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How to Tighten a Rattling Heat Shield
A car heat shield. Learn when to worry about a rattling heat shield.
For the most part, we associate a quiet car with a healthy car. Loose parts usually mean something is wrong, and could affect the reliability and safety of your vehicle. While some see a rattling heat shield as a mere annoyance, others may find it embarrassing. In some cases, a loose heat shield could be a major problem.
Because the primary purpose of the exhaust system is to route superheated gases away from the engine, everything around the exhaust manifolds, catalytic converter, exhaust pipes and muffler gets hot. Catalytic converters are particularly hot — they only begin functioning between 400 and 600 degrees Fahrenheit, and normally range between 1,200 and 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit. The rest of the exhaust system typically measures 300 to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.
Exhaust Heat Shields — What Are They Rattling For?
These heat shields were mounted to the body over the exhaust.Many car parts cannot manage such heat. Plastic and rubber parts can melt or become brittle, electric motors and sensors can fail, and dry grass or paper can spontaneously combust. Made of thin metal sheets, heat shields deflect much of the extreme heat, some affixed to the exhaust system and others affixed to parts needing protection.
Exhaust heat shields fail for a couple of reasons: rust and vibration. Fittingly, the parts the heat shields are designed to protect often cause their failure. All metal exposed to the atmosphere corrodes, but heat speeds up the process, so clamps, bolts or welds can rust to nothing, leading to a loose heat shield. Vibrations can weaken the metal, causing a heat shield to fall off, rattling against the exhaust or some other part of the vehicle.
How to Fix a Rattling Heat Shield
Some don't see much use for a rattling heat shield, so they simply remove them and discard them, but this can be a problem. Because the heat shields are designed to protect other car parts from the extreme heat of the exhaust, removing them completely could cause premature failure of other components or even fire. The best way to fix a rattling heat shield is to replace it or reaffix it. Here are a few ways to fix your rattling heat shield:
 - Weld: If you have access to a welder, you may be able to tack the heat shield to the exhaust. Be careful, as both the thin metal heat shield and exhaust pipe may burn through.
 - Bolt: In some cases, you may be able to install new nuts and bolts to reaffix a bolt-on heat shield. If the holes are too wide, fender washers can make up for that extra space.
 - Clamp: Stainless steel screw clamps can be used in some situations, such as where a heat shield was welded or clamped to an exhaust pipe.
 - Tie: Another way to fix a loose heat shield is with a stainless steel tie, which won't rust after installation. Link several together for larger components, such as muffler heat shields.
If a loose heat shield has you worried, you may not need new exhaust pipes, but one of these quick fixes can restore your sanity and protect your vehicle from the heat. Of course, if you're going to get under the vehicle, be sure it is securely lifted and supported by jack stands.
Check out all the exhaust parts and accessories available on NAPA Online or trust one of our 17,000 NAPA AutoCare locations for routine maintenance and repairs. For more information on heat shields, chat with a knowledgeable expert at your local NAPA AUTO PARTS store.
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If someone were to read this article to you, the sentence "John had to bale out of his convertible because a bail of hay was about to fall on it" would sound perfectly fine. Even if you were to read that sentence yourself, it's possible you could miss the two spelling mistakes in it. This is because bail and bale are homophones—they sound the same, and you can usually figure out their meanings from the context in which they are used. But when it comes to writing them, people are very often confused about which spelling should be used for which meaning.
In the sentence where John was about to learn that hay fever isn't the worst thing hay can do to you, we've used bail and bale incorrectly. Or did we? Here are the most common uses of the words: Bale is a large bound stack of material, such as hay or leather; Bail is the security deposit that's paid if someone who's been temporarily released from jail pending a trial doesn't appear in court.
While bale and bail don't share many of their meanings, they do overlap in one sense—the phrasal verb "bail out." If you wanted to say that someone had to jump out of an airplane using a parachute, run from a dangerous situation, or help someone in need, you could write "bale out" instead of "bail out" if you were using British English.
Bale and How to Use It
The word bale, as we know and use it today, is what you get when you take a large quantity of material, such as hay, and bind it together:
One day Samuel strained his back lifting a bale of hay, and it hurt his feelings more than his back, for he could not imagine a life in which Sam Hamilton was not privileged to lift a bale of hay. —John Steinbeck, East of Eden
The verb we use for the process of binding material to create a bale is also bale:
Typically, knives need sharpening every 500 to 1,000 bales, depending on the material baled, and it is important to sharpen them correctly if they are to stay the course. —The Irish Independent
In the past, bale was also a noun that meant great evil, woe, or sorrow. The traces of that meaning can still be found today in the adjective baleful:
For the enemy is not Troll, nor is it Dwarf, but it is the baleful, the malign, the cowardly, the vessels of hatred, those who do a bad thing and call it good... —Terry Pratchett, Thud!
In British English, bale can be used instead of bail in the phrasal verbs "bail on" or "bail out:"
Wünsche's plane was hit and he baled out, surviving with burns and leg injuries and returning to active service the following year. —The Guardian
Bail and How to Use It
The most common use of the word bail as a noun has to do with temporary release from custody of a person who is accused of a crime, in which money can be deposited as a guarantee that the person will appear in trial:
A Kenyan court granted bail on Thursday to a British business executive charged with the murder of a Kenyan woman, his lawyer said. —Reuters
Bail can also be used as a verb in the same sense:
Alleged Brit hacker Lauri Love, who is accused of compromising US government servers and faces extradition to America, has been bailed by a UK court. —The Register
While bail has many other meanings, both as a verb and a noun, the one that's most interesting is the one that overlaps with bale in British English. It is derived from the archaic use of the noun bail for a bucket that's used to remove water from a ship. This is where we get the verb bail, which refers to removing water from a ship with a bucket or removing water in general:
In that sense, the phrasal verb bail on is used when we want to say that we let someone down or skipped something:
After one designer bailed on an assignment, I gave her a 3. —Fortune
And we also use the verb bail out for jumping out of an airplane with a parachute in a dangerous situation, or generally for removing ourselves from tough situations, or helping others in tough situations:
Brazil's federal government plans to bail out the state of Rio de Janeiro with 2.9 billion reais ($849 million) as it struggles with a fiscal crisis less than two months before the Olympic Games begin. —The Wall Street Journal

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- Cause : hyperandrogenism?
- Signs : hyperplasia of that region on dorsal surface of tail which bears simple rather than compound hair follicles, numerous sebaceous and hepatoid glands; may become infected.
- Diagnosis : clinical signs, age of onset, histopathology.
- Treatment : none needed in most cases, castration in severe cases.
- Prognosis : good.
- Thickening and alopecia of skin of 'tail gland' region.
- Greasy, scaly +/- hyperpigmented.
- Hepatoid adenoma of tail gland region.
- Good although lesion may become infected.


App Description
Become a bird in the sky with a crazy survival game! City life is an opportunity for a bird - choose a bird, start a flying flock of pigeon, crow, gull or sparrow, fight for survival in nature. City Birds Simulator offers flying in the sky as pigeon, crow, gull or sparrow. Choose simulator mode - survival or quests - and become the most resilient bird in the city sky! Bird survival starts now!
Features of City Birds Simulator:
- City nature
- Survival and quests
- Choose a bird: pigeon, crow, gull, sparrow
- Bird breeding
- Realistic bird behavior
Sky gang!
Learn to control your pigeon, gull, sparrow or crow and lead a flying flock. You will meet many challenges - don't face them alone! City nature is dangerous, but you can rely on your flock for survival. Seek your bird kin, start a flock. Survival in the sky is a team effort, especially for a bird. Flying in nature with a wild flock is breathtaking!
City hunter!
Hunt is a way of survival. Some bird species, like crow, pigeon or gull, hunt in the sky, every other bird is a prey. Maintain energy to fly in city sky, fight city nature for survival. The more you hunt, the bigger your flock can be. Survival in the city nature is challenging. Hunt with your sky flock for survival - live the way of a bird of prey!
Flying and survival!
Live the life of pigeon, crow, gull or sparrow - complete bird quests, breed a new sky flock. Every bird has unique quests and ways of survival in the city sky nature. City is a playground for birds, flying in the sky. But survival is no game - a bird can die in the city nature. Flying in the sky and survival strategy - you'll find both!
Flying in the sky is a dream! Try in City Birds Simulator, be a bird and fly in the sky of a big city!
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Altova MapForce 2022 Enterprise Edition
Relative and Absolute Paths
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This topic explains how to use absolute and relative paths of the files referenced by your component. An absolute path shows the full location of a file, starting with the root directory. Examples of absolute paths can be seen in the red frame in the screenshot below. A relative path shows the file location which is relative to the current working directory: e.g., Books.xml.

In the Component Settings dialog box (see example below), you can specify absolute or relative paths for various files which can be referenced by the component. The list of these files is given below:

Input files from which MapForce reads data;
Output files to which MapForce writes data;
Schema files, which are applicable to components with a schema;
Structural files, which are used as input or output parameters of user-defined functions and variables;
StyleVision Power Stylesheet (*.sps) files, which are used to format data for outputs such as PDF, HTML and Word;
Database files in the case of database components (Professional and Enterprise editions).

Copy-paste and relative paths
When you copy a component from a mapping and paste it into another mapping, MapForce checks whether the relative paths of schema files can be resolved against the folder of the destination mapping. If the paths cannot be resolved, you will be prompted to make the relative paths absolute.

