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OELRICHS, S.D. — Call it the Grotto of Black Hills Geology.
The historical rock grotto that sits beside a closed Catholic church in Oelrichs is actually a shrine to St. Therese of the Little Flower, but the structure is also an impressive monument to the geological history of southwestern South Dakota.
More than 15 different types of collectible minerals, gemstones, fossils and petrified wood are stacked and grouted into a structure that stands about 12 feet high, 16 feet long and 6 feet deep. The rocks that comprise it come from the prairie agate fields and Badlands fossil beds to the east and the Black Hills caves and mineral deposits to the west. It contains specimens of stalagtites and stalagmites, rose quartz, prairie agates, crystal geodes, schitz, mica, selenite clusters, sandstone clusters, petrified moss, fossilized coral and much more.
Rock hound Ellen Tilley, who also serves as president of the Western South Dakota Gem and Mineral Society, has never seen the Oelrichs grotto, but, like any rock hound worth her minerals, said she is anxious to visit what Oelrichs native and Sturgis resident Delores Muhm calls a "little gem hidden in Oelrichs."
"I've seen a lot of grottos, but not one more beautiful than this one," Muhm said.
The grotto also is unusual in that it honors the patron saint of missions and missionaries, not the more common Catholic icon, the Blessed Virgin Mary, in spite of what the historic marker in front of it says.
It was constructed between 1932 and 1934 by the Rev. Gerhard Stakemeier, then-resident priest at St. Martin Catholic Church and a rock hound himself, with the help of the only other bachelor in the parish at the time — who would become Muhm's father.
"My dad was the only one in the church that wasn't married at that time," recalled Muhm's brother, Nick Bogner, of their father, who homesteaded at Oelrichs in 1909. Using his wooden-spoked Buick to pull a Model T trailer, the elder Bogner made many trips to Wind Cave to load up rocks that were brought above ground as cave enthusiasts explored and enlarged Wind Cave.
"They brought a lot of those rocks out from the cave when they were widening rooms in the cave," Bogner said. "He must have made 20, 30, 40 trips up there for a load of rocks. It must have taken him a year and half."
Many of the other rocks came from the surrounding prairies, Badlands and ranches in the area, including an impressive selection of Fairburn agates — the official state gemstone of South Dakota. Over the years, vandals made off with those highly prized specimens, and today there are none to be found in it.
"There were quite a few Fairburn agates in it, but people chipped them out," Bogner said.
Bogner, 80, still lives on the ranch that his father homesteaded 103 years ago and he is the primary caretaker of the grotto, the church and the priest's house, all of which were placed or have been placed on state and national historical registers in 2002, after the church was closed as an active parish in 1999.
One of the requirements of its historical designation is that St. Martin's grotto and church be open to the public at least 12 hours a year, so Bogner hosts an open house each Labor Day and Memorial Day. On Sept. 3, the buildings and grotto will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to the general public, including rock hounds like Tilley.
Tilley says western South Dakota's unique geological history on display at the grotto is one of the reasons that it is ranked fifth in the nation for rock-hounding locations by national magazines in that field.
"South Dakota was part of a great inland sea at one time, which is why we have so many marine fossils," Tilley said.
The Black Hills, home to more than 140 minerals that can be mined, also make it a prime location to hunt rocks. That's something that King and Tilley have done all their lives. Gold, mica and feldspar are three of the most common minerals, and rose quartz is so prevalent — there is more of it in the Black Hills than any place in the world — that it has been named the official state mineral.
"Why rocks? I guess I've been a rock hound all my life, or at least most of it," Tilley, 73, said.
She loves their beauty, their geologic history and the idea of getting outdoors to explore for them. "There's just such a sense of peace about it," she said.
Rock collecting in the Badlands National Park is illegal today, but there's still plenty of public land in western South Dakota where it is not, Tilley said. She still explores many of the areas that Stakemeir likely did back in the 1920s and '30s, such as the Buffalo National Grasslands and places with names like Railroad Buttes and Indian Creek.
"There are acres and acres of rocks in places where you can still find prairie agates, Fairburn agates and... beautiful little geodes with loose crystals inside called chalcedony that were formed from volcanic ash," she said.
Tilley is particularly fond of chalcedony, which are little geodes found in grasslands east of Scenic.
"They just weather out by the thousands and they're really rather ordinary looking unless you realize what they are," she said.
The rocks produce a tinkling bell-like rattle, thanks to the loose crystals inside that earned them the nickname Indian Rattle. Native Americans used the rocks to make percussion instruments for ceremonial purposes and, wrapped in hide, as baby toys.
"I've given away thousands of them," she said. "There's never any two alike."


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The Coal Region is a region of Northeastern Pennsylvania. It is known for being home to the largest known deposits of anthracite coal in the world with an estimated reserve of seven billion short tons.
The region is typically defined as comprising five Pennsylvania counties, Carbon County, Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Northumberland County, and Schuylkill County. It is home to 910,716 people as of the 2010 census.
The Coal Region is bordered by Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton Counties (including the Lehigh Valley) to its south; Columbia and Dauphin Counties to its west; Wyoming County to its north; and Warren County, New Jersey to its east.
See also: History of Pennsylvania
Further information: Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
By the 18th century, the Susquehannock Native American tribe that had inhabited the region was reduced 90 percent in three years of a plague of diseases and possibly war, opening up the Susquehanna Valley and all of Pennsylvania to European settlers. Settlement in the region predates the American Revolution. Both Delaware and Susquehannock power had been broken by disease and wars between Native American tribes before the British took over the Dutch and Swedish colonies and settled Pennsylvania.
The first discovery of anthracite coal in the region occurred in 1762, and the first mine was established 13 years later, in 1775 near present-day Pittston.
In 1791, anthracite was discovered by a hunter atop Pisgah Ridge, and by 1792 the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company began producing and shipping coal to Philadelphia via present-day Jim Thorpe from the Southern Anthracite Field and Summit Hill, built between Schuylkill County and what would become Carbon County.
In 1818, customers fed up with the inconsistent mismanagement leased the Lehigh Coal Mining Company and founded the Lehigh Navigation Company. Construction of navigation and locks and dams on the Lehigh River rapids, later known as the Lehigh Canal, was completed in 1820.
In 1822, the two companies merged as the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company (LC&N). By 1824, the company was shipping large volumes of coal down the Lehigh and Delaware Canals. Meanwhile, three brothers had similar ideas from near the turn of the century, and about the same time began mining coal in Carbondale, 15 miles (24.1 km) northeast of Scranton, but high enough to run a gravity railroad to the Delaware River and feed New York City via the Delaware and Hudson Canal. Pennsylvania began the Delaware Canal to connect the Lehigh Canal to Philadelphia and environs, while funding to build a canal across the Appalachians' Allegheny Mountains to Pittsburgh. In 1827, LC&N built the nation's second railroad, whose Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway ran from Summit Hill to present-day Jim Thorpe.
The region's population grew rapidly following the American Civil War, due largely to the expansion of the mining and railroad industries. English, Welsh, Irish, and German immigrants formed a large portion of this increase. This immigration wave was followed, in turn, by Polish, Slovak, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Italian, Russian, Belarusian, Jewish, and Lithuanian immigrants. The influence of these immigrant populations is still strongly felt in the region, with various towns featuring and offering various ethnic characters and cuisine.
In 1959, the Knox Mine Disaster served as a death knell for deep mining, leading to its ultimate shutdown in the mid-1960s; almost all current anthracite mining is done via strip mining.
Strip mines and fires, most notably in Centralia, remain visible. Several violent incidents in the history of the U.S. labor movement occurred within the coal region, which was the home of the Molly Maguires and the location of the Lattimer Massacre.
Tours of underground mines can be taken in Ashland, Scranton, and Lansford, each of which have museums dedicated to the region's historic anthracite mining industry. Patch towns and small villages, often historically founded and owned by mining companies, also still exist. While they are no longer company-owned, most of them still exist as boroughs or townships, and ne of them, the Eckley Miners' Village, is a museum and preserved historical town owned and administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, which seeks to restore patch towns to their original state.
Further information: Geography of Pennsylvania
The Coal Region lies north of the Lehigh Valley and Berks County regions, south of the Endless Mountains, west of the Pocono Mountains, and east of the Susquehanna Valley. The region lies at the northern edge of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, and draws its name from the vast deposits of anthracite coal that can be found under several of the valleys in the region.
The Wyoming Valley is the most densely populated of these valleys, and contains the cities of Wilkes-Barre, Greater Pittston, and Scranton. Hazleton and Pottsville are two of the larger cities in the southern portion of the region. The Lehigh and Schuylkill rivers both originate within the region, while the much larger Susquehanna River skirts the northern edge.
Academics have made the distinction between the North Anthracite Coal Field and the South Anthracite Coal Field, the lower region bearing the further classification Anthracite Uplands in physical geology. The Southern Coal Region can be further broken into the Southeastern and Southwestern Coal Regions, with the divide between the Little Schuylkill River and easternmost tributary of the Schuylkill River with the additional divide line from the Lehigh River watershed extended through Barnesville the determining basins.
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By Jennifer Blair
Organic crop rotations are "a real ball of wax to deal with," says veteran organic grower Steven Snider.
"There's so many options out there. I think people would like for me to just tell them what to put in, and that would be nice and simple," said Snider, who runs an organic grain operation near Edberg.
"The problem is I don't know your operation and I don't know what your resources or your capabilities are."
Ultimately, producers need to decide for themselves "what works best and what makes them profitable and sustainable."
The more species you have growing, the better it is. – Ward Middleton, organic grower
"A lot of it boils down to making good management decisions," said Snider, part of a panel at Organic Alberta's conference in late February.
So if there's no easy answer when it comes to developing an organic crop rotation, what can you do?
Snider — along with two other organic producers — shared their top three tips for building an organic crop rotation that could work for your farm.
To read the full article on the Alberta Farmer Express, click here.


