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Aspects of gender mutation in Welsh
Research on the acquisition of grammatical gender has shown that for many languages, children gain an early command of gender. However, often in these languages gender marking is quite overt and provides a clear one-to-one correspondence between a marker and the gender encoded. In Welsh, gender marking is more complex. Gender is marked by mutations, a set of morphophonological changes that affect the initial consonants of words, and the mapping between mutation and gender is quite opaque. Two mutation types are used in part to mark feminine gender: both feminine nouns modified by the definite article and adjectives following feminine nouns undergo Soft Mutation, and the feminine gender of the possessive adjective ei is marked by Aspirate Mutation on the modified noun. The four studied in this thesis examined children's productive command of gender as expressed in the mutation of nouns modified by the definite article, of adjectives modifying nouns, and of nouns modified by the homonymic feminine and masculine possessive adjective. Mutation in non-gendered contexts was also examined. Subjects were 4- to 9 1I2-year-old children from North Wales. First, a seminaturalistic study was conducted to obtain knowledge about children's ability with gender marking. A Cloze procedure was also used to elicit children's production of masculine and feminine forms, both real words and nonsense forms, in a variety of linguistic contexts. Some of these contexts provided cues to gender status, some did not. The data obtained indicated that the acquisition of the Welsh gender system is a drawn-out process, and children have not mastered the system even by 9 112years of age. In addition, children become proficient in marking feminine nouns modified by the definite article and adjectives modifying feminine nouns before they do so on nouns modified by feminine ei. Results suggest that when a language has a complex gender system that is marked by opaque morpho-phonological processes the course of development is protracted and variable.


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Historic WA early settler weather journals set to help understand climate change
By Tyne Logan
Pages of a weather journal from 1981
The handwritten journals, dating back to the 19th century, offer a detailed picture of Perth's weather.(
Supplied: National Archives of Australia - Perth
Weather journals kept by Australia's early settlers, detailing daily observations decades before official record keeping began, are expected to shed light on weather variability in one of the world's climate change hotspots.
The handwritten journals, dating back to 1830, provide a detailed picture of weather events in Perth.
It is likely to be the oldest near-continuous record of daily weather observations in the southern hemisphere, made complete by a recent discovery of journal entries between 1880 and 1900.
Work has now started on digitising the data from the most recently discovered journals, with Climate History Australia launching a citizen science project to secure help transcribing 60,000 journal entries.
A painting of the swan river from 1829
The first settlers arrived in Perth in 1829 and soon after began recording daily weather observations.(
Supplied: National Gallery of Australia
Historical climatologist Linden Ashcroft, who is a part of the Climate History Australia project, said the faded black ink notes — written in neat cursive handwriting — were more than just "beautiful" pieces of history telling the story of people living close to two centuries ago.
They also provided insight into contemporary weather patterns and how unusual they were.
Four figures in silhouette standing on headland watching sunset amid red sky
Many parts of the country have experienced record-breaking temperatures.(
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"You know that climate in Australia is dominated by swings between drought and flood," she said.
"While 120 years of [Bureau of Meteorology records] sounds like a really long time, in terms of statistics it doesn't really give us a huge number of drought or flooding periods to work with."
Perth a climate change 'hotspot'
The effects of climate change on Perth make the journals particularly significant, with the city located in a region recognised by some climatologists as having been hit by climate change harder than almost anywhere on earth.
Climate scientist Joelle Gergis, who is also working on the project with Climate History Australia, said since 1970 rainfall in the region had decreased by 28 per cent.
Dr Joelle Gergis sits on a rock
Joelle Gergis says the records will offer insight into climate events pre-industrialisation.(
Supplied: Australian National University
"This record from Perth is really globally significant because it provides us with an opportunity to find out what the pre-industrial climate was like in Australia before we started to alter the chemistry of the atmosphere and the ocean with the burning of fossil fuels," she said.
Observations 'light up' the state
Dr Ashcroft said the Perth observations would allow them to "piece the puzzle" together, not just in WA but potentially further afield.
"If you imagine a map of observations in the past, where you don't have observations it's really dark," she said.
Early weather data — some also dating back to 1830s — had also been gathered from Cape Town in South Africa, along with New Zealand and South America, but a lot of it was patchy.
It is not known specifically who authored the historic weather journals, but Dr Ashcroft believed it was likely they were done by a professional.
She said the journals from 1830 to 1875 were generally from the Perth survey office , and the _PHONE_ entries from the Botanical Gardens.
It is hoped the digitisation work being done through the citizen science project will finished in the coming months, allowing researchers to thoroughly analyse the data.


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Novosibirsk Reservoir or Novosibirskoye Reservoir (Russian: Новосиби́рское водохрани́лище), informally called the Ob Sea (Обско́е мо́ре), is the largest artificial lake in Novosibirsk Oblast and Altai Krai created by a dam on the Ob River near Novosibirsk. The dam, built in 1956, is for generating hydroelectric power. The reservoir is 160 km long and up to 20 km wide. The power of hydroelectric power is 400 MW. During the summer, it is one of the most popular destinations for Novosibirsk residents with many yachts and boats dotting the surface of the lake, and the beaches teeming with people.
Most villages are situated on the western coast. The Karakan Pine Forest is situated on the eastern coast of the reservoir.

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The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) information package for Northern Territory Government schools comprises documents which contain the appropriate documentation needed by each stakeholder group; family, provider or school.
The Northern Territory Government would like to acknowledge the Victorian Department of Education and Training, South Australian Department of Education and Child Development and the National Disability Insurance Scheme for permission to use and adapt their information for the development of this information package.
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Three hundred thousand Canadians stutter and the experts still don't know what causes it. Jenny Doughlin has stuttered for more than 35 years, as a child, her classmates made fun of her, her teachers ignored her, and her parents hoped she'd grow out of it. But a new intensive treatment finally ga ve Jenny the tools to fight for her words. Susan McIver, a B.C. coroner and the author of 'Medical nightmares - The Human Face of Errors" is Maureen Taylor's studio guest, and they discuss medical errors, how serious are they? and what can be done to cut back on medical errors. This week Dr. Paul Caldwells tells us the history and the enduring importance of the stethoscope.
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We'll soon know if Tombstone, Arizona — site of the famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral — really is the "Town Too Tough to Die," because the federal government is attempting to snuff it out of existence:
[T]he U.S. Forest Service is refusing to allow Tombstone to repair its mountain spring water lines after forest fires, floods and torrential mudslides destroyed them in the Monument Fire of 2011. Not content with allowing forest fires to burn down some of the most beautiful land in Arizona, the Forest Service is willing to risk the lives and properties of Tombstone residents and tourists due to the loss of adequate fire suppression capabilities and safe drinking water.
Between May and July 2011, the Monument Fire engulfed a large part of the eastern portion of the Huachuca Mountains. Record-breaking monsoon rains followed. With no vegetation to absorb the runoff, huge mudslides forced boulders to tumble down the mountain sides, crushing Tombstone's mountain spring waterlines, destroying reservoirs and shutting off Tombstone's main source of water. In some areas, Tombstone's pipeline is under 12 feet of mud, rocks and other debris; while in other places, it is hanging in mid-air due to the ground being washed out from under it. In response, federal bureaucrats are refusing to allow Tombstone to unearth its springs and restore its waterlines unless they jump through a lengthy permitting process that will require the city to use horses and hand tools to remove boulders the size of Volkswagens.
Tombstone is located in the Sonoran Desert. Cutting off its water is like cutting off a diver's air hose.
Why would bureauthugs in faraway Washington deliberately kill an iconic American town? Because Tombstone is devoted to keeping history alive. It represents the rugged individualist spirit of the Old West — a spirit our liberal rulers are determined to eradicate.
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Second freeze forecast tonight; warnings issued
POSTED: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 5:52pm
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 5:53pm
BATON ROUGE, La. (NBC33) — Temperatures are forecast to fall below freezing for a second, straight night-- prompting the National Weather Service to issue another "Freeze Warning" around the area.
The warning begins at midnight and lasts through 9:00 a.m., and.includes parishes along the I-10 cooridor and north.
A "Freeze Warning" means that temperatures are expected to fall below 32 degrees for more than a few hours. Freezing temperatures can kill crops, and other sensitive vegetation, and proper precautions should be taken. For helpful tips on how to protect your plants from the harmful cold temperatures, click here.
Also, you should keep your pets in mind during cold weather. For helpful tips on how to keep Fluffy or Fido warm during cold snaps, click here.