Broken paths
When you add or change a file reference in a mapping, and the path cannot be resolved, MapForce displays a warning message. Broken path references may happen in the following cases:

You use relative paths and then move the mapping file to a new directory without moving the schema and instance files.
You use absolute paths to files in the same directory as the mapping file and then move the directory to another location.

When one of these scenarios happens, MapForce highlights the component in red. The solution is to double-click the red component header and update any broken path references in the Component Settings dialog box. See also Change Component Settings.

Example: XML component
The example below shows how file paths are used in an XML component. If you want to save all the mapping-related files relative to the mapping file (.mfd), check the box Save all file paths relative to MFD file at the bottom of the Component Settings dialog box. This is the default and recommended option that affects all the files referenced by the component (shown in the red frame in the image below). If you have not saved your mapping yet, you will see absolute paths to the schema and/or instance files in the Component Settings dialog box. To see relative paths in the Component Settings dialog box, take the following steps:

1.Create a new mapping and add a structural component: e.g., an XML file with an XML schema assigned to it.
2.Double-click the header of the component to open the Component Settings dialog box.
3.Check the box Save all file paths relative to MFD file at the bottom of the Component Settings dialog box.
4.Save your mapping.
5.You can now open Component Settings again to check the relative paths in the relevant text fields.

Note:Paths that reference a non-local drive or use a URL will not be made relative.
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When the check box Save all file paths relative to MFD file is selected, MapForce will keep track of the files referenced by the component even when you save the mapping to a new folder. If all the files are in the same directory as the mapping, the path references will not be broken when you move the entire directory to a new location on the disk.

The setting Save all file paths relative to MFD file applies to the following files:

Structural files used by complex input or output parameters of user-defined functions and variables of complex type;
Input or output flat files (Professional and Enterprise editions);
Schema files referenced by database components which support XML fields (Professional and Enterprise editions);
Database files (Professional and Enterprise editions);
Input or output XBRL, FlexText, EDI, Excel 2007+, JSON files (Enterprise Edition only).

Example: Database component
When you add a database file such as Microsoft Access or SQLite to the mapping, you can enter a relative path instead of an absolute one in the Select a Database dialog box (see screenshot below). Before entering relative file paths, make sure to save the .mfd file first. If you want to change the path of a database component which is already in the mapping, click Change in the Component Settings dialog box.
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Note:When you generate program code, compile MapForce Server execution files (.mfx), or deploy the mapping to FlowForce Server, a relative path will be converted to an absolute path if you select the check box Make paths absolute in generated code in the mapping settings. To find out more, see About Paths in Generated Code.

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The Catalog Manager allows you to filter the data resources in a catalog and show only the selected resources to you.
To filter resources in a catalog:
- In the Catalog Manager, select Filter View on the toolbar. The Filter View dialog appears.
- Provide a filter condition in the Filter Expression text box. Use "*" to stand for any string, and use "?" to stand for any character. Also you can leave this text box blank.
- Select the Case Sensitive checkbox if you want Logi JReport to distinguish between uppercase and lowercase characters when filtering.
- In the Select the elements to include in the view box, check the resource types you want to remain in the catalog resource tree.
- If you want to select/deselect all the resource types under one certain data source, check/uncheck the checkbox of the data source node.
- If you want to select/deselect all the resource types in the box, select the Select All/Deselect All button.
- Select the OK button to filter the resources.
The filter result will be the union of the resources that match the filter condition and the selected resource types.


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This paper will consider the architectural writings of the German expressionist writer Paul Scheerbart, focusing on his fascination with glass as an architectural and symbolic material within his writings. I will discuss Scheerbart's architectural treatise Glass Architecture, his novel The Grey Cloth, and related writings on glass architecture. Scheerbart represents an alternative tradition within architectural modernism, which saw glass as a constructive material that represented modernity by exposing structural elements of the building, thus guaranteeing conformation of form to function. Scheerbart, in contrast, considered glass as a bearer of color and multiplier of light, which he saw as capable of transforming the human environment and exercising positive effects on individuals and collectives. He saw light as culture-formative, and glass architecture as the means by which the built environment could maximize modern culture's utopian potential. I also discuss the influence of Scheerbart on the anarchist architect Bruno Taut and on the thinking of Walter Benjamin.
glass, architecture, utopia, transparency, Paul Scheerbart, Bruno Taut

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Use fake eggs to make fluffy Easter chick decorations by following this super simple tutorial.
I really wanted to make some egg chicks for Easter, using my huge stack of fake eggs. Pickle asked why there was no Daddy chick (I'd made one big and two little ones). Thinking fast, I told him that Daddy chick was at work!
To make egg chicks for Easter, you will need:
- polystyrene or papier mache eggs
- yellow tissue paper & PVA glue (if using polystyrene eggs), or yellow paint (if using papier mache eggs)
- a paint brush
- yellow, or orange feathers
- orange foam, or card
- googly eyes
- a hot glue gun
- thread and a needle (if you want to hang your finished chicks up)
COST: a few quid
AGE: toddlers and up (with help!)
TIME: 20-30 minutes (plus drying time)
How-to make egg chicks for Easter:
- Paint your egg yellow (if using papier mache eggs), or cover them in yellow tissue paper using watered-down PVA glue and leave to dry.
- Use your hot glue gun to stick a folded diamond of orange foam (or card) to the smaller end of your egg, making a beak.
- Stick your googly eyes above the beak.
- Use your hot glue gun again to stick feather wings to either side of the egg chick and a smaller feather sticking up at the back to make a tail.
- OPTIONAL: If you want to hang your finished chicks to make an Easter display, use a needle to thread a loop and tie the ends together.
So that's how we made our egg chicks for Easter (by the way, I'm linking up with the _TAG_ challenge _TAG_ _TAG_ _TAG_)!


