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- an eye at one end of a lariat through which the other end is passed to form a lasso, noose, etc.
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- the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- a frame for supporting this: an open-timbered roof.
- the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world.
- something that in form or position resembles the roof of a house, as the top of a car, the upper part of the mouth, etc.
- a house.
- the rock immediately above a horizontal mineral deposit.
- go through the roof:
- to increase beyond all expectations: Foreign travel may very well go through the roof next year.
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become extremely angry.
- raise the roof, [Informal.]
- to create a loud noise: The applause raised the roof.
- to complain or protest noisily: He'll raise the roof when he sees that bill.
- to provide or cover with a roof.
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- a framework of bars, wires, or pegs on which articles are arranged or deposited: a clothes rack; a luggage rack.
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- a spreading framework set on a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or the like, in large loads.
- a wooden frame of triangular shape within which the balls are arranged before play.
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German mathematician, physicist, and philosopher. Largely self-educated, Lambert investigated geometry and astronomy, doing so by means of instruments which he himself designed and built. He also made significant contributions to the knowledge of heat and light. In 1760 he demonstrated for the first time how to measure quantitatively the intensity of light. The cgs unit of measurement for light intensity, the lambert, is named in his honor.

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Stallhagen DiscGolfPark (copy)
- course classification: B1
- amount of holes: 9
- total length: 738 m (63–140 m/per hole)
- par (ideal result): 28 throws
Disc golf is a game suitable for all ages and genders. The main idea of disc golf is the same as in traditional golf. The player who gets through the course with the least amount of throws wins. Disc golf is played with plastic discs instead of balls and clubs. Instead of holes, there are disc golf targets.
1. The main objective is to get the disc from the tee into the target with the least amount of throws possible.
2. After the initial throws off the tee the player who is the furthest away from the target throws first. Play continues from where the disc came to rest. The player throws as many throws as needed to get the disc into the target.
3. The hole is finished when the disc is inside the target.
4. Please pay attention also to other players on the course and leave the course tidy for others to enjoy.
INFO FOR PLAYERS
- You are responsible for your throws. When hitting people or obstacles, the disc can cause serious damage.
- Before you throw, make sure that there is nobody in the near the direction of your throw.
THROWING DURING ROUND
- Don't throw, if you can't see the target. Make sure the hole is clear before you throw.
- Don't throw if there's even a possibility of hitting people or animals.

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How do I download the assessment summary for HealthCheck for Azure?
An email notification with a link to the assessment dashboard in HealthCheck for Azure is sent soon after the 14-day on-premises agent analysis (called the Physical Infrastructure Analytics report) is completed. You can view the assessment through the dashboard, or you can download the assessment summary in PDF format.
Follow the steps below to access the assessment summary for HealthCheck for Azure:
- Go to the assessment dashboard page listed in the confirmation email.
- Enter your username and password, and click Login.
- Click View Details to view the full scope of Microsoft Azure pricing plans and the customer's infrastructure performance assessment.
- Click on one of the mapping configurations from the left navigation pane.
- Click on the Reports tab at the top of the page.
- Click on one of the following options:
Email to have a PDF copy of the assessment summary emailed to you.
Download to download a PDF copy of the assessment summary.
Note: The mapping configuration selected from the left navigation pane defines the assessment summary emailed or downloaded.
The assessment summary is organized into the following sections:
Infrastructure Overview, a summary of findings for the assessment
Approach, the definitions of the mapping configurations and pricing plans covered in the assessment
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), the cost overview for compute, storage, and network based on mapping configuration
Hardware, Pay-as-you-go, the cost overview for compute, storage, and network for the hardware, pay-as-you-go mapping configuration.
Workload, Pay-as-you-go, the cost overview for compute, storage, and network for the workload, pay-as-you-go mapping configuration
Workload, 12-month pre-pay, the cost overview for compute, storage, and network for the workload, 12-month pre-pay mapping configuration
Mapping Design, provides more in-depth breakdown of how the selected mapping configuration maps to Azure and the associated costs


Is it time to stop obsessing over MadELeINE?
Why the Madeleine McCann case epitomises a narrative of white privilege
By El Barnes
The Madeleine McCann case is the most notorious missing person's case in history.
Almost twelve years later, Operation Grange has received a total of £11.75m of government funding, the most recent instalment having been granted in October 2018. But with 1 in 200 children going missing each year in the UK alone, is it time to finally stop obsessing over Madeleine McCann?
Before continuing, it must be addressed that this is a devastating case which has at the heart of it a beautiful and innocent little girl who, no matter which theory you choose to believe, has been met with an exceedingly tragic fate. I do find it interesting, though, that the only other case involving a child that has had an international audience just as captivated is the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado. The most significant point of contrast between the two is that JonBenét's ordeal culminated with the discovery of a body, but the similarities don't start and end with public reception.
Like Madeleine, JonBenét was thought of as something of a juxtaposition between prized possession and least favourite child. Like Madeleine, JonBenét suffered the most horrific fate with her – apparently oblivious – family close by. JonBenét's brother, like Madeleine's siblings, was completely unaware and came out unscathed. As with Madeleine's case, evidence arose after the fact that pointed towards some kind of familial involvement. Like Madeleine, JonBenét was a white middle-class child, born to wealthy and respected parents. Like Madeleine, JonBenét was innocence personified – a young child with fair hair, fair skin and coloured eyes.
According to the charity Missing People, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK.
That means that since Madeleine's disappearance over 4.2m others have been reported missing, the majority of these being children, which begs the question: why Madeleine? It seems crass to suggest that an innocent and ill-fated child should become an unfortunate symbol of white privilege, but the sad truth is that when a person of colour and/or an immigrant or refugee goes missing, the media is far less likely to pay attention. A scroll through the current list of missing persons in the UK will reveal a glaring and cruel reality: people of colour make up a significant majority of missing persons, despite the population of the UK being 86% white.
What really saddens me about this is that I couldn't name a single person of colour on this page; the only missing persons' cases I've seen media coverage of recently are that of 16-year-old Liam Smith from Aberdeen, 21-year-old Libby Squire from Hull and 19-year-old Daniel Williams from Reading. The common denominator? The victims whose faces the media has chosen to circulate are all white.
I'm not suggesting that these three people received the media attention they deserved, or anywhere near as much as Madeleine.
I'm not even suggesting that Madeleine has received more than she deserves; I firmly believe that everything should be done to uncover the circumstances of her disappearance and bring the perpetrator(s) to justice. She, as a child, and an innocent victim, deserves that much. But if the government is incapable of providing such extensive and sustained funding, and the media incapable of giving such extensive and sustained air-time, to every child that goes missing, then it shouldn't be provided to one in particular. After all, it's not just Madeleine whose image conjures up reminders of the perpetuation of white privilege – it's her parents, too.
All too often Madeleine herself becomes lost in the earth-shattering reverberations of the tempestuous see-saw that is the public opinion of Kate and Gerry McCann and no matter which side of the see-saw you are on, you are sure to have an opinion. You are sure to believe that they are victims of unimaginable tragedy or evil perpetrators of a heinous crime. You are sure to know their faces. You most likely know that in just the first 10 months following Madeleine's disappearance, the public donated £2m to the McCanns. Picture Madeleine, and you inevitably picture Kate and Gerry along with her; their names and faces and numerous details of their lives…and yet so many names of actual missing people in the UK draw a blank.
But instead of contributing to an endless media circus and becoming another extension of the problem, let's talk about the missing people of colour in the UK and remind them, wherever they are, and their families, that we haven't forgotten them.
Recent photos can be found at, where you can also report sightings.
Let's find 16-year-old Ismael Berkoun, missing from Westminster since March 13th.
15-year-old Iesha Manuk Welsh, missing from Lambeth since March 13th.
14-year-old Rhys Moore-Campbell, missing from Camden since March 7th.
15-year-old Tamara Oram, missing from Walthamstow since March 4th.
17-year-old Tung Nguyen, missing from Luton since February 18th.
16-year-old Haftom Manush, missing from Birmingham since February 10th.
16-year-old Amy Mendes, missing from Croydon since January 22nd.
Let's circulate their names and faces and keep them in our thoughts as much as we have kept Madeleine there for the past twelve years and let's hope, just as fervently, that they too will be found.
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In this episode, Scott McKinstry will teach you how to write a killer story opener using advanced story tactics. He shares the underlying principles behind how story openers work, plus live examples of how this "old" formula is used in modern shows like Homeland and Walking Dead.
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The Position: The International Potato Center - Ethiopia (CIP) seeks to recruit a Research Officer I/Agronomist with experience in agricultural research and/or technology dissemination for the DFID-funded Development and Delivery of Biofortified Crops at Scale (DDBIO) project.
General: CIP is a not-for-profit international agricultural research-for-development organization with a focus on potato, sweetpotato and Andean roots and tubers. Its vision is: Roots and tubers improving the lives of the poor. CIP is dedicated to achieving food security, improved well-being, and gender equity for poor people in root and tuber farming and food systems of the developing world. CIP works with partners to contribute high quality science, technology, and capacity strengthening for sustainable science-based solutions. CIP is headquartered in Lima, Peru, with staff and activities in over 30 locations across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. CIP is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. CGIAR is a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Its science is carried out by the 15 research centers that are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations.
The Research Officer I/Agronomist will support in the design and implementation of on-farm and on station sweetpotato agronomy research, facilitate the implementation of research and outreach activities of DDBIO project, and achieving creative partnerships across public and private sectors to strengthen the contribution of sweetpotato to incomes, food security and nutritional health in Oromia and SNNPR. He/she will be involved in the evaluation, demonstration and dissemination of OFSP varieties and other existing technologies, and in building the capacity of researchers, extension officers and farmers. This position will be based in Haramaya with frequent travels to field implementation sites. The successful candidate will report to the Country Sweetpotato Program Coordinator based in Addis.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Skill and Competence:
Position level: HG 13
Duty Station: Haramaya, Eastern Ethiopia
Minimum Base salary:
Terms of appointment: Initial appointment is for two years which will be renewable based on performance and funding availability. CIP offers a multicultural, collegial research environment with competitive salary and excellent benefits in line with ILRI salary applicable for its Nationally Recruited Staff. CIP is an international and equal opportunity organization and believes that diversity of its staff contributes to excellence. The ILRI campus is set in a secure, attractive campus with dining and sports facilities.
Applications: Applicants should provide a cover letter and curriculum vitae; names and addresses (including telephone and email) of three referees who are knowledgeable about the candidate's professional qualifications and work experience to be included in the curriculum vitae. The position and reference number: ROA/59/29 should be clearly indicated in the subject line of the cover letter. All applications to be submitted online on our recruitment portal: _URL_ on or before 16 December 2019.
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The replacement and cosntinuity models essay
the replacement and cosntinuity models essay
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Quantum spaces are modular
Laurent Freidel, Robert G. Leigh, Djordje Minic
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Abstract
At present, our notion of space is a classical concept. Taking the point of view that quantum theory is more fundamental than classical physics, and that space should be given a purely quantum definition, we revisit the notion of Euclidean space from the point of view of quantum mechanics. Since space appears in physics in the form of labels on relativistic fields or Schrödinger wave functionals, we propose to define Euclidean quantum space as a choice of polarization for the Heisenberg algebra of quantum theory. We show, following Mackey, that generically, such polarizations contain a fundamental length scale and that contrary to what is implied by the Schrödinger polarization, they possess topologically distinct spectra. These are the modular spaces. We show that they naturally come equipped with additional geometrical structures usually encountered in the context of string theory or generalized geometry. Moreover, we show how modular space reconciles the presence of a fundamental scale with translation and rotation invariance. We also discuss how the usual classical notion of space comes out as a form of thermodynamical limit of modular space while the Schrödinger space is a singular limit.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number104052
JournalPhysical Review D
Volume94
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 22 2016
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 - Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
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6.5. Encoding to MPEG format
MEncoder can create MPEG (MPEG-PS) format output files. Usually, when you are using MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 video, it is because you are encoding for a constrained format such as SVCD, VCD, or DVD. The specific requirements for these formats are explained in the VCD and DVD creation guide section.
 -oac copy other_options -o output.mpg
Same, but using libavformat MPEG muxer:
mencoder input.avi -o VCD.mpg -ofps 25 -vf scale=352:288,harddup -of lavf \
 -lavfopts format=mpg -oac lavc -lavcopts acodec=mp2:abitrate=224 -ovc lavc \
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If for some reason the video quality of the second pass did not satisfy you, you may re-run your video encode with a different target bitrate, provided that you saved the statistics file of the previous pass. This is possible because the statistics file's primary goal is to record the complexity of each frame, which doesn't depend heavily on bitrate. You should note, though, that you'll get the best results if all passes are run with target bitrates that do not differ very much.


