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How do you break down a tractor tire?
Use a sledgehammer or crowbar to break the bead of the tire. If you have a large tractor tire, use a sledgehammer to strike the tire just above the edge of the rim where they connect to break the bead. Continue hitting the tire around the entire circumference of the rim to break the seal completely.
How do you break a stubborn tire bead?
Basically what you do is just leave a a couple psi of air in the tires, and lay the wheel on its side, and step on the tire with your foot. It is a tight fit, but use your body weight to break the bead. This works, done it several times.
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The tire is held to the rim by an area called the bead. The sidewall in between the bead and tread surface is relatively weak on steel belted radial tires. You can cut though it with a the drywall knife pictured. You will however need a saw blade or cutoff wheel for the bead wires.
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Huddled masses at the border put difficult focus on Trudeau's tweet
A senior White House adviser quibbled last week with the words inscribed below the Statue of Liberty. Meanwhile, some of America's huddled masses were crossing a ditch from New York State into Quebec in hopes of finding new freedom in Canada.
While the White House quibbles with the Statue of Liberty, Canada's openness is tested
An RCMP officer directs new arrivals at the Roxham Road border crossing, where thousands have entered Quebec illegally from the United States since January. (CBC)
Last week, a senior adviser to the president of the United States stood before reporters at the White House and quibbled with the famous words inscribed below the Statue of Liberty.
"I don't want to get off into a whole thing about history here, but the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of liberty and lighting the world," Stephen Miller said on Wednesday after a reporter suggested President Donald Trump's plan to reduce and limit immigration was not in keeping with the spirit of Lady Liberty and the famous call to "give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free."
"The poem that you're referring to, that was added later, is not actually a part of the original Statue of Liberty," Miller said.
The New Colussus was indeed added to the site in 1903, 17 years after the statue was officially raised in New York Harbour. But it was penned by Emma Lazarus in 1883 as part of a fundraiser to help cover the costs of building the base upon which the United States put its large gift from the French.
As Miller was attempting to parse the Statue of Liberty's meaning, huddled masses were crossing a ditch from New York State to Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec, in hopes of finding new freedom in Canada.
About 60 kilometres north, Montreal's Olympic stadium — another national monument, bestowed upon Canada by a Frenchman — was being converted into a temporary sanctuary to accommodate the influx of those seeking asylum.
Such scenes come seven months after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau famously tweeted a welcome to those yearning to be free.
So it might be tempting at this moment to suggest it is Canada, not the U.S., that is worthy of Lazarus' words.
But, of course, ideals are easier versed in poetry, or a tweet, than put into practice.
"I think the message is very clear that Canada is a country that understands that immigration, welcoming refugees, is a source of strength for our communities," Trudeau said on Friday, when asked about his message to the world.
But, he added, "protecting Canadians' confidence in the integrity of our system allows us to continue to be open."
Trump's Canadian-style proposal
What the Trump administration actually endorsed this week was a Republican plan to make the American immigration more Canadian. The plan unveiled on Wednesday would have immigrants admitted according to a points-based system, similar to what Canada has used since 1967.
But the White House would also cut the U.S. intake by half over a decade.
By contrast, the Trudeau government raised its target for 2017.
But with each wave of irregular arrivals at the border, the Canadian debate threatens to take a turn toward the American.
Compared to the United States, Canada has had it easy.
A porous border with Mexico has long made illegal immigration a profound issue in American politics, the construction of a wall between the two countries being a defining issue of Trump's candidacy.
There has been, conversely, little to no concern about uncontrolled entry into Canada from the United States.
But the crowds gathering in Quebec this summer are the second significant wave of arrivals, following the stream of asylum seekers who came into Manitoba this spring.
Asylum Assembly Line: A Quebec border crossing is bustling with asylum seekers worried about being kicked out of the U.S.
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A Quebec border crossing has turned into an assembly line for asylum seekers leaving the U.S. for Canada 3:23
The Liberal government's options are limited.
Suspending the third-country agreement between the U.S. and Canada would be provocative and perhaps difficult to justify, and could result in even more people turning up at Canada's official ports of entry.
Closing the "loophole" in the agreement that allows asylum seekers to enter Canada outside official crossings depends on the White House's willingness to co-operate. Even then, in making it easier to turn arrivals away, the Liberals could undermine Trudeau's claim to welcome the world.
Ensuring the system works
Trudeau's famous tweet could be inscribed on a plaque facing the Atlantic Ocean (or that ditch on the edge of Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle), but it wouldn't amount to public policy. At the very least, a few footnotes would have to be added.
"We discourage irregular crossings," Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen told CBC Radio's The House this week, adding that "it's not a free ride."
Some number — maybe even a significant number — of those turning up at that ditch are going to end up being told they can't stay.
In lieu of fundamentally reshaping the border agreement, the Liberals must at least ensure the rest of the process is in order and under control: that asylum claims are expeditiously heard, that local services and authorities are able to accommodate new arrivals and that those whose claims are rejected are promptly dealt with.
But border facilities are showing signs of strain, and refugee boards are already overwhelmed.
Quebec's Minister of Immigration Kathleen Weil said the daily number of asylum seekers at the border has tripled in the last two weeks
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MPs - Marc Miller, Michelle Rempel and Jenny Kwan debate what must be done 10:29
When processes fail, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel argued in June, "you start getting politicized rhetoric that's polarized on the right and the left, instead of being compassionate about people. And that's the government's fault."
That's probably fair, even if it doesn't excuse those who would polarize (in the spring, the Conservatives themselves sought to cast border crossings as a public safety issue).
Maybe this latest surge — apparently bolstered by Haitians fearing deportation from the United States — will be the last. But it's not hard to imagine Trump's policies inspiring more people to flee.
At the White House on Wednesday, Miller eventually challenged the reporter to put a number to the words inscribed below the Statue of Liberty.
"In 1970, when we let in 300,000 people a year, was that violating or not violating the Statue of Liberty law of the land?" he asked. "In the 1990s, when it was half a million a year, was it violating or not violating the Statue of Liberty law of the land?"
Underneath such bluster was maybe something of a point: no country can declare itself open to anyone and everyone who arrives at its door.
Though a nation could still be expected to strive to live up to the inscriptions on its statues or even the tweet of its leader.
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No more fossil-fueled buildings in Bellingham
October 1, 2020
By Ingrid Archibald, SAFE Cities Field Organizer
Sorry to frighten you, but it's October now, which means it's time for tricks and treats. Ghosts, witches, and goblins are scary – but you know what shouldn't be? The buildings we work and live in.
Here's a spooky fact: burning gas in buildings (think: heating and gas stoves) is one of the biggest sources of climate pollution in Bellingham. Plus, gas-powered buildings have significantly worse indoor air quality than buildings that run on electricity.
But the sweet thing is that Bellingham can be the first city in Washington to build only all-electric, carbon-free new buildings.
Last year, the city's Climate Action Task Force put out a list of policies that City Council should pass to reduce Bellingham's climate impact and safeguard our future. One of these recommended actions is to make all new buildings electric, so that Bellingham builds clean, carbon-free buildings that won't rely on fossil fuels.
It's been nearly a year since the Task Force put forward its recommendations, but City Council hasn't made them into policy yet. Last month's deadly wildfires showcase just how urgently we need to get off fossil fuels to slow further climate disruption.
We can't afford to let any more time go by.
Burning gas pollutes our air, leaks harmful methane, and puts our buildings at risk of explosion. It's a bad idea to hook buildings up to fossil gas, especially when there's a better option.
It's time to build for the clean energy future…not the fossil-fueled past.
Bellingham can be a real climate leader, for Washington state and the nation. We know we have a real chance to pass this policy before the end of the year and create a livable future for our communities – but only if the Mayor and Council make it a priority.
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version of definition below. Definition 1: A prefix-closed live language L is said to be uniformly [1, ∞]-diagnosable with respect to a mask function M and Πf on Σf if the following holds: (∃nd ∈ N)(∀i ∈ Πf )(∀s ∈ L)(∀t ∈ L/s) [|t| ≥ nd ⇒ D∞ ] where N is the set of non-negative integers and the diagnosability condition D∞ is D∞ : (∀w ∈ M −1 M (st) ∩ L) [ Nwi ≥ Nsi ]. In [13], by letting counting delays depend on the trace executed by the system, the notion of nonuniform [1, ∞]diagnosability was defined. We also recall this notion below. Definition 2: A prefix-closed live language L is said to be nonuniformly [1, ∞]-diagnosable with respect to a mask function M and Πf on Σf if the following holds: (∀i ∈ Πf )(∀s ∈ L)(∃ndi ∈ N)(∀t ∈ L/s) [|t| ≥ ndi ⇒ D∞ ] where N is the set of non-negative integers and the diagnosability condition D∞ is D∞ : (∀w ∈ M −1 M (st) ∩ L) [ Nwi ≥ Nsi ]. From the above definitions, we know that uniform [1, ∞]diagnosability implies nonuniform [1, ∞]-diagnosability. Note that the above definitions are based on multiple fault types. Hereafter, we only consider a single fault type (Πf = {Σf }), since multiple fault type characterization does not provide further insight in this paper. All results presented in this paper should be modifiable straightforwardly in order to be applied to multiple fault types.
In the following section, we develop algorithms for verifying uniform [1, ∞]-diagnosability and nonuniform [1, ∞]diagnosability. The developed algorithms improve the ones presented in [13]. IV. V ERIFICATION OF R EPEATED FAULT D IAGNOSABILITY Let A be a finite-state automaton generating the behavior of the system and let M be a mask function for events defined over ΣA . We construct a directed graph G(A, M ) = (V (A), E(A, M )) in order to track the fault difference of two system traces producing the same masked trace. For notational convenience, we may drop the dependency notation of G(A, M ), when it is considered to be clear from the context. The construction procedure follows the one presented in [13] and attached as an appendix at the end of the paper. The following two verification theorems improve the corresponding presentations appeared in [13]. Let C be the set of all cycles of G. Theorem 1: L(A) is nonuniformly [1, ∞]-diagnosable w.r.t. M and Σf if and only if for all C :=< v1 , v2 , . . . , vn+1 >∈ C where v1 = vn+1 , the following three conditions hold: 1) (∃i ∈ {1, . . . , n})[−1 ∈ w[(vi , vi+1 )]] ⇒ (∃j ∈ ˆ {1, . . . , n})[w[(vj , vj+1 )] ∈ 2{0,+1} \ ∅]; this condition guarantees eventual fault counting. 2) (∀i ∈ {1, . . . , n})[0− ∈ w[(vi , vi+1 )]] ⇒ (∀i ∈ {1, . . . , n + 1})[short[vi ] ≥ 0]; this condition handles unobservable cycles. 3) (∀i ∈ {1, . . . , n})[{0− , 0, 0+ } ∩ w[(vi , vi+1 )] 6= ∅] ∧ (∃i ∈ {1, . . . , n})[0 ∈ w[(vi , vi+1 )]] ⇒ (∀i ∈ {1, . . . , n + 1})[short[vi ] = 0]; this condition handles observable non-faulty cycles. The above result can be utilized for the polynomial-time verification of nonuniform [1, ∞]-diagnosability. Let |QA | = n1 and |ΣA | = n2 . Theorem 2: Let A be a deterministic automaton. The nonuniform [1, ∞]-diagnosability of L(A) with respect to M and Σf can be decided with O(min(n31 · n22 , n51 )) time and O(min(n21 · n22 , n41 )) space. The set-weighted, directed graph G can be utilized in order to verify uniform [1, ∞]-diagnosability as follows. The underlined condition 1 replaces the condition 1 of Theorem 1. Theorem 3: L(A) is uniformly [1, ∞]-diagnosable w.r.t. M and Σf iff the following three conditions hold. 1) (∀v ∈ V )[−∞ < short[v] < inf ]; this guarantees the uniformly bounded delay counting. 2) (∀i ∈ {1, . . . , n})[0− ∈ w[(vi , vi+1 )]] ⇒ (∀i ∈ {1, . . . , n + 1})[short[vi ] ≥ 0]; this condition handles unobservable cycles. 3) (∀i ∈ {1, . . . , n})[{0− , 0, 0+ } ∩ w[(vi , vi+1 )] 6= ∅] ∧ (∃i ∈ {1, . . . , n})[0 ∈ w[(vi , vi+1 )]] ⇒ (∀i ∈ {1, . . . , n + 1})[short[vi ] = 0]; this condition handles observable non-faulty cycles. The above result can be utilized for the polynomial-time verification of uniform [1, ∞]-diagnosability. Note that, when A is a deterministic finite-state automaton, the worst case
Time complexity Space complexity
Algorithm in [6] O(n41 · n22 ) O(min(n41 · n22 , n61 ))
New algorithm O(min(n31 · n22 , n51 )) O(min(n21 · n22 , n41 ))
TABLE I C OMPARISON OF VERIFICATION ALGORITHMS FOR UNIFORM [1, ∞]- DIAGNOSABILITY
computational complexity of the algorithm in [6] becomes O(n41 · n22 ) time and O(min(n41 · n22 , n61 )) space. The following result shows that the verification algorithm utilizing Theorem 3 reduces the computational efforts. Theorem 4: Let A be a deterministic finite-state automaton. The uniform [1, ∞]-diagnosability of L(A) with respect to M and Σf can be decided with O(min(n31 · n22 , n51 )) time and O(min(n21 · n22 , n41 )) space. Table I compares the worst case computational efforts of the algorithm in [6] and our verification algorithm for uniform [1, ∞]-diagnosability. Remark 1: In [13], we showed that uniform [1, ∞]diagnosability implies nonuniform [1, ∞]-diagnosability, but not vice versa. The difference between Theorems 2 and 3 lies in the condition 1. The condition 1 of Theorem 3 implies the condition 1 of Theorem 2, but not vice versa. Remark 2: Note that the condition 1 of Theorem 2 does not require the shortest path computation, which is the dominating step regarding the computational complexity of the algorithm. The second condition of Theorem 2 does not need to be checked if there is no unobservable cycle in the automaton A. The third condition of Theorem 2 is required to be checked only if there is a fault free cycle in the automaton A. Therefore, we can decide if the shortest path computation is required by examining the existence of unobservable cycles and faultfree cycles of the automaton A. These examinations take O(n1 ·n2 ), which is significantly lower than those constructing G and computing the shortest paths of G. Therefore, if the automaton A is free of unobservable cycles and fault-free cycles, we only need to verify the condition 1 of Theorem 1 in order to verify nonuniform [1, ∞]-diagnosability. However, the condition 1 of Theorem 3 still requires to conduct the shortest path computation over G. V. O N - LINE D IAGNOSIS FOR R EPEATED FAULTS Building the deterministic observer automaton of a partiallyobserved automaton takes exponential time and space w.r.t. the number of state of the partially-observed automaton. The basic building block of off-line diagnoser construction relies on the construction of observer automaton and exponential computational complexity is carried over. To overcome this computational difficulty, on-line diagnosis


