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Definition of knotty in English:
adjective (knottier, knottiest)
1Full of knots: the room was paneled in knotty pine
More example sentences
- B-I-N will seal porous surfaces, like new wood, and seal off knots and sappy streaks in knotty pine so they won't bleed through and ruin the paint job.
- The 31-room lodge sits right on Lake Superior and is all Scandinavian, with hand-hewn beams, massive stone fireplaces, and guest rooms of high-gloss knotty pine.
- These range from the pale silvery hue of maple to the warm gold, knotty style of pine, and from the classic mid-brown of oak to the rich darkness of walnut.
1.1(Of a problem or matter) extremely difficult or intricate.
- Mr Dexter said: 'Insurance is increasingly becoming a knotty problem.'
- He spent much time trying to tease out this knotty problem with Laing.
- The newspaper also dwells on the jury selection in the original federal trial, but it never once mentions the truly knotty constitutional issue involved - double jeopardy.
- Example sentences
- This may seem like it has the knottiness and subterfuge of a good spy thriller, but it fails as a drama because every climax is a false climax.
- The difficulty and complexity of the play's plotting is matched by an unusual density and knottiness of syntax.
Words that rhyme with knottydotty, grotty, hottie, Lanzarote, Lottie, Pavarotti, potty, Scottie, snotty, spotty, totty, yachtie, zloty
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Can I use a fingerprint reader with Windows?
Yes, you can use a fingerprint reader instead of a password to log on to this version of Windows.
A fingerprint reader is a device that uses your fingerprint to identify you. It works by taking an image of your fingerprint, and then saving a copy of it. When you need to identify yourself, such as when logging on to a website or to Windows, the fingerprint reader scans your fingerprint and compares it to the saved version.
You can use a laptop with a built-in fingerprint reader, or you can buy a standalone fingerprint reader and install it on your computer. For more information about installing and using a fingerprint reader, check the information that came with your computer or fingerprint reader.
Illustration of a laptop with a built-in fingerprint reader and a standalone fingerprint reader
Laptop with built-in fingerprint reader (left) and standalone fingerprint reader (right)
To see if your computer has a fingerprint reader
 - Open Biometric Devices by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type biometrics, and then click Biometric Devices.
If you have a fingerprint reader, but it isn't listed in Biometric Devices, you probably need to install a driver for it that works with this version of Windows. If you upgraded from a previous version of Windows or have an older fingerprint reader, your fingerprint reader might continue to work with Windows, but it won't be listed in Biometric Devices. In that case, you can try updating the driver. If you're using fingerprint management software and you want to uninstall it to update it to a newer version, make sure you know your Windows password. You'll have to restart your computer and log on again after uninstalling the fingerprint management software.
If you have more than one fingerprint reader or you're replacing an existing one with a new one, you might need to scan and save (often referred to as enroll) your fingerprints before you can use the fingerprint reader with Windows. This is because some fingerprint readers save fingerprints in different formats and they can't be shared with other fingerprint readers. To enroll your fingerprints with a fingerprint reader, in Biometric Devices, click Use your fingerprints with Windows.


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DEBATE, Work Conditions:Time
DEBATE, Work Conditions: Effort
|Work Time Comparison Considerations:
section for worker claims and ZAP responses regarding estimates
of work time differences between blowers and rake and broom.
It cannot be assumed
that blowers are faster. Males often link the sound
of a loud motor to greater power, and according to one study, both
sexes found a noisy vacuum to be more efficient than a quieter one,
even though the less noisy machine was far superior. (01.6.2)
Blowers, with their loud sounds and vibrations, moving leaves and
debris rapidly, might only appear do some jobs faster than manual
ARB reports state that additional work time might be 5%-15% more,
if at all.
A Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and L.A. City Task Force
timed experiment in which an experienced professional gardener using
a gasoline leaf blower took two minutes to gather a patio of leaves
into a designated circle. Using rake and broom, an inexperienced
grandmother, who volunteered, took two minutes and 30 seconds.
Total gathering time for three tests each, showed the same 30 second,
or, a 20%, difference. (See
Raw footage taped for The Learning Channel production "Inventions
We Love to Hate" aired October 17, 2001, shows a 25% difference
in worktime for gathering the same amount of leaves from grass.
Had gardener and volunteer worked at the same speed, as previously
agreed, it is estimated the difference would have been 15%. Removal
of leaves was not included in this analysis. (See
We suggest that blower time is recorded first in tests of this
kind, so those using rakes and brooms can adjust their work speed
to that of the blower operator, for a more accurate comparison.
These examples may not represent all real world experiences,
but they do show that what differences may exist are closer than
has been claimed by blower supporters, especially since there are
several other reports of homeowners working with rakes and brooms
completing tasks as fast as do workers using blowers.
|The above-noted Department
of Water and Power comparison, and other estimates comparing blower
use with rakes and brooms, do not take into consideration additional
time and expenses. The costs of health problems fall on residents
of the neighborhood, as well as the blower users, themselves. Comparisons
- Cost of Purchase
- Cost of Maintenance
- Cost of Fuel, including that spilled in refueling
- Cost of Safety Equipment
- Cost of Replenishing the Soil with water, fertilizer, mulch
and other additives
- Cost of Health Problems caused by Emissions
- Cost of Health Problems caused by Fugitive Dust
- Cost of Hearing Loss.
- Cost of loss of work and income due to above noted health problems.
- Time for machine maintenance
- Time for Fuel Purchase
- Time for Refueling
- Time for gathering up and putting on safety gear
- Time for mounting and Starting the machine
Another comparison did not add picking up and removing leaves and
debris to the blower work time, but they did indicate that additional
work when speaking about rakes and brooms. Unless you add
this additional time to both methods being discussed, no accurate
comparison can be made.
In many spontaneous one-on-one discussions at their workplaces,
we have found no gardener who has actually made timed comparisons
between blower use and rake and broom on individual residential
properties. We have found several who first state that rakes
and brooms will double their work time, or more.
The following conversation was recorded immediately after it took
When asked how much more time it took to clean this one particular
property with a rake compared to a blower, the gardeners automatic
response was, It used to take me 10-15 minutes. Now
it takes me an hour. After my surprise at such a large
difference and stating that, on two different occasions I timed
my own gardener, then did the same work at the same speed a week
later, and found no difference, his facts changed. He now
said, Oh, well, it takes an hour for a big property, not for
this one. This one takes me 20 minutes now.
|What It Means to You, and
to Your Neighbor:
Economic concerns of
employers and other community residents were seldom brought up in
the press during the Los Angeles and California blower controversy,
except for quotes stating They wont pay more.
But, these concerns should be taken into consideration. Anyone
could incur health care costs and the loss of income for time taken
off work for health problems due to blower-induced air pollution.
And, all taxpayers incur the cost of the healthcare for those who
cannot afford it.
It is estimated that more than 12 million Americans use their homes
for earning income, either part time or full time. That is
one of every 11 workers. (00.1.2).
Where their concentration or ability to carry on business by phone
is disrupted by leafblowers, their incomes, or even their jobs,
may be jeopardized. Tension and lack of concentration due
to noise pollution and sleep deprivation, over which they have no
control, may interfere with work at home or lead to problems in
Residents in areas where blowers are used also bear related economic
impacts. They wash their cars and the exterior of their houses,
fences and walls more often. They buy air conditioners and
pay extra electricity for their use in order to keep windows closed
due to noise and dust drift. And/or, they must clean the interior
of their houses, furniture and drapes more often. Besides
the additional costs of these activities, additional time is required
on their part to do these chores.
All taxpayers pay the burden of law enforcement where there is no
voluntary compliance with a blower ban ordinance. Employers
who allow workers they hire directly or through landscape companies
to use blowers are responsible for taking the time of city operators
at the hot line, those who must do computer entries
or paperwork, and of enforcement officers. Employers have
a right and a responsibility to keep an eye on that work they pay
for, to get what they pay for, or to find other workers.
Homeowner employers may suffer fines for violations by their workers.
If you want blowers to stop and you cannot negotiate a modification
of salary or job description, hire workers who have a policy of
not using blowers. They wont defy the law when your
back is turned. The provision which allows a fine on their employers
when the ban is violated was requested by gardeners.
One homeowner was particularly angry at receiving a letter warning
that a violation had recently occurred on his property, because
he had purchased an electric blower a year earlier for the gardener
who violated the law by using a gas blower. Unfortunately and unfairly,
he was angry with the neighbor who reported the violation, rather
than with his gardener.
Many employers hire more than one business to help with yard and
property maintenance throughout the year. They may have one
worker or company for regular clean up (Mow, blow and go).
Another company is hired for periodic garden tune-ups
once or twice a year (light pruning of trees; removal and/or division
of plants, replanting, mulching, check irrigation and sprinklers,
weed, deadhead flowers and herbs). And yet another company
is hired for specialty maintenance, such as a
certified arborist or tree surgeon, or a company that trims trees.
A more realistic expectation of the level of cleanliness, on the
part of both employer and worker, could cut down work time.
Many homeowners who hire basic maintenance help dont care
whether every last leaf is removed before the worker leaves, since
more will be on the ground within minutes. They should so
inform their workers, whose sense of pride in a job well done, and
fear of being fired for not leaving the property perfectly clean,
may cause that worker to feel a need for blowers, especially if
that property is difficult to rake and sweep.
Employers might cut down work time by asking the worker what hinders
or slows down the work. For instance, patio chairs could be
stacked or put on the tabletop and covered, instead of placed on
the deck or ground around a table. Trees could be trimmed
just as major leaf-fall begins. Edging could be done less
often. In some cases, a slight change in landscape plantings
or design might make a difference.
An increase in pay may actually be warranted. Compare the
difference in work time between blowers and rake and broom on a
specific property, with the worker moving at the same pace.
Or, time the worker, then return the same debris to its original
location and sweep and rake it back up yourself. Even five
or ten minutes more time per week per customer can add up to a significant
loss of time or income for the worker. But for individual customers,
it could mean a monthly increase that is still reasonable, and nowhere
near the oft quoted double my rates.
|What it Means to Gardeners
|Los Angeles is the largest
market in the world for these blowers. It is obvious that manufacturers,
distributors, retailers and gardening associations under any auspices,
have an economic interest in holding on to their markets.
As more and more cities contemplate leaf blower bans

