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Credits: Up to 14 S/N
Program Type: Exchange
As the largest city in Italy and among the wealthiest in the European Union, Milan is the financial center of Italy. Italy is the eighth largest economy in the world and the fourth largest in Europe, and recent governmental reforms suggest future growth and competitiveness in the globalized business world.
UniversitÃ Commerciale Luigi Bocconi is a top-ranked business school in Europe and worldwide. Founded in 1902 and considered the premier university in Italy, it's the first Italian institution of higher education to focus on economics and management. The school is central to a global network of business and economics universities and favors cultural integration, international exchange, and economic integration in its wide-reaching partnerships. Università Bocconi recognizes that as political debates about globalization are ongoing, an economically interdependent business world has long been a reality. The program aims to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the commercial, financial, and institutional realities of the new global market from an international perspective.
To be eligible for this education abroad program, you must be:
The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
Students in the program receive up to 14 S/N Carlson School International Business (IBUS 5100) credits for a semester at Università Bocconi, enrolling in a total of 28–30 credits to meet the minimum requirements. An Italian language crash course is also available for an additional cost about one month prior to the start of the program.
Carlson School students enroll in the International Economics and Management program, which is taught in English.
Four-week Italian language classes are offered before the term begins for an additional fee.
These may vary based on student preference and exchange rate. All details subject to change based on economic and international factors.
Current Carlson School Tuition and Fees
|Transportation (to and from program site)||$1,300|
Documentation (passport, visa,
|Books and Materials||$200|
|Room and/or Board||
|Essential Daily Living Expenses||$2,500|
|Total Estimated Expenses||$10,150 plus Carlson School tuition|
Application materials include the online application form, a resume, and essay. Submit a completed application by the February 28th priority deadline prior to the academic year in which you wish to participate. Programs that do not fill following the priority deadline will be reviewed on a rolling-admissions basis.
Admission to all programs is based on review of your application by the study abroad selection committee. Applications will be reviewed following the deadline, and you will be notified of your status by official letter in April. Once selected, you will be asked to pay a $500 deposit in order to confirm your place in the program.


list of known hosts.
 Mon Dec 4 11:08:13 PST 2006
 [grid@node1 grid]$ ssh node2 date
 Mon Dec 4 11:08:35 PST 2006
 At the end of this process, the public host name for each member node should be registered in the known_hosts file for all other cluster nodes.
 If you are using a remote client to connect to the local node, and you see a message similar to "Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding," then this means that your authorized keys file is configured correctly, but your SSH configuration has X11 forwarding enabled. To correct this issue, proceed to "Setting Display and X11 Forwarding Configuration".
 3. Repeat step 2 on each cluster node member.
If you have configured SSH correctly, then you can now use the ssh or scp commands without being prompted for a password. For example:
[grid@node1 ~]$ ssh node2 date
Mon Feb 26 23:34:42 UTC 2009
[grid@node1 ~]$ ssh node1 date
Mon Feb 26 23:34:48 UTC 2009
If any node prompts for a password, then verify that the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on that node contains the correct public keys, and that you have created an Oracle software owner with identical group membership and IDs.
E.2 Configuring Kernel Parameters
This section contains the following:
The kernel parameter and shell limit values shown in the following section are recommended values only. For production database systems, Oracle recommends that you tune these values to optimize the performance of the system. Refer to your operating system documentation for more information about tuning kernel parameters.
E.2.1 Minimum Parameter Settings for Installation
During installation, or when you run the Cluster Verification Utility (cluvfy) with the flag -fixup, a fixup script is generated. This script updates required kernel packages if necessary to minimum values.
If you cannot use the fixup scripts, then review the following table to set values manually:
Parameter Value File
semmsl semmns semopm semmni 250 32000 100 128 /proc/sys/kernel/sem
shmmax Minimum allocation:
536870912 (512 MB)
Maximum allocation:
 - Linux x86: At least 1 byte less than 4 GB, or _PHONE_.
 Recommended: More than half the physical memory.
 - Linux x86-64: At least 1 byte less than the physical memory
 Recommended: More than half the physical memory
See My Oracle Support Note 567506.1 for additional information about configuring shmmax.
shmmni 4096 /proc/sys/kernel/shmmni
shmall _PHONE_ /proc/sys/kernel/shmall
file-max _PHONE_ /proc/sys/fs/file-max
ip_local_port_range Minimum: 9000
Maximum: 65500
rmem_default 262144 /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default
rmem_max _PHONE_ /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max
wmem_default 262144 /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default
wmem_max _PHONE_ /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max
aio-max-nr _PHONE_ /proc/sys/fs/aio-max-nr
If the current value for any parameter is greater than the value listed in this table, then the Fixup scripts do not change the value of that parameter.
E.2.2 Additional Parameter and Kernel Settings for SUSE Linux
On SUSE systems only, complete the following steps as needed:
 1. Enter the following command to cause the system to read the /etc/sysctl.conf file when it restarts:
 # /sbin/chkconfig boot.sysctl on
 2. On SUSE 10 systems only, use a text editor to change the /etc/sysconfig/boot.sysctl parameter RUN_PARALLEL flag from yes to no.
 3. Enter the GID of the oinstall group as the value for the parameter /proc/sys/vm/hugetlb_shm_group. Doing this grants members of oinstall a group permission to create shared memory segments.
 For example, where the oinstall group GID is 501:
 # echo 501 > /proc/sys/vm/hugetlb_shm_group
 After running this command, use vi to add the following text to /etc/sysctl.conf, and enable the boot.sysctl script to run on system restart:
 Only one group can be defined as the vm.hugetlb_shm_group.
 4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 on all other nodes in the cluster.
E.3 Checking OCFS2 Version Manually
To check your OCFS version manually, enter the following commands:
modinfo ocfs2
rpm -qa |grep ocfs2
Ensure that ocfs2console and ocfs2-tools are at least version 1.2.7, and that the other OCFS2 components correspond to the pattern ocfs2-kernel_version-1.2.7 or greater. If you want to install Oracle RAC on a shared home, then the OCFS version must be 1.4.1 or greater.
For information about OCFS2, refer to the following Web site:


most deadly violent haunting in the US
Bell Witch Haunting Ghost Caught on Video Tape
The Bell Witch haunting is one of the first, real, documented ghost hauntings in America, join us as get the Bell Witch Ghost Caught on Tape. Is it possible to communicate to the Bell Witch Ghost through ghost box, evp, and ouija? Join us tonight as attempt get evidence of the Bell Witch Haunting Ghost, caught on tape.
The paranormal haunting of the Bell Witch started with John Bell Sr., who made his living as a farmer, resided with his family in Adams, Tennessee in the early 1800s. In 1817, his family came under attack by a witch, who was believed to be a lady called Kate Batts. Various accounts written afterward, tell stories similar to other poltergeist legends. It began with noises in the walls and grew to include unusual sounds; people being slapped and pinched, objects being thrown, and animals being spooked without visible cause.
In the 1894 book An Authenticated History of the Bell Witch, author Martin Van Buren Ingram claims that the poltergeist's name was Kate, and that she frequently cursed the Bell family out loud. The activity centered on the Bells' youngest daughter, Betsy, and worsened after she became engaged to one Joshua Gardner.
Several accounts report that during his military career, Andrew Jackson was intrigued with the story and was frightened away after traveling to investigate. Other stories relate that the family was haunted by scratching noises outside their door after Bell found a half-dog, half-rabbit creature. Some stories end up with Bell being poisoned by the witch. Accounts vary about the witch being someone who had been cheated by Bell or a male slave whom Bell had killed.
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PHP 4 >= 4.0.4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
gzdeflate - Deflate a string
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gzdeflate( string$data, [int$level = -1], [int$encoding = ZLIB_ENCODING_RAW] ): string|false
This function compresses the given string using the DEFLATE data format.
For details on the DEFLATE compression algorithm see the document "DEFLATE Compressed Data Format Specification version 1.3" (RFC 1951).
Parameters
data
The data to deflate.
level
The level of compression. Can be given as 0 for no compression up to 9 for maximum compression. If not given, the default compression level will be the default compression level of the zlib library.
encoding
One of ZLIB_ENCODING_* constants.
Return Values
The deflated string or false if an error occurred.
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Ensure AWS Elasticsearch domain encryption for data at rest is enabled
Error: AWS Elasticsearch domain encryption for data at rest is disabled
Bridgecrew Policy ID: BC_AWS_ELASTICSEARCH_3
Checkov Check ID: CKV_AWS_5
Severity: HIGH
AWS Elasticsearch domain encryption for data at rest is disabled
Description
Encryption of data at rest is a security feature that helps prevent unauthorized access to your data. The feature uses AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) to store and manage your encryption keys and the Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm with 256-bit keys (AES-256) to perform the encryption. If enabled, the feature encrypts the domain's: indices, logs, swap files, all data in the application directory, and automated snapshots.
We recommend you implement encryption at rest in order to protect a data store containing sensitive information from unauthorized access, and fulfill compliance requirements.
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By default, domains do not encrypt data at rest, and you cannot configure existing domains to use EncryptionAtRest.
To enable EncryptionAtRest, you must create a new domain and migrate Elasticsearch to that domain. You will also need, at minimum, read-only permissions to AWS KMS.
To create a new domain sign in to your AWS Console and select the Elasticsearch service (under Analytics), follow these steps:
 1. Select Create a new domain.
 2. Change the default Encryption setting to enabled.
 3. Continue configuring your cluster.
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CloudFormation
Resource: AWS::Elasticsearch::Domain
Argument: Properties.EncryptionAtRestOptions.Enabled
Resources:
 ElasticsearchDomain:
 Type: AWS::Elasticsearch::Domain
 Properties:
 ...
 EncryptionAtRestOptions:
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All of this wilderness is located in New Mexico and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. De-Na-Zin Wilderness Area is a remote, high desert region of colorful, low relief badlands, split by many branched dry washes and containing innumerable eroded rock formations, fossils and pieces of petrified wood, including complete trunks up to 100 feet long. The unusual and ever changing scenery is a product of time and the natural elements. There are two major geological formations found in the wilderness, the Fruitland Formation and the Kirtland Shale. The Fruitland Formation makes up most of what the visitor will see while in the badlands where weathering of the sandstone forms the many spires and hoodoos (sculpted rock) found throughout the area. The Kirtland Shale contains rock of various colors and dominates the eastern part of the wilderness.
credit: Glenn Merritt

