_decomposition"
version = "0.1.1"
edition = "2018"
[dependencies]
num-bigint = "0.3.0"
num-traits = "0.2.12"
The implementation:
use num_bigint::BigUint;
use num_traits::{One, Zero};
use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
pub struct Factors {
 pub number: BigUint,
 pub result: Vec<BigUint>,
}
impl Factors {
 pub fn of(number: BigUint) -> Factors {
 let mut factors = Self {
 number: number.clone(),
 result: Vec::new(),
 };
 let big_2 = BigUint::from(2u8);
 let big_4 = BigUint::from(4u8);
 factors.check(&big_2);
 factors.check(&BigUint::from(3u8));
 let mut divisor = BigUint::from(5u8);
 while &divisor * &divisor <= factors.number {
 factors.check(&divisor);
 divisor += &big_2;
 factors.check(&divisor);
 divisor += &big_4;
 }
 if factors.number > BigUint::one() {
 factors.result.push(factors.number);
 }
 factors.number = number; // Restore the number
 factors
 }
 pub fn is_prime(&self) -> bool {
 self.result.len() == 1
 }
 fn check(&mut self, divisor: &BigUint) {
 while (&self.number % divisor).is_zero() {
 self.result.push(divisor.clone());
 self.number /= divisor;
 }
 }
}
impl Display for Factors {
 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
 let mut iter = self.result.iter();
 match iter.next() {
 None => write!(f, "[]"),
 Some(first) => {
 write!(f, "[{}", first)?;
 for next in iter {
 write!(f, ", {}", next)?;
 }
 write!(f, "]")
 }
 }
 }
}
fn print_factors(number: BigUint) {
 let factors = Factors::of(number);
 if factors.is_prime() {
 println!("{} -> {} (prime)", factors.number, factors);
 } else {
 println!("{} -> {}", factors.number, factors);
 }
}
fn main() {
 print_factors(24u32.into());
 print_factors(32u32.into());
 print_factors(37u32.into());
 // Find Mersenne primes
 for n in 2..70 {
 print!("2**{} - 1: ", n);
 print_factors((BigUint::from(2u8) << n) - BigUint::one());
 }
}
Scala
Library: Scala
import annotation.tailrec
import collection.parallel.mutable.ParSeq
object PrimeFactors extends App {
 def factorize(n: Long): List[Long] = {
 @tailrec
 def factors(tuple: (Long, Long, List[Long], Int)): List[Long] = {
 tuple match {
 case (1, _, acc, _) => acc
 case (n, k, acc, _) if (n % k == 0) => factors((n / k, k, acc ++ ParSeq(k), Math.sqrt(n / k).toInt))
 case (n, k, acc, sqr) if (k < sqr) => factors(n, k + 1, acc, sqr)
 case (n, k, acc, sqr) if (k >= sqr) => factors((1, k, acc ++ ParSeq(n), 0))
 }
 }
 factors((n, 2, List[Long](), Math.sqrt(n).toInt))
 }
 def mersenne(p: Int): BigInt = (BigInt(2) pow p) - 1
 def sieve(nums: Stream[Int]): Stream[Int] =
 Stream.cons(nums.head, sieve((nums.tail) filter (_ % nums.head != 0)))
 // An infinite stream of primes, lazy evaluation and memo-ized
 val oddPrimes = sieve(Stream.from(3, 2))
 def primes = sieve(2 #:: oddPrimes)
 oddPrimes takeWhile (_ <= 59) foreach { p =>
 { // Needs some intermediate results for nice formatting
 val numM = s"M${p}"
 val nMersenne = mersenne(p).toLong
 val lit = f"${nMersenne}%30d"
 val datum = System.nanoTime
 val result = factorize(nMersenne)
 val mSec = ((System.nanoTime - datum) / 1.0e+6).round
 def decStr = { if (lit.length > 30) f"(M has ${lit.length}%3d dec)" else "" }
 def sPrime = { if (result.isEmpty) " is a prime number." else "" }
 println(
 f"$numM%4s = 2^$p%03d - 1 = ${lit}%s${sPrime} ($mSec%,4d msec) composed of ${result.mkString(" × ")}")
 }
 }
}
Output:
 M3 = 2^003 - 1 = 7 ( 23 msec) composed of 7
 M5 = 2^005 - 1 = 31 ( 0 msec) composed of 31
 M7 = 2^007 - 1 = 127 ( 0 msec) composed of 127
 M11 = 2^011 - 1 = 2047 ( 0 msec) composed of 23 × 89
 M13 = 2^013 - 1 = 8191 ( 0 msec) composed of 8191
 M17 = 2^017 - 1 = 131071 ( 1 msec) composed of 131071
 M19 = 2^019 - 1 = 524287 ( 1 msec) composed of 524287
 M23 = 2^023 - 1 = _PHONE_ ( 1 msec) composed of 47 × 178481
 M29 = 2^029 - 1 = 536870911 ( 2 msec) composed of 233 × 1103 × 2089
 M31 = 2^031 - 1 = _PHONE_ ( 39 msec) composed of _PHONE_
 M37 = 2^037 - 1 = 137438953471 ( 8 msec) composed of 223 × 616318177
 M41 = 2^041 - 1 = 2199023255551 ( 2 msec) composed of 13367 × 164511353
 M43 = 2^043 - 1 = 8796093022207 ( 2 msec) composed of 431 × 9719 × _PHONE_
 M47 = 2^047 - 1 = 140737488355327 ( 2 msec) composed of 2351 × 4513 × _PHONE_
 M53 = 2^053 - 1 = 9007199254740991 ( 7 msec) composed of 6361 × 69431 × 20394401
 M59 = 2^059 - 1 = 576460752303423487 ( 152 msec) composed of 179951 × 3203431780337
Getting the prime factors does not require identifying prime numbers. Since the problems seems to ask for it, here is one version that does it:
class PrimeFactors(n: BigInt) extends Iterator[BigInt] {
 val zero = BigInt(0)
 val one = BigInt(1)
 val two = BigInt(2)
 def isPrime(n: BigInt) = n.isProbablePrime(10)
 var currentN = n
 var prime = two
 def nextPrime =
 if (prime == two) {
 prime += one
 } else {
 prime += two
 while (!isPrime(prime)) {
 prime += two
 if (prime * prime > currentN)
 prime = currentN
 }
 }
 def next = {
 if (!hasNext)
 throw new NoSuchElementException("next on empty iterator")

 while(currentN % prime !


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end string Required. A token which correlates to the last value in chunk. Used for pagination.
chunk [RoomEvent] Required. If the user is a member of the room this will be a list of the most recent messages for this room. If the user has left the room this will be the messages that preceeded them leaving. This array will consist of at most limit elements.
RoomEvent
Parameter Type Description
content object Required. The fields in this object will vary depending on the type of event. When interacting with the REST API, this is the HTTP body.
type string Required. The type of event. This SHOULD be namespaced similar to Java package naming conventions e.g. 'com.example.subdomain.event.type'
event_id string Required. The globally unique event identifier.
sender string Required. Contains the fully-qualified ID of the user who sent this event.
origin_server_ts integer Required. Timestamp in milliseconds on originating homeserver when this event was sent.
unsigned UnsignedData Contains optional extra information about the event.
room_id string Required. The ID of the room associated with this event. Will not be present on events that arrive through /sync, despite being required everywhere else.
StateEvent
Parameter Type Description
content object Required. The fields in this object will vary depending on the type of event. When interacting with the REST API, this is the HTTP body.
type string Required. The type of event. This SHOULD be namespaced similar to Java package naming conventions e.g. 'com.example.subdomain.event.type'
event_id string Required. The globally unique event identifier.
sender string Required. Contains the fully-qualified ID of the user who sent this event.
origin_server_ts integer Required. Timestamp in milliseconds on originating homeserver when this event was sent.
unsigned UnsignedData Contains optional extra information about the event.
room_id string Required. The ID of the room associated with this event. Will not be present on events that arrive through /sync, despite being required everywhere else.
prev_content EventContent Optional. The previous content for this event. If there is no previous content, this key will be missing.
state_key string Required. A unique key which defines the overwriting semantics for this piece of room state. This value is often a zero-length string. The presence of this key makes this event a State Event. State keys starting with an @ are reserved for referencing user IDs, such as room members. With the exception of a few events, state events set with a given user's ID as the state key MUST only be set by that user.
UnsignedData
Parameter Type Description
age integer The time in milliseconds that has elapsed since the event was sent. This field is generated by the local homeserver, and may be incorrect if the local time on at least one of the two servers is out of sync, which can cause the age to either be negative or greater than it actually is.
redacted_because Event Optional. The event that redacted this event, if any.
transaction_id string The client-supplied transaction ID, if the client being given the event is the same one which sent it.