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Many physically-based hydrological models such as Noah Land Surface Model (Noah LSM), Soil Water Atmosphere Plant (SWAP), and Community Land Model (CLM) have been used widely in estimating soil moisture dynamics. These models incorporated with their own inherent model structures and parameterization approaches influence root zone soil moisture estimates and result in uncertainties under the given model conditions. Without identifying uncertainties due to different model parameterizations and structures, the robustness of model outputs from various hydrological models may be elusive. In this study, we explored a multiple model simulation approach for estimating effective soil moisture dynamics and reducing the uncertainties due to inaccurate model parameters and structural drawbacks. The objectives of this research were to develop a Bayesian model averaging (BMA) based multi-model simulation approach integrated with a genetic algorithm (GA) and evaluate different model parameter and structural uncertainties under various hydro-climate conditions.
2.1 MULTI-MODEL SIMULATION APPROACH
In this study, we developed a multi-model simulation approach adapting three different land surface models based on a Bayesian model averaging (BMA) scheme. The BMA scheme is a statistical scheme that infers a probabilistic prediction for possessing more skill and reliability for different models selected. This approach was integrated with an optimization scheme (genetic algorithm-GA) for searching optimized parameters of each hydrological model [Ines and Mohanty, 2008]. GAs are based on the principle of natural fittest mechanism in searching for optimal solutions in the search space. The multi-model simulation approach adapted the Noah LSM, SWAP, and CLM models for simulating the root zone soil moisture dynamics including their inherent weakness due to different model structures. In turn, this approach aggregated the simulated root zone soil moisture from these three models and estimated the effective (averaged) soil moisture by conditioning the individual output. Then, the uncertainties due to different model parameterizations and structures were evaluated under various hydro-climate conditions.
2.2 MODEL UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION
A large number of model input parameters are required for the model performance. Several major input parameters related to soil moisture dynamics for each model were selected based on the model parameter sensitivity literature. The input parameters for the three hydrological models were derived by the GA. For uncertainty analysis, the GA used the multiple-population with different random seed numbers. The root zone soil moisture dynamics based on the derived parameters were simulated in a forward mode. Then, the uncertainty boundary of root zone soil moisture estimates for each model was assessed. Here, we applied the BMA scheme to the multi-model approach integrated with the GA, because predictive uncertainties due to different model structures can be described based on the BMA scheme. The BMA scheme adapted a differential evolution adaptive metropolis Markov chain monte carlo algorithm that can search a global optimal solution through running the multiple chains simultaneously [Vrugt et al., 2008]. The Noah LSM and CLM models can predict the root zone soil moisture estimates during the rainy period well, while the SWAP model performs better during the relatively dry season. It may be inferred that these uncertainties are due to different model structures. In order to avoid this bias, we categorized root zone soil moisture measurements based on the land surface wetness conditions (e.g. wet and dry conditions) using a K-mean clustering algorithm. Then, our approach assigned different weights to the individual simulated soil moisture data of each model corresponding to the categorized soil moisture conditions and estimated the effective (averaged based on different weights) soil moisture dynamics for reducing uncertainties.
2.3 STUDY AREAS
In this study, the Little Washita (LW13), Oklahoma and Walnut Gulch (WG82), Arizona sites were selected for testing our approach under sub-humid and semi-arid climate conditions, respectively. We validated our methodology with in-situ root zone soil moisture measurements during the Southern Great Plains experiment 1997 (DOY: 170 197) for the LW13 site and Soil Moisture Experiment 2004 (DOY: 216 238) for the WG82 site.
We compared the estimated root zone soil moisture dynamics (derived by the GA only) for each model to the observations for the two sites. The predicted root zone soil moisture estimates matched well with the in-situ measurements (R2 : 0.75 ~ 0.83 and RMSE : 0.045 ~ 0.055 for LW13 site; R2 : 0.81 ~ 0.85 and RMSE : 0.015 ~ 0.016 for WG82 site). However, the soil moisture estimates for each model showed different trends during the simulation period. It was inferred that the difference between the simulation results was caused by different model structures. Figure 1 shows the effective soil moisture dynamics (representing that uncertainties were compensated) derived by the BMA-based multi-model simulation approach. The result indicated that the effective soil moisture estimates identified better with the observations (R2 : 0.873, RMSE : 0.033 for the LW13 site and R2 : 0.861, RMSE : 0.014 for the WG82 site) with reduced uncertainties as compared to the results derived by the GA only.
In this study, a multi-model simulation approach was developed for estimating the effective root zone soil moisture and reducing the model parameter and structural uncertainties under various hydro-climate conditions. The root zone soil moisture dynamics derived by the GA only matched well with the observation, although the simulated results for three hydrological models had slightly different trends. When the soil moisture estimates were conditioned by the BMA-based multi-model simulation approach, the effective soil moisture estimates were more identifiable with the observations. Based on these findings, we demonstrated that our proposed methodology can be useful for improving the predicted root zone soil moisture estimates by accounting for the characteristic weakness in the model structure of various hydrological models.
Ines, A.V.M. and B.P. Mohanty (2008), Near-surface soil moisture assimilation for quantifying effective soil hydraulic properties using genetic algorithm: I. Conceptual modeling. Water Resources Res., 44, W06422, doi:10.1029/2007WR005990.
Vrugt JA, ter Braak CJF, Clark MP, Hyman JM, Robinson BA (2008), Treatment of input uncertainty in hydrologic modeling: doing hydrology backwards with Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation. Water Resour. Res., doi:10.1029/2007WR006720.


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Walruses in Greenland
The walrus with its large body and highly distinctive tusks is easily recognisable. Its tusks can grow up to 50 centimetres (20 inches) in length and are used by the walrus as a useful tool, for example when hauling itself up onto an ice floe. The tusks are also used in self-defence when killer whales or polar bears attack the walrus, which can be up to 3 metres (10 feet) in length and weigh 1000 kg (2,200 lbs).
Where to find walruses
Walruses are seen on land and along the coast throughout East Greenland, in particular between 63° and 81° N. In North Greenland the Davis Strait, Baffin Bay and the Thule district are the best places to see walruses. In West Greenland - where the walrus does not venture onto land - they can be seen from Sisimiut and north towards the Thule district. Considering that Greenland's coastline is more than 44,000 km (27,500 miles) in length, walruses are relatively few in number.
Forage for food
Walruses generally stay close to the edge of the sea ice or on drifting ice floes where the depth of the sea is less than 100 metres (330 feet). Here it can dive to pick up mussels and molluscs, which make up its chief sources of nutrition, and it is thought that it uses its tusks to scrape the seabed looking for food.
Hunting for walruses
For the Inuits the walrus has always been an important animal to hunt, and one which was also particularly dangerous to meet in a kayak. Its beautiful tusks have afforded it respect in Greenlandic myths and legends, but also almost cost it its existence due to intensive hunting by foreign companies which began as early as the 17th century.
In 1952 the walrus became a fully protected species, and since that time populations have gradually recovered. Today quota-based hunting of the walrus takes place in Greenland's hunting districts, and the export of souvenir products from the walrus requires a CITES certificate, which can be obtained from tourist offices or in souvenir shops.


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After upgrade Events are not seen in the Performance Management.
We see the following error is seen in the Data Aggregator /opt/IMDataAggregator/apache-karaf-2.4.3/data/log/karaf.log* files (your installation path may vary if not default).
ERROR | EventPush | 2018-07-06 07:51:44,269 | EventProducerWS | or.eventproducer.EventProducerWS 945 | | | Failed to push xxx events: org.apache.cxf.interceptor.Fault: Marshalling Error:
It also references the wrong host name or IP address for the Performance Management server.
Another place to look is the DA:8581/rest/emregistration page. The eventConsumerURL should point to the correct Performance Management host but may not if this error is seen.
Wrong IP address registered with the DA
All supported Performance Management releases
To trouble-shoot do the following:
Run the following from the Data Aggregator :
 curl -v http://:8281/EventManager/EventManagerWS.asmx?wsdl
This command should succeed. If it doesn't then the IP is wrong in the event manager general table possibly because there are multiple NICs on the box
Do the following:
 - Edit the Event Manager data source and change the IP in the Host Name dialog box to the correct IP address. This is going to update the "General" table for the EM database after it syncs. You can verify that by doing the following
 mysql -unetqos -pPASSWORD em
 Replace PASSWORD with your MySQL password.
 select * from general;
 - Assuming it updates run the following SQL to identify the sourceid of the Data Aggregator data source:
 select sourceid, sourcetype,consolename from netqosportal.data_sources2 where SourceType = 262144;
 Example output:
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 | 3 | 262144 | Data [email protected] |
 In that example the sourceid is 3, your installation may have a different sourceid.
 - Take the sourceid value for the Data Aggregator Data Source form the previous step and run the following SQL:
 update em.data_sources set LastEvent=0,ConsumerID=0 where sourceid = ;
 Using the example above (again your id may vary) you would run:
 update em.data_sources set LastEvent=0,ConsumerID=0 where sourceid = 3;
 - This will re-register the Event Manager with the Data Aggregator. It may take upwards of 15-20 minutes for the values to transfer around via normal synchronization cycles in Performance Management.
 - The errors will be resolved when we see the eventConsumerURL value on the http://DA:8581/rest/emregistration page reflecting the correct Performance Center server host name or IP address.


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Members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion take part in a parade ceremony in honor of Joan d'Arc at the marketplace where she was burned at the stake (Rouen, France).
May 27, 1945
The 6888th Postal Battalion was an all female, all black unit responsible for sorting every piece of mail sent to US troops in the European theater. Letters from home were vital to maintaining morale, yet when the 6888th first arrived in Europe, letters were stacked to the ceiling of their temporary post office. Some letters had been in storage for as long as two years. Sorting the 90 billion pieces of mail sent to American troops in Europe required the women to keep track of the location of every US solider in Europe, including all 7,500 Robert Smiths. Some mail was merely addressed to "Junior" or "Buster." Yet thanks to their round the clock sorting, 65,000 letters went out three times a day to soldiers throughout Europe.
The women served in Birmingham (UK), Rouen (France), and Paris before being sent home at the end of the war. Like many female units, their work was not honored with any fanfare at the time. In 2009 the 1,000 women who served in the 6888th Postal Battalion were finally honored by the US Army at the Women's Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.