80/20 Bass Rule
80/20 Rule for Better Bass Lines
In this tutorial, you'll learn the secret 80/20 bass rule that will forever change the way you write bass lines. But first… Tea!
Scroll down to listen to the podcast episode of this tutorial.
Right, so here's what a regular bass line sounds like, and this was written in the same way that most bass lines are written these days:
MIDI Screenshot: Bass exclusively playing root note of each chord – this is not a bass line!
It's in the key of A minor, so that's all the white notes from A to A, and the chords are: Am→Em→Cmaj→Dsus2. Now, because most songwriters and producers don't know about the secret 80/20 bass rule, most bass lines nowadays simply copy the chord progression by playing the root note of each chord. So in the example you just heard, the bass copied the chords by playing: A→E→C→D. But, that is not a bass line, that is merely the root note of each chord. And that is not a musical approach to bass, it's a sonic approach, because the bass is so boring that it actually blends into the background and is heard as a frequency, not an instrument!
When we approach bass from a musical perspective, we realise that it obviously wants (and deserves) its own melody. However, this is where we run into the bass paradox: To give the bass an independent melody, it needs to venture off the root note of each chord, but if it does that, then it takes away the music's stability as it's no longer providing a solid foundation for the other instruments. So, how can you write a bass line that's both a solid foundation and also an independent melody? That's where the 80/20 bass rule comes in. It's so simple: it is the percentage of time spent on root notes versus the percentage of time spent on other notes.
Root notes in the bass build a solid foundation, but it's the non-root notes that transform the bass into an independent melody. This is the magic bass balance. Get it right, and your bass lines are pure magic! Get it wrong, and it could literally ruin your whole song. If your bass spends too much time on root notes, it'll be nothing more than a frequency. On the other hand, if your bass spends too much time on non-root notes, it'll step forward into the spotlight like a diva and start stealing attention from your lead melody. Remember, the spotlight is only big enough for one!
So, what's the perfect ratio? 80% roots, 20 % non-roots. And obviously every song is different, and every section within every song is different, but the 80/20 rule will ensure that every bass line you write starts out in the sweetspot, then you can adjust the percentage up or down, depending on what the other instruments are doing. For example, if there isn't a lead melody in a section, then there's space for your bass to step forward and take the spotlight, without any musical fights! However, if a section has a lead melody and a backing melody, then your bass should definitely spend a little more time on root notes, for extra stability. In our example, our bass line is 81% root notes and 19% non-root notes. And of course, you don't actually have to calculate the exact percentage, just get it somewhere in the 80/20 sweetspot.
MIDI Screenshot: Bass line with about 80% roots and 20% non-roots (highlighted)
And by the way, if you want our step-by-step guide for writing great bass lines, then download our Songwriting & Producing PDF, which also contains all our other essential music making hacks.
Finally, let's talk about those non-root notes. There are three possibilities for these: harmonic notes, non-harmonic notes, and non-diatonic notes. Harmonic notes are notes that are in the chord. For example, over the Am chord, the harmonic notes are A, C and E. And A is obviously the root, so the options are C and E. Next, non-harmonic notes are notes that are not in the chord, but are still in the scale. So over the Am chord, the non-harmonic notes are B, D, F and G. Then lastly, non-diatonic notes are not in the chord either, but they're not even in the scale. These notes are super spicy, so in the same way that you don't add chili peppers to every meal, you don't wanna add non-diatonic notes to every bass line. In our example, we do actually play a non-diatonic note (C♯) under every other Dsus2 chord. But, it's just a 1/16 note. That's like throwing a tiny sliver of chili pepper into the pot for flavour, not for heat. Okay now I'm hungry, but before we head off to cook up a yummy vegan chili, let's have a listen to the Before & After of our bass line, so you can hear what a game-changer this 80/20 bass rule is. Just before the playthrough though, we'd love to share one more thing with you.
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A Hidden Gem in BibleWorks
Luke 18:1-4
Luke 18:1-4 (click to enlarge)
A hidden gem in BibleWorks is the "MacDonald Greek Transcription."
BibleWorks comes with sentence diagrams for the Greek New Testament. They are also useful and look like this:
Luke 18:1-2 (click to enlarge)
Luke 18:1-2 (click to enlarge)
The MacDonald transcriptions above, however, replicate something I haven't seen in any other Bible software (EDIT/UPDATE: Logos has a "clausal outlines" module, minus the color coding), which is the sentence flow method of representing and visualizing a sentence. He uses color coding and spacing to line up parallel ideas and repeated words, making them easier to see than in just the text or even the diagrams.
It's a great way to get at the motifs and important words of a given passage. And I'd forgotten about it until recently, but am now using it most weeks in sermon preparation.
The full title of the resource above is Syntactic and Thematic Greek Transcription of the New Testament, by William Graham MacDonald, 2008. BibleWorks is available here. Its full contents list is here.
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 1. In Logos, look for Dean Deppe's "Clausal Outlines of the Greek New Testament". There are NA27 and an SBLGNT editions. They don't use color, but they do structure the text, line up related components, etc. Note that Logos' sentence diagrammer can also be used to structure the text in this way instead of a traditional stick diagram.
 1. Thanks, Rick! I was looking through the Logos pages and forums to see if there was anything, and noticed that you can make your own, but didn't know about Deppe. I just see it as part of the (erstwhile top-secret?) Biblical Languages package in L5. Is it coming available separately any time soon? I find that method a great way to engage the biblical text.
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can be stored in the meta section of the repositories to speed up the next time the repository is loaded and addfileprovides is called
void pool_flush_namespaceproviders(Pool *pool, Id ns, Id evr);
Clear the cache of the providers for namespace dependencies matching namespace ns. If the evr argument is non-zero, the namespace dependency for exactly that dependency is cleared, otherwise all matching namespace dependencies are cleared. See the section about Namespace dependencies for further information.
void pool_add_fileconflicts_deps(Pool *pool, Queue *conflicts);
Some package managers like rpm report conflicts when a package installation overwrites a file of another installed package with different content. As file content information is not stored in the repository metadata, those conflicts can only be detected after the packages are downloaded. Libsolv provides a function to check for such conflicts, pool_findfileconflicts(). If conflicts are found, they can be added as special REL_FILECONFLICT provides dependencies, so that the solver will know about the conflict when it is re-run.
char *pool_alloctmpspace(Pool *pool, int len);
Allocate space on the pool's temporary space area. This space has a limited lifetime, it will be automatically freed after a fixed amount (currently 16) of other pool_alloctmpspace() calls are done.
void pool_freetmpspace(Pool *pool, const char *space);
Give the space allocated with pool_alloctmpspace back to the system. You do not have to use this function, as the space is automatically reclaimed, but it can be useful to extend the lifetime of other pointers to the pool's temporary space area.
const char *pool_bin2hex(Pool *pool, const unsigned char *buf, int len);
Convert some binary data to hexadecimal, returning a string allocated in the pool's temporary space area.
char *pool_tmpjoin(Pool *pool, const char *str1, const char *str2, const char *str3);
Join three strings and return the result in the pool's temporary space area. You can use NULL arguments if you just want to join less strings.
char *pool_tmpappend(Pool *pool, const char *str1, const char *str2, const char *str3);
Like pool_tmpjoin(), but if the first argument is the last allocated space in the pool's temporary space area, it will be replaced with the result of the join and no new temporary space slot will be used. Thus you can join more than three strings by a combination of one pool_tmpjoin() and multiple pool_tmpappend() calls. Note that the str1 pointer is no longer usable after the call.
Use the data position stored in the pool for the lookup instead of looking up the data of a solvable.
Use the data stored in the meta section of a repository (or repodata area) instead of looking up the data of a solvable. This constant does not work for the pool's lookup functions, use it for the repo's or repodata's lookup functions instead. It's just listed for completeness.
const char *pool_lookup_str(Pool *pool, Id solvid, Id keyname);
Return the string value stored under the attribute keyname in solvable solvid.
unsigned long long pool_lookup_num(Pool *pool, Id solvid, Id keyname, unsigned long long notfound);
Return the 64bit unsigned number stored under the attribute keyname in solvable solvid. If no such number is found, the value of the notfound argument is returned instead.
Id pool_lookup_id(Pool *pool, Id solvid, Id keyname);
Return the Id stored under the attribute keyname in solvable solvid.
int pool_lookup_idarray(Pool *pool, Id solvid, Id keyname, Queue *q);
Fill the queue q with the content of the Id array stored under the attribute keyname in solvable solvid. Returns "1" if an array was found, otherwise the queue will be empty and "0" will be returned.
int pool_lookup_void(Pool *pool, Id solvid, Id keyname);
Returns "1" if a void value is stored under the attribute keyname in solvable solvid, otherwise "0".
const char *pool_lookup_checksum(Pool *pool, Id solvid, Id keyname, Id *typep);
Return the checksum that is stored under the attribute keyname in solvable solvid. The type of the checksum will be returned over the typep pointer. If no such checksum is found, NULL will be returned and the type will be set to zero. Note that the result is stored in the Pool's temporary space area.
const unsigned char *pool_lookup_bin_checksum(Pool *pool, Id solvid, Id keyname, Id *typep);
Return the checksum that is stored under the attribute keyname in solvable solvid. Returns the checksum as binary data, you can use the returned type to calculate the length of the checksum. No temporary space area is needed.
const char *pool_lookup_deltalocation(Pool *pool, Id solvid, unsigned int *medianrp);
This is a utility lookup function to return the delta location for a delta rpm. As solvables cannot store deltas, you have to use SOLVID_POS as argument and set the Pool's datapos pointer to point to valid delta rpm data.
void pool_search(Pool *pool, Id solvid, Id keyname, const char *match, int flags, int (*callback)(void *cbdata, Solvable *s, Repodata *data, Repokey *key, KeyValue *kv), void *cbdata);
Perform a search on all data stored in the pool. You can limit the search area by using the solvid and keyname arguments. The values can be optionally matched against the match argument, use NULL if you do not want this matching. See the Dataiterator manpage about the possible matches modes and the flags argument. For all (matching) values, the callback function is called with the cbdata callback argument and the data describing the value.
A Job consists of two Ids, how and what. The how part describes the action, the job flags, and the selection method while the what part is in input for the selection. A Selection is a queue consisting of multiple jobs (thus the number of elements in the queue must be a multiple of two). See the Solver manpage for more information about jobs.
const char *pool_job2str(Pool *pool, Id how, Id what, Id flagmask);
Convert a job into a string. Useful for debugging purposes. The flagmask can be used to mask the flags of the job, use "0" if you do not want to see such flags, "-1" to see all flags, or a combination of the flags you want to see.
void pool_job2solvables(Pool *pool, Queue *pkgs, Id how, Id what);
Return a list of solvables that the specified job selects.
int pool_isemptyupdatejob(Pool *pool, Id how, Id what);
Return "1" if the job is an update job that does not work with any installed package, i.e. the job is basically a no-op. You can use this to turn no-op update jobs into install jobs (as done by package managers like "zypper").
const char *pool_selection2str(Pool *pool, Queue *selection, Id flagmask);
Convert a selection into a string. Useful for debugging purposes. See the pool_job2str() function for the flagmask argument.
void pool_freeallrepos(Pool *pool, int reuseids);
Free all repos from the pool (including all solvables). If reuseids is true, all Ids of the solvables are free to be reused the next time solvables are created.
void pool_clear_pos(Pool *pool);
Clear the data position stored in the pool.
An architecture policy defines a list of architectures that can be installed on the system, and also the relationship between them (i.e. the ordering). Architectures can be delimited with three different characters:
No relationship between the architectures. A package of one architecture can not be replaced with one of the other architecture.
The first architecture is better than the second one. An installed package of the second architecture may be replaced with one from the first architecture and vice versa. The solver will select the better architecture if the versions are the same.
The two architectures are freely exchangeable. Used to define aliases for architectures.
An example would be 'x86_64:i686=athlon>i586'. This means that x86_64 packages can only be replaced by other x86_64 packages, i686 packages can be replaced by i686 and i586 packages (but i686 packages will be preferred) and athlon is another name for the i686 architecture.
You can turn off the architecture replacement checks with the Solver's SOLVER_FLAG_ALLOW_ARCHCHANGE flag.
Different vendors often compile packages with different features, so Libsolv only replace installed packages of one vendor with packages coming from the same vendor. Also, while the version of a package is normally defined by the upstream project, the release part of the version is set by the vendor's package maintainer, so it's not meaningful to do version comparisons for packages coming from different vendors.
Vendor in this case means the SOLVABLE_VENDOR string stored in each solvable. Sometimes a vendor changes names, or multiple vendors form a group that coordinate their package building, so libsolv offers a way to define that a group of vendors are compatible. You do that be defining vendor equivalence classes, packages from a vendor from one class may be replaced with packages from all the other vendors in the class.
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To send a mail or a parcel to Cold Bay, Alaska you need to address it correctly. For this purpose, you have to enter the exact details of the sender and recipient. ZIP code is among them. The same information is needed while shopping online. For indicating where to ship the order, customers have to provide their own ZIP codes, which can be checked here – "What is my ZIP Code".
What is the ZIP code of Cold Bay, AK?
There are such ZIP codes in Cold Bay, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska:
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Usual ZIP code format is 5 digits that are written without spaces and punctuation marks. 9-digit ZIP codes are called ZIP Plus 4. It helps to identify a geographic segment within the 5-digit delivery area, but it is not necessary for a regular client of the post to know it. Nowadays, the system itself determines the ZIP + 4 by your address.
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the LM algorithm is applied for the fine-scale parameter identification. The experiment results show that the multi-scale identification not only improves the convergence rate and effectively escapes from the stagnation of PSO, but also overcomes the local minimum entrapment drawback of the LM algorithm. The terminal voltage curves from the PDD model with the identified parameter values are in good agreement with those from the experiments at different discharge/charge rates.
 13. Research of charging-discharging device for accumulator of electric locomotive based on SVPWM technology%电力机车用蓄电池充放电装置SVPWM技术的研究
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 邓木生; 瞿遂春; 肖强晖
 2011-01-01
 According to the shortcomings of the charging and discharging device of 15 kVA accumulator of electric locomotive, such as low power factor and high AC harmonic, the voltage vector pulse width modulation inverting and commuting technology was adopted in accumulator charging-discharging device. The device might be used as charging source and the loads of battery discharging back to electric net with flexible power adjusting, and possessed the performance of double-way transformation of energy. The experiment and test results demonstrate that the device can achieve the goal of sinusoidal current waveform, high input power factor, the lower AC harmonic and the power of charging and discharging controlled flexibly.%针对电力机车用15 kVA蓄电池传统充放电装置功率因数低、高谐波污染等不足,将电压型矢量PWM整流逆变技术应用到蓄电池充放电装置中.装置既可用作充电电源,也可用作蓄电池放电时的负载,实现能量的双向流动.实验及检测结果表明SVPWM控制方式可实现网侧电流正弦化、高功率因数、谐波污染小以及充放电功率灵活调控的特点.
 14. A control-oriented lithium-ion battery pack model for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle cycle-life studies and system design with consideration of health management
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 Cordoba-Arenas, Andrea; Onori, Simona; Rizzoni, Giorgio
 2015-04-01
 A crucial step towards the large-scale introduction of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the market is to reduce the cost of its battery systems. Currently, battery cycle- and calendar-life represents one of the greatest uncertainties in the total life-cycle cost of battery systems. The field of battery aging modeling and prognosis has seen progress with respect to model-based and data-driven approaches to describe the aging of battery cells. However, in real world applications cells are interconnected and aging propagates. The propagation of aging from one cell to others exhibits itself in a reduced battery system life. This paper proposes a control-oriented battery pack model that describes the propagation of aging and its effect on the life span of battery systems. The modeling approach is such that it is able to predict pack aging, thermal, and electrical dynamics under actual PHEV operation, and includes consideration of random variability of the cells, electrical topology and thermal management. The modeling approach is based on the interaction between dynamic system models of the electrical and thermal dynamics, and dynamic models of cell aging. The system-level state-of-health (SOH) is assessed based on knowledge of individual cells SOH, pack electrical topology and voltage equalization approach.
 15. Lithium Sulfuryl Chloride Battery.
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 Primary batteries , Electrochemistry, Ionic current, Electrolytes, Cathodes(Electrolytic cell), Anodes(Electrolytic cell), Thionyl chloride ...Phosphorus compounds, Electrical conductivity, Calibration, Solutions(Mixtures), Electrical resistance, Performance tests, Solvents, Lithium compounds
 16. A thermally regenerative ammonia-based battery for efficient harvesting of low-grade thermal energy as electrical power
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 Zhang, Fang
 2015-01-01
 © 2015 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Thermal energy was shown to be efficiently converted into electrical power in a thermally regenerative ammonia-based battery (TRAB) using copper-based redox couples [Cu(NH3)4 2+/Cu and Cu(ii)/Cu]. Ammonia addition to the anolyte (2 M ammonia in a copper-nitrate electrolyte) of a single TRAB cell produced a maximum power density of 115 ± 1 W m-2 (based on projected area of a single copper mesh electrode), with an energy density of 453 W h m-3 (normalized to the total electrolyte volume, under maximum power production conditions). Adding a second cell doubled both the voltage and maximum power. Increasing the anolyte ammonia concentration to 3 M further improved the maximum power density to 136 ± 3 W m-2. Volatilization of ammonia from the spent anolyte by heating (simulating distillation), and re-addition of this ammonia to the spent catholyte chamber with subsequent operation of this chamber as the anode (to regenerate copper on the other electrode), produced a maximum power density of 60 ± 3 W m-2, with an average discharge energy efficiency of ∼29% (electrical energy captured versus chemical energy in the starting solutions). Power was restored to 126 ± 5 W m-2 through acid addition to the regenerated catholyte to decrease pH and dissolve Cu(OH)2 precipitates, suggesting that an inexpensive acid or a waste acid could be used to improve performance. These results demonstrated that TRABs using ammonia-based electrolytes and inexpensive copper electrodes can provide a practical method for efficient conversion of low-grade thermal energy into electricity.
 17. A Study of Fuel Economy Improvement in a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle using Engine on/off and Battery Charging Power Control Based on Driver Characteristics
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 Seulgi Lee
 2015-09-01
 Full Text Available In this study, driving data for various types of drivers are collected using a VIDE (virtual integrated driving environment, and a driver model is developed. To represent the driver tendencies quantitatively, the DDA (degree of driver aggression is proposed based on fuzzy logic. DDA has a 0-1 value; the closer the DDA is to one, the more aggressive the driver. Using the DDA, an engine on/off and battery charging power control algorithm are developed to improve the fuel economy of a power-split-type plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. The engine on/off control reduces the frequent engine on/off caused by aggressive driving, whereas the battery charging power control maintains the battery state of charge (SOC by operating the engine according to the DDA. It is found that the proposed control algorithm improves fuel economy by 17.3% compared to the existing control for an aggressive driver.
 18. Optimal Switching Table-Based Sliding Mode Control of an Energy Recovery Li-Ion Power Accumulator Battery Pack Testing System
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 Kil To Chong
 2013-10-01
 Full Text Available The main objective of the present work is to apply a sliding mode controller (SMC to medium voltage and high power output energy recovery Li-ion power accumulator battery pack testing systems (ERLPABTSs, which are composed of a three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC three-phase voltage source inverter (VSI and a two-level buck-boost converter without an isolating transformer. An inner current decoupled control scheme for the aforementioned system is proposed and two sliding mode planes for active and reactive current control are designed based on the control scheme. An optimized switching table for current convergence is used according to the error sign of the equivalent input voltage and feedback voltage. The proposed ERLPABTS could be used to integrate discharging energy into the power grid when performing high accuracy current testing. The active and reactive power references for the grid-connected inverter are determined based on the discharging energy from the DC-DC converter. Simulations and experiments on a laboratory hardware platform using a 175 kW insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT-based ERLPABTS have been implemented and verified, and the performance is found satisfactory and superior to conventional ERLPABPTS.
 19. Fast Charging and Smart Charging Tests for Electric Vehicles Batteries Using Renewable Energy
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 Forero Camacho, Oscar Mauricio; Mihet-Popa, Lucian
 2016-01-01
 Electric Vehicles (EV) technologies are still relatively new and under strong development. Although some standardized solutions are being promoted and becoming a new trend, there is an outstanding need for common platforms and sharing of knowledge and core technologies. This paper presents...
 20. Battery-Powered Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Projects to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: A Resource for Project Development
 Energy Technology Data Exchange (ETDEWEB)
 National Energy Technology Laboratory
 2002-07-31
 as requiring specific technology improvements or an increase in fuel efficiency. Site-specific project activities can also be undertaken to help decrease GHG emissions, although the use of such measures is less common. Sample activities include switching to less GHG-intensive vehicle options, such as electric vehicles (EVs) or hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). As emissions from transportation activities continue to rise, it will be necessary to promote both