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John McCracken: Stainless Steel Sculptures
Opening on November 9, the gallery will present recent sculptures by John McCracken. The artist will be showing for the first time at Zwirner & Wirth after exhibiting at David Zwirner in 1997, and Hauser & Wirth in 1999. John McCracken, who lives and works in Medanales, New Mexico, has been a presence in New York steadily since the mid 1960s. During the last two years he has shown his work in London, Zurich, Paris and Los Angeles. His work is currently included in Open Ends at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
At the same time that Minimalist artists such as Carl Andre, Donald Judd, and Dan Flavin were gaining ground with their new abstract work in New York, McCracken was experimenting in Los Angeles with a similar vernacular. McCracken, who started his career as a painter, soon left the constraints of the picture frame towards a more three-dimensional understanding of painting. In particular, his signature work, the plank, literally defines the space between painting and sculpture, the floor and the wall. With his simple gesture of leaning a monochromatic, rectangular resin plank so it rests on the floor and wall, he created a definitive work following the primary concerns of Minimalism: the desire to leave the two dimensionality of the picture plane for a new art that references and includes both architecture and the viewer.


The cells_column_labels() function is used to target the table's column labels when applying a footnote with tab_footnote() or adding custom style with tab_style(). The function is expressly used in each of those functions' locations argument.
cells_column_labels(columns)
Arguments
columns
The names of the column labels that are to be targeted.
Value
A list object with the classes cells_column_labels and location_cells.
Details
When using any of the location helper functions with an appropriate function that has a locations argument, multiple locations can be targeted by enclosing several cells_*() helper functions in a list(). The following helper functions can be used to target cells (roughly in order from the top to the bottom of a table):
 - cells_title(): targets the table title or the table subtitle depending on the value given to the groups argument ("title" or "subtitle").
 - cells_stubhead(): targets the stubhead location, a cell of which is only available when there is a stub; a label in that location can be created by using the tab_stubhead() function.
 - cells_column_spanners(): targets the spanner column labels, which appear above the column labels.
 - cells_column_labels(): targets the column labels.
 - cells_row_groups(): targets the row group labels in any available row groups using the groups argument.
 - cells_stub(): targets row labels in the table stub using the rows argument.
 - cells_body(): targets data cells in the table body using intersections of columns and rows.
 - cells_summary(): targets summary cells in the table body using the groups argument and intersections of columns and rows.
 - cells_grand_summary(): targets cells of the table's grand summary using intersections of columns and rows
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Function ID
7-8
See also
Examples
# Use 'sza' to create a gt table; add a # header and then add footnotes to the # column labels with 'tab_footnote()' and # 'cells_column_labels()' in 'locations' tab_1 <- sza %>% dplyr::filter( latitude == 20 & month == "jan" & !is.na(sza) ) %>% dplyr::select(-latitude, -month) %>% gt() %>% tab_footnote( footnote = "True solar time.", locations = cells_column_labels( columns = vars(tst) ) ) %>% tab_footnote( footnote = "Solar zenith angle.", locations = cells_column_labels( columns = vars(sza) ) )


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Simplified Internal arc - Structural simulation
Paper i proceeding, 2011
The impact of pressure rise due to an internal arc (IA) event on the structure of a switchgear cubicle is of great importance for a safe design. Switchgear panels are designed for withstanding an internal arc incident as per the testing conditions defined by IEC 62271-200 standard. This paper reports on a calculation procedure employing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and structural finite element method (S-FEM). The approach is targeting a reduced numerical complexity, straight forward modelling, and stressing as little assumptions as possible. In the proposed method, time varying electric power is used as input along with other parameters for solving mass, momentum and energy equations by CFD. The peak pressure and rise time delivered by transient CFD simulation is needed to perform structural simulation. The structural calculation is performed using dynamic load factor.

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Willows are deciduous and rapidly growing trees. The leaves are alternate and long with short stems. The plants are dioecious (staminate and pistillate flowers are on different plants) and the fruit is a catkin. They generally grow along rivers and prefer moist soil. They are usually insect pollinated and occasionally wind pollinated. The appearance of the trees is quite distinct in that their branches hang down in a drooping fashion, commonly down to the ground.
Weeping willow (Salix alba)
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Willow shrub (Salix genus)
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Although willows elicit strong allergic responses from individuals in allergy tests, willows tend to be pollinated more by insects than by wind, and therefore present fewer people with the allergenic challenge than other tree types.
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Grains are prolate and subprolate; the amb subtriangular and 3-colporate. The colpi are long and narrow with tapering ends.
Pollen grains are 28-34 X 20-21 micrometers.
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The CBA's response to the Welsh Government's proposed budget cuts to Cadw and the RCAHMW
The CBA has written to the Welsh Government in an open letter expressing our deep concern at the level of their proposed cuts to both Cadw and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales (RCAHMW).
In its draft budget for 2024-25, released in December, the Welsh Government outlined a broad program of cuts spanning multiple sectors.
Whilst many other arts and cultural bodies will see their funding cut by over 10.5%, the proposed cuts to the heritage sector are even more drastic, as both Cadw and the RCAHMW will see their funding reduced by 22.3%.
We believe this will have a catastrophic impact on heritage in Wales, and, whilst we acknowledge the difficulties posed by the current economic climate, we are extremely disappointed to see such disproportionate and seemingly unjustified cuts to these important heritage sector bodies.
We, therefore, urge the Welsh Government to reconsider these proposals and carefully consider the far-reaching ramifications that this scale of cuts will have on heritage and archaeological services in Wales.
Read our open letters to Dawn Bowden, Deputy Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism and Delyth Jewell MS, Chair Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee, using the links below.


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The SP181 is an RF pentode designed to operate within equipment with a 200 mA heater chain. The operating frequency quoted is 45 MHz which is the frequency of operation of the Pye IF strip used in war time radar receivers. It also fits with Band I television. The introduction date of 1940 suggest it was initially designed for pre-war television receivers. It has a straight characteristic rather than variable μ and pre-war vision receivers were normally of the TRF (Tuned Radio Frequency) type where AGC was not applied.
The reverse is plain zinc paint.
The classic envelope is 32 mm in diameter, and excluding the MO base pins is 80 mm tall.
References: Data-sheet, 1040 & 1043. Type SP181 was first introduced in 1940.
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Where Can CVS Expand New Stores?
Stephen Kita
Posted on Aug 3, 2020
For this project, CVS location and US population data were analyzed to suggest where CVS should consider opening new stores.
CVS pharmacy is the largest pharmacies in the United Sates, with almost 10,000 locations as of August, 2020. Last year they reported $256B in revenue, and were listed as #5 on the Fortune 500 list.
According to CVS's SEC filing, their major sources of income are pharmacy and in-store sales. In addition, the majority of the pharmacy sales are within network, as opposed to online or mail-order. Therefore, the vast majority of revenue for CVS comes from people physically walking into the store.
If CVS wants to continue growing, the easiest way seems to be opening new stores. However, CVS is challenged to open new stores, because they already operate in so many locations. Therefore, CVS should target areas with higher demand when opening stores.
Data Collection
In this project, the location and count of every CVS store in the United States were scraped from the CVS website1. Store location data was collect and processed with the Python BeautifulSoup package.
Population data was downloaded from the US Census website, and population estimates for 2019 we used for all states (including District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) and for all cities > 50,000 residents.
These two datasets were combined using Python Pandas to generate a data frame of CVS location by state and city population:
Data Analysis
This data was graphed using Python Matplotlib to show the number of stores per capita. A linear trendline was calculated, and the slope was approximately 1 CVS store per 33,000 people. This trend was the same for both cities and states.
These states/cities can be grouped by whether they fall above or below the trendline (average number of stores per capita). The regions in green are where there are more than 33,000 stores per person, and the regions in red are where there are less.
Using this framework, we can assume that locations with below average CVS counts have a higher demand for new CVS stores. We can also rank the highest and lowest locations based on demand by population:
We can see that states like Washington and Colorado have a higher demand while states like Florida and Massachusetts have a lower demand. This could be do to the difference in ages between the states. Florida and Massachusetts have older populations, who would need more prescriptions than younger populations.
Looking at the cities, New York City and Los Angeles have a higher demand while Miami and Washington DC have a lower demand. This could be due to the high cost of real estate in NYC and LA, where the operating costs might hurt the profitability of a store.
We can cross-reference the city and state information to form a strategy about where CVS should expand.
If a state has a high demand for CVS and also has cities with a high demand, then CVS should make a larger presence in those cities. However, if a state has a high demand for CVS, but low demand in cities, then CVS should try expanding to new cities in that state.
In conclusion, if CVS wants to continue adding new stores, they could focus on expanding their presence in these cities where demand is high:
 - Seattle, WA
 - Denver, CO
 - Portland, OR
 - San Juan, PR
Alternatively, they could add stores in these states where demand is high by expanding to new towns:
 - Wisconsin
 - Arkansas
 - Utah
 - Iowa
Future Work
This analysis could be expanded by adding more demographic data, such as age and income levels, to better predict where a store would be profitable. In addition, competitor data from walgreens, walmart, rite aid, etc. could be scraped from the web to look for areas with less competition.
1 Data was scraped from the CVS Store Locator online. The CVS robots.txt file was reviewed beforehand and the store locator pages were allowed.
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Make an Animal Safari
Hide toy animals, or pictures of them, around the house, backyard or a park without telling your children - also research where they live, what they eat and at least one interesting fact on each of the hidden animals. Then lead the kids on an expedition/safari to see what animals you can find and share the interesting facts about each creature when you find it. For added fun, wait until it gets dark and use a flashlight to find the animals on Friday night.