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Side-effects in functions
Invoking functions
Instruction
Great! The regular SELECT query does not work in a function body. Let's see an example:
CREATE FUNCTION get_most_active_user()
RETURNS void AS $$
BEGIN
 SELECT u.*
 FROM user_account AS u
 JOIN post AS p
 ON u.id = p.user_id
 GROUP BY 1
 ORDER BY COUNT(1) DESC
 LIMIT 1;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
SELECT get_most_active_user();
The body of this function simply runs a SELECT query. However, when you try to invoke the function you'll, get an error.
Exercise
Run the template query. Observe that PostgreSQL does not allow you to invoke a SELECT query without storing its value in a variable.


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Side sensor for Storage Mode:
- When the sensor enters the side sensing area (within a limited distance of 5 cm), the water began to flow out. The current lasts for three minutes, and the water remains flow out even if the sensory object leaves. If the sensor enters the side sensing area again during the water flow process, the water can be stopped at all times.
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Quick Answer: What Can I Spray On Vinyl Siding To Prevent Mold?
Will vinegar harm vinyl siding?
Never mix cleaning products — especially vinegar and bleach.
The results can be toxic.
Vinyl siding is durable, but it is still susceptible to dirt and stains.
A natural and eco-friendly vinyl siding cleaner, vinegar will remove tough stains and leave your siding squeaky clean..
Is pressure washing bad for vinyl siding?
How do you clean vinyl siding without scrubbing?
How do you remove mold from outside of house?
What is the easiest way to clean vinyl siding?
For general dirtiness all you'll need is a bucket of soapy water – dish soap or common laundry detergent work well, a soft bristle brush and a garden hose. Apply the soapy mixture by hand and thoroughly rinse the siding with clean water from the garden hose.
What can I spray on siding to prevent mold?
Simply wash your siding a few times a year with a garden hose and a homemade cleaning solution to keep it looking its' best. Water combined with vinegar, bleach or soap/laundry detergent will do the trick. A 70/30 water to vinegar ratio is an awesome mixture to dissolve tough mold and mildew.
What is the green stuff growing on my vinyl siding?
A: The tiny organisms that grow on the roofs and walls of houses can be moss, algae, lichen, or mildew or mold (two terms often used interchangeably). All can create greenish blotches on siding. Especially from a distance, they can look alike, especially to a casual observer.
How do you keep mold from growing on vinyl siding?
For periodic cleaning to prevent mildew and algae buildup, just wash your home each year with a solution of liquid dish soap and water. Remove the sugars from the siding before the mildew and algae sit down at the table to feast!
What is the best cleaner for vinyl siding?
Will vinegar kill mold on vinyl siding?
Can I use Dawn to clean vinyl siding?
General-purpose cleaner, such as Dawn Dish Soap or Palmolive: A simple solution of dish soap and warm water can work wonders as a siding wash, plus it won't wear away at the vinyl siding's protective coating. … Make sure your garden hose is long enough for the water to reach the highest sections of your vinyl siding.
How do you stop mold from growing back?
What causes mold to grow on vinyl siding?
Buildup of Dirt One of the main reasons someone might see mildew or mold on vinyl siding is that dirt has accumulated on the surface. Not only does that make the siding look unclean, but it can also lead to mildew because fungus often feeds on dirt and dust.
Does Clorox damage vinyl siding?
Vinyl siding is not damaged by Clorox bleach, as bleach is actually an excellent cleaning solution to remove dirt, mold and grime from the vinyl surface.
What is the best house siding cleaner?
The Best Vinyl Siding Cleaners for the Home ExteriorBest for General Purposes. Scotts Outdoor Cleaner Plus OxiClean Concentrate. … Best for Mildew. Wet & Forget Moss Mold Mildew & Algae Stain Remover. … Best for Stain Removal. … Best for General Purposes. … Best for Mildew. … Best for Stain Removal. … Best for General Purposes.
Is vinegar or bleach better for killing mold?


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A way to use the K first eigenvectors simultaneously to find the optimum partition of the graph has been proposed, minimizing the cut of two partitions over all possible partitions in U [28]. Most of the approaches assume that the number of clusters K is known in advance, but in many problems related to clustering there is not indirect evidence that reveals the optimal number of groups.
Here we expose the basics of the multi-way normalized cut (MNCut) concept that has been applied to find the optimum number K:
The volume of node i is defined as the out-degree of the node:
D i = V o l { i } = j U S i j MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagaart1ev2aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacPC6xNi=xI8qiVKYPFjYdHaVhbbf9v8qqaqFr0xc9vqFj0dXdbba91qpepeI8k8fiI+fsY=rqGqVepae9pg0db9vqaiVgFr0xfr=xfr=xc9adbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaaeqabiWaaaGcbaGaemiraq0aaSbaaSqaaiabdMgaPbqabaGccqGH9aqpcqWGwbGvcqWGVbWBcqWGSbaBcqGG7bWEcqWGPbqAcqGG9bqFcqGH9aqpdaaeqbqaaiabdofatnaaBaaaleaacqWGPbqAcqWGQbGAaeqaaaqaaiabdQgaQjabgIGiolabdwfavbqab0GaeyyeIuoaaaa@4366@
D denotes the diagonal matrix formed by D i . The volume of a subset A U is V o l A = i A D i MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagaart1ev2aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacPC6xNi=xH8viVGI8Gi=hEeeu0xXdbba9frFj0xb9qqpG0dXdb9aspeI8k8fiI+fsY=rqGqVepae9pg0db9vqaiVgFr0xfr=xfr=xc9adbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaaeqabiWaaaGcbaGaemOvayLaem4Ba8MaemiBaWMaemyqaeKaeyypa0ZaaabuaeaacqWGebardaWgaaWcbaGaemyAaKgabeaaaeaacqWGPbqAcqGHiiIZcqWGbbqqaeqaniabggHiLdaaaa@3A7B@ , (we assume that no node has volume 0).
Given two disjoint subsets (A, B) U, the set of edges between the subsets is the cut between A and B:
C u t ( A , B ) = i A , j B S i j MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagaart1ev2aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacPC6xNi=xI8qiVKYPFjYdHaVhbbf9v8qqaqFr0xc9vqFj0dXdbba91qpepeI8k8fiI+fsY=rqGqVepae9pg0db9vqaiVgFr0xfr=xfr=xc9adbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaaeqabiWaaaGcbaGaem4qamKaemyDauNaemiDaqNaeiikaGIaemyqaeKaeiilaWIaemOqaiKaeiykaKIaeyypa0ZaaabuaeaacqWGtbWudaWgaaWcbaGaemyAaKMaemOAaOgabeaaaeaacqWGPbqAcqGHiiIZcqWGbbqqcqGGSaalcqWGQbGAcqGHiiIZcqWGcbGqaeqaniabggHiLdaaaa@44A7@
and the probability of transit from set A to set B is:
P A B = C u t ( A , B ) V o l A MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagaart1ev2aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacPC6xNi=xI8qiVKYPFjYdHaVhbbf9v8qqaqFr0xc9vqFj0dXdbba91qpepeI8k8fiI+fsY=rqGqVepae9pg0db9vqaiVgFr0xfr=xfr=xc9adbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaaeqabiWaaaGcbaGaemiuaa1aaSbaaSqaaiabdgeabjabdkeacbqabaGccqGH9aqpjuaGdaWcaaqaaiabdoeadjabdwha1jabdsha0jabcIcaOiabdgeabjabcYcaSiabdkeacjabcMcaPaqaaiabdAfawjabd+gaVjabdYgaSjabdgeabbaaaaa@3EE1@
Given the partition C = {C1,...C K }, over U the multi-way normalized cut clustering criteria introduced in [28] is defined as:
The multi-way normalized cut represents the total sum of the transition probabilities between the clusters of C. If MNCut(C) is small then the probability of evading C k in a random walk is also small.
It has been shown that for any clustering, the MNCut(C) is low-bounded by a function of the number of clusters K and the eigenvalues of P [29]:
M N C u t ( C ) K k = 1 K λ k ( P ) MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagaart1ev2aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacPC6xNi=xI8qiVKYPFjYdHaVhbbf9v8qqaqFr0xc9vqFj0dXdbba91qpepeI8k8fiI+fsY=rqGqVepae9pg0db9vqaiVgFr0xfr=xfr=xc9adbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaaeqabiWaaaGcbaGaemyta0KaemOta4Kaem4qamKaemyDauNaemiDaqNaeiikaGIaem4qamKaeiykaKIaeyyzImRaem4saSKaeyOeI0YaaabCaeaaiiGacqWF7oaBdaWgaaWcbaGaem4AaSgabeaakiabcIcaOiabdcfaqjabcMcaPaWcbaGaem4AaSMaeyypa0JaeGymaedabaGaem4saSeaniabggHiLdaaaa@45D0@
The non-negative difference between the MNCut(C) and its lower bound is the gap(C):
g a p ( C ) = M N C u t ( C ) K + k = 1 K λ k ( P ) MathType@MTEF@5@5@+=feaagaart1ev2aaatCvAUfKttLearuWrP9MDH5MBPbIqV92AaeXatLxBI9gBaebbnrfifHhDYfgasaacPC6xNi=xI8qiVKYPFjYdHaVhbbf9v8qqaqFr0xc9vqFj0dXdbba91qpepeI8k8fiI+fsY=rqGqVepae9pg0db9vqaiVgFr0xfr=xfr=xc9adbaqaaeGacaGaaiaabeqaaeqabiWaaaGcbaGaem4zaCMaemyyaeMaemiCaaNaeiikaGIaem4qamKaeiykaKIaeyypa0Jaemyta0KaemOta4Kaem4qamKaemyDauNaemiDaqNaeiikaGIaem4qamKaeiykaKIaeyOeI0Iaem4saSKaey4kaSYaaabCaeaaiiGacqWF7oaBdaWgaaWcbaGaem4AaSgabeaakiabcIcaOiabdcfaqjabcMcaPaWcbaGaem4AaSMaeyypa0JaeGymaedabaGaem4saSeaniabggHiLdaaaa@4CBE@
It has been also shown that gap(C) is 0 if P has piecewise constant eigenvectors, that is if P is an ideal block stochastic matrix [29].
Therefore, from a set of M different partition solutions of the data [C i ]iM, the optimal C* is that which minimizes the gap measure.
Properties of a Metric Space
By construction, the hierarchical clustering procedure over the Gene Ontology terms defines a generalized distance D between any two terms go a and go b that satisfies the mathematical properties of a metric space [22]. That is, any set of elements (terms) of the space x1, x2 and x3 fulfil:
 - Nonnegativity: D(x1, x2) ≥ 0
 - Reflexivity: D(x1, x2) = 0 if and only if x1 = x2
 - Symmetry: D(x1, x2) = D(x2, x1)
 - Triangle Inequality: D(x1, x2) + D(x2, x3) ≥ D(x1, x3)
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text: In the present study, we describe the effects of lycopene on the symptoms of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes in rats. Lycopene at the dose of 2.5 mg/kg body weight (bw) per day was orally administered to STZ-induced diabetic rats for a period of 7 days after onset of diabetes. At the same time, food-water intake and body weight change were recorded daily. Upon sacrifice, biochemical parameters, such as the serum glucose, insulin, total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and aspartate aminotransferase (AST), were measured in all experimental groups. Administration of lycopene at the dose of 2.5 mg/kg bw per day significantly reduced serum glucose, TC, TG, ALT, and AST levels, and increased serum insulin levels, but there were no improvements in food-water intake and body weight change parameters in lycopene-treated diabetic rats. The results suggest that orally administrated lycopene exhibits a potent hypoglycemic effect in STZ-induced diabetic rats and that lycopene may be useful for the management of diabetes mellitus.