Learn facts about the Atheris Hispida, also known as the hairy or spiny bush viper!***See more on ATHERIS HISPIDA below***
Are you looking for information on the hairy bush viper (Atheris hispida)? Do you want to find out more about its specific features and habitat? How can you be sure to spot Atheris hispida when you see it?
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There are different types of bush vipers, and Atheris hispida is also one, but with its uniqueness. If you are interested in knowing about its behaviour, the way it looks, and some easy signs that can help you spot this particular type of snake, then this article can help.
Today we are taking a look at various details about Atheris hispida, such as its scientific and common names, its population, where it is found, and also some of its characteristics that you may find interesting. Also, read the signs that can help you spot it easily, even when you watch it on screen.
What is its scientific name?
Atheris hispida is a type of viper species that is extremely venomous. The scientific name of the hairy viper is Atheris Hispida.
By what other names is Atheris hispida also known?
This viper is also more commonly known by a few other names such as the following:
 - The spiny bush viper
 - The rough scaled tree viper
 - The blue bush viper
 - The African hairy viper
 - The rough scaled bush viper
 - The prickly bush viper
One interesting fact is that researchers who specifically work on this bush viper say that it is best to avoid the common name hairy viper while referring to Atheris hispida. This is because using this name can create confusion with another type of snake, which is known as the Atheris hirsuta.
Are there different types or species of Atheris hispida?
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As of yet, there are no known subspecies of Atheris hispida that are recognized.
How big or small is the current total population of Atheris hispida?
While the exact population status of Atheris hispida is not known, it does not fall under the conservation concern category.
Where are Atheris hispida typically found?
Atheris hispida typically live in the forest areas, where they use their scales to help them in climb up on the reeds and stalks. This viper likes to spend time on the top of the plants, and more preferably, in the flowers and the leaves of the plants.
 - The hairy African bush viper is specifically found regions of Central Africa such as the DR Congo, west Kenya and south-west Uganda.
 - To be more specific, Atheris hispida can be found in areas such as the Kivu and the Orientale Provinces in the DR Congo, the southeastern Ruwenzori region in Uganda and the Kakamega Forest located in western Kenya.
What does Atheris hispida look like?
 - This bush viper has a short snout on the head which is more pronounced in the males than in the females.
 - The head and neck of this viper are covered with some of the longest scales as compared to the rest of its body.
 - It has large eyes that are surrounded by about anything between 9 and 16 circumorbital scales. These are the scales that are present around the margins of the eyes.
 - There are about 7 to 9 scales that separate the eyes.
 - The nostril of Atheris hispida is shaped like a slit and is separated from the eyes with the help of 2 scales.
 - It has very heavily keeled and overlapping dorsal scales that cover its entire body.
 - As a result, Atheris hispida has a unique shaggy look to its skin and looks almost as if it is bristle.
Are there any distinct movements or features that sets Atheris hispida apart from other snakes?
 1. Atheris hispida makes a strong guttural kind of sound.
 2. Atheris hispida has large dark eyes.
 3. Atheris hispida has an extremely scaly body.
How can you tell for sure that a snake is, in fact, Atheris hispida?
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Here are a few physical signs that can make you identify this bush viper, also known as the Atheris Hispida.
These Vipers have…
 - Dark black and big eyes.
 - A head and entire body covered in scales that look as if they are standing up.
 - Bristle like texture on the skin.
 - Scales, especially on the head and neck, have a darkish colour towards the tip.
These Vipers also…
 - Prefer to stay on tree branches.
 - Are an arboreal and predatory animal that can quietly lie in wait for its prey for long.
While they are not becoming extinct, deforestation does pose a threat to their preferred living habitat. Also, the blue bush viper is extremely rare to find, as it is a rare variety of Atheris Hispida in itself.
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I found this definition for quantization on the internet. This is included for the right brained among you all. Needless to say it does nothing for me, but here it is.
"Quantization refers to the process of approximating the continuous set of values in the image data with a finite (preferably small) set of values. The input to a quantizer is the original data, and the output is always one among a finite number of levels. The quantizer is a function whose set of output values are discrete, and usually finite. Obviously, this is a process of approximation, and a good quantizer is one which represents the original signal with minimum loss or distortion."
If that sounds like French to you, then here it is in blog format.
What is quantization good for?
When we record our midi as we would record a performance, or record on the fly, often times some notes will be off. Selecting all of the midi notes from a performance, and quantizing them, will put the off timed notes where they should be. This can save us all time by not having to enter each midi note in by hand.
But what is quantization, and how does it work?
Quantization simply is the way in which we can take a bunch of midi notes that are all perhaps off time a little, and put them right on the grid, or "right in time". I use quantization in two different ways.
The first way is as I play (and record) the parts live, using a midi keyboard. After I have finished the section, I select all of the midi notes and then use quantization to correct any fast or slow notes. You only need to make sure that you are set u for the correct quantizatioe. If you are writting a quater note series, then make sure to quantize to quater notes.
The second way that I use quantization is as I use step record to enter in my midi information.
Step recording is simple enough to use, and it can make up some time also. Step recording is simply the entering midi notes one at a time, but the sequencer advances the cursor for you using the note values that you have selected.
If I had a bass line that consisted of a few bars of quater notes, in a series, that I might step record. I would make sure to set up the step record feature to advance by quater notes, leaving only the note (in octave) to enter. Each time that I play a note, the sequencer advances by one quater note, and then records the next note that I enter.
But how does one work with quantization?
I like using Reason software, and I use it to write a lot of my drum lines and bass parts. Using a midi keyboard I perfer to play the parts. I learned to use midi by entering each note one by one, but now I like to play them. After I am done with a certain part, I select the written notes, and quantize them. My whole writing process is sped up considerably.
Quantization in Reason is applied by first highlighting the parts that you wish to quantize, and then selecting "quantization" which is found under the "edit" tab.
Quantization works with a couple of parameters that you set it to. You can set it to quantize to any sort of note. It then uses that notes' speed as a guide to add the quantization, almost like a frequency setting. You can find the setting that works for your song by looking at the notes in the song itself. What notes are used with the hi-hat? Things like that can help you dial in the quantization, and don't be afraid to try different settings.