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Integrated service networks: the Quebec case.
|Title||Integrated service networks: the Quebec case.|
|Publication Type||Journal Article|
|Year of Publication||2006|
|Journal||Health Serv Manage Res|
|Date Published||2006 Aug|
In the current context of health-care reform, integrated service networks are presented as main solutions to enhance efficiency. During the past few years, there has been an abundance of literature focusing on integration and the underlying implementation issues. However, the concept of integrated service networks remains fluid, and there are few typologies on health-care inter-organizational relations. The Quebec health-care system offers fertile ground for furthering our understanding of this concept because of its public system of funding, its integration of health and social missions, and the present reform's state of development. On the basis of a review of the literature and empirical studies, this article intends to clarify the concept of integrated service networks. A typology of inter-organizational relations and the main parameters for organizing integrated service networks are presented. The article also discusses the effectiveness of integration models.
|Alternate Journal||Health Serv Manage Res|

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Intermediate Level Breaking – Level Demonstration and Scoring
We host one Level Demonstration at the end of each season to evaluate a student's level of proficiency. We will notify students of the date for sign-up. Students can also schedule a private lesson at any time during the season, with an individual instructor, to complete their demonstration whenever they feel ready.
Level Demonstration Scoring
Scores are used to measure each student's level of proficiency and provide a final score for each move. Scores are measured on a scale of 1 through 5. A score of 4 or better is required for each move. A demonstration with an average score of 4 or better is required to qualify a student for the next level.
Students that don't qualify (an average score of 3 or lower) will be shown exactly what will be needed to improve. They will receive feedback on each move and tips that can help students complete their demonstration the next time around.
Score Definition and Criteria
5 – Can execute the move to the music
- Music Connection – Interprets the music and rocks the beat with rhythm, energy, confidence, and style. Strong connection with music.
- Creativity – Creating new moves and flows.
- Maintains beginner level foundation.
- Shows proficiency in both directions with the Intermediate vocabulary.
- Possesses all the criteria in score 4.
4 – Can execute the move both directions
- Proficient with the Intermediate level Breaking vocabulary.
- Top Rocks – Has a developed rocking groove. On beat with rhythm, confidence, and style. Can break down and interpret the music.
- Go Downs – Unique flow that connects top rocks to footwork. On beat, good posture and form, authentic character and personality.
- Footwork – Revolution, direction, speed, power, proper squat and toe positions.
- Freezes – 30 second 2-handed holds for each freeze. Stable breathing.
- Technique – Heightened body awareness, technique, and skill.
- Character – Energy, emotion, personality, and style with a unique flavor and approach to Breaking.
- Confidence – Confidence in yourself, your movement, and your knowledge.
- Music Connection – Interprets the music. Strong connection with music. Consistent rhythm, energy, and confidence.
3 – Can execute the move but more practice needed
- Does not show full proficiency with the vocabulary.
- Top Rocks – Rocking groove not developed. Missing the connection between the move and the rhythm of the beat. Lacking confidence, or style.
- Go Downs – Needs to work on flow and connecting top rocks to footwork. Posture and form needs improvement, or more character and personality is needed.
- Footwork – No revolution, lacks direction, lacks speed, lacks power, needs to improve footwork form, squat form or toe positions.
- Freezes – Can't hold a 30 second freeze without falling or toes touching. Unstable breathing.
- Technique – lacking some body awareness, technique, or skill.
- Character – Needs more energy, emotion, and/or personal style.
- Confidence – Lacks confidence in yourself, your movement, or your knowledge.
- Music Connection – not fully connected with the music. Overthinking or has an average connection with music. Inconsistent rhythm, lacking energy, or confidence.
2 – Can't execute the move without errors
- Needs reminding of the name of the move.
- Needs reminding on how to do the move.
- Slow making the connection between the name and the move.
- Needs reminder to understand what the move is.
- Needs reminder on how to do the move.
- Making errors.
- Having to start over.
1 – Doesn't know the move at all
- Doesn't know the name of the move.
- Doesn't know how to do the move.
- Not making a connection between the name and the move.
- Needs help understanding what the move is.
- Needs help on how to do the move.


login credentials during transmission. 1
It is also possible to configure web browsers to use an existing credentials cache (instead of requiring a user to re-enter their Kerberos username and password) by enabling GSSAPI SPNEGO. Transport layer encryption is not necessary if SPNEGO is used, but the client's browser must be properly configured.
 1. Create a principal and keytab for the web server:
 $ sudo kadmin.local
 kadmin> addprinc -randkey HTTP/webserver.example.com
 kadmin> ktadd -k /etc/apache2/auth/apache2.keytab HTTP/webserver.example.com
 kadmin> quit
 2. Set the keytab's permissions and ownership:
 $ sudo chown www-data:www-data /etc/apache2/auth/apache2.keytab
 $ sudo chmod 400 /etc/apache2/auth/apache2.keytab
 3. Install mod_auth_kerb:
 # sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-kerb
 4. Update the Apache configuration file (generally available in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/). Here access is restricted to /var/www.

 Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
 AllowOverride None
 Order allow,deny
 allow from all
 AuthType Kerberos
 AuthName "Kerberos Login"
 KrbAuthRealm EXAMPLE.COM
 Krb5Keytab /etc/apache2/auth/apache2.keytab
 KrbMethodK5Passwd off _TAG_--makes GSSAPI SPNEGO a requirement
 Require valid-user
To utilize existing an existing credentials cache (generated by kinit or a SSO login), the client's browser must be configured to use GSSAPI SPNEGO. The details of browser configuration varies. The following sections list resources for common browsers.
Internet Explorer
Integration with SASL
Several popular open source software packages (most notably OpenLDAPServer) use Kerberos as an authentication source via the SASL pluggable authentication framework. The following section describes how to install and configure SASL, and verify it is utilizing Kerberos correctly. The details of configuring a service to utilize SASL depend on the package; refer to the service's documentation for details.
Package Installation
We will need the SASL pluggable authentication framework, and the GSSAPI module for the Kerberos implementation in use. Here the MIT implementation is used. Run the following command on the server:
 1. Create a Kerberos service principal. Follow the naming conventions outlined in the Principals section.
 2. Generate a keytab for the service principal and securely transfer it to the server running the service. Restrict the keytab's file permissions as necessary.
 3. Configured the service to access the correct keytab. Many services will use the system keytab (/etc/krb5.keytab) by default. If the keytab for the service principal is not stored in the system keytab, the service must be configured to read the correct keytab. This is generally done by setting the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME:
 $ export KRB5_KTNAME=/path/to/keytab
 This command can often be added to the service's startup procedure by adding it to the service's defaults file in /etc/default.
Test and Troubleshoot
Configuration issues are common at this stage, so a test is in order, using the SASL sample client and server.
 1. Make sure the user running the sample server has permission to access to the appropriate keytab. If the keytab for the service principal is stored in a file other than the default system principal (/etc/krb5.keytab), you will need to set the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME:
 $ export KRB5_KTNAME=/path/to/keytab
 2. Start the SASL sample server on the server with the GSSAPI mechanism and the specified service:
 $ sasl-sample-server -m GSSAPI -s servicename
 3. In a separate terminal on the server, initialize a credentials cache for a user using kinit:
 $ kinit
 4. In the same terminal, start the SASL sample client:
 $ sasl-sample-client -s servicename -n server.fqdn -u user
 Replace "servicename" with the name of the service that is being tested.
 5. Copy the line beginning with "S: " from the server window to the client window and hit Enter. The client will generate a line beginning with "C: " that must be copy/pasted into the server window. This exchange must be repeated several times. The process should completely with no errors. Here is an example of a successful run from the server side (some lengthly strings elided):
 admin@server:~$ sasl-sample-server -m GSSAPI -s ldap
 Forcing use of mechanism GSSAPI
 Sending list of 1 mechanism(s)
 S: R1NTQVBJ
 Waiting for client mechanism...
 C: R1N...
 got 'GSSAPI'
 Sending response...
 S: YIG...
 Waiting for client reply...
 got ''
 Sending response...
 S: YD8G...
 Waiting for client reply...
 C: YEc...
 got '...'
 Negotiation complete
 Username: user
 Realm: (NULL)
 SSF: 56
 sending encrypted message'srv message 1'
 S: AAAAS...
 Waiting for encrypted message...
 C: AAAAU...
 got ''
 recieved decoded message 'client message 1'
 The same run, from the client's side:
 user@server:~$ sasl-sample-client -s ldap -n ldap.server.fqdn -u user
 Waiting for mechanism list from server...
 S: R1NTQVBJ
 recieved 6 byte message
 Choosing best mechanism from: GSSAPI
 returning OK: user
 Using mechanism GSSAPI
 Preparing initial.
 Sending initial response...
 C: R1N...
 Waiting for server reply...
 S: YIG...
 recieved 153 byte message
 Waiting for server reply...
 S: YD8...
 recieved 65 byte message
 Sending response...
 C: YEc...
 Negotiation complete
 Username: user
 SSF: 56
 Waiting for encoded message...
 S: AAAAS...
 recieved 77 byte message
 recieved decoded message'srv message 1'
 sending encrypted message 'client message 1'
 C: AAAAU...
 Address any error messages before continuing. The Troubleshooting section of _URL_ contains several common failure modes and their solutions.
 6. Repeat the same process with the sample server running on the server and the sample client running on a host that will need to access the service.
Kerberos is fairly fault-tolerant, if the requisite services are in place. If Kerberos authentication fails, check the following:
 1. The user has a valid ticket (use klist).
 2. Basic network connectivity is available (use ping).
 3. Forward DNS hostname lookup succeeds on both the KDC and the local machine.
 4. Reverse DNS lookup succeeds on both the KDC and local machine, or rdns is set to false in krb5.conf
 5. The clocks of the KDC and local machine are synchronized.
 6. The file permissions for various critical files such as /etc/krb5.keytab are correct and accessible by the user or service in question. sudo -u can be helpful for this.
Following the KDC logs while attempting an operation can also be very informative. The following lines in /etc/krb5kdc/kdc.conf will enable KDC logging:
 kdc = FILE:/var/log/krb5kdc.log
If you had to edit kdc.conf to enable logging, restart the KDC to apply the changes:
$ sudo service krb5-kdc restart
Once logging is enabled, you can follow the log while attempting an operation:
$ sudo tail -f /var/log/krb5kdc.log
Further Reading
Parts of this document are derived from the SingleSignOn and Samba/Kerberos documentation. Many thanks to the authors of both documents.
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U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology code revision recommendations in the wake of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks are being implemented in new high-rise construction, including One World Trade Center, the lead building of the new World Trade Center complex.
New requirements include:
- Buildings taller than 420 feet are now required to include an extra exit stairwell or a specially designed elevator that occupants can use for evacuations
- Stairwells in buildings more than 75 feet high must now have glow-in-the-dark markings that show the exit path even when lighting is out or dim
- Spray-applied fire-resistive materials must perform four times more effectively than current requirements in buildings 75 to 420 feet tall, and more than seven times better in buildings taller than 420 feet. BD+C


