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Nothing is worse than discovering a pack of raccoons ransacked your garbage can in the middle of the night. Sure, your trash might seem tasty to them, but it's smelly and gross to everyone else. Luckily, you can use a common household item to keep raccoons out of your trash every night.
Raccoons can overcome almost any obstacle to get inside of your trash can, but grabbing a bit of epsom salt will be the trick to keeping them away. After putting your bins out, sprinkle a few teaspoons of the strong salt all around them. Raccoons hate the way it tastes and will steer clear after getting a nibble of it.
Epsom salt is so unpleasant to the little critters due to its combo of magnesium and sulfur. Add in oxygen and you get the mineral epsomite, where the salt gets its name. This is much stronger stuff than the sodium and chlorine found in common table salt, making it a great raccoon deterrent. But if it doesn't do the trick, there are other natural ways to keep the critters at bay.
What is a natural deterrent for raccoons?
A common deterrent is to use a blend of spices that are irritating to critters. Apple Pest Control says a mixture of cayenne pepper, onion, and hot sauce in boiling water is a great combination that irritates raccoons. Spray it around your trash cans at least twice a week and after it rains for best results. You can also use this around your home if they're getting into other unwanted places!
What scent will keep raccoons away?
This tip will be smelly to humans too, but raccoons hate the smell of ammonia. Soak a rag in ammonia and put it at the bottom of your trash cans to keep them far away. But be warned: You might hate the smell just as much as them!
Next time you wake up to trash strewn all over your yard, remember these easy tips and get ahead of the little rascals. They'll be out of your trash in no time!


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Oct. 13, 2010 -- The idiom "a dog's life" suggests that pooches have it made when it comes to happiness, but new research indicates that the emotional states of dogs can be as varied as the moods of their owners.
Dogs can see their food bowls as half empty rather than half full, just as human pessimists see a glass of water as half empty instead of half full.
British researchers who tested separation reactions of dogs say they found that some dogs are more likely than others to become depressed and anxious when left alone, causing them to bark, scratch at doors, chew on furniture, and generally misbehave.
On the other hand, optimistic dogs are more likely to behave better and become more relaxed when left alone.
Mike Mendl, PhD, head of animal welfare and behavioral research at the University of Bristol, and colleagues, studied 24 dogs, males and females, that had been sent to two animal centers.
Each dog was tested beforehand for separation anxiety-related behaviors. A researcher played with each dog in an isolated room for 20 minutes.
The next day the dogs were taken back to their rooms and left alone for five minutes while video cameras recorded their behavior.
Some of the dogs barked, jumped on furniture, and scratched at the door, but the "optimistic" ones did not -- or didn't do it as much.
To study optimistic or pessimistic tendencies, the dogs were trained so that when a bowl was placed at one location in a room, it contained food, but when put somewhere else, it didn't. Then the bowls were placed at ambiguous locations between the positive and negative positions.
"Dogs that ran fast to these ambiguous locations as if expecting the positive food reward were classed as making relatively 'optimistic' decisions," Mendl says in a news release. "Interestingly, these dogs tended to be the ones who also showed least anxiety-like behavior when left alone for a short time."
He says about half of dogs may at some point engage in behaviors related to separation anxiety, such as barking, scratching, or tearing things up when separated from owners.
"Our study suggests that dogs showing these types of behavior also appear to make more pessimistic judgments generally," he says.
"We all have a tendency to think that our pets and other animals experience emotions similar to our own, but we have no way of knowing directly because emotions are essentially private," he says. "However, we can use findings from human psychology research to develop new ways of measuring animal emotion."
It's known that the emotional states of people affect their judgments, and that happy people are more likely to judge an ambiguous situation in a positive way. And it's apparently the same with dogs.
"What our study has shown is that this applies similarly to dogs -- that a 'glass-half-full' dog is less likely to be anxious when left alone than one with a more pessimistic nature," Mendl says.

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A Man Injected Magic Mushroom 'Tea' Into His Veins, And Fungus Grew Inside Him
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14 JANUARY 2021
A man brewed a tea from "magic mushrooms" and injected the concoction into his veins; several days later, he ended up at the emergency department with the fungus growing in his blood.
The man spent 22 days in the hospital, with eight of those days in the intensive care unit (ICU), where he received treatment for multisystem organ failure.
Now released, he is still being treated with a long-term regimen of antibiotic and antifungal drugs, according to a description of the case published January 11 in the Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
The case didn't reveal whether injecting shroom tea can cause persistent psychoactive effects, as sometimes seen when people ingest the fungus orally, the doctors wrote in the report.
For example, in rare cases, people can develop a condition called hallucinogen-induced persisting perception disorder (HPPD), where they experience vivid flashbacks of their trip long after the fact, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse
The case "underscores the need for ongoing public education regarding the dangers attendant to the use of this, and other drugs, in ways other than they are prescribed," the doctors wrote.
Related: Healing herb? Marijuana could treat these 5 conditions
By injecting shrooms into his bloodstream, the 30-year-old patient had hoped to relieve symptoms of bipolar disorder and opioid dependence, according to the report. His family members noted that he had recently stopped adhering to his prescribed bipolar medications and was "cycling between depressive and manic states."
The man found online reports that described the potential therapeutic effects of hallucinogens, such as LSD and psilocybin mushrooms, which prompted him to boil down shrooms into a "mushroom tea."
He filtered the tea by drawing it through a "cotton swab" before injecting it into his body. In the following days, he became lethargic and nauseated, and his skin began to yellow. He soon developed diarrhea and began vomiting blood.
His family found him and took him to the emergency room, noting concern that he also seemed very confused. The doctors noted that he could not participate in a meaningful interview, due to his altered mental state.
Multiple organs, including the liver and kidneys, began to fail and the man was transferred to the ICU. His blood tested positive for a bacterial infection with the microbe Brevibacillus and a fungal infection from Psilocybe cubensis – meaning the magic mushroom he injected was now growing in his blood.
In addition to antibiotic and antifungal drugs, the man needed to be placed on a ventilator after he experienced acute respiratory failure, where fluid builds up in the air sacs of the lungs. Thankfully, the patient survived this ordeal and was later discharged from the hospital.
Research suggests that psilocybin may be a promising treatment for depressionanxiety and substance abuse, the authors noted – but only if taken safely.
In most research studies, scientists administer the drug in pill form, but in a few instances, doctors have delivered psilocybin via an intravenous injection, according to a 2018 report published in the journal Neuropharmacology.
But these injections are given in tightly controlled doses and under medical supervision, and they do not contain any fungi; the compound psilocybin, alone, is not alive and cannot grow in the body.
When used recreationally, magic mushrooms are typically made into a tea, eaten raw or dried, ground into a powder and put in capsules, or coated in chocolate – they are not injected directly into the bloodstream.
Shrooms induce mind-altering trips by interacting with certain receptors in the brain; specifically, the psilocybin breaks down into psilocin, a substance that acts like the brain chemical serotonin, which plays roles in mood and perception.
But a bad trip can trigger anxiety, fear and confusion, as well as elevated blood pressure, vomiting, headaches and stomach cramps, Live Science previously reported.
Magic mushrooms carry an added risk because they resemble some species of poisonous mushroom, so people sometimes consume the wrong kind by mistake.
Several US cities have decriminalized psilocybin, and in November 2020, Oregon moved to legalize its use as a therapeutic drug, CNBC reported.
As of now, psilocybin is still classified as a "Schedule I substance" under federal law, meaning that the drug has no accepted medical use in the US and has a "high potential for abuse."
However, current research suggests that this potential for abuse has been historically overestimated and is actually quite low, according to the 2018 Neuropharmacology report.
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ABACO PARROTS & CHICKS
A 2012 BREEDING SEASON PICTURE GALLERY
Time to write some more about Abaco's most famous bird, the unique ground-nesting Amazon / Cuban parrot sub-species that makes Abaco its home, and breeds in the pine forests of the Abaco National Park in the south of the island. You'll find lots of information and photos on the dedicated page ABACO PARROTS.
This post covers the 2012 breeding season, and highlights the success of scientist Caroline Stahala and her team in helping to secure the future of these rare endangered birds. The population had shrunk to around 2500 (or fewer) some years ago. More recently it had risen to 3000. An intensive conservation program, including anti-predation measures, has proved effective; and a systematic ringing program has enabled the team to keep a close eye on recovering parrot numbers. Caroline says that the population is now in the region of 4000, confirming an encouraging reversal of a dismal decline towards extinction for these beautiful birds.
The parrots breed only in the pine forest, where they nest in quite deep holes in the limestone rock. This makes the nests and the areas round them vulnerable to predation from feral cats and rodents etc; but conversely it offers protection from the forest fires that would destroy tree nests.
The parent parrots share feeding and care duties
The chicks / fledglings stage are ringed so they can be identified – see ABACO PARROT CHICKS
By coincidence, as I was producing the post above, Craig Layman at THE ABACO SCIENTIST was also ruminating on the topic of Abaco parrot breeding. He posted the comments below, which raise the very interesting question whether the Abaco parrots, with their increased population, may be starting to breed outside the National park. Caroline can probably answer this (see COMMENTS), but does anyone have any direct evidence to suggest a wider breeding habitat? I guess there would need to be a suitably pitted rock structure for the nests, and an absence of the usual catand rat-type predators that one might find nearer human populations. Answers welcomed via the comment box…
(Sort of) A Bahama Parrot Study
Posted by laymanc 26 Nov 2012
It isn't really much of a study, but the only "science" I have been able to do over the last week with the continued turbidity of nearshore waters.
The Bahama parrot (more information HERE and HERE) is one of the iconic Bahamas animals, and the main factor behind the establishment of the ABACO NATIONAL PARK in southern Abaco. But my study has been conducted instead from my desk in Little Harbour. My main finding is simple: the range of the parrot has clearly expanded; it has now been a full calendar in which parrots have been in the area. Just a few days ago two dozen were squawking around the harbour. The key will be whether they begin nesting here as well – I havent heard reports of that yet. But if they do, the expanding nesting range will substantially increase long term viability of the parrot on Abaco. That ends my first ever Bahama parrot study (I really need more time in the water when I come back).