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This huge rift can be clearly seen from space.
Geologists are truly surprised at how fast it developed, when a 60 meter long rift opened up in Ethiopia.
It occurred in the course of a few days, in 2005 and the rift is still expanding.
According to recent reports, particularly those from the University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the rift is
steadily expanding and will allow a new ocean to form and separating East Africa from the rest of the continent.
A 500-metre-long crack opened up in just a few days in Afar, Ethiopia, in 2005 (Photo Credit: University of Rochester)
"The ocean's formation is happening slowly, likely to take a few million years.
It will stretch from the Afar depression (straddling Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti) down to Mozambique,"
professor Atalay Ayele, lead researcher at the Addis Ababa University explained.
The seismic movements observed in Ethiopia are very similar to the changes normally caused by faults and fissures on the seafloor,
where the processes moving tectonic plates usually start
However, this time it is happening violently and very fast.
Dr. James Hammond, a seismologist from the University of Bristol, says that parts of the region are below sea level and the Indian Ocean is only cut off
by about a 20-meter strip of land in Eritrea:
"Eventually this will drift apart.... The sea will flood in and will start to create this new ocean.
It will pull apart, sink down deeper and deeper and eventually... parts of southern Ethiopia, Somalia will drift off, create a new island,
and we'll have a smaller Africa and a very big island that floats out into the Indian Ocean."
As the researchers explained, after last known eruption of Dabbahu in 2005, a volcano located in the remote Afar desert of Ethiopia,
magma pushed up through the middle of the rift area and began "unzipping" the rift in both directions.
The entire eastern part of the African continent has been affected by the strong forces.
Both small and large cracks can be found. Photo Credit: Cindy Ebinger/University of Rochester
"We know that seafloor ridges are created by a similar intrusion of magma into a rift, but we never knew that a huge length of the
ridge could break open at once like this," says professor Cindy Ebinger of Department of Earth And Environmental Science, University of Rochester.
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Radio Emission From Ultracool Dwarf Detected By Arecibo Telescope
The Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico has discovered sporadic bursts of polarized radio emission from the T6.5 brown J1047+21.
Because Arecibo is a single, fixed-dish telescope, it has a restricted practical sensitivity to weak, quiescent emission from radio sources...
Invader From Another Galaxy
This alien intruder from another galaxy is in many ways different from other exoplanets observed by astronomers.
Located about 2000 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Fornax (the Furnace), the Jupiter-like planet orbits a dying star of
extragalactic origin and risks to be engulfed by it.
Power To See Most Distant Objects In The Universe
The 3C294, is one of the most distant galaxies recorded by Chandra, the most sophisticated X-ray observatory ever built.
The cluster 3C294 is even 40 percent farther (!) than the next most distant x-ray galaxy cluster.
Chandra focus on X-rays from high-energy regions of the Universe and see the invisible.
It is so sensitive that it can capture images of particles as they disappear into a black hole deep in outer space.
"Pillars Of Creation" Are Gone
Every time you look at the beautiful and famous image of the Pillars of Creation taken by Hubble back in 1995,
you are actually admiring something that no longer exists.
In fact, the Pillars of Creation were already long gone by the time the image was captured!

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What kind of salt? table salt?Table salt is NaCl (Sodium chloride); it's not a chemical symbol, but it is the molecular equation for it. Only Elements have a "symbol"
Sodium and chlorine. NaCl is the chemical symbol for table salt.
If you mean table salt, it's NaCl.
Table salt is sodium chloride (NaCl).
Sodium is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Na.Salt (table) is sodium chloride with the chemical formula NaCl.
No, but Sodium is. Its chemical symbol is Na, and it is #11 on the periodic table.
NaCl is the chemical formula of sodium chloride (table salt).
saltsodium chloride, symbol NaCl is the chemical name of table salt.......
NaCl is sodium chloride which is table salt :]
Not formula, but chemical symbol is Pu. No, he means formula (eg: Table Salt/ Halite - NaCl)
The chemical symbol on the periodic table for Chlorine is 'Cl'.
The chemical symbol for gold on a periodic table is Au.
If you are talking "table salt" - - - NaCl
K is the chemical symbol for Potassium on a periodic table.
Table salt is sodium chloride (NaCl).
There are a number of different types of chemical salts in seawater, but the most common (and the type of salt you'd find on your kitchen table) is sodium chloride (symbol: NaCl)
The chemical formula for table salt is NaCl.
The chemical symbol for potassium is K.The abbreviation on the periodic table is K.
Glass is not a chemical element but a mixture of compounds: consequently the glass has not a chemical symbol in the periodic table - a table only for elements.
Table salt is acctually considered a compound (a mixture of two of the elements). The elements are sodium, and chlorine. The symbol for sodium is Na and chlorine's is Cl. Table salt is acctually NaCl.
The chemical symbol of americium is Am.
The common name for salt is common salt or table salt.The chemical name for table salt is sodium chloride.The chemical formula for table salt is NaCl which means it contains one atom of sodium and one atom of chlorine.
The chemical name for regular table salt is Sodium Chloride.
The symbol on the periodic table means the abrevitation of the chemical element. For example, the chemical element symbol Pm stands for Promethium.
Rock salt and table salt have identical chemical formula: NaCl, sodium chloride.