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How to Care for a Dwarf Aquarium Lily
Would you like to have lily pads for your aquarium? Nymphaea (or dwarf aquarium lily) is an interesting option. This beautiful, easy-to-grow species hails from India and Southeast Asia and is often used as a midground or background plant. The bulb produces a bush with 4-inch, arrow-shaped leaves. Later, the lily pad grows long stems that float on the water surface. Dwarf lily offers a unique texture and interesting color palette, which is different from your average green aquarium plant.
How Do You Plant a Dwarf Aquarium Lily?
If you purchase from Aquarium Co-Op, you will receive a package containing one dwarf aquarium lily bulb buried in peat moss to protect it during shipping. (Our bulbs do not come with leaves or roots because they often get damaged or melt after being planted.) Remove the bulb and give it a quick rinse in water to wash off any loose dirt. Place the bulb on top of the gravel or substrate in your fish tank without burying it or else the bulb may rot. Some bulbs might float initially, but eventually they will sink when they are sufficiently waterlogged.
After the bulb starts to sprout leaves, gently place it in the substrate. This prevents the bulb from being moved around by your fish or the water current. Once the roots grow into the ground, they will firmly anchor the plant in place.
Once the lily has sprouted leaves, slightly push the bulb into the substrate without covering up any of the new shoots.
How long will it take for aquarium bulb bulbs to grow? Try turning the bulb upside down and giving it another one to two weeks to sprout. Plant bulbs actually have a top and bottom side, but we cannot see it until it starts growing leaves up toward the surface and roots down toward the substrate.
Why are the bulbs becoming moldy or covered with a fuzzy growth? Organic objects, such as plant bulbs or driftwood, can often develop biofilm from harmless bacteria and microorganisms when placed underwater. It could look like white mold or fluffy fungus is covering the bulb. This fuzzy layer can be eaten by algae eaters, shrimps, and snails. The biofilm doesn't pose a danger to the lily as long as it isn't able to spread to other plants.
Why is my aquarium lily bulb not sprouting? If the above instructions are followed without sprouting, or the bulb feels mushy and emits an unpleasant odor, it is most likely a failure. In our experience, we find that less than 5% of bulbs fail to revive, but if this happens to you, the next step would be to contact the fish store or plant seller where you got the plant from. Aquarium Co-Op dwarf lilies can be returned or replaced by emailing our Customer Service. We love dwarf aquarium lilies and want you to be successful with them.
Lilies can sprout quickly after being submerged into water. Many leaves emerge from the same point on the bulb.
How can you take care of a dwarf lily
This hardy plant can grow in a wide range of tropical temperatures from 72-82degF (22-28degC). It doesn't need CO2 injection, and can be grown in aquariums with low or high lighting. Once it starts sending lily pads to the top, you may need to prune a few of the surface leaves so that they won't block light from reaching the other plants in the fish tank.
Dwarf aquarium lilies, like most live aquatic plants, are great for consuming organic waste compounds and improving overall water quality for your fish. Lilies will grow very quickly once they are established in your tank. You may need to supplement their growth with liquid fertilizers or root tabs.
Remove some, but not all, of the lily pads that cover the entire water surface.
Can You Propagate a Dwarf Water Lily?
If your dwarf aquarium lily grows well and is eating well, it might start to produce little shoots that have daughter plants attached. Simply cut off the side shoots and replant them in a desired location in your fish tank. If your plant is not thriving for some reason, it may be suffering from a nutrient deficiency, so take a look at our plant nutrients article to help you troubleshoot the issue:


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- pretend (v.)
- late 14c., "to profess, assert, maintain" (a claim, etc.), "to direct (one's) efforts," from Old French pretendre "to lay claim," from Latin praetendere "stretch in front, put forward, allege," from prae "before" (see pre-) + tendere "to stretch," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch" (see tend).
Main modern sense of "feign, put forward a false claim" is recorded from c.1400; the older sense of simply "to claim" is behind the string of royal pretenders (1690s) in English history. Meaning "to play, make believe" is recorded from 1865. In 17c. pretend also could mean "make a suit of marriage for," from a sense in French. Related: Pretended; pretending.
- pretend (n.)
- "fact of pretending," 1888, from children's talk, from pretend (v.). Earlier in same sense was verbal noun pretending (1640s).