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Types of Penalties for DUI in Atlanta
Atlanta Municipal Court hands down a variety of penalties to a driver convicted of driving under the influence. These penalties include:
1. Jail Time and/or Probation
You will face jail time even for your first offense DUI (a minimum of 24 hours and a maximum of twelve months). Penalties for subsequent DUI offenses carry more serious jail time. A term of probation can also follow some jail sentence. In certain cases, a judge could replace part of a jail sentence with probation.
2. Clinical Evaluation and Treatment
Everyone who is convicted of DUI is required to undergo a clinical evaluation conducted by a Georgia BHDD (Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities) approved counselor. He or she will determine whether or not you have dependency issues. If this is the case, a recommendation for treatment will be made. The court will require you to successfully complete any recommended treatment program. You are also responsible for covering any required costs of treatment.
3. Community Service
Everyone who is convicted of DUI is required to complete a certain amount of community service hours. You must complete your hours at a court-approved nonprofit organization.
4. Withdrawal of Driving Privileges
Your driver's license could be suspended or revoked if you are convicted of DUI. First time offenders face licenses suspension. If your license is suspended, your driving privilege has been temporarily withdrawn. After a specific period of time, you may apply for a driver's license once you pay any required fees and satisfy all Georgia Department of Driver Services requirements. First time DUI offenders face a driver's license suspension of one year. Subsequent offenders could face revocation. If your license is revoked, your driving privileges have been terminated and withdrawn. This is usually for a much longer period of time than a suspension. After this period of time, you may apply for a new driver's license once you pay any required fees and satisfy all Georgia Department of Driver Services requirements.
5. Risk Reduction Program / DUI School
Everyone who is convicted of DUI is must complete a risk reduction program (DUI School). This is a 20 hours program designed to educate drivers on issues of alcohol and drug abuse and the dangers of driving while impaired. You must make sure that the program you attend has been approved by Georgia DDS in order to get credit.
6. Fines and Fees
Everyone who is convicted of DUI will have to pay fines and fees. The amount you pay will depend on your offense and the circumstances of your case. The fines you pay are part of your criminal sentence. There is a broad range of fines: first time offenders can face a maximum of $1,000 in fines, while subsequent offenders can face a fine up to $10,000. You will could also have to pay a variety of fees for clinical evaluation, substance abuse treatment, DUI school, reinstating your driver's licence and/or installing an ignition interlock device.
7. Ignition Interlock Device
If you have been convicted of multiple DUIs within a certain time period, the judge will order you to install an ignition interlock device. To do this, you will need to find a mechanic who has been approved by DDS to install these devices. You are required to pay for this installation at your own expense. An ignition interlock is a machine includes a breathalyzer. When you want to start your car, you must breath into the machine. If any alcohol is detected, the interlock will prohibit your car from igniting.
8. Publication of Conviction in Local Newspaper
If you are convicted of two or more DUIs within a 10 year period, the clerk of courts will publish in your local newspaper a notice containing your name, photograph, city, county and zip code of your residential address and the details of your arrest (including date, time, place, and arresting agency).
This is only a broad overview of the possible DUI penalties you may face. If you would like a clear understanding of exactly what penalty you might face, please contact me. After we discuss your case in detail, you will have a good idea of what will lie ahead. If we choose to also work together, I can immediately begin advocating for your best possible outcome.
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Aircraft Design Award
The Aircraft Design Award was established in 1968 and is presented to an individual or team for an original concept or career contributions leading to a significant advancement in aircraft design or design technology.
This annual award is generally presented at the AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum (AVIATION).
Nomination Deadline: 1 October
- Full Name: John K Wimpress
- Category: Technical Excellence
- AIAA Citation: In recognition of the prescience, knowledge and dedication he applied to the design and development of the YC-14 airplane. By perseverance and leadership he succeeded in converting technical concepts into a novel and practical airplane


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What are the advantages of tube furnaces
What are the advantages of tube furnaces
What are the excellent properties of the tubular resistance furnace? As a kind of heating and temperature measuring material equipment, there are many reasons why it is widely used in metallurgy, glass, heat treatment, new energy, abrasive tools and other industries.
First, the tube furnace has a mature manufacturing process and a simple furnace design structure, which is very easy to operate and control, and can produce uninterrupted production, which can greatly improve work efficiency.
Secondly, the yield of ethylene and propylene is high and the concentration is high, the energy consumption is very small, but the heat efficiency is extremely high.
Third, most of the waste gas in the production process can be recycled, which is conducive to energy saving and environmental protection. It can also be combined with multiple tube furnaces for large-scale production.
I have shared some of the advantages of box-type muffle furnaces and tube furnaces. Friends in need can pay attention to Luoyang Songdao Induction Heating Technology Co., Ltd.-a manufacturer of tube furnaces and high-temperature furnaces.


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FLIP Turns 50! Navyâ€™s Floating Instrument Platform One Half Century Old
The Navy's Floating Instrument Platform, better known as FLIP, went into service fifty years ago, in 1962. Â The 355-foot research vesselÂ is capable of operatingÂ horizontallyÂ as a conventional, ifÂ somewhatÂ odd-looking, ship. When on station, however, it "flips" vertically 90 degrees and becomes the equivalent of a massive sparÂ buoy. Â Because the hydrodynamic forces act primarily on the bottom of the vessel, which is far below the surface waves, the ship is highly stable in heavy seas and up to 80′ waves.
You'd think a ship designed after a baseball bat would go over like a foul ball when it comes to seaworthiness, but research ship FLIP has been a hit since its launch 50 years ago.
Operated by Scripps and owned by the U.S. Navy, the 355-foot FLIP was designed by Phillip Rudnick, Fred H. Fisher, and Fred N. Spiess, and first tested in July 1962 as part of an anti-submarine rocket program. It was recently shown off in the Pacific for its birthday.