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Applications should include a detailed CV with at least two References and a cover letter. Please send your CV in English, writing in the subject the reference "Database Assistant" to the following e-mail address: [email protected]. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2022. Any CV submitted without reference will be disregarded.
The Database Assistant bears full responsibility for accurate and efficient management of all data coming from the field activities, as well as provides support to the Program teams with the data monitoring, and databasesformat development, completion and processing. Moreover, the Database Assistant is responsible for the good organization and filing of program databases archives, as well as for producing accurate and timely reports on program activities and beneficiary numbers.
Detailed responsibilities include:
Database processing and management:
- To provide AMEU, program, reporting and GIS units with relevant and accurate data outputs upon request;
- To develop beneficiary databases templates and contribute to the effective use of the templates by the program teams
- To maintain up-to-date databases as required, including across all relevant programs and supporting all relevant departments / units
- To code project-related questionnaires / forms using the software Open Data Kit and perform data extractions from the online ONA platform, upon request from AME manager and AME officers
- To ensure that up-to-date files are comprehensively stored electronically on the internal server in an organized and coherent way and files containing beneficiary data are password-protected, in line with ACTED's data protection policy
Data quality verification
- To check the quality of the data submitted by field staff and timely liaise with the AMEM and the field staff regarding missing data, eventual mistakes, data discrepancies and/or inconsistencies (e.g. lack of transparency, lack of accuracy, not in line with donor requirements, etc.)
- To clean data collected during assessments and flag any issues to the relevant departments
- To process and verify all data and information from field – in particular ensure quality, consistency, accuracy, coherence, comprehensiveness the data. Upon request from AME manager, this may include verifying the matching between existing hard copies and submitted soft copies;
- Provide regular and timely updates on progress and challenges to supervisors and other team members
- Perform any other related activities as assigned by immediate supervisor
Required personal qualities
The Database Assistant will be appraised on his/her demonstration of the qualities and competencies listed below as well as from carrying out of the duties in the previous section.
Required qualifications and experience
- BA, BSc on Computer Science, Information Management Systems (IMS) or related field, or relevant, MA, MSc;
- Solid competencies in Excel is strongly desirable.
- Fluency in Arabic and English is required (particularly written).
- Prior knowledge of ODK is preferred
- Experience working in international NGOs and/or UN in a similar position preferred;
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- Understanding the nature of work carried out by programs is necessary for ensuring the relevance and usability of the data entered. Therefore a proactive and self-motivated attitude towards gaining a good understanding of ACTED programs is essential.
- Willingness to learn and capacity to innovate; Database Assistant must be inventive and eager to improve his/her own skills, and be capable to adapt, shape and develop data processing tools best suited for ACTED's activities;
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Board Questions
1. What is the main benefit of postpyloric vs. gastric feeds?
a) Less interruption in feeds overall
b) Less risk of aspiration
c) Ability to bolus feeds as needed
d) All of the above
2. In which situation is the respiratory quotient (R) >1?
a) Carbohydrate metabolism
b) Fatty acid oxidation
c) Protein breakdown
d) Lipogenesis
3. How can one estimate basal caloric requirements in a pediatric patient?
a) Ask the dietician
b) Perform a REE
c) Use the 4-2-1 Rule
d) All of the above
1. A- While intuitively, it would seem that postpyloric feeds would reduce the risk of aspiration vs. gastric feed, studies in which feeds have been dyed with methylene blue and then tracheal aspirates examined to determine aspiration into the lungs have not revealed a significant difference in aspiration risk (Kamat et al, PCCM 2008). Postpyloric feeds typically enter the duodenum, and thus should NOT be bolused like gastric feeds. Hence, A is the correct answer as it does appear feeds are interrupted less when they are postpyloric vs. gastric.
2. D- The respiratory quotient is a dimensionless number and is the ratio of CO2 eliminated to O2 consumed. It is used in the alveolar gas equation. Normally, we use a value of 0.8 for R to represent a typical diet consisting of carbohydrates, fats, and protein. A pure fat diet would have a R of 0.7, a pure carbohydrate diet of 1.0 and a pure protein diet of around 0.8. During breakdown of carbohydrates for lipogenesis, the R value >1. The respiratory quotient can be important in a patient with difficulty ventilating as consideration of their nutritional intake and composition can affect the amount of CO2 they produce.
3. D- All of the above methods are acceptable for estimating basal energy requirements in our patients. A rough measure can be used utilizing the 4-2-1 rule devised by Holliday and Segar as while our common practice is to utilize 4-2-1 for maintenance fluid requirements, the actual calculations were done for caloric requirements, with the math working out so that 1 kcal= 1 cc maintenance fluid. While there are valid criticisms of Holliday and Segar's work from the 1950's, using the 4-2-1 is still a reasonable approach to estimate basal metabolic requirements in an otherwise healthy child. Asking the dietician and performing an REE can also give you estimates of resting energy expenditure or basal metabolic requirement.