Event
Parameter Type Description
content object Required. The fields in this object will vary depending on the type of event. When interacting with the REST API, this is the HTTP body.
type string Required. The type of event. This SHOULD be namespaced similar to Java package naming conventions e.g. 'com.example.subdomain.event.type'
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Example
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 "membership": "join",
 "messages": {
 "chunk": [
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 "content": {
 "body": "This is an example text message",
 "msgtype": "m.text",
 "format": "org.matrix.custom.html",
 "formatted_body": "<b>This is an example text message</b>"
 },
 "type": "m.room.message",
 "event_id": "$143273582443PhrSn:example.org",
 "room_id": "!636q39766251:example.com",
 "sender": "@example:example.org",
 "origin_server_ts": 1432735824653,
 "unsigned": {
 "age": 1234
 }
 },
 {
 "content": {
 "body": "something-important.doc",
 "filename": "something-important.doc",
 "info": {
 "mimetype": "application/msword",
 "size": 46144
 },
 "msgtype": "m.file",
 "url": "mxc://example.org/FHyPlCeYUSFFxlgbQYZmoEoe"
 },
 "type": "m.room.message",
 "event_id": "$143273582443PhrSn:example.org",
 "room_id": "!636q39766251:example.com",
 "sender": "@example:example.org",
 "origin_server_ts": 1432735824653,
 "unsigned": {
 "age": 1234
 }
 }
 ],
 "end": "s3456_9_0",
 "start": "t44-3453_9_0"
 },
 "room_id": "!636q39766251:example.com",
 "state": [
 {
 "content": {
 "join_rule": "public"
 },
 "type": "m.room.join_rules",
 "event_id": "$143273582443PhrSn:example.org",
 "room_id": "!636q39766251:example.com",
 "sender": "@example:example.org",
 "origin_server_ts": 1432735824653,
 "unsigned": {
 "age": 1234
 },
 "state_key": ""
 },
 {
 "content": {
 "membership": "join",
 "avatar_url": "mxc://example.org/SEsfnsuifSDFSSEF",
 "displayname": "Alice Margatroid"
 },
 "type": "m.room.member",
 "event_id": "$143273582443PhrSn:example.org",
 "room_id": "!636q39766251:example.com",
 "sender": "@example:example.org",
 "origin_server_ts": 1432735824653,
 "unsigned": {
 "age": 1234
 },
 "state_key": "@alice:example.org"
 },
 {
 "content": {
 "creator": "@example:example.org",
 "room_version": "1",
 "m.federate": true,
 "predecessor": {
 "event_id": "$something:example.org",
 "room_id": "!oldroom:example.org"
 }
 },
 "type": "m.room.create",
 "event_id": "$143273582443PhrSn:example.org",
 "room_id": "!636q39766251:example.com",
 "sender": "@example:example.org",
 "origin_server_ts": 1432735824653,
 "unsigned": {
 "age": 1234
 },
 "state_key": ""
 },
 {
 "content": {
 "ban": 50,
 "events": {
 "m.room.name": 100,
 "m.room.power_levels": 100
 },
 "events_default": 0,
 "invite": 50,
 "kick": 50,
 "redact": 50,
 "state_default": 50,
 "users": {
 "@example:localhost": 100
 },
 "users_default": 0,
 "notifications": {
 "room": 20
 }
 },
 "type": "m.room.power_levels",
 "event_id": "$143273582443PhrSn:example.org",
 "room_id": "!636q39766251:example.com",
 "sender": "@example:example.org",
 "origin_server_ts": 1432735824653,
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 "age": 1234
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LINDSAY SELBY: The Jersey Devil
The Jersey Devil, sometimes called the Leeds Devil, is a creature said to live in the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey. The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves. The story of its exist has been around for over 260 years. There are apparently over 2,000 eyewitnesses reports and its sighting has been responsible for the closing of schools and factories at times when it was at its peak.
The origin of the creature lies in a legend concerning a Mrs Jane Leeds who came from a poor family in the Pine Barrens of Jersey. In 1735 she was pregnant with her 13th child and she said to friends and relatives that the "Devil can take the next one", and supposedly he did. When the baby was born it was said to be a deformed monster. It supposedly grew to more than 20 feet long, with a reptilian body, a horse's head, bat wings and a long, forked tail. It then escaped up the chimney (or out of a window depending on the version of the tale) and began haunting the Pine Barrens. Some said Mrs Leeds was a witch and the father of the child was the devil. Another legend says a young girl fell in love with a British soldier during the Revolutionary War and the people of Leeds Point cursed the girl. When she gave birth to a child it looked like the devil. In 1740 a priest was brought in to exorcise the devil from the area and for years it was not seen.
Alfred Heston, the local historian for the area, believes that the Jersey Devil could have been born to either the Leeds or the Shrouds families. Mr Heston discovered that a Daniel Leeds had land in Great Egg Harbour in 1699 and the family home was in Leeds Point.
Sightings of the devil started again when it was seen in the 1800s.
Joseph Bonaparte, former king of Spain and brother of the famous Napoleon Bonaparte, reported seeing the Jersey Devil in Bordentown between 1816 and 1839 when out hunting.
In the 1840s a strange creature with a piercing scream and odd hoof-like footprints was reported to be killing livestock in the area around the Pine Barrens.
On January 16th 1909 it was seen by many people:
Thack Cozzens of Woodbury reported seeing a flying creature with glowing eyes. John Mcowen heard and saw the creature on the banks of a canal. Policeman James Sackville fired on a strange creature as it flew away. E. W. Minister, Postmaster for Bristol, also reported seeing a bird-like creature with a horse head and a piercing scream. Mr and Mrs Nelson Evans of Gloucester were awakened by a strange noise and on looking out of the window, Mr Nelson watched what he claimed was the Jersey Devil for 10 minutes.
On January 19th 1909 a Burlington police officer and the Reverend John Pursell of Pemberton reported seeing the Jersey Devil. Reverend John Pursell was quoted as saying "Never saw anything like it before."
On January 20th 1909 it was seen by members of by the Black Hawk Social Club and also seen by a trolley full of people in Clementon. Mrs Sorbinski of Camden heard a commotion in her back yard. Upon inspection, she discovered the Jersey Devil with her dog in its grasp. Mrs Sorbinski beat the Jersey Devil with a broom until it dropped her dog and flew off into the night.
Then on January 21st 1909 Camden police officer Louis Strehr witnessed the Jersey Devil drinking from his horse's trough.
The next documented sighting was in 1927 when a cab driver on his way to Salem got flat tyre and whilst he was fixing it, an upright-standing creature landed on the roof of his cab. The creature shook the cab violently and the cab driver ran away. When he returned it had gone.
In August 1930 berry pickers at Leeds Point and Mays Landing reported seeing the Devil in the fields eating blueberries and cranberries. It was reported again two weeks later in the north.
In November 1951 a group of children were allegedly cornered by the Devil at the Duport Clubhouse in Gibbstown. The creature left without causing any harm.
In 1960 a group of people near Mays Landing were scared by strange cries and screams. State officials tried to calm the nervous residents but no explanation could be found for the strange sounds. Harry Hunt, who owned the Hunt Brothers Circus, offered $100,000 for the capture of the creature.
In 1961 a couple were parked up along a road in the Pine Barrens when they heard a loud screeching noise outside. Suddenly the roof of their car smashed and the screeching sound was now right on top of them. The couple fled but later said when they returned they saw an unknown creature flying along the treeline making the same screeching noise.
In 1966 the Jersey Devil was blamed for the death of 31 ducks, 3 geese, 4 cats and two dogs at a local farm. One of the dogs was a large German shepherd found with its throat ripped out.
In 1987 in Vinland, another German shepherd was found torn apart and the body apparently gnawed upon. The body was located 25 feet from where the dog was chained up. Around the body were strange tracks.
In 1993 a forest ranger named John Irwin was driving along the Mullica River in southern New Jersey. He found the road ahead of him blocked by what looked like the Jersey Devil. He described it as being about six feet tall with horns and matted black fur. Irwin stated that he and the creature stared at one another for several minutes before the monster finally turned and ran into the forest.
More recently, in 2004 on a snowy winter night the Winkelmann children were playing outside when they were scared by a creature and headed indoors. Later that night Mrs Winkelmann and her 11-year-old son headed outside to unplug Christmas lights and they noticed a two-legged winged creature in the trees above. The woman and her child ran back to the house as the creature landed on their roof. For the rest of the night the entire family stayed safely locked inside the house. The next morning when they went outside they noticed footprints on the roof and took pictures as evidence to prove the story was real.
This site: _URL_ claims to be official jersey devil hunters site includes reports of sightings up to 2003.
So myth, reality or mistaken identity? It has certainly been around a long time.
Dale Drinnon said...