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By Lauren Rodriguez, Long Island Rabbit Rescue Volunteer
Rabbits can be very energetic creatures so it's important to give pet rabbits plenty of opportunities to stimulate both their muscles and their intellect. Toys make rabbits happy, and they help deter them from chewing inappropriate things like carpeting, houseplants and furniture. There are many ideas and resources for your rabbit's entertainment. Some toys can be purchased from pet supply retailers, such as willow sticks and tunnels, lava blocks, and wood chews. Rabbits like to chew, so this satisfies that need and can deter them from chewing on furniture. Certain plastic, human-baby toys can provide entertainment, too. Hard-plastic keys and stackable plastic cups satisfy a rabbit's natural urge to move objects around and manipulate their environments.
Some websites cater to rabbit owners and offer safe toys:
Arguably the most enjoyable toys for your rabbit (and for you!) are the ones you make. Supplies can be found among your everyday household items! Empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls and brown paper bags are lightweight, chewable and tossable! If you would like to create something a little more interesting, you can fill these items with hay, which adds an instinctive foraging aspect to the game.
Cardboard boxes are excellent toys. They can be chewed, ripped and shredded. These "destructive" behaviors are actually natural behaviors in wild rabbits when they dig their warrens and make nests. Boxes can provide a hiding space or be climbed on and used as a deck. For safety, use only brown corrugated cardboard, avoid any with shiny coating, and remove any packing tape.


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Apotheosis of Peter's Military Glory
"Apotheosis of Peter's Military Glory" exalts Tsar Peter the Great (1672–1725) as a wise ruler and military leader. The print shows Peter standing on a pedestal depicting battle scenes, surrounded by portraits of the 33 tsars and grand dukes who ruled Russia from the ninth century to the beginning of Peter's reign in 1682. Labels beneath the portraits provide brief information about each ruler. Behind Peter stretches a chain of maps of the fortresses that he seized in battle. The work was commissioned by the Russian state...


Yard and Garden: Plants for Shady Areas
AMES, Iowa — If planning for next year's garden includes finding new plants for shady areas, consider the recommendations of Iowa State University Extension and Outreach horticulturists while paging through and ordering from garden catalogs this winter. The horticulturists also answer questions that come to Hortline, Iowa State's horticulture hotline. Reach Hortline by calling _PHONE_ or emailing _EMAIL_.
What are some good annuals for shady garden areas?
Annuals that can be successfully grown in shady areas include wax begonia (Begonia x semperflorens-cultorum), impatiens (Impatiens walleriana), lobelia (Lobelia erinus), coleus (Solenostemon scutellarioides), wishbone flower (Torenia fournieri) and pansy (Viola x wittrockiana).
Which perennials grow well in shady locations?
Perennials that are good choices for partially to heavily shaded locations include black snakeroot (Actaea racemosa), red baneberry (Actaea rubra), lady's mantle (Alchemilla mollis), astilbe (Astilbe spp.), Japanese painted fern (Athyrium niponicum var. pictum), heartleaf brunnera (Brunnera macrophylla), bleeding heart (Dicentra spp.), Hakone grass (Hakonechloa macra), hosta (Hosta spp.), crested iris (Iris cristata), cinnamon fern (Osmunda cinnamomea), creeping phlox (Phlox stolonifera), Jacob's ladder (Polemonium caeruleum), lungwort (Pulmonaria spp.), celandine poppy (Stylophorum diphyllum) and toad lily (Tricyrtis spp.)
What are some good native perennials for a shady site?
When selecting plants for the shade garden, one group of plants that is often overlooked are native woodland wildflowers. Since they are native to the state, woodland wildflowers are well adapted to the area. They are easy to grow and perform well when given a favorable environment.
Native woodland wildflowers that make good additions to the home landscape include wild columbine (Aquilegia canadensis), Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), goat's beard (Aruncus dioicus), Canadian wild ginger (Asarum canadense), Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria), shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia), false Solomon's seal (Maianthemum racemosum), Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica), woodland phlox (Phlox divaricata), May apple (Podophyllum peltatum), Solomon's seal (Polygonatum biflorum), bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), trillium (Trillium spp.), merrybells (Uvularia grandiflora) and others.
Obtaining plants is easy. Woodland wildflowers are readily available at garden centers and mail-order nurseries. Do not remove plants from natural woodland areas.
What are some good groundcovers for shade?
Excellent groundcovers for shade include bugleweed (Ajuga spp.), wild ginger (Asarum canadense and A. europaeum), barrenwort (Epimedium spp.), sweet woodruff (Galium odoratum), hosta (Hosta spp.), yellow archangel (Lamium galeobdolon), spotted deadnettle (Lamium maculatum), creeping lily-turf (Liriope spicata), Japanese pachysandra (Pachysandra terminalis), lungwort (Pulmonaria spp.), foam flower (Tiarella cordifolia) and vinca (Vinca minor).
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ag_loop_vars
Specify loop variables
Description
This can be used to manually specify which variables are to be included explicitly as loop_vars when autographing an expression into a tf.while_loop() call, or the loop_vars equivalent when building a dataset.reduce().
Usage

ag_loop_vars(
 ...,
 list = character(),
 include = character(),
 exclude = character(),
 undef = character()
)
Arguments
Arguments Description
Variables as bare symbol names
list, include, exclude optionally, the variable names as a character vector (use this as an escape hatch from the ... lazy evaluation semantics).
undef character vector of symbols
Details
Use of this is usually not required as the loop variables are automatically inferred. Inference is done by statically looking through the loop body and finding the symbols that are the targets of the common assignment operators from base R (<-, ->, =), from package:zeallot (%<-% and %->%) and package:magrittr (%<>%). In certain circumstances, this approach may capture variables that are intended to be local variables only. In those circumstances it is also possible to specify them preceded with a -. Note, the specified loop vars are expected to exist before the autographed expression, and a warning is issued otherwise (usually immediately preceding an error thrown when attempting to actually autograph the expression) Only bare symbol names can be supplied as loop vars. In the future, support may be expanded to allow for nested complex composites (e.g., specifying variables that are nested within a more complex structure–passing ag_loop_vars(foo$bar$baz) is currently not supported.)
Value
the specified hint invisibly.
Note
The semantics of this function are inspired by base::rm()
Examples
library(tfautograph)

i <- tf$constant(0L)

autograph({
 ag_loop_vars(x, i)
 while(x > 0) {
 if(x %%2 == 0)
 i <- i + 1L
 x <- x - 1
 }
})

## sometimes, a variable is infered to be a loop_var unnecessarily. For example
x <- tf$constant(1:10)

# imagine x is left over in the current scope from some previous calculations
# It's value is not important, but it exists
autograph({
 for(i in tf$constant(1:6)) {
 x <- i * i
 tf$print(x)
 }
})

# this will throw an error because 'x' was infered to be a 'loop_var',
# but it's shape witin the loop body is different from what it was before.
# there are two solutions to prevent 'x' from being captured as a loop_var
## 1) remove 'x' from the current scope like so:
rm(x)

## 2) provide a hint like so:
ag_loop_vars(-x)

## if your variable names are being dynamically generated, there is an
## escape hatch for the lazy evaluation semantics of ...
ag_loop_vars(exclude = "x")


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To be on this list, a peak must be the triple divide point of three basins of rivers that reach marine water, and the smallest of these basins must have an area of over 1500 square miles. This last condition excludes what could easily be hundreds of peaks that are triple divides that involve small rivers and tiny coastal creeks.
Also, this list only shows triple divide points for rivers that enter the ocean directly (or for well-defined internal drainages). Therefore, the entire Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio system is considered one basin, and triple divides that include two or three components of this system (e.g. the Colorado-Arkansas-Platte triple divide, where the Arkansas and Platte are both Mississippi tributaries) are not shown. This does leave out a large number of points in the central part of the United States, but most of these points would be low hills in relatively flat country.


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When fitting an econometric model, it is well known that we pick up part of the idiosyncratic characteristics of the data along with the systematic relationship between dependent and explanatory variables. This phenomenon is known as overfitting and generally occurs when a model is excessively complex relative to the amount of data available. Overfitting is a major threat to regression analysis in terms of both inference and prediction.
We start by showing that the Copas measure becomes confounded by shrinkage or expansion arising from in-sample bias when applied to the untransformed scale of nonlinear models, which is typically the scale of interest when assessing behaviors or analyzing policies. We then propose a new measure of overfitting that is both expressed on the scale of interest and immune to this problem. We also show how to measure the respective contributions of in-sample bias and overfitting to the overall predictive bias when applying an estimated model to new data.
We finally illustrate the properties of our new measure through both a simulation study and a real-data illustration based on inpatient healthcare expenditure data, which shows that the distinctions can be important. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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A special prayer book for young people from the same team who wrote the internationally bestselling Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church, YouCat.
A book designed to help you on the prayer path of friendship with God.
This is a collection of old and new prayers to accompany you through the highs and lows of life. You will find in it prayers drawn from Sacred Scripture and great figures in Christianity past and present.
The book consists of two parts. The first part is a prayer cycle with morning and evening prayers for two weeks. The days of the first week are dedicated to themes from our life with God and those of the second week to themes from God's life with us.
The second part is a collection of prayers about various topics and concerns of relevance to young adults and teenagers. The book includes new prayers along with traditional and the time-honoured prayers of Holy Scripture. It also gives a lot of practical advice on how to pray.
Christoph Cardinal Schonborn
Christoph Cardinal Schönborn is the Archbishop of Vienna. The renowned theologian was the primary editor of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Born in 1945, the Dominican was a student of Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. He has written numerous books and articles on faith, including Chance or Purpose?, a study of the theory of evolution and the relationship between faith and science.