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Your Questions — 4 minutes
What types of water should be used in your continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device?
Biron
Distilled, demineralized, bottled, ozonated, boiled or tap water? Which ones are recommended, and which ones should be avoided?
CPAP tanks are usually made of materials that tend to degrade when in contact with heated minerals. Therefore, using mineral-free water prevents premature wear and build-up of a whitish residue. That's why only two types of purified water are recommended for CPAP tanks: demineralized water and distilled water.
Distilled water
This water is free of minerals and microorganisms. It is the purest commercially sold water as it contains the fewest organic contaminants.
Demineralized (or deionized) water
This water has been stripped of all its salts and minerals using a process of demineralization (or deionization).
You can find both types of water in grocery stores, pharmacies, and supermarkets. To avoid potential contamination, keep the bottles in a cool, dark place.
Also, there are domestic water demineralization devices, such as reverse osmosis systems. When properly maintained, they make it possible to use tap water in CPAP equipment.
The following types of water are not recommended for everyday use but can be used occasionally for troubleshooting. As they contain minerals (calcium, magnesium, iron, etc.), it is necessary to thoroughly clean the tank after using the device (see the box for cleaning instructions).
Ozonated water
Ozonation is a water sterilization process designed to destroy pathogens. Indeed, ozone is an oxidizing agent and a powerful disinfectant capable of eliminating viruses and bacteria that may have survived the filtration stage.
Boiled water
Contrary to popular belief, using tap water is not harmful to you, as long as it is safe to drink. Still, it can affect the lifespan of your accessories, especially your reservoir.
Tap water
Contrary to popular belief, using tap water is not harmful to you, as long as it is safe to drink. Still, it can affect the lifespan of your accessories, especially your reservoir.
Bottled spring water shares the same properties as tap water.
Note that a water softener does not make tap water usable since it usually removes only calcium and magnesium. Purifiers equipped with a carbon filter (e.g., Brita) reduce the chlorine content without removing minerals and leave impurities that can damage your equipment.
Important reminders
 - Never add essential or scented oils to the water as they can damage the device.
 - Remember to empty and rinse the tank after each use.
 - Every week, wash the tank with warm, soapy water and rinse with plenty of clean water. You can place certain models in the top rack of the dishwasher (check the manufacturer's instructions). Allow it to dry away from direct sunlight or any heat source before reassembling.
 - In case of mineral deposits, soak the tank for 10 minutes in a solution of one part white vinegar (5% acetic acid) to two parts water. Empty the solution and rinse thoroughly before letting it dry.
Biron


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TSA TOP TEN
Both students and parents have provided their top ten reasons for being at Thomas Sumter Academy and why is a Thomas Sumter Academy education is set apart from other schools in the area — both public and private. See why Thomas Sumter is the number one choice for academics, athletics, and character education. Tenacity Supports Achievement
TSA Parent Top Ten
- Family is important to us — 51 Second Generation Generals; 5 Third Generation Generals; 30% military families.
- Upper School Student-to-Teacher ratio is 16:1. Lower School Student-to-Teacher ratio is 16:1.
- Innovative and collaborative learning through our Elementary (1st through 5th) Science. Technology. Engineering. Math. (STEAM) Program.
- 27 different sports available to our students.
- 8 Dual Enrollment classes through Central Carolina Technical College (CCTC).
- 14 Student Clubs and organizations available for the students.
- Class of 2019 average SAT scores = 1072 – well above the National Norm
- Class of 2019 graduation rate = 100%
- Class of 2019 college acceptance rate = 100%
- Over $8 million in scholarships offered to the Class of 2019 (22 Graduates).
TSA Student Top Ten
- An opportunity to be a part of something bigger than oneself – Community focus vice self-focus.
- Learning and living core values such as integrity, honor, commitment, and fidelity.
- Learning beyond books — critical thinking; soft skills such as communication, collaborative learning, and healthy debate.
- Academic rigor – Dual enrollment opportunities for 11th/12th Honors classes available in the Middle School; STEAM focus in 1st thru 5th grade.
- Higher expectations and standards along with mutual teacher respect.
- Positive learning environment.
- Tradition and Family.
- School spirit – Tenacity Supports Achievement
- The ability to grow and develop into principled servant leaders.
- Comfortable with who we are – individually and as a school.


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Point Source Localization with a Planar Optical Phased Array Compressive Sensor
preprintposted on 2023-06-08, 12:46 authored by Julian A. Brown, Steven J. Spector, Michael Moebius, Lucas Benney, Daniel Vresilovic, Brian Dolle, Alexandra Z. Greenbaum, Alex Huang, Christopher V. Poulton, Michael R. Watts, Robin Dawson, Benjamin F. Lane, J. P. Laine, Kerri Cahoy, Hannah A. Clevenson
Compressive sensing has been used to demonstrate scene reconstruction and source localization in a wide variety of devices. To date, optical compressive sensors have not been able to achieve significant volume reduction relative to conventional optics of equivalent angular resolution. Here, we adapt silicon-photonic optical phased array technology to demonstrate, to our knowledge, the first application of compressive imaging in a photonic-integrated device. Our novel sensor consists of an $8\times 8$ grid of grating couplers with a spacing of $100~\mu$m. Path-matched waveguides route to a single multimode interferometer (MMI), which mixes and randomizes the signals into 64 outputs to be used for compressed sensing. Our device is fully passive, having no need for phase shifters, as measurement matrix calibration makes the measurements robust to phase errors. For testing, we use an Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) source with a bandwidth of 40 nm, centered at 1545 nm. We demonstrate simultaneous multi-point (2 sources demonstrated in this work) brightness recovery and localization with better than 10 arcsecond precision in a sub-millimeter thick form-factor. We achieve a single source recovery rate higher than 99.9\% using 10 of the 64 outputs, and a 90\% recovery rate with only 6 outputs, 10 times fewer than the 64 needed for conventional imaging. This planar optical phased array compressive sensor is well-suited for imaging sparse scenes in applications constrained by form factor, volume, or high-cost detectors, with the potential to revolutionize endoscopy, beam locators, and LIDAR.

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The Argentine Breakfast
Generally, Argentine breakfasts are small meals of medialunas (croissants,) jam and coffee. A cortado is coffee with a little bit of milk; cafe con leche, as the name suggests, has more milk in it; and a cafe chico is usually a small cup of thick coffee.
The Argentine Lunch
Midday lunch is a considerably larger meal, often with pastas or meats as main courses. Just about every restaurant prepares fresh juices, licuados, blended with water or milk. Businesses in many cities across the country close for lunch, as people go home to eat a long meal with their families. Popular sandwiches include:
The Argentine Mid-Afternoon Snack (merienda)
In the late afternoon, Argentines have a snack or sandwich to keep their hunger at bay until dinner, which is typically not eaten before 9 or 10 p.m., especially during the hotter months. This tea time tradition, known as merienda, can be traced back to the 1800s, when British immigrants arrived in Argentina. Often merienda consists of the same medialunas that are eaten for breakfast, with either tea, matÃ©, or coffee.
Dinner takes place quite late, and many restaurants in Argentina stay open and are packed past midnight. Cuisine of Argentine stems from mainly Italian and German culinary traditions, so pastas or meat and potatoes are the most common Argentine food items. Argentines in general and PorteÃ±os in particular (residents of Buenos Aires) are night owls, and itâ€™s common to eat late and go out even later, only to wake up a couple of hours later for a small breakfast and a long day of work.
Here are some related tips to help plan your trip to Argentina: Bodega La Caroyense, Patagonian Food, Food in Buenos Aires, Tips For Taking Tea In Gaiman, Vegetarian Survival in Argentina, Argentina Food and Drink and An Argentine Meat Feast.