The situation is (as noted in a review article published in PURSUIT) that ANYTHING unknown and seen in New Jersey is reported as "The Jersey Devil", and that includes reports that would otherwise sound like pumas, bears or Bigfoot.
I did a comparison of the reports following Ivan Sanderson's statement that he thought the reports of a sort of Thunderbird (which he may have heard but not seen while living in New Jersey, but that may have been a very large owl instead)and I found that by cutting out PARTS of the majority of reports and pasting them together, you can make a fairly good composite of a large condor-like bird. That hinges on the "PARTS" part-you will have to be throwing away other parts of nearly all the sightings to make them fit the pattern. So I concluded, "The composite does indeed sound like the type of bird Sanderson suggested: but if these Jersey Devil sightings are describing that type of bird, then the statement must be made that most of the reports are very very bad reports."
Donnie said...
If it is indeed known that an exorcism was performed around 1740, that would precede and therefore exclude the revolutionary war myth. Doesn't in any way confirm the 13th child myth. I'm just curious how long these sightings have been reported, maybe American Indian folklore....? I can see where anything out of the ordinary today could easily be attributed to the Jersey Devil with the notoriety of the creature. Very fascinating subject!


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Lawsuit Claims Architect of the Capitol Retaliated Against Congressional Tunnel Workers
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Ten workers who service the utility tunnels beneath the U.S. Capitol complex will file a
whistleblower complaint tomorrow against their employer, the Architect of the Capitol.
The lawsuit alleges that the workers were subjected to repeated retaliation and a hostile work environment after they wrote about their working conditions and environmental hazards to several members of Congress and the media earlier this year.
The ten workers maintain the plumbing systems that provide steam and chilled water to Congress, the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, and other federal buildings.
Frustrated by the lack of response after years of raising their concerns up the chain of command, the workers wrote a letter to three U.S. senators and one representative appealing for help.
Not long thereafter, several of the workers began attending Senate Appropriations Committee hearings and speaking to the press.
The workers say that the Architect of the Capitol then began a campaign of retaliation against the crew.
The workers allege that hazardous working conditions have existed in the tunnels for decades.
In 2000, the Architect of the Capitol was cited for violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
These violations included the creation of an unsafe working environment due to falling slabs of concrete, the lack of a communications system to broadcast emergency information, and the lack of emergency exits in time of evacuation.
The workers are most concerned about their exposure to asbestos.
"One client, who was 33 at the time of the medical examination, was told by a doctor that he had the lungs of someone over 100 years old," said Joanne Royce a lawyer for the workers. "These workers were ignored, suppressed, and clearly retaliated against in violation of the Congressional Accountability Act. Someone must be held responsible."
Royce works at the Government Accountability Project in Washington, D.C.
Royce said that OSHA sent a memo to the Architect of the Capitol in 2000 urging the architect to "take action to prevent tunnel workers from breathing airborne asbestos."
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Ship Tracks in the Northern Pacific
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Though they may look like airplane contrails, the streaky clouds shown in this image are ship tracks, bright clouds that form in a ship's wake. The clouds run horizontally across the image, tracing out a major shipping lane in the North Pacific Ocean. Ship tracks occur when clouds form around the tiny particles that ships release in their exhaust. The particles in exhaust are much smaller than natural cloud seeds like sea salt, so the clouds that form around exhaust particles are made up of liquid water particles that are smaller and more numerous than those found in natural clouds. Because there are more water surfaces to reflect light in a ship track than in a natural cloud, ship tracks are brighter. The bright clouds allow less light and energy to reach Earth's surface, and this has a cooling effect on Earth. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite captured this image on July 13, 2008.

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Species most commonly occur in wetlands, although some are found in upland locations, and in some cases are obtrusive to crops; Benzothiadiazoles are typically the herbicides of choice to control unwanted Cyperaceae.
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This article will take a look at what to do when you think your PIP assessor has lied with regards to your case and information as well as what are the possible ways for the assessor to miscommunicate your information to the Department for Work and Pension. The article will also provide an overall introduction to the PIP.
Your PIP Assessor Lied – What To Do?
If your PIP assessor has lied about your medical assessment then here is what you should and should not do:
- Request For A Mandatory Reconsideration
- Apply Again
- Do Not Present Evidence Against Your Assessor – It Could Backfire
Let us take a look at these in detail!
Request For A Mandatory Reconsideration
If you think your PIP assessor has lied then the best thing you can do is request for a mandatory reconsideration. This is a professional and mature way to respond to an upsetting situation where everyone is dealt with in a respectful manner with the strong belief that the truth will eventually come out.
What Does Mandatory Reconsideration Mean?
Mandatory reconsideration refers to when you disagree with the decision over your Personal Independence Pay made by the Department for Work and Pension.
This usually occurs because of the following reasons:
- You strongly believe that the decision makers missed out important information or made a significant error that affected the decision with regards to your PIP benefits.
- You disagree with the decision because of the reasoning behind it.
- You want to have the decision looked at again.
In the above cases, you are legally allowed to file for mandatory reconsideration. However, it must be noted that the mandatory reconsideration can be done only within a month of the decision reaching you or being made.
Mandatory Reconsideration – Where Does It Apply?
Mandatory reconsideration applies to the following areas:
- Attendance Allowance
- Bereavement Allowance
- Carer's Allowance
- Carer's Credit
- child maintenance (sometimes known as 'child support')
- Compensation Recovery Scheme (including NHS recovery claims)
- Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme
- Disability Living Allowance
- Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Funeral Expenses Payment
- Income Support
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA)
- Maternity Allowance
- Pension Credit
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- Sure Start Maternity Grant
- Universal Credit (including advance payments)
- Winter Fuel Payment
However, there are some conditions or areas where it does not apply that include Child Benefit, Tax-Free Childcare and 30 hours free childcare, Guardian's Allowance, tax credits, Housing Benefit and Vaccine Damage Payment – these involve a different process.
How to ask for mandatory reconsideration
Contact the benefits office that gave you the decision. You can contact them:
- by phone
- by letter
- by filling in and returning a form
- The contact details are on your decision letter.
You need to ask for mandatory reconsideration within one month of the date on your decision letter. If you're writing, the letter or form must arrive by then.
If you do not have your decision letter, contact the office where you applied for the benefit.
Only recently have PIP applicants been allowed to apply again if they think they are now eligible for PIP as compared to a time in the past.
Sometimes it is better to take a fresh start than to get back into the relationship and try again knowing you are likely to fail yet another time! The same applies to PIP! In many cases it will be difficult to prove that your PIP assessor lied or deceived the panel who took the decision regarding your case. This is because it is impossible to prove someone lied; however you can claim that they provided inaccurate information.
Hence it is better to apply again and be very careful that you provide information in such a manner that if the PIP assessor does lie, you can prove it very easily when you go for mandatory reconsideration.
Do Not Present Evidence Against Your Assessor – It Could Backfire
Sometimes trying to do the right thing or exposing someone's lies could backfire – the world is not fair and it shows. There have been many incidents where people successfully collected evidence to show how they were being cheated or their case was jeopardized and they did not receive PIP benefits but this only backfired. Why?
People often do not understand how the law works. Even if you can prove someone has lied, cheated or deceived someone you may get into trouble for how you collected that information. Thus, it would be very dangerous if you called up the DWP and told them you had caught your assessor lying because you taped her collecting obvious information that was not included in the assessment information or you had recorded the session where you were examined.
Why Do Assessors Make Mistakes (Or Lie)?
There are a number of reasons why an assessor may not provide the correct information to the DWP panel:
- They do not fully understand the condition you have
- They are careless in the assessment
- They simply do not care
- They are not fully trained to carry out the assessment
- They do not recognize the significance of their role – take it easy
There could be many reasons why such cases arise where people eventually claim that the assessor lied or made a mistake!
Here are some claims that PIP applicants make against PIP assessors:
- They are untrained
- They get a bonus for every applicant declined
- They do not understand our condition or disease
- They do not put in the effort
Nonetheless, the best way to go about this matter is to either apply again or request for a mandatory reconsideration. In case you suspect fraud, deception or any illegal activity going on then a legal professional should be involved so that the matter can be taken care of in an effective but safe manner where your interests are not compromised.
What Is PIP?
PIP stands for Personal Independence Pay that is a non-taxable benefit which can be availed by people who suffer from a long term condition or injury that affects their daily life activities and mobility.
This means they cannot walk properly or carry out simple or basic tasks such as eating properly or doing simple well being tasks like taking a bath. This benefit is given to people not based on the condition itself but the way it affects the person and their life activities.
It takes quite some time because of the information the concerned department has to process with regards to your case. In this case, the concerned department is the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) which will make a decision after you have completed your medical assessment and have sent in other relevant documents such as your claims and the notes made by the health professional during or with regards to your medical assessment.