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Definition of pallid
a. - Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue.
The word "pallid" uses 6 letters: A D I L L P.
No direct anagrams for pallid found in this word list.
Adding one letter to pallid does not form any other word in this word list.
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ad ai aid ail al all alp dal dap dial dill dip id ill la lad laid lap li lid lip lipa pa pad padi paid pail pal pall pi pia pial pill plaid
List shorter words within pallid, sorted by length
Words formed from any letters in pallid, plus an optional blank or existing letter
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Other words with the same letter pairs: pa al ll li id
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Previous word in list: palliators
Next word in list: pallidly
Some random words: bhakta

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The osmolality urine test the concentration of particles in urine. Osmolality (particles/kg water) and osmolarity (particles/liter of solution) are sometimes confused, but for dilute fluids such as urine they are essentially the same.
How the test is performed:
A "clean-catch" (midstream) urine sample is needed. For information on how to collect the sample, see clean catch urine culture.
How to prepare for the test:
Your health care provider will tell you if you need to stop taking any drugs that may interfere with the test. Drugs that can increase specific gravity measurements include dextran and sucrose.
Receiving intravenous dye (contrast medium) for an x-ray exam up to 3 days before the test can also interfere with results.
Eat a normal, balanced diet for several days before the test.
How the test will feel:
The test involves normal urination, and there is no discomfort.
Why the test is performed:
This test helps evaluate your body's water balance and urine concentration.
Osmolality is a more exact measurement of urine concentration than the urine specific gravity test.
Normal values are as follows:
- Random specimen: 50 to 1400 milliosmoles per kilogram (mOsm/kg)
- 12 to 14 hour fluid restriction: Greater than 850 mOsm/kg
Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What abnormal results mean:
Abnormal results are indicated as follows:
Greater-than-normal measurements may indicate:
Lower-than-normal measurements may indicate:
- Aldosteronism (very rare)
- Diabetes insipidus (rare)
- Excess fluid intake
- Kidney failure
Renal tubular necrosis
- Severe pyelonephritis
Additional conditions under which the test may be performed:
- Complicated UTI (pyelonephritis)
- High blood sodium level
- Low blood sodium level
- Excessive urination
Bazari H. Approach to the patient with renal disease. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 115.


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GROUND SCREW FOUNDATION FOR LIGHTHOUSES
The lighthouse remained the main reference point for seamen for many centuries and despite the development of technology, the lighthouse still plays an important role in navigation. Screw piles for lighthouses began its usage in England since the mid-19th century. Some lighthouses on screw piles built at that time still operate today. This proves their durability and strength.
Ground screws are often used in the construction of lighthouses. Lighthouses are usually built in water or on water-saturated soils, which are very unstable and generally it is not friendly for buildings.
In this case the ground screws for lighthouses are the best and reasonable solution. It is excellent for difficult types of soil and have good strength and stability: the blades of the ground screws are firmly fixed in the soil and evenly distribute the load. The lighthouse on the screw piles withstand strong wind and other severe weather conditions.
Ground screws for lighthouses are covered with zinc, which makes it non sensitive to corrosion and salt water. The service life of ground screws is more than 100 years under condition of proper installation and compliance with the production technology.
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Our company offers design and installation services of ground screw foundations for lighthouses in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Lviv, Zaporizhzhia and other cities of Ukraine.

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why are the product-rules as they are?greenspun.com : LUSENET : quaternions : One Thread
A short historical intro: When Hamilton was thinking about the 3D-complex number x+iy+jz he (1)assumed jj=-1 and (2)added a fourth complex number k so ij=k (et voila, quaternions).
I was wondering why he made these choices (1) and (2). Because when you write down the productmatrix for x+iy+jz it looks very logical to choose the following products: ii=j, jj=-i and ij=ji=-1. Was this ever an option, does it not make any sence, or what?
PS: You can make the mandelbrot fractal in 3D with these rules (as I have done using Mathematica, notebook available).
-- Jan Harm Moes (_EMAIL_), January 20, 2005
Hamilton was trying to accomplish two objectives. The first was to parallel normal complex number arithmetic where:
C= a + ib C*= a - ib
(C)(C*)= a^2 + b^2
as you can see if you do the multiplication. If you create a hyper-complex number, and want the same result, you won't get it:
H= a + ib + jc H*= a - ib - jc (H)(H*)= a^2 + b^2 + c^2 - 2ijbc
That extra term, 2ijbc is the killer. You want to get rid of that, and the only way to do so is to stipulate that: ij= -ji. Your alternative, even though it is logical, doesn't do this, since if: ij= ji= -1, then: (H)(H*)= a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + 2bc.
Secondly, Hamilton wanted a complex number arithmetic analog of 3-D vector arithmetic. Hamilton's rules:
i^2= j^2= k^2= ijk= -1
accomplish this. If you do the multiplication on a hyper-complex where these rules apply:
H= a + ib + jc + kd H*= a - ib - jc - kd
(H)(H*)= a^2 + b^2 + c^2 + d^2
where the other terms containing complex components cancel out since they occur in anti-commutative pairs. If you do the actual arithmetic, you will see that you get these rules:
ij= k ji= -k jk= i kj= -i ki= j ik= -j
These parallel the cross products of the unit vectors in the Cartesian system:
u(y) X u(z)= u(x) u(z) X u(y)= -u(x) u(z) X u(x)= u(y) u(x) X u(z)= -u(y) u(x) X u(y)= u(z) u(y) X u(x)= -u(z)
What you proposed does not: ii= j doesn't compare to u(x) X u(x)= 0. This also can't be a dot-product, since dotting vectors gives a scalar, not another vector. While your rules are logical, and may have applications; paralleling vector arithmetic isn't one of them.
-- Joe T. Penrod (_EMAIL_), March 09, 2005.


