinoflagellate responsible for red tide in New England and a regional map of where infected shell fish have been found. It also features links to other red tide related sites and a list of pertinent reading material.
Subject: Biology:Ecology:Principles, Habitats:Marine, Water Column, Biology:Microbiology, Microbiology:Microbiology and Health Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work Grade Level: General Public, College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12), Middle (6-8) Ocean Environments: Coastal and Estuarine Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:EcologyKeywords: harmful algal bloom, HAB, paralytic shellfish poisoning, PSP, Alexandrium tamarense