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ARCHIVE: Milk product roadmaps
As part of our work on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), we are developing ten product roadmaps to reduce the environmental impacts across the life cycle of a range of priority products.
The Dairy Supply Chain Forum's Milk Roadmap published May 2008: the first stage of a comprehensive action plan which will help the dairy sector to address its environmental impacts. The document also aims to take into account the economic and social sustainability of the dairy sector.
This is a living document which will be revisited regularly to ensure that the targets and evidence remains relevant. The Taskforce are meeting in plenary sessios twice yearly to review progress on the targets.
A 'One Year On' Report, summarising the achievements so far has been produced by the Taskforce and was published in August.
The evidence base for the Milk Roadmap also highlighted areas for potential future research, which will help refine the roadmap when it is revisited in the future.
- Milk Roadmap – One Year Down the Road (August 2009, PDF 780 KB) A news release has been published.
- Milk Roadmap 2008 (May 2008, PDF 400 KB)
- Evidence base for the Milk Roadmap: desktop study by the University of Manchester to map the evidence on the sustainability impacts across the milk life cycle and supply chain (PDF 1.55 MB)
- Dairy Supply Chain Forum
Evidence showed that milk and meat were high impact product categories, with food and drink consumption and production overall accounting for between 20-30% of all environmental impacts within the EU-25 (European Commission (2006): Environmental Impact of Products). Liquid milk was chosen as a starting point for the roadmap process in this area for a number of reasons, including:
- the market for liquid milk tends to be limited to the UK, enabling evidence on milk to be mapped relatively quickly and clearly
- mapping sustainability impacts for a base product like liquid milk may also produce useful data for future studies on the sustainability impacts of other products
- the willingness of the dairy sector to undertake positive action to map and help to reduce the negative impacts associated with milk production and consumption. Defra have been working in partnership with the Dairy Supply Chain Forum's Sustainable Consumption and Production Taskforce to produce the milk roadmap.
Average liquid milk consumption in the UK is fairly high at around 1.6 litres per person per week for 2007 (or just under 3 pints). Overall consumption has decreased on the previous year by 2.4 percent.
Provisional figures show UK milk production at 12,858 million litres for 2008/2009 with 6,690 million litres (51%) of that destined for the liquid milk market (the remainder going into products such as butter, cheese and yoghurt). Therefore, the Milk Roadmap work captures information relating to more than half of the overall production of milk in the UK (source: MDC Datum).
Defra are continuing to work in partnership with the Dairy Supply Chain Forum's Sustainable Consumption and Production Taskforce in implementing the Milk Roadmap and achieving its targets.
A 'One Year On' Report, summarising the achievements so far has been produced by the Taskforce and will be published shortly.
- Defra: milk and milk products
- Dairy Supply Chain Forum
- Sustainable Consumption and Production Taskforce
Page last modified: 23 November 2009


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Senior Design Projects
During the final year of studies, Chemical Engineering students complete a real-world engineering project. The project is part of the Chemical Engineering Plant Design course that teaches students the skills needed to successfully complete process design projects of realistic industrial complexity. Students work on the design projects in small teams
The technical and problem-solving abilities developed by the students relate to the chemical engineering aspects of the process design cycle to enable the synthesis and design of processes typically encountered in the chemical and related industries. The focus is on:
Knowledge of the plant design process from conceptual design through to detailed design.
- Process Synthesis using design heuristic and systematic techniques to develop and evolve process designs.
- The conceptual design and specification of process equipment with a focus on fluid flow, heat and mass transfer.
- The evaluation of safety and environmental issues related to a design.
- The expert use of design computational tools in the form of process simulators and their use in assessing and optimizing process design scenarios.
In parallel to the development of their technical abilities, the students develop professional skills to facilitate successful participation in process design activities. This includes effective written and oral communications through structured team meetings, process design reports, and presentations, and the skills necessary to effectively perform in process design teams. These include project planning and management, time keeping and professional conduct, awareness of roles, expertise and strengths of team members, compliance with management decisions and acquisition of relevant information from literature sources and outside experts.
The Senior Design Projects constitute a full process design effort starting from a business-oriented problem statement to arrive at an efficient base case process design that is later optimized in detail. The teams select suitable technologies for the process, create and discriminate between possible design alternatives, develop process flow and control diagrams, perform preliminary safety and environmental analyses, and perform a full cost analysis, and assemble a full report of the results.
The teams assign specific roles and responsibilities to team members according to areas of specialization and project needs. Leadership and autonomy are emphasized as teams are encouraged to overcome minor challenges by their own means while they are challenged to discern the appropriate time to seek outside assistance.
The Senior Design Projects are presented to an industrial evaluation board for independent assessment by professional design engineers.


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Died This Day: Edward Drinker Cope
July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897
"What truly assured Cope's (above right) place in the history of paleontology and even eclipsed his science was his bitter feud with Yale University paleontologist O.C. Marsh (above left). What began as a friendly rivalry in the late 1860s, broke out into all out war in 1872 and then raged on until Cope's death in 1897. Both Cope and Marsh were recipients of family fortunes and they used their wealth to discover new fossils and to reconstruct ancient life. This scramble literally propelled American science into the forefront of paleontology."Read about Cope HERE.


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Sistemi per il trattamento corona
Power Generator HV-X di Tantec è una nuova serie di alimentatori versatili per sistemi al plasma e corona tecnicamente innovativi, utilizzabili sia per i sistemi di trattamento superficiale indipendenti…
Corana treaters to modify surfaces for bonding
Corona treatment is a surface modification technique that uses a corona discharge to impart changes in the properties of a surface. Treating the surface a material/an object with Corona Treatment will ensure bonding with printing inks, coatings, and adhesives.
The purpose of corona treatment is to optimize the adhesion properties on polymer-based materials.
The low surface energy of polymer-based substrates often leads to poor adhesion of inks, glues, and coatings which by nature present significantly high surface energies.
Corona treatment is a widely used surface treatment method in the plastic film, extrusion, automotive and medical industries.
To obtain optimum adhesion, it is crucial that the surface energy of the substrate is equal or higher than the surface energy of the material to be applied to the polymer.


The code and value together are unique, and a composite key is created containing them both.
We load in reference data from an excel spreadsheet, and at some point, there was a code and value pair added to a reference data type which matched exactly with a code and value pair from another reference data type. Attempting to add the second code value pair resulted in a unique key violation.
I needed to add the discriminator column into the composite key. If you're using auto mapping, you'll need to add an auto mapping override. Below is an example of creating a composite key containing the code, discriminator and value columns.
public class ReferenceDataAutoMappingOverride : IAutoMappingOverride
 public void Override(AutoMapping mapping)
 const string uniqueKeyName = "UK_ReferenceData_discriminator_Code_Value";
 mapping.Map(refData => refData.Code).UniqueKey(uniqueKeyName);
 mapping.Map(refData => refData.Value).UniqueKey(uniqueKeyName);


text: This article models a dielectrophoresis based approach for achieving 3D focusing, of micro-scale objects, in microfluidic devices. The microfluidic device employs four planar electrodes; two electrodes each on the top and bottom surface of the microchannel and each slightly protrude into the microchannel. Each electrode establishes electric field with the neighboring electrode on the same and opposite surfaces. The dielectrophoretic force pushes the micro-scale objects both the directions transverse to the flow direction to achieve the desired 3D focusing. The developed model accounts for various forces such as that associated with inertia, sedimentation, drag, and dielectrophoresis. Finite difference method is used for calculating the electric field and dielectrophoretic force as well as the displacements of micro-scale objects in the microchannel. Several geometric and operating parameters influence the trajectory of micro-scale objects. There exists a threshold voltage beyond which there is no increase in levitation height.