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Create Library Feature Data Object and Library Feature With References Example (VBA)
This example shows how to create a library feature with references in order to position the library feature on a model.
'-------------------------------------------------------------------
' Preconditions:
' 1. Verify that the specified part template and library feature
' exist.
' 2. Open the Immediate window.
'
' Postconditions:
' 1. Creates a new part containing a boss extrude.
' 2. Creates a library feature data object.
' a. Initializes the newly created library feature using
' the specified library feature.
' b. Gets the type of references required for the library
' feature.
' c. Sets the name of the active library feature configuration.
' d. Selects the face where to create the library feature.
' e. Creates the library feature.
' f. Accesses the library feature and selects the edges where to
' position the it.
' g. Sets the references for positioning the library feature.
' h. Updates the definition of the library feature.
' i. Unsuppresses the library feature.
' 3. Examine the Immediate window, FeatureManager design tree, and
' graphics area.
'------------------------------------------------------------------
Option Explicit
Dim swApp As SldWorks.SldWorks
Dim swModel As SldWorks.ModelDoc2
Dim swModelDocExt As SldWorks.ModelDocExtension
Dim swSketchManager As SldWorks.SketchManager
Dim swFeature As SldWorks.Feature
Dim swFeatureManager As SldWorks.FeatureManager
Dim swSelectionManager As SldWorks.SelectionMgr
Dim swLibFeat As SldWorks.LibraryFeatureData
Dim sketchLines As Variant
Dim status As Boolean
Dim obj() As Object
Dim vRefs As Variant
Dim vRefTypes As Variant
Dim refType As Variant
Dim nRefCount As Long
Sub main()
 Set swApp = Application.SldWorks
 ' Create part
 Set swModel = swApp.NewDocument("C:\ProgramData\SolidWorks\SOLIDWORKS 2016\templates\Part.prtdot", 0, 0, 0)
 Set swModelDocExt = swModel.Extension
 status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Top Plane", "PLANE", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)
 swModel.ClearSelection2 True
 status = swModelDocExt.SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchAddConstToRectEntity, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified, False)
 status = swModelDocExt.SetUserPreferenceToggle(swUserPreferenceToggle_e.swSketchAddConstLineDiagonalType, swUserPreferenceOption_e.swDetailingNoOptionSpecified, True)
 Set swSketchManager = swModel.SketchManager
 sketchLines = swSketchManager.CreateCornerRectangle(0, 0, 0, 1, 0.5, 0)
 swModel.ShowNamedView2 "*Trimetric", 8
 swModel.ClearSelection2 True
 status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line2", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)
 status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line1", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, 0)
 status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line4", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, 0)
 status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("Line3", "SKETCHSEGMENT", 0, 0, 0, True, 0, Nothing, 0)
 Set swFeatureManager = swModel.FeatureManager
 Set swFeature = swFeatureManager.FeatureExtrusion2(True, False, False, 0, 0, 0.01, 0.01, False, False, False, False, 1.74532925199433E-02, 1.74532925199433E-02, False, False, False, False, True, True, True, 0, 0, False)
 Set swSelectionManager = swModel.SelectionManager
 swSelectionManager.EnableContourSelection = False
 ' Create library feature data object
 Set swLibFeat = swFeatureManager.CreateDefinition(swFmLibraryFeature)
 ' Initialize newly created library feature using the specified library part
 status = swLibFeat.Initialize("C:\ProgramData\SOLIDWORKS\SOLIDWORKS 2016\design library\features\metric\slots\straight slot.sldlfp")
 ' Get the type of references required for the library feature
 nRefCount = swLibFeat.GetReferencesCount
 vRefs = swLibFeat.GetReferences2(swLibFeatureData_FeatureRespect, vRefTypes)
 If Not IsEmpty(vRefTypes) Then
 Debug.Print "Types of references required (edge = 1): "
 For Each refType In vRefTypes
 Debug.Print " " & CStr(refType)
 Next
 End If
 ' Set the name of the active library feature configuration
 swLibFeat.ConfigurationName = "Default"
 ' Select the face where to create the library feature
 status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "FACE", 0.522458766456054, 0.288038964184011, 9.99999999987722E-03, False, 0, Nothing, 0)
 ' Create the library feature
 Set swFeature = swFeatureManager.CreateFeature(swLibFeat)
 ' Access the library feature to position it on the part
 Set swLibFeat = Nothing
 Set swLibFeat = swFeature.GetDefinition
 status = swLibFeat.AccessSelections(swModel, Nothing)
 ' Select the edges where to position the library feature
 status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "EDGE", 0.960865149149924, 0.497807163546383, 1.31011390528215E-02, True, 0, Nothing, 0)
 status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("", "EDGE", 0.99866860703213, 0.481385806014544, 1.13313929676906E-02, True, 0, Nothing, 0)
 Dim selCount As Long
 selCount = swSelectionManager.GetSelectedObjectCount2(-1)
 selCount = selCount - 1
 ReDim obj(selCount) As Object
 Dim i As Long
 For i = 0 To selCount
 Set obj(i) = swSelectionManager.GetSelectedObject6(i + 1, -1)
 Next
 ' Set the references for positioning the library feature on the part
 Dim vLibRefs As Variant
 vLibRefs = obj
 swLibFeat.SetReferences (vLibRefs)
 ' Update the definition of the library feature
 status = swFeature.ModifyDefinition(swLibFeat, swModel, Nothing)
 ' Unsuppress the library feature
 status = swModelDocExt.SelectByID2("straight slot<1>", "BODYFEATURE", 0, 0, 0, False, 0, Nothing, 0)
 swModel.EditUnsuppress2
 swModel.ClearSelection2 True
End Sub
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What is it called when you use object... as a parameter?
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I have noticed in Java that you can have a function with object... as a parameter and then method will take any number of objects as a parameter and treat it as an array. What is this called? I have been trying to search for it but it seems ... is ignored by search engines. I seem to remember printf in C does the same thing.
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It's called varargs
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Wikipedia says this is called a variadic function.
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It's called varargs.
It means is function is accepting variable number of arguments. In C/CPP there is a header file stdarg.h which have declaration of methods for handling variable arguments.
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IHA's research policy is focused on internationalization, promotion of basic and applied research, knowledge transfer and the expansion of funding sources. Thereby, the following general objectives apply:
1) To promote and extend the study of all areas of art history, museum studies, heritage and conservation practices, art theory, contemporary art practices, and art history writing.
2) To promote the international visibility of Portuguese Art History, and the international discussions on Portuguese History of Art by the dissemination of results of the research through refereed international publications, general and monographic training courses, seminars, conferences and other scientific meetings; as well as,
3) to extend the participation of IHA's researchers in international research networks, and increase the scientific exchanges with other European institutions in order to apply to European research funds; while also
4) extending the participation of IHA's researchers in international research networks, and increasing the scientific exchanges with non-European institutions, namely those belonging to Portuguese speaking community, both in Africa and Brazil, in order to set up common research projects.
5) To encourage and support future and ongoing research projects in all IHA's research areas, and to reinforce interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary approaches to the study of art history and related domains (namely by deepening working partnerships and promoting joint initiatives with other FCSH and non-FCSH R&D units).
6) To reinforce the training of young graduates and PhDs in contexts of team research, through their integration both in the established research groups and ongoing funded research projects (namely by way of fellowship programs); concurrently, to reinforce IHA's articulation with FCSH's PhD programs; while also
7) promoting and extending the scientific culture that supports art history as a key instrument to the development of research competences and carriers in the fields of heritage, museology and artistic studies; and in this context, deliberatly
8) help to stimulate employment within art history, museums and heritage sectors, by establishing cooperation conventions with private and public institutions, and with city councils. By the same token,
9) to assert art history as a fundamental area to the definition of Portuguese and EU's cultural policies, making clear its impact to economic and social cohesion and development, namely through its articulation with cultural tourism, and again the regeneration of historic centers and the vivification of museums and monuments;
10) To affirm art history as a scholarly domain prepared to answer to new societal challenges related to heritage's sustainability and urban regeneration, through innovation and the use of emergent technologies, as well as through pedagogical actions destined to channel the knowledge produced by IHA's researchers to a wider audience; Finally,
11) to establish a systematic and diversify publishing policy, both through traditional and digital media (including IHA's web site), seeking not only scholarly audiences but also non-academic general audiences.


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First Siege of Zaragoza
|First Siege of Zaragoza|
|Part of the Peninsular War|
Assault on the walls of Saragossa by January Suchodolski, oil on canvas, 1845. (National Museum in Warsaw)
| First French Empire
Duchy of Warsaw
|Kingdom of Spain|
|Commanders and leaders|
| Charles Lefebvre-Desnouettes
|| José de Palafox y Melzi
|Casualties and losses|
The First Siege of Zaragoza (also called Saragossa) was a bloody struggle in the Peninsular War (1807–1814). A French army under General Lefebvre-Desnouettes and subsequently commanded by General Jean-Antoine Verdier besieged, repeatedly stormed, and was repulsed from the Spanish city of Zaragoza in the summer of 1808.
Historical context
When the Dos de Mayo (2 May) uprisings took place in Spain in 1808, Napoleon at first thought that they were a series of isolated uprisings and despatched a number of small columns to quell them. In North Eastern Spain Marshall Bessières assigned General Lefebvre-Desnouettes to quell the revolt in Aragon. Eventually his column included 5,000 infantry, 1,000 cavalry and two artillery batteries. Lefebvre quickly discovered, however, that the revolt was much more widespread than had been believed.
The Spanish side was led by General José de Palafox who was the second son in an aristocratic Spanish family. He was appointed Captain-General of Aragon in late May. He successfully raised a force of 7,500 troops but was handicapped by the lack of experience of these troops with only about 300 experienced cavalry and a few gunners.
Palafox made a few attempts to stop the French from even reaching Zaragoza. His elder brother the Marquis of Lazan attempted to stop them at Tudela on 8 June 1808 and again at Mallen on 13 June 1808. Palafax then sent out a force of 6,000 but was defeated again at Alagon on 14 June 1808 and Palafox himself was wounded. Finally the remaining Spanish forces retreated into Zaragoza.
The siege
Zaragoza itself was protected by two medieval walls and two rivers - the Ebro river to the north-east and the Huerva to the south - but the west was exposed to attack. The strength of the city, though, was in its maze of strongly built defensible buildings with narrow lanes easy to block with barricades.
Lefebvre reached Zaragoza on 15 June 1808. At this time he was badly outnumbered by the Spanish, who had around 11,000 troops although only half had experience of battle from the Alagon defeat.
The next day Lefebvre assaulted the western wall of the city expecting that the Spanish would collapse quickly.
In the first assault the French broke into the western part of the city and their Polish cavalry broke through the Santa Engracia gate but could make no progress inside the city and were forced to retreat. The French suffered around 700 casualties in this first assault.
Palafox himself was not present on that day. He had left to raise additional troops in Upper Aragon to attack Lefebvre's lines of communication. Palafox raised an additional force of 5,000 troops but these were defeated at Épila on the 23–24 June 1808 and Palafox returned to Zaragoza with only an additional 1,000 troops.
The French, however, received more substantial reinforcements with a force of 3,000 led by General Jean-Antoine Verdier arriving on 26 June 1808. As General Verdier was senior to Lefebvre he took over command of all the troops. Further reinforcements continued to arrive including some siege artillery.
On 28 June 1808 Verdier attacked Monte Terrero on the southern bank of the Huerva river. Monte Terrero was a hill that dominated the south of Zaragoza and should have been strongly fortified but was not. As a result the hill was captured with ease and the Spanish commander, Colonel Vincento Falco, was subsequently court-martialled and shot.
Now that Monte Terrero was in his hands, Verdier was able to use it as a base for his siege artillery. Starting from midnight on 30 June 1808 thirty siege guns, four mortars, and twelve howitzers opened fire on Zaragoza and kept firing continuously.
A second assault was made by the French on 2 July 1808 with twice the strength of the first assault. Although the fixed defences in Zaragoza had suffered heavily from the bombardment, the barricades were still intact and Palafox had returned to take command.
The French penetrated the city in several places but were unable to make any further progress and once again were forced to retreat. This assault became famous for the story of the Maid of Zaragoza: Agustina Zaragoza. Her lover was an artillery sergeant at the Portillo Gate. The entire crew of his gun were killed before they could fire off their last round. Agostina ran forward taking the lighted match from her dead lover's hands and fired the cannon. The French were hit by a round of grapeshot at close range and their attack was broken. Palafox said he personally witnessed this event and Agostina was commissioned as a sub-lieutenant.
During this assault on 2 July 1808 the French suffered 200 dead and 300 wounded. Verdier therefore decided not to make any further assaults and settled down for a siege. Unfortunately for him he had insufficient men to fully blockade the city and the Spanish were able to be supplied from the north bank of the Ebro river most of the time.
In the second half of July the French concentrated on capturing the Caouchin and Trinitarian convents of San Jose, which were to the west of Zaragoza. By 24 July 1808 these were all captured by the French.
On 4 August the French began a heavy artillery bombardment and silenced the Spanish guns and made several breaches in the walls. At 2pm Verdier launched a massive assault with thirteen battalions in three columns and penetrated deep into Zaragoza. Verdier demanded Palafox's surrender to which he replied "War to the knife".
By evening the French had taken half of the city but the Spanish counter-attacked and pushed the French out except for a small wedge surrounded by the Spanish.
By this time the French had suffered around 462 killed and 1,505 wounded. The Spanish had suffered similar or even higher losses but still outnumbered the French.
The fighting continued for several days but the assault had effectively failed ensuring the failure of the siege. On 19 July 1808 a French army under General Dupont were forced to surrender at Bailén and this made both sides realise the French would have to retreat. Palafox halted his offensive operations, but Verdier responded with an artillery bombardment to use up all the ammunition he could not carry away.
Finally on 14 August 1808 Verdier blew up all the strongpoints he held and withdrew. This was the end of the First Siege of Zaragoza.
In total the French had 3,500 casualties during the siege. Spanish losses of 2,000 were admitted at the time; however, a figure of 5,000 is more probable.
Palafox's resistance made him a national hero, a glory he shared with Agustina Zaragoza and many other ordinary civilians. Zaragoza would endure a second, longer, more famous siege starting in late December. When it finally fell to the French in 1809, Zaragoza had become a city of corpses and smoking rubble: 12,000 people would remain of a prewar population of over 100,000.
- Charles J. Esdaile in The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars by Gregory Fremont-Barnes (main editor) (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006) 871.
- Charles J. Esdaile in The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars by Gregory Fremont-Barnes (main editor) (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2006) 872.
- "Guerra y cuchillo", which words later went on the back of the medal issued to the defenders of Zaragoza
- this section based on Rickard, J (17 January 2008), First siege of Saragossa, 15 June-14 August 1808