Thus, the following 3 sources of information are taking into consideration:
- Your Claim
- Your Medical Assessment
- Health Professionals Comments
To process all this information and make a decision, the DWP takes about 12 weeks to get back to you!
To avail PIP you need to be checked by a health professional and undergo some sort of medical assessment as well as fill a form. This assessment has two components to it that affect what you get. These two components are:
- Daily Living Part: The weekly rate for the daily living part of PIP is either £60.00 or £89.60.
- Mobility Part: The weekly rate for the mobility part of PIP is either £23.70 or £62.55.
- Terminal Illness: You'll get the higher daily living part if you're not expected to live more than 6 months. The rate of the mobility part depends on your needs.
What you get depends not on the illness but the extent to how much it affects you. It is observed whether or not you are affected by this illness and if so how much; are you able to perform daily tasks or not and can you move from one place easily or not.
This article took a look at why PIP assessors may lie and what a PIP applicant does in such a situation as well as what they should not do. Furthermore, the article highlighted how one can apply for mandatory reconsideration and what it is and when it can be considered to try again for PIP benefits. Finally, the article looked at what PIP is and the process one needs to go through.


text: Background: The silkworm powder from Japanese and Korean races has a high biological activity. However, there was less scientific evidence regarding bioactivities in Thai silkworm races. Objective: This research was interested in toxicity and antioxidant activities of Thai silkworm races. Material and methods: The 5th instar, 3rd day of growth stage of Thai traditional silkworm (Nanglai, Nangnoi and Samrong races) were lyophilized by freeze dryer and ground as silkworm powder. The acute and sub-acute toxicities studies were carried out in male Wistar rats. The antioxidant capacities of silkworm powder were investigated with DPPH, ABTS and FRAP methods. Results: The acute toxicity in rats by single dose oral administration show that the high dose at a concentration of 2,000 mg/kg b.w. did not have toxicity in rats. The sub-acute toxicity in rats by oral administration showed that the high dose concentration at 2,000 mg/kg body weight for 6 weeks had no toxicity in all group either. In addition, the hematological parameters and lipid profiles of treated group and control groups were not significantly different. The antioxidant study showed that silkworm powders were not significant difference in all groups of samples in three assays (DPPH, ABTS and FRAP). However, significant difference had been found in comparison to ascorbic acid (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Silkworm powder from three races of Thai silkworm did not produce any toxicity in male rats. In addition, the silkworm powder also exhibited antioxidant activities.


A.133 importVirtualAppliance
Imports and adds a virtual appliance to a storage repository.
Syntax
importVirtualAppliance Repository instance url=value [ proxy=value ]
Where instance is:
{ id=value | name=value }
Description
This command imports and adds a virtual appliance to a storage repository. The imported virtual appliance is unpacked and each virtual machine is contained within an VirtualApplianceVm object. The VirtualApplianceVm objects are created in the same storage repository as the original virtual appliance. Use the list VirtualApplianceVm command to find the name and ID of the new VirtualApplianceVm objects, then use the createVmFromVirtualAppliance command to create virtual machines from each VirtualApplianceVm object.
Options
The following table shows the available options for this command.
Option
Description
Repository instance
The storage repository in which to import the virtual appliance.
url=value
The URL of the virtual appliance. Note that if you quote this argument, the forward slashes in the URL should be escaped. This is illustrated in the example.
proxy=value
The IP address or hostname of a proxy server to use when importing the virtual appliance.
{ id=value | name=value }
The instance of the object using either the id or name option, for example name=MyServer.
Examples
Example A.169 Importing a virtual appliance to a storage repository
OVM> importVirtualAppliance Repository name=MyRepository url="http:////example.com//myvirtualappliance.ova"
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Summary: Improved Simulation of Stabilizer Circuits
Scott Aaronson
University of California, Berkeley
Daniel Gottesman
Perimeter Institute
The Gottesman-Knill theorem says that a stabilizer circuit--that is, a quantum circuit consisting solely of CNOT, Hadamard, and phase gates--can be simulated efficiently on a classical
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Romanian anti-communist dissident dies at 95
— Gabriel Tepelea, an anti-communist dissident who spent six years in gulags and later played a key role in Romanian political life when communism collapsed, has died, a former party colleague said. He was 95.
Tanase Tavala said Tepelea, who also was a prolific author on the subjects of language and literature, died at home in Bucharest on Thursday, but provided no further details. Romanian President Traian Basescu and former President Emil Constantinescu sent their condolences Friday.
"Romania has lost another moral and intellectual compass who marked the rebirth of the traditional political elite after the collapse of communism," Constantinescu said.
Born in the western city of Oradea in 1916, Tepelea joined the center-right Peasant Party in 1933, and fought for democracy and the rights of farmers, particularly in Transylvania. He actively opposed the Hungarian takeover of northwest Transylvania during World War II.
A staunch opponent of the pro-Moscow communists who came to power in 1945, he was arrested, his assets were confiscated and he was sentenced to prison in 1949 along with tens of thousands who were condemned in political trials
He was released in 1955, whereupon he was forced to perform unskilled labor. He later pursued a career in education and became the dean of the Philology Faculty in the western city of Timisoara in the early 1970s, specializing in Romanian and French. He wrote more than 20 books on literature and language.
He was a lawmaker for the Peasant Party for 10 years until 2000, also serving as deputy leader of the party.
He was awarded the Legion of Honor, France's highest award, in 2001, and received Romania's National Order for Faithful Service in 2000.
No funeral plans were immediately available and there was no word about surviving family members.
The Associated Press


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|Author:||George Elgin, Suzette Haden|
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July 22, 1999
Recently I requested help with explaining -- especially to nonlinguists --
the meaning difference between a pair of sentences which (in my dialect)
differ only in terms of their intonation. They were:
1. "How could you do that?"
2. "HOW could you DO that??"
I provided contexts for the two, as follows:
3. Q: "How could you do that?"
A: "Well, I guess I could start by putting them all in
4. Q: "HOW could you DO that??"
A: "Well, if I hadn't done it she wouldn't have *gone* to Bermuda
The asterisks in (4A) were intended to indicate acoustic stress, not
unacceptability; the all-caps sequences in (2) and (4Q) were intended to
indicate heavier acoustic stress. This caused confusion; my fault, and I
Thank you very much indeed for all your letters. I am especially grateful to:
Jaakko Leino
Michael Israel
_EMAIL_ (John K. Hellermann)
Stephen Helmreich
Mai Kuha
Timothy Dunnigan
John Lawler
randall henry eggert
It immediately became clear to me as I read your responses that each and
every one of you did understand the meaning difference. I expected that,
but one never knows; if you hadn't, it would have been intriguing. Quite
an array of explanations for the difference were offered. Most people, much
to my surprise, proposed that it was a difference revolving around
tense/aspect. At least in my dialect, the problem of explaining the meaning
difference would remain even if more care were taken with tense/aspect.
That is, precisely the same problem exists for "How could you have done
that?" versus "HOW could you have DONE that??", or for any combination or
assortment of the possible forms, as for the original pair. I don't find
that difference relevant, though it may be for highly-educated Urban Yankee
English speakers, for all I know. Similarly, although I agree that one
possible difference has to do with the two possible meanings of "can/could"
(ability versus permission), it doesn't answer the question. A number of
people explained the difference by translating the two sentences into other
languages which, it was claimed, would require them to have very different
forms; I am interested to know that, but I don't think it would be helpful
to English-speaking nonlinguists for me to explain that " The difference
between the two is that in other languages they're not worded alike."
Finally, I agree that moving the acoustic stresses around is possible and
would produce even more potential readings. All very interesting, and much
The most useful response, to my mind, was this one from Pierre Larrivee:
I think the difference can straighforwardly be explained with reference to
Jackendoff (1972) analysis of focus (which has been followed ever since by
an impressive number of linguists, especially germanists, folks like
Joachim Jacobs, Mats Rooth, Arnim von Stechow (also influencing on Krifka
and Taglicht), by also by Y. Kato for Japanese). While Jackendoff's
analysis isn't empirically absolutely watertight, it presents attractive
correlations that often work, the simplicity of which should appeal to
nonlinguists. It goes along the following lines: phonological focus on an
item involves entailment of alternatives of that focus and textual
partition between the focused new information and the nonfocused background
assumptions. In (2), focus on the verb semantically contrasts its assertion
(You did something horrible) with its negation (You should NOT have done
something horrible), and textually determines that it is this action which
is under discussion; in (1), notextual partition is made between new and
old info and so the sentence is potentially all new information, with no
alternatives being implied. On new/old and to further investigate this, I
suggest you read Lambrecht (1995)'s book ion information structure."