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Beyond Pills and Meters: How Digital Therapeutics are Reshaping Diabetes Management
Diabetes management has traditionally relied on a combination of medication, blood sugar monitoring, and lifestyle adjustments. While these methods are crucial, they often involve significant burden and limitations. Enter digital therapeutics (DTx), a rapidly evolving field that leverages technology to offer personalized, data-driven interventions for chronic conditions like diabetes. This post explores how DTx is revolutionizing diabetes management, empowering individuals to take control of their health in a more engaging and effective way.
What are DTx for Diabetes?
DTx are evidence-based software-driven interventions designed to prevent, manage, or treat specific medical conditions. In diabetes management, DTx encompass a wide range of applications, including:
- Remote monitoring: Track blood sugar, activity levels, sleep patterns, and other vital signs through connected devices and apps.
- Personalized coaching: Receive tailored guidance on diet, exercise, medication adherence, and stress management based on individual data and preferences.
- Interactive education: Access gamified learning modules, educational videos, and personalized insights to understand and manage diabetes effectively.
- Behavioral change support: Utilize nudges, reminders, and rewards to encourage healthy habits and improve self-management skills.
Benefits of DTx for Diabetes Management:
DTx offers several advantages over traditional methods:
- Enhanced self-monitoring: DTx provides continuous data collection and analysis, empowering individuals to identify trends and proactively adjust their routines.
- Personalized care: Tailored interventions based on individual data and needs lead to more effective management and improved outcomes.
- Increased engagement: Gamification, interactive features, and personalized coaching make managing diabetes more engaging and enjoyable.
- Improved adherence: Reminders, nudges, and progress tracking can significantly improve medication adherence and lifestyle changes.
- Reduced burden: DTx eliminates the need for frequent clinic visits and finger pricks, offering convenience and flexibility.
Examples of DTx in Action:
Several DTx solutions are already making a difference in diabetes management:
- BlueStar: Provides personalized coaching, medication reminders, and gamified educational modules to improve glycemic control.
- Livongo: Offers connected glucometers, personalized coaching, and community support to empower individuals with diabetes.
- Dario: Combines a smart glucometer with an AI-powered coaching platform for personalized feedback and insights.
- WellDoc: Utilizes a virtual diabetes assistant that provides personalized coaching and support via text messages and phone calls.
Challenges and Considerations:
Despite the potential, some challenges need to be addressed:
- Data privacy and security: Ensuring the security of sensitive health data collected through DTx is crucial.
- Accessibility and equity: Cost and access to technology and data plans can exacerbate healthcare disparities.
- Integration with healthcare systems: Seamless integration with existing healthcare systems is essential for effective data sharing and clinical decision-making.
- Evidence base: While promising, some DTx solutions require further research to establish long-term efficacy and cost-effectiveness.
The Future of DTx in Diabetes Management:
The future of DTx in diabetes management is bright. As technology advances, we can expect:
- More advanced DTx solutions: Integration of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data analytics for even more personalized and effective interventions.
- Wider adoption and accessibility: Increasing affordability and accessibility will ensure DTx benefits everyone with diabetes.
- Seamless integration into healthcare: DTx will become a standard part of diabetes care, seamlessly integrated with existing healthcare systems.
Digital therapeutics are transforming diabetes management by offering personalized, data-driven tools that empower individuals to take charge of their health. While challenges exist, continuous advancements and collaborations across stakeholders hold immense promise for a future where DTx plays a central role in improving the lives of millions living with diabetes. Remember, the future of diabetes care might just be a tap away on your smartphone.
The Power of Multichannel Messaging and Social Media for Engaging Digital Therapeutic Patients: A Guide for Better Health Outcomes
Leverage RAVCARE's Multichannel Messaging and social media solutions today and unlock the true power of DTx for your patients.
RAVCARE's ambient technology ushers in a new era of digital therapeutics, one that emphasizes prevention over intervention. By continuously monitoring and addressing potential issues before they escalate, RAVCARE empowers individuals to take a proactive approach to their well-being.
If you're living with psoriasis, you don't have to navigate this journey alone. Explore how RAVCARE Digital Therapeutics can support you in achieving better treatment adherence and ultimately, a healthier future.


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Using a teleport command to get out of water while in the swimming animation causes it to be stuck. The player swims on land and is not able to toggle it off.
This also happens sometimes when you jump out of water.
- Setup a commandblock with the following command. Add repeaters to it so you have delay after activation
- Activate the contraption
- Get into a pool of water (at least two blocks deep) and press Shift to enter swimming mode
You are teleported while you're swimming, causing you to continue the swimming animation. Upon re-entering water the swimming animation gets deactivated.


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|Factors affecting the appearance|
Since x-rays are used to obtain CT images, the density of a structure affects the final image of a CT in a similar manner.
Dense structures, like bone, attenuate more of the x-ray beam and appear white. Less dense structures, like air, attenuate less of the x-ray beam and appear black. Soft tissue structures are of intermediate densities and appear as varying shades of gray.
The CT detectors are much more sensitive than conventional radiograph cassettes. With the detector and beam rotation allowing for the accumulation of many data points in one slice, spatial resolution is excellent, and subtle differences in soft tissue densities are visible which are not noted on routine x-ray.


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What is the Centrum Nutri Coach?
The Centrum Nutri Coach is an on-line tool that will allow Filipinos to keep track of the nutrients they get from what they eat.
How is it the first of its kind? How is it specifically made for Filipinos?
The Centrum Nutri Coach is the first on-line nutrition tool in the Philippines that takes the Filipino diet into consideration. So in the menu of food choices, you will see halo-halo, inihaw na liempo, kare-kare and other Filipino favorites. It is the only nutrition assessment tool that is based on the Food Composition Table of the Food and Nutrition Table of FNRI (Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Philippines). The Centrum Nutrition Coach will show you how near / far you are from the daily recommended daily intake of each nutrient.
How does it work?
You will be asked to input factors like your age, weight and level of physical activity into the Nutri Coach website. These factors are important in gauging how much you [word missing: is this vitamins and minerals?] need.


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Egyptian Public Authority for Shore Protection
-Creating the general plan for the EPADP.
-Designing and executing the surface drainage network.
-Designing and executing the sub-surface drainage network
-Designing and executing the drainage pump stations.
-Factorizing of pipes required for sub-surface drainage.
-Maintenance of surface drainage network.
-Maintenance of sub-surface drainage network.
- Widening and deepening surface drainage in 6.9 million feddans.
- Extending sub-surface drainage in 4.8 million feddans.
- Rehabilitation of old sub-surface field drainage in 437,00 feddans
- Widening and deepening surface drainage in 300,000 feddans.
- Extending subsurface drainage in 1.6 million feddans.
- Rehabilitation of old sub-surface field drainage in 2 million feddans
The EPADP consists of the following central departments:
- Drainage Central Departments: East Delta, Middle Delta, West Delta, Middle Egypt and Upper Egypt.
- Field Investigation and Design Central Department.
- Financial and Administrative Affairs Central Department.


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Thinking of spring, we're planting bulbs. The crocus bulbs are already putting out shoots, the Eranthis, better known as winter aconite aren't showing signs of life but they should flower before the crocuses.
The winter aconite 'bulbs' are actually corms, swellings of the base of the stem of the plant. A bulb is a short stem surrounded by fleshy leaves or leaf bases.
The crocus is a member of the iris family, winter aconite, as you'd guess from its large, glossy yellow flowers, is a member of the buttercup family.


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Adult in breeding plumage
The Chinese Pond Heron, Ardeola bacchus, is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, found in shallow fresh and salt-water wetlands and ponds in China and East Asia. A stray bird stopping over on Saint Paul Island, Alaska August 4-9, 1997, was the first recorded occurrence of this species in the USA (AOU 2000).
The Chinese Pond Heron is typically 47cm long with white wings, a yellow bill with a black tip, yellow eyes and legs. Its overall colour is red, blue and white during breeding season, and greyish-brown and flecked with white at other times. The Chinese Pond Heron lays a clutch of 3-6 blue-green eggs, often in mixed nests with other herons. Its diet comprises or insects, fish, and crustaceans.