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WERNER, Vera Regina and SANT'ANNA, Célia Leite. Occurrence of the rare genus Microcrocis P. Richter (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria) in a coastal lagoon from southern Brazil. Rev. bras. Bot. [online]. 2006, vol.29, n.1, pp. 183-186. ISSN _PHONE_. _URL_
The paper records the first occurrence of the genus Microcrocis P. Richter (Chroococcales, Cyanobacteria), represented by M. pulchella (Buell) Geitler, in Brazil. The species was found in two zones, one with freshwater and the other with brackish water, of a coastal lagoon of Rio Grande do Sul State (31°15-31°30 S and 50°54-51°09 W). Comparison between M. pulchella and its most closely related species is presented. Up to now this species had occurrence records limited to freshwater systems in temperate regions. Its presence in a subtropical coastal lagoon from southernmost Brazil, either in fresh or in brackish water, broadened the knowledge of the distribution area of M. pulchella.
Keywords : Brazil; coastal lagoon; Cyanobacteria; Microcrocis.

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Samsung Note 8 And Note 9: How To Set Custom Ringtones
Sooner or later, it can be very important setting a ringtone for a particular person that calls you or even set the alarm for some specific events or functions. These are the reasons for using your Samsung Note 8 or Note 9 for creating any distinctive ringtones or functions.
With creating this type of specific ringtone, you will be able to know who is calling you without even looking at your phone and you will be able to guess the event that is coming up only by the specific ringtone linked to that certain event. These kinds of options are giving a high uniqueness of the Samsung Note 8 and Note 9.
This is a specific guide on how to create this type of distinctive ringtones for callers or events using sounds by preference or even lyrics of your favorite songs on Samsung Note 9 and Note 8.

Setting up on Note 8 and Note 9
It is quite possible using different ringtones chosen by your preference and linking them to various contacts on your android smartphone. Also, it is possible to choose a notification alert and set it on your phone, better said, use the notification alert for linking it with contacts on your Android's phonebook.

The following procedure would apply when setting up custom ringtones on Note 9 and Note 8:
 1. First, you must switch to Samsung Note 9 or Note 8.
 2. Then, you need to go into the application you use for dialling
 3. When you are in the dial application, you look for the contact that you want to link it with some specific ringtone.
 4. If you find the contact you want to link to your chosen ringtone, you must find the icon that is formed like a pen and select it. With selecting the icon, you will be able to make the changes on your chosen contact.
 5. Use the button for ringtones to open the list that contains all your chosen ringtones.
 6. You can search through the list and when you find the ringtone that you chose for your contact you need to confirm that this is the ringtone you want to choose for your contact.

Sometimes, it's possible not to be able to find the specific ringtone you need on the list. In that case, you need to click on the ''Add'' option to find other ringtones and add them to the list.

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All residents and living beings in Brampton rely on the interconnected system of natural and built environments. This is Brampton's ecosystem.
The health, wealth, and wellbeing of the Brampton community depends on the natural systems, functions, and resources that are part of Brampton's ecosystem. We rely on the natural environment and its processes to provide us with basic needs, such as air, water, food, and shelter, and many other benefits like recreation opportunities and protection from illness. In this way, the environment is our home.
Just like any home, our ecosystem requires the care, maintenance, and respect to ensure it provides us these services. It is our responsibility to take ownership and stewardship of our surroundings, including the natural environment, through our daily activities and life-long decisions.
What type of steward are you?
Be an Explorer
Learns, shares, engages
Get to know your community and its connections to the environment. Explore new ideas and ways of doing things to find what best protects the environment within your community. Understand and share that a healthy and resilient ecosystem results in healthier people and places.
- Join a community organization or local neighbourhood stewardship group
- Participate in local stewardship events, such as clean-ups and tree plantings, or attend environmental workshops
- Subscribe to a environmental magazine or follow a reputable website/blog to stay informed on the latest environmental news
- Attend Environment Advisory Committee meetings or Council meetings to learn about what's happening in your community
Be an Advocate
Defends, motivates, empowers
Actively stand up for environmental protection and a sustainable society. Celebrate our natural areas and systems and let others know why it is important to protect and enhance them.
- Start or join a community organization or local neighbourhood stewardship group
- Encourage and help family, friends, neighbours, and co-workers to adopt more sustainable habits and actions
- Lead a local stewardship event, such as a clean-up or nature walk
- Talk to your community leaders and encourage them to consider the environment in their decision making
- Organize a local workshop or BBQ to educate people about and celebrate environmental sustainability
Be a Gardener
Tend, nurtures, does
Tend to the ecosystem and lead by example. Understand and undertake everyday actions that benefits and improve your ecosystem/home.
- Join a local stewardship group
- Adopt a Park with family, friends, neighbours, and co-workers
- Take transit or carpool when commuting
- Reduce your waste by properly recycling and composting
- Strive to take everyday actions to reduce your environmental impact
Check out _URL_ to see what the City is doing and more on how you can get involved.
See how Brampton residents and business are stepping up to the plate and taking responsibility for our environment, community, and future.