I agree absolutely with the recommendation for the Jackendoff (1972)
analysis. But consider, please: "Phonological focus on an item involves
entailment of alternatives of that focus...... In (2) focus on the verb
semantically contrasts its assertion (You did something horrible) with its
negation (You should NOT have done something horrible)..." This is, for me,
the crux of the matter.
I would refine the proposed focus sequence just a tad; I think that we
understand "HOW could you have DONE that??" to assert not just "You did
something horrible" but "You did something horrible that you should not
have done." (It is possible for people to do something horrible that they
in fact *should* have done.) I agree that the phonological focus (my
"acoustic stress") entails not only that assertion but its negation, which
I believe would be "You should not have done that horrible thing that you
What the nonlinguists querying me want to know is this: Where does the
positive assertion come from? WHY does (2) mean "You did something horrible
that you should not have done?" Obviously it's not the words of the two
sentences, since, if that were it, example (1) would also mean "You did
something horrible that you should not have done." The only difference
between the two is stress on HOW and stress on DO, and -- as the
nonlinguists point out to me -- you can read dictionary entries for "how"
and "do" all day without learning that either one of those or the two
combined entails immoral behavior. I can of course say, as I have heard
others say, "Oh, well, it's just intonation, see Bolinger " but I would
prefer to say something less opaque.
As with the even more infuriating "You could at LEAST...." versus "You
could at least..." pairs, which I refrained from inflicting on the list,
the effect of the phonological focus is to convey the message that the
speaker feels moral horror about (roughly speaking) what comes next.
People find this curious. Non-native speakers of English find it worse than
Thank you for your input; if anything else should occur to you, I would be
interested, no matter how long it takes.
Suzette Haden Elgin
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- Is Baking Soda Good for hydrangeas?
- Are banana peels good for hydrangeas?
- Which plants like coffee grounds?
- Which plants do not like coffee grounds?
- What is the best fertilizer for hydrangeas?
- Will vinegar turn hydrangeas blue?
- Are eggshells good for hydrangeas?
- Is Epsom salt good for hydrangeas?
- How do I put coffee grounds on my hydrangea?
Is Baking Soda Good for hydrangeas?
Flower species that prefer alkaline soil such as geranium, begonia, and hydrangea should be watered occasionally with a weak baking-soda and water solution.
Sprinkle baking soda lightly around your tomato plants.
If you have cut flowers, dip them in a solution of baking soda and water to lengthen their life..
Are banana peels good for hydrangeas?
Banana Peels Their high potassium content reportedly will cause those bushes to go bananas with blooms. Use about only three peels for each bush, snipping them into pieces with kitchen shears first to help them break down quickly.
Which plants like coffee grounds?
While used coffee grounds are only slightly acidic, fresh (unbrewed) coffee grounds have more acid. Your acid-loving plants like hydrangeas, rhododendrons, azaleas, lily of the valley, blueberries, carrots, and radishes can get a boost from fresh grounds.
Which plants do not like coffee grounds?
In most cases, the grounds are too acidic to be used directly on soil, even for acid-loving plants like blueberries, azaleas and hollies. Coffee grounds inhibit the growth of some plants, including geranium, asparagus fern, Chinese mustard and Italian ryegrass.
What is the best fertilizer for hydrangeas?
A good all purpose 12-4-8 or 10-10-10 composition will provide all the fertilizing hydrangeas need. Either a chemical source or organic matter can be used successfully. Applying a once a year slow-release chemical formulated for shrubs and trees is the simplest solution to hydrangea care and feeding.
Will vinegar turn hydrangeas blue?
For each gallon of water in your watering can, add one cup of white distilled vinegar and pour on your hydrangeas. The acidity of the vinegar will turn your pink hydrangeas blue or keep your blue blooms from turning pink. To lower the acidity of your garden's soil, ask your local nursery for limestone.
Are eggshells good for hydrangeas?
If you want pink hydrangeas, crushed eggshells may be one way to get them. Eggshells will slowly break down and reduce the acidity of your soil—making it harder for hydrangeas to absorb aluminum.
Is Epsom salt good for hydrangeas?
Since the blue color of a hydrangea is formed by aluminum made available in acid soil, adding Epsom salt would not make your flowers change color. Alum (aluminum sulfate) is acidifying and would give the effect you want at two tablespoons per plant.
How do I put coffee grounds on my hydrangea?
Simply layering the coffee grounds on top of the soil is quicker but may result in an ugly pile of mold that looks messy and smells unpleasant. Alternately, dump your coffee grounds into your compost bin and add the compost as part of your twice-yearly fertilizing ritual for your hydrangeas.


in addition to dimensions specified in the append_dimensions field that is used for all types of metrics collected by the agent.
 - swap – Optional. Specifies that swap memory metrics are to be collected. This section is valid only for Linux instances. This section can include as many as three fields:
 - measurement – Specifies the array of swap metrics to be collected. Possible values are free, used, and used_percent. This field is required if you include swap.
 To see the default units for each swap metric, see Metrics collected by the CloudWatch agent on Linux and macOS instances.
 Within the entry for each individual metric, you might optionally specify one or both of the following:
 - rename – Specifies a different name for this metric.
 - unit – Specifies the unit to use for this metric, overriding the default unit of None of None for the metric. The unit that you specify must be a valid CloudWatch metric unit, as listed in the Unit description in MetricDatum.
 - metrics_collection_interval – Optional. Specifies how often to collect the swap metrics, overriding the global metrics_collection_interval specified in the agent section of the configuration file.
 This value is specified in seconds.
 If you set this value below 60 seconds, each metric is collected as a high-resolution metric. For more information about high-resolution metrics, see High-resolution metrics.
 - append_dimensions – Optional. Additional dimensions to use for only the swap metrics. If you specify this field, it is used in addition to dimensions specified in the global append_dimensions field that is used for all types of metrics collected by the agent. It's collected as a high-resolution metric.
 - mem – Optional. Specifies that memory metrics are to be collected. This section is valid only for Linux instances. This section can include as many as three fields:
 - measurement – Specifies the array of memory metrics to be collected. Possible values are active, available, available_percent, buffered, cached, free, inactive, total, used, and used_percent. This field is required if you include mem.
 To see the default units for each mem metric, see Metrics collected by the CloudWatch agent on Linux and macOS instances.
 Within the entry for each individual metric, you might optionally specify one or both of the following:
 - rename – Specifies a different name for this metric.
 - unit – Specifies the unit to use for this metric, overriding the default unit of None for the metric. The unit that you specify must be a valid CloudWatch metric unit, as listed in the Unit description in MetricDatum.
 - metrics_collection_interval – Optional. Specifies how often to collect the mem metrics, overriding the global metrics_collection_interval specified in the agent section of the configuration file.
 This value is specified in seconds.
 If you set this value below 60 seconds, each metric is collected as a high-resolution metric. For more information about high-resolution metrics, see High-resolution metrics.
 - append_dimensions – Optional. Additional dimensions to use for only the mem metrics. If you specify this field, it's used in addition to dimensions specified in the append_dimensions field that is used for all types of metrics that the agent collects.
 - net – Optional. Specifies that networking metrics are to be collected. This section is valid only for Linux instances. This section can include as many as four fields:
 - resources – Optional. If you specify an array of network interfaces, CloudWatch collects metrics from only those interfaces. Otherwise, metrics for all devices are collected. You can also specify * as the value to collect metrics from all interfaces.
 - measurement – Specifies the array of networking metrics to be collected. Possible values are bytes_sent, bytes_recv, drop_in, drop_out, err_in, err_out, packets_sent, and packets_recv. This field is required if you include net.
 To see the default units for each net metric, see Metrics collected by the CloudWatch agent on Linux and macOS instances.
 Within the entry for each individual metric, you might optionally specify one or both of the following:
 - rename – Specifies a different name for this metric.
 - unit – Specifies the unit to use for this metric, overriding the default unit of None for the metric. The unit that you specify must be a valid CloudWatch metric unit, as listed in the Unit description in MetricDatum.
 - metrics_collection_interval – Optional. Specifies how often to collect the net metrics, overriding the global metrics_collection_interval specified in the agent section of the configuration file.
 This value is specified in seconds. For example, specifying 10 causes metrics to be collected every 10 seconds, and setting it to 300 specifies metrics to be collected every 5 minutes.
 If you set this value below 60 seconds, each metric is collected as a high-resolution metric. For more information about high-resolution metrics, see High-resolution metrics.
 - append_dimensions – Optional. Additional dimensions to use for only the net metrics. If you specify this field, it's used in addition to dimensions specified in the append_dimensions field that is used for all types of metrics collected by the agent.