has a time extent set to _PHONE_, the effective time on the feature layer will be _PHONE_.
Default Value:true
Example
if (featureLayer.useViewTime) {
 console.log("Displaying data between:", view.timeExtent.start, " - ", view.timeExtent.end);
}
version String
The version of Web Coverage Service currently being used. The supported versions are: 1.0.0, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 and 2.0.1.
visible Boolean inherited
Indicates if the layer is visible in the View. When false, the layer may still be added to a Map instance that is referenced in a view, but its features will not be visible in the view.
Default Value:true
Example
// The layer is no longer visible in the view
layer.visible = false;
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Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object.
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Accessor
Cancels a load() operation if it is already in progress.
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Layer
Promise<LayerView>
Called by the views, such as MapView and SceneView, when the layer is added to the Map.layers collection and a layer view must be created for it.
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Layer
PopupTemplate
Creates a default popup template for the layer, populated with all the fields of the layer.
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WCSLayer
Destroys the layer and any associated resources (including its portalItem, if it is a property on the layer).
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Layer
Boolean
Emits an event on the instance.
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Layer
Promise<object>
Fetches pixels for a given extent.
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WCSLayer
Boolean
Indicates whether there is an event listener on the instance that matches the provided event name.
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Layer
Boolean
Returns true if a named group of handles exist.
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Accessor
Promise<RasterIdentifyResult>
Identify pixel values at a given location.
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WCSLayer
Boolean
isFulfilled() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is fulfilled (either resolved or rejected).
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Layer
Boolean
isRejected() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is rejected.
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Layer
Boolean
isResolved() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is resolved.
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Layer
Promise
Loads the resources referenced by this class.
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Layer
Object
Registers an event handler on the instance.
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Layer
Removes a group of handles owned by the object.
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Promise
when() may be leveraged once an instance of the class is created.
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addHandles(handleOrHandles, groupKey)inherited
Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.25
Adds one or more handles which are to be tied to the lifecycle of the object. The handles will be removed when the object is destroyed.
// Manually manage handles
const handle = reactiveUtils.when(
 () => !view.updating,
 () => {
 wkidSelect.disabled = false;
 },
 { once: true }
);
// Handle gets removed when the object is destroyed.
this.addHandles(handle);
Parameters
handleOrHandles WatchHandle|WatchHandle[]
Handles marked for removal once the object is destroyed.
groupKey *
optional
Key identifying the group to which the handles should be added. All the handles in the group can later be removed with Accessor.removeHandles(). If no key is provided the handles are added to a default group.
cancelLoad()inherited
Cancels a load() operation if it is already in progress.
createLayerView(view, options){Promise<LayerView>}inherited
Called by the views, such as MapView and SceneView, when the layer is added to the Map.layers collection and a layer view must be created for it. This method is used internally and there is no use case for invoking it directly.
Parameters
view *
The parent view.
options Object
optional
An object specifying additional options. See the object specification table below for the required properties of this object.
Specification
signal AbortSignal
optional
A signal to abort the creation of the layerview.
Returns
Type Description
Promise<LayerView> Resolves with a LayerView instance.
See also
createPopupTemplate(options){PopupTemplate}
Creates a default popup template for the layer, populated with all the fields of the layer.
Parameter
optional
Options for creating the popup template.
Returns
Type Description
PopupTemplate The popup template, or null if the layer does not have any fields.
destroy()inherited
Destroys the layer and any associated resources (including its portalItem, if it is a property on the layer). The layer can no longer be used once it has been destroyed.
The destroyed layer will be removed from its parent object like Map, WebMap, WebScene, Basemap, Ground, or GroupLayer.
See also
emit(type, event){Boolean}inherited
Emits an event on the instance. This method should only be used when creating subclasses of this class.
Parameters
type String
The name of the event.
event Object
optional
The event payload.
Returns
Type Description
Boolean true if a listener was notified
fetchPixels(extent, width, height, options){Promise<object>}
Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.19
Fetches pixels for a given extent.
Parameters
Specification
extent Extent
The extent of the image to export.
width Number
The width of the image in pixels.
height Number
The height of the image in pixels.
options Object
optional
The parameter options is an object with the following properties.
Specification
interpolation String
optional
Added at version 4.23. Defines how to interpolate pixel values.
Possible Values:"nearest"|"bilinear"|"cubic"|"majority"
signal AbortSignal
optional
An AbortSignal to abort the request. If canceled, the promise will be rejected with an error named AbortError. See also AbortController.
Returns
Type Description
Promise<object> Resolves to an object containing the parameters of the exported pixels including PixelBlock. The pixelBlock contains the value of each pixel in the image.
hasEventListener(type){Boolean}inherited
Indicates whether there is an event listener on the instance that matches the provided event name.
Parameter
type String
The name of the event.
Returns
Type Description
Boolean Returns true if the class supports the input event.
hasHandles(groupKey){Boolean}inherited
Since: ArcGIS API for JavaScript 4.25
Returns true if a named group of handles exist.
Parameter
groupKey *
optional
A group key.
Returns
Type Description
Boolean Returns true if a named group of handles exist.
Example
// Remove a named group of handles if they exist.
if (obj.hasHandles("watch-view-updates")) {
 obj.removeHandles("watch-view-updates");
}
identify(point, options){Promise<RasterIdentifyResult>}
Identify pixel values at a given location. This method identifies the content of an image service for the input location and in a specified dimensional definition.
Starting at version 4.25, the identify method returns pixel values from specific dimensional definitions for a transposed multidimensional service referenced in an ImageryTileLayer. Set the transposedVariableName parameter along with the multidimensionalDefinition to get pixel values from specific dimensional slices. To get pixel values from all dimensional slices, just set the transposedVariableName. The ImageryTileLayer's rasterInfo.hasMultidimensionalTranspose property must be true when setting the transposedVariableName parameter.
Parameters
point Point autocast
Autocasts from Object
Input point that defines the location to be identified.
optional
Optional settings for the identify request. At version 4.25, the transposedVariableName was added to get pixel values from specific dimensional definitions if the ImageryTileLayer references a transposed multidimensional image service. Set the transposedVariableName and multidimensionalDefinition get pixel values for the specified dimensional definitions from a transposed multidimensional service. If multidimensionalDefinition is not specified, pixel values will be returned from all the dimensional slices.
Returns
Type Description
Promise<RasterIdentifyResult> Returns a promise that resolves to a RasterIdentifyResult containing a location and pixel values. The identify returns a value for only one slice at a time for WCSLayer and for non-transposed multidimensional ImageryTileLayer. If the transposedVariableName parameter is set for the transposed multidimensional ImageryTileLayer, the result returns all pixel values from all multidimensional slices.
See also
isFulfilled(){Boolean}inherited
isFulfilled() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is fulfilled (either resolved or rejected). If it is fulfilled, true will be returned.
Returns
Type Description
Boolean Indicates whether creating an instance of the class has been fulfilled (either resolved or rejected).
isRejected(){Boolean}inherited
isRejected() may be used to verify if creating an instance of the class is rejected. If it is rejected, true will be returned.
Returns
Type Description
Boolean Indicates whether creating an instance of the class