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I am looking for a way to do the following:
A Project : Defines an abstract class that is called when some events happen (event handler if you will) Defines the engine that will fire the events using the event handler above
B Project: Defines the implementation for the abstract class Runs the engine.
How can i register the implementation class and make sure that is the one being called when the engine runs.
EDIT 1: By register i mean i must somehow define which is the implementation that should be called for that given abstract object
Sorry if the question isn't too clear, let me know if you need some more details


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Fig.3. Appropriate Arc Length
Fig.4. Too wide the virtual nozzle from a part.
- THE RESULT OF MATLAB SIMULATIONAs stated in abstract the next task is observing the three parameters of data taken in the simulation of smart land welding MATLAB to observe the factors. It will be pursued after the magnitude of the arc travel speed, Arc time and position of my tool or pointed to the welding joint. As mentioned in Table-I the movement of the tool along the path, the position of the nozzle too near or too far, the arc voltage magnitude, and the too lag or too fast of time matters the welded parts bead geometry.
- Arc Travel speed and Arc Voltage powerFig.5a and Fig.5b. shows the red color point is mid contour and the yellow color line shows the desired depth between two parameters while the arc voltage is too high as it is moving from blue color line to red color line along the gun nozzle moving direction.Fig.5a. Travel speed vs Arc voltage powerFig.5b. Travel speed vs Arc voltage power
- Arc Travel Speed and Arc Voltage vs PenetrationHence, as the speed of tool movement and the arcthe voltage which is known as arc length decrease and near respectively, the penetration of workpiece is deep whereby the speed of nozzle too fast and power is too small due to the arc length too far from the base metals, the penetration is too shallow as of Fig.6a and Fig.6b and the surface 3D show the penetration is too deep as it moves from blue color surface to the red color surface end high power 2500 J arc length.Fig.6a. Penetration Depth
Fig.6b. Penetration Depth
- Width welding vs Arc Travel speed and Arc Voltage Even though the width of weld is affected by the travel speed and power of arc voltage as doing for penetration, too flat width weld formed while the time slag or travel speed is slow and arc voltage or the arc length is too far. Fig.7a. Vice versa during the value of time, travel speed and arc length are increasing the width weld created is the slim shape and Fig.7b. shows, the width weld determined for speed 5m/s, arc voltage 2000J and melting temperature looks like flat. As shown in the Fig.7c. with the value of speed 60m/s, arc length 2000J, and melting efficiency of temperature 23 looks like needle shape. Considerably, the causes of those three parameters tested even if they are a reason for lack of fusion between two fillets going to be welded.Fig.7a. Width weld to travel Speed and Arc voltageFig.7b. Flat Shape Width Weld SizeFig.7c. Slim Shape Width Weld Size
- Melting Efficiency
While the paper concluding the results of the simulation, robot studio and the smart land welding MATLAB output, the three parameters effect have been seen and they have their events during the welding process. Causing of over penetration or lack penetration, blow of weld pool that being a reason for lack of fusion and weld width. Due to too high magnitude or too small magnitude of input added now, their efficient product will be re-filled for better melting efficiency.
Fig.8. Shows, the yellow line color indicates the desired depth, the white dot circle contour mid-point of the desired depth, and the 3D surface show as the desired travel speed and arc voltage or the appropriate arc length is set, the melting efficiency of the part to be welded is looks better from the blue color surface to the red color surface inward. And, the Fig.9. shows, the maximum fusion at the essential penetration, required fusion and arc blow, form the necessary bead geometry.
Fig.8. Melting Efficiency
Fig.9. Maximum Fusion Zone
TABLE II. WELDING EFFICIENCY SIMULATION DATA
s.n Thick. M.eff. Arc.V/w _URL_ Sens./um/w 1 1mm 0.42 467 20.7 2.68 2 3mm 0.47 3702 20.6 0.85 3 6mm 0.48 11005 15.5 0.56 4 9mm 0.47 11005 7 0.83 5 12mm 0.46 11005 3.9 1.13 6 15mm 0.46 12004 3.3 1.08
The table and Fig.10 detail about, the influence of the arc voltage and arc travel while the robot is moving along the desired path accurately. The melting efficiency (M.eff.) of the base metal that negligibly changes incorporate the thickness of weldable, beside of those objectives; meanwhile, the thickness increase to the redline, the parameters robot arc welding provided speed(arc.Tr) decrements and the arc power(arc.V) increments. The sensitivity(sens.) of fusion on the seam tracking as doing as the arc Travel speed while opposites to arc length.
Fig.10. Melting Efficiency Simulation
Generally, in this paper, the whole work presented which concerned with the factors that have been stated on the first page with their remedies to overcome the problems. The integration of the two-software provided to set easily the variables influencing the bead geometry and help to manage the problems along the seam path. Besides, the three parameters factor they have also observed; the proportionality of arc travel speed and arc length inversely matter arc time. Through the study of the performance from the simulation of robot studio to the MATLAB smart land welding virtual welding perspectives the figure, the result has been proven.
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- Understanding Bead Hump Formation In Gas Metal Arc Welding Using A Numerical Simulation. Metallurgical And Materials Transactions Cho M H,


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Using a Color Picker or Eye Dropper in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac
PowerPoint 2013 comes with a nice Eye Dropper feature that let you pick any color from the design and get the RGB values. This way you can create slide designs based in the corporate identity or using the colors you want.
There is an application called DigitalColor Meter that you can use to grab any color from object on screen. Using DigitalColor Meter you can pick a color and then assign the same RGB values to a PowerPoint presentation background or shape.
Using Digital Color Meter you can easily grab any color from the screen and get the RGB values. There are some other alternative tools that you can install in your MacBook Pro or Mac computer, however Digital Color Meter comes with OSX Maverick ready for you to use.
Then go to PowerPoint and let's say you want to change the background color to match the grabbed color. You can go to Slide Master and change Background properties using Format Background dialog box. Then choose Solid color (or Gradient) and then click Color button. Now click More Colors and then enter the Red, Green and Blue (RGB) values that you picked with the tool.
In this example you can see we created a themed version of our _URL_ website as a PowerPoint background.