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U.S. Geological Survey --EROS Data Center
The map below displays a gray relief of the flow direction grid for the 1 KM African DEM. The boxed in region identifies the Congo-Zaire flow channels and displays the complex amount of information that can be extracted from the DEM. The movement of water across the land surface is called runoff. The directions runoff flows across a DEM surface is called flow directions. The flow directions are determined by finding the steepest descent from each cell in the DEM. The distance and direction of descent is calculated by using the eight neighborhood process (ESRI, 1992) adapted from Jenson and Domingue (1988). Once flow directions are developed, basin delineation can be accomplished.
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There are a number of identification attributes associated with animal objects in PyPedal pedigrees. A description of those fields, as well as their default values, is provided in Table 6.1. This section describes the data structures provided for mapping between various animal IDs. Table 7.1 lists the four structures provided for ID mapping and lists the default values for pedigrees with integral (asd formats) and string (ASD formats) IDs. Renumbered PyPedal pedigree objects store animal objects in a list that is typically indexed by renumbered ID. When animal IDs are strings (see 3.5.1) they are hashed to an integer and the original ID is stored in a name field. In renumbered pedigrees the original ID is stored and replaced by a renumbered ID.
7.2 Animal Identification and Cross-References
Once your pedigree is renumbered it is quite easy to see how these maps can be used to convert between various IDs. The maps mean that you don't have to worry about renumbered IDs and can continue to think about your animals in terms of their original IDs, whether they be ID numbers or names. Consider the Newfoundland pedigree presented in Figure 9.4 - it is much more convenient to think about the dog named Kaptn Kvols von Widdersdorf, rather than the dog whose name was hashed to the ID 5523557808241831142 amd renumbered to 48. For example, suppose you wanted to determine his coefficient of inbreeding. It is simple to do using the maps:
example.namemap['Kaptn Kvols von Widdersdorf'] returns the original ID assigned to the name, while example.idmap[...] converts from the original ID to the renumbered ID. This sort of ID/name mapping is sued in a number of places in PyPedal, such as in the three generation pedigree routine in the pyp_reports module.
>>> example = pyp_newclasses.loadPedigree(optionsfile='newfoundland.ini')
>>> newf_f = pyp_nrm.inbreeding(example)
>>> print newf_f['fx'][example.idmap[example.namemap['Kaptn Kvols von Widdersdorf']]]
Note that if an animal has its original ID as its name, which is the default when integral IDs and no animal names are provided, the name is changed to the renumbered ID when the pedigree is renumbered.
See About this document... for information on suggesting changes.
Animal identification and cross-references.
SPMamp; asd format
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& Key & Value & Key & Value & Key & Value


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We notice that Oracle now uses a new method, basically performing a Full Table Scan of the table and processing the indexed column and associated rowid through the ORA_HASH function which in turn returns a computed hash value. The full table scan is a very efficient method of reading all related values from a table but putting each column value and rowid through the ORA-HASH function is a relatively expensive CPU intensive operation. Oracle then does the same for the index by performing an Index Fast Full Scan of the index and processing again the index column value and associated rowid through the ORA-HASH function. Again, this is a very efficient method of reading all values from an index but again relatively CPU intensive putting every indexed value and associated rowid through the ORA-HASH function.

Having performed this for both table and index, in theory if the data structures are indeed valid and non-corrupt, they should both return exactly the same results. So by performing a MINUS of both row sets, if no data is returned, we can be sure indeed all is well with both table/index. If however differences are detected, then there's some disparity between the data in the index and in the table and hence something is wrong. We'll have no idea exactly what the differences might be as we only have the resultant hash values to go by, but the analyze validate structure command can at least raise an error and say something is indeed wrong when validating the table and its associated indexes.

We would actually now need to perform an Analyze Validate Structure again (without the FAST option this time) to determine the exact cause of the issue, but assuming detecting an error is a very rare event, it's not an additional step we would ordinarily need to perform. So if by reading both table and index via multi-block Full Scans and processing the index data via the ORA-HASH function is "faster" and more efficient to determine nothing is actually wrong, then it's a reasonable strategy to take.

This processing is then repeated for every index associated with the table we're analyzing. So in theory, because we're only performing Full Table and Fast Full Index Scans, we end up performing far fewer multi-block I/Os calls and so can complete this whole Validate Structure processing "Faster".

However, Oracle needs to perform the ORA-HASH function operation for every column in every index, both within the table and associated indexes. So although we end up doing less I/Os, we end up burning much more CPU due to having to call the ORA-HASH function so often. If we look at the total resources when performing the "FAST" validate structure on exactly the same table:

OVERALL TOTALS FOR ALL NON-RECURSIVE STATEMENTS

call count cpu elapsed disk query current rows
------- ------ -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Parse 1 0.01 0.01 1 145 0 0
Execute 1 0.03 0.02 190294 _PHONE_ 2 0
Fetch 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0
------- ------ -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
total 2 0.04 0.03 190295 _PHONE_ 2 0

OVERALL TOTALS FOR ALL RECURSIVE STATEMENTS

call count cpu elapsed disk query current rows
------- ------ -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Parse 49 0.06 0.07 0 0 0 0
Execute 49 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 2
Fetch 46 830.63 878.62 190295 _PHONE_ 138 21
------- ------ -------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
total 144 830.69 878.69 190295 _PHONE_ 138 23

We notice the query values are significantly reduced (down to just 3M from 58M). This of course is a good thing as this translates to reduced I/O related overheads.