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Deaths in November 2005
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2005.
Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
- Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference (and language of reference, if not English).
- Mary Bennett, 92, British academic.
- Skitch Henderson, 87, American pianist, conductor, composer and bandleader (The Tonight Show).
- William C. Marshall, 87, British thoroughbred horse racing trainer.
- Desmond Piers, 92, Canadian naval rear admiral.
- Michael Piller, 57, American writer and producer (Star Trek franchise), cancer.
- Joseph C. Rodriguez, 76, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient for actions in Korean War, possible heart attack.
- Gladys Tantaquidgeon, 106, Mohegan tribal matriarch..
- Michael Thwaites, 90, Australian poet, writer, naval officer, intelligence officer involved in the Petrov Affair.
- Rutherford Aris, 76, American chemical engineer and academic. Parkinson's disease.
- Jean Carson, 80, American actress, (The Andy Griffith Show).
- John Mieremet, 44, Dutch organized crime leader, shot.
- Rick Rhodes, 54, American film composer and music supervisor, winner of six Emmy Awards, brain cancer.
- Kent Andersson, 71, Swedish actor, playwright and theatre director.
- Hrvoje Bartolović, 73, Croatian chess problemist.
- Aenne Burda, 96, German publisher.
- Talmadge Davis, 43, Cherokee artist, heart attack.
- C. P. Ellis, 78, former KKK member turned civil rights activist.
- Henry K. Giugni, 80, former sergeant-at-arms of the United States Senate from 1987–1991, congestive heart failure.
- R.C. Gorman, 74, internationally exhibited Navajo artist, blood infection and pneumonia.
- Serge Karlow, 84, former CIA officer wrongly suspected of treason, pneumonia.
- Geoffrey Keen, 89, British actor of American films (Minister Frederick Gray in the James Bond films), natural causes.
- Otto Lacis, 71, Russian journalist.
- Paul Roazen, 69, professor and historian of psychoanalysis, complications of Crohn's disease.
- Melvin White, 55, American convicted murderer, executed in Texas.
- Nick Adduci, 76, American football player.
- Nadia Anjuman, 25, Afghan poet.
- Michael G. Coney, 73, Canadian science fiction author, mesothelioma.
- Earl Krugel, 62, American JDL activist and convicted criminal, prison assault.
- Sheree North, 72, American actress, complications following surgery.
- Graham Payn, 87, South African actor, singer and partner of Sir Noël Coward.
- Brian Steckel, 36, American convicted murderer, executed in Delaware.
- Hiro Takahashi, 41, Japanese singer, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, tumor.
- Hastings Wise, 51, American convicted murderer, executed in South Carolina.
- Peter Brunt, 88, British ancient historian.
- Hugh Alexander Dunn, AO, 82, prominent Australian diplomat and former ambassador to Taiwan and China.
- John Fowles, 79, British author, after a long illness.
- Derek Lamb, 69, animator, Oscar-winning producer.
- Link Wray, 76, rock and roll guitarist best known for the 1958 instrumental "Rumble".
- Robert Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon, 69, British barrister, banker, politician and President of the MCC, stroke.
- Ignacio Burgoa, 87, Mexican lawyer.
- Rod Donald, 48, co-leader of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, viral myocarditis.
- Minako Honda, 38, Japanese pop singer, myelogenous leukemia.
- Dick Hutcherson, 73, former NASCAR driver, heart attack.
- Theodore Puck, 89, American researcher of genetics, complications from a broken hip.
- Anthony Sawoniuk, 84, Polish-born Nazi criminal in a United Kingdom prison, natural causes.
- Milly Bernard, 85, American politician, member of the Utah House of Representatives.
- Vicente Carattini, 65, Puerto Rican singer and composer.
- Mikhail Gasparov, 70, Russian literary theorist.
- Harry Thompson, 45, British producer and writer of TV comedies, biographer and novelist, lung cancer.
- Donald Watson, 87, British wildlife artist.
- Steve Whatley, 46, British Theatre Actor, Consumer Expert and Journalist, and Television Presenter, suicide.
- Alekos Alexandrakis, 77, Greek actor, cancer.
- George Brumwell, 66, British trade unionist.
- Robert Eugene Bush, 79, youngest sailor awarded a Medal of Honor in World War II, kidney failure.
- Carola Höhn, 95, German stage and cinema actress.
- Beland Honderich, 86, former publisher of Toronto Star, stroke.
- Charlie Smith, 49, British poet and politician.
- David Westheimer, 88, author, novelist (Von Ryan's Express).
- Adel al-Zubeidi, attorney in the continuing Trial of Saddam Hussein, bullet wounds sustained in Baghdad.
- Avril Angers, 87, British comedienne and actress, pneumonia.
- Azahari Husin, 48, Malaysian militant and alleged terrorist mastermind.
- Muriel Degauque,38, Belgian waitress who converted to Islam, and became the West's first woman suicide bomber.
- K. R. Narayanan, 85, President of India (1997–2002), pneumonia and renal failure.
- Charles R. Weiner, 83, U.S. federal judge who crafted the mass settlement of asbestos lawsuits, kidney failure.
- Fernando Bujones, 50, American classical ballet dancer, melanoma.
- Steve Courson, 50, former Pittsburgh Steelers offensive guard, gardening accident.
- Ernest Crichlow, 91, African-American artist of the Harlem Renaissance, heart failure.
- Kristian Fredrikson, 65, New Zealand-born Australian ballet, opera and theatre designer, lung failure.
- Azahari Husin, 48, technical mastermind of the 2002 and 2005 Bali bombings, self-detonated bomb during a police raid. Indonesian police claim he was shot dead before he could detonate his explosives vest, and a comrade's bomb exploded shortly afterward.
- Gardner Read, 92, American composer.
- Bruce Sarver, 43, NHRA race car driver, suicide.
- Ted Wragg, 67, British professor of education and commentator on education topics, heart attack.
- Moustapha Akkad, 75, film producer (Halloween films), injuries sustained in Jordanian bombings.
- Keith Andes, 85, American film actor (Tora! Tora! Tora!), suicide by asphyxiation.
- Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield, 66, British photographer, stroke.
- Peter Drucker, 95, management theorist, natural causes.
- Pamela Duncan, 73, American B movie and TV actress.
- Steven Van McHone, 35, American convicted murderer, executed in North Carolina.
- Eduardo Rabossi, 75, Argentine philosopher and human rights activist.
- Arthur K. Cebrowski, 63, retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and Pentagon official, cancer.
- Madhu Dandavate, 81, Indian socialist leader.
- James Fyfe, 63, American criminologist and instructor, cancer.
- Roger Groot, 63, American law professor, also known for defending Lee Boyd Malvo.
- Rik Van Nutter, 75, American actor.
- David Ruiz, 63, American convicted criminal, plaintiff in lawsuit that resulted in improved standards in Texas prisons.
- William B. Bryant, 94, senior U.S. federal judge and the first black federal prosecutor in U.S. history.
- Vine Deloria, Jr., 72, Native American author and activist, aortic aneurysm.
- Eddie Guerrero, 38, WWE professional wrestler, heart failure.
- Harry Gold (musician), 98, Irish jazz-musician.
- Ruth M. Siems, 74, home economist, an inventor of Stove Top stuffing.
- Eddie Stapleton, 74, Australian rugby union player.
- Paul L. Ward, 94, American historian, past president of the American Historical Association and Sarah Lawrence College.
- John Campo Sr., 67, American champion horse trainer.
- Ahmed Mamsa, 86, Indian cricket umpire.
- Jenő Takács, 103, Hungarian classical composer and pianist
- Gustav Aarestrup, 89, Norwegian businessman.
- Felipe de Alba, 81, Mexican actor.
- Barry K. Atkins,


PYTHON: How to Code Materials in Blender Cycles
What's Going On Here?
There are times when I feel the need to take a step back and re-evaluate all my life decisions. Those moments tend to be preceded by questions like how the crap did I end up in this field of kudzu, and where the hell did that snake go? Or how hard could it be to script random materials in Blender with Python—an hour tops?
That last one led me to three days of HELL. This was, by far, the most difficult Blender script I've tackled because the API doesn't have much on how to create materials.
Eventually I gave up on that and just started experimenting with the script in this thread on
It doesn't have much by way of comments, but it can be broken up into 3 steps.
Step 1 will require some additional tweaking to set up the right node tree—there is a list here with the different types that can be plugged in.
The only thing to remember in Step 2 is that the Material Output has the input. The material node has the output going to to that input. I know, it's like they're going out of their way to make it confusing, right?
And presto—assign the material in Step 3. Done.
Now for the fun part.
An Application: The Confetti Function
One preliminary warning. You have to be in Cycles for this to work. And if you run it in Blender render and then switch to Cycles render, it probably won't work—I don't know why. You have to start in Cycles.
import bpy
import random
def confetti(MatCol,r,g,b):
_TAG_ to fit the scene['Plane'].name = MatCol
_TAG_ the planes as the 1st paramater above
mat_name = MatCol
mat =[mat_name].use_nodes = True[mat_name]'ShaderNodeEmission')
inp =[mat_name].node_tree.nodes['Material Output'].inputs['Surface']
outp =[mat_name].node_tree.nodes['Emission'].outputs['Emission'][mat_name],outp)[mat_name].node_tree.nodes['Emission'].inputs[0].default_value = (r,g,b,1)[MatCol].active_material =[mat_name]
_TAG_ a loop 100 times
for index in range(100):
_TAG_ you don't deslect the other objects, the results are real weird[MatCol].select = True
_TAG_ some variables to plug into the location parameter
bpy.ops.object.duplicate_move(OBJECT_OT_duplicate={"linked":False,"mode":'TRANSLATION'}, TRANSFORM_OT_translate={"value":(x,y,z)})
_TAG_ the object and keep it unlinked
confetti("YellowMat", 1, 1, 0)
confetti("GreenMat", 0, 1, 0)
confetti("RedMat", 1, 0, 0)
confetti("BlueMat", 0, 0, 1)
(WordPress really butchers code. If you want a copy/paste version, here's a gist.)
That first block creates the confetti function with parameters for the material name and RGB color values. The last four lines call up that function for yellow, green, red, and blue confetti. The result it this:
The Confetti Function
Nice, right? I'll be updating soon with animation.
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Damp Testing Floors Course
This specialised course is designed for both domestic and commercial installers of carpets and vinyls
Health and safety induction
What is moisture and how does it affect the floorcovering
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European Standards
Types of moisture meters and how they work
Building construction and how this affects moisture levels
Types of sub-floor construction
Taking readings and analysing the results
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RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE ICF-CY BASED MOBISCREEN 4-6 FOR 7- AND 8-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN
Research Paper
Andrea Dincher,
Saarland University, Sports Sciences Institute
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Abstract:
Background: Children with a motor development delay need to be identified early in order to initiate appropriate therapies. In the first step of a sequential diagnostic strategy, a screening should be used to shorten this process. Therefore, the mobility screening MobiScreen 4-6 is tried to be validated for children from 7 years and older. Methods: A total of 90 children, of whom 60 boys and 30 girls at a mean age of 7.33 ± .45 years, from two German primary schools participated. All underwent the MobiScreen 4-6. Internal consistency, construct validity, and discriminant ability were evaluated. The significance level was set at p<.05. Results: Cronbach's a reached .83 for the split times, inter-item correlations range from r=.42 to r=.73. Factor analysis reveals a single component with an eigenvalue of 3.67 with a variance explanation of 73%. Discriminant analysis shows significant differences between healthy children and children with a medical diagnosis, excepting slalom. Conclusions: Total time is considered the primary decision criterion and the given criteria were achieved, but the tasks climbing, crawling and transporting are too simple for this age group. Nevertheless, further studies should follow to improve the criteria. For this, the screening should be modified. A study on this is underway.
Keywords:
mobility, motor development, screening, primary school, validation study
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Word! Animal Dander
Word! Animal Dander
Animal Dander
(En español: Polvillo proveniente de los animales)
Say: ah-nuh-mul dan-dur
All warm-blooded animals shed tiny flakes from their skin, fur, or feathers. This is called dander. (It's like dandruff in humans but much harder to see.) When someone is allergic to animals, it could be dander that's causing the problem. Pet dander can be trouble for people who have asthma because, if they're allergic to it, it can worsen breathing problems.