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In 1980, Congress began passing provisions that made Medicare a secondary payer to certain primary plans in particular situations.
For example, Medicare is the secondary payer to coverage provided by Group Health Plans (GHPs) if a beneficiary is employed at a company with 20 or more employees, or if a beneficiary's spouse (of any age) is enrolled in a GHP through an employer.
Employees may reject coverage through a GHP, so Medicare will become the primary payer, but employers will not be able to offer secondary coverage for services covered by Medicare.
There are exceptions, however. For example, Medicare is the secondary payer for up to 30 months for people with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) who are covered by a GHP. The period begins when the employee becomes eligible for Medicare.
Medicare is also secondary insurance for people under 65 years old who are living with a disability and covered by a Large Group Health Plan (LGHP) (100 employees or more), or who have a family member covered by such a plan.
Medicare is secondary to workers' compensation (WC) plans, liability insurance and all forms of no-fault insurance, although it will make a conditional payment if one of the aforementioned plans will not pay or will not pay promptly.
Medicare will also make conditional payments for claims denied by an employee's GHP or LGHP, or if a beneficiary fails to file a proper claim due to mental or physical incapacity. Medicare will not make conditional payments if a claim is denied for one of the following reasons:
- GHP is alleged to be secondary to Medicare;
- GHP limits payment because a beneficiary is entitled to Medicare;
- GHP covers services for younger employees and spouses but not those over 65;
- Or the beneficiary fails to files a claim for any reason other than mental or physical incapacity.
In general, if a beneficiary has more than one primary private insurer, the costs are coordinated between the insurers. For example, if one plan is based on retirement, then Medicare is the primary payer; if the other plan is based on employment, then Medicare is the secondary payer. In this the case, the order of payment would be: GHP, Medicare, retirement plan.
What Is the Single-Payer System?
What Are Bundled Payments?
What Is the Premium Support Option, and How Is it Different From Current Medicare?


Letter to the Editor: May 19th
Dear Editors,
If you are a university-age Ontarian, you likely remember the "Yours to Discover" license plates. The Ministry of Transportation first issued the blue-on-white reflective sheet license plates to Ontario drivers in 1996. They began with the format of AAAA-001. The plates are heavily distributed and can be seen affixed among most vehicles on our roads. However, if you have seen license plates which, like our current state of affairs, are blue, this is attributable to a decision made by the Ontario legislature.
In early 2020, Premier Ford's government announced it would redesign the current Ontario license plates to a new white-on-blue (or inverted) design. The new license plates also featured a new trillium logo and typeface, and a change in lettering font. After just two months of distribution, the new license plates were recalled due to visibility issues and funding challenges amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. Nevertheless, the license plates and their distinct features were rendered ineffective for two reasons.
First, these license plates are flat; they are not press-stamped with raised letters, like plates of old. This is a potential security threat, as counterfeiters now require less sophisticated machinery apparatus to produce fake or altered plates.
According to numerous online reviews, the license plates are easily constructed by gluing a thin laminate onto a metal template. The quality is questionable. The laminate used in the production of these license plates, designed by the conglomerate known as 3M, rendered the white lettering unreadable both to the naked eye and on camera. License plates are a matter of public safety, as they identify drivers in criminal situations, like a hit-and-run. Sneaky motorists may have tried to keep the plates to bypass expressway toll cameras. However, in facing a province-wide recall, luck has run out for these license plates.
With the vast majority of non-essential businesses having shut down, funding deficits finally prompted the discontinuation of these failed license plates. The Government of Ontario, routinely criticized for its management of education funding, was foolish to aimlessly spend money on 'rebranding' an already beautiful and thriving province. Such financial losses due to careless spending pose a million-dollar question: is Ontario "Yours to Discover" or "Yours to Recover"?
Ameer Shash
Sci '22


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Activist Women's Documentary Biopics â€" Angela Davis
The documentary biopic uses archival footage, witness or expert (friend, family, colleague, historian) testimony, news reports, her own words/image â€" to tell the story of a notable woman's life and work. Like the fictionalized biopics that we've seen, it also tells a story and promotes a particular vision of the woman. It often refutes a conventional narrative about her.
Women's biopics have a tendency of deifying the woman â€" Queen Christina and Selena are depicted as goddesses through lighting, angles, surrounded by worshippers, use of triptychs, or of making her very flawed or a complete victimâ€"but how does a film depict an intellectual-revolutionary-activist like Angela Davis who is still around to contribute to her own story?
Angela Davis (1944 – ), a professor at UCLA who belonged to the Communist Party, suddenly gained world notoriety when guns she owned were used in a courtroom shootout in Marin County. After going underground for three months as one of the FBI's ten most wanted suspects, she was arrested and put on trial for three capital crimes. She became an icon of the '60s, embodying people's perceptions of Communists, intellectuals, feminists, Black Power and prisoner activists and revolutionaries.
Again, ask these basic questions to come up with common elements of a documentary women's biopic:
 - Why and how is the childhood of the subject introduced, if it is?
 - What is the subject's legacy (family and ethnic origin, parental issues, previous tragedy, socioeconomic background)?
 - What stage(s) of the subject's life does this biopic emphasize most?
 - How is the subject's appearance, and maintenance of it, significant to the film?
 - How does the film show that the subject is remarkable, different from the rest?
 - Is the subject cursed or burdened by some recurring force?
 - What is the role of music in the woman's life, whether it's a defining element or just used in the film?
 - What is the basic plot of this biopic? How are the events of her life narrated into a story?
 - Who are the most important members of the subject's inner circle (family, friends, associates)?
 - [documentaries] Who are the most memorable witnesses of the woman's life and actions?
 - What is the subject's relationship with her public, if there is one?
 - What objects, symbols, animals, people, words recur in this biopic?
 - What is the role of romantic love in the subject's life? The role of sexuality?
 - Does the film trace the subject's transformation? If so, what kind?
 - How do other characters fight over the subject, and for what reasons?
 - What is the takeaway about this woman's life?
 - How strong are traces of other genre filmsâ€"epic, war, romantic comedy, melodramaâ€"in this biopic?
View Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (USA: Shola Lynch, 2012; Amazon Prime Video, YouTube$, Vudu, Google Play, DVD1958)
A) Ask 3 discussion questions of your own regarding the film. The questions can be about specific techniques used in specific scenes such as camerawork or voiceover narration, the characters, what being an intellectual or activist entails, the plotline of her life, the way performances or speeches or trials are rendered, unexpected outcomes, montage sequences, the ending.
B) Answer 3 discussion questions posed by other students.
other students post for part B ( should answer his three questions):
A. My Questions
1. This movie uses a lot of archival footage to tell Angelaâ€™s story as well as the story for the struggle of civil rights, do you find this more impactful than other documentary movies that would only use reenactments/reconstructions of events?
2. Quite a few of the interviewees were journalists, but not historians. Why do you think journalists were used for their stories instead of historians in this documentary?
3. Whatâ€™s the effect of the music during the montage 28 minutes into the movie, during the shootout images?
In the Ben Marks article, itâ€™s mentioned that political figures or icons of powerful movements tend to have their images take on a life of their own and eventually become removed from the root cause that created the original imagery. Itâ€™s a problem that persists in societies and cultures today, where if you arenâ€™t seen supporting the imagery itâ€™s assumed youâ€™re against it. It creates a problem where people â€œsupportâ€ issues they donâ€™t understand, and then try to speak of them, and only perpetuate misinformation. An interesting conversation would be for all the people that own Angela Davis merchandise, or even items relating to other movements, if they truly understand what theyâ€™re supporting, and if theyâ€™re doing anything else to support than just owning a poster or shirt. The key component of the word activist is active.
In Professor Lodenâ€™s article itâ€™s said that director Lynch was waiting for marketers to ask her to change the title of the documentary, but that it never happened. This poses a great conversation about Angela Davis and the struggles of people of color in general: why is it that when their stories are told they consistently face issues with censorship and suppression, even today? Think about BLM, and how suddenly there were all lives, or blue lives. Censorship of struggles and power from non-whites have been prevalent in journalism and history for centuries, and it would be an interesting conversation to talk about how it persists now, especially in conjunction with Angelaâ€™s story and how not everyone was taught it or knows about it.
C) Respond to at least one other student's response with polite agreement or disagreement, giving evidence for your point of view.
students's post for part C:(should reponse to this ):
1. Why do you think that even in counter cultural movements, women continue to take a back seat to the male leaders (which is why Angela Davis didn't like the Black Panther party and other parties she volunteered at)?
2. How come communism was (and still is) such a controversial topic and actually got Angela Davis in trouble with UCLA for trying to teach because she was a member of the communist party?
3. Why did the law makers project the "imaginary enemy" onto Davis? Why do individuals to that and thus dog pile onto one individual?
Ben Mark's article talked about how the graphic designs for Davis took on a life of its own and how that made her into an icon. In the end, Mark talked to Davis and she both regards her icon status as both a blessing and a burden. This is very true when an image of a celebrity takes on a life of its own and they cannot control it. At the end, the article says "the phrase on her posters evolved from â€œFree Angela Davisâ€ to â€œFree Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners.â€ So I would say that message is for the better. However, in some cases a political poster can be parodied, even sometimes for an even worse, bigoted message, rendering it more of a joke and trailing it off from the original message.
Frako Loden's article talks about how the film has a "gaze is firmly on Davis herself and explores the complex woman inside the icon." Documentaries really do have a gaze, like film, as you can see in this documentary. The audience sees a lot of archival footage on Davis and there is a lot of interviews with Davis herself. So, documentary and narrative filmmaking are not so different at all in that they both have a gaze, tone and focus of some kind, which is so important in telling a story and making sure the story is not too biased in the case of a documentary.
D) Read:
Comment on something in these readings that would pertain to an interesting discussion of Free Angela and All Political Prisoners. So, two comments.