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Re: terminology
From: Cimode <>
Date: 18 Jun 2006 11:55:56 -0700
Message-ID: <>
Speaking of terminilogy...and preciseness...
Marshall wrote:
> There's a lot of terminological discussion floating around right now,
> and some of it is really bad.
> Most basically, a relation is a subset of a product of sets.
What the hell is a product of sets? sets of what? product is exclusively an arithmetic operation. Which one are refering to?
What allows to qualify a relation as a subset of the exclusive output arithmetics operations?
> In the c.d.t. context, we mean a little more than that, because
> of keys and possibly constraints, and because each of the sets
> has an associated name, but that's the basic idea. A particular
> relation is a value.
No. A particular occurence of relvar in time is a value. A relation is not a relvar. A relvar is an elementary component of a relation.
> A variable is a construct that has an associated value, and also
A variable is defined and can live totally independently from the values it holds...Defining a value holder according to a value is incorrect.
As an analogy, do you define a recipient according to its content? Do you define a glass of water according to water...Both are totally independent. Water is H2O and glass of water is mainly Carbon
> has some associated destructive update operation, usually
> assignment.
What the hell is associated *destructive update operation*? A sci fi movie?
In statically typed languages, a variable has an
> associated type, and updates to the variable must conform
> to that type, possibly taking subtyping in to account.
So basically you state a variable has type, a value has type, a relation has type?
The three are different. How do you define update? Subtypes are a totally different subjects....You mix up everything!
> "Relvar" is simply an abbrevation for "relation variable." No
> more and no less--just shorthand. It is a variable, and the
> static type of the variable is a relation type.
I totally disagree with such definition because your premise is false you assume
relation = relvar = relvalue
> Note that there is no distinction between "relation" and "relation
> value" the same way there is no distinction between "integer"
> and "integer value."
No. a relation is a particular of function a *relation value* is a value drawn from a domain (RM) or ensemble of values. I will use your analogy of integers to prove you wrong. *integer* refers to the complete set of values drawn from the ensemble of integers meaning ALL of them. An integer value is one specific occuring value...Which basically makes say that
ALL integers = one integer...
>There are values and there are variables.
What a level of incoherence
You just stated above that there is no difference between a variable and a value...Now you state the difference between...Make up you mind!!!
> Values have a type, and in most systems variables have
> a type, such that the variable and its associated value are
> guaranteed to have compatible types, either because the
> types are equal or because the value's type is a subtype of
> the variable's type.
You make so many confusions about RM, I seriously believe you get back to reading about RM.
> Marshall
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Boston's Casserly House is a crossroads where Jesuit-minded volunteers bridge across generations not only to serve vulnerable immigrants struggling to build a life in the United States — but also to help one another on their own life journeys.
For nearly a decade, Ignatian Volunteer Corps and Jesuit Volunteer Corps members have come to Casserly House to teach English, build basic job skills and assist immigrants and refugees on the path to citizenship. In the afternoons, they put at-risk children on more solid academic footing with a neighborhood after-school tutoring program.
In the process, the volunteers learn to walk with one another, each helping the other navigate the waters of their own lives, one at the beginning and the other in the afterword of career and family raising.
In 2014, Anna Ryan was 22 with a newly minted diploma from St. Joseph University in Philadelphia. She had decided to spend that year with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, the largest lay Catholic full-time volunteer program placing mostly young adults in social justice and service organizations around the world. But when she arrived in the immigrant-settled neighborhood around Casserly House, she was, she admits, completely out of her element.
"I was very much on an unfolding discernment process and trying to figure out where I saw myself in the world and what vocation meant for me," says Ryan, now an assistant director of Retreats and Spiritual Life at St. Peter's University's campus ministry.
Jim McCarthy, on the other hand, was fully retired from a corporate career and already in his fifth year as an Ignatian Volunteer at Casserly. Personally, his own grown children were forging lives of their own, sometimes making decisions that unsettled or worried him.
Yet it was the gulf of years and experience between them that brought them together, each bringing a perspective that helped support the other in their work at Casserly and also in their personal lives.
"Living with five other women (at the JVC house), I could see very clearly and very early on that I had a unique work environment," Ryan recalls. "I had support and mentorship and stability in a way that some of them didn't have."
For Jim, "the mentoring went two ways," he says. Younger JVs like Ryan opened his eyes to the millennial culture, what pushes and pulls at them, what influences their decisions. They helped him understand his own children.
"We have a bottomless number of volunteers who come," says Sr. Nancy Braceland of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, which founded Casserly House in 2000. "It's not hard to get volunteers; what's hard is having the right volunteers and people do the right kind of mentoring and build up a team."
That was what she had in mind when she brought in McCarthy in 2009, a year after she first brought in a JVC volunteer to staff and run the programs. She saw an opportunity for an older volunteer to mentor a younger generation.
"For me, it was important to have someone motivate and help the Jesuit volunteers succeed," says Sr. Nancy, who retired as director of Casserly this past August. "That's been a really critical piece of having Ignatians there."
The intergenerations of volunteers come together at Casserly House, a three-decker structure originally built to house the influx of immigrants coming to work in New England's burgeoning factories in the early 1900's. Today the top two floors of the house are occupied by three Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston, including Sr. Nancy. Casserly House operates out of the first floor.
Working in tight quarters, the JVs and IVC volunteers (there are two who alternate days) manage the daily challenges and operations. The JV runs the after-school program, while the Ignatian Volunteers coordinate the services for adults.
Together they fill essential staff roles, from recruiting and managing volunteers to guiding operations. IVC volunteers also take on the critical responsibility of strengthening the financial health of Casserly, applying for grants and maintaining and sustaining relationships with funders and supporters.
Despite days that are busy and full, the volunteers never fail to eat lunch together in the small kitchen. It is a time of reflection and sharing and of being present to one another. For McCarthy, who now serves on the House's advisory board, it was an opportunity to reinforce the Ignatian spirituality of service for his younger cohort.
"We all ate at the kitchen table and very frequently we would have luncheon discussions about how we experienced God during the day," says McCarthy, who this summer ended his volunteer work with IVC after eight years. "What I was trying to model was the respect and dignity that each person deserves."
Although Sr. Nancy is no longer the director and McCarthy is no longer an Ignatian Volunteer at the house, that model of support and discernment continues today. JVs and IVC volunteers still work together at Casserly, helping dozens of children with homework and hundreds of immigrants looking to get jobs or achieve citizenship.
"I find it inspiring that young people come out of school and would want to serve and live in community," says Mary Beth O'Sullivan, an IVC volunteer serving her second year at Casserly House as program manager. "I like to think my role is to affirm what is good and right in what they do."
"I think we can learn from each other," she adds.
Editor's note: See this month's Reflections Blog post by former Jesuit Volunteer Corps member and current IVC Regional Director Teddy Michel and read how his formative years as a JV helped shape his world view.


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Cosmetic effects: exfoliating, blackheads
Because caffeine has the function of vasodilation, it can be used around the eyes to reduce dark circles. The coffee particles can mechanically exfoliate, instead of chemical substances, and safely exfoliate
1. Wash your face, use a hot towel to open your pores and keep your skin moist.
2. Apply evenly on the entire face or specific areas.
3. Wait 20 to 30 minutes until the mask is dry.
4. Slowly peel off the mask from the bottom and wash your face with mild water.


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Half Day Beginners Bird Safari - Cuckmere Haven Migration (16/04/2019) Tuesday, 16th April 2019 9:30 AM - 1:07 PM
These special half day bird safaris are aimed at giving beginners an introduction to the bird life of Sussex in a variety of habitats.
River valleys, such as Cuckmere Haven can be important sites for migrating birds – chanelling our migrating birds into England while also providing a crucial refuelling station for hungry migrants. We'll be scanning the wet meadows, exposed mud, trees and bushes to try and spot some of these birds as they return to the UK.
No previous knowledge needed, just a general interest in birds.
Seven Sisters Country Park is situated at Exceat, near Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 4AD.
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Furthermore, if Smith moves to some other locality, we will have to change both the RDN for the entry and the location attribute in the entry.

The best RDN would be one with a unique and immutable user ID for this person.

e.g., we could use that person's email address so the RDN would be uid=rsmith .

 24. 24. Directory Information Tree (DIT)

Entries exist in a tree-like structure known as Directory Information Tree (DIT) or just directory tree .

The root of the directory has a name known as the directory's base DN .

The server's base DN typically matches the DNS name of the directory server and uses the domain component ( dc ) attribute to represent the DNS zones (however, the match is not compulsory).

Each entry in a directory tree can be located by its Distinguished Name (DN).

A DN is composed of an entry's RDN followed by all of the RDNs (separated by comma or semicolons) found as you walk your way back up the tree towards the root entry.

If we follow the arrows in Figure 3 and accumulate RDNs as we go, we'll construct DNs for each highlighted entry.

 25. 25. In the left pane of Figure 3, our DN would be: cn=Robert Smith,l=main campus,ou=CCS,o=Hogwarts School,c=US In the right pane of Figure 3, it is: uid=rsmith,ou=systems,ou=people,dc=ccs,dc=hogwarts,dc=edu

Figure 3. Walking Back up the tree to produce a DN

 26. 26. Distinguished Name (DN)

DN is the name of an entry

ou is short for organizational unit

o is short for organization

dc stands for "domain component"

c is for country

DNs are more like postal addresses than absolute pathname in a filesystem because they have a "most specific component first" ordering. In a postal address like:

Chan Tai Man

20 Tsing Yi Road

Tsing Yi, NT

HK

You start off with the most specific object (the person) and get more vague from there, eventually winding up at the least specific component (the country).