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Why Data Processing in Marketing Mix Modeling Projects is Instrumental
In the previous article, we covered Data Exploration which paved our way to the fifth article in our series. Now that the analyst is familiar with their charted data, in-depth work should be conducted to successfully transform the variables and test various hypotheses to get a better idea about the reality behind the model inputs.
This article explores a set of transformations that could be applied during the Data Processing phase.
The rationale behind Data Processing in Marketing Mix Modeling:
Data processing in Marketing Mix Modeling involves transforming raw data into useful formats that can be analyzed effectively. This phase comes third in the MMM workflow:
The idea behind data processing is to create additional variables (they stem from Data Exploration). Those variables are then tested through the modeling stage, to either confirm or refute the hypothesis that had been established.
What types of variables could be created in Data Processing in Marketing Mix Modeling?
The new variables that the analyst could create at this stage are divided into two main groups:
- Calendar variables: They are created from scratch. They are not based on raw variables that exist in the project. For example, dummies, or trends.
- Processed variables: They are transformations applied to raw variables. For example, if decay is applied to a TV GRP, that results in a processed variable.
⇒ Diminishing returns, lags, seasonality, adding up variables, and splitting variables are also examples of processed variables that we will explore in this article.
Let's start Calendar Variables:
a. Dummy variables: They are generally created to model events, whether they are known or unknown. Analysts should be very careful when using dummy variables. The exaggerated and non explained use of dummy variables may result in an overfitted model.
Example: An out of stock, which happens 3 times a year, is a situation where 3 dummies could be added to the model to represent this event.
b. Trends and Part Trends: They are created to model the gradual increase, or decrease, in the modeled KPI. The delisting of a product is a case in point, and so is the launch of a new product, as illustrated in figure 3.
⇒ In the retail sector, it could be modeling the opening or the closure of a store.
c. Periodic: This is generally used to model a frequent event, for example: Payday (figure 4). People get paid around the 25th of the month; so, an increase in consumption is expected. In this case, the analyst could create a variable that takes the value "1" on the week where the 25th of every month falls. This could be done using the Periodic transformation.
Another example is seasonality during a specific month of the year such as June. Here, a periodic seasonality in June could be created. And if the data modeled is over the course of three years, we will end up with three sequences of those using the periodic transformation.
Processed variables are created either out of the raw variables that are already collected as part of the kickoff meeting and the data request, or out of the Calendar Variables. What is advisable before creating any processed variables, is to graph the raw variable against the dependent variable. Based on the comparison, the analyst should choose the transformations that would be adapted to the raw variable.
This leads them to creating the shape that they are aiming to model at a later stage. These transformations include:
a. Decay is one of the most popular transformations in Marketing Mix Modeling. It is commonly called Adstock. The theory behind it is as simple as saying that there is a prolonged (or carry-over) effect of the advertising activity. So, when the business advertises at a time "t", that activity will not have an impact on consumption only at time "t". It will also carry over to the following weeks. Mathematically, it is perceived as a stock of advertising that is influenced by two factors:
1: How much activity, or how much advertising, the consumer is exposed to in that particular week.
2: A carryover effect that is coming from the stock of advertising from previous weeks.
⇒ Decay will determine how much memory the consumer takes with them week after week.
The following is an illustration of the Ad Stock concept:
- The dependent variable is graphed in red
- The raw TV GRP is graphed in blue.
Two types of Adstock were created here:
In the first one, which is yellow, we are assuming a memory decay of 10%. Here, the carryover stretches over a long period because the consumer only forgets 10% of the message they have been exposed to.
⇒ That means 90% of the message is taken over week on week.
In the second transformation, which is the 40%, the stock of advertising that is taken over week on week is less than in the first case of 10%.
⇒ It is noticeable that the green line falls probably two or three weeks following the end the TV activity.
The idea behind Adstock is to create different variations of Decay. Then when the analyst moves to the modeling stage, they choose the best variable that best matches the variations seen in sales.
How do we determine where to stop the Decay?
Another variation of the decay function is to specify a Cutoff point. It means that the user decides to stop the tail starting from a certain point. So, all what they need to do is to enter the cutoff point, and the software they use should be able to automatically create 2 variables:
- One before the cutoff point to measure the short-term effect
- Another after the cutoff point to measure medium/long term effect
b. Lag: is generally applied to shift a variable to model its delayed effect. A good example of this is promotions (see figure 5): what one would expect is that when promotions are on, sales would be increasing as a result. However, depending on the strength of the promotion, that could easily result in a drop in sales in subsequent weeks. Let's take the case of "buy one get one free", what generally tends to happen is that customers will stock the products they buy in times of promotion. Consequently, they won't do their shopping as usual in the subsequent weeks.
What the analyst needs to do here is create a lag of the promotion variable. While the raw variable of promotion will be used to model the immediate effect of promotions, the lagged version will be used to model the brought forward sales, as well as a potential decrease in the sales line.
c. Diminishing Returns: It is one of the most important transformations in the context of Marketing Mix Modeling. If the purpose is to create an optimization as part of the project, then it is very important to create Diminishing Returns.
The reason for DR is that the Lag and the Decay transformations are linear transformations. Thus, if the analyst does not build in a Saturation Effect or Diminishing Returns on top of those, then their curves will be linear. For an Optimization algorithm, this means that the budget will be allocated to the channel that has the highest slope.
For the client to get a sound optimization, the analyst needs to build a Diminishing Return in every single channel that they are modeling. They can use several mathematical transformations to this end, for example, the Exponential function, the Adbudg function, or the Atan2 function.
Is it possible to use multiple Processors at once?
The answer is yes, and it is called Chain Processing. The analyst can apply different processors, in sequence, to the same raw or calendar variable. Here we can cite two examples:
a. Applying the decay function to TV spend (GRP), to create Adstock. Then, applying Diminishing Returns to optimize variables like TV, outdoor, search, etc.
b. A typical transformation in MMM is to create a seasonal factor, then smooth it either using a median filter or a moving average. This will result in a shape that the analyst can then use in the model as an explanatory variable.
The time spent on data processing in Marketing Mix Modeling will tremendously help the analyst to better represent and visualize his variables and accurately display how they are behaving. It is through Data Processing that the analyst shapes the true impact of the variables/events that are behind the real KPI variations.
Marketers and data analysts need to follow a well-structured methodology in order to perform data driven actions and make decisions. This process will make the path clearer for everyone involved in a Marketing Mix Modeling Project to build a statistically and commercially robust model that fits the actual market reality. This couldn't be done without properly explored and processed data

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Shraddha name meaning:
The name "Shraddha" is of Indian origin and is commonly given to girls. It has its roots in Hinduism and holds significant cultural and religious importance. The name is derived from the Sanskrit word "shraddha," which means faith, devotion, or trust.
Shraddha represents a deep sense of belief and reverence towards spiritual or religious practices. It embodies the idea of having unwavering faith in one's beliefs and dedicating oneself wholeheartedly to a particular deity, philosophy, or set of values. The name reflects the qualities of a person who is sincere, committed, and steadfast in their convictions.
Shraddha also carries the notion of respect and homage towards ancestors and elders. In Hindu rituals, "shraddha" refers to the ceremony performed to honor and offer prayers to departed souls. Hence, the name portrays a sense of reverence towards the lineage and heritage.
Overall, the name Shraddha symbolizes faith, devotion, and respect. It signifies a person who is deeply connected to their beliefs and traditions, and who upholds the values and practices that define their cultural identity.
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Kindness in the times of _TAG_ : Indian Edition Part 2
by - April 30, 2020
More tales of kindness from India during the COVID lockdown.
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Despite struggling from poverty himself, farmer Datta Ram Patil distributes the entire wheat from 1 acre of his 3 acre farm to the needy.
Residents of Ganesh Nagar in Sambalpur are looking after the daily wage workers in their locality by collecting and providing rations directly to them. Each family is provided 5 kgs of rice and 1 kg of dal along with soaps and hand sanitizers. The families have also been told to inform the residents of Ganesh Nagar when supplies are low so that the latter can provide more.
The Guru Nanak College in Chennai has opened their doors to migrant workers who are stuck due to the COVID19 lockdown. The migrants are provided accommodation and food at the college campus in Velachery.
Migrant workers in Chennai
Members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Kolkata prepare food boxes before distributing them among migrant workers and people in need.
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Noting how animals too are suffering during the lockdown due to starvation, the Rajasthan Police initiated measures to feed stray dogs, cattle and even monkeys during the lockdown. Along with various NGOs, they provide over 15,000 chapatis to stray animals and birds every day.
6 year old child artist Debangkita Banerjee first donated Rs 10,000 - all the money she had saved from her musical performances. When she felt it was not enough, she started singing in the local market places during permissable hours, asking people to contribute if they liked her performance. She collected Rs 70,000 which she promptly donated to the chief minister's COVID-19 relief fund.
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Residents in Jamia Nagar also provided essential commodities to those worst affected during lockdown.
Labourers who had been provided food and accommodation while being kept in quarantine inside a government school in Sikar, Rajasthan decided to express their gratitude by helping school back and repainting all the buildings.
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text: Recently, we presented the detection of carbon monoxide in the transmission spectrum of extrasolar planet HD209458b, using CRIRES, the Cryogenic high-resolution Infrared Echelle Spectrograph at ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The high spectral resolution observations (R=100,000) provide a wealth of information on the planet's orbit, mass, composition, and even on its atmospheric dynamics. The new observational strategy and data analysis techniques open up a whole world of opportunities. We therefore started an ESO large program using CRIRES to explore these, targeting both transiting and non-transiting planets in carbon monoxide, water vapour, and methane. Observations of the latter molecule will also serve as a test-bed for METIS, the proposed mid-infrared imager and spectrograph for the European Extremely Large Telescope.