 - netstat – Optional. Specifies that TCP connection state and UDP connection metrics are to be collected. This section is valid only for Linux instances. This section can include as many as three fields:
 - measurement – Specifies the array of netstat metrics to be collected. Possible values are tcp_close, tcp_close_wait, tcp_closing, tcp_established, tcp_fin_wait1, tcp_fin_wait2, tcp_last_ack, tcp_listen, tcp_none, tcp_syn_sent, tcp_syn_recv, tcp_time_wait, and udp_socket. This field is required if you include netstat.
 To see the default units for each netstat metric, see Metrics collected by the CloudWatch agent on Linux and macOS instances.
 Within the entry for each individual metric, you might optionally specify one or both of the following:
 - rename – Specifies a different name for this metric.
 - unit – Specifies the unit to use for this metric, overriding the default unit of None for the metric. The unit that you specify must be a valid CloudWatch metric unit, as listed in the Unit description in MetricDatum.
 - metrics_collection_interval – Optional. Specifies how often to collect the netstat metrics, overriding the global metrics_collection_interval specified in the agent section of the configuration file.
 This value is specified in seconds.
 If you set this value below 60 seconds, each metric is collected as a high-resolution metric. For more information about high-resolution metrics, see High-resolution metrics.
 - append_dimensions – Optional. Additional dimensions to use for only the netstat metrics. If you specify this field, it's used in addition to dimensions specified in the append_dimensions field that is used for all types of metrics collected by the agent.
 - processes – Optional. Specifies that process metrics are to be collected. This section is valid only for Linux instances. This section can include as many as three fields:
 - measurement – Specifies the array of processes metrics to be collected. Possible values are blocked, dead, idle, paging, running, sleeping, stopped, total, total_threads, wait, and zombies. This field is required if you include processes.
 For all processes metrics, the default unit is Count.
 Within the entry for each individual metric, you might optionally specify one or both of the following:
 - rename – Specifies a different name for this metric.
 - unit – Specifies the unit to use for this metric, overriding the default unit of None for the metric. The unit that you specify must be a valid CloudWatch metric unit, as listed in the Unit description in MetricDatum.
 - metrics_collection_interval – Optional. Specifies how often to collect the processes metrics, overriding the global metrics_collection_interval specified in the agent section of the configuration file.
 This value is specified in seconds. For example, specifying 10 causes metrics to be collected every 10 seconds, and setting it to 300 specifies metrics to be collected every 5 minutes.
 If you set this value below 60 seconds, each metric is collected as a high-resolution metric. For more information, see High-resolution metrics.
 - append_dimensions – Optional. Additional dimensions to use for only the process metrics. If you specify this field, it's used in addition to dimensions specified in the append_dimensions field that is used for all types of metrics collected by the agent.
 - nvidia_gpu – Optional. Specifies that NVIDIA GPU metrics are to be collected. This section is valid only for Linux instances on hosts that are configured with a NVIDIA GPU accelerator and have the NVIDIA System Management Interface (nvidia-smi) installed.
 The NVIDIA GPU metrics that are collected are prefixed with the string nvidia_smi_ to distinguish them from the metrics collected for other accelerator types. This section can include as many as two fields:
 - measurement – Specifies the array of NVIDIA GPU metrics to be collected. For a list of the possible values to use here, see the


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The Assistant Trainmaster is responsible for supervising, scheduling and training, train & yard crews, dispatchers, and other train personnel as required, while ensuring compliance with railroad rules and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regulations by company employees who perform functions under these categories; the ATM is also responsible for assisting in various railroad rules classes, creation & editing of railroad operating documents, FRA reports as directed, and any other duties as required.
- Fully understand and support Xanterra Mission Statement and Core Values.
- Maintain flexibility and completes responsibilities while maintaining level of acceptable performance to complete tasks, safety rules and procedures.
- Recognizes, reacts and reports safety hazards. Follows company safety rules and procedures and standard safety practices.
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Work to Develop New Breeds of Lesquerella
July 15, 2003
An Agricultural Research Service laboratory in
Arizona and a research university in Mexico are working together to develop
breeds of lesquerella that can tolerate and grow in the saline soils of Mexico
and the southwestern United States.
The ARS U.S. Water Conservation
Laboratory's Environmental and Plant
Dynamic Research Unit in Phoenix, Ariz., is testing its lesquerella plants
at the Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro, in Coahuila, Mexico.
Lesquerella is a wild flower of the mustard family. ARS researchers at
several locations across the country are investigating different uses of the
crop such as using it as an oil, like castor oil, or as a gum to thicken
certain foods. Lesquerella has traditionally not grown well in soil that is
irrigated with salty water, but the researchers think they have created a new
version that can withstand the salinity.
The lesquerella seeds that are planted in Mexico were developed a few years
ago in conjunction with the ARS George
E. Brown, Jr., Salinity Laboratory in Riverside, Calif. ARS scientists are
trying to develop a more diverse group of lesquerella plants that can grow in
different regions and withstand certain pests or pathogens.
The Mexican scientist Diana Jasso de Rodríguez is responsible for the
planting and experimenting in the Coahuila region of northern Mexico. ARS
geneticist David A. Dierig, of the Phoenix lab, chose that region of Mexico to
do the research because he successfully conducted a lesquerella germplasm
collection with Jasso de Rodríguez there a few years ago.
The Specific Cooperative Agreement lasts through September 2007. The
researchers hope by that time to develop a more suitable variety of lesquerella
that can be harvested in Mexico. They have also planted similar experiments in
the Pecos region of Texas in cooperation with Texas A&M University, as well as another
planting in Phoenix. The ARS Riverside lab is analyzing all plant samples from
ARS is the U.S. Department of
Agriculture's chief scientific research agency.


text: Annotating a data sample in a multi-label learning problem requires a human oracle to consider the presence/absence of every possible label separately, which is extremely labor intensive. Active learning algorithms automatically identify the informative samples from large amounts of unlabeled data and significantly reduce human annotation efforts in inducing a classification model. Further, deep models have gained popularity to automatically learn representative features from a given dataset and have depicted promising empirical performance in a variety of applications. In this paper, we exploit the feature learning capabilities of deep neural networks and propose a novel framework to address the problem of multi-label active learning with label correlation. We integrate an active selection criterion to the objective function and train deep networks to optimize the function. Our extensive empirical studies on five benchmark multi-label datasets show that our methods outperform the state-of-the-art algorithms, corroborating their potential for real-world image classification applications.


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In 2004 St. Philip's Academy made a commitment. With its hometown Newark, New Jersey, seeking signs of urban renewal and the school's existing facilities increasingly overcrowded, St. Philip's decided to become a transformational force in the community.
Honoring a mission statement that pledges support for Newark's revitalization, school officials started looking for a property in the city's central ward. The idea was simple: move to a neighborhood in need of rebuilding and spur Newark's regeneration from the inside out.
St. Philip's, a private school for grades K-8, had seen its programming grow significantly since the school's founding in 1988. Having outgrown its second building, St. Philip's and its 330+ students wanted a facility that fostered new approaches to learning. After considering more than 20 potential locations and the option to build new, St. Philip's selected an abandoned factory surrounded by burned-out houses and vacant lots in Newark's former industrial core.
"This location signals our ongoing commitment to urban education," said Head of School Miguel Brito. "It has also enabled us to demonstrate civic leadership in the city's redevelopment."
With input from school officials and local families, Gensler adapted St. Philip's new home, a 1920s chocolate factory, into a 21st century learning environment with a strong sustainable ethic. Although the existing 55,000-square-foot factory had been vacant for four decades and fallen into disrepair, Gensler was able to retain 80% of the original building.
"I'm proud to say that we kept a large portion of the existing structure out of landfills," said Gensler's Ralph Walker, the project architect. "One of our design team goals was to reduce our impact by using what was available locally. And when I say locally, I mean right on the site."
St. Philip's wanted the new school to create a vibrant learning environment that expands curricula options and promotes creativity in education. To achieve this transformation, designers crafted a facility characterized by its flexible — rather than fixed — spaces. Classrooms filled with light, color and flexible furniture encourage creativity, collaboration and imagination.
Teachers leverage their new school as a learning laboratory, highlighting the sustainable features of the building's design. Spaces, including the gymnasium, with outdoor access to playing fields and a rooftop garden and environmental center, are used as teaching tools.
Using the school's non-conventional learning spaces, students directly engage nature, community and sustainability. Students learn to grow fruits and vegetables on the school's roof, which are then served in the cafeteria. Food waste is turned into compost for the roof garden, creating a "closed loop" that teaches children about nutrition, health and the environment.
Designed to meet a LEED® Silver 2.1 rating, St. Philip's will be one of Newark's first LEED-certified structures. Radiant heat, low VOC paints and a green roof that can be planted as a working garden are all important features of the new building.
Strong schools can act as primary agents in improving the quality of life and safety of a neighborhood. As a LEED® building, St. Philip's is creating opportunities to improve the health and educational settings for all its students, regardless of income or background. At the same time, the school is having a tangible impact on development in Newark.