 27. 27. Summary – DN and RDN

The concept of the distinguished name is the heart of the naming model. DN is used to construct the namespace and the directory information tree.

Each model has an attributed called "distinguished name" (DN) used to identify the entry unambiguously

DN must be unique throughout the whole directory

RDN has to be unique only in its scope. For example, if the parent is

DN: ou=sales, l=Europe, o=ldap_abc.org

under this subtree there can be only one RDN:

uid=usr1

resulting in the DN:

DN: uid=urs1,ou=sales,l=Europe,o=ldap_abc.org

This means that you can have an entry with an RDN of uid=usr1 under l=Asia , resulting in the unique DN:

DN: uid=usr1,ou=sales,l=Asia,o=ldap_abc.org

 28. 28. Figure 4. Person and part records with DNs in an LDAP directory that integrates with the DNS namespace Example to illustrate DN usage
 29. 29.

The name of the root of the directory is known as the directory's base DN ( e.g. dc=mycompany,dc=com).

The DN of the person entry shown in Figure 4 could have been

cn=Brian Arkills,ou=People,dc=mycompany,dc=com instead of uid=barkills,ou=People,dc=mycompany,dc=com

Notice that each RDN component includes both the attribute type and value. For example, the single component cn=Brian Arkills has both the attribute type cn and the attribute value Brian Arkills .

Attribute value without the attribute type would be be sufficient to distinguish the entry.

The common name (cn) of the entry is Brian Arkills. It must be unique among all entries in the container ou=People to qualify as an RDN.

Since uniqueness of a person's name is not guaranteed, so another attribute is often used instead as the RDN. E.g. user identity uid=barkills is chosen because login IDs must be unique.

The DN uid=barkills,ou=People,dc=mycompany,dc=com refers to exactly the same record in the directory namespace as the DN above. It simply uses a different RDN to identify the entry.

 30. 30. base DN (Directory Suffix)

The top level (or root) of the LDAP directory tree is the base, referred to as the "base DN", a.k.a "directory suffix".

For example DN: ou=sales,l=Europe,o=ldap_abc.de

base DN takes one of the three forms listed below;

base DN in X.500 format: o=ldap_abc,c=de

o=ldap_abc refers to the organization i.e., company name and c=de indicates that the company headquarters is in Germany.

With Internet globalization, using a country code in the base DN makes things more confusing.

base DN derived from Internet presence: o=ldap_abc.org

This format uses the company's Internet domain name as the base

base DN derived from domain components


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The pay code is referred to in the NOW: File Format as the PAYCODE.
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Execute like Reed when faced with an uneven lie
Patrick Reed captured his first PGA Tour victory Sunday in the Wyndham Championship by defeating Jordan Spieth in a two-hole playoff.
What will be remembered by most from Reed's win will be the potential shot of the year he hit during the playoff.
Narrowly avoiding out of bounds with his tee shot on the second playoff hole, Reed was left with his ball under trees and well above his feet.
Reed, however, was able to pull off a miracle shot, getting the ball to within 7 feet of the hole.
Uneven lies are extremely common throughout a round of golf, and I often hear players asking what to do when they have a particular lie on the course.
Here are few things you need to know the next time you are forced to hit a shot from anything but a flat lie:
- Ball above your feet: Remember that when the ball is above your feet, you will have the tendency to pull the shot. So a right-handed golfer should aim a little to the right to compensate for a slight pull.
- Ball below your feet: The exact opposite is true when the ball is below your feet. Right-handed players will tend to push the ball to the right of their target. Whether the ball is above or below your feet, make sure you take an extra practice swing to find the bottom of your swing. In other words, rehearse hitting the ground with the club the way you would want to hit the ball.
- Uphill lie: When you are faced with an uphill lie, remember that loft is effectively being added to the club. Depending on the severity of the lie, you may need to use one or two extra clubs. Remember to fight gravity and get your weight to the front foot when you finish your swing.
- Downhill lie: Again, the opposite is true when faced with a downhill lie. Loft is effectively reduced so you may need less club depending on the lie's severity. The most important key to remember on uphill or downhill lies is to try and match your shoulders to the slope of the ground, which allows the club to make good contact with the ground.
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The Centre for Radio Cosmology (CRC) at UWC is internationally recognised for its research in cosmology and galaxy evolution with MeerKAT, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) and other telescopes. The CRC is heavily involved in the South African and international SKA Projects. In 2021, 25 PhD/ MSc students and 13 postdoctoral fellows are doing astrophysics research at UWC. See _URL_ for further details. The CRC is closely linked to IDIA (Inter-University Institute for Data Intensive Astronomy) at UWC: see _URL_
The CRC is offering MSc and PhD bursaries for 2022. Successful applicants will be supervised by Prof Mario Santos, Prof Roy Maartens, Prof Lerothodi Leeuw, Dr Ed Elson or Dr Michelle Lochner, on cutting-edge projects described briefly below. The available topics cover the Key Science goals of the SKA in cosmology and galaxy evolution – which have synergies with the science goals of the major upcoming optical/ infrared surveys, such as DESI, Euclid and LSST.
Students also have the possibility to be co-supervised by UWC IDIA researchers Prof Russ Taylor and Prof Mattia Vaccari, and by visiting Professors Romeel Davé (University of Edinburgh), Matt Jarvis (Oxford University), Stefano Camera (University of Turin), Phil Bull, Chris Clarkson and Alkistis Pourtsidou (Queen Mary University of London). Students will also have opportunities to spend time in institutions abroad (depending on the pandemic), in particular the ones just mentioned.
Applicants should email a single PDF document containing the following:
- a CV
- transcripts of all university-level results
- a brief statement of research interests, related to the topics below (1 page)Applicants should also arrange for 2 reference letters to be sent directly to us by referees, with the same closing date.
Email address: _EMAIL_
Deadline: 24 May 2021
Preference will be given to students who fit into the demographic guidelines provided by the NRF and SARAO (SA Radio Astronomy Observatory).
CRC bursaries are at the same level as bursaries from the SARAO. The 2022 levels for Full Cost of Study are:
MSc: 2 years at R172,900 per year
+ travel grant (up to R29k/year) + equipment grant (up to R27k for 2 years)
PhD: 3 years at R180,430 per year
+ travel grant (up to R36k/year) + equipment grant (up to R40k for 3 years)
(Please check NRF/SARAO rules for eligibility requirements.)
Bursaries are granted on a year by year basis – i.e. continuing into the next year depends on satisfactory progress.
We offer a range of topics that tackle some of the big questions at the forefront of international cosmology and galaxy evolution. Research students in South Africa have a historic opportunity provided by MeerKAT and the future SKA. In each topic below, there is a focus on MeerKAT and SKA, and their synergy with other surveys.
Training in cutting-edge theory, computation, simulations and data science will be provided.
1. Measuring neutral hydrogen (HI) across cosmic time with MeerKAT.
We will use MeerKAT observations to make statistical detections of neutral hydrogen intensity on cosmological scales. There are several projects, from more technical data analysis to simulations of the signal. These include the measurement of the power spectrum and detection of the elusive Baryon Acoustic Oscillations that can constrain Dark Matter and Dark Energy. The data analysis techniques use state of the art statistical methods including machine learning algorithms.
2. Unveiling the properties of HI galaxies.
Using existing multi-wavelength observations and upcoming MeerKAT data, we will investigate the properties of HI in galaxies, giving new information on the HI and Dark Matter content of the Universe. There are 2 possible projects. (a) Statistical techniques like 'stacking' will allow us to probe the mass function of HI galaxies down to low flux limits. (b) Using HI spectral line observations from current data, in particular MeerKAT, to study nearby HI galaxies and quantify their dynamics, mass distribution and star formation properties.
3. Probing the first galaxies in the Universe.
We will investigate the Epoch of Reionization and use HERA (_URL_) data to probe the HI 21cm signal from the early Universe. There are several projects, including simulations of the signal, the observation pipeline and data analysis techniques (such techniques can include machine learning methods as well).
4. The radio continuum sky below the detection threshold.
We will develop and apply statistical techniques (e.g. stacking, P(D)) to radio continuum data from current surveys, in particular MeerKAT, to study the properties of radio galaxies below the detection threshold. This will allow us to constrain their source counts, luminosity functions and even 2-point correlation functions at very low flux limits.
5. Machine Learning in Astronomy
Telescopes such as the SKA and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will produce enormous quantities of data that will require novel techniques to analyse. This research topic aims to develop machine learning techniques for astronomical datasets, including those from MeerKAT. Of particular interest is the development of anomaly detection algorithms capable of discovering rare or even never seen before objects in large data.
6. Probing Dark Energy.
Dark Energy is thought to be the source of the accelerating expansion of the Universe, and its properties can be accurately measured by using the probes extracted from HI and other surveys – such as the power spectrum, bispectrum, BAO scale, redshift-space distortions (RSD) and weak lensing. There are several possible projects, associated with different probes.
7. Testing Einstein's theory of General Relativity.
We will explore whether the acceleration of the Universe is possibly not from Dark Energy, but instead from a modification of General Relativity – again, using the probes from HI and other surveys (especially RSD). There are several possible projects, associated with different probes and different tests.
8. Extracting 'fossil' information from the very early Universe.
The primordial fluctuations generated in the first instants of the Universe provide the seeds for the formation of CMB anisotropies and large-scale structure. Imprints of the primordial Universe are 'frozen' in the large-scale distribution of matter. Using HI and other surveys, we can extract this 'fossil' information using some of the probes listed in Topic 5. There are several possible projects, associated with different probes and different properties.
We can also consider other topics on a case by case basis.