However, if we look at the corresponding CPU related costs, they have increased significantly (up to 830 seconds from just 146 seconds). It's really expensive putting all the indexed column values through the ORA-HASH function. Additionally, because multi-block Full Scans which aren't generally cached are being performed during the Fast option, the results remain consistently poor with subsequent executions.
The net result is that the final elapsed times are consistently greater with the FAST option than without (878 seconds up from 352 seconds). Using the FAST option has resulted in slower response times, not faster ones.
Now your mileage may vary based on your specific environments, but my results have not been particularly impressive to say the least. Substantially increased elapsed times (during which the structures remain locked let's not forget) is not exactly my idea of a "FAST" option.
Oracle11g: Zero Sized Unusable Indexes Part II (Nathan Adler) February 27, 2011
Posted by Richard Foote in 11g, 11g New features, Oracle Indexes, Unusable Indexes.
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In my previous post, I discussed how Oracle from 11g R2 onwards will automatically drop the segment and associated storage from unusable index objects. Mohamend Houri asked in the comments section the excellent question of just how useful this feature will be in real life cases when typically indexes are not left in an unusuable state for a long time, perhaps only when performing large data loads when such indexes would ordinarily be rebuilt anyways.
Thought the question was worth a seperate blog entry to provide a worthy answer.
The first point I would make is that we need to think a little outside the box and consider how such change in behaviour can open up new possibilities and flexibilities in how we index our tables.
For example, previously a Local Partitioned Index must have the same number of index partitions as the parent table. But what if an index is only useful for the "current" partition, where accessing newish data makes sense via an index. However, historical data in "older" partitions might only be accessed in batch processes via full partition scans. Why have a local index for older partitions when such indexes are never used. Previously, we had no choice, it was a case of if one or some of the partitions needed an index, then all the partitions needed to be indexed. If we made such unnecessary partitioned indexes unusable, we still needed to allocate storage for the index segment. Now, we can make any unnecessary index partition unusable and no storage at all is allocated to such index partitions.
Taking this a step further, we now have a really nice method of potentially indexing only portions of a table that need indexing, values which don't have any benefit of being indexed (perhaps because the values are too numerous to ever be accessed efficiently via an index) no longer need to be indexed at all.
Here's a classic example. Following is a table with a flag in which the vast number of rows in the data have been "processed". However, we have a few rows, those current rows which are of interest to us, which have not yet been processed (they may have a status of another value). We need an index in order to find the few rows which have not yet been processed but the index needs to also include all the values which are not of interest and have been processed.

SQL> create table bowie_stuff (id number, processed varchar2(10));
Table created.
SQL> insert into bowie_stuff select rownum, 'YES' from dual connect by level <= _PHONE_;
_PHONE_ rows created.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> update bowie_stuff set processed = 'NO' where id in (999990, 999992, 999994, 999996, 999998);
5 rows updated.
SQL> commit;
Commit complete.
SQL> create index bowie_stuff_i on bowie_stuff(processed) pctfree 0;
Index created.
SQL> select index_name, leaf_blocks from dba_indexes where index_name = 'BOWIE_STUFF_I';
INDEX_NAME LEAF_BLOCKS
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BOWIE_STUFF_I 1877
SQL> select segment_name, blocks from dba_segments


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Scientists have long known of dissimilarities in anatomy and activity between the brains of women and men—now a rodent study shows that even individual neurons behave differently depending on sex.
Robert Clark of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and his colleagues found that cultured neurons from female rats and mice survived longer than did neurons from their male counterparts when facing starvation. Such sex differences had been evident for decades in other body tissues, but so far no one had looked at brain cells, Clark says. When he and his team deprived the cells of nutrients, female neurons consumed mainly fat resources to stay alive, whereas large amounts of male cells started to eat up their own protein-based building blocks—and subsequently died.
The findings suggest that tailoring nutrition to a patient's gender during critical care—for example, after illnesses that temporarily cut off the brain's nutrient supply, such as stroke—might help prevent brain cell death, Clark posits. Men's neurons might fare better on a high-protein diet, for instance, whereas high fat content would probably nourish women's brain cells best, he adds.
Self-cannibalism makes sense for body tissues other than the brain, but why male neurons engaged in it to such a large extent is a mystery, Clark says. "You can understand why during famine, you would want to break down muscle to preserve the rest of your body, but it's harder to understand why you would want to break down proteins within your brain."
Note: This article was originally printed with the title, "Neuron Cannibalism."
This article was originally published with the title Neuron Cannibalism.

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Uses of Author Interviews for Art Educators & Students
Show professional illustrators demonstrating art techniques and mediums,
for example …
Watch professional illustrators teach the book-making process,
for example …
What is an Author Interview?
- Author Interviews are interviews with authors and illustrators in video, audio, and written formats.
- Meet-the-Author Programs are filmed by TeachingBooks.net in the homes and studios of award-winning authors and illustrators to enable readers to connect with the author the moment they are studying a book.
Authors talk about:
- Working with ideas
- Doing research
- Bringing history to life
- Being a professional author
- Diverse art techniques
- Approaches to book design
- Illustrating fiction and nonfiction
- Being a professional illustrator
Share how you use Author Interviews as an art educator.*
Here are some curricular uses submitted by educators…
- "I share Author Interviews because they give physical descriptions on how the art was used."
- "I use the Author Interviews to have the author explaining, in their own words, how a technique is used—or how the process of creating an illustrated book is done."
- "I use Author Interviews to show art techniques to students, as well as expose them to professions in art education. This brings art and literacy together."
- "After watching an Author Interview, break students break into teams of 4 to come up with some specific questions they would like to ask the illustrator if he or she were a guest in the classroom.
Also, use Author interviews to inspire students and help them to become more excited about making their own work—especially when creating'minibooks' in the art room."
- "I use Author Interviews to share with the students information that brings history to life, tips on doing research, and ways to approach writing/illustrating."
- "These author/illustrator programs are inspirational for me, exposing me to different techniques that I might use with the class. I also show the videos to my students to inspire them to 'think outside the box.' In particular, I liked Denise Fleming's reinforcement that the use of'sound words' such as "Crunch, Munch" are particularly effective in story writing."


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Plumfield Plantation Society Hill Darlington County
- Location East side of the Great Pee Dee River, near Society Hill,
- Origin of name ?
- Other names ?
- Current status Operates as the Carolina Plantation Rice
- ? Earliest known date of existence
- ? House built
- 1741 On December 10, Thomas Evans received a land grant for 250 acres (1).
- Early 1800s Gov. David Rogerson Williams was owner (3).
Williams constructed a levee system to keep flood waters out of his cotton fields (3).
- 1830 Williams passed away.
- ? Campbell Coxe became owner and grows rice on the plantation as Carolina Plantation Rice (2).
- Number of acres 250 in 1741 (1); approximately 20,000 in 1995 (3)
- Primary crop Cotton historically and rice currently
- Chronological list Thomas Evans (1741-?); Gov. David Rogerson Williams (early 1800s-1830); Campbell Coxe (?-present, 2012)
- Number of slaves ?
References & Resources
- Information contributed by Pat Patterson as found in the South Carolina Department of Archives & History database.
- Carolina Plantation Rice: Rice History
- Discover Charleston.com, South Carolina Gold Rush: The Resurgence of the State's Rice Culture - source no longer available online
- Carolina Plantation Rice
PO Box 505
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Like most herbs, rosemary is easy to care for and grow. However, it has its share of problems that can cause the leaves to turn yellow.
Quick action can usually save the plant, since most of the problems that cause yellowing are caused by a lack of proper care.
How often do you water a rosemary plant?
If all the rosemary turns yellow, including all the leaves, it is likely that the plant has not received enough water. Check the soil moisture level by inserting a finger about 1 inch deep. If it is dry, give water to the plant. In some cases, it may be too late and the rosemary will die; however, many plants will regain their full health when they start receiving water regularly.
If the soil is too wet, consider repotting the plant in a pot with a drain and a cup, without letting the water stagnate in the cup, or even on a bottom of gravel or clay balls in the pot to improve drainage. Beware, however, a lack of water can also cause leaves to turn yellow. If the soil is dry and the leaves withered, water without excess and observe.
Check the exposure
Second cause of frequent yellowing, a plant badly exposed, and not only from the point of view of luminosity. Most plants hate drafts and large temperature differences. Placed in front of a regularly open window or in line with the front door, for example, some houseplants begin to yellow to express their displeasure.
Rosemary kept in a pot on a porch or indoors may not receive enough light to be healthy. A plant that does not receive light will begin to yellow and eventually wither and die. Move rosemary to a place where it will receive eight to ten hours of indirect sunlight per day, or move it outside.
Lack of nutrients
If a rosemary plant lacks essential nutrients, especially nitrogen, it may begin to turn yellow. Fertilize the plant with a general fertilizer, repeating the treatment every one to two months in spring and summer, especially if the plant is grown in a pot or potted plant.
Diseases and insects
Infestations of insects such as thrips, whiteflies and aphids can damage the leaves of a rosemary. Eventually, this damage can cause the leaves to turn yellow and brown.
Damage is usually limited to a single section of the plant rather than the entire plant, as in the case of a lack of water, nutrients or sunlight. Spray the plant with a mixture of dish soap and water to kill insects.
How do you revive a dying rosemary plant?
Rosemary is a very easy shrub that requires virtually no maintenance. Do not hesitate to clean the foot of the rosemary to avoid the presence of weeds.
In colder regions, cover the base with a good layer of dried leaves to protect it from the cold.
Water regularly the first year after planting if it is hot and not raining.
Once past this first year, it is a shrub that tolerates drought perfectly.
You will be able to cut the branches you need throughout the year.
It is best to cut on wood of the year to stimulate new growth and to branch out the rosemary.
Rosemary flowers are edible and can decorate a dish as well as a dessert.
Cut the rosemary
Remove dead branches in early spring.
Do not prune on dry wood as rosemary will not grow back on these old parts.
Rosemary should be planted in spring or autumn and preferably in light, well-drained soil.
Rosemary is a Mediterranean plant that adapts to most regions (except for high mountains) and is much more afraid of excess moisture or lack of sunshine than cold.
- Rosemary loves the sun, even in hot summer situations.
- Prefer a situation sheltered from strong winds, especially near the sea.
- Rosemary fears moisture in the soil and is not resistant to stagnant water.
- It likes well-drained soil, even poor or calcareous.
Most of the time, its yellowing is therefore due either to a lack of watering, or to a lack of exposure.