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What are the main differences between hyper-converged and converged infrastructures?
The main difference is that hyper-converged infrastructures are defined by software and completely transparent. In this type of infrastructure, components cannot be separated in the same way as in the converged ones, but they are more flexible and customizable.
The flexibility of hyper-converged infrastructures makes them more scalable and cost-effective, because you can add, for example, more storage blocks as needed. In the converged ones, this option isn't possible, since it is necessary to add whole packages, what makes them more expensive.
The initial costs of both technologies may seem high, but in the long term they are cheaper, because you only have to update them once.
Storage is another of the differences, since in the case of the convergent, it is directly connected to the physical server.
Hyper-converged infrastructures feature a storage controller that runs on all nodes of a cluster to improve the scalability and resilience. The storage logic controller is a piece of software that is attached to each virtual machine at hypervisor level, and software-defined storage leads all local storage through the cluster and configures it as a single storage pool. This allows to keep data that require fast response time locally and those used less frequently are stored on servers with more space.
If you want to learn more about this type of infrastructure, read the full article in English by SearchVirtualDesktop


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SAN FRANCISCO - A wooly mammoth tooth with its enamel still intact has been discovered during the excavation for a new transit center in downtown San Francisco.
A crane operator came across the 10-inch-long brown, black and beige tooth on Monday while digging a 200-foot hole for a piling at the Transbay Transit Center.
Woolly mammoths, elephant-like animals, roamed the San Francisco Bay area some 10 million to 15 million years ago in the Pleistocene era. The tooth is broken in two and missing a chunk, but is otherwise in relatively good condition.
"It's a significant find," Jim Allen, a paleontologist and geologist for the transit center project, told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Other wooly mammoth fossils have been found in the Bay area, including in San Francisco, but Allen said the discovery right in the middle of downtown San Francisco as well as the tooth's surprisingly good condition are unusual.
The tooth is from the same era as fossils found in the La Brea Tar Pits in the Miracle Mile area of Los Angeles - a paleontological gold mine of Ice Age beasts that were trapped by asphalt bubbling upward through cracks and fissures. More than a million bones have been recovered from the ponds.
The tooth appears to be from a Columbian mammoth, a relative of today's elephants, Allen said.
Brandon Valasik, the crane operator who made the discovery, told the Chronicle he was digging through sand about 110 feet
"It looked too perfect to be a rock," he said.
Valasik stopped digging and called over a boss, who took pictures and sent them to Allen.
The transit center construction site has also yielded other treasures, including a gold nugget and artifacts from Irish neighborhoods that stood there in the 1800s.
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As a staff member, you can determine the way you participate within Projectcampus. Some teachers have assistants or instructors managing the course on Projectcampus, and only step in if there is a question only the teacher can answer. Some teachers take the lead and step in on every occasion. It is really up to the teacher to decide what suits him/her and the course best. It is important that expectations on the side of the students are managed up front (at the start of the course), to prevent frustration on both sides.
Basically, this is expectation management. You just indicate in your first post or during your introduction lecture what is expected from the students on Projectcampus and what the students can expect from each other and from their teachers. Obviously, teacher presence once in a while is important. But students can go a long way helping each other if this is clearly communicated (and checked) by the teachers.
TIP: Explain your students that Projectcampus makes it easy to learn from each other. Students can help each other in the course or follow projects from other teams or students.


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Connected will calculate the influence over the surface, imagine it like it spreads over the surface based on how those verts are connected.
The regular method is just based on the projection of the brush (based on the size of it) under the mouse pointer. So this method might pick up stuff that is not in close proximity, since it does not care about connectedness and topology of the edited mesh.


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Definition of agrarianism
n. - An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land. 2
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International Human Solidarity Day is observed globally on 20 December every year to mark unity in diversity and to raise awareness about the importance of solidarity. The United Nations had announced to celebrate this day on 22 December 2005 to explain the importance of unity in diversity.
The World Solidarity Fund was established by resolution 57/265 by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 December 2002, which was established in February 2003 as a trust fund for the United Nations Development Programme. Human unity was recognized as a fundamental and universal right of solidarity by the United Nations General Assembly on 22 December 2005 by resolution 60/209. And it was decided to celebrate International Human Unity Day on 20th December every year.
Significance, and Importance
- To show unity in diversity
- To remind the various governments of the agreements reached at the international level
- To convey the importance of solidarity among people
- To inspire people, governments for sustainable development
- To find new ways to eradicate poverty
- To lift people out of poverty, hunger, diseases
The purpose of International Human Unity Day is to spread awareness among people about the importance of unity in diversity. Various countries of the world spread the message of peace, brotherhood, love, harmony, and unity among their people on this day. International Day of Human Solidarity is being celebrated across the world today. This day, giving a message of solidarity among global diversity is celebrated every year on 20 December. This day is special in many ways.


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A word that sprung up randomly sometime around June 2006 in the USA.
A word, usually used as an adverb, that can be used to emphasize or make greater of something you are saying.
(An adverb or adjective.)
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Co-author of Jackson-Vanik amendment dies
Charles Vanik, a former U.S. congressman who co-authored a historic law designed to pressure the former Soviet Union into allowing freer emigration of Jews and other dissidents, died Thursday. He was 94 and living in Jupiter, Fla.
Vanik, an Ohio Democrat, wrote the Jackson-Vanik amendment to a 1974 trade law with Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson, a Washington Democrat.
Supporters say the legislation eventually spurred huge increases in emigration of Soviet Jews. It requires the United States to assess the human rights records of countries with non-market economies before deciding whether to grant them special trade privileges.
Mark Levin, director of NCSJ, which advocates on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic states and Eurasia, recalled the many opportunities he had to work with Vanik.
"It was a privilege to have known and worked with an elected official truly committed to the advancement of human rights and Jewish concerns," Levin said. "There are few who could match his compassion and heart."
While the measure's intent was to allow Soviet Jews to emigrate, its reach extended to many other countries, including China and Vietnam.
Critics have called for its elimination, arguing that it is an outdated obstacle to trade and harmed U.S. economic and diplomatic ties abroad.


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Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
This paper presents a reconfigurable baseband circuit for WiMAX low-IF receivers, including a complex filter and 2 automatic gain controllers (AGCs) for I and Q channels. Only by changing the capacitor values can the center and cutoff frequencies of the complex filter be adjusted simultaneously to realize the reconfigurability. Meanwhile, a novel one-step method to obtain fast gain settling of AGCs is proposed. The chip is fabricated in 0.13-\mu m CMOS technology, occupies 0.9 \times 1.3 mm^2, and consumes 14.8 mW of power with a 1.2-V power supply. The measurement results show a reconfigurable bandwidth of 2 K to 3.5/5/10 MHz, a gain range of 10 to 58 dB, and a total harmonic distortion of 0.43 % to 1.66%.
WiMAX, reconfigurable, baseband circuit, complex filter, automatic gain controller
CHENG, XIN and XIE, GUANGJUN
"A reconfigurable baseband circuit applied for WiMAX low-IF receivers,"
Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences: Vol. 22:
5, Article 10.
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SQL Anywhere 12.0.0 » SQL Anywhere Server - Programming » ODBC support » Choosing an ODBC connection function

Establishing a connection
Your application must establish a connection before it can perform any database operations.
 To establish an ODBC connection
 1. Allocate an ODBC environment.
 For example:
 SQLHENV env;
 SQLRETURN retcode;
 retcode = SQLAllocHandle( SQL_HANDLE_ENV,
 SQL_NULL_HANDLE, &env );
 2. Declare the ODBC version.
 By declaring that the application follows ODBC version 3, SQLSTATE values and some other version-dependent features are set to the proper behavior. For example:
 retcode = SQLSetEnvAttr( env,
 SQL_ATTR_ODBC_VERSION, (void*)SQL_OV_ODBC3, 0);
 3. If necessary, assemble the data source or connection string.
 Depending on your application, you may have a hard-coded data source or connection string, or you may store it externally for greater flexibility.
 4. Allocate an ODBC connection item.
 For example:
 retcode = SQLAllocHandle( SQL_HANDLE_DBC, env, &dbc );
 5. Set any connection attributes that must be set before connecting.
 Some connection attributes must be set before establishing a connection or after establishing a connection, while others can be set either before or after. The SQL_AUTOCOMMIT attribute is one that can be set before or after:
 retcode = SQLSetConnectAttr( dbc,
 SQL_AUTOCOMMIT,
 (SQLPOINTER)SQL_AUTOCOMMIT_OFF, 0 );
 For more information, see Setting connection attributes.
 6. Call the ODBC connection function.
 For example:
 if (retcode == SQL_SUCCESS
 || retcode == SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO) {
 printf( "dbc allocated\n" );
 retcode = SQLConnect( dbc,
 (SQLCHAR*) "SQL Anywhere 12 Demo", SQL_NTS,
 (SQLCHAR* ) "DBA", SQL_NTS,
 (SQLCHAR*) "sql", SQL_NTS );
 if (retcode == SQL_SUCCESS
 || retcode == SQL_SUCCESS_WITH_INFO){
 // successfully connected.
You can find a complete sample in samples-dir\SQLAnywhere\ODBCConnect\odbcconnect.cpp.
 Notes
Setting connection attributes
Getting connection attributes
Threads and connections in ODBC applications