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Northern Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
The drooping seed heads hang in clusters from slightly arching stems atop an upright clump of bamboo-like foliage. Its green leaves turn
copper in fall and the seed heads emerge green but turn purplish bronze
by late summer then dry to a straw color.
Clumping grasses like this
provide nest sites and winter cover for quail and sparrows. They also
provide fall and winter seeds for a number of birds including
cardinals, towhees, juncos, sparrows and finches.

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Background/Purpose: Cigarette smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and arsenic exposure are well known risk factors for developing urothelial carcinoma (UC). We investigated the combined effects of cigarette smoking, exposure to secondhand smoke, and the presence of urinary total arsenic on the risk of developing UC. Methods: We conducted a hospital-based, case-control study involving 261UC patients and 672 cancer-free control individuals between September 2002 and May 2009. Results: Individuals who had smoked 100 cigarettes in their lifetime (ever smokers) and had a high urinary total arsenic level, had increased risks of developing UC (3.20-fold and 6.45-fold greater), respectively, compared to individuals who were never smokers and had a low urinary total arsenic level. Individuals who had high urinary total arsenic levels and had been exposed to secondhand smoke, and individuals with high urinary arsenic levels who had not been exposed to secondhand smoke, had increased chances (2.71-fold and 5.00-fold greater, respectively) of developing UC, compared to individuals who were not exposed to secondhand smoke and had low urinary total arsenic levels. Ever smokers who had been exposed to secondhand smoke and had a high urinary total arsenic level had the greatest increased risk for developing UC (10.82-fold greater). Conclusion: Individuals in a Taiwanese population who smoked cigarettes, were exposed to secondhand smoke, and a high urinary total arsenic level, had a significant risk for developing UC.
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How to clean up a polymer spill
How to clean up a polymer spill:
Polymer spills can be a safety hazard and can cause damage to the environment if not cleaned up properly. Cleaning up a polymer spill should be done as soon as possible to prevent the polymer from spreading. Here are some steps to follow to clean up a polymer spill:
Step 1: Contain the spill. The first step in cleaning up a polymer spill is to contain it. Use absorbent materials, such as sand or sawdust, to create a barrier around the spill. This will prevent the polymer from spreading and making the spill worse.
Step 2: Remove the excess polymer. Once the spill is contained, remove as much of the excess polymer as possible. Use a scraper or a shovel to scoop up the polymer. Place the excess polymer into a container for proper disposal.
Step 3: Clean up the spill. After removing the excess polymer, use a solvent to clean up the remaining spill. The type of solvent needed will depend on the type of polymer that was spilled. Acetone or isopropyl alcohol can be used for most types of polymers. Apply the solvent to the spill and allow it to sit for a few minutes. Then, use a clean cloth or paper towel to wipe up the spill.
Step 4: Dispose of the waste properly. After the spill has been cleaned up, dispose of all waste materials properly. Do not pour any solvents or excess polymer down the drain. Check with local waste management authorities for proper disposal methods.
Step 5: Prevent future spills. To prevent future polymer spills, it is important to handle and store polymers properly. Follow all safety precautions and guidelines when handling and storing polymers. Keep containers tightly sealed and stored in a cool, dry place.
To summarize, cleaning up a polymer spill can be done by containing the spill, removing the excess polymer, cleaning up the spill with a solvent, disposing of the waste properly, and preventing future spills by handling and storing polymers properly.
Subtopic: effective cleaning methods for polymers
When it comes to cleaning polymers, it is important to understand the nature of the material. Polymers are synthetic materials made up of long chains of repeating units. They can be found in a variety of products, from plastic bags and containers to automotive parts and medical devices. Because of their unique properties, polymers can be challenging to clean effectively.
What cleans polymer? First and foremost, it is important to avoid harsh chemicals that can damage or degrade the polymer. Instead, mild detergents and solvents should be used to clean the surface. Water and soap are often effective for removing dirt and debris, while isopropyl alcohol can be used to remove stubborn stains or residue.
Another effective method for cleaning polymers is to use a specialized cleaning solution designed specifically for the material. These solutions are formulated to remove dirt and stains without damaging the surface of the polymer. Some common examples include ammonia-based cleaners and acetone.
It is important to note that not all polymers are created equal, and different cleaning methods may be required depending on the specific type of polymer. For example, polypropylene and polyethylene are both common polymers used in packaging and containers, but they require different cleaning techniques. It is important to consult the manufacturer's guidelines or seek advice from a polymer expert to ensure that the correct cleaning method is used.
In summary, effective cleaning methods for polymers require a gentle touch and the use of mild detergents or solvents. Specialized cleaning solutions may also be necessary, and it is important to consider the specific type of polymer being cleaned. By taking these factors into account, it is possible to maintain the integrity and appearance of polymer products for longer periods of time.
Cleaning up a flocculant spill: tips and techniques
How do you clean up a flocculant spill?
Flocculants are commonly used in many industries to help separate suspended solids from liquid. However, when they are spilled, they can be hazardous to the environment and human health. Proper cleaning techniques are essential to minimize the risks associated with flocculant spills.
The first step in cleaning up a flocculant spill is to contain the area. This is important to prevent the spread of the spill to other areas. Use absorbent materials such as sand, sawdust, or kitty litter to soak up the flocculant. Make sure to wear personal protective equipment such as gloves, goggles, and a mask to protect yourself from the hazardous material.
After the spill is contained, it's time to remove the flocculant. Use a shovel or dustpan to scoop up the absorbent material and put it in a labeled, sealed container for proper disposal. If the spill is on a hard surface, use a wet vacuum to clean up the absorbent material and any remaining flocculant. Make sure to dispose of the waste according to local regulations.
Once the spill is cleaned up, it's important to decontaminate the area to ensure there are no remaining hazardous materials. Use a solution of water and a neutralizing agent such as sodium bisulfite to clean the affected area. Rinse the area thoroughly with clean water and dispose of the rinse water properly.
With this in mind, cleaning up a flocculant spill requires proper containment, removal, and decontamination techniques. Make sure to wear personal protective equipment, use absorbent materials, and dispose of the waste properly. By following these tips and techniques, you can ensure a safe and efficient cleanup of a flocculant spill.
Polymer cleanup with green stuff® absorbent
In general, it can be said that, cleaning up a polymer spill can be a daunting task, but with the right tools and techniques, it can be done effectively. Remember to act quickly, contain the spill, and use the appropriate cleaning agents to avoid any potential hazards. Always wear protective gear and follow proper disposal protocols to ensure the safety of yourself and those around you.
It's important to be prepared for unexpected spills by having the necessary supplies on hand and familiarizing yourself with the proper cleanup procedures. Don't hesitate to reach out to a professional if you're unsure about how to proceed or if the spill is too large to handle on your own.
We hope this article has been helpful in guiding you through the process of cleaning up a polymer spill. For more tips and tricks on handling hazardous materials and environmental safety, be sure to follow us on social media. Thank you for reading! #polymercleanup #safetyfirst