11 Parts of an Award Certificate
How many of these elements does your certificate design have?
An award certificate for recognizing achievements is a simple piece of paper. There is usually a title plus the name of the recipient but there are also a few more components that make up most award certificates.
The components discussed here apply primarily to certificates of achievement; employee, student, or teacher recognition awards; and certificates of participation. Diplomas and similar official documents of certification may have additional elements related to their legal status.
Necessary Text Elements
Most informal certificates include the following items:
 - Title: Usually, at the top of the certificate, the title is the main headline that usually reflects the type of document. It may be as simple as the word Award or Certificate of Achievement. Longer titles might incorporate the name of the organization giving the award or some catchy title such as Johnson Tileworks Employee of the Month Award or Award to the Wise Spelling Bee Certificate of Participation.
 - Presentation Line: This short line of text usually follows the title and may say is awarded to, is hereby presented to or some other variation, followed by the recipient. Alternately, it may read something like: This certificate is presented on [DATE] by [FROM] to [RECIPIENT].
 - Recipient: Simply the name of the person, persons, or group receiving the award. In some cases, the recipient's name is enlarged or made to stand out as much as or even more than the title.
 - From: This element presents the name of the person or organization bestowing the award. It may be explicitly stated in the text of the certificate or implied by the signature at the bottom or perhaps by having a company logo on the certificate.
 - Description: The reason for the certificate is explained here. It could be a simple statement (such as a high score in a bowling tournament) or a lengthier paragraph outlining specific characteristics or achievements of the award recipient. The best award certificates are personalized to reflect exactly why the recipient is receiving the recognition.
 - Date: The date when the certificate was earned or presented is usually written out before, within, or after the description. Typically the date is spelled out as in 31st Day of October or Fifth Day of May 2017.
 - Signature: Most certificates have a space near the bottom where the certificate is signed by a representative of the organization authorizing the award. The name or title of the signatory may also be included below the signature. Sometimes there may be space for two signatories, such as the company president and the recipient's immediate supervisor.
Important Graphic Elements
Beyond the text elements, most informal awards and certificates include a handful of common visual motifs:
 - Border: Not every certificate has a frame or border around it, but it's a common component.
 - Logo: Some organizations may include a logo or some other image related to the organization or subject of the certificate. For example, a school might include their mascot, a club might use a picture of a golf ball for a golf club award, or a picture of a book for a summer reading program participation certificate.
 - Seal: A certificate might have a seal affixed (such as stick-on gold starburst seal) or have an image of a seal printed directly on the certificate.
 - Lines: Some certificates may include blank spaces while others will have lines, like a fill-in-the-blank form where the name, description, date, and signature go (to be either typed or handwritten).
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Archived:Why Won't My WSN Node Connect to the Network?
Updated May 4, 2021
National Instruments does not actively maintain this document.
Reported In
 - Analog Input Node for WSN
 - Strain/Bridge Node for WSN
 - Serial Interface Node for WSN
 - Thermocouple Input Node for WSN
 - WSN-9791
 - WSN-9792
 - RT Controller with Integrated Gateway for WSN
 - NI-WSN
Issue Details
I have a wireless sensor network (WSN) node that is consistently indicating that it is trying to connect to a network and is not returning any data. Why won't the node connect to the network?
A node may fail to connect to the network for a variety of reasons. Use the following guide to help troubleshoot this problem:
 1. Make sure that the node has been added to the gateway.
In order for a node to connect to a network, the gateway must expect it to be a member. It is possible that the node has not been properly added to the gateway in MAX. Also check that your configuration settings have been applied. For more information on how to add a node to the gateway, refer to Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Wireless SensorNetwork 1.0»Configuring WSN in MAX.
 1. Verify that the node is in communication range of an available gateway or router.
It is possible that the node is simply not able to communicate with the gateway or any routers. The node's outdoor range is up to 300 m for American models. Europe/Asia models have an outdoor range up to 150 m. Make sure that the node is within this distance to its desired parent. Also keep in mind that even though the nodes have this listed specification, it is possible for sources of interference to significantly limit this range. If possible, first place the node close to its parent and allow it to connect, then move it to its desired location and see if it can maintain its connection.
 1. Verify that your network configuration properly avoids the possibility for a stranded node.
Gateways and routers can only facilitate the communication of 8 end nodes at a time. If your network contains more than 8 end nodes, it is possible for some of them to become stranded and fail to join. For more information on how to prevent stranded nodes, refer to pg. 15 the NI WSN-9791 Ethernet Gateway user manual or page 22 of the NI 9792 WSN Real-Time Gateway user manual.
 1. Make sure the node is not searching on the wrong channel.
If a node was previously connected to a network on a different communication channel it may still be attempting to join on that channel. To ensure that this is not an issue, hold the Communication Button on the node for at least 5 seconds to allow it to restart the connection process.
 1. Check that the node is not simply asleep.
After failing to join a network, an end node will sleep before trying to reconnect. This is done to help conserve power. The node will sleep an increased amount of time between failed attempts. The nodes use the Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55) to determine wait times. The nodes can wait up to 55 minutes between connection attempts. As result the end node may simply be asleep and may not be actively trying to join the network. To force joining attempts from the node, either hold down the Communication Button on the node for at least 5 seconds or press the Reset button.
 1. Check that other nodes that have not been added to the gateway are not currently trying to connect.
Connection problems can occur if multiple nodes are attempting to connect to the network but are not being allowed by the gateway because they have not been added in MAX. When this happens, there is a chance that nodes that are permitted to join will not be able to. This problem should resolve itself eventually on its own. However, the best way to prevent this behavior is to ensure that all of your nodes have either been added to the gateway in MAX or have been powered down.
 1. If after verifying the above the node still will not connect, it may have incompatible or corrupt firmware.
It is possible that the node firmware is incompatible with the gateway or is corrupt. It is also possible for a user-created program running on the node to prevent the node from communicating regularly. This will cause the node to drop from the network and can prevent it from rejoining. To resolve this problem, reset the node to its factory firmware by pressing and holding the Reset button for at least 5 seconds. The node should then reconnect and allow the appropriate firmware to be reinstalled.


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2009-2010 Life and Work on the Moon Art and Design Contest
NASA invites high school and college students from all areas of study, including the arts, industrial design, architecture and computer design, to submit their work on the theme "Life and Work on the Moon." Artists are encouraged to collaborate with science and engineering students. Such collaboration is not required but would help to ensure that the work's subject is valid for the moon's harsh environment.
Entries will be accepted in three categories: two-dimensional, three-dimensional and digital, including video. For the first time, entries in literature (poetry and short stories) will also be accepted. Judges will evaluate entries not only on their artistic qualities, but also on whether they depict a valid scenario.
Prizes include awards and exhibit opportunities. International students are encouraged to participate, but they are not eligible for cash prizes.
Entries are due no later than April 15, 2010.
For more information about the contest and to register online, visit _URL_ Questions about the contest should be directed to Dr. Elizabeth Ward at _EMAIL_.
2009-2010 NASA University Design Contest in Exploration Systems
NASA invites college students to get involved with space exploration by helping to design the tools and instruments needed for the next-generation explorers. Student projects will tackle real problems to be solved for a successful manned or robotic mission.
Examples of problems include:
–New methods of navigation.
–Sample retrieval and on-site analysis.
–Radiation detection and avoidance.
–Communication with planetary outpost, with orbiters and with Earth.
–Video capture of sorties for transmission back to Earth.
–Astronaut rescue and recovery.
– Radiation and dust mitigation strategies for rovers and space suits.
The contest is open to U.S. citizens enrolled full-time in an accredited post-secondary institution in the U.S., including universities, colleges, trade schools, community colleges and professional schools. Interdisciplinary teams are encouraged, across departments and institutions.
Final entries are due on or before May 15, 2010.
For more information about the contest and to register online, visit _URL_. Questions about the contest should be directed to Dr. Elizabeth Ward at _EMAIL_.


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Health Monitoring is very important for large structures like suspension- and cable-stayed bridges, offshore platforms, tall buildings and so on. Due to recent developments in new sensor systems, wireless communication systems, Internet-based data sharing and monitoring, advanced technologies for structure health monitoring (SHM) have been caused much more attentions, in which the wireless sensor network is recently received special interests. Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consist of large populations of wirelessly connected nodes, capable of computation, communication, and sensing. In this paper, a wireless sensor networks based health monitoring system for tall buildings has been explored integrated with wireless sensing communication, computation, data management and data remote access via Internet.
Firstly, a laboratory prototype was designed and developed to demonstrate the feasibility and validity of the proposed system. Wireless sensor nodes were deployed on a test structure, the data being sensed by the sensor nodes in the network is eventually transmitted to a base station, where the information can be accessed. Through a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN, IEEE802.11b), the simulated data was transferred among personal computers and wireless sensor nodes peripherals without cables. And then, a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) includes eight sensor nodes and one base station was installed on Di Wang Tower to verify the performance of the present system in-depth. Finally, comparisons between WSN and cable-based monitoring analytical acceleration responses of field measurement have been performed. The proposed system is shown to be effective for structural health monitoring.