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JURNAL BISNIS DAN AKUNTANSI
PENGARUH KARAKTERISTIK PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP MANAJEMEN MODAL KERJA
A. SRI WAHYUDI
The purpose of this research is to test and investigate the influence of profitability, operating cash flow, company size, sales growth, current ratio, quick ratio, and debt ratio toward working capital management.This research is also to improve the results of prior researches. The population of this research is food, beverages, and tobacco companies listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange over 10 years period 2004-2013. Samples in this research selected by using purposive sampling method. This research use 8 companies who met the criteria and were analyzed by descriptive statistics, and multiple regressions for panel data with fixed effect model were performed to test hypotheses.The results shows that operating cash flow has influences towards cash conversion cycle. Otherwise, profitability, company size, sales growth, current ratio, quick ratio, and debt ratio do not have influences towards cash conversion cycle.Keyword :Cash Conversion Cycle,Profitability, Operating Cash Flow, Company Size, Sales Growth, Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, and Debt Ratio.


I previously asked this question in the maths community not realising that this stack exchange community existed. I have searched online extensively and haven't been able to find an explanation to how this works and would really appreciate some input.
I'm studying this signals and systems text book and I can't figure out the logic behind how $u(t)$ and $r(t)$ can be added together to form some signals.
$$ u(t) \triangleq \begin{cases} 0, & \text{if }t<0 \\ 1, & \text{if }t\ge0 \end{cases} $$
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$$ \begin{align} r(t) & \triangleq \begin{cases} 0, & \text{if }t<0 \\ t, & \text{if }t\ge0 \end{cases} \\ & = t \ u(t) \\ \end{align}$$
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Basically, an example in the book gives this signal:
signal example
So the book says that it can be described by this equation: $$ x(t) = u(t)-r(t-1)+2r(t-2)-r(t-3)+u(t-4)-2u(t-5) $$
It states that the sum of the ramps $-r(t-1)+2r(t-2)$ goes upward with the slope equal to one starting at $t=2$. I can't understand how this works geometrically and haven't been able to find anything that has helped. Does anyone know how this type of modelling is done?
I'm not sure I understand the delta-equals notation, but I'll assume it means definition.
It's important to understand that you're doing a variable substitution here. In the strictest sense, the $t$ in $u(t-1)$ is not the same $t$ as in $u(t)$. It may be easier for you to understand if you write your definitions as functions of $z$ instead of $t$:
$$ u(z) \triangleq \begin{cases} 0, & \text{if }z<0 \\ 1, & \text{if }z\ge0 \end{cases} $$
$$ \begin{align} r(z) & \triangleq \begin{cases} 0, & \text{if }z<0 \\ z, & \text{if }z\ge0 \end{cases} \\ & = z \ u(z) \\ \end{align}$$
So, $z=t$ in $u(t)$ and $z=t-1$ in $r(t-1)$, etc. You're changing a function of $z$ into a function of $t$.
The two functions you're dealing with have a breakpoint in them where the function changes behavior. In both cases it happens when $z=0$. So, looking at $u(z)$ for example, $u(z)=0$ for all values of $z$ less than zero and $u(z)=1$ for $z=0$ and all values greater than zero-- just saying what the function says, but in words.
When I use $u(t)$, I am substituting $z=t$ so $u(t)=0$ for all times before $t=0$, and $u(t)=1$ from time $t=0$ onward.
Now think about what's happening in the function argument with all the $(t-1)$, $(t-2)$ values... If you were to look at $u(t-4)$, then, it has the effect of shifting the entire function to the right in time. In this case: $$ u(t-4) = \begin{cases} 0, & \text{if }t-4<0 \\ 1, & \text{if }t-4\ge0 \end{cases} $$ or, rearranging the conditions a bit: $$ u(t-4) = \begin{cases} 0, & \text{if }t<4 \\ 1, & \text{if }t\ge4 \end{cases} $$ so you have a step function that is zero for all times before $t=4$, and one for times $t=4$ onward.
With the $r(z)$ function, with $z=t-2$ you substitute for $z$ in all places, so you have: $$ \begin{align} r(t-2) & = \begin{cases} 0, & \text{if }t<2 \\ t-2, & \text{if }t\ge 2 \end{cases} \\ & = (t-2) \cdot u(t-2) \\ \end{align}$$ which is zero for all times before $t=2$ and then a line starting at $(t=2,x(t)=0)$ with a slope of positive 1 and a y-intercept of -2.
The coefficients have the effect of changing the slope and corresponding y-intercept but the t-intercept remains the same. $2\cdot r(t-2)$ has a slope of 2 and a y-intercept of -4 but still crosses the $t$ axis at $t=2$.
The x(t) function is a linear combination of such functions, so you must add up the values at each point. The easiest way to see this on graph paper would be to draw each term separately one above the other and then add them vertically.
With the two components you you've highlighted, $−r(t−1)+2\cdot r(t−2)$: There is a slope of zero before $t=1$ because $u(t)$ is zero slope. The first term starts a ramp of slope of -1 starting at $t=1$ and the second term adds to that a ramp of slope +2 starting at $t=2$. Where those two terms overlap (everywhere from $t=2$ and to the right) the combined slope of those terms is +1.
 - $\begingroup$ Yeah the delta equals does mean that. After reading your answer I drew them all vertically and saw that by performing arithmetic to get the resulting values of the signal at each point results in the signal shown.The only thing that is still confusing for me is how the final two terms in the equation u(t-4) & -2u(t-5) produce that value of two between 4 & 5 but zero elsewhere? $\endgroup$ – burton01 Jan 7 '16 at 23:22
 - $\begingroup$ Don't worry I finally see how it works. the adding of the u(t-4) to the hitherto generated function with a slope of zero at x(t)=1 results in a boosted step signal which is then negated from 5 onwards by the term 2u(t-5). I didn't realise the chronological importance of this type of modelling until now. Thanks for your help. $\endgroup$ – burton01 Jan 7 '16 at 23:38
 - $\begingroup$ I'd think of it less as "chronological" and more as separating a function into a set of components. All components exist for all times $t$. This isn't very different from how principal component analysis works, which is used for "seasonal adjustments" in economic data among other things, or how a Fourier transform works, which is a sum of sinusoids of different frequencies, amplitudes and time offsets. $\endgroup$ – Omegaman Jan 8 '16 at 1:55
 - $\begingroup$ Yeah I understand. By chronological I more so meant the method you recommended to see how the final signal is constructed. I understand that it is important to choose functions which will not negate the signal that has been constructed but only tweak it beyond a certain point. $\endgroup$ – burton01 Jan 8 '16 at 2:16
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E. Cobham Brewer _PHONE_. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
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A triangular bone situate at the lower part of the vertebral column, of which it is a continuation. Some say that this bone was so called because it was in the part used in sacrifice, or the sacred part; Dr. Nash says it is so called because it is much bigger than any of the vertebræ; but the Jewish rabbins say the bone is called sacred because it resists decay, and will be the germ of the new body at the resurrection. (Hudibras, part iii. canto 2.)