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adcc: Seamlessly connect your program to ADC¶
This documentation page is still under construction.
ADC-connect – or adcc in short – is a Python-based framework to connect to arbitrary programs and perform calculations based on the algebraic-diagrammatic construction approach (ADC) on top of their existing self-consistent field (SCF) procedures. Four SCF codes can be used with adcc out of the box, namely molsturm, psi4, PySCF, and veloxchem.
The range of supported algebraic-diagrammatic construction (ADC) methods includes the ADC(n) family up to level 3, including variants such as spin-flip and core-valence separation. For all methods transition and excited state properties are available. See the Performing calculations with adcc for more details. Recently we submitted a paper about adcc, see [HSF+19].
Getting a first taste¶
The next code snippet should give you an idea, how adcc works in practice. It shows how an ADC(3) calculation for 3 singlet excited states of water can be performed on top of a restricted Hartree-Fock reference computed using PySCF.
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt from pyscf import gto, scf import adcc # Run SCF in pyscf mol = gto.M( atom='O 0 0 0;' 'H 0 0 1.795239827225189;' 'H 1.693194615993441 0 -0.599043184453037', basis='cc-pvtz', unit="Bohr" ) scfres = scf.RHF(mol) scfres.conv_tol = 1e-13 scfres.kernel() # Run an ADC(3) calculation, solving for 3 singlets state = adcc.adc3(scfres, n_singlets=3) # Broaden the peaks and plot the resulting spectrum state.plot_spectrum(broadening='lorentzian') plt.show()
- Performing calculations with adcc
- Overview of supported features
- General ADC(n) calculations
- Calculation parameters
- Parallelisation in adcc
- Plotting spectra
- Reusing intermediate data
- Programmatic access to computed data
- Spin-flip calculations
- Core-valence-separated calculations
- Restricting active orbitals: Frozen core and frozen virtuals
- Further examples and details
- Theoretical review of ADC methods
- adcc reference
- Connecting host programs to adcc
- Developer's notes
- adccore: C++ core library
- libadcc: Python bindings for adccore


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randomization in c++?
This is a discussion on randomization in c++? within the C++ Programming forums, part of the General Programming Boards category; hi i wrote a trivia program but i want to improve it by randomizing the questions in it. but how ...
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 hi i wrote a trivia program but i want to improve it by randomizing the questions in it. but how do i do it? thanks
 Code:
 main()
 {
 int l;
 clrscr();
 gotoxy(30,7);printf("[1] QUESTIONS\n");
 gotoxy(30,9);printf("[2] QUIT\n\n");
 gotoxy(30,13);printf("Choose: ");
 scanf("%d",&l);
 if(l==1)
 easy();
 else if(l==2)
 exit();
 }
 easy()
 {
 int x;
 char d[5];
 int i=0;
 char a[]="a";
 char b[]="b";
 char c[]="c";
 for(x=0;x<=3;x++)
 {
 clrscr();
 gotoxy(10,5);printf("Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.");
 gotoxy(10,7);printf("1. What two letters are both symbols for 1,000?");
 gotoxy(10,9);printf("%s. K and M.",a);
 gotoxy(10,11);printf("%s. A and B.",b);
 gotoxy(10,13);printf("%s. L and D",c);
 gotoxy(10,15);printf("Answer: ");gets(d);
 if(strcmp(d,a)==0)
 {
 gotoxy(12,20);printf("Correct!!!\n");
 i=i+1;
 gotoxy(12,21);printf("Your score is %d",i);
 x=3;
 getch();
 }
 if(strcmp(d,a)!=0)
 {
 gotoxy(12,20);printf("Wrong!!!\n");
 gotoxy(12,21);printf("Life[%d]",x);
 getch();
 if(x>=3)
 {
 main();
 }
 }
 }
 for(x=1;x<=3;x++)
 {
 clrscr();
 gotoxy(10,7);printf("2. What's short for Binary Digit?");
 gotoxy(10,9);printf("%s. BD.",a);
 gotoxy(10,11);printf("%s. Bit.",b);
 gotoxy(10,13);printf("%s. Digit.",c);
 gotoxy(10,15);printf("Answer: ");gets(d);
 if(strcmp(d,b)==0)

 {
 gotoxy(12,20);printf("Correct!!!\n");
 i=i+1;
 gotoxy(12,21);printf("Your score is %d",i);
 x=3;
 getch();
 }
 else
 {
 gotoxy(12,20);printf("Wrong!!!\n");
 gotoxy(12,21);printf("Life[%d]",x);
 getch();
 if(x>=3)
 {
 main();
 }
 }
 }
 for(x=1;x<=3;x++)
 {
 clrscr();
 gotoxy(10,7);printf("3. What digit did Arab mathematician al-Khwarizmi give to the West\n around 800 B/B.?");
 gotoxy(10,10);printf("%s. Zero",a);
 gotoxy(10,12);printf("%s. One",b);
 gotoxy(10,14);printf("%s. Two",c);
 gotoxy(10,16);printf("Answer: ");gets(d);
 if(strcmp(d,a)==0)

 {
 gotoxy(12,20);printf("Correct!!!\n");
 i=i+1;
 gotoxy(12,21);printf("Your score is %d",i);
 x=3;
 getch();
 }
 else
 {
 gotoxy(12,20);printf("Wrong!!!\n");
 gotoxy(12,21);printf("Life[%d]",x);
 getch();
 if(x>=3)
 {
 main();
 }
 }
 }
 for(x=1;x<=3;x++)
 {
 clrscr();
 gotoxy(10,7);printf("4. What word describes a number system with a base of two?");
 gotoxy(10,9);printf("%s. Decimal",a);
 gotoxy(10,11);printf("%s. Octal",b);
 gotoxy(10,13);printf("%s. Binary",c);
 gotoxy(10,15);printf("Answer: ");gets(d);
 if(strcmp(d,c)==0)

 {
 gotoxy(12,20);printf("Correct!!!\n");
 i=i+1;
 gotoxy(12,21);printf("Your score is %d",i);
 x=3;
 getch();
 }
 else
 {
 gotoxy(12,20);printf("Wrong!!!\n");
 gotoxy(12,21);printf("Life[%d]",x);
 getch();
 if(x>=3)
 {
 main();
 }
 }
 }
 for(x=1;x<=3;x++)
 {
 clrscr();
 gotoxy(10,7);printf("5. How many equal sides does an icosahedron have?");
 gotoxy(10,9);printf("%s. Ten",a);
 gotoxy(10,11);printf("%s. Twenty",b);
 gotoxy(10,13);printf("%s. Thirty",c);
 gotoxy(10,15);printf("Answer: ");gets(d);
 if(strcmp(d,b)==0)

 {
 gotoxy(12,20);printf("Correct!!!\n");
 i=i+1;
 gotoxy(12,21);printf("Your score is %d",i);
 x=3;
 getch();
 }
 else
 {
 gotoxy(12,20);printf("Wrong!!!\n");
 gotoxy(12,21);printf("Life[%d]",x);
 getch();
 if(x>=3)
 {
 main();
 }
 }
 }

 }
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 this is C, not C++
 and you may want to fix firts several issues like
 do not ever call main from your code
 specify the return type of your functions
 do not use gets
 and think about learning C instead of your own criptic language
 p,q,g are not good for variable names - and even more horrible as function names
 The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time,
 the last 10% takes the other 90% of the time.
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 And fix your indentation, too. If you don't use Visual Studio and there's no ban on the software and you aren't limited to a compiler, then I say get it and let it fix everything (Alt+F8).
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 io.h certainly IS included in some modern compilers. It is no longer part of the standard for C, but it is nevertheless, included