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Generally, there are many reasons for overheating of bearings in automatic wire crimping machines. Among them, there are several common reasons. The wire crimping machine manufacturer introduce several reasons as below:
Because the axis of the axle and the axis of the mechanical equipment driven by the terminal machine are not on the same line, or because of the inaccurate processing, the inner circle of the bearing cap is eccentric, so that the bearing cap and the axle are friction with each other. Light bearings heat, serious smoke, large high-speed motors will soon rub red. At this time, the machine should be stopped immediately, otherwise the automatic terminal machine will be burnt down.
3. The unbalance of inner and outer rings of steel ball bearings is one of the causes of heating.
The unbalance of inner and outer rings of terminal machine may be caused by machining. Because the seat and cover of automatic terminal machine are processed separately, sometimes the bearing holes on the two end caps are not coaxial (that is, the center line is not on one line). In addition, poor assembly, uneven tightness of the screw on the end cover, dust and dirt on the stop, etc., may also make the inner and outer rings unbalanced. If the inner and outer rings of the bearing are unbalanced, the steel beads and the inner and outer rings will be scraped, and the friction will increase and heat up. If there is no other reason, wipe the nose clean and reinstall, screw tighten one by one in diagonal order. A small amount of errors in processing can be improved by gradual automatic adjustment.
4. Too much or too little lubricating oil is also the cause of heating.
Bearing is used for a long time, the internal lubricant gradually reduces, resulting in insufficient lubrication, increased friction loss, so that the bearing heating, long-term oil shortage operation will cause bearing damage. Too much oil or too thick oil can also cause bearing overheating. In addition, if the lubricating oil is mixed with hard impurities, the bearings are not cleaned, or the bearings are cleaned with dirty oil, so that there are sand particles and iron chips in the bearings, the mechanical friction of the bearings will be increased and the bearings will be heated, and the bearings will be easily damaged due to the role of impurities.


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I am looking for a general response as to the mindset of how to do this... I have a table that has a column full of possible parameters and a column full of possible values. I want to join all parameters of a certain kind to another table to give further description of those specific rows, but not have that table joined to all other rows that don't contain the specific value. It would look like this:
Parameters Values Mammal
 a 1
 b 3
 d cat Yes
 c 4
 d dog Yes
 e 3
 d fish No
 f 2
I've tried a number of ways using Case, however the table just gets very weird and there was repetition of the table being joined depending on its length. Any suggestions?
The second table has two columns, it is being joined on its own animal column to the values column where parameter = "d". It does not show up at all when parameter equals anything else. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! (I'm using Cache SQL if you need to know. I'd much rather have a general explanation of technique though, it helps more.)
EDIT: Sorry, here would be the two separate tables:
 Table 1: Table 2:
Parameters Values Animal Mammal
 a 1 cat yes
 b 3 dog yes
 d cat snake no
 c 4 fish no
 d dog rat yes
 e 3 hamster yes
 d fish
 f 2
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Is that above table the first or second table or the expected output. I've reread your question several times and I can't figure it out. Can you please clarify what your table structure is and what you expected output is. – Conrad Frix Sep 27 '12 at 22:20
please post some example of data of your two separated tables, and the result expected – Gonzalo.- Sep 27 '12 at 22:29
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It sounds like your current query is using an INNER JOIN which will only include the records that match in both tables. You need to use a LEFT JOIN which will produce all records from table1 and the matching records in table2. If there is not a match from table1 then the missing side will equal null:
select t1.parameters,
 case when t2.mammal is null then '' else t2.mammal end Mammal
from table1 t1
left join table2 t2
 on t1.value = t2.animal
See SQL Fiddle with Demo
If you need help learning JOIN syntax there is a great article:
A Visual Explanation of SQL Joins
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Two options.
First uses a subquery:
select [parameters], [values],
 (select mammal from t2 where t2.animal = t1.[values]) as mammal
from t1
Second uses a left join.
select [parameters], [values], t2.mammal
from t1
left join t2 on t1.[values] = t2.animal
The other answer uses a left join but skips the null replacement provided by the other answer.
Note this was tested on MS SQL Server (T-SQL) only.
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E. Cobham Brewer _PHONE_. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Sublime Porte (The).
The Ottoman empire. It is the French for Porta Sublma, the lofty gate. Constantinople has twelve gates, and near one of these gates is a building with a lofty gateway called Bab-i-humajun. In this building resides the vizier, in the same are the offices of all the chief ministers of state, and thence all the imperial edicts are issued. The French phrase has been adopted, because at one time French was the language of European diplomacy.


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This paper addresses protection of oil insulated power equipment, e.g. transformers, using a MEMS sensor system to augment or replace existing protection techniques. Traditional technologies used for protection and analysis involve pressure and temperature sensing, gas chromatography and/or a Buchholz relay. A MEMS sensor is described to augment or replace such sensors. The proposed device is immersed within the insulating fluid, e.g. oil, and primarily consists of multiple micro scale turbines centrally shafted to a MEMS generator. The device utilizes relative differences in velocity, pressure and flow rate, of gas emanating from stressed or degrading insulation. A differential electrical output is produced which can be RF or photon coupled to a user interface.


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Producer's Notes: Chasing Beetles, Finding Darwin
Today QUEST TV broadcasts its half-hour documentary "Chasing Beetles, Finding Darwin," which tells the story of California Academy of Sciences beetle expert David Kavanaugh's unusual prediction that a new species of beetle would be found in Northern California's Trinity Alps.
The film follows Kavanaugh and his collaborator, University of California-Berkeley doctoral candidate Sean Schoville, as they search for the beetle, then put possible candidates to the test by dissecting them under the microscope and doing genetic testing on them.
It's rare for a biologist to predict the discovery of a new species – even for someone like Kavanaugh, who has discovered 73 new species. For his prediction, he drew inspiration from Charles Darwin's own prediction, which the English naturalist and founder of modern evolutionary biology made in 1862.
When Darwin saw an orchid from Madagascar with a foot-long nectare, he predicted that a pollinator would be found with a tongue (called a proboscis) long enough to reach the nectar inside the orchid's very thin, elongated nectar "pouch." Darwin's prediction was based on his finding that all living beings are related to each other and that some of them evolve closely together. His prediction came true in 1903, when a moth was discovered in Madagascar with a long, thin proboscis, which it uncurls to reach the nectar in the orchid's nectare. In the process of feeding from the orchid, the moth serves as its pollinator. The moth was given the scientific name Xanthopan morganii praedicta, in honor of Darwin's prediction.
"Chasing Beetles, Finding Darwin" is QUEST TV's contribution to the celebration of Darwin's 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his book "On the Origin of Species."
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When automating signal analyzers for high-throughput automated testing, there can be tradeoffs between speed, repeatability, and dynamic range. Most modern signal analyzers have built-in functionality and the capability to work as either swept-tuned spectrum analyzers or vector signal analyzers (VSAs). The unique features contained in these instruments allow them to be optimized for one or more operating parameters. For example, they can be optimized for maximum throughput.
Speed, Repeatability, And Dynamic Range
It is difficult to discuss the speed of a particular measurement without also discussing its repeatability. In most cases, tradeoffs can be made to optimize repeatability and measurement time. This can be done by applying averaging to the measurements to minimize variations in the measurement results. Keep in mind that this step adds to the total test time.
Although the relationship between measurement time and repeatability is very intuitive, the relationship between measurement time and dynamic range is sometimes overlooked. A good example occurs when measuring a low-level signal and reducing the resolution bandwidth, which increases sweep time. In some cases, individual measurements are created and then just strung together without looking at the entire test plan. A better approach is to build an entire test plan that accounts for speed, repeatability, and dynamic range—all of which are optimized for maximum throughput.
Creating A Test Plan
The first step is to perform the individual measurements to determine the optimum settings regarding speed, repeatability, and dynamic range. In Figure 1, the repeatability of a fast adjacent-channel-power (ACP) measurement is plotted against the total measurement time and data transfer. The repeatability of the measurement can be improved by increasing the number of acquisitions used in the calculation. Increasing the measurement time will increase the number of acquisitions, thereby improving repeatability.
1. This example of a fast ACP measurement was taken from an X-Series signal analyzer.
To determine the optimum measurement time, choose a time providing the repeatability that gives enough margin to pass a test limit (based upon individual dynamic-range requirements). Having more dynamic range in the measurement will allow for a less repeatable ACP result—and, as a result, a faster measurement while still passing the test limit. This is an example of how speed, repeatability, and dynamic range relate.
Improving the dynamic range can be done with or without a speed penalty. For example, if the designer wants to reduce the analyzer's noise floor, he or she might first want to reduce the resolution bandwidth. Doing so will increase the sweep time for an overall slower measurement. If possible, reducing the input attenuation or turning on the preamplifier will provide a better noise floor without reducing test time. Some analyzers also have a low-noise path function, which will improve the noise floor with no penalty.
Once the engineer has determined the optimum settings for each individual measurement, it is time to create the entire test plan. First, determine if there are different measurements that can be run in parallel. An example is an error-vector-magnitude (EVM) measurement (which can be started on the signal analyzer) and a power measurement (which can be made simultaneously with a power meter). When the power-meter measurement is completed, the engineer can read the results of the EVM measurement.
2. The nested-loops test flow diagram is depicted here.
In most cases, the test plan will involve multiple nested loops. This is normally required when performing the same test at different parameters for the device under test (DUT). Such parameters may include different input or output levels or device voltages and currents. It is important that faster measurements be placed in the innermost loops while slower measurements are placed in the outer loops. After all, the innermost loops will be run more frequently than the outer loops. Figure 2 is a graphical representation of the nested loops.
Other Test-Time Improvements
Significant test-time improvements also can be made by following some basic rules and practices. In almost all cases, for example, shutting off the display will improve measurement time. The degree of improvement depends upon the amount of time (as a percentage) that the display is updated in the measurement.
Using combined measurements, such as a merged GSM, EDGE, or W-CDMA application, will enable multiple measurements to be made with a single acquisition. This combined measurement application can perform an EVM, output RF spectrum (ORFS), power versus time (PVT), and transmit power measurement and return the results based upon a single acquisition. It is thus significantly faster than performing each measurement individually. If the analyzer has an advanced marker function, the engineer can manually select measurements, such as channel power, ACP, and phase noise (dBc), while maintaining and/or not having to change the current measurement or mode.
The list-sweep mode can be used for making multiple zero-span measurements at different frequencies and quickly returning the results. This can be a good choice for harmonic or third-order-intercept (TOI) measurements, where there are known signals to be measured.
In addition, many spectrum and signal analyzers have built-in input/output (I/O) systems that allow for the use of General-Purpose Interface Bus (GPIB), Gigabit local-area network (LAN), or Universal Serial Bus (USB) as the interface to the instrument. With their high data rates, Gigabit LAN or USB should be used for applications in which large amounts of data is being transferred between the instrument and a computer.
Swept-Tuned Spectrum Analyzers And VSAs
In one instrument, many modern spectrum and signal analyzers function as both swept-tuned spectrum analyzers and VSAs. In most cases, it is much faster to sweep wide spans with a swept-tuned spectrum analyzer than it is to perform Fast-Fourier-Transform (FFT) sweeps. Similarly, it is usually faster to sweep narrow spans in narrow resolution bandwidths utilizing FFT sweeps.
This article only touches the surface of how to optimize the entire production test process. By utilizing some of the features and capabilities that have been discussed, however, an engineer can improve measurement throughput. Doing this before the test code is finalized will save time for both the development of the test system and the entire test plan.