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Vaddey, Naga Pavan; Trejo, David
School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Oregon State University
Admixtures, Chlorides, Coarse aggregates, Measurement
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) and most state highway agency (SHA) organizations limit the amount of chlorides in fresh concrete to lower the risk associated with corrosion of steel reinforcement. It is often required to measure the chloride concentration of concrete powder samples to ensure that the published chloride limits are not exceeded. However, the standard documents provide no information on number of samples required for chloride testing for different concrete mixtures. This study explores the influence of concrete material proportions and the admixed chloride levels on the mean and variability of the chloride test results. Results from this research indicate that the maximum size and proportion of the coarse aggregate and the admixed chloride level significantly influence the chloride test results. Based on the estimated variability of chloride measurements from this research, a method to determine the number of samples for chloride testing is presented for different concrete mixtures.


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The ACCRINT Function is an Excel Financial function. The function will calculate the accrued interest for a security that pays interest on a periodic basis.
ACCRINT helps users calculate the accrued interest on a security, such as a bond, when that security is sold or is transferred to a new owner on a date other than the issue date or on a date that is an interest payment date.
The ACCRINT function was introduced in MS Excel 2007 and hence is not available in earlier versions.
The ACCRINT function uses the following arguments:
Issue (required argument) – This is the security's issue date.
First_interest (required argument) – This is the first interest date of the security.
Settlement (required argument) – The security's settlement date. It is the date after the issue date when the security is traded to the buyer.
Rate (required argument) – The security's annual coupon rate.
Par (required argument) – The security's par value. If omitted by the user, the function will take the par value as $1,000.
Frequency (required argument) – This is the number of coupons payments per year. The function will take for annual payments, frequency = 1; for semiannual, frequency = 2; for quarterly, frequency = 4.
Basis (optional argument) – This is the kind of day count that is used for calculating the interest on a given security. If we omit the argument, the basis is set to 0. Basis can be any of the following values:
Day Count basis
0 or omitted
8. Calc_method (optional argument) – It is either 0 (calculates the accrued interest from first_interest_date to settlement_date) or 1 (calculates the accrued interest from issue_date to settlement_date).
How to use the ACCRINT Function in Excel?
To understand the uses of the ACCRINT function, let's consider a few examples:
Suppose we are given the following details:
Issue date: 2017/01/01
First interest date: 2017/03/31
Settlement date: 2022/02/15
Basis – 2: 2
Calculation method: 1
The formula to use is:
The result we got is $3,203.13, which is the interest on maturity that we will receive.
The function calculated ACCRINT using the formula below:
Ai is the number of accrued days for the quasi-coupon period within the odd period.
NC is the number of quasi-coupon periods that fit in the odd period. Fraction is raised to the next whole number.
NLi is the normal length in days of the quasi-coupon period within the odd period.
We get the result below:
Example 2 – Using DATE with ACCRINT
If the dates given are not in date format, we can use the DATE function along with ACCRINT to get the interest receivable on maturity. Suppose we are given the following data:
The formula used was:
We get the result below:
Things to remember about the ACCRINT Function
_TAG_! error – Occurs when:
The given rate argument is ≤ 0 or the provided [par] argument is ≤ 0.
The given frequency argument is not equal to 1, 2, or 4.
We provided issue ≥ settlement.
The given basis argument is not equal to 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4.
_TAG_! error – Occurs when:
The given issue, first_interest, or settlement arguments are not valid dates.
Any of the arguments provided is non-numeric.
When we input the issue and settlement dates, they should be entered as either:
References to cells that contain dates; or
Dates that are returned from formulas; or
If we attempt to input these date arguments as text, Excel may incorrectly interpret them, due to different date systems or date interpretation settings.
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Giant Wombat Fossils found in Australia - This Prehistoric 14 foot monster complete skeleton was found in australia. today the news about this giant wombat circulated all over internet such as on Telegraph or even at dailymail. This Giant eating diprotodon roamed the country around 2.5 million years ago and became extinct about 55,000 years ago.
Palaeontologists in Queensland said they had unearthed a virtually complete skeleton of a diprotodon, a giant wombat-like creature known for its massive tusks and tiny brain.
The diprotodon, about the size of a rhinoceros, was found on a remote cattle station in an area rich in the remains of prehistoric megafauna. The discovery of a virtually complete fossil makes it one of Australia's most significant prehistoric discoveries.
Until the Queensland discovery, the most complete specimen was found at Tambar Springs in New South Wales.
Scientists were excited to discover that on one rib there was a small square hole, believed to have been made by a spear while the bone was still fresh.
Now palaeontologists are hoping that more clues about the creature will be found in the newly-discovered Queensland bones. Here's the Reconstruction Pictures of this Prehistoric Monster a Giant Wombat
Via : Daily Mail and Telegraph
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Vätti is a district of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the north of the city centre. The area consists mostly of parkland, but there is also a high-density residential area in the district as well as some low-density developments. There is also an old people's home in Vätti.
The current population of Vätti is 2,990, and it is decreasing at an annual rate of 0.07%. 11.30% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 30.60% are over 65. The district's linguistic makeup is 95.45% Finnish, 2.37% Swedish, and 2.17% other.
Vatti may refer to:
- Vätti, a district of the city of Turku, in Finland.
- Vatti clipping algorithm, a computer graphics algorithm used in clipping arbitrary polygons


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Steve Rock spoke to the Madisonville Community Council
in mid-June about an update and a request. He and a team of volunteers
plan to convert a derelict industrial building on Whetsel Avenue into an
urban farm and education center, employing the latest technology to
grow fresh meat and produce in the neighborhood.
response of the more than 50 people in attendance showed that innovation
is not just about ideas and experiments; it's also about connecting
with people and building community support.
"I think education is
huge in this project," says Rock, an environmental engineer by trade
who has taken on the urban farm project in his spare time, partly to see
if some of its more unusual ideas will work. He spent part of the
meeting - and much of the time afterward - explaining various aspects of
the project: a system of vertical integration would grow both
hydroponic vegetables and tilapia in the building (a former laundry)
using waste from the fish to fertilize the plants. A classroom and
community gardens would help area residents learn about agriculture and
grow their own food. And a program to train at-risk youth would help
staff the facility while improving the employment prospects for its
But questions also revolved around the building
itself. Madisonville Community Council president Bob Igoe explained that
the building, which has been vacant for years, is slated for
demolition. "We've got to be confident Steve can make this thing work,
or we're going to be stuck with [the building] for another year," Igoe
Several Madisonville residents asked pointed questions
about timelines and the likelihood of the project getting grant funding;
Igoe pointed this out as an indication - the project's merits aside -
that city residents wanted to see progress in their community.
"You have a room full of people who have had a handful of promises for decades," he says.
the end of the meeting, the community voted to place a three-month stay
on the demolition. This gives Rock time to try to secure grant funding,
showing the community the project can raise the $500,000 to $1 million
he estimates it will take to launch. Volunteers have launched a website
and have drafted handouts to help spread the word about the project, and
Rock said he hopes to hear about grant funding prior to the community
council's next meeting on the project, planned for September.By Matt Cunningham
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21 November 2021
The Andrews Labor Government is preserving Victoria's past with the Local History Grants program, making the state's rich history and the lived stories behind it more accessible to all Victorians.
Minister for Government Services Danny Pearson today announced $350,000 for the program which will support projects that preserve, record and share Victoria's history.
Managed by Public Record Office Victoria, the program is now accepting applications for funding up to $15,000 per project, for local historians and community organisations across the state.
The Local History Grants have seen the diverse tapestry of Victoria's local history enshrined, with last year's fund attracting 52 community groups who explored their unique stories across multiple mediums. Museum of Chinese Australian History delivered Chinese Australian family stories in a podcast series, while Forum on Australia's Islamic Relations created video stories depicting challenges faced by Turkish migrants in regional Victoria from 1968 to 1974. Palais Arts Fund captured oral histories in a series of events held at Geelong's Palais, setting the stories against a backdrop of the city's evolution into a multicultural metropolis. Other successful projects have helped reach more Victorians by capturing the state's history in new ways, including interactive online exhibitions, e-books and apps.
Community groups can apply for funding at _URL_.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Government Services Danny Pearson
"Capturing Victoria's diverse history allows us to celebrate, reflect and learn – which is why we're supporting the innovative and creative work to keep our history alive through the Local History Grants program."
"This funding for community and history groups will help to preserve and share Victoria's rich local history for generations to come."
Quote attributable to Public Record Office Victoria Director and Keeper of Public Records Justine Heazlewood
"From sports club and school anniversary projects, to historical society and museum collection preservation works, we encourage all groups committed to sharing Victoria's history to apply for the Local History Grants Program."


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Heaven and Hope
The Wilderness Society 2010-2011, "Heaven and Hope" written by Jeff Rennicke
The lands that belong to all Americans have long provided wilderness, recreation, and heavenly scenery. Now, scientists say, protecting them just might hold our best hope of saving the planet.
"As confusing as these numbers seem, one number is increasingly clear, says Harvey Locke of The WILD Foundation: 50 percent. For decades, according to Locke, conservationists pushed for protection of 10 to 12 percent of the Earth as a "politically acceptable" goal. "When those other targets were set they were bold and visionary," he says, "but the world has changed and those…targets no longer conform to what we've come to understand scientifically nor to the current very serious conditions that exist around the world for nature."
His ambitious goal is the target of a new program called "Nature Needs Half," which seeks the designation of at least 50 percent of the world's terrestrial surface to a level defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. That would require the protection of some tribal, corporate, and private lands, yet its success will depend mostly on the protection of our cherished public lands.