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Join the Garden for our monthly Sick Plant Clinic and find out which diseases ail your plants. Entomologists are also available to identify the pests that are living in your plants too! Please cover plants and disease samples in containers or bags before entering the Garden.
BERKELEY CLINIC DIAGNOSES RESIDENTS' PLANTS
Lauren Reed-Guy, Chronicle Staff Writer
San Francisco Chronicle June 29, 2011 04:00 AM Copyright San Francisco Chronicle. All rights reserved.
When he walked through the doors of the clinic, Oakland resident Bob Rogers was unaware that his Himalayan cypresses' days were numbered.
Though he'd already received a diagnosis of a beetle infestation from another plant expert, Rogers decided to bring bark and leaf samples up to the monthly sick plant clinic at the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden for a second opinion.
With microscopes and a stack of gardening and insect books for support, the plant experts took a close look at the sample and photos Rogers brought with him.
The prognosis was bleak. While the two 80-year-old trees in Rogers' backyard were indeed suffering from longhorn beetles, they were a symptom of the trees' waning health, not the cause. The panel of five plant experts told him there was little he could do, as his trees' life spans had likely been cut short living outside their native habitat.
Bay Area residents have brought their ailing plants to the sick plant clinic for more than 30 years now for diagnosis by a team of volunteer plant pathologists and entomologists from UC Berkeley and regional parks groups as well as private plant consultants.
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Impact Lab
Immersive UI (VR/AR)
Can Virtual Reality (VR) be used to better facilitate online learning?
How can we quantify that students are learning better?
What are the infrastructure challenges to provide a large scale Virtual Reality Systems for Education?
Can we make these environment Accessible
At impact lab, we are imagining the Virtual classrooms, and Virtual Universities of the future and bringing them to reality. Stay tuned for more updates on this front.
Here is a recent video of a prototype we are developing.
If you have questions, ideas or want to get involved. Contact:
Prajwal Paudyal
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such, concerns have been raised about risks for cumulative trauma injury, and reduced productivity, due to repetitive finger motion with the sequential actuation trigger. Purpose This study developed a method to predict cumulative finger flexor tendon travel associated with the sequential actuation trigger nail gun from finger joint kinematics measured in the trigger actuation and productivity standards for wood-frame construction tasks. Methods Finger motions were measured from six users wearing an instrumented electrogoniometer glove in a simulation of two common framing tasks–wall building and flat nailing of material. Flexor tendon travel was calculated from the ensemble average kinematics for an individual nail fired. Results Finger flexor tendon travel was attributable mostly to proximal interphalangeal and distal interphalangeal joint motion. Tendon travel per nail fired appeared to be slightly greater for a wall-building task than a flat nailing task. The present study data, in combination with construction industry productivity standards, suggest that a high-production workday would be associated with less than 60 m/day cumulative tendon travel per worker (based on 1700 trigger presses/day). Conclusion and Applications These results suggest that exposure to finger tendon travel from sequential actuation trigger nail gun use may be below levels that have been previously associated with high musculoskeletal disorder risk. PMID
 17. Finger-Circumference-Measuring Device
 NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
 Le, Suy
 1995-01-01
 Easy-to-use device quickly measures circumference of finger (including thumb) on human hand. Includes polytetrafluoroethylene band 1/8 in. wide, bent into loop and attached to tab that slides on scale graduated in millimeters. Sliding tab preloaded with constant-force tension spring, which pulls tab toward closure of loop. Designed to facilitate measurements at various points along fingers to obtain data for studies of volumetric changes of fingers in microgravity. Also used in normal Earth gravity studies of growth and in assessment of diseases like arthritis.
 18. Fingering Instabilities in Dewetting Nanofluids
 NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
 Pauliac-Vaujour, E.; Stannard, A.; Martin, C. P.; Blunt, M. O.; Notingher, I.; Moriarty, P. J.; Vancea, I.; Thiele, U.
 2008-05-01
 The growth of fingering patterns in dewetting nanofluids (colloidal solutions of thiol-passivated gold nanoparticles) has been followed in real time using contrast-enhanced video microscopy. The fingering instability on which we focus here arises from evaporatively driven nucleation and growth in a nanoscopically thin precursor solvent film behind the macroscopic contact line. We find that well-developed isotropic fingering structures only form for a narrow range of experimental parameters. Numerical simulations, based on a modification of the Monte Carlo approach introduced by Rabani et al. [Nature (London)NATUAS0028-0836 426, 271 (2003)10.1038/nature02087], reproduce the patterns we observe experimentally.
 19. Fingering instabilities in dewetting nanofluids.
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 Pauliac-Vaujour, E; Stannard, A; Martin, C P; Blunt, M O; Notingher, I; Moriarty, P J; Vancea, I; Thiele, U
 2008-05-01
 The growth of fingering patterns in dewetting nanofluids (colloidal solutions of thiol-passivated gold nanoparticles) has been followed in real time using contrast-enhanced video microscopy. The fingering instability on which we focus here arises from evaporatively driven nucleation and growth in a nanoscopically thin precursor solvent film behind the macroscopic contact line. We find that well-developed isotropic fingering structures only form for a narrow range of experimental parameters. Numerical simulations, based on a modification of the Monte Carlo approach introduced by Rabani et al. [Nature (London) 426, 271 (2003)10.1038/nature02087], reproduce the patterns we observe experimentally. PMID:_PHONE_
 20. Finger Forces in Clarinet Playing.
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 Hofmann, Alex; Goebl, Werner
 2016-01-01
 Clarinettists close and open multiple tone holes to alter the pitch of the tones. Their fingering technique must be fast, precise, and coordinated with the tongue articulation. In this empirical study, finger force profiles and tongue techniques of clarinet students (N = 17) and professional clarinettists (N = 6) were investigated under controlled performance conditions. First, in an expressive-performance task, eight selected excerpts from the first Weber Concerto were performed. These excerpts were chosen to fit in a 2 × 2 × 2 design (register: low-high; tempo: slow-fast, dynamics: soft-loud). There was an additional condition controlled by the experimenter, which determined the expression levels (low-high) of the performers. Second, a technical-exercise task, an isochronous 23-tone melody was designed that required different effectors to produce the sequence (finger-only, tongue-only, combined tongue-finger actions). The melody was performed in three tempo conditions (slow, medium, fast) in a synchronization-continuation paradigm. Participants played on a sensor-equipped Viennese clarinet, which tracked finger forces and reed oscillations simultaneously. From the data, average finger force (F mean ) and peak force (F max ) were calculated. The overall finger forces were low (F mean = 1.17 N, F max = 3.05 N) compared to those on other musical instruments (e.g., guitar). Participants applied the largest finger forces during the high expression level performance conditions (F mean = 1.21 N). For the technical exercise task, timing and articulation information were extracted from the reed signal. Here, the timing precision of the fingers deteriorated the timing precision of the tongue for combined tongue-finger actions, especially for faster tempi. Although individual finger force profiles were overlapping, the group of professional players applied less finger force overall (F mean = 0.54 N). Such sensor instruments provide useful insights into player
 1. Neural correlates of finger gnosis.
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 Rusconi, Elena; Tamè, Luigi; Furlan, Michele; Haggard, Patrick; Demarchi, Gianpaolo; Adriani, Michela; Ferrari, Paolo; Braun, Christoph; Schwarzbach, Jens
 2014-07-01
 Neuropsychological studies have described patients with a selective impairment of finger identification in association with posterior parietal lesions. However, evidence of the role of these areas in finger gnosis from studies of the healthy human brain is still scarce. Here we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify the brain network engaged in a novel finger gnosis task, the intermanual in-between task (IIBT), in healthy participants. Several brain regions exhibited a stronger blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) response in IIBT than in a control task that did not explicitly rely on finger gnosis but used identical stimuli and motor responses as the IIBT. The IIBT involved stronger signal in the left inferior parietal lobule (IPL), bilateral precuneus (PCN), bilateral premotor cortex, and left inferior frontal gyrus. In all regions, stimulation of nonhomologous fingers of the two hands elicited higher BOLD signal than stimulation of homologous fingers. Only in the left anteromedial IPL (a-mIPL) and left PCN did signal strength decrease parametrically from nonhomology, through partial homology, to total homology with stimulation delivered synchronously to the two hands. With asynchronous stimulation, the signal was stronger in the left a-mIPL than in any other region, possibly indicating retention of task-relevant information. We suggest that the left PCN may contribute a supporting visuospatial representation via its functional connection to the right PCN. The a-mIPL may instead provide the core substrate of an explicit bilateral body structure representation for the fingers that when disrupted can produce the typical symptoms of finger agnosia. PMID:24990921
 2. Multi-finger interaction during involuntary and voluntary single finger force changes
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 Martin, J.R.; Zatsiorsky, V.M.; Latash, M.L.
 2011-01-01
 Two types of finger interaction are characterized by positive co-variation (enslaving) or negative co-variation (error compensation) of finger forces. Enslaving reflects mechanical and neural connections among fingers, while error compensation results from synergic control of fingers to stabilize their net output. Involuntary and voluntary force changes by a finger were used to explore these patterns. We hypothesized that synergic mechanisms will dominate during involuntary force changes, while enslaving will dominate during voluntary finger force changes. Subjects pressed with all four fingers to match a target force that was 10% of their maximum voluntary contraction (MVC). One of the fingers was unexpectedly raised 5.0 mm at a speed of 30.0 mm/s. During finger raising the subject was instructed "not to intervene voluntarily". After the finger was passively lifted and a new steady-state achieved, subjects pressed down with the lifted finger, producing a pulse of force voluntarily. The


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watercolour paints - set of 6
watercolour paints - set of 6
watercolour paints - set of 6
The Stockmar Paint Basic Assortment provide the basics for mixing a comprehensive colour wheel. Three cool primary colours and three warm primary colours - carmine red, vermillion, golden yellow, lemon yellow, ultramarine blue and prussian blue.
Stockmar watercolour paints are known for their excellent clarity natural transparency light-resistance and scumbling properties. The colour range follows the extended version of Goethe's "Theory of Colours'. Each tone has been adjusted so that it can be mixed well with the others. Harmonious intermediate gradations and boundary-less colour blending are also possible when using the wet-on-wet technique.
They can be used with all usual watercolouring techniques. Stockmar watercolours are ideal for transparent painting and when mixed with white can be used for non-transparent painting. They are produced from gum arabic and the finest light-resistant colour pigments have a very high yield-value and remain completely water-soluble when dry. The colour tones have been chosen so that they can be mixed to yield all intermediate shades without losing their brilliance and intensity..
Tried and tested in art education at school and kindergarten these non-toxic paints are long-lasting and remain completely water-soluble when dry.
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as well. For example, here's how I can choose a random photo from a place and save it to disk.
List<Photo> photos = place.getPhotos();
Photo photo = photos.get(new Random().nextInt(photos.size()));
BufferedImage image = photo.download().getImage();
File file = new File("test.jpg");
file.createNewFile();
ImageIO.write(image, "jpg", file);
You can also specify a max width and max height for the image. The aspect ratio of the image will always be maintained.
BufferedImage image = photo.download(100, 100).getImage();
To specify one and not the other, just set one of them to -1. If you do not specify them, the max size (1600) will be passed. NOTE: You must pass at least one of the size parameters.
If you are working on Android, javax.imageio is not implemented, so you can create a bitmap from a photo with.
InputStream stream = photo.download().getInputStream();
Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(stream);
Remember not to execute this code on the main thread.
Autocomplete
Place prediction
You can receive auto-complete predictions for Places with:
List<Prediction> predictions = client.getPlacePredictions("Empire");
As you might expect, The Empire State Building is the first result returned here. The prediction object contains a human-readable description and a Place accessor so you can easily build a UI around it. (Particularly useful for Android development)
Query prediction
You can also receive auto-complete predictions for Places with general queries such as "pizza in New York".
List<Prediction> predictions = client.getQueryPredictions("pizza in New York");
Android integration
Just remember that if you are using this library with Android you should never execute network code on the main thread. Either run it in another thread...
new Thread(new Runnable() {
 public void run() {
 // do something
 }
}).start();
...or run it in an AsyncTask.
Documentation
Documentation for this project can be found at this location.
Build
This project uses Apache Maven. Create a file called src/main/resources/places_api.key with your Google Places API key before running tests and building with mvn.