spin-density approximation (LSDA) is a straightforward generalization of the LDA to include electron spin:
E_{\rm XC}^{\rm LSDA}[n_\uparrow,n_\downarrow]=\int\epsilon_{\rm XC}(n_\uparrow,n_\downarrow)n (\vec{r}){\rm d}^3r.
Highly accurate formulae for the exchange-correlation energy density \epsilon_{\rm XC}(n_\uparrow,n_\downarrow) have been constructed from quantum Monte Carlo simulations of jellium.[13]
Generalized gradient approximations[14][15][16] (GGA) are still local but also take into account the gradient of the density at the same coordinate:
E_{XC}^{\rm GGA}[n_\uparrow,n_\downarrow]=\int\epsilon_{XC}(n_\uparrow,n_\downarrow,\vec{\nabla}n_\uparrow,\vec{\nabla}n_\downarrow)
Using the latter (GGA) very good results for molecular geometries and ground-state energies have been achieved.
Potentially more accurate than the GGA functionals are the meta-GGA functionals, a natural development after the GGA (generalized gradient approximation). Meta-GGA DFT functional in its original form includes the second derivative of the electron density (the Laplacian) whereas GGA includes only the density and its first derivative in the exchange-correlation potential.
Functionals of this type are, for example, TPSS and the Minnesota Functionals. These functionals include a further term in the expansion, depending on the density, the gradient of the density and the Laplacian (second derivative) of the density.
Difficulties in expressing the exchange part of the energy can be relieved by including a component of the exact exchange energy calculated from Hartree–Fock theory. Functionals of this type are known as hybrid functionals.
Generalizations to include magnetic fields[edit]
The DFT formalism described above breaks down, to various degrees, in the presence of a vector potential, i.e. a magnetic field. In such a situation, the one-to-one mapping between the ground-state electron density and wavefunction is lost. Generalizations to include the effects of magnetic fields have led to two different theories: current density functional theory (CDFT) and magnetic field density functional theory (BDFT). In both these theories, the functional used for the exchange and correlation must be generalized to include more than just the electron density. In current density functional theory, developed by Vignale and Rasolt,[11] the functionals become dependent on both the electron density and the paramagnetic current density. In magnetic field density functional theory, developed by Salsbury, Grayce and Harris,[17] the functionals depend on the electron density and the magnetic field, and the functional form can depend on the form of the magnetic field. In both of these theories it has been difficult to develop functionals beyond their equivalent to LDA, which are also readily implementable computationally. Recently an extension by Pan and Sahni [18] extended the Hohenberg-Kohn theorem for non constant magnetic fields using the density and the current density as fundamental variables.
In general, density functional theory finds increasingly broad application in the chemical and material sciences for the interpretation and prediction of complex system behavior at an atomic scale. Specifically, DFT computational methods are applied for the study of systems exhibiting high sensitivity to synthesis and processing parameters. In such systems, experimental studies are often encumbered by inconsistent results and non-equilibrium conditions. Examples of contemporary DFT applications include studying the effects of dopants on phase transformation behavior in oxides, magnetic behaviour in dilute magnetic semiconductor materials and the study of magnetic and electronic behavior in ferroelectrics and dilute magnetic semiconductors.[19][20]
In practice, Kohn–Sham theory can be applied in several distinct ways depending on what is being investigated. In solid state calculations, the local density approximations are still commonly used along with plane wave basis sets, as an electron gas approach is more appropriate for electrons delocalised through an infinite solid. In molecular calculations, however, more sophisticated functionals are needed, and a huge variety of exchange-correlation functionals have been developed for chemical applications. Some of these are inconsistent with the uniform electron gas approximation, however, they must reduce to LDA in the electron gas limit. Among physicists, probably the most widely used functional is the revised Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof exchange model (a direct generalized-gradient parametrization of the free electron gas with no free parameters); however, this is not sufficiently calorimetrically accurate for gas-phase molecular calculations. In the chemistry community, one popular functional is known as BLYP (from the name Becke for the exchange part and Lee, Yang and Parr for the correlation part). Even more widely used is B3LYP which is a hybrid functional in which the exchange energy, in this case from Becke's exchange functional, is combined with the exact energy from Hartree–Fock theory. Along with the component exchange and correlation funсtionals, three parameters define the hybrid functional, specifying how much of the exact exchange is mixed in. The adjustable parameters in hybrid functionals are generally fitted to a 'training set' of molecules. Unfortunately, although the results obtained with these functionals are usually sufficiently accurate for most applications, there is no systematic way of improving them (in contrast to some of the traditional wavefunction-based methods like configuration interaction or coupled cluster theory). Hence in the current DFT approach it is not possible to estimate the error of the calculations without comparing them to other methods or experiments.
Thomas–Fermi model[edit]
The predecessor to density functional theory was the Thomas–Fermi model, developed independently by both Thomas and Fermi in 1927. They used a statistical model to approximate the distribution of electrons in an atom. The mathematical basis postulated that electrons are distributed uniformly in phase space with two electrons in every h^{3} of volume.[21] For each element of coordinate space volume d^{3}r we can fill out a sphere of momentum space up to the Fermi momentum p_f [22]
\frac43\pi p_f^3(\vec{r}).
Equating the number of electrons in coordinate space to that in phase space gives:
Solving for p_{f} and substituting into the classical kinetic energy formula then leads directly to a kinetic energy represented as a functional of the electron density:
t_{TF}[n] = \frac{p^2}{2m_e} \propto \frac{(n^\frac13)^2}{2m_e} \propto n^\frac23(\vec{r})
T_{TF}[n]= C_F \int n(\vec{r}) n^\frac23(\vec{r}) d^3r =C_F\int n^\frac53(\vec{r}) d^3r
where C_F=\frac{3h^2}{10m_e}\left(\frac{3}{8\pi}\right)^\frac23.
As such, they were able to calculate the energy of an atom using this kinetic energy functional combined with the classical expressions for the nuclear-electron and electron-electron interactions (which can both also be represented in terms of the electron density).
Although this was an important first step, the Thomas–Fermi equation's accuracy is limited because the resulting kinetic energy functional is only approximate, and because the method does not attempt to represent the exchange energy of an atom as a conclusion of the Pauli principle. An exchange energy functional was added by Dirac in 1928.
However, the Thomas–Fermi–Dirac theory remained rather inaccurate for most applications. The largest source of error was in the representation of the kinetic energy, followed by the errors in the exchange energy, and due to the complete neglect of electron correlation.
Teller (1962) showed that Thomas–Fermi theory cannot describe molecular bonding. This can be overcome by improving the kinetic energy functional.
The kinetic energy functional can be improved by adding the Weizsäcker (1935) correction:[23][24]
T_W[n]=\frac{\hbar^2}{8m}\int\frac{|\nabla n(\vec{r})|^2}{n(\vec{r})}d^3r.
Hohenberg–Kohn theorems[edit]
1.If two systems of electrons, one trapped in a potential v_1(\vec r) and the other in v_2(\vec r), have the same ground-state density n(\vec r) then necessarily v_1(\vec r)-v_2(\vec r) = const.
Corollary: the ground state density uniquely determines the potential and thus all properties of the system, including the many-body wave function. In particular, the "HK" functional, defined as F[n]=T[n]+U[n] is a universal functional of the density (not depending explicitly on the external potential).
2. For any positive integer N and potential v(\vec r), a density functional F[n] exists such that E_{(v,N)}[n] = F[n]+\int{v(\vec r)n(\vec r)d^3r} obtains its minimal value at the ground-state density of N electrons in the potential v(\vec r). The minimal value of E_{(v,N)}[n] is then the ground state energy of this system.
The many electron Schrödinger equation can be very much simplified if electrons are divided in two groups: valence electrons and