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Northallerton lecture by descendant of key figure in US history
12:11pm Sunday 30th December 2012 in News
A DESCENDANT of a man who helped shape America's history, is set to give a talk.
Jeremiah Dixon was responsible for helping create America's Mason-Dixon line, which divided the slave-owning Southern states from abolitionist Northern states during the civil war.
Jeremiah Dixon, from Cockfield, County Durham, was commissioned 250 years ago by King George III to help resolve a dispute over boundary lines between the English colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania in the US.
Maryland had been founded in 1632 by the Calvert family from Kiplin Hall, North Yorkshire, as a refuge for English Catholics. About 50 years later, neighbouring Pennsylvania was created by the Quaker William Penn and inhabited by the more aggressive Puritans.
Although surveying was in its infancy, accurate boundary measurements were required to prevent continuing argument, so the royal astronomer at the Greenwich Observatory recommended his assistant Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, from Cockfield to undertake a boundary survey.
It took five years and proved one of the great technological feats of the century.
The boundary became the Mason-Dixon, which defined the boundary of freedom for escaping black slaves and the dividing line between Southern and Northern states in the civil war.
Now one of his direct descendants, John Dixon, is to host a talk entitled Jeremiah Dixon; Revered in America, Forgotten at Home, for Northallerton and District Local History Society.
It will take place at the Sacred Heart Church Hall on Thirsk Road, Northallerton at 7pm on Tuesday, January 8. Non-members are welcome at a nominal admission charge of £2.50, while students under 18 will be admitted free.
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New funding encourages solar energy in schools
Homeowners may be interested to hear about how schools across Australia have started to incorporate the use of solar energy to reduce their energy bills.
This may be worth noting for any households looking for ways to cut the amount of power they use. In addition to this, residents may wish to compare electricity prices of a few different providers.
The government's investment of $24 million in 804 Australian schools was part of the latest round of National Solar Schools Program funding, announced on Friday (September 14).
Overall, the funding will help to pay for the installation of solar energy systems and it will help the schools to implement energy efficient techniques to reduce power use.
The aim of the initiative is to cut the amount of carbon emissions that schools are producing, climate change and energy efficiency parliamentary secretary Mark Dreyfus said.
"Smarter, cleaner energy use in our schools, home and local community buildings means we're creating less pollution and saving money," Mr Dreyfus added.
Thanks to this scheme, more than 5,300 primary and secondary schools have received $217 million to install renewable energy systems which has assisted them in improving their energy efficiency.
With many schools taking advantage of solar power - now may be the time for you to consider how it may help you to reduce the cost of your electricity at home.
"The National Solar Schools Program allows students, teachers and parents to learn from and enjoy the benefits of renewable energy and lowering carbon pollution first-hand," he concluded.
While initially the cost of solar power can be on the expensive side - in the long-run, it has the potential to become a more sustainable energy source.


that Pi will generate 4-digit code itself, you do not edit anything and just click Submit.
If the Pi application verifies that you have successfully verified your account.
7. How to draw Pi?
You cannot withdraw the Pi. You will be able to withdraw Pi or exchange Pi for other currencies during Phase 3 of the project, when Pi switches to a completely decentralized blockchain. Phase 1 of Project Pi is on March 14, 2019 (Pi Day). In Stage 1, your balance is being recorded to wait for the day Pi reaches the mainnet (Phase 3). The transfer or withdrawal of Pi is restricted until the mainnet launch, to prevent fraudulent actions, such as clone users to dig Pi, then transfer Pi to another account and legalize the process. verify your account and use that nefarious Pi number.
8. Should you dig Pi on multiple phones?
No, you SHOULD NOT dig PI on many devices. Pi Network adheres to a strict rule, meaning that only one account can be used per person. Pi Network uses a multi-pronged strategy to ensure that fake accounts cannot exploit Pi
First, the Pi network uses Google Recaptcha v3 to know which devices are operated by humans or robots. (This technology is completely invisible to most users, because they are real people, but robots can see the captcha if the google algorithm captures them.) Over time, Pi Network is developing a machine learning algorithm based on actual user exploitation behavior to predict bots.
Second, the Pi consensus algorithm (security circle) makes it easy to detect fake accounts. The fake account will not have enough real people to link to them through the security circle. Thus fake accounts will have less linkage with the rest of the network. This anomaly is easy to detect with computer algorithms.
Finally, when Pi enters Stage 3 and 4 - Mainnet, only authenticated accounts can exist. Buy
9. Where to buy and sell Pi?
Currently, there is only 1 exchange, AACoin listed PI (_URL_ in the form of short purchase and sale, meaning that they buy and sell PI but do not actually own any PI. Because PIs have not been withdrawn until entering phase 3 (mainnet), all PI trading platforms are fraudulent. The Pi Core team also issued a warning. In addition, users should not buy and sell Pi transactions on the black market through the sale of accounts, because all of us have not been able to price Pi, so there are many potential risks.
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Links for PMC's new and old.
With the.12 patch looming, and new players joining all the time, I thought I would create a post containing all the best and most relevant links to websites to aide new and old players alike. Below you will find a comprehensive list of the most useful pages I have found so far. Hope this is helpful, if you think it is, feel free to save the thread and share it to any new threads that pop up with titles like 'New player, how do I find this key/exit' or 'New player, what mods can I use for this gun', etc. If it gets enough upvotes and people think it is a good resource, I will keep it updated. Enjoy :D
This is a really handy resource as far as an ''outdated'' page for creating weapon builds from EFTDB. Select weapon at top, then select a mod for each slot. At the bottom of the page it will show you where you can buy the mods you selected and a rough price [actual price depends on various factors], along with the trader level required.
Note-1: If you mouse-hover the mods it will show its effect on weapon stats.
Note-2: It seems EFTDB is a bit outdated as some weapons and/or mods are missing, and trader levels may be different to current build. I still find it a really handy resource though, due to the ability to create weapon builds. Would love to see it updated.
This site has been mentioned as an alternative to EFTDB for making weapon builds, created by TarkovArmory. This one seems to be up to date, but is lacking pictures. They also seem to have a pretty good ammo chart on their website. Worth checking out.
As EFTDB is slightly out of date, you certainly can find all the up to date information on weapon attachments from the Gamepedia pages [below]. Select a weapon to see which mods will fit on it, or search the mod's name to be taken to its specific page. Or check the weapon mods page for tables of the mods and their +/- on attributes.
Below is a spreadsheet that shows the Optimum Weapon Builds for each weapon, created by Virion. So if you are a min/maxer, and don't want to go through the agony of experimenting with every mod for every weapon, this is a handy resource. The ones in BOLD are the current 'best' of their calibre/category.
Note: As mentioned on the spreadsheet itself, some of the images are outdated.
Another handy page from EFTDB is this one which shows each Tactical Rig, the rough price, if it can be traded for and from whom and what Loyalty Level required; along with the layout of the slots available in handy images.
Note: As mentioned above, EFTDB is slightly outdated, for example, there are a few rigs missing from this page. At the bottom of this article is a link to an infographic created by Veritas, which has a section showing all current rigs.
This is a good place to find all the best maps, compiled by GameMaps.co.uk but created by various people. I suggest where possible, when learning any raid, it can be helpful to have a map open on a second monitor if you have one, until you learn your way around. With enough experience you will learn the maps and points of interest better than the back of your hand, so the more you play the less you will need it. There is a selection of high quality maps for each raid, I am sure everyone will prefer one or another, I prefer the 3D maps where available. Some maps show spawns for keys and quest items/locations.
Next is the best place to find all the quests, and quest-guides. The folks who contribute to the Tarkov Gamepedia page are legit legends. Select the trader to see a table of their quests and rewards. Click on any individual quest and you will be greeted by a detailed guide of how to complete the quest, along with handy pictures and maps where necessary.
To go along with this, a handy guide to items you should be hoarding to finish quests. So you can be collecting things from your first raid you might use to complete a quest 2 weeks later. This image is updated when the quests are. There used to be a text-based list, which I found really handy, because I copy/pasted into a.txt file and updated it when I found new items from the list, this sadly I can no longer find.
If you want to know what the traders sell at loyalty level 4, but you are only LL1, these pages will give you an overview of what each trader has at each level. You can also see a table of their quests too if you expand that option, but I find the previous link provided above is handier for that purpose to be honest.
The Rapist - _URL_
Skier - _URL_
Peacekeeper - _URL_
Mechanic - _URL_
Ragman - _URL_
Note-1: Fence Trader only sells things that PMC's have traded to him, can be a handy place to find rare items sometimes [less so since the flea market was launched], but items generally are cheaper to buy directly from the traders if you have the required loyalty levels.
Note-2: The Flea Market is a player driven system where you can buy and sell items. Some items will be up for Roubles/Euros/Dollars and some will be up for trade for other items people might require.
Note-3: A few items, such as melee weapons can only be sold to Fence, or put on the Flea Market. Other items can only be sold to certain traders, for instance Therapist will not buy weapons, but is the only trader that will take meds from you [other than fence].
Note-4: Several items can be sold to several traders, but you will get a different price depending on which trader you sell it to. For instance, Therapist will give you the highest price for rare items like Roosters/Clocks/Rollers/Bitcoins/Gold Chains/Cat Figurines/Lion Statues.
Note-5: Even though certain items have a high price to trade in, it might be worth holding onto them to trade in for other items. For example, you can trade in 1 roller and 5 gold chains to Therapist for a Money Case, which you can then sell back to her for more money than if you just sold her the individual items, or can be put on the Flea Market if you prefer.
Below is a site showing a table of Barter Trades created by Sheiddy. It provides information regarding which items can be given to each trader in return for other items. It also displays where the original items can often be found, and the rough price of the items you can receive if you were to pay