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sp_publication_validation (Transact-SQL)
Initiates an article validation request for each article in the specified publication. This stored procedure is executed at the Publisher on the publication database.
Topic link icon Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
sp_publication_validation [ _USER_ = ] 'publication'
 [, [ _USER_ = ] type_of_check_requested ]
 [, [ _USER_ = ] full_or_fast ]
 [, [ _USER_ = ] shutdown_agent ]
 [, [ _USER_ = ] 'publisher' ]
[_USER_ =] 'publication'
[_USER_ =] rowcount_only
Is whether to return only the rowcount for the table. rowcount_only is smallint and can be one of the following values.
Value Description
Perform a SQL Server 7.0 compatible checksum.
When an article is horizontally filtered, a rowcount operation is performed instead of a checksum operation.
1 (default)
Perform a rowcount check only.
Perform a rowcount and binary checksum.
For SQL Server version 7.0 Subscribers, only a rowcount validation is performed.
[_USER_ =] full_or_fast
Is the method used to calculate the rowcount. full_or_fast is tinyint and can be one of the following values.
Value Description
Does full count using COUNT(*).
Does fast count from sysindexes.rows. Counting rows in sys.sysindexes is much faster than counting rows in the actual table. However, because sys.sysindexes is lazily updated, the rowcount may not be accurate.
2 (default)
[ _USER_=] shutdown_agent
Is whether the Distribution Agent should shut down immediately upon completion of the validation. shutdown_agent is bit, with a default of 0. If 0, the replication agent does not shut down. If 1, the replication agent shuts down after the last article is validated.
[ _USER_ = ] 'publisher'
Specifies a non-SQL Server Publisher. publisher is sysname, with a default of NULL.
0 (success) or 1 (failure)
sp_publication_validation is used in transactional replication.
sp_publication_validation can be called at any time after the articles associated with the publication have been activated. The procedure can be run manually (one time) or as part of a regularly scheduled job that validates the data.
If your application has immediate-updating Subscribers, sp_publication_validation may detect spurious errors. sp_publication_validation first calculates the rowcount or checksum at the Publisher and then at the Subscriber. Because the immediate-updating trigger could propagate an update from the Subscriber to the Publisher after the rowcount or checksum is completed at the Publisher, but before the rowcount or checksum is completed at the Subscriber, the values could change. To ensure that the values at the Subscriber and Publisher do not change while validating a publication, stop the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) service at the Publisher during validation.
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The North Strawberry Canal supplies irrigation water to 3200 acres of
flood irrigation and sprinkler systems. The present diversion structure
is located at the mouth of Strawberry Canyon. The system requires water
to be pumped in order to serve some irrigated areas. The canal users
would like to replace the canal with a pipeline thereby converting the
system to a gravity pressure system to eliminate ditch losses and
pumping costs, and reduce maintenance costs.
The Level II study, now underway, will inventory the system, identify
needed improvements, and suggest rehabilitation alternatives. Conceptual
designs and cost estimates will be prepared for the recommended alternative.
RECOMMENDED LEGISLATIVE ACTION:
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9 Types of Guerrilla Marketing Your Company Can Adopt
Street marketing for a smoothie business
Ever since guerrilla marketing was introduced as a viable concept in the 1980s, it has grown from a fringe approach of engaging with customers to one of the most flexible tools in the arsenal of a modern marketing team.
Yet one of the reasons that it has become so successful is the same reason it can be hard to teach – its ever-adaptable nature. With this in mind, we've put together a list of the nine different types of guerrilla marketing, to illustrate just how diverse this approach can be.
What Is Guerrilla Marketing?
Before we dive in, though, it's necessary to take a moment to pin down precisely what is meant by guerrilla marketing. At its core, it is about utilising a low-cost marketing approach, often combined with high levels of creativity and spontaneity, and hoping for an outsized outcome.
This is one of the main appeals of guerrilla marketing for teams with smaller budgets. Traditional marketing, such as media buying or aggressive sales tactics, requires a significant investment of capital to carry out. In contrast, a well-executed guerrilla marketing campaign can yield better results from a much lower initial investment.
Guerrilla marketing is also perfect for digital channels, too – particularly social media. If an idea has the potential to be shared on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, then it has the potential to go viral and create huge exposure for your brand.
Types of Guerrilla Marketing
With this in mind, let's take a brief look at some of the most effective forms of guerrilla marketing.
1. Ambient
Perhaps the most popular approach in this sphere is ambient marketing. It works in a similar way to traditional offline advertisements, such as in a magazine or on television, by placing an attention-grabbing object or image in a highly visible area.
The main difference is that the message in question is placed somewhere unexpected, within the context of an environment that is not a typical space for advertising. The best ambient marketing campaigns make a lasting impression on potential consumers while enhancing the environment they modify.
Jeep and McDonald's have both utilised this approach to significant effect in recent years.
2. Wild Posting
Not altogether dissimilar from regular flyer posting, this technique also takes its cue from a more traditional form of advertising. However, wild posting uses striking visuals and repetition to help its message become more noticeable and more likely to elicit a reaction.
The secret of a successful wild posting campaign is to add positive colour and texture to an otherwise drab urban setting, thereby enhancing the space. With these aesthetic improvements in place, you can use the material to draw attention to whatever product, event or brand your company wants to promote – although you should be careful not to damage or adversely affect the environment.
3. Reverse Graffiti
Another innovative approach to exposing your brand's message is by using reverse graffiti. Despite the sometimes-negative connotations of graffiti as a recognised art form, this approach can work as it uses nonpermanent paint or dye (and, indeed, often covers up existing tags).
This technique gives your advertising the impact of street art without the legal ramifications of permanent tags. While it may seem like a risky tactic, it has been successfully used by big-name brands such as Coca-Cola and Telekom in various European markets. Alternatively, it can be a superb way to reach your target demographic if your brand is designed to be edgy and rebellious.
4. Undercover
One of the more controversial types of guerrilla marketing, this approach consists of making a sales pitch to a consumer without them realising that they have been pitched to. Also referred to as buzz marketing, the most effective deployments of undercover marketing involve creating a stir around something and then hoping it transfers to a real community of consumers.
Of course, if your marketing team decides to pursue this tactic, then they need to ensure that they are doing so in a way that is both legal and ethical. Even if your advertisements have the best intentions at heart, the results can be disastrous – both reputationally and legally – if they run afoul of public perception. Perhaps you remember the Fyre Festival, after all?
5. Grassroots
Arguably, this is a much more palatable approach to creating buzz for a new product; it involves a little more work but, if done right, can yield much better results, too. A grassroots guerrilla marketing campaign focuses on winning over blocs of customers one by one and hoping that their enthusiasm will carry over to a larger stage.
It is worth remembering that while effective, a good grassroots campaign is ultimately a slow burner. However, on the flipside, empowering individuals to advocate for your brand will yield better results for a much longer period. If you are confident that your vision statement is something that a committed group of followers can get behind, a grassroots campaign is a great way to pursue your marketing plans.
6. Ambush
One of the more ambitious guerrilla marketing tactics, ambush marketing occurs when a company interrupts an event with its own message. This has two effects – it forces someone who may be a competitor to share its platform and creates a memorable diversion that can help drive attention to your brand.
However, much like undercover advertising, ambush marketing is a high-risk, high-reward strategy. Interrupting a large event, such as a widely-viewed sporting occasion, will certainly put your brand on the front page, but it can also put it in significant legal jeopardy – especially if other sponsors have pre-existing agreements in place with the event organisers. If your marketing team comes up with a great ambush marketing opportunity, then you shouldn't discount it – but you should certainly make sure that your legal team is consulted prior to any potential fallout from the event, as Dutch beer company Bavaria found out at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
7. Stealth
Stealth marketing is, for want of a better term, the more 'accepted' version of undercover marketing. It is essentially a sophisticated version of product placement, where a company uses products branded with its logo in a realistic setting to improve recognition.
There are multiple ways to enact a successful stealth marketing campaign, although the level of exposure will generally be equivalent to the amount of money you have to spend on it. Getting your company's logo in a movie or television series, for instance, will probably cost your marketing team a significant portion of its overall budget. Therefore, it's better to look for local opportunities that might help increase your visibility within your community, professional or otherwise.
8. Experiential
This approach focuses on providing your potential customers with an experience that they can interact with. Indeed, the best approach to experiential marketing is one that will provide your customers with a memorable situation and connect them with something that symbolises your brand.
To create a strong experiential marketing opportunity, you need to identify a good location to interact with your customer base, and then design an activity that will leave a lasting impression. This could be a sporting event, a fair or even a convention. Once you have identified the event, your marketing team needs to design an experience that connects it all together.
The 'flash mob' craze of several years ago is a good example of experiential guerrilla marketing in action.
9. Viral
While there is an argument to be made that all forms of guerrilla marketing are viral to a certain extent, the concept is important enough to warrant discussion. Essentially, when creating guerrilla marketing materials, you are striving to make them worthy of being discussed. Strong visuals, intriguing content and attention-grabbing execution all help to create sharable content that will do the work of marketing itself.
Therefore, when you are creating your campaigns, try to make them fun, daring and original. Avoid anything that might disturb the law or your core consumers and, with a little effort, your content will help spread your brand and increase sales.
Of course, these are just some of the ways in which you can craft an effective guerrilla marketing campaign, but by the concept's very definition, there is nothing stopping you from innovating and creating an entirely new way of getting noticed. The important thing is that you grab the imagination of your potential customers and do something that is different enough to make you stand out from your competitors. Just make sure you stay on the right side of the law in the process!


Opening doors.
Two people compete in a game of chess
Community building and engagement
Building homes, enhancing lives and community.
Truly building community requires the direct engagement of the people who live there. That means reaching out to those neighbors, listening, learning and understanding their fears and concerns, but also their hopes and dreams.
It means being there through thick and thin. It means putting in the time to work with neighbors to change a neighborhood's perception as "low income," or a "problem" to seeing the neighborhoods and people as the asset they truly are.
At New Directions, we know that our role in a neighborhood revitalization is that of facilitator, not savior. The needs, dreams, and the choices of the people in the neighborhood have already been determined. Our charge is to amplify those voices so the entire neighborhood is represented, and that those dreams are fulfilled.