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The Maqamat Ship: Context and Comparison of the Iconic Arab Manuscript Painting
Author(s): Mick de Ruyter
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Historical Archaeology in the Indian Ocean" , at the 2020 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
The iconic ship illustration in the thirteenth-century Paris 'Schefer' Maqamat manuscript is one of the most significant individual images used in maritime archaeology. This painting was the primary iconographic source for interpretations of the Belitung wreck and for the design and construction of two full-sized replica ships, and more widely in the study of Arab and Indian Ocean seafaring in general. The Maqamat ship illustration is prized because of the relative paucity of other archaeological, iconographic or documentary sources, which conversely makes validation difficult. This paper compares this famous image to other lesser known Maqamat ships, and with watercraft in contemporary Arab and Persian manuscripts and shadow theatre. Consideration of the intended audience and consumption of these images gives further context, showing how the Paris Maqamat painting has often been misinterpreted. These images nevertheless retain their evidentiary value when used together and in artistic context.
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The Maqamat Ship: Context and Comparison of the Iconic Arab Manuscript Painting. Mick de Ruyter. 2020 ( tDAR id: 457015)
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min long: 112.952; min lat: -43.648 ; max long: 153.606; max lat: -10.71 ;
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Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology


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Assigns a handle to this window.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The handle to assign cannot be in a different application process.
The following code example demonstrates intercepting operating system window messages in a window procedure. The example creates a class that inherits from NativeWindow to accomplish this.
The MyNativeWindowListener class hooks into the window procedure of the form passed into the constructor, and overrides the WndProc method to intercepts the WM_ACTIVATEAPP window message. The class demonstrates the use of the and ReleaseHandle methods to identify which window handle the NativeWindow will use. The handle is assigned based upon the Control.HandleCreated and Control.HandleDestroyed events. When the WM_ACTIVATEAPP window message is received, the class calls the form1 ApplicationActivated method.
' NativeWindow class to listen to operating system messages. Friend Class MyNativeWindowListener Inherits NativeWindow'Constant value was found in the "windows.h" header file. Private Const WM_ACTIVATEAPP As Integer = &H1C Private parent As Form1 Public Sub New(ByVal parent As Form1) AddHandler parent.HandleCreated, AddressOf Me.OnHandleCreated AddHandler parent.HandleDestroyed, AddressOf Me.OnHandleDestroyed Me.parent = parent End Sub'Listen for the control's window creation and hook into it. Private Sub OnHandleCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)'Window is now created, assign handle to NativeWindow. AssignHandle(CType(sender, Form).Handle) End Sub Private Sub OnHandleDestroyed(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)'Window was destroyed, release hook. ReleaseHandle() End Sub _ Protected Overrides Sub WndProc(ByRef m As Message)'Listen for operating system messages Select Case (m.Msg) Case WM_ACTIVATEAPP'Notify the form that this message was received.'Application is activated or deactivated,'based upon the WParam parameter. parent.ApplicationActivated(m.WParam.ToInt32() <> 0) End Select MyBase.WndProc(m) End Sub End Class


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A giant sinkhole opened up in a residential area of the town of Schmalkalden, Germany, Monday, causing no injuries but forcing the evacuation of 25 people.
A huge sinkhole appeared overnight in the central German town of Schmalkalden Monday, swallowing a parked car and a garage door but causing no injuries.
The circular hole, which is about 98 feet across and 65 feet deep, appeared at around 3a.m. in a residential area, reports Der Spiegel, forcing the evacuation of 25 people. Experts are pointing to natural causes for the hole, but they have yet to determine the exact cause.
Sinkholes are often caused by the underground erosion of salt beds or soluble sedimentary rocks, such as limestone or dolomite. Groundwater flows through these rocks, creating subterranean caverns that can suddenly collapse.
Officials from Schmalkalden, a town of 20,000 that was formerly part of East Germany say that they plan to fill the hole with gravel.


Can Vegans Eat Tortilla Chips?
Can Vegans Eat Tortilla Chips?
A tortilla chip is a snack food made from corn tortillas and the majority of the fat on this snack is unsaturated which is the healthy kind and this is one homemade chip that is loved by a lot of people and there are varieties of chips that can be used in making tortilla chips however vegans tend to wonder if they can eat this tasty snacks without guilt.
A vegan diet involves eating foods comprising of only plants and exclude all animal products including meat, dairy, and eggs, a vegan diet may help keep your heart healthy however there are accidentally vegan junk foods to make this diet plan easier.
Nutritional planning is vital whether you are vegan or not particularly when you are making dietary changes and healthy eating as a vegan will not only help you lose weight but reduce the risk of some certain cancers, lower risk of heart disease, and appears to lower blood sugar level and improve kidney function.
You should definitely not eat junk food every day, vegan or not however if you choose to eat junk food, we suggest picking from options that do not contain any animal products, and if you are wondering if tortilla chips are on the list of accidentally vegan food, here is what you should know.
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Can Vegans Eat Tortilla Chips?
Can Vegans Eat Tortilla Chips?
Yes, vegans can definitely stock up their pantry with tortilla chips, for the most part, these chips are made out of plant-based ingredients made from corn tortillas which are cut into triangles and then fried or baked. There are lots of brands making tortilla chips however you should read through the ingredients list to help you choose the right vegan tortilla chips.
Can vegans eat chips and salsa?
Yes, vegans can eat chips and salsa as long as the chips are fried in vegetable oil which is usually the oil used by most restaurants then it's vegan.
Are tortilla chips junk foods?
Yes, tortilla chips might be lower in fat and calories compared to some chips but they are still unhealthy because they are usually fried hence you should avoid eating way too many of them if you are trying to burn calories.
These chips may somehow be a better choice to potatoes chips though as it contains fewer calories and is more satisfying crunchy snacks to go for if you are looking to replace potato chips.
A tortilla chip is a snack you can enjoy any time of the day and the nutrients to derive from eating tortilla chips includes, copper, calcium, iron, magnesium, and zinc however the frying process may damage some of these nutrients but they do have less saturated fat compared to potatoes chips and makes a delicious vegan snack to munch on.
Vegans wanting to improve their health and lose weight should stick to minimally processed foods and limit the intake of junk foods though there is no wrong time to eat chips, ensure you do not consume them regularly and when in doubt, read the label.
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Propofol is an intravenous anesthetic agent that may impair host defense system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of propofol on macrophage functions and its possible mechanism.Mouse macrophage-like Raw 264.7 cells were exposed to propofol, at 3, 30 (a clinically relevant concentration), and 300 μm. Cell viability, lactate dehydrogenase, and cell cycle were analyzed to determine the cellular toxicity of propofol to macrophages. After administration of propofol, chemotactic, phagocytic, and oxidative ability and interferon-γ mRNA production were carried out to validate the potential effects of propofol on macrophage functions. Mitochondrial membrane potential and cellular adenosine triphosphate levels were also analyzed to evaluate the role of mitochondria in propofol-induced macrophage dysfunction.Exposure of macrophages to 3 and 30 μm propofol did not affect cell viability. When the administered concentration reached 300 μm, propofol would increase lactate dehydrogenase release, cause arrest of cell cycle in G1/S phase, and lead to cell death. In the 1-h-treated macrophages, propofol significantly reduced macrophage functions of chemotactic and oxidative ability in a concentration-dependent manner. However, the suppressive effects were partially or completely reversed after 6 and 24 h. Propofol could reduce phagocytic activities of macrophages in concentrationand time-dependent manners. Exposure of macrophages to lipopolysaccharide induced the mRNA of interferon-γ, but the induction was significantly blocked by propofol. Propofol concentration-dependently decreased the membrane potential of macrophage mitochondria, but the effects were descended with time. The levels of cellular adenosine triphosphate in macrophages were also reduced by propofol.A clinically relevant concentration of propofol can suppress macrophage functions, possibly through inhibiting their mitochondrial membrane potential and adenosine triphosphate synthesis instead of direct cellular toxicity.


You can have your computer play a sound when certain events occur on your computer. (An event can be an action that you perform, such as logging on to your computer, or an action that your computer performs, such as alerting you when you receive new e‑mail.) Windows comes with several sound schemes (a collection of related sounds) for common events. Additionally, some desktop themes have their own sound schemes.
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To change a sound scheme
 1. Open Sound by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type sound, and then click Sound.
 2. Click the Sounds tab.
 3. In the Sound Scheme list, click the sound scheme that you want to use, and then click OK.
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 - To get a sense of what a sound scheme is like, click a scheme. In the Program Events list, click different events, and then click Test to hear how each one sounds in that scheme.
To change one or more sounds
 1. Open Sound by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type sound, and then click Sound.
 2. To change one sound, click the Sounds tab, and then, in the Program Events list, click the event that you want to assign a new sound for.
 3. In the Sounds list, click the sound that you want to associate with the event, and then click OK.
 If the sound you want to use isn't listed, click Browse to locate it.
 4. To change more than one sound, follow the steps above, but click Apply after clicking each sound, until you've made all the changes you want, and then click OK.
Notes
 - To preview any sound in the Program Events list, click the sound, and then click Test.
 - When you change one or more event sounds, a new sound scheme is automatically created, and is given the same name as the current scheme, but with "(modified)" added. For example, if the current scheme is Sonata, and you change one or more sounds, the new scheme is called Sonata (modified). The original sound scheme is preserved with its original name.
To rename a sound scheme
When you make changes to one or more individual sounds, you create a new sound scheme, which is automatically saved with a new name: the name of the current scheme with "(modified)" added. For example, if the current scheme is Sonata, and you change one or more sounds, the new scheme is called Sonata (modified). But you can give your new sound scheme (or an existing scheme) a new name.
 1. Open Sound by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type sound, and then click Sound.
 2. Click the Sounds tab.
 3. In the Sound Scheme list, click the scheme that you want to rename, click , Save As, type a name for the new sound scheme, and then click OK. (If the sound you want to use isn't listed, click Browse to locate it.)
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Evaluating Sediment Mobility for Siting Nearshore Berms
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Vicksburg United States
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PURPOSE This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note CHETN describes two methods to quickly assess sediment mobility relative to water depth as a function of local waves and currents. Estimating dredged sediment mobility relative to placement depth and grain size is valuable for preliminary or reconnaissance engineering studies to compare multiple placement sites. Presently, a Matlab script is available to perform the calculations using both methods. Future development will include an interactive web tool with automated data uploads for engineers to utilize.