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This is a rigorous mathematical theory of the operation of the flying-adder (FA) frequency synthesizer (also called direct digital period synthesizer). The paper consists of two parts. Part I presents a detailed mathematical model of the FA synthesizer, capturing the relationships between the properties of the FA's output and internal signals and the FA's parameters. The counting of the rising edges in the FA's multiplexer's output establishes a discrete-time index that is used to analytically derive the fundamental discrete-time periods of all the FA's signals. The continuous-time intervals between the rising edges are calculated and used to derive the fundamental continuous-time periods of the signals from the corresponding discrete-time ones. It is shown that the FA behaves differently within different ranges of the frequency word, and the practically useful range is identified. The FA's output average frequency, along with its maximum and minimum values, is analytically derived by calculating the number of cycles in the output signal within a fundamental continuous-time period of it. The relationship between the average and the fundamental output frequencies is also established, indicating the potential frequencies and density of output spurious frequency components. Part II of the paper characterizes the timing structure of the output signal, providing analytical expressions of the pulses' locations, analytical strict bounds of the timing irregularities, and exact analytical expressions of several standard jitter metrics. Spectral properties of the output waveform are presented, including the dominance of the frequency component at the average frequency, and analytical expressions of the dc value and average power of the output signal are derived. The FA has been implemented in a Xilinx Spartan-3E field-programmable gate array, and spectral measurements are presented, confirming the theoretical results. Extensive MATLAB simulation has also been used to g- - enerate numerous examples, illustrating the developed theory.
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The Cary Institute has been monitoring weather conditions at our state-of-the-art environmental monitoring station since 1988. The long-term data from this station can be used to tell us about our changing climate and allows us to collect continuous measurements during extreme weather events like Hurricane Sandy.
Meteorological conditions were measured at our weather station as the storm passed over Millbrook on October 29, 2012.
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Prehistory (Early Humankind)
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The Lascaux Caves: We start with a story retelling the discovery of the Lascaux Caves in France. The narrative tells of a group of young boys and their dog who, on an expedition in the local woods, discover the caves with the wonderful prehistoric paintings.
The value of stories: The paintings of prehistoric people are introduced in the context of a narrative. This helps students to enter into the wonder and excitement of such a discovery. Students are led to appreciate the splendor of the prehistoric paintings. They also learn how the paintings have increased our knowledge of the prehistoric world.
Readability level: The readability level of the story in the WER Unit allows students to work with ease when using the narrative to work on the assignments. The assignments develop historical literacy, language skills, and critical thinking skills.
Outline Web: Why did Cro-Magnons create the cave paintings?Have your students organize the answers to this question into a graphic overview. This and many more activities for students can be found in Module 2, Lesson 2 of the WER Unit Prehistory.
Have your students:
a) use their imagination and prior knowledge to answer the question,"Why were the paintings created?";
b) organize their suggested reasons into categories such as artistic, educational, social, and economic;
c) examine the story The Lascaux Caves for theme, setting, characters and plot;
d) write a similar story about the discovery of the caves at Altamira in Spain.
Sources: The WER story The Lascaux Caves is is based upon two articles published in The Illustrated London News. The first article, Lascaux Discovered (author unknown), was published on February 28, 1942, and the second, The Wall Paintings of the Lascaux Caves by Alan Brodrick, was published on April 12, 1947.
WideHorizon Education Resources-Prehistory/Early Humankind
Module 1: Understanding the Past
Module 2: Cro-Magnons and Neolithic Farmers
Example of content from Module 2 Lesson 2 Students are introduced to the cave paintings of Cro-Magnons through a story describing the discovery of the paintings in the Lascaux caves. The story is linked to a Guided Reading assignment that develops literacy and critical thinking skills, and encourages students to write creatively. Stories in all the Modules have controlled readability levels and Guided Reading assignments are linked to the stories.
Language Arts: Students study the theme, setting, characters and plot of the story. They also pay particular attention to the dialogue and compare direct and indirect quotation.
Creative Writing: Students create a similar story based on given facts about the discovery of cave paintings at Altamira.
Critical Thinking Skills: Students are given an outline web and are asked to provide possible explanations of why Cro-Magnons painted cave walls.
Prehistory/Early Humankind (2 Modules) includes 5 stories with readability levels, 3 guided reading assignments, 1 readers theatre, 13 activity sheets, 2 assignments targeted for monitoring and assessment, 1 map activity, 13 illustrated information sheets, 10 blackline masters, 2 review exercises, 2 colored reproductions, 10 teacher lesson guideline sheets, 2 monitoring and assessment guideline sheets.
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WideHorizon Education Resources (WER) Teaching Packs are designed to appeal to the heart, head and hands. Original material is the Mollet Learning Academy (MLA) Teaching Packs (written initially for New Zealand teachers). On request from USA teachers, monitoring and assessment procedures were added and renamed WER Teaching Packs to distinguish them from MLA Teaching Packs.
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 1. There's no one definitive way to prevent old Chrome tabs from opening at startup, but there are a few things you can try.
 2. One is to clear your browsing data on a regular basis.
 3. You can also try disabling your extensions and then re-enabling them one at a time to see if any of them are causing the problem.
 4. Finally, you can try restarting your computer in Safe Mode to see if that fixes the issue.
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Why does Chrome open my old tabs on startup?
Chrome opens your old tabs on startup because it remembers the tabs that you had open when you last closed the browser. This can be helpful if you're looking for a particular tab that you had open before, but it can also be annoying if you don't want Chrome to remember all of the tabs that you had open. You can disable this feature by going to Settings > Show advanced settings > Privacy > Use a prediction service to load pages more quickly.
How do I stop Chrome from opening my last session?
To stop Chrome from opening your last session, you can either clear your browsing data or change your settings. To clear your browsing data, open Chrome and go to Settings > Advanced > Clear browsing data. To change your settings, open Chrome and go to Settings > Basics > Open the last session.
How do I stop Chrome from loading all tabs?
There are a few ways to stop Chrome from loading all tabs. One way is to right-click on the tab and select "Close Other Tabs." Another way is to go to the "Settings" menu and select "Show Advanced Settings." Under the "Privacy" section, click on "Content Settings." Under the "Autofill" section, uncheck the box that says "Enable Autofill to fill out web forms with information like your name and address.
How do I change the Startup tab in Chrome?
To change the Startup tab in Chrome, open up the Settings menu and select "Show Advanced Settings." Under the "Startup" section, you can choose which pages are loaded when Chrome starts up.
How do I stop Chrome from opening multiple tabs on startup?
To stop Chrome from opening multiple tabs on startup, you can disable the "Open a new tab" setting. To do this, open Chrome and type "chrome://settings/" into the address bar. Scroll down to the "On startup" section and click on "Open a specific page or set of pages". Click on the "X" next to "Open a new tab" to disable this setting.
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How do I get my homepage back to normal?
If your homepage has been changed to a different website, you can try restoring it to the default settings. First, open your browser and go to the menu bar. Select "Tools" and then "Internet Options." From there, select the "General" tab and then click on the "Home Page" button. In the "Address" field, type in the website address that you want to use as your homepage. Click on the "OK" button and then restart your browser.
How do I stop tabs opening automatically?
There are a few ways to stop tabs from automatically opening in your web browser. One way is to configure your browser to ask you if you want to open a new tab when you click on a link. Another way is to install an extension or add-on that blocks new tabs from opening automatically.
Why does Google Chrome keep reloading tabs?
Google Chrome reloads tabs because it wants to ensure that users have the most up-to-date information when they're looking at a website. If a user has multiple tabs open, Chrome will reload all of the tabs automatically in order to keep them all up-to-date. This can be helpful if you've accidentally left a tab open for a long time and the website has changed since you last visited it.
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Methodological Problems with the Academic Sources of Popular Psychology
Methodological Problems with the Academic Sources of Popular Psychology: Context, Inference, and Measurementexamines the relationship between academic and popular psychology from a critical perspective with a focus on issues of methodology. The monograph traces the path from ideas in reputable popular psychology back to the original academic research tradition from which the claims were generated. It also addresses the conceptual and methodological controversies with respect to the original research typically ignored or played down in popular writing. This book covers a range of topics including the question of universal biases in judgment, resurgent notions of "fast" thinking and a cognitive unconscious, the psychology of happiness and other "positive" psychologies, the effects of parenting on child outcomes, and more general issues related to psychological tests and measures. The methodological problems that emerge include problems with generalizing from specific experimental conditions, highly biased sampling, lack of replication of findings, lack of shared referents across subfields, even different authors, as well as confusion around basic statistical and mathematical issues. Methodological Problems with the Academic Sources of Popular Psychology: Context, Inference, and Measurementreviews these issues extensively, offering both a sense of the history and pervasiveness of these issues in the field itself and an opportunity to review and master these difficult ideas.
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NASA's Langley Research Center has developed an enhanced design for a composite panel with a recessed core. NASA designed it to decrease the radiation efficiency and increase the transmission loss while maintaining load-bearing capability so it could be used in applications such as aircraft floors. Similar to traditional composite panels, the innovation possesses low weight characteristics, but in addition, it can be used in load-bearing applications. The invention was developed for NASA's Quiet Aircraft Technology Program. The superior design of the composite panel can be used in a wide variety of commercial applications wherever honeycomb is needed and improved acoustics are desired. NASA has patented and tested the novel design, and is interested in attracting development partners and potential licensees for the recessed core composite panel design.
This method constructs recessed core composite panels to reduce unacceptable noise radiated by the existing composite panels. Composite panels are widely used in aerospace applications, and like most lightweight, stiff materials, they efficiently radiate sound, resulting in high noise levels in an enclosed area. Conventional noise treatments add weight to a vehicle, which negates some of the benefits of using composite panels.
The innovation is a variation on a voided core for reduced sound radiation in composite panels. A voided core is made by removing the core material in select areas. This creates a double-wall cavity, which increases transmission loss, but weakens the panel. In the recessed core, only a portion of the honeycomb is removed through the thickness. Both of these methods decrease wave speed by reducing stiffness in portions of the panels. The lost stiffness is recovered by reinforcing the recesses with thin plates; in effect, creating interior face sheets. The reinforced recessed core improves transmission loss over the solid core design yet maintains panel strength. Optimization of the recess layout is possible for a particular application.