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What is Total Dynamic Head?
Total Dynamic Head is the amount of pressure differential created by a pump as it operates.
The TDH developed by a pump is the difference between the suction pressure and discharge pressure of the pump while in operation.
A pump will generate TDH in response to the characteristics of a pumping system which can be expressed by a system curve. When a pump curve and a system curve are plotted on the same graph, the intersection of the curves is the point at which the pump will operate, and the head at that point is the TDH the pump will generate.
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Friday, June 30, 2017
Count number of lines for each PDF in a folder
This is just a note about a script which may be useful to you. This one calculates the number of lines per PDF and prints the final count.
import sys
import fnmatch
import os
matches = []
for root, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(sys.argv[1]):
 for filename in fnmatch.filter(filenames, '*.pdf'):
 matches.append(os.path.join(root, filename))
count = 0
for mat in matches:
 if not mat.lower().endswith("pdf"): continue
 cmd = "pdftk " + mat + " dump_data | grep NumberOfPages > pn.log"
 f = open("pn.log")
 l =":")[1].strip()
 print(mat + "," + l)
 count = int(l) + count
Have a great weekend! :)
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
On "The Computer's Common Sense"
On the surface of it, this is a followup of blog "The Computer's Common Sense" [read here:] by my friend AKD ( who is passionate about building a new kind of intelligent system. This is also about my understanding of the machine learning tools that I have used in my work at VLife (which is now Novalead Pharma). These are the thoughts that are coming from a beginner to intermediate person with ML background, so this is more of a learning via conversation exercise for me, and more philosophically skewed rather than looking technically deep.
Artificial Intelligence vs Human Intelligence (commonly called common sense)
AKD starts of his blog with a title that makes you think a bit. It seems to equate Human Intelligence [W1] with common sense [W2]. To me however, common sense (of how uncommon it is), is one part of human intelligence, it is not the only form of intelligence that humans have. Further common sense, as the name suggests, is not something specific to an individual, but has evolved over time from a group of individuals, representing common knowledge - or to put it in other words it is "ensemble intelligence" rather than something that represents and individual humans. Thus, I feel that human intelligence is a combination of many factors - only one of which is common sense. The decisions that humans take is a cumulative effect of various factors.
RULA – Read Understand Learn Apply
If we get past that oversight, some of things being to make sense to me. The example of screw driver ( kind of makes sense for the current state of art on AI. It is mostly possible that no AI will suggest using your finger nails instead of screwdriver! *. But the reason for this is probably to do with other environmental factors that the human is in. The human brain, more often than not tries to correlate the present situation with the past situations it has encountered (when in isolation), or it tries to correlate with what others have discovered when being in similar situation (the common sense part). In isolation, a human brain probably works by "read (or observe) - understand - learn and apply" cycle, but that may not be the case always. The second term "understand" is kind of misnomer here - because one can short this with "read (or observe) - learn and apply", with "understanding" coming at a later stage - probably a far later stage. A lot of what we humans do probably translates to "read (or observe) - learn - apply". For instance, take any kid, he observers his parents, tries to learn from them, and then do similar things. He doesn't understand what he does till he grows up. Thus I feel, "understanding" comes after a series of reinforcement learning and application to what was observed. Evidently a lot of AI at the moment is focused on "read (or observer) - learn - apply" cycle and probably never come to the point of "understanding". Deep learning, may however be the ones that actually bring understanding to this process [W3].
Machine Learning vs Human Learning
That brings me to the next part of the blog, which is kind of generically titled. I think the core theme of this section is to bring home a point that most of the AI today is basically data driven. Human learning however can happen at a much superior pace and doesn't need as much data. This is quite true. But I think that this is rather possible because not only the human brain is one, but our brains are connected as a lot with other intelligent beings - and this collective brain power, which is essentially to a large extent what "common sense" encompasses - influences our individual brain learning capabilities. The "collective brain power" is not necessarily of humans, it would be be from any other form of intelligence behaviour - other animals, or even insects. Human brain is capable of capturing and basing its learning on information acquired by other intelligence forms. A counter point to the kids example above, is how often we find that the little ones think differently to what is previously conceived. That, I feel is because the kid's brain is kind of "disconnected" from the "collective brain power", that prompts the brain to potentially discover new ways to solve a problem - which an adult's brain just defaults to "common sense" part.
AI at the moment is limited to what humans feed it with. It doesn't have unrestricted access to the environment outside - as we humans have. Whether that is a shortcoming of current AI or if the AI as is implemented today needs fundamental rethink is what is yet to be seen. AKD thinks that there is an alternate way that is not yet explored. I await to see what is that.
* I am not sure how IBM Watson[R1] will respond - because Watson is a totally different take and at edge of AI research today, and that it could beat humans in the game of Jeopardy! is anything but amazing.
R1) IBM Watson:
R2) L. Deng, G. Tur, X. He, and D. Hakkani-Tur. "Use of Kernel Deep Convex Networks and End-To-End Learning for Spoken Language Understanding," Proc. IEEE Workshop on Spoken Language Technologies, 2012
W1) Human Intelligence
W2) Common Sense
W3) IBM Watson
Friday, June 02, 2017
Serval Project: Carrier independent network
Almost 5 years back, while putting in an my idea of building a mobile experience for myself, I had suggested a carrier independent network is what I want - something what will not only distribute the need to create infrastructure but also free us from lousy carrier plans and create a world where communication is free between humans where ever they are. [Ref:]. Obviously carrier based / satellite systems are necessary for emergency situations - but our reliance on them could definitely be minimised.
So when I saw the Serval Project (, I was pleasantly surprised that they have exactly the same goal. More over, instead of building a whole new OS as I earlier proposed they are going for a more practical solution of putting it in an Android app. This is a big shout out to you guys developing the Serval Project. It is like a moment when you feel that you are not alone in the thoughts you have about how to make things different in this world. I have just installed the app on my secondary Android device and tested it with a friend. Though the interface is quite primitive at this stage, and the call quality not upto mark - it works. It is experimental and yes, it will improve.
After digging a bit into history of Serval Project (, I discovered that it was proposed almost 2 years before I had written the above mentioned article and an early system was used for emergency response during Haiti Earthquake.
The Serval Project is also opensource ( and in the coming days I plan to explore this project more in depth to see if I can contribute in some way here.
Meanwhile any one should be able to install the app from Google Play (, and be the part of experiment and the quest to build a carrier independent backup network.


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unique digits are in a number. In fact, I've modified it so that it works on strings too!
Function CheckDuplicates(valRng As String, Output As Byte) As String
Dim Count As Byte, oLen As Byte, nLen As Byte
Dim totLen As Byte, i As Byte
totLen = Len(valRng)
ReDim Num(totLen) As Variant
' Populate the array one digit each.
Call Pad(Num(), valRng)
' Cycle thru each digit, replacing each one in the string.
' For each replacement, increment Count.
For i = 1 To totLen
' Pre-replace string length.
oLen = Len(valRng)
valRng = Replace(valRng, Num(i), "")
' Post-replace string length.
nLen = Len(valRng)
If oLen <> nLen Then Count = Count + 1
' If there were upto two digits replaced,
' the orignal number was made up of 0, 1
' or 2 unique digits.
Select Case Output
' Record one more for a replacement.
If Count <= 2 Then CheckDuplicates = "*"
CheckDuplicates = Count
Sub Pad(ByRef myArray() As Variant, str As String)
Dim i As Byte
For i = 1 To Len(str)
myArray(i) = Mid(str, i, 1)
I use a trick I learnt many years ago where you use Replace to count how many times a specific character or digit appears in a string. Let me know what you think of it.
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How Do I Increment An Hex Number Inside A String?
I have this string:
and I want to add a number to the last section, I splited this string:
LSec(4) = "8dc429826254"
Now I want to add 15 to this number (Lsec(4)), and then change it back to a string so I can get something like this:
Any ideas?? :S
btw... I'm using VB 2005
Auto Increment Of A Number According To Year....
I have a problem here,I want to increase the number like this....
2002/1 ; 2002/2 ; 2002/3 ; 2002/4.......
2003/1 ; 2003/2 ; 2003/3 ; 2003/4.......
If I select the year from combobox then according to the year the number should increse and that should be concatinated to the year and the whole should be pasted in text box.....Using Ms-Access as a database and VB as frontend......
Storing Digits For Large Number Calc
I'm planning a module for arithmetic on large numbers and I need to store an arbitrary amount of numerical digits (0-9) in the quickest variable type possible and without wasting horrendous amounts of memory.
Longs and Integers, while the fastest of variable types, simply cannot store that amount of data.
Strings are virtually free of length boundaries, but they're 38 times slower than bytes and given that they're Unicode, they would require 2 bytes per digit. Also, string operations are notoriously slow.
I was thinking byte arrays would work well, although they are still much too large (256 possible values as compared only needing 10). This would waste half the byte. 4 bits would work well (16 possible values), but the problem would be storing and retrieving two numerical digits for individual operations. I could mathematically determine two separate digits from a value 00-99. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the first and second character of a byte in Hex would return the values of the first and second group of 4 bits independently.
I'm just tossing some ideas around. Thanks for any feedback!
Taking A Number In A Textbox, And Finding The Mean Of The Digits.
How do you write in a number in a text, and seperate the digits of that number? I need to find the mean of a number from 1 to 99999, then find the digit in the number that is closest to the mean, but isnt larger. Please help me.
I'm going to have a text box, label, and command button.
Basically how do I seperate digits in a number that is a string.
Choosing Number Of Digits After Decimal To Display
To display numbers according to the regional setting I used this code:
nNumber = 123456.789
and the result is 123,456.79
I want that I can choose how many number of digits after decimal to display, but the thousand and decimal separator symbol remain to follow the regional setting.
Is it possible?
Edited by - zuohui on 8/26/2004 12:39:59 AM
Solved: Increment About Form Version Number
Can someone explain how to increment the About form version number? It just stays at 1.1.0. Other than not incrementing the form looks just fine. The code in the About form includes...
Private Sub Form_Load()
Me.Caption = "About " & App.Title
lblVersion.Caption = "Version " & App.Major & "." & App.Minor & _
"." & App.Revision
lblTitle.Caption = App.Title
lblDescription.Caption = "This program was written by...blah blah"
lblDisclaimer.Caption = "Warning:...This program is protected....blah"
..but there is also under - project properties - make, the version number Major, Minor, Revision.
I have them each set to 1. And, the Auto increment is checked. But, I'm not sure about under Application the Title and Icon part. The drop down for the Icon just lists all the different forms I have in this project. I don't think of a form as an icon what am I missing here?
Under Version Information Type there are entries like comments, company name, file description and so on. What are these for?
Forgive my ignorance I realize this ain't rocket science. Maybe it's the triptophan kicking in.
thanks for any help
Edited by - Hal on 11/29/2003 7:57:44 PM
(RESOLVED)(VB6)Auto Increment Number In Access
I use Access2002 and VB6. My project is a school project. I have 2 comboboxes and one textbox. In my Access database I've already entered data. In combo1 I show the classes like LKG,UKG,STD I,STD II,STD III etc. In combo2, I show the names of students found in that particular class which is selected in Combo1.Let's assume that the maximum strength in each class is 100. Now I want to allot Roll no to students of different classes in a particular way. For example: Students of LKG should have Roll no starting from 101. Students of UKG should have Roll no from 201. Students of STD I should have Roll no from 301 like this. In the textbox if I write the first roll no of a class, can I allot roll no to all students of that class in auto increment way? Hope, you got me.Right? I mean, if I choose UKG and in the textbox I write 501 then roll no should be added in database against all students of that class like 501,502,503,504 and each name. The roll no should be incremented till the no of students are found in the class. Is it possible throught VB6 coding? Thanks.
Edited by - pkb_pkb on 6/28/2007 3:58:50 AM
Reversing The Digits Of A Number/display The Day Of The Week For Any Date
1.)How do I write a VB function/procedure that reverses the digits of a given number? I don't want to assume the length (no. of digits) of the number. That is, the user may input a 2-digit, 3-digit or number of any length (less than 6 digits).
2.) How do I write an event procedure to display the day of the week for any given date. What functions should I use?
This is not my homework. My exams are knocking on the door and so I was solving earlier year's question papers. I am stuck, so please help!
How Do I Get The ID (AutoNumber) To Automatically Increment A Number Sqlserver??URGE
I am having a problem using the INSERT statement in ASP.NET
I have a table "Information" with the following :
ID (Auto Number)
I have the following insert statement
Insert into Information VALUES (MyName,_EMAIL_,MyComments);
How do I get the ID ( Auto Number ) to automatically increment a number.??
i am using SQL SERVER 2000
How Do I Get The ID (AutoNumber) To Automatically Increment A Number Sqlserver??URGE
no..sql server is not handling it..
Actualyy i am doing this in ASP.NET
In my table design i have ID in the first coloumn.
Actually in my form design there are only 3 feilds like Name,Email,Comments. and a submit button.
so in my coding part i have written my sql statement like this:
sqlInsert=INSERT INTO TblTran (TRFP_Name,TTRFP_EMail,TTRFP_Comments)
so how do i get my ID in the first coloumn of the datatable??
in query analyzer when initially the value of the ID is showing NULL
so how to increment this NULL value?
Generate Auto-Number Increment In A MS Access