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New Indian bird species too rare to collect for scienceA professional astronomer has made the most sensational ornithological discovery in India for more than half a century. Ramana Athreya has found a new species of bird in remote north-eastern India. The Bugun Liocichla, a kind of babbler, is strikingly coloured. Its overall pluamge is various shades of olive, with a black cap, bright yellow patch in front of eye, golden-yellow, crimson, black and white patches on the wing, and red-tipped tail feathers which are flame-coloured on the underside. Although two Bugun Liocichlas were caught, both were released and no scientific specimen was collected.
[The normal procedure when a new species is described is to preserve a dead individual in a museum as the "type specimen", which acts as proof both of the species's existence and of the features that distinguish it from other species. The description of a new bird species without a formal specimen is not without precedent. In 1988 a male bushshrike of an unknown species was trapped in Somalia and later described as the Bulo Burti Boubou Laniarius liberatus. To date it remains the sole example of the species ever recorded.]"We thought the bird was just too rare for one to be killed," said Ramana. "With today's modern technology, we could gather all the information we needed to confirm it as a new species. We took feathers and photographs, and recorded the bird's song."
Ramana first saw the liocichla at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, in 1995, but it was more than a decade before he sighted it again at the same place, whilst carrying out the Eaglenest Biodiversity Project.
[The bird was discovered during the course of the Eaglenest Biodiversity Project, a multi-faceted conservation project led by Athreya in partnership with Mr Indi Glow of the Bugun tribe. The tribe live on the periphery of Eaglenest and one of the project's goals is to help the Bugun community profit from ecotourism to the area. The project was assisted by grants from the Rufford-Maurice-Laing Foundation (UK) and Ford Foundation/Winrock India.] "Even then I knew it was something very special," he said. "The only bird that looks remotely like it is the Emei Shan Liocichla, which is known from only a few mountains in central China, more than 1,000 km from Eaglenest."
But detailed examination of the Eaglenest birds in comparison with specimens and tape recordings of Emei Shan Liocichlas revealed many plumage and vocal differences.
The Bugun Liocichla is only the fourth species of liocichla known, a particular genus within the highly diverse bird family known as babblers or Timaliidae. The other liocichlas are Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea, which is widespread in South-East Asia, Emei Shan Liocichla Liocichla omeiensis (sometimes spelled Omei Shan), confined to a few mountains in Central China, and Steere's Liocichla Liocichla steerii, which occurs only in Taiwan.
Ramana and his project colleagues returned in late January 2005 and again in May 2005 armed with mist-nets, but failed even to see the birds again. Eventually he was successful in trapping two birds in May 2006, and wrote his findings up for the journal Indian Birds. "This is the kind of paper you dream about receiving,"said Aasheesh Pittie, Editor of Indian Birds where the description of the Bugun Liocichla was published. "The discovery of a new bird is really special, but when it's a stunning species with no geographically close relatives, and in a part of the world where bird collectors have sampled birds for more than a century, it's nothing short of miraculous."
Dr Nigel Collar of BirdLife International commented: "I warmly congratulate Ramana on his outstanding discovery and fully support his decision not to collect a specimen at this stage. This species appears to be very rare indeed, and from what we know at present the taking of even one individual could jeopardise the Bugun Liocichla's future survival prospects."
The known population of the Bugun Liocichla consists of only 14 individuals including three breeding pairs. The species is not particularly shy and is very distinctive, so it must be very rare or it would certainly have been found earlier.
"It's good news that the Bugun Liocichla has been found in a wildlife sanctuary where it is already protected, but the population appears to be tiny," says Collar. "A priority now is to find out if other populations of this remarkable species exist elsewhere and what its habitat requirements are, so that appropriate conservation measures can be put in place."
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Can A Chameleon Change Color At Will?
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Chameleons are fascinating creatures known for their ability to change color, but can they do so at will? The answer lies in their complex physiology and unique adaptation to their environment. Contrary to popular belief, chameleons do not change color to blend in with their surroundings purely for camouflage purposes.
The Science of Color Changing
Chameleons possess specialized cells called chromatophores that contain pigments which can expand or contract, altering the color visible to the human eye. These chromatophores are controlled by the chameleon's autonomic nervous system, meaning color changes are often involuntary responses to stimuli such as temperature, light, mood, or social interactions.
Environmental Influence
One of the primary reasons chameleons change color is to regulate body temperature. Darker colors absorb more heat while lighter colors reflect sunlight, allowing the chameleon to maintain its optimal body temperature. Additionally, color changes can also indicate emotional states such as stress, aggression, or mating readiness.
Limitations of Color Changing
While chameleons have a remarkable ability to alter their color, it is not as simple as a conscious decision to change at will. The process is intricate and influenced by various factors, making it more of an instinctive reaction rather than a deliberate choice. Furthermore, certain species of chameleons have limited color-changing abilities compared to others.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the chameleon's color-changing ability is a complex interplay of genetics, physiology, and environmental factors. While they cannot change color at will in the same way humans change their clothes, their ability to adapt to their surroundings and communicate through color variations is truly remarkable.
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Not as trivial as one might think: the standard error of the mean
Usually the standard error of a climatological mean is calculated as the standard deviation divided by the square root of the number of observations. This standard recipe is, however, only valid for random samples of uncorrelated measurements. Regular measurements from a satellite orbit never are random, and atmospheric states at various locations are usually correlated. It could be shown that in the case of MIPAS monthly ozone climatologies, the standard formula typically overestimates the standard error of the mean. The figure shows the applicable correction factor, which is less than one for most cases.
A method has been developed by which the standard errors of the monthly means of satellite measurements are estimated on the basis of global fields provided by a model, which are sampled according to the satellite instrument's sampling pattern. For more information, see _URL_


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Evaluation of Switch-to-Switch Header Flit Protection Schemes in Networks-on-Chip
Conference: Zuverlässigkeit und Entwurf - 5. GI/GMM/ITG-Fachtagung
09/27/2011 - 09/29/2011 at Hamburg-Harburg, Deutschland
Proceedings: Zuverlässigkeit und Entwurf
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Gag, Martin; Gorski, Philipp; Wegner, Tim; Timmermann, Dirk (Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering, University of Rostock, Germany)
Signal integrity and packet data protection against soft errors represent highly relevant challenges for Networks-on-Chip regarding the shrinking of process technology. Therefore, data protection and error recovery strategies at the End-to-End level are the most convenient solutions considering overall implementation costs and performance penalties. Nevertheless, protection of packet header control information at the data link layer is indispensable, since the header contains data highly relevant for correct routing. Corrupted data by the presence of soft errors may lead to misdirected packets affecting latency, data misinterpretation due to corrupted encoding flags or loss of the packet. Thus, additional Switch-to-Switch header protection is inevitable. By using error correcting and detecting codes the number of additional components of a Network-on-Chip router can grow inappropriately. Accordingly we considered different techniques like resource sharing and minimizing the number of decoders. In this work we evaluate several concepts by means of simulations and syntheses utilizing a 45 nm process technology. Our results show that header protection can be applied with very low performance degradation under minimal additional hardware costs by gaining a very reliable header flit.