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Meet Eileen Gray, the architect behind the monumental E-1027 and pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture.
In 1924, work began in earnest on a small villa by the sea in the south of France. Nearly a century later, this structure has become a monument for modern design. However, like so many gifted female artists, Eileen Gray's story has been eclipsed by the men with whom she collaborated – this story puts the focus back on Gray and her mastery of design. Dzierżawska's exquisite visuals bring to life the tale of a young Irish designer whose dedication and desire to create came to flourish during the 'Années Folles' of early 20th century Paris.


With the onset of democracy in Bhutan in 2008, socio-economic development activities of the nation have accelerated. To be proactive in ensuring a safe future for the BNC and to use them as ambassadors for the conservation of other species and their habitats, during the next three years, RSPN and ICF wish to undertake a series of activities in each of the three regions where cranes spend their winter. Under the species based conservation program of RSPN, the conservation of two flagship species in the country, White bellied Heron (Ardea insignis) and BNC, are prioritized. Subsequently, a memorandum of understanding was signed between RSPN and the Department of Forest and Park Services to enhance knowledge, identify and implement appropriate conservation measures of the two species and their habitats. The MoU further stated to promote biodiversity and ecosystem conservation through collaboration in the field of species and habitat, water resource management and research between participants.
To increase foraging grounds of BNC in Bumdeling through restoration of degraded paddy fields.
 1. To reduce local threats to BNC
 2. Enhance knowledge on wintering BNC ecology in Bhutan
 3. To promote crane conducive livelihood activities of the local communities
 4. Promote community engagement in BNC conservation
 1. Phobjikha
 2. Bumthang
 3. Trashiyangtse
Expected Outcome:
 - Additional foraging grounds for BNC available and used by the cranes.
 - Dog population increase controlled (Phobjikha, Bumdeling and Bumthang).
 - Reduction of Crane casualties due to electric lines.
 - Appropriate interventions/recommendations for BNC conservation and protection identified from the BNC ecology study
 - Awareness on BNC generated among community and stakeholders in Phobjikha and Bumthang and improved cooperation and harmonization of BNC conservation among the habitat areas.
 - Preliminary idea on waste management for Phobjikha framed through consultation meetings.
 - Community participation in BNC conservation improved in Bumthang and Bumdeling
Given the current scenario of supporting Black-necked Crane conservation program in the country through project tied funding, RSPN wishes to establish an endowment fund which would ensure the sustainability of the conservation program and long term impact. To constantly carry out the conservation work for BNC and their habitat, RSPN has developed a 5 year action plan in consultation with all the stakeholders. This would require an estimated amount of US $ 100,000 annually, and can only be possible with an endowment fund of US $ 2 million at 5% annual investment interest. So far, we have raised US $ 30,000 through individual and institutional donors.
At RSPN, we believe a single grain of sand can tip the scale. You can be the grain that tips the scale towards improved environmental conditions and conservation efforts in Bhutan. RSPN has set a target to raise US$ 1.5 million for next 10 years.