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Tuesday 21 May
Mulanje cedar (Widdringtonia whytei)
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Mulanje cedar description
The Mulanje cedar, declared the national tree of Malawi by the late Malawi president Hastings Kamazu Banda (3) (5), is considered a very valuable timber, important to socio-economic development (6). It is a tall, impressive, wide-crowned forest tree with a long straight trunk (4), often branchless up to a height of about 21 meters, making it useful for timber (2). Like the other three Widdringtonia species native to Africa, or 'African cypresses', this tree is referred to as a 'cedar' (7), possibly for the aromatic, cedar-like odour of its wood (2), but is actually completely unrelated to true cedars (7). As with many other species in the cypress family, Widdringtonia species have different juvenile and adult foliage. While seedlings have needle-like leaves arranged spirally around a stem, adults possess scale-like leaves, arranged in opposite pairs at right angles to one another, pressed tightly against the stem (7) (8).
- Also known as
- Mlanje cedar, Mlanje cypress, Mulanje cedarwood. Top
- Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust:
- Pauw, A.C. and Linder, P.H. (1997) Tropical African cedars (Widdringtonia, Cupressaceae): systematics, ecology and conservation status. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 123(4): 297 – 319.
- Bayliss, J., Makunga, S., Hecht, J., Nangoma, D. and Bruessow, C. (2007) Saving the island in the sky: the plight of the Mount Mulanje cedar Widdringtonia whytei. Oryx, 41(1): 64-69.
- Chapman, J.D. (1995) The Mulanje Cedar – Malawi's National Tree. Society of Malawi, Blantyre.
- A species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
- IUCN Red List (September, 2007)
- USDA Forest Service (September, 2007)
- Bayliss, J., Makunga, S., Hecht, J., Nangoma, D. and Bruessow, C. (2007) Saving the island in the sky: the plight of the Mount Mulanje cedar Widdringtonia whytei. Oryx, 41(1): 64 - 69.
- Pauw, A.C. and Linder, P.H. (1997) Tropical African cedars (Widdringtonia, Cupressaceae): systematics, ecology and conservation status. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 123(4): 297 - 319.
- Chapman, J.D. (1995) The Mulanje Cedar – Malawi's National Tree. Society of Malawi, Blantyre.
- UNESCO – MAB Biosphere Reserve Directory (September, 2007)
- Search.com (September, 2007)
- The Gymnosperm Database (September, 2007)
- UNEP-WCMC (September, 2007)
- Burfield, T. (2003) Unethical Use of Rare and Threatened Plant and Animal Products in the Aroma Industry. Endangered Species Update, 20(3): 97 - 106.
- Bayliss, J. (2007) Pers. comm.
- Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (September, 2007)
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Mulanje cedar biology
Widdringtonia species are hermaphroditic: having both male and female reproductive organs on the same plant (monoecious) (8). The seeds of most Widdringtonia species may be kept in the female cones for several years, and are usually only dropped after being scorched by a wildfire to grow on the newly cleared burnt ground (9). The Mulanje cedar is a pioneer species, which is unable to regenerate under a closed canopy. Protected from frequent fires saplings can be found growing sporadically on the forest edge (5). Very little else has been documented on the biology of this tree.Top
Mulanje cedar range
The Mulanje cedar is endemic to Mount Mulanje, a Forest Reserve in southern Malawi. Mount Mulanje covers an area of 650 m² and rises over 3,000 metres, making it the second highest mountain in southern Africa (1) (3) (5).Top
Mulanje cedar habitat
Scattered in sub-montane, moist, mixed, open forest between 1,500 and 2,200 meters above sea level (9).Top
Mulanje cedar status
Classified as Endangered (EN) by the IUCN Red List 2007 (1). There has been much debate on whether this species is actually a form or sub-species of Widdringtonia nodiflora, a more common southern African species (3) (4) (5). However, recent DNA research undertaken by the University of Cape Town has revealed that Widdringtonia whytei is indeed a separate species.Top
Mulanje cedar threats
The Mulanje cedar has been heavily exploited in the past (3) (5) (9), with its wood used as timber and its sawdust distilled to obtain oil for local use as an insecticide (3) (5) (10). The wood is considered enormously valuable, being very fragrant and resistant to termites, borers and fungal disease. It is used locally for making carvings, boxes and furniture sold to tourists and is also sold abroad for light construction and flooring. The timber is thought to be particularly good for boat-building, to the point that fishery officials have urged that remaining supplies be reserved for the Lake Malawi fishing industry. The Forestry Department of Malawi have recently agreed to supply Mulanje Cedar to build 450 boats for this purpose (11). The tree's decline has been somewhat stemmed by a ban on felling, allowing exploitation only of dead trees, but illegal felling and killing of trees continues at an alarming rate. The Mulanje Mountain Forest Reserve is also generally threatened by encroachment and large-scale development, such as the continual threat of bauxite mining. Additionally, there is concern that mature individuals appear to be dying at a high rate, thought possibly to be due to their high sensitivity to forest fires and susceptibility to attacks by a species of aphid (3). Regeneration, on the other hand, seems to depend on fire and is extremely poor. In addition, Pinus patula (originally a commercial plantation species) has invaded a number of areas suitable for Widdringtonia colonisation (5) (9). All these threats have greatly impacted the Mulanje cedar; a 2007 study found that the remaining Mulanje cedar forests had been reduced by 40 percent over the previous 15 years (3). Out of the remaining 845.3 hectares of forest identified, over 32 percent of standing Mulanje cedar was found to be dead (3). As so much dead wood is available for utilisation, there should be no reason to cut live Mulanje cedar (3).Top
Mulanje cedar conservation
All Mulanje cedars are protected within the Mulanje Mountain Forest Reserve and licences are available now only for the exploitation of dead trees from the Forestry Department of Malawi (3) (9). The Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust has also been set up to provide long-term support for the research and conservation of biological diversity in the Mulanje Mountain Forest Reserve, and the sustainable utilisation of its natural resources. The Trust is working with the Forestry Department of Malawi in bringing in community participation to manage the resources of the forest reserve and maximise the benefits among resource users (12). Not only is the Mulanje cedar a national emblem to Malawi, but it is also of critical financial importance to this relatively poor country and, as such, its protection and sustainable use is a national priority (6).Top
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Authenticated (24/09/07) by Julian Bayliss (PhD), Ecologist, Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust, P.O. Box 139, Mulanje, Malawi.
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Overweight women may be less likely to develop glaucoma
According to new study findings from Dutch researchers, overweight older women may be less likely than their thinner peers to develop glaucoma, a potentially blinding eye disease.
To investigate, researchers followed nearly 4000 glaucoma-free adults aged 55 or older. Over an average of 10 years, just under three percent developed glaucoma.
Researchers found that among women, each unit increase in body mass index (roughly six pounds for a women of average height and weight), was connected to a seven percent reduction in the risk of developing glaucoma.
There was no evidence that other lifestyle factors, including smoking and drinking habits, were important in participants' glaucoma risk. Nor did education or income appear to play a role.
The findings do not prove that extra pounds, themselves, are protective in women. But researchers say that one possibility is that there is some benefit from the higher estrogen levels that may be found in women with more body fat.
While there appears to be a protective effect from extra body weight, researchers are not suggesting women pack on extra pounds as a way to ward off glaucoma. According to researchers, the best way to prevent vision loss from the disorder is to have regular eye exams and, if glaucoma is found, start early treatment.
The findings, published in the Archives of Ophthalmology, back up a U.S. study published last August - the first of its kind to show a link between higher BMI and lower glaucoma risk in women.
All research on this web site is the property of Leslie Beck and is protected by copyright. Keep in mind that research on these matters continues daily and is subject to change. The information presented is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment. It is intended to provide ongoing support of your healthy lifestyle practices.