On one city block, more than 20 homes have been built in less than one year," Brito said. "I think the neighborhood is learning from the children. We've taken another block and taken ownership of it. The kids are cleaning it. They're making a difference…"
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Before beginning the steps below, confirm that a GL Account Number has been assigned to "Bad Debt Account" on the GL Defaults List. If you have any questions regarding this system parameter setting, please contact your Veracross account manager for assistance.
To write off an unpaid AR Invoice Item, perform the following steps:
- On the Accounts Receivable homepage, locate the invoice by running a report or query with criteria that will cause the invoice to be included in the results.
- Click on the Invoice Number to open the detail display of the invoice.
- Locate the item to be written off and click on the item "detail" icon.
- Once on the invoice item detail, click in its "General Ledger" tab.
- Enter a "Tent. Adj. Date:" (typically around the current date).
- Select the Reason, "Write-off".
- Press the "Update AR Invoice Item" button.
- Close the invoice item detail, and return to the AR Invoice Header.
- Press the "Update AR Invoice Header" button.
- A new unposted line item is created (note that it reflects a zero $ amount).
- Click on this new item's "detail" and view the amount that appears in the "Write Off Amount" box.
- After confirming that all looks good, click on the Action button and select the option "Post Invoice/Items"
- Review the invoice and the JE generated by posting operation to confirm all looks good.
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Prince William fighting for his children's' future says expert
Having matured in his role as a senior royal, the Duke of Cambridge will eventually inherit the throne from his father. Speaking to OK, royal author Jennie Bond recalled how the 39-year-old royal prince felt the pressure of being a king in waiting when he was younger.
She claimed that he has "matured" in recent years, adding that Prince William has shown he will "accept the role".
The royal expert also said that Prince Diana often spoke of how lucky the nation is for having William.
She told the publication: "Having known his mother Diana and speaking to her at length about her children, I remember so vividly how she said the country is lucky to have William, he's all right.
"She also said that he found at that age, in his early teens, the burden of kingship was already weighing quite heavily on his shoulders.
"I think we did see a reluctance to take on the role earlier on, in his early adolescence, he knew his destiny as none of the rest of us do from such an early age.
"But in the last couple of years he has shown convincingly that he is the man for the role and that he cares about being king.
"He absolutely fully accepts the role and the responsibility destiny has put his way."
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to receive new titles when Prince Charles takes the throne, with Kate becoming the Princess of Wales, a title formerly held by WIlliam's late mother, Princess Diana, and William taking over his father's title as the Prince of Wales.
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The title of Princess of Wales has remained vacant since Diana's tragic death in 1997 and although Camilla could use the moniker, she reportedly decided not to take it up out of respect and the strong public emotions it inspires.
However, a source told the Telegraph that the moment when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge take on their new titles will be tinged with sorrow.
The source said: "I'm sure it'll be a bit of a bittersweet moment.
"This is her [Diana's] son and his wife, so in some ways it will be coming full circle – but it will also be a poignant reminder of what we all lost."
Recently, royal fans were sent into a frenzy today after Prince William stepped out for his first engagement of the year.
The Duke of Cambridge hosted an investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle during which the members of the royal family present medals to those who have awarded honors in person.
The photos shared by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their Instagram account left the royal fans elated with many of them calling him the "future king".
Looking sharp in his military uniform, Prince William handed out awards to a number of citizens being recognized for their achievements and service, including a number of sporting greats.


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A Content Component is a chunk
A content component may also contain a dynamic and interactive element that implements a Web Application
For example, a login form may be implemented in a Content Block
. And navigation
elements are interactive content.
The term component has a long history outside of content management that influences its use in CM. In DCOM
, the distributed component is an object with code and data capable of providing a remote service by executing internal methods or procedures.
In the Page Generation?
phase, a Content Management
assembles chunks of content into a full web page by executing server-side procedures for each chunk, which they often refer to as content components or objects.
Programming and Design also uses the term component to describe an object.
Major Enterprise Content Management
system providers sell their systems as a collection of independently purchasable modules or components.
coined the term Component Content Management and wrote a white paper
on the CCMS


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node-cassandra-client supports Cassandra BytesType, IntegerType, LongTime and TimeUUIDType out of the box. When dealing with numbers, the values you retreive out of rows will all be BigIntegers (be wary of losing precision if your numbers are bigger than 2^53--you know, like a timestamp).
BigInteger supports many operations like add, subtract, multiply, etc., and a few others that may come in handy: shift, square, abs, etc. Check the source if you'd like to know more.
We technically have a UUID type, but have not had the need to flesh it out yet. If you find the need to expose more parts of the UUID (timestamp, node, clock sequence, etc.), or would like to implement some operations, patches are welcome.
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Originally Posted by Chortdakooba
Is there a way to test the dimmer switch? It does switch the lights from low to high and back, so I didn't think that could be the problem.
If your dimmer is one of the old style aluminum case units then you need to set the meter to a low resistance (ohms) scale and probe across the two silver colored terminals. While holding the probes across the terminals turn the dimmer **** and watch the meter. It should be a fairly smooth increase/decrease in resistance without any 'drop outs' in the reading.
If you have the newer plastic case switch then you probe across terminals R & 1. The identifiers are molded into the case next to each terminal.
To trace for power follow the circuit diagram and check for voltage along the dimmer switch circuit. Take the negative probe and connect it to a metal chassis part/screw and take the red lead and probe the connection points along the circuit. The BR wire behind the main light switch that goes to the back of the dimmer is a good place to start. With the main light switch in the Park position you should have about 12v at both points


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The MySqlDateTime data type supports the same date values that are supported by the MySQL server. The default behavior of Connector/Net is to return a.NET DateTime object for valid date values, and return an error for invalid dates. This default can be modified to cause Connector/Net to return MySqlDateTime objects for invalid dates.
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11 October 2008
Slovakia Wins International Danube Art Master Competition
VIENNA, 11 October (UN Information Service) - Two Slovak children have won the 'International Danube Art Master 2008' competition, Philip Weller, Executive Secretary of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) announced today in Vienna at the Schönbrunn Marionettentheater (Puppet Theatre).
The winning submission was created by Tomas Spusta and Martin Kratochvíl. Their artistic sculpture depicts a majestic duck watching over the Danube River, creatively made from local natural materials such as wood and grass.
The International Master is selected from the winners of the national 'Danube Art Master' competitions in 14 Danube Basin countries including Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Montenegro, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. All children and schools from these 14 countries were invited to apply. Some 4,000 applications were submitted.
The "International Danube Art Master 2008" competition was announced in the spring of 2008. The competition is a key element of Danube Day 2008, emphasizing the complexity of Danube Basin rivers and their connection to land, animals, forests and people.
Children were encouraged to visit local rivers and surrounding areas and to consider what the environment means to them. They were then asked to reflect their thoughts and inspirations through environmental art using materials from in and around the river.
Other examples of prize-winning submissions at the national level included Moldova's "Danube Lives Through Us" sculpture, where an intravenous connects a person to a jar of river water, and Germany's "Mermaid" sculpture.
The competition was jointly organized by the ICPDR and the Danube Environmental Forum (DEF), the largest network of environmental NGOs in the Danube Basin.
"We believe that this competition encourages children to learn more about the Danube and help protect it," said ICPDR Executive Secretary Philip Weller. "It is also an artistic reminder for adults and the representatives of Danube national governments of their joint responsibility to ensure that the Danube is protected for future generations."
The award ceremony in Vienna was attended by the national Danube Art Master winners (and their accompanying persons). After the ceremony, the winners joined a three-day environmental programme, supported by Coca-Cola and organized by the Global Water Partnership Hungary, which included trips around Vienna, the Schönbrunn Palace and Zoo and the Natural History Museum.
International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR)
The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) is an international organization consisting of 13 cooperating states and the European Union. Since its establishment in 1998, the ICPDR has grown into one of the largest and most active international bodies of river basin management expert in Europe. ICPDR deals not only with the Danube itself, but also with the whole Danube River Basin, which includes also its tributaries and the ground water resources.
The ultimate goal of the ICPDR is to implement the Danube River Protection Convention (DRPC) and make it a living tool. Its ambitious mission is to promote and coordinate sustainable and equitable water management, including conservation, improvement and rational use of waters for the benefit of the Danube River Basin countries and their people. The ICPDR pursues its mission by making recommendations for the improvement of water quality, developing mechanisms for flood and accident control, agreeing standards for emissions and by assuring that these are reflected in the Contracting Parties' national legislations and applied in their policies.