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Enterprise IT security teams struggle to filter gigabytes of log data, but a new generation of cloud-based log aggregation and analysis services promises to help.
IT is struggling with the digital version of a problem that's plagued video surveillance admins for years: how to make sense of a constant, fast-moving stream of information and sift out the few important events. The combination of highly scalable cloud services and big data analytics can help tackle this IT security monitoring problem.
Indeed, cloud services are pioneering improvements in the packaging and management of log data of all types, not just security logs, as evidenced by Amazon's recent introduction of AWS CloudTrail, a service providing a consolidated record of all activity against an AWS account.
Since it's not always clear who or what is using a particular set of AWS resources, CloudTrail keeps a record of all API calls to an account, including those made via the AWS management console, SDKs, command-line tools or higher-level services such as CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk or OpsWorks. CloudTrail can even be configured to aggregate logs from multiple accounts, writing them in JSON format for easy parsing and processing into an S3 bucket in near real time, typically within 15 minutes of the event. So what does this have to do with security? Plenty.
As this AWS blog describing CloudTrail points out, such detailed API logging facilitates improvements to several important IT processes, including:
- Compliance enforcement by providing the information needed to demonstrate that AWS resources were managed according to rules and regulatory standards.
- Resource tracking through the entire lifecycle from creation through deletion.
- Operational troubleshooting to identify the most recent changes made to all resources in an AWS environment.
- Security analytics to identify which user activities failed due to inadequate permissions.
As Amazon notes, having consolidated and accurate log data can provide timely answers to questions such as: "What actions did a given user take over a given time period? For a given resource, which user has taken actions on it over a given time period? What is the source IP address of a given activity? Which activities failed due to inadequate permissions?"
Sounds nice in theory, but how? Someone still has to write the queries and generate reports. That's where a new generation of big data analytics cloud services from companies such as Logentries, Loggly, Papertrail, Splunk and Sumo Logic come in, several of which have already added support for CloudTrail.
For example, the Splunk App for AWS includes a set of pre-built dashboards and reports that improve understanding of user behavior, document compliance with security and regulatory standards, including the PCI Data Security Standard, and generate usage-based billing summaries. Similarly, Sumo Logic's Application for CloudTrail can be used for security analytics by filtering data in real time to study user behaviors and alert on unusual patterns.
Sumo Logic also can correlate CloudTrail data with that from other systems, including OS security logs, host based IDSs, or non-AWS application logs. In fact, according to the firm's CMO, Sanjay Sarathy, its technology processes virtually any data set with a timestamp, using a data reduction scheme that consolidates thousands of raw entries into a tiny fraction of relevant records.
Likewise, Logentries is beta testing a product called OpsStream that collects data from several AWS services, including EC2, EBS, RDS, and CloudWatch into a single Logentries account that incorporates system and application logs from other systems, thus providing a single dashboard summarizing the health of applications using multiple AWS and on-premise resources. OpsStream also will soon collect data from CloudTrail and AWS Trusted Advisor.
But applying big data techniques to security logs means doing much more than basic statistical analysis to flag outliers. The real benefits come through applying pattern recognition and self-learning to automatically build baseline norms for a particular data set and refine the detection algorithms based on how IT admins handle each alert.
[Read why organizations need to spend more time on proper security design in "Security Needs To Focus On Architecture, Not Products."]
Indeed, Sumo Logic's Sarathy claims the company's pattern recognition engine is one of the key pieces of intellectual property inside its product. He says most existing data analysis products require manual input of specific search terms -- an ad hoc process that's not suited to the overwhelming volume of newly generated data. Sumo Logic's approach automatically builds baseline patterns used to flag potentially anomalous events that admins can classify as genuine threats, suspicious but not serious or innocuous false alarms.
This feedback is used to tweak the system's anomaly detection algorithm, gradually improving accuracy and reducing the number of false positives. "The focus is on proactive action, not reactive response," Sarathy told Network Computing.
As I wrote in an InformationWeek report on the application of NSA-developed big data technology to IT, real time filtering and analysis of colossal log files was a key ingredient in the NSA's PRISM eavesdropping program. According to Ely Kahn, a co-developer of the NSA's Accumulo software, traditional security information and event management (SIEM) and forensics software can't process the volume, diversity and complexity of data in the ways required to identify new threats or predict incidents.
He noted that a financial institution might generate terabytes of security data from hundreds of platforms per day and want to store years' worth in order to draw long-term correlations. From this petabyte-scale pool, the institution needs to perform low-latency searches, getting results within a of couple seconds. Sqrrl, Kahn's spin-out company commercializing the open sourced NSA software, sees it as a problem tailor made for big data analytics.
Sprrl's Hadoop-based technology targets large customers with on-prem installations, but is perfectly suited for a cloud service and could serve as the backend for future cloud services. Sqrrl could be a potential arms merchant for companies like Sumo Logic or its future competitors.
Corporate security managers stand to benefit from leveraging big data technology, but also from its instantiation as cloud services with the accompanying benefits of hyperscale, multitenant number-crunching, and SaaS deployment convenience.
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OpenRelativity is an open-source toolkit to simulate effects of special relativity by varying the speed of light. Developed by the MIT Game Lab, it contains open-source code for public use with the free and paid versions of the Unity engine. The toolkit was developed during the creation of the game A Slower Speed of Light.
An intuitive understanding of travel near the speed of light can be difficult to develop. The concepts involved in special relativity seem remote and inaccessible to us in our daily lives. Students and teachers of special relativity have very little in the way of tangible demonstrations, and are typically expected to develop understanding solely through the reading and working of theoretical problems.
Intended for game developers, educators, and anyone interested in physics, OpenRelativity can help people create, test, and share experiments to explore the effects of special relativity. By releasing the tool set as an open-source code library, interested developers can also create and distribute new games or simulations that feature the effects of traveling near the speed of light.
Education can be assisted through the use of games and other interactive media, especially for topics that frequently are hard to understand and visualize. The toolset can help educators create new demonstrations to provide an intuitive, useful understanding of a dense and complex topic. At the same time, these tools make the visually stunning effects of traveling near the speed of light available to game developers, increasing awareness about the topic to people who may have never encountered it. Our hope is that software created with OpenRelativity will allow a greater number of people access to a field that is often regarded as difficult to comprehend.
- 3D Lorentz transformation of stationary or constant-velocity geometry
- Time dilation of moving objects
- Relativistic doppler shift of objects moving relative to the camera
- Searchlight/headlight effect as perceived by a moving camera
- Runtime of light effects when events are perceived by the camera
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See OpenRelativity in action in the following games (contact _EMAIL_ if you make a project with this toolkit and want it added to our list):
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A Slower Speed of Light is a first-person game in which players navigate a 3D space while picking up orbs that reduce the speed of light in increments. Visual effects of special relativity gradually become apparent to the player, increasing the challenge of gameplay. Players can choose to share their mastery and experience of the game through Twitter. A Slower Speed of Light combines accessible gameplay and a fantasy setting with theoretical and computational physics research to deliver an engaging and pedagogically rich experience.


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Keller Grundbau has been successfully using the Soilfrac® process for the minimisation of settlements when constructing tunnels and for the remediation of tilting buildings for decades.
Returning leaning structures into a vertical position are spectacular technical challenges since efforts have been made for the leaning tower of Pisa – even with us. It is often the case however that a partial restoration is sufficient to regain the functionality and the aesthetic impression of a structure.
The Soilfrac® process
With this process, sleeve pipes are initially inserted into the area of the soil that is to be treated. A packer that is at the end of a flexible grout hose injection line can then be inserted in the sleeve pipe up to a desired single valve before a defined injection volume is pressed through this valve.
This process is repeated in numerous injection phases, enabling targeted lifting to be carried out after completion of a pre-injection and a tensioning of the soil. With this process, fractures are created in the soil (fracs) which are filled with hardening grout. Every soil formation can be improved by multiple rounds of grouting and controlled lifting can be induced.
The Soilfrac® process is used for the remediation of foundations where ongoing settlements have to be stopped, where natural or man-induced deformations occur, where mining activities cause problems, where insufficient bearing capacities are found or sections of a structure have to be lifted.
Benefits of the Soilfrac® process
- targets lifting of structures or structure parts for remediation after settlement damage has been caused
- precautionary in order to minimise settlements resulting from tunnel construction work or increased loads, for example
Information for design and execution
The protection of structures against settlements arising from tunnelling and mining activities is an important application of the Soilfrac®-Method. This technique was first used by Keller for a subway project in the Ruhr area of Germany in 1985.


text: Description: Digitization provided by the USF Libraries Digitization Center. Rare Maps. This is a detail of Nassau County from a hand colored map of Florida, circa 1834. Nassau County is shown in its present day location. This map shows cities and towns, inland waters and county borders. There are inland waters such as the Nassau River and St. Marys River. Scale [ca. 1:1,774,080]. Source: Henry Schenck Tanner, North America XIV, Florida (London, : Baldwin & Cradock, 1834) Map Credit: Courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of South Florida.