Published on: September 12, 2008
Despite maintaining his innocence for more than 50 years, a tried and convicted Commie spy has finally confessed his guilt at age 91!
In 1951, Martin Sobell was arrested along with Julius and Ethel Rosenberg on charges of espionage. The trio was charged with selling US atomic secrets to then USSR.
Sobell served more than 18 years on The Rock - Alcatrazand other federal pens and after his release in 1969 became a progressive cause advocate.
Now, Sobell, 91 told The New York Times that he was indeed a Soviet spy and so was co-defendant Julius Rosenberg who he implicated in a conspiracy to deliver to the Soviets highly classified military and industrial secrets in the manufacture of atomic weaponry.
Historians have long speculated on the involvement of Rosenberg's wife - Ethel - spy or not?
"She knew what he was doing but what was she guilty of?" Sobell said. "Of being Julius's wife."
After President Dwight D. Eisenhower denied a clemency plea, The Rosenbergs were executed in the electric chair at Sing Sing in 1953.
Sobell claimed what he leaked to the Soviets was nothing but low level documents not key atomic secrets.
"What I did was simply defensive, an aircraft gun," he said. "This was defensive."
One device, according to The Times, was the SCR 584 radar, believed by military experts to have been deployed against American airmen in both Korea and Vietnam.
Thanks a lot, Marty.
(pictured: Julius Rosenberg)


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This spring, venture to the Academy's rainforest dome to explore the season in bloom!
Over the year, exciting updates to the Academy's four-story rainforest will be revealed, beginning with a brand new butterfly emergence experience opening March 3.
- From inside the rainforest canopy, watch the life cycle of tropical butterflies unfold before your eyes through a new viewing chamber, including several colorful butterfly species new to the Academy's rainforest exhibit.
- Learn about the Academy's work to sustain the world's tropical rainforests and the species that call them home.
- Teeming with over 1,600 live plants and animals from rainforest ecosystems around the world, the Academy's rainforest dome features charismatic reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, and insects.
Plus, visit the Academy from March 17–April 23 and explore the fascinating world of pollinators with a dynamic schedule of special spring programming.
- Learn all about birds and bees and the habitats and plants they help cultivate.
- See jewel-toned butterfly specimens from the Academy's entomology collection and examine up close the structural color that makes these fluttering insects so biologically diverse.
- Around the museum, special programming by visiting community partners will allow visitors to explore the sights and sounds of spring—including pop-up demonstrations by Academy Youth, pollinator talks on the living roof, butterfly-themed puppet shows, and much more.


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Francesca Tolaini, a Ph.D. candidate at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy, conducted research for her dissertation on the book that contains recipes on glassmaking and glass coloring from late antiquity and the early Middle Ages.
Tolaini has transcribed and analyzed recipes in various manuscripts of the Mappae Clavicula, and her share of the Rakow Grant will permit her to inspect the versions in the Rakow Research Library of The Corning Museum of Glass and in Madrid.
"This manuscript is very important for the history of practical-technical recipe books and treatises on art," she notes. "It is not only the oldest and most widespread early medieval recipe book, but it is also one of the most complete compilations from antiquity. In fact, its origin is to be found in Greek recipe books translated into Latin in the fourth and fifth centuries B.C. It was widely known, and we find it [referred to] in later recipe books, from the Middle Ages and afterward, when the techniques described were no longer in use."
Despite the importance of the Mappae Clavicula, some of its main manuscripts have not been published or studied adequately. Tolaini says that a careful analysis of the information it contains will be extremely useful to students of the history of glassmaking and to scientists conducting chemical analyses of glasses.
Tolaini is a 1994 graduate of the Università degli Studi di Pisa, where she studied the history of decorative and industrial art.


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Wildlife Success Story: Eastern Red-Backed Salamanders
Mount Auburn provides critical habitat for a variety of animals. Amid urbanization and loss of open green space, the Cemetery can play an important role in bringing them back to the Boston area. This year, we are thrilled to see the successful return of another native species to our landscape. Ecologist Brooks Mathewson has been working since 2017 to reintroduce one of the most ecologically-important animals of the New England forest to Mount Auburn, the eastern red-backed salamander.
According to Mathewson: "Red-backs are critical top-level predators of forest floor invertebrates. These 'wolves of the forest floor' prey on the organism that shred leaves thereby slowing down leaf litter decomposition and helping to keep more carbon permanently stored in the organic layer of the soil. This is significant given that twice as much carbon is stored in the soil of healthy forests as in the plants and animals above." With that in mind, bringing back a thriving population of red-backs is going to be extremely important for the sustainability of our woodlands.
This year, Mathewson has found that not only is their population well-established in Consecration Dell, where he originally released them, but it is now spreading across the Cemetery's landscape as well. Mathewson is continuing to monitor their population and is also planning to release an additional 50 red-backs from forests in Central Mass. in the coming months.
We need your help to support the incredible scientists like Mathewson who work to make Mount Auburn a thriving habitat for this growing diversity of wildlife. Please make a gift to our Wildlife Action Plan today. Thank you!
Photo of Eastern Red-Backed Salamanders by Brooks Mathewson


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In the Talmud (t. b. Sotah 8b) an unknown rabbi, but possibly the second-century R. Meir (see t. b. Sanh. 100a), suggests that whilst deciding upon a reciprocal punishment one needs to take account of every aspect of the offence, and that every perutah (a small coin, here symbolising the smallest of misdemeanor) adds up when all are considered together.
In the Mishnah and the Talmud, the perhuta is presented as the minimum legal value in cases requiring restitution. A few examples should suffice to illustrate this:
The Talmud claims that the perutah known to the sages who rote the Mishnah was an eighth of an Italian issar (i.e. a Roman assarius) (t. b. B. Meṣ 44b). At that time a perutah therefore equated to half a quadrans, the quadrans being a fourth of an assarius. Thus the Mishnaic period perutah equated to a single lepton, the currency unit much used in temple transactions at the time of John Hyrcanus (135-104 B.C.E.).


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Colouring is achieved through the dispersion
of the coloured particles in the food.
Aluminum-based insoluble food colours are used to colour oil-based products, such as chocolate, buttercream, and candy and pastry coatings. It is perfect to limit colour bleeding when several colours are side by side.
- Ideal for fatty substances, such as chocolate
- Less aggressive colouring than the water-soluble variety
- Colouring through dispersion to limit bleeding
* As food safety standards vary from one country to the next, see product description for more information


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Temperatures have warmed and will continue to warm with more very hot days in the future.
Annual rainfall in the Cook Islands is not projected to change but rainfall may decrease in the dry season in the Northern Cook Islands. Rainfall patterns are projected to change over this century with more frequent and more intense extreme rainfall days.
Sea level near the Cook Islands has risen and will continue to rise throughout this century.
Ocean acidification has been increasing in the Cook Islands' waters. It will continue to increase and threaten coral reef ecosystems.


[b-greek] re: To be born of water
From: Jack Kilmon (_EMAIL_)
Date: Fri Sep 15 2000 - 13:52:04 EDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Core"
Cc: "Biblical Greek"
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 2:29 AM
Subject: [b-greek] re: To be born of water
> I also don't know of an idiom, but if it was a common Hebrew idiom, it
would fit
> with the statement "Born again". The second birth is of the spirit so the
birth that
> precedes it must be the natural birth otherwise actual first birth is not
> counted, or else the term "born again" doesn't refer to a second birth but
a third,
> but I see that as doubtful and the emphasis on being born of the Spirit.
> in Christ -chris
"Born again" is a 2 dimensional western translation but the Semitic
languages are
more 3 dimensional and other meanings are often intended. Aramaic Min d'rish
can also
mean "from the first beginning" This is the same root as bereshit at Genesis
1:1 and lo and behold
Genesis 1:2 speaks of the breath of God moving upon the face of the WATERS.
mystical Jesus appears to be telling Nicodemus to start the creation process
all over again.


Kanya Puja: Worship of Young Girls During Durga Navratri
Kanya Puja is an age old ritual performed during Durga Navarathri.
Kanya is a virgin girl who has not attained maturity.
During Navrathri, each day a girl is worshipped. Nine days nine girls are worshipped.
It is believed that Virgin girls are more energetic in terms of Spirituality than Suvasini women (married women)
Kanyas are worshipped and offered new clothes and food.
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 1. sai says:
 There are many reasons..why they are worshipped..
 everyday a virgin girl of different age is worshipped…for different reasons.Please read Devi Mahatyam for a deeper understanding!!!!