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MD 187 Corridor Needs Analysis
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) Office of Planning and Preliminary Engineering (OPPE), in consultation with MDOT SHA District 3, completed a comprehensive needs analysis for MD 187 (Old Georgetown Road) between McKinley Street in Bethesda, and Tilden Lane/Nicholson Lane in White Flint. This document outlines a long-term vision for the corridor by identifying strategies to address pedestrian and bicycle network needs, enhance multimodal safety and improve travel conditions along the corridor.
This needs analysis provides a road map to deliver improvements based on the MDOT SHA Context Driven - Access & Mobility for All Users guide, a planning and design resource for establishing safe and effective multi-modal transportation systems. It weighs the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers in the context of the surrounding environment and provides targeted strategies that overcome deficiencies and improve safety and mobility in the network.
Study Name||MD 187 Corridor Needs Analysis|
|Location of Study||MD 187 from McKinley Street in Bethesda to Tilden Lane/Nicholson Lane in White Flint|
Description ||This document outlines a long-term vision for the corridor by identifying strategies to address pedestrian and bicycle network deficiencies, enhance multimodal safety and improve travel conditions along the corridor.|
|Study Type||Corridor needs analysis|
Study Document||Needs Analysis, MD 187|
For information contact:
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Update : Should have left the Arithmetic out of this question, the new modified question is posted here : $\wedge,\cap$ and $\vee,\cup$ between Logic and Set Theory always interchangeable?
Although have not seen this anywhere stated, but so often mentally swapping the frameworks of Logic, Set Theory and Arithmetic following operation $\wedge,\cap,\times$ and $\vee,\cup,+$ are seem to be always interchangeable (Isomorphic?).
My question is are $\wedge,\cap,\times$ the same thing and just different symbols are being used depending on the framework? same question regarding $\vee,\cup,+$
PS: In arithmetic setting we get the case of $[0, \text{any number other than 0}] \equiv [false, true] $
For example De Morgan's laws for Sets and Logic just becomes the distributive and associate laws.
What about infinite cases? does this type of intuition break down between Arithmetic, Logic and Set theory?
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In Set Theory, $\cap$ and $\cup$ distribute over each other: $a\cap(b\cup c) = (a\cap b)\cup (a\cap c)$ and $a\cup(b\cap c) = (a\cup b)\cap (a\cup c)$. In arithmetic, $\times$ distributes over $+$, but $+$ does not distribute over $\times$; that is, $a\times(b+c) = (a\times b)+(a\times c)$, but in general, we do not have $a+(b\times c) = (a+ b)\times (a+ c)$. So even in this very basic setting, you have that $\cap$ and $\times$ have different properties relative to $\cup$ and $+$, respectively. – Arturo Magidin Feb 18 '12 at 23:11
_USER_ : That is the counter example I needed, can you please post it as an answer so I can accept it? Thank you – Arjang Feb 18 '12 at 23:23
But still $x \in A \cap B$ is the same as $(x\in A) \wedge (x \in B)$ and the same for infinite cases (but I have never seen an infinite conjunction contrary to infinite intersection). Similarly for $\cup, \vee$: $x \in \{y: \phi(y)\} \cup \{y: \psi(y)\}$ is the same as $\phi(x) \vee \psi(x)$. – savick01 Feb 18 '12 at 23:39
_USER_: Infinite conjunctions and disjunctions are sometimes seen, e.g., $\bigwedge\limits_{n\in\omega}(x\ne c_n)$. – Brian M. Scott Feb 18 '12 at 23:51
I've seen "$+$" used to denote the symmetric difference between sets, since that corresponds to mod-2 addition of indicator functions. So that's certainly not the same as "$\cup$". – Michael Hardy Feb 19 '12 at 0:05
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As requested; (I think the question is a bit confused and fuzzy as it stands, but...)
In set theory, $\cap$ and $\cup$ distribute over each other: $$a\cap(b\cup c) = (a\cap b)\cup (a\cap c)\qquad\text{and}\qquad a\cup(b\cap c) = (a\cup b)\cap (a\cup c).$$
However, in arithmetic (by which I understand the Peano arithmetic or its extensions to $\mathbb{Z}$, $\mathbb{Q}$, etc), while $\times$ distributes over $+$, $+$ does not distribute over $\times$. We always have $a\times(b+c) = (a\times b)+(a\times c)$, but almost never have $a+(b\times c) = (a+b)\times(a+c)$.
So $\cap$ and $\cup$ in set theory have properties, relative to one another, that are different from the properties of $\times$ and $+$ in arithmetic.
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Thank you Arturo, including arithmatic in this question was wrong, the similarity is extreeme in Logic and Set Theory – Arjang Feb 19 '12 at 0:29
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"+" isn't like "$\lor$". (x+x)=(2*x). On the other hand, in classical logic, (x $\lor$ x)=x. Specifically, (1+1)=2, while (1 $\lor$ 1)=1.
It comes as more useful to compare "∧,∩, min" and "∨,∪, max". Logical and set-theoretic operations behave more like the minimum of two numbers, and the maximum of two numbers than anything else (and max and min are dual operations if we have (1-x) as the complement of x).
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agreed, it was a mistake to include arithmatic the new question is posted here : math.stackexchange.com/questions/110760/… – Arjang Feb 19 '12 at 0:27
Not "more than anything else". They're just all lattice operations, and there are plenty of other examples. Also, $+$ is a bit like $\vee.$ There are differences, but there are similarities too. – user23211 Apr 3 '12 at 23:59
_USER_ A lattice L can get defined as a partially ordered set where for all x, for all y in L, sup{x, y} exists and inf{x, y} exists. Do you deny that max is closer to sup than anything else, and that min is closer to inf than anything else? – Doug Spoonwood May 23 '13 at 20:36
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May 1. 1805. Publiſhed by Ja.s Sowerby. London.
British Mineralogy
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Silex magnesiatus; var. amianthiformis
Leather-like Amianthus
 - Class 2. Earths.
 - Order 1. Homogeneous.
 - Gen. 4. Silex.
 - Spec. Magnesiatus.
 - Div. 2. Imitative.
 - Spec. Char. Silex in combination with Magnesia.
 - Syn.
 - Amianth. Kirw. v. 1. 161. Emmerl. 1. 402. Jameson, 1. 442. Wern.
 - Asbestus maturus, Amaianthus. Waller, 1. 408. 410.
 - Asbeste. Haüy, 3. 245.
This bears a strong resemblance to the Oak Leather or Xylostroma Giganteum of English Fungi, tab. 358, so as scarcely to be known by outward appearance, unless with the help of a microscope; when we find the one formed of exceeding fine filaments, and the other of hollow filaments. They are both flexible like leather, and to the touch equally soft. In cutting they require much the same force and sharpness of the instrument; they also tear nearly alike, with a shaggy filamentous appearance. One very sure test remains, that the one being heated red hot does not apparently undergo any change, but recovers its former appearance when taken from the fire; while the other burns away like touchwood or a fusee, or like the spunk prepared from Bol. ignarius, E. F. 132, or Fungus Tinder.
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The story of Ovation guitars—and the groundbreaking technology behind them—begins with Charles H. Kaman, an aeronautical engineer known for his pioneering work in helicopter and aerospace design.
In 1945, Charles Kaman founded Kaman Aircraft, and in 1947 his company developed a radical helicopter that used inter-meshing rotors and Kaman's patented servo-flap control. Through intense research and development, Kaman's engineers made discoveries about the physics of vibration and acoustics—critical factors in the design and fabrication of helicopter rotor blades and other components exposed to high vibrational stress. After achieving many aviation firsts and setting world records with his helicopters, Charles Kaman—himself a dedicated guitar enthusiast—decided his aerospace division should apply its technology and know-how to the centuries-old art of guitar making.
To pursue this goal, Kaman founded Ovation Instruments, and in 1965 the engineers and luthiers began their quest to determine whether an acoustic guitar could be sonically improved by modifying its shape and construction. The R&D team spent months building and testing prototype instruments, and by mid-1966, they had the answers they sought. Their research conclusively proved that a semi-parabolic shape yielded the most efficient and responsive guitar body.
Once the engineers had settled on the body design, they turned their attention to developing a substance that could be molded into this bowl-like shape. Using their knowledge of high-tech aerospace composites, they developed Lyrachord, a patented material comprising interwoven layers of glass filament and bonding resin. The lab team also discovered how to tune Lyrachord at the molecular level so it would resonate musically.
The first Ovation guitar made its debut in November 1966. Its Lyrachord body gave the instrument unprecedented projection and ringing sustain. Based on this initial success, Ovation developed an entire line of roundback models to provide guitarists with the world's finest acoustic/electric instruments.
Today, the skilled luthiers and designers continue to make beautiful, high-performance roundback guitars with painstaking attention to detail—the way they have for more than almost half a century, with the spirit of New England craftsmanship and restless American innovation embodied in every instrument they build.