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In this paper we discuss the ω-limit sets of a flow using the Conley theory, chain recurrence and Morse decompositions. Our results generalize and improve the related result in [Schropp J. A reduction principle for ω-limit sets. Z Angew Math Meth 1996;76(6):349-56], and we also show how they can be used as a basis for some new criteria for the existence of periodic orbits.
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Meaning of doubt
Pronunciation: (dout), [key]
- to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- to distrust.
- to fear; be apprehensive about.
- to be uncertain about something; be undecided in opinion or belief.
- a feeling of uncertainty about the truth, reality, or nature of something.
- a state of affairs such as to occasion uncertainty.
- fear; dread.
- with certainty; definitely.
- in a state of uncertainty or suspense: His appointment to the position is still in doubt.
- There is no doubt an element of truth in what you say.
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Much work has been done to qualify and quantify chromatographic adsorption and transportation mechanisms in different adsorber materials. An important aspect in all studies is the understanding of the binding mechanism between protein and resin on a molecular level in order to optimize processes on the level of adsorber design. We established a method to determine the binding orientation of lysozyme for different materials under various experimental conditions enabling us to observe changes in the mode of adsorption. We varied the protein load of two different adsorber types, Source 15 S, a conventional cation exchange resin and EMD Fractogel SO3, a tentacle-type cation exchanger. We found similar preferential binding sites for the interaction between lysozyme and the surface of these adsorbers at low surface coverage, however, the tentacle adsorber exhibited multi-point binding whereas the binding on Source was limited to one binding site only. With increasing protein density on the surface, lysozyme rotates from a space-consuming side-on to a space-saving end-on orientation on Fractogel, explaining a higher maximum binding capacity for Fractogel. This re-orientation could not be observed for Source. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
A novel approach to characterize the binding orientation of lysozyme on ion-exchange resins.
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Xender is a free Android tool that has the sole purpose of allowing users to transfer files back and forth on multiple devices. Keep in mind that this application does not use technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or mobile data connections. It works by using the NFC (Near-field communication) protocol, and it requires that all devices involved in the file-sharing to be close together.
Xender comes with a well organized and designed user interface which everybody will find it easy to use. The NFC transfers are way faster than Bluetooth, for example, and there aren't costs involved. The actual transfer engine allows users to send data such as regular files, music, videos, contacts, applications, etc. To get everything working correctly, you must create a Group, and all devices must be close to each other.
Once the pairing takes place, your device is ready for sending and receiving files. All smartphones and tablets involved in this transaction must have the application installed, allowing you to perform file transfers from Android to iOS and vice-versa with no problems. As a bottom line, Xender is indeed a useful piece of software that lets you transfer files back and forth at faster speeds than Bluetooth.


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This article was previously published under Q271572
SUMMARY
This article demonstrates how you can use Active Server Pages (ASP) to create a formatted workbook that can be streamed as MIME content to Microsoft Excel.
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Excel can persist storage information in a format that is an HTML/XML hybrid. When you save an Excel 2000 workbook as a Web page, Excel creates a file that contains a combination of HTML tags and XML tags that have special meaning to Excel. A workbook saved in this format can go from Excel to the browser and back to Excel again (a "round trip") without losing workbook integrity.
When you open a workbook saved as a Web page in Internet Explorer, the HTML tags are used to render the document. When you open a workbook in this format in Excel, Excel uses the XML tags for settings that might pertain to the workbook, worksheets, rows and columns. For more information on using HTML and XML with Excel 2000, see "Microsoft Office HTML and XML Reference" at the following MSDN Web site:
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Using ASP, you can create your own documents in Excel's HTML/XML format so that when the document is streamed to the client browser, it is displayed in Excel. You can control the cell placement of data and specify any workbook or worksheet settings that are supported by Excel's HTML/XML format. To create an Excel workbook in the HTML/XML format and then stream it as MIME content to Excel on the client, follow these steps:
 1. Paste the following code into Notepad:
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 ' Check for a value passed on the address bar.
 if (Request.QueryString("i")) = "" then bFirst = true
 ' If we have a value for "i", we know that we can display the
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 if (bFirst = false) then
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 Response.Buffer = true
 Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"
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 ' Build a multiplication table from 1,1 to i,j.
 for i = 1 to CInt(Request.QueryString("i"))
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 for j = 1 to CInt(Request.QueryString("j"))
 if (j = 1) or (i = 1) then
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 Response.Write " "
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 Please enter indices for the multiplication table:

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 2. Save the file as XLMime.asp in the virtual root directory of your web server. (The default virtual root is C:\Inetpub\Wwwroot.)
 3. Start Internet Explorer and browse to http://YourWebServer/xlmime.asp, where YourWebServer is the name of your Web server.
 4. In the Web page that appears, supply numeric values in each of the text boxes provided and then click Submit. Excel in-place activates in the browser with a new workbook. The new workbook contains formatted data in the number of rows (i) and the number of columns (j) that you specified. Also, if you check the Page Setup information for the worksheet, you will notice that the orientation is set to landscape and that a custom header exists.
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For more information about streaming MIME content to Office applications, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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Shared Libraries
A Shared Library provides Java classes that are not private to a single component and is typically shared by more than one JBI Component. For example, the Java EE Service Engine requires the WSDL Shared Library.
You can do the following operations on Shared Libraries. For detailed steps, log on to the Admin Console, navigate to the JBI node, click Shared Libraries and then click Online Help.


Genealogy Friday: Why Family Reunions Are Dying Out
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Recently, I had someone ask when we were going to have the next family reunion. I honestly answered "I don't know."
With over 500+ descendants living, we are lucky to have the same faithful group of about thirty to attend each year. We've noticed that there just is not a large interest in getting together.
That same weekend, I saw a large family group that had gathered for an extended holiday weekend. This family of 80+ individuals had gathered from not only all over the country, but some members even came from other parts of the world. On top of that, they all attended church together.
It is important to gather and celebrate being a family and our ancestors
I wondered, why they had such a wonderful turn out when other family reunions are dying out.
So why are family reunions dying out?
 1. The younger generation has no interest in getting together. Often they do not even know who the reunion is for or how they are related to this family group.
 2. The older generations are dying out and have not shared stories and memories of their family. On several lines of my family, as well as numerous other family's I've talked with, this is a common reason that family reunion has not continued.
 3. No one has an interest in stepping up and taking over the planning of the family reunion.
 4. There are too many other obligations, distractions and commitments to be met. This is especially true with families that have children involved in sports and/or the arts.
 5. Illness can often affect families so that individuals are unable to attend.
 6. Finances can affect individuals, depending on the distance of travel and other financial obligations for the reunion.
 7. No interest in family history. Sadly, this is still very common, especially with the younger generations. They have no interest in their roots or where they came from.
What are some reasons you've discovered family reunions are dying out?


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Curious what roast is for you? Let your personality indicate what brew is right for you based on your recent Twitter/Facebook activity.
Personality Traits Leading to Consumer Buying Insights
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Analyzing Social Media To Decipher Coffee Preferences
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Using paged RAM
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The Spectranet hardware in its standard form not only provides the ethernet hardware, it also provides extra general purpose memory. 128K of this is flash ROM - which can be programmed by the Spectrum, without any need to muck around with separate programming hardware, or UV erasure - and 128K of this is static RAM.
The paged memory on the Spectranet is organized as 4K pages, and the hardware supports up to 256 pages of memory (for a total of 1MB of address space). Two pages are permanently mapped - 4K of flash is mapped to 0x0000 - 0x0FFF, and provides things such as the socket library, utility routines, buffer handlers etc. A page of RAM is permanently mapped to 0x3000 - 0x3FFF and provides temporary workspace and Spectranet system variables. Between 0x1000 and 0x2FFF, however, any memory page can be mapped in. The memory is general purpose and may be used for programs and data.
The total memory map stretches from 0x00:000 to 0xFF:FFF - the number before the colon being one of the 256 4K pages, and the number afterwards being the address within that page. The 1MB of address space looks like this:
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Key: Red = flash ROM. Yellow = W5100. Blue = static RAM. Grey = no connected hardware
The two paging areas in the Z80's address space between 0x1000 and 0x2FFF are referred to as paging area A (0x1000-0x1FFF) and paging area B (0x2000-0x2FFF). Generally, the base Spectranet functions tend to page data memory into paging area A (for instance, the 42 column character set, or the W5100 register/buffer areas) and programs into area B - but there are no hard and fast rules. If you intend to call socket functions from within this space, however, you need to remember this as your program will crash if it's trying to run out of paging area A (without using a call dispatcher that ensures that paging area A is reset to its original state, more on this later).
Paging in memory
Firstly, please resist the temptation to directly use OUT instructions to page the memory unless it is absolutely necessary. At this stage, it's not only possible but likely that the ports used to page the memory will be changed, as more hardware is tested for compatibility. Your program will stop working if the I/O port is changed in a later CPLD revision.
Two functions are provided for changing which page of memory is in which area, and is available to both assembly language and C programs. The paging functions are called setpagea and setpageb, and as their name suggests, select which page appears in paging area A (0x1000-0x1FFF) and paging area B (0x2000-0x2FFF). These functions also keep the system variables up to date. There are also similar functions that additionally save the current page on the stack, called pushpagea and poppagea (and pageb, of course).
The current page that's in each paging area is stored in the system variables v_pga and v_pgb (0x3F05 and 0x3F06, respectively). You'll note from the below 16K address that these aren't in the ZX system variables area, but the Spectranet system variables area (which occupies most of the memory between 0x3F00 and 0x3FF7).
Here is an example of the usage of the setpagea routine, in asm:
 ld a, 0xC2 ; page 0xC2
 call SETPAGEA
And here's an example in C:
 setpagea(0xC2);
It's very simple.
If your program is running from the Spectrum's main RAM, you are going to need to be able to page out the Spectrum's ROM and put the Spectranet memory in its place. This is done with the pagein and pageout entry points. These are very simple, and trigger the CPLD's CALL trap mechanism. When the CPLD decodes the CALL 0x3FF9 (CALL PAGEIN) instruction, it pages in the Spectranet address space. The instruction at 0x3FF9 is just a RET instruction. Similarly, when the CPLD sees the CPU fetch an instruction at address 0x007C, it causes the memory to be paged out. Again, this is a RET instruction.
It is important not to use a conditional call or a jump for the pagein operation. This is because the CPLD is decoding the CALL instruction rather than just an instruction fetch at this address - this is to avoid compatibility problems with ROMs that have code at this address. The pagein operation can only be CALL 0x3FF9. (The hardware intercepts a CALL to an address between 0x3FF8 and 0x3FFF. 0x3FFA is used for the HLCALL entry point, and 0x3FFD is used for the IXCALL entry point).
Calling Spectranet functions while Spectranet memory is paged in
You will see all the various function calls documented with the IXCALL or HLCALL mechanism. However, if you want Spectranet memory to remain paged in (for example, when your code is running from Spectranet memory, or for code that's running in main memory that needs to make more accesses to Spectranet memory), do not use IXCALL and HLCALL, because when the function call ends, the Spectranet memory will be paged out. For example:
 ; Normal method - use HLCALL for auto paging
 ld c, SOCK_STREAM
 ld hl, SOCKET
 call HLCALL
 ; Call method when Spectranet memory is paged in, and needs to remain paged in
 ld c, SOCK_STREAM
 call SOCKET
If you are using C, link to libsock_nopage.lib or libspectranet_nopage.lib (instead of libsock.lib and spectranet.lib).
If you aren't going to be using the Spectrum ROM in your program, you'll also save a few CPU cycles by paging in the Spectranet ROM explicitly with CALL PAGEIN, then making direct calls to the indirect jump table. Don't forget to call PAGEOUT before returning to BASIC, though.
Reading and writing RAM
The static RAM is accessed no differently to the dynamic RAM on board the Spectrum - just use the normal instructions as you would anywhere else.