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In Guyana's history, there have been two pervading myths or traditions – Guyana being the City of Gold or El Dorado- and the other, Guyana being the Food Basket of the Caribbean. The first myth has materialised not merely because Guyana produces El Dorado, the unchallenged best golden rum in the world, but more seriously, because Guyana has been producing large quantities of gold with large deposits awaiting exploitation.
The other tradition or myth of Guyana being the Food Basket of the Caribbean gave a brief indication of its reality when, during World War II Guyana's rice and ground provisions held off famine from the Caribbean islands.
The time has now come for Guyana to become the Food Basket of the Caribbean and supply its US$5 billion food imports. Becoming the Food Basket of the Caribbean would provide Guyana with complete food security and would give food security to the Caribbean as well.
The Caribbean has always been a region, which lacked food security and two historical examples will illustrate this: The Caribbean islands, and in particular the British islands, depended on food imports from the British colonies in North America. When the American War of Independence erupted, the American colonies' food exports to the Caribbean were almost ended and the Caribbean suffered great distress.
Second example: After Emancipation and the emigration of a large proportion of the plantation owners and managers, food imports to Guyana were gravely curtailed. The freedmen had to fend for themselves and were forced to live on ground provisions and breadfruit. Even this monotonous and slender food supply was sometimes affected by lack of rainfall and drought conditions.
Now, with the Oil Revenues, the Agricultural Revolution could be clearly seen on the horizon. The great investments which Agriculture required to modernize, expand, increase production and productivity are now becoming available. Guyana is at the threshold of becoming the Food Basket of the Caribbean and satisfying the region's food imports of US $5 billion.
In April last, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)'s Assistant Director General, Dr Julio Berdegue visited Guyana because "FAO wished to strengthen ties and collaborate with Guyana, given the unique role Guyana can play in Agriculture development".
The "unique role" to which Dr Berdegue was referring was explained as: "The Caribbean faces the enormous problem of a food import bill which is growing every year for the past 30 to 35 years. Right now the Caribbean is spending US4.5 billion per year to buy food that can be grown in the sub-region . This will address the huge problem of food security and safety in the Caribbean Region".
To take advantage of this US$5 billion Caribbean Agricultural market, an Agricultural improvement plan has to be formulated to encompass introducing modern agricultural methods, different varieties, modern agricultural technologies and training.
This investment in Agriculture would derive from oil revenues. The new profitability, wealth and prestige which would be generated by Agriculture would once again encourage young people to again enter the industry. Sugar and rice which have been the agricultural, and indeed the economic backbone of the country for the last two centuries, will also be revived into a new prosperity.
A burgeoning and profitable Agriculture Sector will inevitably birth value added industries, some of the basic ones, being, for example, rice wines, cereals and confections, various types of flours and oils. Many of these products could be exported to the niche markets of the Developed Countries.
The large off-shore petroleum mining industry will certainly be disturbing the fish habitats as happened in Trinidad but this may be remedied in a number of ways such as inshore fish farming or relocating stocks. Successful efforts to preserve and save the fishing industry will depend on oil revenues being early invested in the industry.
The issue of Climate Change should never be placed on the backburner but must be addressed since the Caribbean Region, by 2030, will move to 1.5 degrees in higher temperature. This may imply relocating or growing crops elsewhere in the country.
The new petroleum industry should not be allowed to dominate the thinking of policy makers to the disadvantage of Agriculture. The petroleum industry is a finite one and will diminish as deposits become exhausted as happened in Trinidad.
Agriculture, on the other hand, is self-generating and would always be providing food and employment. Dr Berdegue's advice is timely and relevant: "Oil and gas and Agriculture can live together. . . We need modern regularisation and modern technologies to manage the space in order to make these different economic activities coexist in a less stressful and more mutually reinforcing situation".
If Agriculture captures the Caribbean import food market, provides the Region with food security and at the same time expands its exports to other countries, Guyana's prosperity will be ensured.
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Chinese shadow puppetry is a form of theatre whereby colourful silhouette figures perform traditional plays against a back-lit cloth screen, accompanied by music and singing. Puppeteers make the figures from leather or paper and manipulate them by means of rods to create the illusion of moving images. The puppeteers' skills of simultaneously manipulating several puppets, improvisational singing, and playing various musical instruments are handed down in families and troupes, passing from master to pupil. Puppetry spreads knowledge, promotes cultural values and entertains the community, especially the youth.
Series: 2011 Inscriptions on the Representative List/Inscriptions 2011 sur la liste représentative,
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Flatulence, or passing gas, is a condition brought on by the digestive tract exhaling air. Women may experience an increase in gas production during intimacy as a result of a number of factors, including hormonal changes, physical motions, and increased blood flow to the pelvic region.
According to Medicalnewstoday, women frequently experience flatulence as a result of the physical movements and positions utilized during sexual activity.
Certain intimate positions that put pressure to the colon may cause gas to be released. When the pelvic muscles are relaxed during discharge, gas might also be expelled.
Women may have flatulence during romantic moments due to changes in hormone levels. Hormonal changes throughout the menstrual cycle may affect digestion and increase gas production.
Additionally, some women who use hormonal contraception may experience gastrointestinal problems that lead to flatulence during sexual activity.
Although passing gas while being intimate can be humiliating, it is a natural biological process and nothing to be ashamed of.
It's essential that couples have frank discussions about their bodies and approach these situations with empathy and understanding.
If flatulence occurs during intimacy, couples might adjust their postures or take breaks to release any pressure on the digestive tract.


text: The short message service Twitter has gained significant popularity and uptake among participants of conferences and organized events as a backchannel for intra-event communication. Information that is exchanged explicitly through such tweets, or that is implicitly present in them, remains mostly hidden and undecipherable to machines. In this paper we propose a framework for extracting valuable information from conference tweets, enabling its publication as Linked Data. We introduce the concept of mapping tweets with the talks and subevents that they refer to, in doing so gaining access to additional information about the users, talks and dynamics of the event. We present preliminary results of our work towards tweet-talk mappings and motivate our current and future work by giving several use cases for such extracted data.


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Illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka
Hyperion – Disney
March 2012 / ISBN 9781423134824
Picture book, relationships (ages 1-5)
Twiga, a baby
giraffe, is very curious, so when he goes out with his mother she
must continually warn him to stay close because there are many dangers
on the dusty, dry plain.
A very curious
baby, Twiga loves to explore. As you page through this picture book
you'll see the little giraffe's encounters with a hyena,
some stinging ants, a crocodile, and a leopard. Fortunately, Twiga
isn't harmed, although he does have a few close calls.
not all the animals Twiga meets are named so mom or dad will have
to supply the name if the child is not familiar with the creature.
Otherwise, this is a fun read with a lyrical text and nicely executed
illustrations. I also liked the message embedded in the text as
well. It is a good idea for young children to not wander too far
away from their parents. Being curious is fine, but there are dangers
to avoid too.


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Saint Paul Public Library Collections on Minnesota Reflections
Digitzed images of maps and documents about the history of Saint Paul and the Saint Paul Public Library.
Aerial Photographic Atlas
Aerial photographs of Saint Paul taken between 1925 and 1927 and a corresponding atlas of streets and other features of the city.
Atlas of Saint Paul, 1891 - 1896
Highly detailed plat book of Saint Paul. Published in 1891 and revised with pencil marks and cut-outs through 1896. The atlas is divided into 4 volumes, detailing different parts of the City and the surrounding area.
Central Library Construction
Photographs of the construction of the Central Library and James J. Hill Library, _PHONE_. Besides the library, photographs are rich in other details of the late 1910's.
"The Library Beacon" was published under the direction of Webster Wheelock, Library Director, "to give the people of St. Paul information about their Library -- what it is doing, what it hopes to do, and the many ways it serves individuals, different interests, groups and different activities." Published _PHONE_.
Saint Paul Housing Project: A Plan for Slum Clearance and Low Cost Housing (1935)
Details a proposal for slum clearance and the creation of low cost rental housing at the future site of the Mt. Airy Homes development. Introductory text describe the nature of the project, site selection and district selection, current real estate balance at the time, the development itself, outside housing influences, costs, and personnel. Printed maps provide detail on census enumeration districts, relief cases, tuberculosis cases, delinquency rates, land values, comparative incomes, and comparative rent.
Maps of Saint Paul, Ramsey County and Minnesota
See the list detailing each map, its size, year of publication, and location in the library's map cabinet:
Biography Clippings File
Over 150,000 newspaper clippings from Northwest Publications Inc., former publishers of the Saint Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch, covering the years 1910 to 1945.
Newspapers on Microfilm
Minnesota newspapers available on microfilm at the Central Library.Near complete runs of all Saint Paul newspapers are available.
Visit the Saint Paul Collection
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Customers are asked to call or email for an appointment 48 hours in advance. Appointments can be made for up to one hour.
To schedule an appointment please call _PHONE_ x5, or email _EMAIL_.
During other hours, staff can retrieve items from the collection for use in the Nicholson Information Commons.
The collection includes:
- City documents, including the charter, code, laws, and ordinances
- City Council proceedings
- City budget materials and annual reports
- Reports from the Schools and Libraries
- Police and Fire Department reports and histories
- Visitor's Guides to Saint Paul and the region
- Biographies of famous St. Paul residents
- Winter Carnival scrapbooks
- High School Yearbooks
- Other materials related to Saint Paul history


How many teaspoons are equal to 1 ounce?
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Since 3 teaspoons make 1 tablespoon, and 2 tablespoons make 1 fluid ounce, 1 ounce is equivalent to 6 teaspoons. Care must be taken to distinguish between measurements of weight and volume in this case, as dry ounces and liquid ounces measure weight and volume, respectively.
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Since a teaspoon is a measure of volume, it cannot be directly converted to dry ounces, which measure weight. Confusion between the two units can result in radically different amounts of ingredients being added to recipes, depending on the density of the ingredient. Fluid ounces are also defined slightly differently in the United States and Great Britain. A fluid ounce of water in Great Britain weighs exactly 1 dry ounce, but in the United States 1 fluid ounce of water is somewhat more than a dry ounce in weight.
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How happy are you now? What about now? Is it possible that simply monitoring one's happiness over time could actually change one's experience of happiness? This question was the focus of a recent study appearing in Social Psychological and Personality Science. Participants reported on their happiness over the course of two weeks using cell-phone text-messaging 1, 3, or 6 times per day. Overall, more frequent reporting of happiness was not associated with changes in happiness. However, the relation between frequency of reporting and happiness depended on neuroticism and depressive symptoms. Specifically, for individuals with higher levels of neuroticism or depressive symptoms, happiness decreased over time with more frequent reporting. Conversely, for those with lower levels of neuroticism or depressive symptoms, increased reporting was associated with increased happiness over time.
Conner, Tamlin S., & Reid, Katie A. (2012). Effects of Intensive Mobile Happiness Reporting in Daily Life. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3(3), 315-323. doi: 10.1177/1948550611419677