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Is there a tool that can allow me to compile Ruby code so that it runs somewhat faster?
For example, I have heard that there is a tool for Python called "pyc" that allows us to compile the code, so that it runs 10 times faster.
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 The only use of the term "pyc" I am aware of is as the file extension for bytecode. There's Cython which is a different language that can be used to write fairly low-level code that gladly talks to Python (it accepts vanilla Python, but at best gives you one or two percent performance if you don't add type annotations). There's also PyPy which can achive tremedous speedups but you propably wouldn't consider it a compiler, as it's a JIT compiler. Also see stackoverflow.com/questions/_PHONE_/… for why this is a flawed idea. – user395760 May 5 '11 at 18:18
 - pyc is just bytecode python, its not "10 times faster", it runs at precisely the same speed, however there might be a slightly faster bootup time as it doesnt need to convert the python code to bytecode at the start. – Shayne Jun 26 '16 at 23:58
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The simple answer is that you can't, at least with MRI 1.8 (the standard). This is because 1.8 works by walking the Abstract Syntax Tree. Python, Ruby 1.9, JRuby, and Rubinius use byte code, which allows compilation to an Intermediate Representation (byte code). From MRI Ruby 2.3 it has become easy to do this, see this answer below.
With Rubinius, you can do something as described in this post: _URL_
In JRuby you can use the "Ahead Of Time" compiler through, I believe, jrubyc.
This isn't really the standard way of doing things and you're generally better off just letting your Ruby implementation handle it like it wants to. Rubinius, at least, will cache byte code after the first compilation, updating it as it needs to.
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From ruby 2.3.0 its so easy to compile your source code to bytecodes that the Ruby-VM understands.
byte_code = RubyVM::InstructionSequence.compile_file '/home/john/somefile.rb'
File.binwrite '/home/john/bytecode', byte_code.to_binary
and in Command Line
$ cat bytecode
YARB�
IUsx86_64-linux*.*1
+1�!AA*1
!qy��������yyQ� E/home/john/somefile.rbE<main>E <class:A>EshivaEhelloEAEputsEcore#define_methodu����� 5M
The content of the file
class A
 def shiva
 puts 'hello'
 end
end
What is the purpose?
Well, ruby takes time to compile your source code into byte codes so you can load your bytecodes directly into ruby and execute. No overhead of grammar checking and compilation. It much faster than normal processes.
How to load byte code?
bytecode = File.binread('/home/john/bytecode')
instruction_from_byte_code = RubyVM::InstructionSequence.load_from_binary bytecode
instruction_from_byte_code.eval
# => :shiva
Note: This answer is tested in MRI only. It might or might not work in other Ruby Implementations
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 - This is great thank you. I had to use File.binread rather than File.readbin, is that a typo? – Obromios Aug 30 '17 at 22:50
 - Perhaps, it was Ruby 2.4.1 – Obromios Sep 2 '17 at 1:19
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I know this is an old question but I found a very interesting project that may provide an answer to your question: _URL_
It basically compiles Ruby to native machine code. That's not exactly true because Crystal is not exactly Ruby and you might have to make some modifications to your code. There are also libraries that are not supported (yet) but to me it all looks very promising.
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In the beginning of 2013 there is not a way to translate Ruby into C/C++ source and then compile it.
However, I heard Matz (Yukihiro Matsumoto) say that a researcher is creating this tool in Japan. The project should be founded by the Japanese government.
Otherwise you could use JRuby and compile it in Java byte-code or you could use Rubinius. Rubinius compiles automatically in byte-code (JIT compiler) for the Rubinius VM. It is possible to convert Rubinius in byte-code into LLVM IR and LLVM can generate machine code.
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 No I think someone is developing something like Hip Hop for PHP – rtacconi Oct 31 '13 at 9:36
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Check the Unholy git repo
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 I wouldn't recommend unholy. It seems like mostly a proof-of-concept, it takes a dependency on the python vm, and _why is not coming back. – Gabe Moothart May 5 '11 at 18:21
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The following "selfcontained" ruby test-case is based on the examples from this very thread, from the comment/answer of the user named illusionist.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#==========================================================================
# This file is in public domain.
# The code of this file is based on the code fragments at the
# 2018_12_09 version of the:
#
# _URL_
#
# This file has been tested with the ruby version
#
# ruby 2.5.1p57 (2018-03-29 revision 63029) [x86_64-linux]
#
#-----start--of--the--boilerplate------------------------------------------
s_fp_home=ENV["HOME"].to_s
s_fp_tmp=s_fp_home+"/tmp" # using /tmp can be a security risk
s_fp_demofolder=s_fp_tmp+"/ruby_bytecode_usage_demo_01"
def create_folder_if_needed(s_fp_in)
 if !Dir.exists? s_fp_in
 Dir.mkdir(s_fp_in)
 if !Dir.exists? s_fp_in
 raise(Exception.new("\n\n Folder creation failed.\n"+
 "GUID=='d6e409cb-e072-4441-9421-22630190c2e7'\n"))
 end # if
 end # if
end # create_folder_if_needed
create_folder_if_needed(s_fp_tmp)
create_folder_if_needed(s_fp_demofolder)
s_rand=""
7.times{s_rand<<("_"+rand(100).to_s)}
s_fp_bytecode=s_fp_demofolder+"/awesome_bytecode"+s_rand
s_fp_src=s_fp_demofolder+"/x"+s_rand+".rb"
if File.exists? s_fp_src
 raise(Exception.new("\n\n This file should not exist yet.\n"+
 " s_fp_src=="+s_fp_src+"\n"+
 "GUID=='43ab3d45-1324-47af-9441-22630190c2e7'\n"))
end # if
IO.write(s_fp_src,"puts('');puts('Greetings from bytecode!');puts('')")
if !File.exists? s_fp_src
 raise(Exception.new("\n\n The file \n"+s_fp_src+"\n is missing.\n"+
 "GUID=='4aeb5e54-efe0-4111-a851-22630190c2e7'\n"))
end # if
#-----start--of--the--core--of--the--demo----------------------------------
bytecode_out = RubyVM::InstructionS


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Jinan new fence is a kind of profile material which is processed by machine pressing, painting, bending and so on. It is suitable for construction site, road maintenance and construction site. It is a kind of light-weight and external barrier plate. Its fire-proof, waterproof, moisture-proof and light weight are widely used. As a new type of enclosure, new color steel is widely used in construction projects of construction units. So what are the advantages of the new color steel enclosure? How to install it? Let's have a look with Jinan color steel plate manufacturer today!
1. Before the installation of the new type of enclosure, the lower foundation for brick masonry or concrete pouring and tamping is usually formed in the civil engineering. The guardrail can be fixed in the middle part of the lower foundation by means of mechanical expansion bolt, chemical screw inspection, etc. for straight-line uniform distribution.
2. If the lower foundation of the new color steel enclosure has not been formed, it is suggested to increase the length of the column steel lining and embed it in the wall directly, and then the formal construction can be carried out after the wall maintenance period; or the prefabricated embedded parts are laid in the wall plane and then the column steel lining is welded with the embedded parts by electric welding. The two methods are more solid than the bolt connection, but pay attention to the straight line and horizontal line in the preset.
3. The spacing of column steel lining shall be consistent with the design size to ensure that the pre assembled semi-finished products can be connected with it.
4. Pull two parallel lines at the upper and lower limits of the whole section of the straight line distance as the installation and adjustment benchmark. Ensure the straightness of the upper and lower ends after the completion of guardrail installation.
5. The horizontal and vertical steel linings of the guardrail have been installed and connected before leaving the factory, and the reinforcement fittings of each bearing point have also been installed in place. Only the horizontal linings of the guardrail and the column need to be connected and fixed during the site construction.
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APPLICATION OF FUZZY LOGIC FOR CONTROLLING MECHANISM OF RELATIVE MANIPULATION ROBOT (MRM ROBOT)
Keywords:mechanism of relative manipulation robot (MRM robot), fuzzy logic, fuzzy control
AbstractIn robot control, mathematical equations describing dynamic behaviors of robots are usually complicated. Additionally, the components such as inertial and friction parameters appearing in these equations are very difficult to determine exactly. With robots having complex structure such as parallel robots, MRM robots etc., the derivation of dynamic equations becomes more difficult and sometimes cannot obtain analytically. In those cases, controlling robot based on its equations of motion is quite hard. Applying fuzzy logic for robot control can overcome the mentioned drawbacks. This is because fuzzy control algorithm gives favorable condition to deal with the lack of adequation as well as inaccuracy of components in robot's dynamic equations. Furthermore, the fuzzy rules are created by clauses which based on human logic, so it is easily to understand and implement. This paper discusses the application of fuzzy logic for controlling MRM robots. To compare the results obtained from fuzzy control, this paper are also adressed the use of the computed torque algorithm to control MRM robots
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