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World's poor to get own search engine
Alfred Hermida
By Alfred Hermida
BBC News Online technology editor
People in poor countries could soon have a new and cheap way to get hold of the wealth of information on the internet.
The TEK software being tested
The search engine is being developed at MIT labs in Boston
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a search engine designed for people with a slow net connection.
"More and more we are creating an information divide in the world and this can help narrow that divide and have a huge benefit in that sense, " said Professor Saman Amarasinghe of MIT's Laboratory for Computer Science in Boston.
The thinking behind the TEK search engine is that people in poor countries are short of money but have time on their hands, whereas people in the West are cash-rich but time-poor.
"The idea is that developing countries are willing to pay in time for knowledge," explained Prof Amarasinghe.
"In the West when we surf we want the information in the next two seconds. We are not willing to wait."
Filtered results
The researchers say current web technology such as search engines is focused on the needs of the West.
When the students arrive, they can browse through those pages the way they would if they had full internet connectivity
Prof Saman Amarasinghe, MIT
By contrast, people in poor countries face problems such as the speed and cost of an internet connection, let alone the huge amount of webpages thrown up by search engines.
"Let us assume you are in Malawi," explained Prof Amarasinghe, "and the computer lab does not have access to the telephone line all the time."
"If you want to find some new information about malaria, you are prompted with a message that says 'we are going to send a query through e-mail, it is OK?'.
"At night, when the phone line is available, the teacher can dial out and send the queries."
The request is sent to computers at MIT in Boston, which then search the internet and gather webpages.
To avoid a glut of information, the software then filters the results and chooses the most relevant. These are then sent back to the computer in Malawi so that they can be stored in the machine's internet cache.
"Next morning the teacher can connect, download that e-mail and when the students arrive, they can browse through those pages the way they would if they had full internet connectivity," said Prof Amarasinghe.
The program keeps a record of all the information sent to avoid wasting bandwidth by re-sending the same webpages.
CDs in libraries
So far the program is in its early stages, with a small number of people trying it out.
Woman browsing the web in Bangladesh
The team believe people would wait for search results
But the researchers aim to have a beta version ready to be tested in the next three to four months.
Once they have sorted out any bugs, they intend to make it freely available to anyone.
However, the team realise the program is too big to download over a slow and poor net connection.
Instead they are thinking of sending CDs to libraries so that people can borrow and install the software on their machines.
They are also considering trying to persuade computer sellers in developing countries to install the program on machines.
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A normal ResultSet data isn't retrieved until you do the next call. The ResultSet isn't a memory table, it's a cursor. Suppose the problem sorted out for the less than 1 lack records. but how to get more than that count??
how many is "1 lack"? I'm sort of familiar with "lakhs", which I assue is what you mean. However, if you write in terms that everyone will understand, eg. in 100.000 records, you'll probably get better responses.
You might be interested in the setFetchSize() method of the Statement class. This allows you to set number of rows that will be retrieved from the database in one call. Setting it to a value of about 100 migth be a good idea. I wouldn't set it too high, though. What we want is to establish a nice flow from the database to the client in chunks that can be easily processed.
Also check the performance of your SQL query. If you read all data from a single table, not much can be done to speed things up (depending on your database), but if the data are produced using a more complicated query, there might be ample space for improvements.
Apart from this, at least three more things can be done to speed things up:
1) Retrieve columns from the resultset by their position, not by name. It saves the translation from name to column position for every access.
2) Avoid creation of objects if possible. If you're reading ints from the database just to write them to a file, don't convert them to Integers. Nulls have to be handled separately in this case, however it can save substantial processing time (my own experience).
3) If the processing of obtained records takes some time, think about using producer-consumer desing pattern. You'd have one thread to extract the data from the resultset as quick as possible and then call the next() method, while another thread would process the data. That way you could be able to crunch the data (eg. format them and write to the file) while next batch is being retrieved from the database. Some fine-tuning with respect to the fetch size and queue size will be necessary. However this is quite a lot of work, so I'd probably not choose this path unless I was really desperate.
Nothing "happens to them" (whatever you meant by that). You get them in the normal way by reading them from the ResultSet. Have another look at the API documentation for the setFetchSize method as I think you may have misunderstood it.
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Nurturing Your Well-being: Self-Care and Wellness Practices for IVF Mothers during Pregnancy
Nurturing Your Well-being: Self-Care and Wellness Practices for IVF Mothers during Pregnancy
Self-care is crucial during pregnancy, especially for IVF mothers who often undergo more mental, physical, and emotional strain. By providing tailored self-care practices for those on IVF journeys, these mothers get the support they need during this critical period. Such practices assist in reducing stress, enhancing their wellbeing, and potentially improving pregnancy outcomes.
Mindful Relaxation
Stress Reduction through Mindfulness
During pregnancy, practicing mindfulness can be a powerful tool for reducing stress and promoting overall well-being. Mindfulness involves being fully present in the moment, paying attention to thoughts, feelings, and sensations without judgment. For expectant mothers, this practice can help alleviate anxiety and tension by fostering a deeper connection with the changing body and the growing life within. Engaging in mindfulness exercises, such as deep breathing, meditation, and gentle movement, allows pregnant women to cultivate a sense of calm and awareness. By dedicating time to self-care through mindfulness, women can navigate the physical and emotional journey of pregnancy with greater ease, ultimately contributing to a healthier and more serene prenatal experience.
Deep Breathing and Meditation
Here's a simple guide for a deep breathing exercise.
 - Begin by finding a comfortable seated position.
 - Close your eyes and bring your attention to your breath.
 - Take a slow, deep inhalation through your nose, filling your lungs fully while expanding your abdomen.
 - Hold this breath for a count of three.
 - Slowly release the breath through your mouth, emptying your lungs fully and contracting your abdomen.
 - Hold the exhale for a count of three.
 - Repeat this cycle for five minutes, focusing solely on the rhythm of your breath. This exercise fosters relaxation and can reduce stress levels.
Restful Sleep
Addressing Sleep Challenges
Consider the importance of sleep in your life. How many hours do you typically sleep each night? Does your sleep schedule fluctuate or remain consistent? Reflect on any challenges you face while trying to sleep - are electronic screens contributing to a delay in your sleep onset? Pay close attention to the signs of fatigue during the day - Do you feel the need to take short naps? Think about the role of stress and self-care in your sleep habits. Use these reflections as the starting point for improving your sleep hygiene for better rest and overall well-being.
Creating a Comfortable Sleep Environment
 - Ensure your bedroom is kept cool, ideally between 60 to 67ºF (16-19ºC).
 - Use supportive pillows for optimum comfort, considering a specialised pregnancy pillow if needed.
 - Diffuse calming scents like lavender in your bedroom for relaxation.
 - Display minimal electronics to restrict blue light exposure, stopping screen time at least 30 minutes before bed.
 - Incorporate white noise or soft music to facilitate relaxation.
 - Consider a gentle stretching routine before bedtime to loosen muscles.
 - Maintain a decluttered and serene environment to reduce stress and induce tranquility.
 - Ensure the bedroom is well-ventilated and wear light, breathable clothing.
Nutrient-Rich Diet
Importance of a Balanced Diet
Reflect on your current dietary habits critically. Are they rich in vitamins, minerals, and essential nutrients? Does your meal typically include a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats? Or do you often succumb to the temptation of processed foods, sugary snacks, and excessive salt and saturated fats? Remember, nutrition plays a crucial role in your overall well-being, affecting your energy levels, digestion, immune system function, and your mental and physical health. Start today, make mindful decisions about your food, and embrace a nutritious, balanced diet.
Recommendations for Nutritious Foods and Supplements
 - Adopt a nourishing diet to support your health by incorporating a variety of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats. Enjoy your meals fully; notice the colours, smell, and texture.
 - Opt for wholesome foods to boost energy levels, improve digestion, and strengthen your immune system. They also contribute to weight management and help fight diseases.
 - Avoid processed foods, sugary snacks, and an excessive intake of salt and saturated fats. Evidence suggests a direct link between diet quality and physical and mental vitality. Carefully chosen foods can enhance your wellness, and importantly, can play a key role in overcoming eating disorders.
Emotional Well-being
Navigating the Emotional Journey As you embark on your fertility journey, it's essential to check in on your emotional state regularly. This path may at times be overwhelming and taxing, both physically and mentally. Therefore, it's critical to take moments for yourself for self-reflection. Consider journaling daily, even if it's just for five minutes. Also, remember not to neglect the power of an external perspective; counseling services could significantly boost your mental readiness and resilience. Keep in mind that looking after your emotional health is as crucial as maintaining your physical health.
Practices for Emotional Support and Bonding
 - Engage in activities that bring joy and relaxation such as reading, spending time in nature, or delving into a hobby.
 - Practice mindfulness exercises like meditation or deep breathing to help create a sense of calmness.
 - Continue regular physical activities such as dancing, walking, or practicing yoga.
 - Prioritise good sleep and adopt a soothing bedtime routine.
 - Open up to trusted individuals when feeling overwhelmed or needing to share thoughts and feelings.
 - Visit a therapist and consider Infertility Counselling when dealing with failed IVF treatments.
Preparing for Labour
Understanding Labour Preparation
Consider your birth preparation goals. It is essential to have high-quality, evidence-based information on fertility, contraception, and pregnancy planning. Make informed decisions about your reproductive health, understanding when to have a child, and choosing a preferred type of contraception. Prepare for optimised health and wellbeing prior to conception for improved pregnancy outcomes. Involve yourself as an equal partner in the planning of your care throughout the pregnancy and postnatal period. Remember, your birth preparation goals may evolve with changes in clinical needs and choices. Keep these considerations at the forefront as we strive for healthier maternity outcomes.
Techniques and Resources for Birth Planning
 - Planning for birth can be an empowering journey. It's advisable to leverage available birth planning resources.
 - Dive into well-researched articles, conduct broad searches on relevant topics, and reach out to health professionals for personalised guidance.
 - Participation in community forums or online discussions for expectant parents can also be beneficial.
 - Consider exploring fertility care lifestyle support tips if you're having any issues.
 - Involve your partner or close family members in this process as well. Understanding your options better will reduce anxiety and help decision-making.
 - Always remember, good planning leads to reduced stress and a more joyful journey towards parenthood.
As you navigate the IVF motherhood journey, prioritise well-being by adopting these nurturing practices for a healthier and more fulfilling pregnancy. At Milann, we're here to support your unique path. Embrace mindfulness, restful sleep, nutrition, emotional balance, and birth preparation for a journey marked by empowerment and joy. Join hands with Milann for holistic well-being and a pregnancy journey filled with love and cherished moments. Your well-being matters – start your self-care journey with us today.
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Texas drought killed 301 million trees
By Kathy Huber | September 25, 2012 | Updated: September 26, 2012 7:52am
The numbers are ugly. A whopping 301 million trees have died across state forestlands as a result of the 2011 drought, the Texas A&M Forest Service reported Tuesday.
The latest count was determined after a three-month, on-the-ground study of hundreds of forested plots, as well as satellite imagery from before and after the drought. It includes trees killed directly by the drought and those so weakened that they succumbed to insects and disease.
The Brazos Valley region took the heaviest hit, losing nearly 10 percent of its trees on forested land. North Texas and western northeast Texas lost 8.3 percent and 8.2 percent, respectively.
Harris County is included in the 6.5 percent loss in the western section of southeast Texas. That's nearly 19 million fewer trees than the near 290 million live tree count before the drought. Far east stretches of southeast Texas got better news: a 1.3 percent loss, down 7.5 million trees from pre-drought 597.1 million live trees.
The 301 million count falls about midway of the forest service's previous estimates of 100 to 500 million drought-related tree deaths.
Although still a huge toll, the good news is the forest is resilient, says Burl Carraway, department head for the Texas A&M Forest Service Sustainable Forestry department. Young, new trees eventually grow in the place of fallen dead trees.
"Tree death is a natural forest process," he said in a news release. "We just had more last year than previous years."
Most of the dead trees will stand until they fall, says Forest Service analyst Chris Edgar. This benefits wildlife and helps prevent soil erosion.
The dead trees, however, could become hazards in fire conditions.
The 301 million does not include trees that shade our home gardens, city parks and streets. Another 5.6 million urban trees have died from the drought, according to an earlier study done by the service's Urban Forest program.
Houstonians have been shaken by the drought-related gaps in our urban forest.
Forester Mickey Merritt roughly estimates the drought has taken 50 percent of the trees in the city's Memorial Park.
Nature will also gradually help re-green urban canopies. More help will come from those that residents are eager to replant.