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The Teiresiás Center typhlographics office provides study literature and equipment for the visually impaired. Their responsibilities include typesetting tactile (Braille) texts and design of typhlographic materials and tactile study materials.
- two Everest ver. 3 printers (print of text or raster graphics)
- two Everest ver. 2 back up printers
- one 4x4 PRO printer (large format printing, up to 5000x300 mm)
- one Emprint SpotDot (multi-layer raster graphics, printing on a colored background)
Usual print format is A4, 135 gsm, singleor double-sided.
Because of the nature of the produced documents – study materials, text books, lecture notes etc. – it is desirable that the text can be followed simultaneously with eyes and fingers when cooperating with a teacher. All texts produced in the Teiresiás Center are therefore printed with a parallel black ink print, which means that the visual equivalent is printed above each tactile character. Practically, this is done by putting black print on the paper in a laser printer before the Braille dots are embossed in it in a tactile printer. Usually texts are printed double-sided.
In the Teiresiás Center the following software equipment is used to accomplish the desired level of print quality:
- MS Word 2003, extended with the BUF template. This template contains a set of Visual Basicmacros developed in the Teiresiás Center, which convert text into the special Braille universal Format (BUF). This format allows for displaying the page with the layout exactly as it would appear in print, inserts Braille prefixes (these prefixes mark features of text that are represented graphically in printed text, such as font size, emphasis etc.) and also processes mathematical symbols and other special symbols. Individual parts of the text are processed based on their language settings. The BUF format provides full control over the features of the final form of the tactile print, such as page layout, hyphenation, indentation, emphasis etc. The format allows for printing on both the ink printers and the tactile printers and ensures that the outputs are synchronized and the black print and the tactile print are properly aligned. The BUF format is, however, not suitable for text entering or any extensive editing of the document's content.
- Word Perfect 6.0 for MS DOS with macros for Braille typesetting. This system was used in the Teiresiás Center in the past, but nowadays it is used only rarely, mainly for reprinting documents that originated in the system, because the conversion of these files into the BUF is sometimes problematic. The system is also used for processing texts for which the tools in the MS Word have not been implemented yet (for example typesetting texts in Ancient Greek). The Word Perfect also contains custom macros developed in the Center for document conversion, typographic adjustment and printing of the tactile print with parallel black print.
- Text editor WinBraille 4 for MS Windows. This editor is supplied with the Index Braille printers. The editor comes with files containing rules for Braille typesetting of texts written in a multitude of language standards, including Czech. It also allows creating custom rule files as well as exception lists. The editor also supports the parallel printing of tactile and ink print, it works with conventional software (Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat etc.) and it also contains tools for configuration of Braille printers. Unfortunately the support for typesetting texts containing mathematical expressions or multilingual texts is missing. The main advantage of Winbraille is its simplicity; it is easy to use, even for the blind. It is suitable for direct printing of simple documents.
- The Braille editor Tiger Software Suite. This system is supplied with the ViewPlus printers; among other things it supports color printing and conversion of mathematical formulas into Nemeth code. It is seldom used in the Teiresiás Center, because it works with only one of the printers, which is used mainly for printing pictures, usually those preprepared using other tools.
Tactile print can be converted into electronic text using a scanner and the program Optical Braille Recognition from the Neovision company, which allows processing double-sided documents in various language standards. When used with more complex documents, however, it is not 100% reliable.
Printed materials are bound with spiral coil and hard book cover to protect the tactile relief from damage. Clear PVC is used for the front cover and it can contain titles in tactile print (without the parallel ink print). Larger publications are divided into smaller volumes, which are put together in a ring binder.
The Teiresiás Center produces also tactile graphics, such as function graphs, schemes, simple pictures as well as maps and plans; these are printed on a fuser made by Zychem Ltd., the Zy Fuse Heater. It uses paper with a special coating which swells when exposed to heat. A black ink is applied on the coating to provide control over the raised surface areas (by an ink printer or manually by a marker or a pencil). When infrared light is shined on the surface, the black areas swell to 1 mm and form a tactile relief. Most of the time the source images need some editing - they need to be enlarged, their contrast increased, colors and shades of gray need to be converted into hatch pattern and alphabetic texts into Braille. The vector graphics editor CorelDRAW X3 is used for these purposes.
A second method of producing tactile graphics, which shares some of the features of plastic model production, uses the thermoforming machine from the American Thermoform Corporation. This machine produces multi-level relief by vacuum-forming of a heated sheet of plastic. After the sheet is placed on a mold (made of wood or plastics), it is heated in an oven and then vacuum pressure draws the hot material against the mold to take on its shape. With this method an impression is produced with permanent relief up to several centimeters high. The method enables production of large number of copies; its disadvantage is the long preparation of the first prototypes.
Tactile images for which lower resolution is sufficient (ca 20 DPI) can be printed on the Emprint SpotDot printer. It uses a standard paper, on which the printer can emboss dots of seven different heights, which to some extent provides the blind user with information about the coloring of original image. The SpotDot printer combines an embosser and a full-color ink printer, so it is able to produce ink print and a tactile output simultaneously. Any word processor software can be used to print on the SpotDot printer as it uses the standard Windows printer driver; special fonts need to be used for printing Braille texts. The printer uses standard HP ink cartridges.
Another type of production is handcrafted models, made of common materials like expanded polystyrene, plywood and wooden construction kits for children. These 3D models are a substitute for images of 3D objects produced by perspective projections. When verbal explanation and description is not possible, these models are used, for example in the university admission exams, which include stereometry tasks.
Equipment of the typhlographic office
Computer name: Hippomedón CPU, memory, hard drive: Intel Core2 6300 1,86 GHz, 3 GB RAM, disk 160 GB Printer: Samsung ML-3560 OS:Windows XP SP3 software: - Microsoft Office 2003 (Microsoft) - WinBraille 4.20 (Index Braille) - CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 (Corel) - Optical Braille Recognition (Neovision) - ABBYY FineReader 8.0 (ABBYY) - InftyEditor 2.5 (InftyProject) - Tiger Software Suite (ViewPlus)
Computer name: Eurydiké CPU, memory, hard drive:Intel Core2Duo 2,66 GHz, 2 GB RAM, disk 160 GB Printer: OKI MC860 OS:Windows XP SP3 Software: - Microsoft Office 2003 (Microsoft) - Word Perfect 6.0a - WinBraille 4.20 (Index Braille) - Optical Braille Recognition (Neovision)
- Two Everest ver. 3 printers (firmware 12.2), two Everest ver. 2 back up printers (firmware 9.44), one 4x4 PRO printer (firmware 9.44), character table with support for Czech characters in Kamenicky encoding (KeybCS2) and Windows encoding (win-1250). The Everest printers are connected to both computers via parallel port and a manual data switch DataSwitch 4:1. The printers are accessible via the Index Braille Printer Driver v. 2.2 or by writing directly to the parallel port. The 4x4 PRO printer is available to students in the study room or it is used for large printing tasks.
- Lamirel Maxiplast 260P laminator, it is used for laminating paper and stickers; it enables production of permanent tactile print labels and spine labels
- GBC HeatSeal H425 laminator, used for laminating in pouches of greater thickness and for documents up to the A3 format
- A4 white paper, 135 gsm paper weight
- clear self-adhesive labels (Alkor, RayFilm etc.) for permanent labels
- laminating pouches (Fellowes, Glossy, GBC etc.) 80 or 100 µm for heat lamination
- Binding machine IbiMaster 250e for plastic combs binding
- Binding machine Lamirel Lamimetal 300 for metal combs binding
- Binding machine Lamirel Minibind 330E for thermal binding
- ibiSton A4 back covers, 250 gsm
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Dorado - interesting?
Also known as Mahi-Mahi or Dolphinfish, Dorado is a surface dwelling ray-finned fish found in temperate tropical and sub-tropical waters worldwide.
The Golden Dorado (differently) is a large river fish that lives in central and east-central South America.
Dorado is a constellation in the southern sky, labelled in the sixteenth century and now one of the 88 modern constellations. Its name refers to the Dolphinfish, which is known as Dorado in Spanish.
Dorado is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud, the remainder being in the constellation Mensa.
Dorado is a small town on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, 24 Km west of San Juan. It is best known as a tourist destination with world class golf courses, hotels and beaches.
El Dorado is Spanish for "the golden one" and is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust and would dive into a lake of pure mountain water.