Plants in the atlantic region canada
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Millions of plants and animals are located in the Atlantic Ocean. Most live only near the sunlit surface; however, a variety of bottomdwelling animals and plants can be found. These plants can have roots which attach to the bottom of the ocean or be freefloating and drift about in the water.In addition to the species of the boreal forest, there are white pine, red pine, white cedar, and eastern hemlock. The deciduous trees include sugar maple, red maple, beech, red oak, and white ash. Remnants of the only predominantly deciduous forest in Canada grow in the most southerly portion of the southwestern Ontario peninsula. plants in the atlantic region canada
Interprovincial regions. Inuit Nunangat, a large region of northern Canada populated mainly by the Inuit. It includes the territory of Nunavut, the Nunavik region of northern Quebec, the NunatuKavut and Nunatsiavut regions of northern Labrador, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region of the Northwest Territories. Canadian Shield,
GENERAL INFORMATION The Atlantic Region is found on the east coast of Canada. It includes Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Gasp region of Qubec. The land is characterized by low mountains and plains. The climate is cool and wet, with a hurricane tendency in the summer and early fall. Atlantic Canada. The first part of North America to be discovered by Europeans, Canadas four Atlantic provinces comprise a small group of islands and peninsulas on Canadas eastern coast. Though low in population and economically weak, they possess a proud, centuriesold culture that combines a distinct mix of British, Scottish,plants in the atlantic region canada MidAtlantic Salvia azurea var. grandiflora (Pitcher Sage) Salvia azurea var. grandiflora (Pitcher Sage) is a clumpforming, shrubby perennial with beautiful wands of sky blue flowers, up to 12 in. long (30 cm). Blooming from midsummer to frost, the elegant flowering wands are borne on slender stems clad with long, narrow, grayishgreen leaves.
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Plants. Decades of logging are also responsible for habitat destruction, soil erosion, and increased nutrient loss. The Atlantic Maritime Ecozone ranks as the third most forested ecozone with 76 of its surface area covered with forests, which are divided into three distinct regions: Boreal, Great LakesSt. Lawrence, and Acadian. plants in the atlantic region canada Two of Canada's natural vegetation regions are part of the Atlantic Maritime ecozone: the mixed forest ( making up Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) and the Boreal and Taiga forest (making up Newfoundland and Labrador and the Gasp Peninsula). Jun 27, 2016 The Atlantic Region. Provinces and capital cities: Newfoundland and Labrador (St. Johns) Prince Edward Island (Charlottetown) Nova Scotia (Halifax) New Brunswick (Fredricton) Around 2. 3 million people live in the Atlantic region. The region is known for fishing, farming, forestry, and mining. Atlantic Canada, also called the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising the four provinces located on the Atlantic coast, excluding Quebec: the three Maritime provinces New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island and the easternmost province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Interactive Gardening and Plant Hardiness Zone Map for Canada. Using historical climate data from Canadian National Climate Data Archive, this interactive map created by Plantmaps covers Canada which ranges from Zone 1a to Zone 10b.
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Honda Civic Service Manual: Audio-Navigation Unit Removal and Installation ('13)
Honda Civic Service Manual / Accessories / Navigation and Telematics / Audio-Navigation Unit Removal and Installation ('13)
1. Dashboard Center Pocket
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Remove the screws (A).
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Remove the dashboard center pocket (A).
2. Audio-Navigation Unit Assembly
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Lay a workshop towel under the parts when working on them to protect the face panel from scratches or other damage.
Do not work in a dusty or dirty place.
Discharge static electricity from your body before and during the work.
Do not touch the circuit board(s) with your bare hands.
Do not work with dirty hands.
Do not touch the terminal connector of the flat plate cable with your bare hands (If you have touched it, wipe it off thoroughly.).
Eject the disc before removing the audio-navigation unit to prevent damaging the CD player's load mechanism.
If you are replacing the audio-navigation unit, write down the audio presets (if possible), then enter them into the new audio-navigation unit.
When the audio-navigation unit is replaced or disconnected, do the Map Matching. This part of the initialization matches the GPS coordinates with a road on the map screen. To do this part of the procedure, make sure that the navigation system displays a map, and drive the vehicle on a mapped road shown on the map screen. Do not enter a destination at this time. When the name of the current road you are driving on appears at the bottom of the screen, the entire procedure is complete.
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Remove the bolts (A).
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Disconnect the connectors, then pull out the audio-navigation unit assembly (A).
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Remove the audio-navigation unit (C).
NOTE: If you are replacing the audio-navigation unit, remove the SD module.
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Check any official Honda service website for more service information about patches for the navigation system. Apply any prescribed patches to the new audio-navigation unit.
After installing the audio-navigation unit, park the vehicle outside, and do the GPS initialization.
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These calls, such as saddles, ridge tops and spurs are given
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Chaudhuri, Manis (2008): Electric potential and ion drag force in highly collisional complex plasma. Dissertation, LMU München: Faculty of Physics
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This PhD thesis is a cumulative dissertation that consists of three papers. The first paper describes the qualitative as well as quantitative nature of the electrostatic potential behind a macroparticle in a drifting collisional plasma and also the ion drag force taking into account plasma absorption on the grain surface. Plasma absorption on the grain surface is one of the fundamental properties of complex (dusty) plasmas which results in the "openness" of these systems. It is shown that in the considered regime plasma absorption determines completely the long-range potential. Physically, absorption of the drifting ions on the grain surface generates ion rarefaction behind the grain which opposes the ion focussing effect. In certain parameter regime ion rarefaction effect dominates over focussing effect which makes ion drag force to act in the opposite direction of ion flow i.e we obtain negative ion drag force. In the second paper both the ion drag and electron drag forces acting on an absorbing grain have been calculated in the limit of highly collisional weakly ionized plasmas. The plasma is exposed to an external weak electric field so that both ions and electrons drift with subthermal velocities. The effect of plasma absorption reduces the absolute magnitude of the ion drag force and even can change its sign in certain parameter regimes whereas this effect increases the magnitude of the electron drag force. The total force which is the sum of electric, ion drag and electron drag forces is proportional to the electric field. The proportionality constant represents the effective charge. The calculated value of the effective charge turns out to be of the order of the actual charge. This fact implies that in this parameter regime the drag forces are of minor importance compared to the electric force. The third paper deals with the isotropic potential distribution and the ion drag force acting on an isolated dust particle in highly collisional weakly anisotropic plasma. But unlike the previous two cases where plasma absorption and loss processes were neglected in the vicinity of the grain, in this work we consider these processes. The plasma production is assumed to be due to electron impact ionization whereas for the loss processes two different mechanisms are considered: in high pressure plasmas the loss is mainly due to electron-ion volume recombination and in low/moderate pressure gas discharges the plasma loss is due to ambipolar diffusion towards the chamber walls or electrodes. In the first case the potential consists of two exponential terms and the long range potential is of Yukawa type. In the second case the long range potential is Coulomb-like. It is found that the purely Debye-Hückel potential is obtained only in absence of ionization-recombination processes. The ion drag force is negative when the ionization rate is low, but becomes positive for sufficiently high ionization rate in both cases. The parameter regimes for the positive and negative ion drag forces have been identified.
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Diese kumulative Dissertation besteht aus drei Veröffentlichungen. Die erste Publikation beschreibt die qualitative und quantitative Natur des elektrostatischen Potenzials hinter einem Makroteilchen in einem stoßdominierten Plasma, sowie der Ionenreibungskraft durch Plasmaabsorption auf der Teilchenoberfläche. Plasmaabsorption auf der Teilchenberfläche ist eine der grundlegenden Eigenschaften der komplexen (staubigen) Plasmen, welche die "Offenheit" dieser Systeme zur Folge hat. Es wird gezeigt, dass im analysierten Bereich Plasmaabsorption das Fernfeld dominiert. Absorption der treibenden Ionen auf der Teilchenoberfläche erzeugt Ionenausdünnung hinter dem Teilchen, das dem Ionenfokussierungseffekt entgegensetzt wirkt. In einem bestimmten Parameterbereich dominiert der Ionenausdünnungseffekt über den Fokussierungseffekt, welcher die Ionenreibungskraft in die dem Ionenfluss entgegengesetzte Richtung wirken lässt. Wir erhalten negative Ionenreibungskraft. In der zweiten Veröffentlichung wurden sowohl die Ionenreibungskraft, als auch die Elektronenreibungskraft, welche auf ein absorbierendes Teilchen wirken, für den Grenzfall stark stoßdominierter, schwach ionisierter Plasmen berechnet. Das Plasma wurde einem schwachen, externen elektrischen Feld ausgesetzt, so dass Ionen und Elektronen mit sub-thermischer Geschwindigkeit driften. Der Effekt der Plasmaabsorption verringert die Stärke der Ionenreibungskraft und kann in einem bestimmten Parameterbereich, in dem dieser Effekt die Stärke der Elektronenreibungskraft erhöht, sogar ihr Vorzeichen umkehren. Die Gesamtkraft, welche sich aus der elektrischen Kraft, der Ionenreibungskraft und der Elektronenreibungskraft zusammensetzt ist proportional zu dem elektrischen Feld. Die Proportionalitätskonstante wird als effektive Ladung bezeichnet. Es stellt sich heraus, dass ihr berechneter Wert von der gleichen Größenordnung wie die wirkliche Ladung ist. Dieses impliziert, dass in diesem Parameterbereich die Reibungskraft von geringerer Bedeutung als die elektrische Kraft ist. Die dritte Publikation beschäftigt sich mit der isotropen Potenzialverteilung und der Ionenreibungskraft, welche auf ein isoliertes Staubteilchen in einem stark stoßdominierten, schwach anisotropen Plasma, wirkt. Im Gegensatz zu den anderen beiden Fällen, in denen Plasmaabsorption und Verlustprozesse in der Nähe des Teilchens vernachlässigt wurden, werden sie in dieser Arbeit berücksichtigt. Es wird angenommen, daß das Plasma durch Elektronstoßionisation erzengt wird, wohingegen für die Verlustprozesse mehrere Mechanismen in Frage kommen: in Hochdruckplasmen ensteht der Verlust im Wesentlichen durch Elektronen-Ionen Volumenrekombination und in Nieder/Mitteldruckplasmen durch ambipolar Diffusion gegen die Kammerwände und Elektroden. Im ersten Fall besteht das Potenzial aus zwei exponentiellen Termen und einem langreuichweitigen Yukawa-Potenzial. Im zweiten Fall ist das Fernfeld Coulomb-artig. Es wurde herausgefunden, dass das Debye-Hückel-Potenzial nur unter Abwesenheit von Ionenrekombinationsprozessen erreicht wird. Die Ionenreibungskraft ist negativ wenn die Ionisierungsrate niedrig ist, wird aber in beiden Fällen positiv, wenn die Ionisierungsrate ausreichend groß ist. Der Parameterbereich wurde sowohl für positive, wie auch für negative Ionenreibungskraft bestimmt.


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Education, research, and extension: an evaluation of agricultural institutions in Tunisia
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Texas A&M University of the United States and the Institute National Agronomique de Tunisie (INAT) of Tunisia established a collaborative relationship of mutual exchange of information and ideas for the further advancement of both universities. The researcher worked closely with these universities to conduct a qualitative study in Tunisia to determine the effectiveness of agricultural institutions working to further development in that country. The emphasis of the study was on the transference of knowledge and innovations from the research level through extension to the farmers and other end users. The triangle of teaching, research, and extension provided a base perspective. The researcher interviewed 37 respondents, including researchers, extension personnel, administration, professors, and farmers. From data that respondents provided, the researcher used a constant comparative method to organize results into the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the agricultural institutions as a system. Overarching themes included a pointed focus on meeting farmer needs, but this desire was hindered from being carried out fully due to complex communication systems and an organizational structure that did not facilitate change. Hope did abound for Tunisian agriculturalists because the opportunities available through globalization and international collaboration far outweighed any possible threats to development, such as fierce competition in trade and lack of quality water. The researcher also made specific recommendations based on the information gathered in the study. These recommendations were based on the findings of the study, and they were directed to leaders within the Tunisian agriculture system and other agriculturalists wishing to further development in countries facing similar situations as Tunisia.
Bedo, Shannon Hajdik (2003). Education, research, and extension: an evaluation of agricultural institutions in Tunisia. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University. Available electronically from