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The Spring Initializr is a great way to quickly create a Spring Boot application from scratch. It creates a single Gradle file that we can expand upon to grow our application.
When projects become bigger, however, we might want to split our codebase into multiple build modules for better maintainability and understandability.
This article shows how to split up a Spring Boot application into multiple build modules with Gradle.
Code Example
This article is accompanied by a working code example on GitHub.
What's a Module?
As we'll be using the word "module" a lot in this tutorial, let's first define what a module is.
A module …
 - … has a codebase that is separate from other modules' code,
 - … is transformed into a separate artifact (JAR file) during a build, and
 - … can define dependencies to other modules or third-party libraries.
A module is a codebase that can be maintained and built separately from other modules' codebases.
However, a module is still part of a parent build process that builds all modules of our application and combines them to a single artifact like a WAR file.
Why Do We Need Multiple Modules?
Why would we make the effort to split up our codebase into multiple modules when everything works just fine with a single, monolithic module?
The main reason is that a single monolithic codebase is susceptible to architectural decay. Within a codebase, we usually use packages to demarcate architectural boundaries. But packages in Java aren't very good at protecting those boundaries (more about this in the chapter "Enforcing Architecture Boundaries" of my book). Suffice it to say that the dependencies between classes within a single monolithic codebase tend to quickly degrade into a big ball of mud.
If we split up the codebase into multiple smaller modules that each has clearly defined dependencies to other modules, we take a big step towards an easily maintainable codebase.
The Example Application
Let's take a look at the modular example web application we're going to build in this tutorial. The application is called "BuckPal" and shall provide online payment functionality. It follows the hexagonal architecture style described in my book, which splits the codebase into separate, clearly defined architectural elements. For each of those architectural elements, we'll create a separate Gradle build module, as indicated by the following folder structure:
├── adapters
| ├── buckpal-persistence
| | ├── src
| | └── build.gradle
| └── buckpal-web
| ├── src
| └── build.gradle
├── buckpal-application
| ├── src
| └── build.gradle
├── common
| ├── src
| └── build.gradle
├── buckpal-configuration
| ├── src
| └── build.gradle
├── build.gradle
└── settings.gradle
Each module is in a separate folder with Java sources, a build.gradle file, and distinct responsibilities:
 - The top-level build.gradle file configures build behavior that is shared between all sub-modules so that we don't have to duplicate things in the sub-modules.
 - The buckpal-configuration module contains the actual Spring Boot application and any Spring Java Configuration that puts together the Spring application context. To create the application context, it needs access to the other modules, which each provides certain parts of the application. I have also seen this module called infrastructure in other contexts.
 - The common module provides certain classes that can be accessed by all other modules.
 - The buckpal-application module holds classes that make up the "application layer": services that implement use cases which query and modify the domain model.
 - The adapters/buckpal-web module implements the web layer of our application, which may call the uses cases implemented in the application module.
 - The adapters/buckpal-persistence module implements the persistence layer of our application.
In the rest of this article, we'll look at how to create a separate Gradle module for each of those application modules. Since we're using Spring, it makes sense to cut our Spring application context into multiple Spring modules along the same boundaries, but that's a story for a different article.
Parent Build File
To include all modules in the parent build, we first need to list them in the settings.gradle file in the parent folder:
include 'common'
include 'adapters:buckpal-web'
include 'adapters:buckpal-persistence'
include 'buckpal-configuration'
include 'buckpal-application'
Now, if we call ./gradlew build in the parent folder, Gradle will automatically resolve any dependencies between the modules and build them in the correct order, regardless of the order they are listed in settings.gradle.
For instance, the common module will be built before all other modules since all other modules depend on it.
In the parent build.gradle file, we now define basic configuration that is shared across all sub-modules:
plugins {
 id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.0.8.RELEASE"
}
subprojects {
 group = 'io.reflectoring.reviewapp'
 version = '0.0.1-SNAPSHOT'
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'io.spring.dependency-management'
 apply plugin: 'java-library'
 repositories {
 jcenter()
 }
 dependencyManagement {
 imports {
 mavenBom("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-dependencies:2.1.7.RELEASE")
 }
 }
}
First of all, we include the Spring Dependency Management Plugin which provides us with the dependencyManagement closure that we'll use later.
Then, we define a shared configuration within the subprojects closure. Everything within subprojects will be applied to all sub-modules.
The most important part within subprojects is the dependencyManagement closure. Here, we can define any dependencies to Maven artifacts in a certain version. If we need one of those dependencies within a sub-module, we can specify it in the sub-module without providing a version number since the version number will be loaded from the dependencyManagement closure.
This allows us to specify version numbers in a single place instead of spreading them over multiple modules, very similar to the <dependencyManagement> element in Maven's pom.xml files.
The only dependency we added in the example is the dependency to the Maven BOM (bill of materials) of Spring Boot. This BOM includes all dependencies that a Spring Boot application potentially might need in the exact version that is compatible with a given Spring Boot version (2.1.7.RELEASE in this case). Thus, we don't need to list every single dependency on our own and potentially get the version wrong.
Also, note that we apply the java-library plugin to all sub-modules. This enables us to use the api and implementation configurations which allow us to define finer-grained dependency scopes.
Module Build Files
In a module build file, we now simply add the dependencies the module needs.
The file adapters/buckpal-persistence/build.gradle looks like this:
dependencies {
 implementation project(':common')
 implementation project(':buckpal-application')
 implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-jpa'

 // ... more dependencies
}
The persistence module depends on the common and the application module. The common module is used by all modules, so this dependency is natural. The dependency to the application module comes from the fact that we're following a hexagonal architecture style in which the persistence module implements interfaces located in the application layer, thus acting as a persistence "plugin" for the application layer.
More importantly, however, we add the dependency to spring-boot-starter-data-jpa which provides Spring Data JPA support for a Spring Boot application. Note that we did not add a version number because the version is automatically resolved from the spring-boot-dependencies BOM in the parent build file. In this case, we'll get the version that is compatible with Spring Boot 2.1.7.RELEASE.
Note that we added the spring-boot-starter-data-jpa dependency to the implementation configuration. This means that this dependency does not leak into the compile time of the modules that include the persistence module as a dependency. This keeps us from accidentally using JPA classes in modules where we don't want it.
The build file for the web layer, adapters/buckpal-web/build.gradle, looks similar, just with a dependency to spring-boot-starter-web instead:
dependencies {
 implementation project(':common')
 implementation project(':application')
 implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web'

 // ... more dependencies
}
Our modules have access to all the classes they need to build a web or persistence layer for a Spring Boot application, without having unnecessary dependencies.
The web module knows nothing about persistence and vice versa. As a developer, we cannot accidentally add persistence code to the web layer or web code to the persistence layer without consciously adding a dependency to a build.gradle file. This helps to avoid the dreaded big ball of mud.
Spring Boot Application Build File
Now, all we have to do is to aggregate those modules into a single Spring Boot application


Deeded versus assigned: Is parking created equal?
May 12, 2002|By Mark Pearlstein. Special to the Tribune.
Q. What is the significance of a deeded parking space versus an assigned parking space? Why is one better than the other?
In our condominium, we have assigned spaces. Some of the owners who do not drive would like to sell their parking spaces to others who would like to buy them. Because they are assigned, however, these owners cannot sell their spaces.
The board is wondering if there is any sense, value or detriment to going through the trouble to amend the declaration to make the spaces deeded.
A. A deeded parking space is preferable to the individual unit owner, but assigned spaces maximize the chances for all owners to obtain parking.
The term "deeded parking spaces" has two forms: The space is classified as an individual unit with a separate percentage of ownership, or the space is assigned to a particular unit as a limited common element. Developers can maximize their return for the space by selling it separately or including the limited common element space in the unit price.
An assigned parking space generally means that the parking area is part of the common elements, and spaces are assigned by the board through some form of waiting list.
If parking spaces are assigned, residents do not own their space, nor do they have any exclusive right to those areas with their unit. Thus, users of assigned spaces cannot transfer this portion of the property. An amendment to the declaration that will convert the parking area from common elements to limited common element spaces will require approval by a super majority of the owners. Given the fact that only some owners may benefit from an assigned space, this amendment may be difficult to pass.
Q. I recently moved into a condominium unit. Because it is my first experience with this form of ownership, I am a little confused. After reading our declaration and by-laws and rules before buying, it appears that the board doesn't adhere to these documents in some respects.
Non-emergency decisions are being made over the phone, e-mail and later in an open meeting by putting these decisions into the minutes. Shouldn't the final decision be voted by the board at an open meeting when owners are present?
A unit owner sustained damage to his unit caused by a water leak arising from the shut-off valve of his residence. In this case, however, the board used association money to repair his unit damage. Wasn't this the responsibility of the owner?
Recently, we received a budget for the current fiscal year. If our documents state that the budget should consist of estimated common expenses, shouldn't it have listed estimated income from interest, clubhouse rental, late payments, etc.? Under expenses in the budget, there is a line item called "contingencies." Shouldn't this money be placed in certain particular categories such as administrative, operations or maintenance?
A. Generally, all decisions of the board must be made at an open meeting when owners are present. Under the Illinois General Not-For-Profit Corporation Act, condominium boards can also make decisions by unanimous written consent.
Telephone polls are not authorized by the corporate statute or the Illinois Condominium Property Act. While the board members may discuss an issue by telephone, formal written consent of all the directors is required to validate action not taken at a meeting. E-mail is a popular means of communication by boards, but under current law, is not a substitute for decisions at an open meeting.
Owners are generally responsible for all damage to furnishings within their unit. Most declarations provide that units are also responsible for repair and maintenance to any pipes or appliances located solely within and affecting only a particular unit.
Income from sources other than assessments, including interest, clubhouse rental and other miscellaneous items, should be referenced in the budget. The board may create a contingency line item, which generally covers any expense classification that may exceed budget levels.
Q. Help. My condominium association recently changed our cable subscriber. I am not satisfied with the level of programs from the new cable provider and want to return my service to the original company.
However, my association president advised me that all association members must subscribe to the new provider.
This requirement does not seem fair or constitutional. Do I have any recourse?
A. The board of directors has a right to obtain cable television service from a single subscriber as a common expense. Section 18.4(o) of the Illinois Condominium Property Act specifically authorizes a condo board to obtain cable television service for all units and assess owners for this cost.
Board members have the authority to administer the property and determine the services and contractors that will serve the best interests of the association.


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Mammoth Cave National Park History
Mammoth Cave National Park was established on July 1, 1941 to preserve the cave system, including Mammoth Cave, the scenic river valleys of the Green and Nolin rivers, and a section of south central Kentucky. This is the longest recorded cave system in the world with more than 350 miles explored and mapped.
The Park was designated a World Heritage Site on October 27, 1981 and became the core area of an International Biosphere Reserve on September 26, 1990. The Park merits this extra protection and special status because of its unique features above and below ground.
Since the first tour of world-famous Mammoth Cave in 1816, Mammoth Cave Hotel has provided the finest southern hospitality for all the Cave visitors looking for accommodations in the Park.


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