Introduction: Rotating Magnetic Field Generator
About: Rotating magnetic fields generator research, electric motor, electric generators, electric vehicles
Important note: this research aimed scientists and researchers to reproduce the presented device and test it on bio films, rats, human cells in order to find new treatments in the future against viruses and bacteria.
A rotating magnetic field is a magnetic field that has moving polarities in which its opposite poles rotate about a central point or axis.
See also the link below :
Applications of rotating magnetic fields against viruses and bacteria, future treatments
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The presented device is not using Coils !
Category : Non Invasive
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Contact : _EMAIL_, Bucharest, Romania
Step 1: Components :
1. 3V - 5 V DC motor
2. Portable Power Bank - External Battery
3. neodymium sphere magnet 26 mm diameter
(Material NdFeB Shape Sphere Diameter 26 mm Tolerance +/- 0,1 mm Coating Chrome-plated (Ni-Cu-Ni-Cr) Manufacturing method sintered Magnetisation N38 strength approx. 9,1 kg (approx. 89,2 N) Max. working temperature 80°C Weight 69,9410 g Curie temperature 310 °C Residual magnetism Br 12200-12600 G, 1.22-1.26 T Coercive field strength bHc 10.8-11.5 kOe, 860-915 kA/m Coercive field strength iHc ≥12 kOe, ≥955 kA/m Energy product (BxH)max 36-38 MGOe, 287-303 kJ/m³)
4. screw pot metal case 13 mm diameter (ex neodymium magnet )
5. plastic connector
6. switch
7. wires + USB cable
Step 2: Operations :
1. remove the magnet from the screw pot neodymium magnet (only the metal case needed ) - heat
2. connect the motor ax to the screw pot metal case through the plastic connector
(heat the screw pot metal case and fix the plastic connector - larger hole needed)
IMPORTANT - to avoid strong vibrations need a right connection
3. fix the neodymium sphere on the screw pot metal case in the specific position ( between the magnetic poles )
4. connect the USB cable to the DC motor through the power switch.
5. choose the rotation to the right of the sphere. (+ and - polarity connection)
Step 3: Testing the Rotating Magnetic Field Device on a Coil Connected to a 230 V Bulb
Conclusion : The device is enough powerfull to power a 230 V AC bulb connected to a coil .
Step 4: Testing the Rotating Magnetic Field Device on a Magnetic Compass
Step 5: Human Body : " a Complex Chemical Battery"
human body – " a complex chemical battery"
Electrical signals are running through our bodies.
The nervous system is sending "signals" to the brain, or synapses. In our bodies an electrical charge is jumping from one cell to the next until it reaches its destination. ( "wires = cells" )Electrical signals are fast. Negativity is the natural resting state of our cells (potassium and sodium ions inside and outside the cell). Potassium ions – negative, sodium ions – positive (potassium ions inside cell >sodium ions outside the cell)
When the membrane opens, sodium and potassium ions move freely into and out of the cell with the result of a charge.
A human body can generate between 10 and 100 millivolts.
Relevant studies in the area ( Applications of rotating magnetic field )
1. _URL_.../?log$=activity - Fifty percent greater reduction in biofilm growth and biomass was observed after exposure to RMF as compared to biofilms not exposed to RMF. 2. _URL_...0?log$=activity Physiotherapy with rotating pulse magnetic field in combined therapy of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - The addition of RIMF in combined treatment of COPD improves treatment and shortens its duration.


The Real Reason Oranges Are Sold In Red Mesh Bags
Just because you don't see commercials for oranges on TV doesn't mean that they aren't being expertly marketed to you. According to HuffPost, the way food looks is extremely important, and in fact, it's a billion-dollar business. Essentially, foods need to look tasty, no matter what you're selling. This means lots of research has gone into making everything about the store as profitable as it can be. Everything from where products are placed on shelves to food packaging is all designed to pull you in.
Oranges, in particular, generally come in distinctive red mesh bags, and this was not a random decision on the part of the grocery industry. As it turns out, color is one of the most effective tools that the markets have. In fact, a study found that companies can use colors to "increase or decrease appetite, enhance mood, calm down customers, and reduce perception of waiting time" (via Emerald Insight).
So, which of these does the red bag do?
Selling oranges in red bags has to do with color theory
The red bag actually makes the oranges look, well, orange. If you think about it, the brighter orange an orange or tangerine looks, the riper we interpret it to be. A yellow orange can be instantly written off as unripe. That's the theory behind the red bag — by placing the thin, overlapping lines of red mesh over the oranges, they appear to be less yellow and more orange in color, which makes us interpret them as being of a higher-quality (via Mental Floss). This means you're more likely to purchase a whole bag of oranges than, say, just a few that are stacked by themselves (since those won't look as bright), which in turn means more money for the supermarket.
It's so effective that if you were to put some lemons in the same red mesh bag, they would appear much more orange. This is also why lemons are usually sold in yellow or green mesh bags — to make them look as yellow and green as possible, respectively (via Reader's Digest).
How to see beyond the red mesh bag when buying oranges
What does all this mean for your buying decisions? After all, it's one thing to know the red bag secret, but how can you really tell which oranges are the ripest if the color can't be trusted?
Buying local and organic is always a good way to beat the system and ensure high-quality produce. If you can't make it to the farmers market, though, there are still a few tricks you can use. Taste of Home recommends squeezing the fruits to look for firmness, "heft" (the heavier they are, the more juice they contain), and a thinner skin to suss out the sweetest oranges. There should be a smoothness to the rind and no obvious soft spots. Finally, don't forget to stock up between mid-winter and early spring to get oranges in season.


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Basics of Include and Extend in Ruby on Rails
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Class and Instance Methods in Ruby
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Play with Rails Console
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Helpers in Rails Console
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Rails Array Methods
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Rails String Shortcuts and Methods
at (String) >> "Finally, something useful!".at(6) => "y" from and to (String) >> " Chris the Person ". from ( 6 ) => " the Person " >> " Chris the Person ". to ( 4 ) => " Chris " first and last (String) >> " Christmas Time ". first => " C " >> " Christmas Time ". first ( 5 ) => " Chris " >> " Christmas Time ". last => " e " >> " Christmas Time ". last ( 4 ) => " Time " each_char (String) >> " Snow ". each_char { | i | print i . upcase } SNOW starts_with? and ends_with? (String) >> " Peanut Butter ". starts_with? ' Peanut ' => true >> " Peanut Butter ". ends_with? ' Nutter ' => false to_time and to_date (String) >> " 1985
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