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Cost Management Systems ABC Costing Discussion 200-300 words
Read the following scenario and then thoughtfully discuss the questions.
Calvin Cabello is a new production analyst at Red Duv Aviation, in the division of the company that manufactures three parts used in small airplane engines. One of his first jobs is to update the predetermined overhead allocation rates for factory production costs. Normally this is done once a year. The production analyst takes into consideration the previous year's actual data along with projected changes and calculates a new rate. Calvin completed his calculations but was confused by what he found. He noticed the activity rate for "maintenance" had almost doubled in one year. Confused by this, he spoke with the factory manager, Priscilla Posey, who proceeded to tell him to just spread the costs out over the other activities. Calvin knew this wasn't right, but had been newly hired and really needed to keep his job. Later that week while at the local pub, after work, Calvin overheard some employees that worked at Red Duv talking about making extra money on the weekends helping Priscilla restore an old airplane. It occurred to Calvin that the reason the maintenance activity rate was so high, was because Priscilla had been using factory labor, tools, and supplies to have her personal airplane restored.
-Besides finding irregularities, such as the case of the unusual increase in this situation, discuss other ways that ABC cost data can be useful for manufacturing companies.
-Discuss the primary standard from the IMA statement of Ethical Professional Practice that Priscilla violated in this scenario.
-Would Priscilla have been able to do this if Traditional Costing methods had been used?
-What would you recommend Calvin do?


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Small Island Developing States and the Least Developed Countries will be hit hardest by climate change. In recognition of this, Denmark is launching support for initiatives targeting the specific challenges of Small Island Developing States.
Minister for Development Cooperation, Flemming Møller Mortensen, states:
"When sea levels rise, Small Island Developing States are the first to feel it. As the Maldivian foreign minister recently told me, their highest point is only 2.5 meters above sea level. This means that the Maldivians do not have anywhere to seek shelter in case of storm surges, and that their land mass decreases as sea levels rise. We must help the most vulnerable Small Island Developing States. I am glad that Denmark is contributing approx. $10 million (75 million DKK) towards climate action in the Small Island Developing States. Time is running, which is why Denmark is taking action in securing sufficient climate finance for the Small Island Developing States, and pushing for better and faster access.
The Danish pledge of approx. $10 million (DKK 75 million) is announced following a meeting between the Danish Prime Minister and a group of island nations during the UN General Assembly taking place this week in New York. The new Danish funding will be implemented by a climate fund, which supports adaptation efforts of islands states, among other activities. An example is improving weather data and early warning systems to strengthen adaptation and reducing risk of climate-induced loss and damage. Supporting the fund also demonstrates leadership, and Denmark will encourage likeminded countries to follow suit.
The Danish DKK 75 million pledge will go to the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) operating under the Global Environment Facility, with expected commitments made in 2023-2024. Denmark is also joining the Call to Action on SIDS Access to Finance, and will be a champion of more and faster access to climate finance for Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Denmark will also initiate concrete support, in the range of $1.3 million, targeted towards capacity building of SIDS in order to improve their access to global financing mechanisms, e.g. the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
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