Pulse Diagnosis: The Art of Chinese Pulse Taking
Pulse diagnosis has been made into an art form by the Chinese. Learning to recognise the different qualities takes effort and experience.
Pulse Taking on Left Wrist
Pulse Taking on Left Wrist
Pulse diagnosis has been made into an art form by the Chinese, whereas few Western-trained doctors know how to evaluate your pulse, except by counting it.
Learning to recognise the different qualities takes effort and experience, but for acupuncturists it's worth it!
What does Pulse Diagnosis mean? The doctor or nurse who takes your pulse the usual way just counts your radial pulse rate.
The 'Normal' rate is 72 per minute. Often they don't wait a minute while doing it: they count it for 15 seconds, and multiply by 4 to get the rate for a whole minute.
Someone trained in Chinese Pulse Diagnosis would probably take much longer than 15 seconds.
Why? Surely a pulse-rate is a pulse-rate?
Here you've exposed a weakness in Western medicine, which has trapped itself into judging things purely on the results of data measured by scientific instruments.
Although we need those careful instrumental tests, they tend to ignore the wealth of information that is qualitative rather than quantitative. This qualitative information comes via our senses: via our senses of touch, smell, sight, hearing, sensation.
The relevance of that measurable data is decided by comparing it with statistics obtained from many such measurements.
This is a sensible way of working but it's different to the objective way of Chinese medicine, which is more interactive.
Twelve (12) pulses, not one!
Well: not actually 12 different pulses, but 12 positions to take the same pulse, six at each wrist.
Here's how.
Start by taking your friend's left hand in your left hand. Now place the middle finger of your right hand over the normal radial pulse position where a doctor would feel for it.
Then place the index finger of your right hand on the skin just distal (ie further down the wrist towards the wrist) to your middle finger, and your ring finger just proximal (ie just closer to your friend's elbow) to your middle finger. Both index and ring finger will be almost adjacent to your middle finger.
Now, if you feel very carefully and if your friend has a reasonably noticeable pulse, you'll be able to feel the pulse under each of the three fingers, though you may need to feel around a bit for it.
That's not all. There are two different depths at which you can feel the pulse, deep and shallow.
Actually there are three depths at which many acupuncturists take the pulse, and some take it at additional positions by rolling the finger over and back and side to side of the basic position.
You may or may not be able to detect the pulse at these different depths in all three positions. If you can, see if you can feel a difference in the pulse quality at each position
With pulse diagnosis each pulse relates to a different body Organ
For example, you have a different pulse position for each of your body Organs eg Stomach, Heart, Liver, Kidney etc. and two which don't have an official physical organ.
Pulse Qualities in Pulse Diagnosis
There are about 30 different qualities that acupuncturists aspire to learn to recognise. They include fast and slow, thin, wiry, deep, hidden, and so on, each name describing a syndrome in Chinese medicine. You can have different pulse qualities in different positions.
As there are twelve positions for the pulse (6 at each wrist) you'd think it possible to have 12 different pulse qualities at the same time.
Fortunately there are seldom more than 3 or 4 pulse qualities present so several pulse positions share the same quality.
Your acupuncturist may, depending on his/her training, also assess the strength of the pulses in relation to one another.
So what if your 'Wood' pulses were deficiency and your 'Water' pulses were strong? He might consider drawing on the body's energy represented by the strong Water pulses to supplement the Wood energy.
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How necessary is Pulse Diagnosis?
For acupuncturists and other practitioners of Chinese medicine, it's usually very important.
With practitioners who use acupuncture according to 'Western' acupuncture, the pulse may be much less important. For them, the needles are inserted according to different criteria. This is often to supplement some other form of treatment like physiotherapy or osteopathy. They might say that the pulses were nonsense or that they get good results without needing to take them.
But the pulses do provide wonderful information about the patient's health and feedback about how the treatment is going.
For example, the pulse quality often changes within a few seconds of inserting the needle in the right place. As the right treatment progresses, the pulse qualities and strength improve. From this the acupuncturist knows that the patient will start feeling better soon.
How useful is pulse diagnosis?
Very. I'll say that again: very! It provides an enormous amount of information to someone who can recognise and use it.
Sometimes what the patient says contradicts the pulse qualities! If so, the acupuncturist will want to ask more questions to get at the truth. Without the pulse diagnosis he wouldn't have known to ask more questions. So he might have done the wrong treatment.
Does pulse diagnosis sometimes fail?
If the patient is taking medication, or just been taking strenuous exercise, pulse taking may not work. Equally, if the patient is under the influence of social drugs it may not reveal much.
You can't easily take the pulse if the patient's wrist is all bandaged up or in a plaster cast, say after surgery. (You can instead take it at the ankle and some other places, but it's not so easy.)
Some patients have arteries that travel on the thumb side of the radial bone so you can't feel the pulse in the normal position.
Sometimes a patient's pulses are small – itself a pointer to their health, of course. That makes them hard to take.
Some patients have lost an arm or are disabled in some way so their pulses can't be taken.
Pulse Diagnosis is only part of the picture
Normally, your acupuncturist would also talk to you to find out how you are. Then he might look at your tongue, examine and palpate where you have pain or discomfort, and so on.
Each of these adds information. So does how you smell, the sound of your voice, the colour and texture of your skin and the sort of emotions you have.
All help, but pulse reading can often cut right through much of this to point directly at how to treat you.
With Pulse Diagnosis what do different Pulse Qualities mean?
For instance, a pulse that is –
 - Wiry usually indicates pain or tension
 - Slow can mean low energy or cold
 - Fast can mean fever, excitement, a condition of heat, but also a condition of Empty Heat
 - Floating can mean you have caught some kind of recent acute disease. Depending on other factors it could instead suggest Yin deficiency
 - Slippery means you have Dampness or Phlegm, or may not be digesting food properly (it's called Retention of Food). It can also mean you are pregnant!
 - Empty often feels quite strong but on deeper pressure it disappears. It means Qi deficiency.
Does the Pulse quality apply only to the pulse being taken?
It may and it may not. Most suggest general conditions of the body, but can point to a particular condition related to the Organ in question.
What if a slippery pulse were felt only over the Earth position, the middle position? This might suggest Retention of Food or Phlegm: not that you were pregnant, unless backed up by other evidence.
Other kinds of Pulse-taking?
Yes! Several.
Korean Hand acupuncture uses the pulse at your wrist in comparison with a pulse in your neck.
Ear acupuncturists using Dr Paul Nogier's system feel your radial pulse when treating acupuncture points in your ear.
The Japanese way of taking your pulse doesn't take so much notice of actual pulse qualities as of the pulse strength in each position in relation to the pulse strength in other positions.
Another system measures the pulse at five different depths. With this system each healthy pulse lies at a certain depth, different from the other healthy pulses. If a pulse is felt mainly at the 'wrong' depth, it suggests the energy represented by the pulse is compromised.
These differences reflect how Chinese pulse diagnosis and Chinese medicine developed as they spread round the world. Often the different systems represent modern understanding of ancient experience.
Theory behind Chinese medicine
If you would like to know more about the theory behind Chinese medicine, there's lots about it on this site.
I've written several books which are intended to show how, if you can set aside the usual way of thinking taught in the West, Chinese medicine can be applied to real health situations we all face.
For example, my book – listed below – on 'Qi Stagnation' explains what happens when you are stressed. With this you probably have a tight or even wiry pulse. The book shows what you can do about it before you need to visit a doctor – or even an acupuncturist.
On this site, if you wonder where to start, try this page on theory.
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